paul ryan and many other important guests. in the meantime, we begin with your headlines. it was like the sun exploded, that description coming from a witness who caught the exact moment when a train derailed exploding into a massive fireball. >> come on! go! >> 90,000 gallons of ethanol exploded when 11 cars derailed in columbus, ohio. two people were hurt during a second explosion. walking along the tracks to check out what was happening. fire officials say the cause of the crash may have been mechanical failure. after spending a decade behind bars at gitmo, usama bin laden's driver and bodyguard, a free man now? he's now back in his native country of sudan. two years ago, he confessed to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. his release makes him the first detainee convicted under the obama administration's revised military policies to be transferred home. a new wave of evidence in the case against george zimmerman

will be released today. this includes a first look at what f.b.i. agents turned up in their civil rights investigation. we'll get a look at e-mails zimmerman sent to the sanford police chief, e-mail records and zimmerman says he shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin in florida in self-defense. last week, we told you about a major fireworks disaster at san diego's biggest fourth of july celebration. now, there's brand new video of it up close and personal. >> the video shows the whole mishap in high def. a technical issue caused all the fireworks to go off all at once and stop after 20 seconds and those are your headlines. you have to wonder what the bill was for that whole display all gone in 20 seconds. fireworks aren't cheap. >> kaboom. speaking of fireworks, there

were some fireworks, a little bit of them yesterday at the naacp conference down in houston. there you see mitt romney went. you know what? you got to give him credit for going. he had the guts to go. this is a traditional democratic voting block. he -- you got to figure that any group that supports the other guy by huge margin, there are going to be some awkward moments and there were. in fact, afterwards, a mmber of the congressional black caucus said he should not have gone but nonetheless, when he said that he would repeal obamacare, he got some booing, he did not pander as he told neil cavuto yesterday. >> i'm going to give the same message to the naacp that i give across the country which is that obamacare is killing jobs and if jobs is the priority, then we're going to have to replace obamacare with something that actually holds down health care costs as opposed to causing more spending for the government and

more spending for american families. >> so here's the story, both the president and mitt romney invited to speak. the president said no. mitt romney said yes. it's interesting because congressman emanuel cleaver, a democrat, gave romney an a for showing up and sticking to his stump speech knowing that he probably would get the reaction that he got. but then, he said this -- >> i didn't support the booing. i think that was inappropriate. but predictable when you start saying i'm going to eliminate something that the african-american community has embraced in numbers larger than any other component of the american society. he should never have gone there in the first place. >> but should he have? let us know this morning. do you think that mitt romney made the right call by accepting the invitation and by the way, he said he will continue to accept the invitation if he is elected president and next year and the year after and the year after and did president obama make the wrong move in just -- in not going because does that

look like he just expects all african-americans to vote for him? >> what is more incredible is that governor romney spoke in a forthright way that we haven't heard the president speaking about the empathy to the african-american community talking about an unemployment rate of 14.4% and an unemployment rate of 50% in use in the african-american community. talking about the importance of education and pointing out that 42% of the african-american population are in the worst performing schools in the united states. so instead of being hailed as a person who is understanding and empathetic and wants to do something about the issues affecting the segment of our population, unfortunately, he was booed. what if he hadn't attended? >> exactly. had he not attended, you know, the liberal left wing mainstream media would have spun it as racism so he went ahead and he took the invitation and he went. now, the current president of the united states has not

addressed the naacp since 2009 and yesterday, jay carney was asked hey, you know what? the president's schedule tomorrow, today is absolutely clear. why is he sending joe biden? why isn't the president going? it was awkward for mr. carney. listen. >> is the president's decision not to go to the naacp meetings suggests that he takes the black vote for grant ed? >> for campaign specific questions about voting blocks and things like that, i'd refer you to the campaign. he's spoken before the organization in the past. he met with them last year. his vice president is speaking this year. he is -- i mean, for campaign scheduling, i would refer you to the campaign. >> this is purely a scheduling manner that kept him from speaking there? >> in terms of the scheduling of it, i don't know. >> he spoke in 2009, there

wasn't a campaign issue there. >> i think the nominee for the other party spoke as somebody just mentioned, i don't know, i think you have to ask the campaign. >> that's crazy because he answers campaign questions all the time. >> it's an arm of the campaign half the time. >> absolutely. >> why didn't he go? why didn't the president go? and after 30 seconds of that -- >> why didn't jay carney have a better answer? he knows he's going to get asked that question. he should have had a better answer. here's the abc news poll, the most recent one of african-american voters. i mean, maybe this is why the president didn't go. 96% say they will vote for president obama. only 3% say they will vote for mitt romney. >> that's why he didn't go right there. >> that's why he didn't go. but mitt romney also said in an interview yesterday which i thought was interesting, look, this is going to be a close election. i'm looking for every single vote out there and i'm not going to just show up and not get the votes of a particular group because everybody thinks it's a foregone conclusion. >> did the president think that

he wouldn't get a good reception in some way, that somebody would be angry about those numbers, would he get a heckler? >> there have been very prominent african-americans in the last year who have come out and been upset with the president for not going to some of these districts. remember when he went on the bus tour last summer, he didn't go to areas outside of detroit or inside detroit, there were people very upset in the african-american community that he was turning a blind eye to the vote right there. >> if you watched the newscast last night, they ran clips of mitt romney at the naacp getting booed. what they didn't show is how he got good applause for supporting the keystone pipeline, supported charter schools and supported this. >> as president, i will promote strong families and i will defend traditional marriage. auto >> and at the end, he got

a very respectful standing ovation at the naacp. did you hear that from the other channel? >> one of the things we heard about this show is talking about cities that can't pay their bills anymore. specifically in california, that state has been broke for sometime now and now the unfortunate, no laughing matter, the unfortunate result is these towns are filing for bankruptcy. now i think the fourth town, san bernadino may be the fourth town in california that is so broke, they'll have to cease to exist. so what happens when you start to run out of this kind of dough? well, we saw recently, remember that the firefighters were going to be back down to minimum wage in certain circumstances. >> yeah, how did it happen with san bernadino which is declaring bankruptcy now, that a town of 211,000 only had $150,000 in the bank and they're $45 million short. down the road a piece in folsom, california, what they're going

to do is because the cupboards are bare there as well, when it comes to essential services, you know, let's see you think you've broken your leg and you call the ambulance. not only will they show up, they'll show up with a bill now, won't they, peter johnson jr.? >> they'll show up and charge you $225 for calling 911 for medical help whether you use it or not. some other towns and cities have been charging like $100 for -- even if you don't use it, but what if these towns start to cease to exist? what if a town or city is there one day and then the incorporation ends and then it's renamed another town? >> all the wheels are out. >> the heart of the matter is why? why are these towns going broke? and many people will tell you it's because labor costs are outpacing tax revenues. i mean, that is the thesis of this whole thing. you can't afford to continue going down the pike the way in which you have when you're not taking in enough tax dollars.

they are proposing charging people 76% tax to keep up with the pace of cost right now. it's not feasible and that's why these towns will probably go under. >> and los angeles county is looking at their finances in light of what's happened in stockton and san bernadino and other places and saying what's going on here? let's take a hard look at it. >> you got to figure, you know, what's happening in california could actually happen all across the country one day with these out-of-control costs for public pensions and stuff like that and you got to feel for the people in folsom, california, because they paid -- a lot of them pay their taxes, and you know, on top of paying all their taxes what the town expected of them, on top of, that you want some the services that you already paid for and you have to pay extra. >> new york city and new york state almost went down in the 1970's. >> i remember that. they got bailed out, though. >> they did. >> coming up on "fox & friends",

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and human trafficking. sheriff brian thomas represents near lubbock, texas where one of the stations is being closed. he's one of my guests. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> how does this directly affect you? >> well, it's a direct -- affects us tremendously due to the fact that we have i-40 that runs right through the panhandle that is really a corridor for any kind of trafficking from coast to coast and that runs right through our city and through our county. >> uh-huh. so these nine stations or locations of border stations that are closing, i want to show people the map. there are a lot of them in texas. you, of course, are right in that lubbock area that i mentioned and amarillo, dallas, san anglo, abilene, and if we can look at another map, billings, montana, riverside, california, so i guess the

effort here by the administration is to move these agents to the southern or northern borders because they believe that's where they need the work the most. do you agree with that? >> well, and i don't want to take away from what they need to do on the borders by any means. that is critical. but take, for instance, our office there in amarillo where i'm from is actually what we consider a second line defense. you know, our deputies deal with people on the highway probably twice a month. that's just on an average, just since february through the end of june, we've had four different stops where we've actually had to call border patrol to come and help us with that. and all we can do is we stop them on the initial stop that our deputies stop them on but for the undocumented people that are there, we rely heavily on our border patrol agents to come

out and their resources that they have to follow up on that. >> for the safety of the people who live in these communities that we talk about, is that your concern? because this could be increased drug activity and human smuggling activity. what are the concerns? >> well, it is both. not only do we have the drug trafficking that runs through there, we also have the human trafficking and the human smuggling. and that is our concern. and, you know, it's kind of strange to say but the concerns are the officers' safeties because we don't have the resources to check the undocumented people but we're also concerned for the aliens and the undocumented people. when we talk about that, the human smuggling would be more of along the lines of somebody coming over, trying to get a better life and trying to get a job, those kinds of things. the concern is on the human trafficking where you've got people that are actually being

transported for some kind of illegal activity against their will. and we have had -- had those cases in our -- along i-40. >> so it works in both directions there. sheriff brian thomas of potter county in texas, thanks for your thoughts this morning. >> thank you. >> coming up on "fox & friends", the founding fathers eliminated from your kids' history lesson? that's just the tip of the iceberg. latest troubles with schools is coming up next. he made a split second decision that freed him from the jaws of a gator. where did he learn how to do that? the swamp people apparently helped him out. one here next with tips for you. ♪

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>> quick headlines. quarterback michael vick mixing fashion and football. he's launching his own sports clothing line called v-7. it will be sold exclusively at the sporting goods chain model's. police in philadelphia looking for two women who stole a disabled grandmother's walker, the despicable crime captured on surveillance video. you can see one of the culprits in also pushing around a baby in a stroller. the walker is 85 years old and she's forced to lean on walls to get around. let's get her a walker. steve? >> man, what a story. a teenage boy, 17 years old from florida lost his right arm fighting off a vicious alligator in an attack but he may have

lost his life if it wasn't for the tv show "swamp people" that he watched. >> when a gator is about right here from me, i take my left hand and i grab skin up underneath him trying to control him. when i was swimming, throwing my arms back and forth, this one, he got it. he started pulling it down and i knew it's either this bone -- or i've got to lose this arm or i'm going to die. >> joining us is troy landry joining us from new orleans with the swamp people. i'm sure you heard about this 17-year-old kid from florida who said he's alive because of what's on your tv show. >> i heard about it. it's been on the news. >> we just heard him there a moment ago talking about how when the gator was about a foot from him, he put his hand underneath the jaw and tried to do something. explain what you tell people to do if they come in contact with

a gator that close. >> what he was trying to do is turn it around. when you pick up on the edge, you put the hand or whatever underneath its jaw and try to turn him around but i'm going to tell you, when you're that close to a wild alligator or wild animal, you really are too close. you're in trouble. and the young fellow is very fortunate because he could have lost his life. >> absolutely. and then he had a choice. he knew that the gator clamped down on him. he was unable to free himself so essentially what he did is broke off his right arm to get away from the gator. can you imagine that? >> yep. that's terrible. i hope i'm never in that predicament where i have to decide whether to save my life. but, you know, alligators are wild animals. they're very dangerous. we're very fortunate that more incidents like this doesn't

happen. >> sure. apparently, he was in the water because he and his friends didn't have enough money to put gas in the boat so they decided that they would swim and they saw that gator and they thought, you know, with any luck, they won't pay them any mind. that gator, sir, apparently had been tagged and it was a nuisance and it was going to be captured and taken out of there later that afternoon so if the kid would have waited a couple of hours, he might still have his arm today. one of the other problems is this is mating season, apparently for gators and that amps up the trouble level for people as well. >> yep. mating season, the big males all grooming around and you know it all comes back to keeping the numbers in check, keeping the population. you can't be overrun with gators or any kind of animal really. you have to keep the numbers in check and that alligator was hungry, i think, if he wouldn't have been hungry, i don't believe he would have attacked that little boy. >> i think you're probably

right. you know what? he does say that he is alive, troy, because of stuff he saw on your show. and by the way, season three finale of "swamp people" tonight at 9:00 eastern and pacific on the history channel. troy landry from new orleans, thanks very much for joining us today on "fox & friends." >> thank you all. thank you all. tonight, the finale. >> we'll be tubeside. >> all right, man. >> troy, thank you very much. always a pleasure. exactly 28 minutes after the top of the hour. next up on the rundown, mitt romney ready to pick a vice presidential running mate maybe next week? he responds to that rumor next. plus it was 50 years ago today that the rolling stones made their debut and to celebrate, we're pulling back the curtain on front man mick jagger's personal life. everything you haven't heard before like his beef with the queen! and her beef with him. but first, happy birthday to kris

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>> what was with the weird organ music. did you see that? when romney walked -- they played -- show, this is the actual tape. >> please welcome the honorable mitt romney this morning. >> that was the real music they played but here's the interesting part. whenever he talked about himself being president, did you see what happened? >> as president, i will promote prosperity -- >> pan over. look who is playing. >> da, da, da, da! phantom of the opera. >> but president obama actually was really there. >> he was. he showed up. he was on the side. >> he was. >> well, while there was a lot of attention on mitt romney being at the naacp convention yesterday, he also did an interview afterwards where he talked about whether or not he would announce who he's going to be choosing as a running mate

for v.p. any time soon. here's what he said to that. >> i can't tell you anything about v.p. process, neil, you know that. if i did, i'd have to, you know -- i'd have to come after you with my men in black flashlight and erase your memory. >> funny answer. the reason he was asked the question is there was a reuters report out yesterday that suggested, perhaps, he could name a running mate as early as next week. he can't do it two weeks from now because he's going to go to the london olympics where our team will be dressed in that outfit we were talking about earlier and we'll talk about a little bit later on. >> we did that interview with ed rollins the other day, republican strategist who did that recommendation, actually. he said he should name him within the next week before he does that trip or after he comes home from israel because he believes it was too late to name it at the convention. >> he's been looking at folks for many weeks and they have the whole team looking at different folks and vetting themselves.

i think it's something we're not seeing but something that's going on. >> probably hear about the running mate sooner than later. >> i think so. >> let's do a couple of headlines if you're just joining us now. for the first time, politicians banned at speaking at this year's september 11th ceremony at ground zero. the president of the national memorial says he wants the event to focus on honoring the victim in a way that's "free of politics". in the past, president obama, former president george w. bush have both spoken at the event. >> meanwhile, we've got a warning for women this morning. eating chicken can give you some sort of a super bug that's nearly impossible to treat. listen to this. researchers say a strain of e-coli found in chickens fed antibiotics is the reason women get painful bladder infections every year. chicken. >> we've had these infections since the time of the ancient greeks but it's only since the 20th century we've had the antibiotics to treat them with. it's miraculous. we can get rid of the things now. used to be you didn't know what

to do. used an ointment or took water or cranberry juice and now we've these antibiotics but they are becoming less and less and less effective because we're using them too much! >> that's why they call them super bugs. the f.d.a. says 80% of all the antibiotics sold in the united states is fed to livestock to prevent them from disease in the barnyard. >> global warming, yes, but patriotism, no? the nebraska board of education coming under fire for proposed changes to its social studies curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade. the guidelines suggest manmade global warming is fact instead of theory. he says they also failed to emphasize american exceptionalism, capitalism and free enterprise. nebraska residents now weighing in on the guidelines before a final draft goes up for approval in october. >> and here's an eye opener. more than 46,000 of our neighbors up north left canada last year to get medical

treatment here in the united states. thanks to that country's government-run health care system, canadians were forced to wait an average of 19 weeks between the time they were referred to a doctor and the time they got the treatments so rather than do that, they went north. nope, they went south in the united states. let's go over to the big plastic desk and peter has a special guest. >> it is -- >> if you don't know her name, soon, you will. a rising star in college journalism, angela hunt is about to enter the real world of reporting with her outstanding reports on our nation's military earning her the prestigious eric brinedale collegiate journalism award. died in 1998, incredible man was known for his passion and love of country. he was a legendary editorial writer for "the new york post" which is owned by the parent company of fox news. joining me now, the seventh winner of journalism award bearing his name, angela hunt. good morning! how are you? >> good morning.

>> i read your stuff and it will be available on foxnews.com. there's a hemingway-esque quality to it. you're the editor in chief of your college newspaper down in north carolina, the seahawk. your husband is a lance corporal of camp lejeune and the marine corps and you're here today winning a $10,000 award and opportunity for an internship here at news corporation. congratulations. what do you think? >> thank you so much. oh, gosh, i feel like this is an excellent opportunity really for me to expand my journalism career. i'm so excited to be here in new york. >> and you obviously have an understanding in the marine corps and the afghanistan experience baseed on your husband but you wrote an incredible piece that helped you win this award about sandstorms in the desert and hail storms and you described really in excruciating detail what the marines go through. >> uh-huh. >> what was that experience like

reporting that story and what did you learn about the strength of our men and women overseas? >> i feel like the process, the process of reporting this wasn't so much as it wasn't as difficult as i thought it would be. the guys that i spoke to, they were very willing to open up to me and that might be because i am a military wife myself. so they understood that i know what things are good to talk about, what aren't. and they were -- they were happy with the piece afterwards. and they felt like their story had been told. they felt like when they got back, they didn't receive, you know, a lot of recognition for what they did. they felt that a lot of the people here, a lot of civilians here don't see what they go through on a daily basis there. so it was definitely -- it was definitely helpful for them to come home and finally be recognized for what they did. >> now, you're going to be

doing an internship at the "wall street journal" and today, you're going to be meeting some of the chiefs of fox news like michael clemente, senior vice president, you'll be meeting paul g. go from "the wall street journal" and other big shots from "the wall street journal" and smart fellows from "the new york post" as well. what do you aspire to as a journalist? what do you want to be doing five or 10 years from now? and you're doing it great now. five or 10 years from now. >> five or 10 years from now, i hope i'm doing exactly what i'm doing now. honestly, i'd really like to stay either on the military beat or foreign affairs and i enjoy it. i enjoy telling the stories of other people so it's definitely something that i aspire to do, just doing what i do now. just keep writing. >> you're a great example of journalism in america and great example of young americans so we salute you and we thank you for your competence in writing and look forward to your future and have a great lunch today and we look forward to seeing you at the "wall street journal" and

maybe a byline. congratulations. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> uh-huh. >> remember when nancy pelosi had this to say! >> we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. >> now we know what's in it. and obamacare is going to cost you a lot more than you thought. charles payne is here to break down the latest numbers. then -- kristin chenoweth rushed to the hospital on a stretcher after being injured on the set. what went horribly wrong for this friend of "fox & friends." we'll let you know. ♪

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>> 44 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines for you now. florida a&m president announcing he will resign. this comes after months of people calling him to step down following the hazing death of drum major robert chancellor and he will remain at the university as a tenured perform professor and she's going to be just fine but a serious scare for actress kristin chenoweth. she was rushed to the hospital after getting knocked out by a set of lighting equipment on "the good wife." we hope she's going to be ok. >> remember when nancy pelosi said this -- >> we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. >> well, democrats passed health care reform for this country. president obama signed it. and the supreme court upheld it as a tax. >> now, we know what's inside of it all and it's going to cost a lot more than we originally were told. fox business contributor charles payne is here to talk about

that. good morning to you, charles! >> good morning. good morning. it turns out what nancy pelosi was saying is listen, this is pandora's box but you've got to open it, you know, don't open it, let's open it up. but first, let's sign off on it. that's exactly what's happening because just like pandora's box, more and more things come out of it. the latest, of course, is it's going to end up costing us not a trillion dollars, you know, at your -- in our debts and deficits but more like -- you got -- >> $2.6 trillion. >> it's close to three times more. >> that's close to three times more and we're still in the early stages. even though we have all those bars up there, consider that the first inning and it's only going to get worse probably. >> why? >> once you seriously implement this and you start thinking about all the ramifications on it from every aspect, you know, from the idea that, perhaps, this would bend the cost curve down, no one thinks that's going to happen. there's absolutely very few people now who think that will really happen particularly the way the supreme court ruled on

this with states not having to go with the medicare route, medicaid route rather and already, we have three states that have said no, we're not going to do it and i think more will join them. it's just ultimately going to go come back on the taxpayer. but there's another impact that i think i'm starting to see already. if you look at the trends with respect to employment, temporary employment is exploding. now, in the past a lot of times, economists said, you know, typically that's a good thing because that's a harbinger of a better economy. you have to hire a lot of temps and the economy gets better and you make them full-time workers. that's not happening. the temps are saying temp because a lot of businesses are saying i'd rather go at this as full-time workers. >> in fact, of the 80,000 jobs created that we heard about last friday, a third of them were temporary jobs. >> temporary jobs are now growing faster than regular jobs. something like 10-1. it's outrageous. >> under obamacare, would temporary workers have to get health insurance? >> right now, i think small businesses don't think that's the way to interpret it because

almost every small business polled particularly those -- here's the real sad thing. if you've got 40 to 49 employees, it's like 63,000 of them, you're like we're not going to hire anybody else. >> absolutely. >> steve and i were doing the radio yesterday and we were hearing callers calling in and saying listen, i'm not going to expand my business and i'm afraid i'm going to lose my coverage where i am because there's no obligation to give it. the company is going to pay the fine or tax or penalty, whatever they call it, today and i'm going to be on my own and in exchange, am i going to wind up government health care down the line? as you point out, it hasn't even begun and three times more expensive than we thought, these exchanges aren't open, is this going to explode to 10 times the original projection? it's crazy. >> the sky is the limit. you think about some of the other social programs that we put out there in the past from social security to medicare, and, you know, the original estimates, it's almost a joke, you know, this will cost us 60 million and instead, it costs us like several billion.

the numbers are just ridiculous so it's not out of the realm of possibility that $10 trillion could ultimately be an underestimation. >> that's why they call you the king of pain. >> yes, i always bring the pain. >> lot of happiness on "varney & company". >> we had a good time this weekend and talking about the main issues, guys. taxes, taxes and more taxes. >> thank you. >> looking good. >> appreciate it. >> coming up on "fox & friends", representing the united states in the olympics but our athletes will be wearing clothes that are made in china. >> and just when you thought you heard everything about mick jagger, brand new details revealed about his connection to marilyn monroe. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed

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>> ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ ♪ and i tried ♪ ♪ and i tried ♪ boy i tried ♪ i can't get no ♪ i can't get no ♪ when i'm driving in my car >> great tune. 50 years ago today, that little band known as the rolling stones made their debut at the marquee club in london. they've become legends especially mick jagger. >> his secrets are being revealed called mick, the wildlife and mad genius of jagger. joining us is the author christopher anderson. good morning to you. >> great to be here. >> you were there and they

killed that guy and the rolling stones were there. >> i saw the expression on mick jagger's face, it was 43 years ago. it was a bedlam. the stones wanted to do one better than woodstock. and so they said we'll throw this free concert and hire that -- >> hell's angels. >> hell's angels. this was mick jagger's idea. it was hell. they were swinging pool cues and people were overdosing everywhere and this guy famously was stabbed on stage while the stones were singing "under my thumb" and i stood there and thought i never will forget this. 43 years later, i'm still here and he's still here performing. it's quite amazing to me. >> i'm glad i don't know much about that. >> no. >> you will in the book. >> you said that day that you were going to write a book to yourself about -- >> i did exactly. >> how many years later, what took you so long? >> i had my eye on this guy all this time. the 50th anniversary is the perfect time. he turns 69 in two weeks. today is the 50th anniversary.

he's not only still here, he's relevant when nobody else is -- >> moves like jagger. my kids sing that all the time. >> he appeals to the justin bieber crowd. i never thought that would happen. >> sure. what's the deal? i know that tony blair tried to talk the queen into let's turn this guy into a knight and she was asked a number of times to do it and she had a beef with him. >> she did. she knighted elton john and paul mccartney. tony blair, a super fan of jagger's went to her five times. the fifth time, she said ok. the reason is he spent his entire career trying to tear down the establishment, you know, he called the queen the chief witch of england for 20 years. and enemy of the establishment but at the same time, he's kind of courting the establishment. so i think the key is mick's really close, intimate friendship with princess margaret. >> what do you mean intimate? >> they were very close pals. there was a lot of gossip for many years about their relationship. he bought a house near hers in

the caribbean island. she was the wild child of the royal family and the feeling was, you know, he was a bad influence on the queen's sister and when the time came to knight mick, she just kind of made sure she was having elective surgery, you know. >> and prince charles actually did it. >> he did it and he wasn't so thrilled either because charles had a beef with jagger as well when diana asked -- >> what's the marilyn monroe connection to mick jagger? >> fascinating. everybody, moves like jagger, the great maroon 5 tune. it's moves like marilyn. i talk to people who were, the original rolling stones club owner then, he was very upfront about it. he said i'm imitating marilyn monroe when i go out there. that kind of head toss. >> that explains it. >> at the time it was shocking. they were shocked by this guy kind of flamboyant feminine approach on the stage as you see in many videos today. and it was great. >> and there are a lot of shocking stories about him and things that happened when the lights were low. read all about them in "mick, the wildlife and mad genius of jagger". christopher anderson, always a

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>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, july 12, 2012. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing part of your day with us today. let me tell you what's happening right now. mitt romney taking it on the chin from the naacp for daring the challenge and talking about the president's policies. >> so to do that, i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program that i can find, that includes obamacare and i'm going to work to reform and save -- >> so should romney have gone to that convention in the first place?

>> president obama didn't show up at the event at all so where was he? don't bother asking his press secretary. >> then we won't. and they look american on the outside. but the label on the inside of our u.s. olympic outfits say made in china. >> huh? >> your e-mail on this pouring in. "fox & friends" hour two for a thursday commences immediately. >> ♪ downtown ♪ this used to be a place >> who is escaping in that ride? >> they all are. they want to give us a ride in that shelby mustang gt-500, part of the high five tour 2012 to raise funds for operation pilot. that's literally the purple heart of america. look at that, huh?

>> beautiful car. >> see what that symbolizes? a lot of pain and a lot of courage and a lot of sacrifice. >> you know how fast that car will go in new york city? >> how fast? >> about 10. tharz there's a lot of traffic. joining us here live in studio e is peter johnson jr., regular member of our family substituting for brian kilmeade who is on vacation. good to have you. >> thank you, brian. >> let's kick off this hour with some headlines. it's like the sun exploded. that's the description coming from a witness who caught the exact moment when a train derailed exploding into a massive fireball. >> [beep] [beep] come on. >> 90,000 gallons of ethanol exploded when 11 cars derailed in columbus, ohio. they were walking along the tracks to check out what was happening. fire officials say the cause of the crash may have been mechanical failure. after spending a decade behind bars at gitmo, usama bin laden's

driver and bodyguard is now a free man. he's now back in his native country of sudan. two years ago, he confessed to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. his release makes him the first detainee convicted under the obama administration's revised military policies to be then transferred home. a new wave of evidence in the case against george zimmerman down in florida will be released today. this includes a first look at what f.b.i. agents turned up in their civil rights investigation. we'll also get a look at e-mails. zimmerman sent to the sanford police chief. cell phone records and interviews with witnesses and gun shop employees. zimmerman says he shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin in self-defense. it's a video you'll be talking about all day long. now you see the fish. now you don't. >> oh, jesus christ! >> it's a shark! a shark! it's a big shark! >> some of the bleeps didn't make it there.

anyway, sarah was fishing with her father in myrtle beach, south carolina, when a bull shark, that is, sherk, shark, whatever it is, jumps out of the marsh and steals the catch right off the line. shark is one of the only species of shark known to leave the ocean and swim into smaller bodies of water. >> in the marsh. that's not good. >> my goodnesses indeed. four minutes after the top of the hour. we told you yesterday morning at this time that mitt romney was going to be appearing before the naacp conference in houston and there he is. he told neil cavuto he thought he might get booed at some point and he did. indeed when he talked about repealing obamacare. nonetheless, he did not pander. he did not change his message. here's mitt romney. >> i'm going to give the same message to the naacp that i give across the country which is that obamacare is killing jobs and if jobs is the priority, then we're going to have to replace obamacare with something that actually holds down health care

costs as opposed to causing more spending for the government and more spending for american families. >> so mitt romney was invited to speak and president obama was invited to attend. mitt romney decided to go and the president decided not to go so that really is sort of the headline to me this morning because what would have happened if mitt romney had said he was not going to go? it's kind of a no win situation for mitt romney but will the president get the same kind of scrutiny for not going that mitt romney would have gotten if he didn't go. that's the question. >> i think he gets major points for going. i mean, this is a crowd that historically votes democrat. so he was -- he knew going in that there would be some awkward moments so i mean, and we're going to show you the statistics of how many people in that particular group voted for mr. obama last time and where his support stands today. >> might be overwhelming. >> he went in and he took the booing. >> as a presidential candidate, he should be going and speaking to every group that will hear him speak. even if he's being booed or not

but he spoke in the most direct way that we've heard of any presidential candidate to the african-american community about the problems in that community with unemployment. we haven't heard the president speaking to that issue of 14.4% unemployment in the african-american community. almost twice the national average. >> sure. >> so one congressman, african-american, congressman cleaver, he's the black caucus chair and he gave mitt romney an a for attending this conference. and he suggested to him that maybe he shouldn't have brought up the issue, though, of obamacare. here's the congressman. >> i didn't support the booing. i think that was inappropriate. but predictable when you start saying i'm going to eliminate something that the african-american community has embraced in numbers larger than any other component of the -- of american society. he should never have gone there in the first place. >> ok, so he got booed when he

mentioned that he would repeal obamacare. however, he did get good applause when he said, you know, he supports keystone pipeline. he supports charter schools as well. so it -- according to the associated press, just about an hour ago, apparently the president is going to be sending joe biden to do a rebuttal to what mr. romney said yesterday. so why doesn't the president go because according to his schedule, he doesn't, you know, his calendar is open. people are asking jay carney about that yesterday, here's what he had to say. >> it's the president's decision not to go to the naacp maybe suggests that he takes the black vote for granted? >> well, for campaign specific questions about voting blocks and things like that, i'd refer you to the campaign. he's spoken before the organization in the past. he met with ben gelis last year and his vice president is speaking this year. he is -- i mean, for campaign

scheduling i would refer you to the campaign. >> this is purely a scheduling matter that keeps him from attending this year? >> this is a campaign issue. in terms of the scheduling of -- >> he spoke in 2009 and it wasn't a campaign issue there. >> i think the nominee for the other party spoke as somebody just mentioned. i don't know. i think you have to ask the campaign. >> interesting because i think that jay carney knew he was going to be asked that particular question and maybe should have had a better answer as to why the president was not going to be attending this. maybe this is why. let's look at the latest poll among african-american voters, 96% say that coming up in november, they will vote again for president obama, it's about the same numbers as back in 2008. mitt romney will garner only 3% of their vote. but it's interesting, romney also said in that interview that he did with neil cavuto that he wanted to go to the naacp even if he was booed or even if he didn't get a lot of their votes because he's looking for any and all votes. it will be a close election. if he feels like he can make a difference with a couple of the voters there, then that was

worth it for him. >> as a closing point, if i'm a member of the naacp or if i'm in a leadership position, then i'd be kind of upset and angry about why the president didn't attend. >> sure. >> i'd have my own thoughts about why he didn't attend. >> he hasn't been there since 2009. another big story out of washington, d.c., lawmakers yesterday voting to repeal the federal health care law so-called obamacare as new numbers show it will cost a heck of a lot more than president obama promised. what we have from washington is peter doocy. good morning. >> good morning. and the 244 members of congress who voted in favor of repeal yesterday were not all republicans because five democrats actually defected and here's the list. from arkansas, congressman mike ross. from oklahoma, dan boren. from utah, congressman jim mathisen and from north carolina, congressman mike mcentire and congressman larry kissel, it was the 33rd vote

this g.o.p. controlled congress has put together to even repeal or defund the affordable care act but the white house said before the vote, the whole process is pointless. >> casting these votes again and again and again, you know, probably on average once every few weeks does nothing to improve the bottom line for middle class families. does nothing to send a single 18-year-old american to college. does nothing to help build new industries in this country. and it certainly does nothing to help provide health care to the american people. >> the speaker of the house john boehner says their 2 1/2 dozen repeal bills have all died because the senate is standing still but he says that now is their chance to make a move. >> for those who still support repealing this harmful health

care law, we're giving our colleagues in the senate another chance to heed the will of the american people. and for those who did not support repeal the last time, it's a chance for our colleagues to reconsider. >> in the senate, republicans are circulating this chart showing that the health care law will cost an estimated $2.6 trillion in its first real decade much that's based on numbers from the c.b.o. and that's nearly three times the president's original estimate of $900 billion. even so, its repeal is still highly unlikely since the senate is controlled by democrats and president obama has promised to veto a repeal measure so opponents of the health care law are really just left to find some hope in the words of illinois republican congressman peter roscum who said yesterday that voters get the last word in november. back to you in new york. >> they always do. peter, thank you. >> let's talk about this right now, there's been much made about the team u.s.a. olympic

uniforms and whether or not people like the berets or not, if they thought they were french or not and more important to me, actually, is how expensive it is if you want to try to buy and look like the olympic athletes. it's about $600 for that blazer which i think is out of the reach of most americans. >> right. and if you were to open up that blazer, you know what you would see inside there? you'd see a tag that says the u.s. olympic team official blazer by ralph lauren is made in -- china! that's right. they have outsourced the olympic uniforms for the united states of america. in the 5:00 hour, "fox & friends first" we asked you what you thought. we have some e-mails. >> e-mails from ryan, i think this shows the shape of what our economy is in, even when the american olympic team have to wear cheaper chinese manufactured clothing. talk about outsourcing. >> i don't really get it. it's still really expensive. we're representing america, everything should scream red,

white and blue especially the toil and sweat put into making uniforms. it's a no brainer. >> joe writes of course we should make china made clothing, they are propping up our economy with over $1.2 trillion in u.s. debt. ok. what do you think? e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com about outsourcing the olympic outfits. >> they're big stars now. what did o'reilly, hannity and greta do before they were famous? their first jobs revealed. can you guess which ones scooped ice cream? >> and one of the president's top fundraisers explodes over his strategy in class warfare. so will the voters have the same reaction? juan williams and andrea tantaros battle it out. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals.

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>> well, they tried this a while back and now class warfare is back! >> on top of the existing bush tax cuts, they want to give $5 trillion more in tax cuts. the wealthiest among us can play a little bit more. can't have a culture that just encourages selfishness and working out for yourself. >> now one of the president's top fundraisers is exploding over the president's messaging. r. donahue peebles saying "we can't attack wealth and success, the message from the obama campaign that we only want someone who has not been successful so run for president, that doesn't make sense." so will the voters have the same reaction? for a fair and balanced debate, we're joined by juan williams and andrea tantaros both from "the five" that celebrates its first anniversary this week. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> juan, what's the deal? they tried this class warfare thing before and it didn't work just like they tried the war on

women. that didn't work. just like they're trying the outsourcing thing that seems to be petering out as well. >> no, i think to the contrary, steve, it's working. if you look at the numbers, gallup has numbers of the impact that the ads attacking bain capital, attacking the fact that the -- that romney, the likely republican nominee has bank accounts overseas and that he won't reveal his tax returns. all of those ads seem to be working. 8% of the people in the swing states who say they've seen the ads and 75% of them say it makes them more likely to vote for president obama. >> the reason i say the outsourcing thing is losing its steam, andrea, is the fact that, you know, the republicans launched this web site saying wait a minute, you're accusing mitt romney of outsourcing? take a look at all the jobs the president of the united states outsourced with our stimulus money to build solar panels in china and mexico and stuff like that. and andrea, before you soundbite for us, brand new "washington post" poll shows that the president of the united states

is actually trailing mitt romney by 14% with independents and it could be because of this kind of squabbling. >> and that's the critical voting block that wins and loses elections. there's a psychological theory called projecting. sigmund freud did this when you're in relationshipses and say you're cheating, aur cheating. usually you're the one that's cheating. that's what president obama did this with mitt romney. he did with outsourcing. he's the outsourcer. billions of dollars went to outsourcing with the stimulus. he's the rich guy. we see him hobnobbing with the rich and famous. even david axelrod said mitt romney is the most secretive person in history. where's the college transcripts and the white house visitors list. this projection of what obama is doing is making up for his own insecurities and own weaknesses and it's not working particularly as that "washington post" poll bears out with that

key demographic. >> you get 15 seconds for rebuttal. >> i don't know if i can psychoanalyze. that was terrific. in terms of the politics, let's go back to the politic, the fact that the republicans are now trying to fight on the outsourcing thing is the first evidence that they understand how effective the president's attacks have been in defining romney on his powerboat, on his fancy vacations, on his fundraising -- >> fancy vacations? how about trips to spain, michelle obama? how about martha's vineyard at $30,000 a week? projecting in the purest form. >> there's no comparison between barack obama's background, his history and mitt romney, the $250 million and saying, you know, i like to fire people and all the rest. that's just a problem. >> the argument really is we don't want a successful president? >> sure we do. >> that's a real problem. >> what happened with this interview? we started out talking politics and turns freudian. thanks a lot. >> no freudian slips.

>> andrea and juan, thanks so much. >> take care. >> still ahead, the number of americans on food stamps is going up. it's skyrocketing. why is the government trying so hard to get more people to sign up? their latest technique will probably shock you and the collapse of solyndra left taxpayers holding the bag. would you believe there's nothing from stopping it from happening again? a congressman working to change that joins us next. [ female announcer ] great taste is always in style with lean cuisine steam bags. get our crispiest carrots and our snappiest peas all freshly steamed in just minutes. steam bags from lean cuisine. be culinary chic.

>> it's time for your news by the numbers. first, two. that's how many women saudi arabia is sending to the london olympics, the first time ever the country is allowing women to participate. next, 10 pounds. that's the average amount of weight that you will gain after quitting smoking according to researchers.

and finally, 42. that's how many years it took this texas man to find his stolen sports car after scouring thousands of web sites, he finally located the austin healy on ebay. >> great. >> when the government backed solar company solyndra went under, taxpayers were left holding the bag and believe it or not, there's nothing stopping that from happening again. so michigan congressman fred upton is trying to make sure taxpayer money isn't wasted like that ever again. as the chair of the house energy and commerce committee, he's introducing the no more solyndras act. good morning to you. >> good morning. it's fred. how are you? >> that's great. i'm great. i'm guessing that there's no one who is going to not know what your bill is about. right? >> well, i sure -- you know, it's really a sad day and we saw another company go under last week that was in line for as

much as $400 million. $70 million was paid out, abound energy based out in colorado and, you know, this has got to stop. as chairman of the energy and commerce committee, we have a real role to not only go after fraud and abuse but when we find it and laws that have been ignored, we need to come back and fix it and that's what this new legislation will do. >> that's what you want to do. i want to take a look at the failed energy programs that we know about thus far. so you have solyndra, of course, that you spoke about. $528 million of taxpayer money. beacon power, $43 million. ener1 at $18 million. serious energy has been closed down. the department of energy is currently authorized to issue $34 billion worth of loan guarantees. is there much oversight on that? $34 billion? >> well, what our legislation will do is requires the

department of treasury to really go in and make sure that all of the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed and try to make sure that, in fact, the taxpayers are first in line in case there's a problem vs. last in line as we saw with solyndra. in fact, with solyndra, $535 million, it's gone and it's -- none of it is going to be recaptured by the taxpayer. >> uh-huh. >> and when you did that list just now, you add abound energy which was another $400 million that was looking to go out the door as well. >> i guess my question would be -- >> we're going to put in more controls to make sure that we don't have anymore of these solyndras. that's the bottom line. >> i understand. but i guess my question is this just the tip of the iceberg? i mean, if the department of energy has that kind of power to give that much out in loans, what about other departments? >> well, it's -- i guess you could say that that's the case. we need more oversight. that's one of the things that

speaker boehner and the majority leader cantor have called for, more oversight with all of these different programs to make sure they're managed correctly and to make sure we're not going to have problems like we saw with solyndra which has been an investigation ongoing now for nearly a year and a half. >> all right. congressman upton, republican from michigan, introducing new legislation, you won't have any questions about what it is. no more solyndras act is the name of it. good to see you again. >> thank you. >> next on the rundown, got wine? can a glass of vino do your body better than milk? we have brand new research. i hope the answer is yes. and obama's top cop about to lose his law license. why attorney general eric holder is facing disbarment possibly now. building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone.

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we're back with the shot of the morning, wounded warriors patriot mustang on the third annual high five tour with a mission to raise enough money for a new house for lance corporal huffman paralyzed from waist down in afghanistan. a guy that has put about 500 miles on this ford shelby special edition. >> super snake. >> there you go. lieutenant general. >> thanks for having us and letting us come out with the wuned warrior family support team and tell america about what we're doing. >> come on over here, general and come on over here, ted. we see on the hood, you have this big purple heart and right there is a signature of the fella that we're talking about, tyler huffman. tell us about him. >> young marine lance corporal tyler huffman wounded very, very seriously in afghanistan and paralyzed from the waist down. we're going to build a home for him in jefferson city, missouri. and in concert with the gary

sinise foundation and we hope with the proceeds of this trip that we're not only going to build this home for him but a bunch of other youngster as well. >> that's fantastic. i think you've raised $100,000 for the wounded warrior foundation and particularly for tyler. >> the wounded warrior family support foundation, absolutely correct. we have. >> and who, general, has been scribbling on the car? >> americans. >> i know. >> i say soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and people who love soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. >> i say scribbling. i see a lot of great autographs and then i see the beast and you asked me to sign as well. >> i did ask you to sign it as well. i have a 4-year-old and almost 7-year-old grandson and they've signed it as well. >> where would you like us to sign? >> sign right up here and in fact, i had a spot for all three of you guys to sign. i was going to have you sign on three stars and call it the "fox & friends" team. >> gretch and peter johnson jr. out here.

>> that would be super. all right. >> you sure this isn't going to devalue the car? >> well -- you never know. but i don't think so. outstanding! thank you very much. >> how are you raising money? >> well, the money gets raised in a number of ways. there are street level donations in this obviously street level kind of engagement and this is a good street to engage on but mostly, they can contribute through the web site, wounded warriors family support.org or for short wwwfs.org and you get on the web site and it shows you how to donate and all that. >> thank you very much for having us. street level engagement. >> from street level to eye level and now to the sky level, let's take a look at the radar and the satellite and find out where it is raining right now and according to that, it's predominantly dry. there's some flashes of some clouds that i just saw. yeah, that's about it.

is that possibly right? maybe yes, maybe no. all right. that's a quick look outside, gretch and peter, come on in and tell us the headlines. >> all right. thanks so much. now your headlines, the house judiciary committee announcing it will subpoena some of president obama's top advisors to find out who is behind a recent string of national security leaks. the white house first came under fire after several classified reports mysteriously became unclassified including details about a foiled al-qaida bomb plot and a cyber attack on iran. house lawmakers now launching their own official investigation after attorney general eric holder refused to assign a special prosecutor to the case. >> and u.s. government going out of its way to get more hispanics on food stamps. the usda now airing spanish language radio soap operas where the characters convince each other to go on welfare and talk about the nutrition benefits. nearly 46 million americans received food stamps already at a cost of $72 billion a year to

taxpayers. >> cheers to this, ladies! a new study finds two glasses of wine a day are good for your bones. yippie skippy. those who have two drinks a day are less likely two develop osteoporosis, the reason alcohol increases bone density and get this, moderate drinkers who put down the booze, their bone density decreased after two weeks. we have to frame this story for me. thank you. the bone density returned when they started drinking again. that's a good one. >> don't need calcium, no. >> a big resume oops for college student at york university in toronto. instead of attaching a resume to a job application, a woman attached this photo of a wild eyed nicolas cage instead. >> why? >> she claims she was thrown by the numbers in the file names but it doesn't seem to be scaring off potential employers. the mistake is making her an

internet sensation. >> i don't think they're going to get nic cage as the person to show up to work. >> that would be interesting employment opportunities. >> that would. >> it would. >> all right. he's the only cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of congress and now, attorney general eric holder faces another first. he could become the first attorney general to actually lose his law license. >> william lejunesse has the latest developments from los angeles. good morning. >> well, you know, formal complaint was filed last week with the washington bar association of which holder is a member. filed by two blogers who have written extensively on fast & furious, it alleges that the attorney general violated the rules of conduct when he was found in contempt of congress for not complying with a house oversight committee subpoena. it claims that he violated the ethics code "engaging in conduct that was dishonest and interferes with the administration of justice." >> it may not be foreseeable in the next few months, maybe even in the next year but as this

develops, as more information comes out, this will be an active investigation and the d.c. bar can at any point take it up. >> and here's a little history on disbarment and some people you may recognize in 2000, the arkansas bar called for disbarment of former president clinton saying he lied about his affair with monica lewinsky and say they reached a deal and he lost his license for five years and then you've got former president richard nixon disbarred for obstruction of justice in watergate. former v.p. spiro agnew disbarred for bribery and tax evasion. the north carolina d.a. barred for misconduct in the duke lacrosse case. f. lee bailey for disbarment after being found guilty of attorney misconduct. as for holder, basically this complaint will go into the bar association, will go to a screening committee. they generally don't like to get involved with what is perceived as a political dispute. a d.o.j. spokesperson say these are speechless claims that ignore the facts that it was frivolous. the complaint was filed yesterday by a liberal group

funded by george soros against chairman issa for disclosing a wiretap affidavit. so this is basically going to go be drawn out, if you will, into investigations. also, we understand, i'll send it back to you, steve, another complaint will be filed with the new york bar where eric holder also has a law license. steve? >> all right, william live in los angeles. thank you very much. meanwhile, straight ahead, bill o'reilly has been reporting for years. what was his very first job? here's a hint. it gave him a brain freeze. and then from health care to the stimulus to repealing don't ask don't tell, president obama has passed some major legislation since he took office but you know -- but you might not know it from watching his re-election speeches. is he running from his record? we're going to report and you're going to decide. but first, pfizer trivia question of the day --

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and the cover of "women's day" magazine in australia making a splash with this photo. prince william and kate on their honeymoon. the couple spent 10 days in the sayshells and a $6500 a night bungalow. not commenting how the photographer can get that photo. media outlets in the u.k. agreed not to publish any photos from their honeymoon. william and kate reportedly feel betrayed and betrothed. >> why? they look fantastic. >> honeymoon is over. >> meanwhile, president obama tackling many controversial issues in his first term. >> tonight, i am grateful that this congress delivered and pleased to say that the american recovery and reinvestment act is now law. >> we've got to move to a new energy era. i think cap and trade is the best way from my perspective to

achieve some of those gains. >> i have ordered the closing of the detention center in guantanamo bay and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists. >> today after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. these reforms represent the stro strongest consumer financial protections in history. >> ok. as these policies have grown very unpopular, it appears as if the president is staying clear and not talking about his record. >> evan bayh joins us live on the set to weigh in. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> what do you make of the fact that the president is steering away from the big issues that he talked about at the beginning of his campaign? >> this is all about his re-election right now and some of his most significant accomplishments like health care aren't popular with the public. some of the other things are not widely known. for example, if you ask an average woman on the street

about dodd-frank they'd think you're talking about skin disease or something. cap and trade is not a high priority when the economy is weak. they need to change the subject and focus on his public and try to point out things about mitt romney that the voters might not like. that's what's going on here. >> do you agree with, you know, people are interested in taxes and tax reform, big things like that, you know, but what they're talking about targeting people who has been successful and hitting their taxes up another 5%. i don't think you'd think that's probably a very good idea. we want real reform on real things and to talk about outsourcing and that sort of thing, do people care? >> i think both campaigns may be selling the public short. america knows this is an important part in our history and we face big issues. i think both campaigns need to elevate their game and talk about what the next four years and the next 20 years are going to look like rather than this tactical stuff of back biting and arguing back and forth. >> the public has had enough of

that. >> i agree. i don't know if the public is paying attention to these little tiny details. they want the big picture analysis. so as a democrat, how would you advise president obama right now? >> i would focus like a laser on the economy. and in particular growth. what does it take to get jobs created to grow business? i'd put some of the -- the equality argument about tax burdens aside. at this point, i don't think that raising taxes on people who do the hiring and make the investments is likely to make them to do more of that. we want them to hire more people, make more investments, so the economy, jobs, they need to focus like on that on a laser and put some. debates to the side until after the economy is going to a rate that's getting us to a better place. >> is that the state of the culture and state of the mainstream media where they're looking for the gotcha moment and looking for the story about the dog on the roof or the dog recipes and stuff like that and that's what we've come down to when we need real change from washington which, unfortunately, right now, as you know, is completely gridlocked? >> i think there's a separation between the political class and the public at large.

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stossel. john? are young americans aiming too high? should they set their sights lower? >> younger americans, too, right outside the welfare office where people told us there are no jobs, we found within a couple of hours, 40 jobs. 24 of which said no experience necessary. admittedly, they were starting jobs. but you start. if you're good, you move up. that guy couldn't find workers. >> everybody started with jobs. you had a job. i had a job. i was a messenger. what did you do, your first job? >> i worked on an assembly, i hated it. it was hot and boring and taught me i better get good grades in school so i might have some other alternatives and look, we also interviewed some fox anchors about their first jobs and if we have a clip. >> i had the job of getting all the coins from the cash register and putting all the pennies in those paper rolls. and it was dreadfully dull. and i decided i have to have a job that's fascinating and i always wanted to be a lawyer. i knew i would be in trouble, i

better be a lawyer. >> first job i had a paycheck while i was washing dishes friday night, saturday night and sunday all day. and then i eventually became a cook. it took me what hard work is. and then i worked every other job in the restaurant business. then i moved on to the construction business and somehow i thought, let me try this radio and tv thing. >> my first job at 16 was working in carville ice cream stand on old country road in westbury, long island and it taught me to show up on time! i got minimum wage but all the hot fudge sundaes i wanted. good job. i wish i still had it. >> what i was taught by doing the research is that people often give a resume and wait to hear. but a lot of it, martha maccallum talks about how she had to apply and apply and pester them until she got her first job. >> but with your philosophy, if it was up to you, bill o'reilly

would not have gotten minimum wage. because you don't believe in minimum wage. >> he might have gotten more if he were good at it. 95% of workers make more than the minimum wage because the market sets the wage but yes -->> think it's a phony? >> it's worse than a phony. it takes away jobs from inexperienced young people and an employer can't afford to try somebody out. >> so you say get out there, there are jobs to be had because you went out there and you found them in a couple of hours in a small neighborhood. >> right outside a welfare office where people said, yeah, there's no jobs. >> john, great to see you. we enjoy your show. please come back soon. have you heard this? the u.n. about to do something that would put the second amendment, your gun rights, perhaps, on trial. michelle malkin here with that story. and then did you hear about this? we're going to tell you, kristin chenoweth, friend of this show rushed to the hospital on a stretcher after being injured on the set. what went horribly wrong at the top of the hour.

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>> peter: then brad pitt's mom under fire for disagreeing with the president. michelle malkin here to weigh in on "fox & friends" which starts right now. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. hope you're gonna have a fantastic thursday. peter johnson, jr. is here for brian. >> peter: good morning. >> steve: good to have you. also in the next half hour action paul ryan. he's been big on healthcare and budget and stuff like that. we'll talk about that with him and so much more coming up. right now we start with the headlines. >> gretchen: it was like the sun exploded, that description coming from a witness who caught the exact moment when a train derailed, exploding into a massive fire ball. 90,000 gallons of ethanol. that's what you're seeing there,

exploding, when 11 cars derailed, this is columbus, ohio. 911 calls came pouring in. they were just released this morning. listen to this. >> definitely on fire. all i could see are the flames about 16, 70-foot high. >> where is your emergency? >> i'm not sure where it's at, but something blew up. >> gretchen: two people were hurt during a second explosion. they were walking along the tracks to check out what was happening. fire officials say the cause of the crash may have been a mechanical failure. they're still investigating. after spending a decade behind bars at gitmo, this is osama bin laden's driver and body guard. now he's free and back in sudan. two years ago he confessed to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. his release makes him the first detainee convicted under the obama administration's revised military policies to be transferred back home. for the first time, politicians banned from speak at this year's september 11

memorial ceremony at ground zero. the president of the national normal says he wants the event to focus on honoring the victims in a way that's, quote, free of politics. in the past, president obama, former president george w. bush have spoken at the event. she's gonna to go just fine thankfully. a serious scare for actress christian chenoweth. she was rushed to the hospital after getting knocked out bay piece of lighting equipment. a huge gust of wind knocked it overment you can see her on the stretcher. apparently she was knocked cold when the scaffolding came flying down, hit her right direct in the head. lucky that she's going to be okay. >> steve: no kidding. let's go out to colorado springs, michelle malkin joins us this thursday morning as she does every thursday. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> steve: you know, he knew going in there would president-elect obama be awkward -- knew there would be awkward moments with the naacp because they supported the other

guy by 96%. what did you make of the fact that when he talked about repealing obamacare, he got boo'd? >> i thought it was obnoxious for the audience to do that. i understand from congressman cleaver that apparently it's racist to criticize the president at all. but somehow it's fine to receive a guest, invited guest, the way the booing audience did. it was interesting watching this speech and being plugged into twitter at the same time. initially i thought he could have handled it better, but a lot of folks on the right who have a diverse opinion of romney thought he handled it really well. i think you got to give him a huge amount of credit for going into such a loaded lion's den and it raises the question of when barak obama is ever going

to step outside his thick, protected bubble and do anything at all similar to this. that's what i'd like to see. >> gretchen: also raises a question about why the president is not going to the naacp convention. instead today he's sending joe biden. i want to go back to congressman cleaver. he's congressional black caucus chair. originally he gave mitt romney an a for showing up, for effort, for showing up. you have to keep this in mind, too, mitt romney was kind of in a box. what would have happened if he didn't accept the invitation? that could have been a worse situation. but let's listen to congressman cleaver about what his thoughts were about the booing. >> i didn't support the booing. i think that was inappropriate. but predictable when he starts saying i'm going to eliminate something that the african-american community has embraced in numbers larger than any other component of american

society. he should never have gone there in the first place. >> gretchen: do you agree with that? do you think he should not have brought up the fact that he would repeal observe eastboundcare to avoid being boo'd? >> what congressman cleaver is basically saying is that he's demanding that romney have pandered to this audience. let's back up a little bit more because i disagree with another premise that he stated and that is that the african-american community as a whole, as a collective supported obamacare. i think what romney did effectively after he paused a bit and let them do their boos and unleash all that, was try to persuade them with facts, with information that, in fact, this is something that does not benefit either the african-american community or americans unhyphennated at all. >> peter: what the main stream media wasn't talking about was the fact that governor romney was also cheered about a support

for traditional marriage. let's take a look at that and comment on that. >> as president, i will promote strong families and i will defend traditional marriage. [ applause ] >> peter: what's your reaction to that, michelle? >> well, luckily we do have things like social media and alternative media that highlighted the fact that there was that applause in places like fox news where you saw it where you didn't on other traditional media stations. i think it highlights something that the democrats and that these people at the naacp don't want you to nome it's the great big secret that, in fact, people in the african-american community and african-american church leaders support traditional marriage and there is nothing racist or bigoted about it. >> gretchen: except we've had them on the show, many of them to say they're still going to vote for president obama even though they totally disagree with him on the gay marriage

situation. >> steve: also the keystone pipeline as well, so he did get -- he had to go because had he turned down the invitation, they would have spun it like, look, he's racist because if he didn't go. one other thing we want to talk to you about today is united nations on the east side of manhattan. they're always brewing up something. now apparently they're working on a treaty, michelle malkin, that would expose u.s. gun owners' records to foreign governments. huh? >> yeah. well, of course, self-defense and the right to bear arms are uniquely american rights and they've always been under assault. not just domestically, but by transnationallists around the world. this is just the latest usurpation of our sovereignty by the u.n. if you couple this along with this push by the democrats now to pass the lost treaty where they want to usurp our water rights and sea rights as well, it's a huge threat and it has

galvanized the second amendment activists in a way we haven't seen before and hopefully people in capitol hill are listening. >> steve: yeah. that's right. >> gretchen: let's talk about this, because it was surprising to me, brad pitt's mom, she lives in the midwest, she apparently wrote in to her local newspaper in support or actually against president obama. you got from that through deduction that she would support mitt romney. she's now getting death threats for supporting mitt romney. what do you make of that? >> it exposes the represssive tolerance, so-called tolerance of much of the left, and particularly the hollywood left at my twitter site, twitchy.com, we highlight a lot of these disgusting, vile threats, attacks, profanities that were leveled at mrs. pitt. it's the subject of my column which you can read at michellemalkin.com. i covered this issue over a number of years, of these

so-called civility police who have a blind eye when it's turned on people who are expressing dissident views. in this case, of course, mrs. pitt is simply expressing political views that are held by oh, about half the country, and support -- she specifically supported. it wasn't by deduction -- mitt romney. what she was trying to do was show tolerance and say, you know what? i know there are a lot of christians out there who have concerns but you shouldn't because he has business experience, she cited, as well as his support for pro-life policies and traditional marriage. >> steve: exactly. it puts brad pitt, movie star n a tough spot because you got to figure he supports the president, but at the same time, the president, my mom, president, my mom. he wants to support his mom. >> yeah. sure did. >> gretchen: enough said. when you involve mom, it's just kind of that's it.

have a fantastic weekend. >> thanks, you, too. >> steve: coming up, have you lost your house, depleted your retirement or something bad like that? we're going to help you rebuild your american dream. coming up, real estate expert from las vegas, mr. bob massi is with us. >> peter: then you know the saying, those lying eyes? but can you really tell if someone is lying to you by looking them in the eye? the truth is coming up [ birds chirping ]

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>> peter: thousands of americans lost their homes as a result of the housing crisis. now many are left to wonder how do they rebuild their dreams

after they've lost everything? fox news legal analyst bob massi, the legal lion of the west, is here with some simple steps. good morning, bob. how are you? >> letter, sir. how are you? >> peter: let's go to the first question. where does someone begin after they've lost everything? their home, their retirement, their savings. how does that rebuilding begin? >> you know, for so many years, people have been living in fear because they've lost so much. gone through their retirement, liquidated their pensions, sold life insurance policies for cash surrenders. what i really want our viewers to do is start taking control of their life and look as what they have left. no matter how little it may be, evaluate if you still have debt. if you have credit card debt, if you haven't filed bankruptcy what, kind of interest rates are you paying? if you have car loans, look and study what you have because what happens is people get so distressed from what's going on.

they don't take control of their present circumstance to rebuild. what i want them to do, look at what they have, don't be embarrassed about what happened. don't fear as to what happened. but move on and get an evaluation done yourself. sit down as a family, look at where you are and then get some professional guidance again, as i've said before, to start rebuilding in your future. it's very important to take control of what you have lost at this point in your life. >> peter: i've heard you say in the past how important it is to be truthful with creditors when you speak to the creditors, lay it out so you can build a basis for the future. our next question: is it worth consulting with a reputable mortgage broker to plan the future purchase of a home? what about that one, bob? >> absolutely. first of all, as you know, so many people now have to rent because their credit is shot. but there are programs that are going to be developed by lenders because they're in the business of loaning money to purchase

again. a competent, reputable mortgage broker will be able to sit down with you, even now, even if you just lost your house to foreclosure, even if you just sold your house on a short sale, start sitting down with a reputable mortgage broker and you could go through, for example, the chamber of commerce, call people that you know in the area that could get a reputable person and say look, how do i look forward to buying in the future? what programs are on the horizon? how often should i come and meet with you? do these type of things. so what it does, peter, it gives people a sense of future. it gives people the sense of hope that, in the future, they're going to own again because it is and will always be the american dream to own a home in america and you will own again. >> peter: we're counting on you, bob, to help us rebuild it and we're hoping you'll be back next week and so if you have more

questions for bob massi, i mail them -- e-mail them. he's going to give you the best answers possible. bob, we'll see you next week. >> thank you, sir. >> peter: thank you. the next time you dial 911, you might get a bill. one city so broke, it's charging people who call the paramedics. then do you remember when nancy pelosi said this? >> we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. >> peter: now we know what's in it and guess what? it's gonna cost you more. congressman paul ryan, chairman of the house budget committee, knows all about this. he's up next

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>> peter: time for your news by the numbers. 22.5%. that's greece's new unemployment rate. that number, record high. certainly is. next, 46,000. that's how many canadians left canada last year to get medical treatment in the united states. thanks to their country's government-run healthcare. finally, $225. that's how much it will cost you to call 911 if you live in fulsome, california. local officials trying to pump more money back into the city. gretchen? >> gretchen: thank you, peter. for the first time since the supreme court's ruling, the house of representatives voting to repeal the health care law, a move criticized by house democrats. >> affordable care act is about strengthening our middle class and honoring the entrepreneurial

spirit of america. let's stop this legislation to nowhere that they have on the floor today. >> steve: our next guest says there is still one way that the law can be repealed and joining us now from capitol hill is house budget committee chairman, wisconsin congressman paul retirement good morning to you. >> good morning, steve, how are you doing? >> steve: i know you're hoping the 33rd time is the charm. what's the one last way you can repeal it? >> the american people can repeal it this november by voting for mitt romney and a new senate. that's what john roberts basically said. the supreme court, american people, we're not going to get rid of this law. it's up to you. what we're demonstrating with this vote is there is one more chance and that is electing mitt romney president and giving us the united states senate that will work with the house, which we've proven we will repeal this law and we need to win this election to do it. there is one more chance. >> gretchen: one of the things i know that you've spent a lot of time analyzing is the cost of obamacare. now we have a new chart that shows it's going to cost more than even expected originally.

2.6 trillion in the first true ten-year period. are you surprised by that number? >> no, i'm not. and i think it's going to go up in two weeks. we had the cbo reanalyze it. now that this new medicaid ruling, what's going to happen, more people will go from medicaid to observe eastboundcare, which will raise cost. we're expecting a new score in two weeks. look, this law was passed on what are now three broken promises by president obama. he said that we're not raising taxes on the middle class. that's not true. he said that if you like the plan that you had, you can keep it. that's proving to be untrue. he also said this will lower health care costs. that's clearly not true. it raised the cost. so if congress knew then what congress knows now, gretchen, this law would never have passed. that's why we passed this repeal bill to show the country, we have one more chance. we can do it in the house, but we're going to need mitt romney as president and need a united states senate to do this and then we can fix this mess.

>> steve: something the president of the united states is not going to talk about on the stump is his signature achievement, conkman. that is passing health care because it's widely unpopular by a majority of people in this country. instead, since he can't run on his record, he's got to throw stuff out like the war on women and the dog stuff, stuff on top of the car. now once again, it's that class warfare thing where he wants to jack up taxes on the most successful people in the country, small businesses, the job creators, even though he knows there is no chance it could pass. >> even economists from the president's own party say this is a really bad idea for job creation. so he even knows that raising taxes on successful small businesses is not good for job creation, yet he's pressing forward with this. as you mentioned, he wants to divide the country in order to distract the country to try and win the election. >> steve: because the polls -- it polls well, congressman. >> he's run this latest ad, he's running against mitt romney, outsourcing ad, it's already

been labeled by the fact checkers as misleading, untrue and unfair. so he's going to divide this chrism he's distorting these things to try to win this election. this is hardly the president we thought we were going to get in 2008. this is not the barak obama of 2008 and it's sad we're here. >> gretchen: he's hoping voters do not read the fine print when they put out some of these headline statements and then the retractions come at the bottom of the page a short time later. let's talk a little more about this tax cut controversy because it looks like the democrats in the senate don't even want to bring it up for a vote. >> about a half dozen democrats in the senate agree with us, which is these tax increases will hurt jobs and the economy. by the way, this is for spending. the president -- this doesn't pay for 8% of the president's proposed deficit spending. so he's not -- he's basically saying, let's take money from successful small businesses and bring it to washington and spend it there. that's a good idea. we've learned that this doesn't work. we have had the worst quarter in two years with respect to job creation and six democrats,

that's the number i've heard, democrats in the senate agree with us, that's a bad idea. therefore, they're not going to vote on it. >> steve: congressman, do you sometimes feel like you went to washington to change things, get stuff done, and now you guys are spinning your wheels because you pass bills, yesterday you repealed obamacare. you send it to harry reid, he's got a big pile of stuff you've sent him. he's not going to do a darn thing with it. >> peter: they haven't passed a budget inly years. they haven't addressed our energy issues. they haven't passed any of the bills we sent over there. you know what? i'm pretty encouraged. you know why? we have an election coming up. and in this election, we get to decide as americans what do we want our country to be like? what kind of people do we want to be, what kind of country do we want? we in the house, along with mitt romney, have been charting that course and so the country gets to decide what they want america to be. in this election, we can put the right people in place and get the right policies passed and save this country from a debt crisis, save this economy from a tail spin that it's entering, and we really think that's why

i'm optimistic we can turn this around. >> gretchen: it will be up to the voters and it's right around the corner. first week in november. congressman paul ryan, all good to see you. have a great weekend. >> you bet. take care. >> steve: he made a split decision that freed him from the jaws of a gator and he learned the life saving technique from the tv show, swamp people. one of the swamp people themselves up next. >> gretchen: then is the president's class warfare campaign working? eric bolling has the results of a brand-new survey about what democrats and independents are saying. the results are eye opening. plus, new weekly jobless numbers. he'll be with us shortly. >> the white house is now urging americans not to read too much into last week's job report. like it would be best if you didn't read it at all. in fact, don't even look at it! [ male announcer ] summer is here.

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into an unemployment office for the very first time, continuing claims tend to be around 2, 2 1/2 million people. but that's a good number. they were expecting 372 or so. the four week moving average the last three weeks have been 386,000. so a substantial drop in unemployment. >> gretchen: why? >> i don't know. i have to go through the report. but again, these are real numbers. >> gretchen: as opposed to the other ones that they revise all the time. >> i guarantee you, that's going to get revised. but these are the actual people that went in, 'cause we have those documents. the monthly unemployment survey, it's a survey. so they pick up the phone and call people and say, are you working or not? so that's a good number if we don't get a 30 year, 25,000 revision. >> steve: could it possibly be, because last week in the middle of the week, was the fourth of july. a lot of people took the time off and government offices were closed. >> yes, it could have an effect. but steve, that 372 that they anticipated, those are

economists expecting and the economy for that wednesday, they stl came up with 372. the actual number, 350. that's a good one. >> gretchen: 350 is always your manualic number. >> below 350, it's the economy, a healthy economy. it's probably a jobs producing economy. last friday we got the unemployment number for last month, we weren't producing any jobs. it was minuscule. i think more people went on disability than jobs created. peter, you look like you want to ask a question. >> peter: what if this happens again next week and the week after that? does that affect the unemployment? >> absolutely does. so if it's a one off, like 350, we go back to 365 or 370, next week then you say it's a one off. when you see the four week trend moving towards 350, then you know the economy is probably producing jobs. remember, barak obama has four-monthly unemployment numbers left before the election. the fourth one being the friday before the tuesday election in

november. he really needs to get the unemployment rate below 8%. although i don't think he wins. can i pull up this chart? >> steve: absolutely. >> you can play games with the unemployment number and how many people are unemployed and how many people are underemployed. that one right there tells the story. prior to the recession, there is a gray area right in the middle of that chart where it looks like the number starts to fall off the cliff. those are the number of -- percentage of americans employed. so as the population grows, more and more jobs have to be created to keep up with population. but look to the right side on the screen, to the rides of that -- right side of that gray area. that's president obama's term. we hear about the obama recovery, there is nothing recovering in the obama job picture whatsoever. so the country is growing, we're not producing, we're not keeping up with the population growth and we're not producing enough jobs. >> gretchen: that chart looks so much more ominous than -- >> that comes directly from the bureau of labor statistics. it takes the amount of people in the country and number of jobs.

they can't play games with birth and death ratios. >> gretchen: why is it so ominous? >> the same number of people are working, more people are coming into the labor force. graduating from college, they're coming from other countries. they're getting citizenship. so the population grows, same number of people are work. the economy is not recovering. the job market is not recovering. we need to be producing a few more jobs. >> steve: one of the things we're hearing this week is class warfare. tax those guys who are successful and create jobs and stuff like that. it's interesting, there's a brand-new gallup poll that came out that shows one in five, 20% say they are less likely to vote for mitt romney based on the fact that he's a rich guy. 20%. what's interesting -- you can see it's largely democrats and some independents as well. what's interesting is, 75%, as you can see right there, upper right-hand corner, 75% don't care that mitt romney has got a lot of money. >> right. no one should really care what

he came to the table with. what they should care about, what's he going to do november 8, if he's elected president? is he going to starts to incorporate things that will get the job market better? paul ryan is right. they're pointing fingers instead of figuring out what the right answers are. i was watching something this morning. simpson and bowles, remember the commission? they came up with real credible ways, number one, cut the deficit, cut the debt, which would spark job creation. president obama actually went to them, please put this together. they come up with recommendations and then he ignores them. mitt romney, the 59 point economic plan, not sure that the americans can tie into that and say hey, that's great. if he were to say, if i'm elected, i'm going to take president obama's idea, use simpson-bowles proposals and fix the economy because what they do do in simpson-bowles is they reform entitlements as well as spending. >> peter: so why isn't he taking your advice and doing that?

>> i don't know. i don't know. >> steve: he has been talking about a five-point plan lately. >> yes, he has, steve. but honestly, i spent a lot of time in the weeds with the numbers. i don't really even understand the five-point plan or 59-point plan. >> gretchen: one of the things that's been effective. >> simpson-bowles would solve a lot of problems. >> gretchen: simplity seems to be the key. we'll see you on "the five." >> i'll be there. >> gretchen: let's get to your headlines. warning for women eating chicken can give you a super bug that's nearly impossible to treat? researchers say the same strain of owe co- lie found in chicken that are fed antibiotics is being found in women and that strain could be increasing the number of bladder infections. those infections seem to be lasting longer. and the normal course of treatment is not working like it used to. >> we have had these infections since the time of the ancient greeks. it's only since the 20th century that we had the

antibiotics to treat them with. it's miraculous. we can get rid of the things. it used to be you didn't know what to do. you talk water or cranberry juice. now we have those antibiotics. but they're becoming less and less and less effective because we're using them too much. >> gretchen: the f.d.a. says 80% of all the antibiotics sold in the united states are fed to livestock. >> steve: you'll remember the big bust at san diego's fourth of july celebration with the fireworks, when all of them went off in 15 seconds. now we got new video and it's much closer. whole video shows the mishap in high def. a technical issue being blamed for igniting everything all at once. >> peter: police in florida releasing the 911 call made

after a teenage boy was attacked by an alligator. >> a gator got my son. he's in the water. arm. >> is it still attached? >> no. >> peter: 17-year-old caleb swimming in the river when the 11-foot gator bit off most of his right arm. he says he would have died if not for a move he learned on the history channel show "swamp people." one of the stars of that show joined us earlier and steve on fax "friends". >> i hope i'm never in that predicament where i have to decide whether to save my life. alligator is a wild animal. they're very dangerous. we're very fortunate that more incidents like this doesn't happen. >> peter: the boy's family asking for donations to buy him

a prosthetic arm. i think i'll start today with that. >> gretchen: your eyes may not say it all when it comes to lying. in three new experiments, researchers tested whether people who lied tended to move their eyes up and to the right more than people who were not lying. they found no association between which direction the eyes moved and whether people were telling the truth. the study contradicting a therapy approach that revolves around the connection between neurological language and behavior. haven't they always said if you're not telling the truth, you kind of put your eyes all over the place? >> peter: yeah. >> steve: or you got your fingers crossed like this. yeah, of course. >> gretchen: coming up, the naacp invited him, but then they boo'd him. >> if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are look at him. [ cheers and applause ] you take a look. >> gretchen: congressional

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>> peter: talk about some extreme weather. watch as a woman climbs right out of her car to escape flash floods in san antonio. she eventually makes her way to dry land. the high waters also leaving a man clinging to the side of a bridge for his life. rescue crews were able to help him to safety. and some heart stopping video out of south carolina. >> it's a shark!

a shark! there is a big shark! >> peter: sarah fishing with her father when a bull shark jumped out of the marsh and stole the catch right off her line. bull sharks, one of the only species found outside of the ocean. >> steve: well, a not so warm welcome for mitt romney at yesterday's naacp convention in houston. the presidential candidate heard some boos. listen in. >> if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are looking at him. you take a look. >> steve: he also got boo'd for saying he wants to cut all nonessential expensive government programs, including obamacare. joining us now is the mayor of saratoga springs, utah and republican congressional candidate, mia love. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve.

>> steve: okay. he did get boo'd, but he did get some applause for talking about how he stood for traditional marriage. he liked the idea of the keystone pipeline and chart schools as well. you were supposed to be with him, weren't you? >> yes, and weather prevented us from getting there. it was unfortunate. but we really wanted to be there with him. >> steve: what did you think about him getting boo'd like that? >> i think it's unfortunate. i think it's really unfortunate that he would get boo'd. i certainly respect the courage that he has to go in front of the naacp, which is a crowd that may not be so friendly to him and to go out and actual lea tell the truth and talk about obamacare and hour it's hurting not just the black community, but the american community. >> steve: right. one thing that you heard mitt romney say yesterday to the naacp, which i don't think we have heard the president of the united states since he hasn't appeared before the group since 2009, is he leveled with them and said, look, unemployment in the black community is, what, almost 14%.

almost 15% in this country. and if he's elected, he'll try find folks jobs. look at that. >> right. >> steve: what do you think of that? >> well, i think it's unfortunate, again. we have a president that has claimed he's going to go out and help these communities and the numbers haven't gotten any better. they've gotten worse. you got many americans, 23 million americans out of work, underemployed or just stopped look for work. they've lost hope that anything is going to happen in this economy. we've got to elect a president that is going to put hope back into the hearts of the american people. not just one community, but i'm talking about all communities. >> steve: sure. you were talking -- we've been talking about entitlements and now there is a new one that's getting bigger all the time. used to be called food stamps. now it's called the snap program. we've got a full screen that shows just how much over the last seven years the -- back in 2004, we spent $27 billion on it.

now 75 billion. there is an effort in congress to cut back a bit. essentially it's become a gigantic entitlement. >> right. and here is the other thing. we're looking at policies. we've got a president that's going out saying, hey, look how much we're helping with this community. instead of looking at all of americans and saying, whoa. we actually have too many people in need of assistance. we spend $900 million in poverty assistance that's supposed to end poverty but it continues grow and grow. we're just telling you that it's not work. we're actually taking everybody and bringing them down to the lowest common denominator instead of taking the american people and bringing them up. >> steve: people want jobs. they don't want a handout for the most part. >> right. if you really care about the poor, you want to make sure that you give them opportunities and that is through work. >> steve: that's right. exactly. mayor mia love, if elected to congress, she'll take a pay cut. we did, by the way, invite her opponent and we have not heard back from them yet. mayor, thank you very much for joining us and good luck to you.

>> thank you so much. >> steve: ten minutes before the top of the hour. he says budget cuts forced him to let suspected murderers go free. that sheriff here next to defend the decision. first, bill hemmer has got nothing to do for ten minutes and in ten minutes, you're going to talk about what? >> good morning to you. republicans demanding answers to the intel leaks which everyone could read about in the "new york times." an update on that today. the great american debate over taxes is on. not just in washington. the towns in america that are bankrupt and trying to find a way out of a deep, deep hole. also those jobs numbers are out. we'll read between the lines on the jobs number when martha and i see you in about ten minutes here on "america's newsroom" [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink?

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>> gretchen: welcome back. lane county in oregon is the subject of major controversy. they've released just under 100 prisoners from their state prison, including three who have been charged with homicides, all because of budget cuts. i think it's their jail. we had the sister of one of those victims on the show yesterday. >> we're devastated. he needs to be back in jail where he belongs. i know it's got to be frustrating for them to let them go, but i can't help but feel there is some political pull behind all of this. >> gretchen: here to respond is lane county sheriff, thomas turner. good morning to you, sheriff. >> good morning, gretchen. how are you? >> gretchen: we should let our viewers know there is a slight delay because of the satellite. i just want to get your thoughts on the fact that the sister who was on, one of the victims of the people -- of the persons who have been released now, he's charged with homicide. she believes there might be a political reason as to why some of these inmates are being

released. is there any truth to that? >> no. there isn't. it is very unfortunate. i also am very devastated at this the issues we're facing here at lane county. but unfortunately, due to the loss in our federal timber payments that were to supplement our former timber revenue and our county has been dependent on that for many years, now it's come to an end. unfortunately, that's forced severe budge yet cuts, which have forced us to release prisoners we would never have done in the past, but unfortunately, due to the fact that we're facing an over25% budget cut this year, we had to reduce the number of jail beds. when there aren't enough beds, unfortunately, the prisoners have to be released and the prisoners are based on their risk of dangerousness to society and unfortunately, even the dangerous ones are getting released because we have to hold the more dangerous ones. >> gretchen: $10 million reduction that you had to try

and cut somewhere, you went from 240 local jail beds to 152. that meant the difference of those people ended up with ankle brace lets on of the two of which have been charged with homicide. is an ankle bracelet sufficient enough to keep the public safe? >> the ankle bracelet is better than nothing. but unfortunately, it is kind of in that category because compared to incarceration, when the person is actual lea in a cell where you can contact and teal with them moment by moment, electronic surveillance program is kind of a stop-gap. we certainly know where the bracelet is. but that doesn't mean we know where the prisoner is all the time and it's very difficult to monitor. it's better than nothing, but it is unfortunately kind of a stop-gap measure. >> gretchen: right. and so many towns facing budget cuts and this is one of the end results. sheriff, thanks for your time. more "fox & friends" two minutes

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the economy added just 80,000 jobs for the month of june. bill: so the federal reserve is sending signals they may take action but there is some serious doubt they have the tools to do it. fox business network's charles payne with us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. bill: what are they saying about the strength of our economy, charles? >> reporter: very interesting and they came out with the minutes. essentially they acknowledge all the things the market is worried about. banking weakness and weakness in europe. they acknowledge the market would be off even more if feeling central bank including the fed would be accommodative. only half the people saw need for additional stimulus right now. that spooked the market. we had a massive selloff. we got better before the close. it is pretty clear, bill, wall street and the fed aren't on the same page. wall street wants action. fed is saying hey, give it a little bit more time. perhaps they're more bullish