and teachers and internet to thank for that. dumiss it here is a snippet. >> there is a lot of wealthy successful americans who agree with me because they want to give something back. they know if you are successful. you didn't get that on your own. you didn't get there on your own. i am always struck by people who think. well, it must have been because i am so smart. if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> steve: everybody is successful. >> gretchin: i think this is what he thinks. the government is the infrastructure and you need to thank the government or the government needs to take partial responsibility for my success. my grand father started a business in the 1900's and he went bankrupt and he didn't

have government help. >> steve: he would be successful with the government. >> gretchin: that business is successful over 90 years. a lot of people have issue with that particular statement. >> eric: president obama said in a few days he would change america. he warned us in 2008 and he talked about class warfare and demonizing the rich and business owners. this line that we played. you have a business and you didn't build that somebody else made it. the man is a statist. a lot of trouble when you call him a social. his policies are social. government runs the government and businesses are just lucky to be on board. >> steve: what he said behind every successful business is a great big government. it is another way to say we

need to raise taxes. he wants more taxes from the small business people. the ceo of the chamber of commerce said we should applaud the risk takers and dreamers who are willing to stand out from the crowd rather than denigrate what these people have done. we need to encourage people to start a business it is all part of the american dream. do they get a tarp bailout, absolutely not. >> gretchin: what you do would never have been possible without the government. if you rup a business do you agree with that? what you do would not have been possible without help from the government. >> eric: i have run several businesses and run pay rolls and become successful because

of the american capitalitist. i never took a loan or asked the government for help and asked them who i was supposed to hire or fire. it is disturbing. it is disturbing that one line. someone else made that happen. no it didn't president obama, we made that happen. >> steve: there is a story, over the last couple of days, president obama is calling off teleprompter he didn't have it in virginia. he is speaking what comes in his mind. brit hume had a commentary, what the president said about business was extremely revealing. here's brit. >> it is fair to say that we know more tonight than we have about the president's view of business and the economy. he was not talking about god. he was talking about g. there is a lot of smart people out

there and diligence there is hard working people out success you didn't get there on their own. they did better taking advantage of the benefits of government. and he thinks they should be glad to pay more taxes. he calls that giving back. and why so much stim tim money was spent to protect government jobs and health care and financial reform involved the reach in power of you guessed it, g. >> gretchin: there are tax credits that available if you start up a business and loans. and if you that private business doesn't get there without the help of the government, that is a idea logical point of view for this president. depending on what happens and the way the story get legs. this may be the joe the

plumber moment with regarding to people look at his stance and how he sees the economy. >> steve: eric, you talked about starting a couple of businesses. imagine how small businesses would be. endless possibilities for businesses if there was less government and less restriction. >> eric: i will push back on you gretchin. i don't think small business loans. money in the form of loans comes from profits from other businesses that took risks and hired and took chances and foired and developed and innovated and i am pushing back and say no, i don't think there should be loans and tax loop holes. cut the corporate tax rates and let business thrive. >> gretchin: i am not saying i agree. it probably has helped people to get off of the ground. it is a small part.

by saying i don't gree with the fact that government doesn't make private business succeed. doubling down on the romney outsourcing when he was at bain capital. they could worry about the romney camp pointing the finger at them for the same thing. >> we found out there is a new study out that said governor romney's economic plan would create 800,000 jobs. there's only one problem. they wouldn't be in america. they would be in other countries. but eliminating taxes on corporations foreign income governor romney's plan would shift it to other tax haveps

and create 800,000 jobs in other countries. steve stove it turns out the nonpartisan economist was a donated for obama and obama for america. it is it a protessor from reed college. it is one of the most liberal colleges in the united states of america. >> gretchin: yesterday, you can say whatever you want and see if it sticks. unless you have a fact checker for any politician, you don't know what the facts are. so let's give you facts about outsourcing that went on with general electric. jeffrey emult runs general electric and one of the chief people in the obama team as far as advising. 300,000 total employees for

ge. 131,000, employees in the u.s.. and keeps over seas profits and made zero federal income tax in 20>> eric: under jeffrey emults watch ge's grown but over seas. it is u.s. work force is shrunk. and meanwhile, we have loaned ge through ge capital. and ge paid no federal income tax and jeffrey emultiand chairman of president obama's job's board ask job czar for president. if you are against outsourcing why would you put the poster child for u.s. outsourcing. it makes absolutely no sense. it is hypocrisy.

>> gretchin: itnies to be brought up but the atax by mitt romney will go out there. and the poll shows it is working in the swing states. the other camp has to lob them right back. >> eric: romney camp pointed out the department of energy loans and solsoland some of those plants, some of the lines were overseas . we are loaning them money with taxpayer money and bringing it back here. >> steve: double standard, you bet ya. >> gretchin: pentagon is bulking up the defense in the persian gulf. part of the plan building a missile defense radar station. in qatar need for military build up aparpt after a navy ship had to fire on a ship off

of the coast of durks bai. they were forced to fire at a maul fishing boat. one was killed and three others hurt. the united states only after verbal warnings are ignored. >> and bad news in the air. sewing needles inside of the turkey sandwiches. they were in the flights from from amsterdam. the company said they have removed the affected batch of sandwiches from circulation . >> bridges from the u.s. and canada are back open. bomb threats forced it to be shut down. bomb sniffing dogs not finding anything suspicious. the threat came to the u.s.

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>> steve: mitt romney as a possible felon, listen to this? >> what stefanie said rightfully so either mitt romney was lying and misrepresenting to the investors and he was the sole owner and ceo of bain capital from 1999 to almost the end of 2001, or he wasn't and represented that he was. you know, it can't be both. >> steve: oh, come on. but the president is throwing stones in the past? joining us is the national affairs columnist. >> thanks. >> steve: the president has historically gotten a past on his conincrease. >> the media spent more time investigating sarah paul pail

city city meetings in the two months she was vice presidential candidate than barak obama's ties to the dail machine in the two years he was a presidential candidate. imbalance is unbelievable. >> steve: fund raiser for obama's senate campaign and doing jail time and a bone headed move. >> tone resco was the president's top fund raiser and friend and complicated series of land swaps and dolce. barak obama got the house of his dreams 300,000 below the pricestove steve jon corzine, president obama's go to guy. what about this guy.

>> he was the president's financial guru. and a colleague of obama when he was in the wall street. and he was the president's chief bundler and raised over $500,000 and very close to obama. >> steve: and the guyed hading up mf global was republican he would be in jail. >> bottom line wall street has supported democrats in recent years than republicans and wall street is equal opportunity influence. steve stove main stream media didn't pay attention to bill ayers ask fellow woored member and self confessed terrorist. >> hoe announced he was unrepentant. the day of the bombings of the

world trade the obama campaign did not tell the truth when asked about bill ayers and acorn . we know they misled the media. bill ayers is some guy in the neighborhood. he attend a queue - barbque. >> steve: why didn't mccane into it? >> if we are going to obsess about which month in 1999 mitt romney left bain capital, we should you gut all candidates and the vetting was not done in 2008. >> steve: thank you very much. next up a matter of life and death. why hospital deaths go up 34 percent this month. and remember vivian shrill are

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swirling inside of it. eric? >> eric: it is a shocking statistic that has you thinking twice of entering in the hospital in the month of july. the chance of dying this month in a hospital ranges 8-34 percent higher than any other month. is this a problem once the president's full health care overhall in affect. doc, we start with why this is. what is the july affect. >> this is an amazing study and it is convincing. and just this week, i came up to a senior resident who started and said that was a great job on the wound. she said i have been only a senior resident four days. she may not be familiar or

adequately supervised is going on in hospitals all over the country. meanwhile obama care is adding 32 million more people to the patient and 16 mullion more medicaid x. people use the emergency room when they have new insurance. nothing is looked @ the role of physician. i can tell you, eric more supervision is necessary. you need more senior physicians coming in, in yell and toaching poem. you have a model . watch one, and do one and teach one. that is frightening to a new patient. watch it one time. and then you do it yourself and then you are ready to teach it that needs a lot of supervision. >> eric: is there a distinction between teaching hospitals and nonteaching hospitals. >> i always tell people to go

to the toaching hospitals for the latest and greatest technology. but this is toaching hospitals. they looked at hundred thousand staff and medical schools and teaching hospitals and that's where the residents are and learning. you have to learn on the job but with the right people supervising. >> eric: and so 34 million people in the system what will happen. >> no one looked at that and said what are the doctors doing in the situation? are the doctors have a shortage or over burdened the system. like in july when doctors are new at their job emergency rooms and 10 percent less er's and more and more new doctors. >> eric: will obama care force the medical system to train on us? in other words, using us as training examples. >> i am afraid of that. there will be more nurse

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administration and now back again. a lot of people is going on that have people upset. first ask the women or defense lawyer asked other women to wear head dresses and observe the religion of the muslims. and refused to listen to the trial in english and now the judge is delaying the trial due to the muslim hollande rama dan in deverence to the defendants. steve stove they were going to get started in the middle of august and for rama dan, the hollandist time in the muslim book. you know what, i hope i wind up with a judge this friendly if i am on trial. he's bent over back wards for calid sheik mohamed. and i woppeder if the families of 3000 people who were kill

would in 9/11 could have asked the 19 or 20 terrorist to hold off until one more christmas one more easter or new year. i am not sure. it is america, why. try these guys, they are on trial for murder and do it and get it done. >> gretchin: it is it only 11 or 12 years later. we'll get to head lines and new details revealed about a store about the kerry kennedy story and wild ride that happened. according to the new york post she slammed in a truck driver after dozing off on the wheel. it happened in interstate in new york. he saw kennedy nodding off and watch her head drop toward the steering wheel. kennedy told police she took ambian before getting behind the wheel. but kennedy is due in court

later today. in a few hours, hsbc executives will be responding to shocking allegation that the country's affiliates did business to firms listeninged to terrorism. hsbc exposed drug money to mexico and did business. if that enough they ignoreds against iran and north korea and sudan. hsbc said there was mistakes and they change would their policy. check out the 60 year old florida man go after two armed suspects. samuel williams pulled out his own gun after the robbers demanded money x. the suspects who fled sufired minor injuries. he was afraid they would shoot somebody. apparently life after npr.

vivian shriller took a seriously credibility hit. they are getting a new gig. shriller will head the new nbc outlet that resulted from a split from microsoft. we'll toss it eric. >> eric: desbriant rest arrested on a domestic violence. he was in an argument with his brother and pushed his mother. he could pend time in jail. clock is ticking for the new york knicks to decide if they want jeremy lin back. there is a dead line to match how fast an's offer. they made the trade and got raymond. and sult an and jason kid will split time on the court. and president obama is a big

basketball fan but his other game may get work . he was turned down by the first lady on a camp . a lot of boos in a tune up game for the men's hoop's team. this time he was able to score the big kiss. it was 80-69 . he's outside with the weather. >> good thing to take a shock. i am glad you asked. here in new york city. that doesn't stop people from going at it and mowing the concrete. yeah. every day that time. what is that? yeah, live tv. i have no idea what he said. it is a beautiful start to the city as we mow the concrete.

let's take a look at the radar and satellite. we are going to have heavy thunderstorms developing in portions of new england. midatlantic dry. and in portion of west texas where they need the rain. here is the current readings as you head out of doors on this tuesday. we have a lot of 60s and 70s already. according to the thermometer in the street from us. it is 81 degrees in midtown manhattan. and let's take a look at high temperatures for later on today. they are going to be high. 101 in kansas city and approaching the century mark in texas and phoenix and here in new york city officials are ninety-five. and heat indrex north of hundred and same thing for washington dc and portions of the ohio valley. it is it a hot day.

and so go on out there now gretch. it is pleasant. >> one of the few days that being chilly and the studios is a good thing. >> gretchin:, steve a super save. a new york girl alive and well thanks to a neighbor's watch up eye. she fell from a three story window in a good samarit an's arm . good morning to you, kerry. >> this video is unbelievable. you can see a little 7 year old girl jumping from the third story of the apartment build survived all tharchings to neighbor to catch her. here's what happened. he ran over when he spotted the little girl on the air conditioner . he jump he saved the little

girl's life . >> i ran over there and hoping i would make it hoping she didn't jump. and i am looking and praying . if she do fall or jump let me catch her. st. bernard injured his arm but expected to be okay. there are reports that the little girl said she is autitic and no charged charges are filed. it is it a miracle that the 7 year old girl is okay. that's the latest from coney island. gretchin, back to you. >> eric: that man is a hero. >> gretchin: some just stand by and watch. example of a great samaritan. coming up on "fox and friends". yesterday was move in day for the republican national convention and how does the city of tampa make a total transformation .

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past. we have focused on making us more competitive. >> gretchin: are you talking about the foreclosure rate? is that easing or are you focusing other thingings. >> it is getting better. it is not it say we don't have challenges. we do. we are coming out of this in better shape than most cities in florida. we'll lead the way out of the recession . >> gretchin: you say that miami gets more inform're attention. >> it is great place to raise a family and we have attractions that no other cities have. and we have a certain dynamic in tamp a. there is it a resurgance in tampa and this my third tour of duty in city hall. people are excited about the future of tampa.

>> gretchin: future in six weeks, republican national convention. and i found out where i will be doing the show for. what will that do to the economy. >> it is it our coming out party. there will be 50,000 people there and 15,000 members of the media and our chance on the international stage. we'll dance like never danced before. hopefully they will think of other than orlando and miami. we never had a shot like we are midsize american city hosting a major event. we'll shine and telllet tampa story like never told before. gretch we are talking about a comment that the president made in virginia about small businesses and being created thanks to the government. he's geth blow back. >> i think small business and any successful person is created by the drive and

passion and unwillingness to lose and commitment to outdo anybody. that is what drives success. does government have a part perhaps in some business. but the success of any venture whether a elected official or business is drin by the individuals and that is not accidental. >> gretchin: sounds like you disagree with the president to a certain extent i guess you do. that is a yes. we look forward to seeing you in tampa. >> thanks. >> gretchin: republicans are refusing to expand. and we'll explain. let the government takes the homes? is that legal. judge napalitano is on the case. good morning, judge, duhave your espresso yet?

>> creative way to fix the mortgage mess and condemn your house and crash the value and seeking a new mortgage at a better rate. here to weigh in judge napalitano. they wouldn't condemn the house but condemn the mortage. >> eric would know more than if it was work. here's the legal issue . when the government is going to assert itself to help people it has the equal

protection clause meaning it has to treat all similarly situated people in a way. how would it decide who to bailout, solsoland who to let die on the line? it has to be done equally for everyone in the situation. the government doesn't have the money. this particular county of city of san bernardino filing for bankruptcy. they would have to come up with enough cash to pay up the loan. and someone else who is willing to lend the money. >> steve: who is they? >> the town and municipality. when you condemn something you pay the owner the fair market value. they would have to come in and let's say you have a house worth $125,000. and the value of the house went down since you bought it and the municipality would

have to come up with the money to pay the bank they need an investors to pay them the 100,000. >> so this is a plan that hasn't been enacted yet? >> yes. >> gretchin: who will vote. >> the condemning authority which is the city city. in this case it is it the county of san bernardino which is half of the size of new jersey . this is the largest county in the united states of america would have to come up with this kind of cash in this environment. this is a suggestion to make office holders sound like they are helping. >> gretchin: could all of this fall in the bankruptcy so all of the mortgages be forgiven. >> no. bankruptcy is a individual bankruptcy of the owner of the house and the real estate would pay back the bank. >> eric: here's the little

game they are playing. homeowner is made whole and the bank who holds the lien is made hold and the taxpayer in san bernardino has to come up with the money. so many homes are going in default they are trying to lower the value of the homes so they can pay property taxs and it makes it more difficult. >> it is it a point constitutionally. that imminent do main case said that the government can condemn property as long as it bep fits property. the value of the house and mortgage going on. and people are paying real estate taxes that benefits the government. >> eric: that is supremist. >> they have to come up with a lot of cash and i don't think thape can do it? >> steve: it is an interesting exercise with futility. what can the government get away with?

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>> good morning, everybody. it is july july 17th. 2012. and hey, everyone. i gretchin carlson. the president claimed if romney was in office he would be out sourcer in chief . >> governor mitt romney's plan

would create 800,000 jobs. there is only one problem. the jobs wouldn't be in america. >> gretchin: but there is a problem for the president. he has his own outsourcing to americans. >> eric: democrats about to play politics with your pay check. >> if we can't get the wealthy to pay their fair share, i will continue this into 2013. >> eric: new line and fair share. and turning tax magedon in economic depression . we report and you decide. >> steve: getting more than they bargained for . s on four u.s. bound flights find in turkey sandwiches. needles. how did they get there. return your full tray tables to a up and lock position.

"fox and friends" hour two starts right now. ♪ "fox and friends". >> gretchin: it is enough if you get a meal on the airplane these days and maybe had to pay for those. you get a needle in your sandwich, come on. >> eric: peanuts never looked so good. >> steve: needles in the hay stack. >> eric: steve, that guy was not mowing the concrete. he was vacuming. >> steve: i know that, i was being funny. get off of that guy's back. it is a stimulus green job. >> gretchin: we get our humor. >> steve: they get it trying to help. >> gretchin: talking about something else that people say are humorous. make sure you can't be attacked for the same thing. the president is doubling down on the outsourcing attacks for

jobbing, on mitt romney saying when he was at bain capital he shipped jobs heavily. that is disputed mitt romney was not at bain capital when that was happening. here is the president none theless continuing in that diatribe. >> today there is a new study out that said governor mitt romney's economic plan would create 800,000 jobs. there is only one problem, the jobs wouldn't be in america. they would not be in america. they would be in other countries. by eliminating taxos corporations foreign income. and governor romney's plan would encourage companies to shift to foreign operations. >> steve: those were statistics given bypass the

nonpartisan kimberly clausen a professor from reed college in addition to being a liberal university she was also a donor to president obama and obama for america. why doesn't the president turn to his friend jeffery emultiwho heads up the counselon jobs and look at general electric. it is a gigantic conglomeration . they have 300,000, employees and only 131,000 in the united states. the rest of them are outsourced in other countries. they can keep the overseas dough over seas and famously you know, ge paid zip in federal income tax in 2010. how is it possible they paid zip on billions of dollars . they outsourcing a lot of

jobs. >> eric: a lot of money they made here in america they paid no income tax. jeffrey emull is the president's job czar. and interestingly in his teneurat general electric. 131,000 jobs here. and during his teneurhis work force here in the united states has shrunk. and you loan them money and getting 25 billion in the stimulus act and they paid it back little or no interest in the income tax and pushed jobs over seas. and closed plants here and open the plants up over seas it goes on and on. and if this is what he is calling job czar he would be the outsourcer and. >> it is it a double standard. president obama continues to be on the front because they

are continuing they must see if is working with the voters. in the mean time democrats are using tax cuts to hold the republican's feet to the fire. how are they doing it? remember the president wanted the plan and the bush tax cuts that are in existence for 10 years now are only applicable to families who made under $250, a year. republicans say we should allow tax cuts for all people come january 1st. and what is the plan for the democrats against the republicans. here is patty mur a. >> if we can't get a good balanced deal to get wealthy to pay their fair share i will absolutely continue the debate in the 2013 if the bush tax cuts expire everything proposal will be.

middle class families see money come out of their pay checks, are republicans going to stand up and foit for new tax cuts for the rich? steve stove he's outsourcing that task to patty mur a. and here's the thing. the president of the united states made the claim two years ago before the midterms. he said, you know, all of the democrats are going to stand firm against the republicans and we'll make sure that the bush era tax cuts go away. but, at the last hour, he made a deal so he could get his pay roll tax extension and the president cave there a number of -- i was reading in the hill newspaper there were liberals and democrats who think that the president and his party now doing political posturing. >> eric: if you heard the word again. the rich pay their fair share.

it is class ware fare. how much more should the upper 10 percent say steve stove pay all it >> eric: 43 percent of the american households don't pay any at all . we know that tax cuts and lower taxes spark growth. president obama said we can't raise taxes in a recession . guess what? we are still in one. this is not the time to raise taxes. >> gretchin: we haven't had two quarters consectively. >> eric: right. talk to the 25 million people who are unemployed or under employed. >> gretchin: in the senate they have not decide tod take up the vote on the president's tax plan for the middle class, why? there are a certain number of democrats who don't agree with it height eitherer.

stove steve fiscal cliff is looming after the election . >> eric: we need to point out cbo said when all of the tax cuts expire and spending cuts go into affect. the fiscal cliff will throw us back in technical recession even though we are not in the technical recession . let america go -- i am getting technical. >> gretchin: we'll do a couple of head lines. we have a fox news alert. we are looking at tuskare aloosa, alabama is on the loose after opening the copper top bar. at least this morning 15 people are shot. right now we are hearing that one person is in critical condition. the bar was hosting a weekly pool tournament patrons tried to chase after the shooter but

he was able to escape. u.s. navy ship forced to open fire on a ship off of the coast of dubai. it came too close and refused to respond. three others were hurt. the united states said it only after verbal warpings are ignored comes after a major build up is underway in the midge -- middle east. there is a plan to build a military site in qatar. bad food causing a major scare in the air for delta airline apparentlies . they found sewing needles in turkey sandwiches. they were found in four separate flights and two people were injured after biting in the sandwiches. delta took immediate action. %

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>> eric: rising cost of police pensions in new york may cause a dangerous situation for citizens. crime is rising as police officers disappear from the streets. stuart varney ex. >> it is the pension crisis

that is rolling on from state to state. we promised to pay retired workers and we can't keep the promises and can't afford it new york city is a classic example. the number of police officers came down from 40,000 to 34,000 and meanwhile, we have 27,000 receiving pension and another 12,000 getting disabilities. there are more police officers retired and not working than are working and the cost of that retired group is astronomical and we can't afford a fully staffed police force and crime is up. >> eric: we are laying off cops but still payed retirees because of the obligation . so what is the answer. >> reform collective bargaining and so we don't make promises again and we don't get into the mess. and the short-term project is bad news.

we'll all pay the price. services all over the country, whether it is public safety or education or health, they are going to be cut. because we cant afford to pay the pensions that we agreed to pay and therefore have to lay people off and cut services all over the count rye. >> eric: take a look here. numbers in the average new york city residents paid $51 toward police pensions in 2012 and 12 years later it is multiplied by five. >> that doesn't go to health benefits as well and they are astronomical. and go from 51 bucks to $252. in a space of 12 years and you can't afford to do that. this year, just the city of new york. not the state, but the city will put two billion in the police pension fund that will pay out two billion in pension

benefits. >> eric: the problem is, union workers can work 15 or twen years and retire, live for another 50 years on the pension. >> yeah, we have a longevity. if you are a new york city cop. work 20 years and reach the age of 55 and you can retire. in fact there are 12,000 retired new york city police officers under the age of 55 and life expectancy is 30 years fumpt reach 55, you will probably reach 85 and 30 years of picking up a strong pension. you can't atord it. >> eric: thank you see you on your show. >> thank you, eric. >> eric: what happens if the budget can't fix the budget? they may be 18 years apart, but will they foit for freedom together. enlist negligent army and

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>> first 37. that is a percentage of americans, not even half that believe they could be become rich in their life time. that is according to a poll by the hill.com. $500,000 that is how much rookie cops collected in disability before being on the job. 15 years ago.

barnes passed out in a training exercise due to the heat. got heat stroke and apparently suffered kidney failure. $849,000 thos how much women spend for being women. show comes from living longer and paying more for insurance. now you know. >> gretchin: like father issuings like son. for our next guests it rings true . in a special ceremony, the two men taking the oath of enlistment at the same time. here is u.s. army reservist. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> gretchin: you were in the reserves right now.

and in 14 yores. what was it about your military life that made you want to encourage it for yourself and active doubt. >> benefits that it offer experience and training and made mow a better person and i want tod pass that on to him. my father and grand father and brothers are in the military and i wanted it like a family tradition and out of them, i am the only one who got to sign up with my son. >> gretchin: it is special to see you together. james, what did it mean to you to know that you are entering in a new phase of your life. >> i am starting my life in the right way and getting all of the benefits from the army. >> gretchin: you mentioned to mow that you feel like there are great values to be learned in the army and the benefits like eventually paying for college for your son. >> he will get $53,000 to take

college and he's still train negligent military and while he's doing his job he can do on the fold and gain experience in military and civilian life. >> gretchin: due to certain economic reasons, and the way the economy is working right now, it is a good requested for young people to think about the military. yes, for like me, i get housing and i don't have to pay for it and i get meals every day. and my life insurance is paid for and mental and dental, i don't have to worry about it if something happens, the army is paying for it >> gretchin: james, do you know where you will go and will you be with your dad? >> not in the beginning. i will be out of state in january. >> gretchin: do you know which state you will end up in? >> not right now. we have to finish our

individual training and schooling and what we chose to be in the army and from there. >> gretchin: james it is a two-year decision and maybe do it together. what does it mean to you to know that father will experience the same thing with you even if you are not physically together. >> pretty interesting. i will be knocking out up working hard . my dad is being yelled at a drill sergeant and get down and doing push ups. >> gretchin: are you saying your dad will not cope up with you. you look like brothers to me and your dad is a young man . fantastic and we'll think about you and tharching you for your service. >> thank you. >> gretchin: coming up on "fox and friends" is something wrong with having a successful businessman be president of the united states? many democrats think so. what does governor mike huckabee think.

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only two new jobs created this month. them on american idol. >> steve: that is a question. >> gretchin: i am not sleeping waiting for that. steve stove j-loand steven tyler were 20 killion. >> eric: mira carrey . how have pay her 40 million. >> gretchin: doing head lines for you. how many jobs will be lost if congress fails to resolve the budget crisis and avoid automatic spending cuts. defense and border security and education and report done for aerospace, said

unemployment would soar. and democrats willing not to mach a deal and republicans refuse to let bush tax cuts and it is failing to take the cuts. >> eric: scandal brewing for the federal government. a retired employee contacted prostitutes on craig's list used work e-mail. and meeting prostitutes three time necessary 2010 and using government issue id to pay for a hotel rom. the employee is now retired. >> steve: you need an id for thamp it was a super save and the little girl alive and well

after falling from a thir floor window. the terfoying lock. flew on to an air conditioning unit. and amazingly enough a gry below saw her and caught her like in the movies. >> i ran over there hoping i would make it before show falls and she don't jump. when i got there she was up there and i am looking there and praying f. she falls, let me catch her. >> chris: and he did. steve st. bernard suffered a torn bicep. he said it was worth it the little girl department have a scratch on her and what a hero he is. >> gretchin: members of fleetwood mack will not be going their way anymore.

steve nicks and mick and john will go on tour next year. last time it happened was 2009. steve stove lock at incredible images of the north other than lights over the weekend. showing a brilliant aur, ora and caused by a solar storm. one of the most powerful solar flares. it strikes the magnetuc fold. and this is it north of iowa. very nice. quickly electric awhere it is raining. dry conditions in much of the eastern half of the united states. storms are going to be firing up from porgs of new nownew england. it is nice and day in panhandle of florida . and we'll go there with mike

huckabee. 64 in maine. and montana 63. and with 62. and down on the gulf. temperatures in the 70s up through the midatlantic and 80s in the central plains. can condition city 80 later on today, 101 in kc. and mid90s in the midatlantic. and 95 will be the day time high. and heat index, it foals like 105. it will be a scorcher. thank you very much john sampson. >> how do you feel about yourself and your wallet. are you better off now than four years ago. former governor mike huckabee. look at that setting you v. everyone is jealous. >> it is great to see you guys, i don't think most people are feeling better. gas prices and grocery prices

and the fact that many people had forecloses in the last four years and school costs are up for people in school. student loans and i don't know how anybody could say boy, it is a great four years and late give obama four more. steve stove mr. obama said it is not a great four years, dog gone it he was going to fix things and it hasn't worked out that way. >> this campaign is still about hope. it is still about change. washington feels as broken as it did four years ago. and you know, if you ask me what is it the one thing that has frustrated me most over the last four yoors, it's not the hard work, it's not, you know, the enormity of the decision or the pace. it is it that i haven't been able to change the atmosphere here in wash wish to reflect

the decency and common sense of ordinary people. democrats and republicans and independents who want to see their leadership solve problems. there is enough blame to go around for that. >> steve: mike, you know, the president said he hasn't achieved what he wanted tompt are you better off today than four years ago, mitt romney would win. but instead the obama administration and come pain rather than talking about economy is talking about outsourcing and what romney did twen years ago. a lot of distractions. >> there is a lot of distraction one of the things that the mitt romney campaign point out. things are not better because the obama leadership is a failure. on the economy. he said we would be down to 5.6 despite having spent 8.6on

stim tim bills. and this is a presidency that had a lot of trouble because he didn't have the necessary executive experience to understand how it workings. he can't blame the republicans because he can't get it through the democratic congress. he hasn't had a budget that got a vote. >> gretchin: i was surprised by that comment, governor. the whole campaign was hope and change and how he would be a transformational president and do it low than anyone had before quite frankly that is why people voted for him. some republicans voted for him and independents did because they wanted to believe that. to admit he didn't do that was stunning. >> i wonder if there was a campaign aidee that had to clean up the place hoe was

standing. that is the coined of moment, you say he didn't say that did he? you are going to so that in campaign commercials between now and november. he basically gave the reason why he shouldn't be reelect indeed one statement. >> eric: governor, he one upped that with this statement. listen to the president. >> there is a lot of wealthy successful merps who agree with me because they want to give something back. they know they didn't, if you have been successful, you didn't get there on your own. you didn't get there on your own. i am always struck by people who think wow, it must be because i am so smart. there is a lot of smart people out if you got a business. you didn't build that? somebody else made that happen. >> steve: i can't remember a statement in the last four or five years that created more

outrage among the americans than that one right there. >> everybody who is in business before. particularly those with the enprepreneural spirit understand most businesses in america fail. no matter how hard and smart you are. sometimes it is not the right market and someone succeeds in business. they did work hard and they had to be fortunate and had to be pretty smart to get there. this is ridiculous. i agree with you, eric. of all of the things he said it was ridiculous and absurd thing that he said. >> gretchin: i think it rivals the joe the plumber comment when he campaigned last time. you think it will pick up and have legs like the joe the plumber it d. >> absolute low it will gretchin. all over america maul - small business americans owners who can't hire the people they

need and they don't have the money because was taxs and regulation the threat of more. those are middle class people. obama goes to say he's for the middle class. most small business owners in america are middle class and he is doing everything to disparage what they are doing. they are pushing back appropriately and unbelievably strong against the ridiculous statement of the president. >> forget disparging. he took credit for everyone's hard work. it is absolutely insane. >> if he had just said people work hard and they succeed because they work hard. there is it a point for government to build the road bridges and fire stayings we would get that . he didn't stop there. he made it as if you are a success in business, it was not anything you did, it was because uncle sugar took care of you people are outraged by

that. >> gretchin: sounds better than uncle sam. >> steve: he did step in it. mike huckabee is live from the panhandle of florida. could you stick around and pour yourself a pina colada and whatever you drink on the beach. >> you bet. >> steve: the governor worked on welfare reform and what he thinks about the obama administration making it easier for people to get welfare and not work. we would like to talk to bill clinton, but he will not take our calls. >> gretchin: a pricey retreat for judges in wine country they are going to a conference in hawaii and do yoga. >> eric: first born on this date, this canadian actress father to a famous star. you know this one.

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>> couple of quick head lions for you. maui. nointh circuit court judges planning the trip it hawaii. but the next year's trip to california cancel would. 90th birthday jumping out of a plane. lester said he was inspired to scoy dive by george bush's jump on 85th birthday. imagine getting paid to exercise and read and get a massage. urn the new welfare reform. they will lay it out in the

program. it will allow states to qualify such activities as work. mike huckabee worked on this in the 90s. i know it is upsetting to you and also upseting to a fellow who used to work in arkansas by the name of bill clinton. welfare reform is a signature initiative and now they are blowing tup. >> it was the fow times when government did something and it worked it originated with tommy thomson and michael levit and engle from mush mish and coined of the original goyce was welfare reform and the concept is simple. if you get benefits, you have to work or be in job training. a lot of people thought it would cause trouble. the opposite happened. more than half of the people got off and went on pay rolls. and it was successful and the

unemployment rate went down and poverty rate went down and now the obama administration through an illegal executive order and change of the rule is make redefoining work . tommy thompson if no one else does he will sue the federal government to challenge the legality of doing this. because the statute requires you have to work . >> i want to show our audience the activities that will qualify as work. include bed rest and motivational reading and mass annuals and exercise and journaling and personal care activities. i am not sure what that moons and moking and weight loss participating in parent-teacher meetings and helping friend or relative with household and errand and doing shores for people.

governor, we assume why the administration wants to do this. i want you to give your thoughts on why? >> it is simple gretchin, make the people dependent on the government that is in power so they will get benefits you think of getting paid for a massage. for those of us who work hard and pay taxings. that is it a massage that rubs us the wrong way and the idea that you are going to get paid for these ridiculous activities like a parent-toacher meet reading a motivational book. utterly abured that someone would qualify that as work. >> eric: how do they cope track of that. >> trust. that is just the point and the traditional welfare you anyhow because they showed up for employment or they were able

to are certified they were in a job training program. how do you know? one of the categories will be mattress testing and they will say i am testing mattresses. >> gretchin: there is already so much fraud in the government programs and welfare included. there will be no way to document it. and it is. >> it is it a transfer of money from the taxpayer to the government. the government to people who are beneficencaries of the government because that way the government owns the people it a trap and like the roach motel. you can get in and you never get out. stove stove you may want to hit the spf bottle. i am worried about your sun burn. >> steve: thank you for joining us on segments. >> gretchin: coming occupy "fox and friends". dress coat for workers but how about a dress code for

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>> >> eric: federal chairman benjamin set to delurf a report. the report coming a fow weeks after a bleak jobs report that showed the count row only created 80,000 new jobs. and cherry casone has the name

of five cutches hiring right now. tart off with mart. >> they are opening more super centers and neighborhood markets and smaller stores they are opening in like los angeles and chicago and san francisco. 210 to 235 type facility and they need store associates and managers and merchandisers and front lines and $15 for every pay period gets you health insurance and they have farm see there is ways to play this as not just a job but also good benefits. >> eric: i love the greeters at walmart. machines that make ice cubed. >> they have a crane business like large construction sites. ice business has an agreement with coca-cola and they need drivers and work again, like work the construction sites

and cranes and engineers, the hardest job to fill. >> steve: on to integrated. >> conveyer belts and sorting machines any time, go to the post office and warehouse. and automation technology. that's what they do. and they need six jobs 65 openings and 130 by the end of the year. and the salary range. 55,000 to 80,000 and hiring nation woid and a vet rans initiative and go to the vet ran jobs fair. >> steve: core mark international. >> they service convenience stores and drug stores and drug stores. many people who drive trucks and work in the warehouses and all over. oregon, california, washington and texas and kentucky and i will keep on going. they service 29,000 locations in the united states. steve stove and world's fastest talker.

>> thanks to the southerp company. this is a big power company in the united states. they just got their first approval to open up a nuclear facility and they will be hiring there and other new plants. they are opening mississippi, georgia and texas and company is based in atlanta and 14 percent new hires are vet rans. you learn in the field and overseas, you can bring that to a power plant type of environment. stove stove what is your e-mail. jobhunt fox news.com. if you want advice we will answer your questions on the show and companies thatif you are looking for employees. they are reaching out to us. steve stove watcher had at noon. thank you very much. >> you bet. still ahead the judge postponed the trial of a men

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did you know honey nut cheerios is america's favorite cereal? oh, you're good! hey, did you know that honey nut cheerios is... oh you too! ooh, hey america's favorite cereais... honey nut cheerios ok then off to iceland! >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. today is tuesday, july 17, 2012. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us. president obama said your success was not your doing and is it sending shock waves through the business world? >> you didn't get there on your own. i'm always struck by people who think, it must be because i was just so smart. >> gretchen: more from the president and his critics just two minutes away. >> steve: a judge postponing the trial for those men charged with murdering 3,000 americans on september 11. why? so they can observe the muslim holy period of ramadan. laura ingraham feels strongly

about this. we're going to talk to her in moments. >> eric: this one is hard for me to say, but i'm not gog -- going to do it. gretch, you have to read this one. >> gretchen: listen up, ladies. you always thought you were smarter than us men, right? now there is proof. you actually are. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> gretchen: it has to do with iq's, right? >> eric: thanks for helping me out. it's in estonia. >> gretchen: i guess it's only in estonia. sorry, american women. we'll tell you the results an i.q. test coming up. we begin with a disturbing story. they vanished in broad daylight and now police are getting desperate for new clues in the case of two missing iowa cousins.

steve brown is live in chicago with the very latest on this story. good morning. >> good morning. it turns out the very latest on this story happened at a vigil last night for lira cook and elizabeth collins, the two missing cousins in iowa last season on friday. according to family members of the missing girls, f.b.i. dogs flown in from quantico, virginia yesterday hit on the scent of the two girls and followed it for a distance, we are told. or at least that is what is being reported. the f.b.i. has not confirmed that as of yet. but family members meanwhile, still cling to hope. >> i've run over everything in my mind 1,000 times and it's impossible. we try hold on to whatever kind of hope you have. >> it has been friday afternoon was the last time that we have any report of someone seeing lira cook, age ten, or elizabeth

collins, age eight. they were riding their bikes. authorities continue to blame the lake where the girls lived. this has been the focus point of much of the searching. they are draining the lake in hopes of getting a look completely at the bottom of this particular lake. nearby is where the bicycles and the purse of elizabeth collins was found. police want to make sure they got a look -- complete look at the bottom of that lake. back to you in new york. >> gretchen: steve brown live for us. thank you for that. now the rest of the headlines. check out this new surveillance video. man on your screen is now on the loose after opening fire inside the copper top bar near the university of alabama in tuscaloossa. at least 17 people were injured. we're hearing reports that at least four people are in critical condition. eyewitnesses say the bar was hosting its weekly pool

tournament this morning when all hell broke loose. some patrons tried chasing after the shooter, but he escaped. u.s. in the midst of a military build-up in the middle east. the pentagon bulking up defenses in the persian gulf amid tensions with iran. part of the plan is to build a missile defense radar station at a secret site in neighboring qatar. the need for the build-up apparent this morning after a u.s. navy ship was forced to shoot at a ship off dubai. firing at a small fishing boat after it came too close and didn't respond. one person on the boat was killed. three others hurt. the u.s. says it only fires after verbal warnings are ignored. bad food causing a major scare in the air for several delta airline passengers. imagine this, you bite your sandwich, oops, there is a sewing needle inside the turkey. the sandwiches were served on four separate delta flights from amsterdam to the u.s. last weekend. at least two people were injured after biting into those

sandwiches. delta says it took immediate action against the in flight caterer. the company removed the affected batch of sandwiches from circulation. the f.b.i. now investigating. here it is, women are smarter than men. that's right. according to test results com piled by an i.q. expert, women have taken the lead for the first time in a century. i thought it was only in estonia. the exact reason isn't known, but it may have to do with women multi tasking. we're good at that. balancing jobs and families means women's brains have had to adapt. i like that story. >> eric: what was the name of the woman that put that study together again? >> gretchen: laura ingraham? there she is. >> eric: no doubt she's one -- >> gretchen: are you from estonia, laura? >> i'm multi tasking. given sop of the performance by doocy and o'reilley's culture

quiz -- >> steve: exhibit a. >> this is so obviously true, go, gretchen. >> steve: it's great to have you. i'm sure if you weren't talking about it yesterday on your radio show, you're going to be talk being it today, it's where the president of the united states on friday made it very clear, if people are successful in business, it's not because they had a great idea and they did the american dream and blood, sweat and tears. no. it's because there are roads and tunnels and the internet. here is the president. then her comment. >> there are a lot of wealthy, successful americans who agree with me 'cause they want to give something back. they know they didn't -- if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. you didn't get there on your own. i'm always struck by people who think, wow, it must be 'cause i was just so smart. there are a lot of smart people out there. if you got a business, you

didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> steve: if you're successful, laura ingraham, thank a bureaucrat. >> yeah. thank the u.s. department of transportation for actually doing that work project on the highway, the highway grant. look, this is really ecos -- i believe elizabeth warren had a similar speech a couple months back where she talked about this and also echos what he said during the height of the wall street hearings on capitol hill where he said, well, there will be time for them to make profits. now is not the time. he's talking about bonuses or something. this has been a theme of this administration, where those who have become successful are in some way demonized or separated from the rest of society which is either more dependent on government or needs to become more dependent on government. it's part class envy he's stoking there, well, you're just as smart as they are. who is saying they're not? some people tend to proposal

people and other people tend to be employees. there is nothing wrong with being employees. people who actually create wealth do so because they succeeded along the way. i think you're seeing a business group -- the business groups, chamber of commerce, business round table, other ceos will have their backs up because of this comment. i don't think it's going to trial do obama well in the long run. it's more of a vulnerability for him than strength. >> gretchen: it's more than ceos who will have a problem with this, isn't it? i mean, doesn't it change the whole definition of the american dream to a certain extent? >> it's american dream based on government. and again, we believe that government is the answer to our health care woes, to our growth woes, across the board, if you need a particular medical treatment, the government has to guarantee it. so that's the way liberals have viewed this for decades and decades. it's no surprise. the way he verbalized it, i think is a real pitfall for him,

for anyone who started a company or actually frankly wants to start a company. you don't want to feel like if you succeed, you succeed only because government was there to push you. you want to think, i'm going to do this. i'm going to work really hard and feel really good about myself examine be a great example to others. he kind of undercuts that with those comments. >> eric: takes a little credit, too. we want to turn the topic. the 9-11 trial, it was supposed to be held within a couple of weeks. they've decided to push the date back because a judge said he wanted to, out of respect for the ramadan period. what do you think of that? >> well, we have prayers throughout the day during every day of the calendar year. people pray five times a day and are we going to interrupt the court proceedings to put the prayer rug down on the floor? this never ends. i think it's an ultimate, again, commentary on where our legal system has gone. we've had multiple legal challenges goes all the way up to the supreme court on how it

deal with these terror suspects and once again, the victims and their families of 9-11 are treated to this ridiculous spectacle where the rights of the accused, on every iteration of their rights, seems to trump the rights those who seek justice and all of the american people who frankly were so devastated about what happened. >> gretchen: you know what the argument will be? that they don't want to incite any other extremist problems around the world. >> right. >> gretchen: from reacting to the mistreatment of these defendants who allegedly killed 3500 people. >> right. and that's why things are going to well for christian minorities in nigeria, kenya, in egypt, and across the middle east. because we have bent over backwards to accommodate those politically correct classes, religious classes, and guess what it's gotten us? a big fat goose egg. we've gotten no more respect. in fact, we're more disrespected than we were 3 1/2 years ago. so this attempt to coddle

islamists so they like us more is absurd on its face and we're seeing the results of that ridiculous attitude of this president, frankly, across the globe when it comes to the treatment religious minorities, frankly, which the obama administration almost never addresses in the public square. >> eric: wait 'til they hear the results of that study earlier. >> exactly. >> five steps behind, please. >> gretchen: we have come full circle. thanks. have a great day. >> thanks. >> steve: it's now 11 minutes after the top of the hour on tuesday. one city is so broke, it's cutting everybody's pay from two -- to minimum wage. next, a firefighter whose pay went from 22 to 7 bucks an hour, joins us with how he's making ends meet. remember, these people have mortgages. >> eric: then remember vivian schiller the head of the npr, famous for bungling the firing of juan williams. she just got a really, really big gig across the street at

nbc? >> steve: she's our new neighbor

>> gretchen: 16 minutes after the top of the hour. they risk their lives by running into burning buildings on a daily basis. now firefighters in scranton, pennsylvania, say they're the ones getting hosed. to deal with a growing budget gap, the mayor of scranton just slashed every public worker's salary down to minimum wage. that's forcing people like our next guest to live paycheck to paycheck examine worry about their own livelihood. joining me now, scranton firefighter and his wife, bob and amy. good to see the two of you this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> gretchen: bob, tell me how can you've been a firefighter in scranton. >> i'm in men tenth year right

now. >> gretchen: i understand the both of you grew up in this town, so this is near and dear to your heart. you'd like to stay in your community. but it's a little tough right now. tell me what the change in your salary has been since the mayor slashed all public workers to minimum wage. >> it's approximately 70% reduction for us. that's what we're seeing right now. >> gretchen: in the parks you were making $24 an hour as a firefighter. now you're making minimum wage, which is 7.25. how long has this been going on so far? >> we've actually received one pay at minimum wage thus far. >> gretchen: amy, i know that the two of you have two small babies at home and it was tough to make ends meet with the regular salary that bob was bringing home. i know you're working part-time as well. what is this going to do to the family budget?

>> well, i mean, we do live pretty frugal the way it is. we cook at home of the i do do a lot of couponing. we're still trying to make ends meet, but ultimately, it's going to come down to paying the mortgage and buying food and if this continues, the math doesn't add up. we'll have to choose what can get paid for. >> gretchen: i want to look at the city of scranton and the cash strapped situation. the city has $133,000 in cash, but the city owes $3.4 million in vendor bills. bob, i guess this is what started the situation, where the mayor had then gone to city council and asked them to approve a 78% tax increase over three years for members of this community and the city council, most of them also democrat, the mayor democrat, said no. is that correct? >> yeah, that's correct. what's happening is right now

the city employees are basically in the middle of a fierce political stalemate in both sides are having disagreements on how to implement certain changes to bring the city forward. so right now the employees are caught in the middle of that. >> gretchen: so here is the statement from that mayor of scranton. it's unfortunate that the employees have to bear the brunt of this because the city council won't budge, but i can't print money, i can't spend money i don't have. i guess the argument against that, though, has been that the mayor has been responsible for trying to keep the city in budget and many people say he has not done that and this tax increase is too much money. the bottom line is, you guys are paying the price. amy, what are you going to do? >> you know, we talk about it at great length on what we're going to do and if there are any areas we can cut back. as of right now, we have a lot of great family and friends who have reached out to us and we're just going to sit tight and be

hopeful that everybody will start to work together and that this will come to resolution fairly quickly. >> gretchen: i know in the meantime, bob, you're still going to work and fighting fires and still making sure the people of scranton are safe. i'm sure they appreciate that. bob and amy, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up, you may want to skip the trip to the e.r. this month why? because the chance you could die goes up 40% in july. the stunning details straight ahead. then the five simple things to do every day that are doing damage to your credit. vera gibbons here to break them down for us summer road trip, huh?

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>> eric: some quick headlines. hsbc executives will be on capitol hill responding to allegations that the company's affiliates did business with firms linked to terrorism. the senate report says they exposed the u.s. to money from drug lords in mexico. customers in a drugstore point have a dress code. you heard of no shirt, no shoes, no service. in this case, it's no sunglasses, no hoodies allowed. cornerstone drugstore says wearing these items looks suspicious and are banned after two robberies in the area.

>> gretchen: identity thieves are roving the internet to steal your information and the consequences could be deadly to your credit. >> steve: joining us to explain how we're making it so much easier for hackers and how to stop it, personal finance expert, vera gibbons. last week we were on vacation in south carolina and my kids took some pictures on their phones and wanted to post the pictures of us kayaking to their twitter and facebook. >> did you say no? >> steve: i did, 'cause then the bad guys will know we're on vacation. >> you really have to say no given your job. we'reover sharing information, saying we're on vacation. we're checked in. so everybody knows where you are and you can afford a fancy hotel, you're giving this information literally handing it over to identity thieves and burglars alike. 12 million cases of identity last year, up 13% from the previous year. in large part is because we're oversharing on facebook and some of these other sites, as well as increased use of smart phones. >> gretchen: you're saying don't do that. also we're not protecting our data in what way?

>> the electronics. make sure at the very least you have antivirus software, that type of thing, to protect yourself, smart phones, 62% of us don't use password protection on our home screens. >> steve: lock your rueter at home. >> exactly, steve. you got it down. this is the kind of thing you need to do. if doing mobile banking, check with your bank to see what kind of protection it offers before you do any banking on-line. take basic precautions or you could become a statistic. >> eric: this next one is interesting. you go on the internet and it says take this quiz. it's fun to take them, but you say it's dangerous. >> steve: a waste of time -- >> a waste of time, too, right? >> gretchen: now we know what you're doing all day. >> i think it's completely waste of time, taking these quizzes. not only that, you're giving these would be thieves all your information. your birthday, your mother's maiden name, where you grew up, so they piece it together bit by bit, steal your identity and all of a sudden, you've got all these bills, all these loans being taken out in your name and it takes 300 hours to clear your

name if you're a victim of identity theft. >> steve: how often have we been to coffee shops examine they're using public wi-fi. if they can get in, that means the bad guys can get in. >> anybody can get in. a lot of people are doing the hot spot, going to the cafes, doing it at the hotels and airport lounges. these are not secure networks. if you're on there doing your on-line shopping, paying your bills, checking your credit card statements, look out. hackers can easily swipe this information off the airways. when you go in examine log in, they may have set autopsy fake hot spot specifically for you, unsuspecting consumer, specifically to get there and get your information. >> gretchen: the fifth one is shopping happen hazardly. >> on-line buying all sorts of stuff. only secure sites only, the tried and true trusted sites only. basic common sense. so many people are becoming a little loose on this stuff. >> steve: so stop posting pictures of where you are at the fancy hotel.

great advice. >> thanks. >> steve: thank you very much. >> gretchen: you built a successful business? don't pat yourself on the back. >> you didn't get will on your own. i'm always struck by people who think, wow, it must be 'cause i have just so smart. >> gretchen: ohio senator rob portman who is on the short list for romney's vice presidential pick, he's here next to react. >> eric: then she screwed up by firing juan williams from npr. so why did vivian schiller just get a fancy new job over at nbc? shocking these work, right? no.

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dangerous if you don't know what you're doing or a large monster nine feet at all. >> gretchen: you want the cheering audience? >> eric: that one. >> gretchen: let's get to other headlines right now because it's a major failure for olympic security preps in london, unfortunately. (snoring). >> gretchen: video from the sun newspaper catching a security guard deep in sleep and a bit of snoring. the sun's investigation finding rookie security guards getting 2 1/2 days of training and recruits finding to find replica guns and bombs. athletes from around the world are starting to arrive, but a special lane to help make traveling easier for athletes doing more harm than good. u.s. runners, karen clement tweeting, so we've been lost on the road for four hours. not a good first impression.

>> steve: this shocking statistic may have you thinking twice about going to the hospital this month, july. according to several studies, the chance of dying in a hospital this month ranges from between 8 and 34%. it's higher than any other month. earlier on "fox & friends," dr. mark siegle explained why to eric. >> i came up to a senior resident who was just starting and i said, that was a great job you did on that wound. and she said, i've only been a seer orresident for four days. four days ago she works a junior resident. so she gets more responsibilities, she has more she has to do. she may not be familiar with the role. she may not be adequately supervised. this is going on in hospitals all overt country. meanwhile, obamacare is adding 32 million more people to this situation, 16 million more medicaid patients. >> steve: lot of stuff you didn't know. he said studies show people use the emergency room more unnecessarily when they have new insurance as well. >> eric: a pair of thieves in florida picked the wrong guy to

mess with. check out this 63-year-old man going after two armed robbers. samuel williams pulled out his gun and starts shooting at the suspects after they barged into an internet cafe demanding money. the scared suspects quickly fled and were arrested by police. they suffered minor injuries. >> gretchen: apparently life after npr for its disgraced former president who you may remember took a serious credibility hit after her controversial firing of juan williams. is getting a new job now. she will head the new nbc news outlet that will result from its split from microsoft. time to bring in a special guest today, senator rob portman of ohio is on "fox & friends." good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> gretche the president has said that your success was not your doing, that the government had a lot to do with it. let's listen to that. >> there are a lot of wealthy successful americans who agree with me 'cause they want to give something back. they know they didn't -- if

you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. you didn't get there on your own. i'm always struck by people who think, wow, it must be 'cause i was just so smart. there are a lot of smart people out there. if you got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> gretchen: if off business, somebody else made that happen. that line i think is resonating throughout america this morning and i'm wondering your thoughts on that. >> i heard a lot about it in ohio over the weekend. i was there yesterday with a bunch of small business folks in lebanon, ohio where my grandfather started a small business years ago and struggled through the depression with it. it's still in our family. what these folks are saying for the president of the united states to say if you've got a business, you didn't build it, someone else made it happen, these are folks who put in seven days a weekers put the second mortgage on their house. my dad started his own business, to and so i grew up in small

businesses and i got to tell you, it shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the american economy. >> steve: no kidding. >> it's the strength of our economy. >> steve: pardon me. so when people say, you know, bill gates self-made man, warren buffet, self-made man. steve job, self made businessman. the fine print, according to the president, thanks to the tunnel, the teachers, the bridges. >> it's no wonder he says the private sector is doing fine and we just need to send more money to the states so they can hire more public employees. that's his answer to the economy. again, i think it shows that he doesn't get it. he doesn't understand how our economy works. with all due respect to steve jobs and all those other folks who made huge successes, there are millions of americans every day who work very hard in very small businesses just to kind of keep it afloat, to be able to meet payroll. and those folks feel like they've built it, believe me. that's my concern is that what this president is doing in terms

of policies and has done for 3 1/2 years, which is more regulations, higher taxes, more borrowing, more spending, policies that make it hard tore create a job through his health care policy, energy policies, this is the reason we're falling behind and the reason we have unemployment at levels we haven't seen since the great depression. examine the reason we're not seeing the kind of economic growth that was hoped for. we need a change. we need a president who first gets it, understands that the private sector is what creates jobs and not government. >> eric: you mentioned doing fine. that was a line from last month when president obama said we're doing fine in the midst of 41 months in a row of unemployment above 8%. where is he more tone deaf? we're doing fine or it's the government should be taking credit for all the success of small businesses in america? >> i think it's both. i think it's a sense he has that it's the private sector is doing okay. the problem is we need to add more to government because the second part of his statement, which hasn't gotten as much play is he said what we need to do is have washington send more money back to the states. remember, this is the

washington, d.c. that is going broke. we can talk about that, but we've got record debts and deficits. washington is now borrowing over 30 cents for every dollar it spends. this is not sustainable and the notion is that somehow you can tax small businesses to be able to solve this problem, it doesn't work that way. you got to give small businesses the ability to create jobs and that's creating an environment for success and for growth and that's what washington is not doing. he'd like it make it even worse. >> gretchen: one of the buzz words together that we've heard in the last year from the obama administration is fair share. people need to -- it falls into what we were talking about. now the second report that's come out from the congressional budget office and it gave startling statistics. in 2008, in both 2008 and 2009, the highest earning 20% of taxpayers paid 94% of the total income tax burden and i know you like to point this out because it had something to do with the bush tax cuts in maybe a

negative way for those top earners, right? >> it does. look, the president loves to criticize the tax relief from 2001 and 2003 and that report also said something else interesting. two reports last week, it also said when you take into account the effect of the tax relief on the deficit in terms of those higher earners the president wants to tax, making over two greatnd a year. it was 4% of the deficit, not taking into account anything to do with the growth that occurred because of that tax relief for a lot of small businesses. so yeah, he is somehow trying to get the american people to believe if you just tax small businesses more, we can solve this deficit and debt problem. you're right, under the bush tax cuts, the tax code became more progressive. before the bush tax cuts, of it 81% for that same group. then 86% right after the tax cuts and then as you say, in 2008, 2009 that, they had got over 90%. there has been a lot of unless done recently about the president's proposal to raise taxes on small businesses and

bottom line, it's about a million small businesses that get hit, 53% of their income gets hit. and by the way, even if do you that, it runs government for about a week. so it's not the answer to our deficit problems and it's part of this concern i have about the direction of the economy under this president. we continue eucrite size business. we continue to play class warfare and this is what's driving investment and jobs and opportunity offshore. we need to get back to making our economy more competitive and the good news is we got a candidate, mitt romney, who wants to do that and knows how to do that and has the policies to do that. >> steve: senator, have you heard from mitt romney lately? >> i have not. i've been watching him on fox, though. >> gretchen: we know you're on the short list for vice president. so we'll keep everyone posted the minute that we hear if your name happens to come up. >> great being with you. >> steve: straight ahead, shots fired from a u.s. naval ship. now one person is dead in the strait of hormuz. some say the u.s. committed an

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>> steve: shots fired yesterday on the high seas from a u.s. naval ship in the persian gulf. here is how it apparently went down. a small boat, fishing vessel perhaps, initially turned away from the u.s. ship, but then abruptly headed back despite being given warnings to turn around. when the warnings were ignored, shots were fired from the naval ship and one person on the small boat was killed. the others were injured. is this action protected under maritime law? we called in the lawyer, fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. what do you think? >> this is interesting. i believe that not only is it protected, it's legal and it's appropriate given what happened

with the uss cole where 2,000, 17 sailors were killed in this horrific terrorististic attack by a small boat that crushed the 40-foot hole in that vessel. so i think for the people in the navy is remember the cole. this is all based on daniel webster's 19th century discussion of what is appropriate in terms of self-defense. two words. necessity and proportionality, meaning if it's necessary to defend yourself, then you have to react in a proportional way. here the boat kept on coming. 30-footer or 50-foot boat manned with three outboard motors, which are similar to some of the iranian crafts we've seen in the past. and they fired warning shots and they kept coming and they killed one and injured three as a result. >> steve: the thing about the

ship over your shoulder, it's an oiler. like a gigantic bomb. all it takes is a bomb to blow it to kingdom come. what are the rules of engagement? >> the rules of engagement say give a warning. the rules of engagement say, you should warn the threatening entity in order to give it an opportunity to withdraw and then you can use force in self-defense if there are no nonforceful alternatives. what other alternatives was there? they weren't gog have a duplication of the cole. was this a test? the other thing to remember is that we've got 100 of these ships deployed around the world. this is actually a civilian arm of the federal government. there are not naval officers or sailors aboard, but for certain security forces that the navy put on to arm it and to maintain

that 50 caliber machine gun for its protection. so the notion was really rappel all boarders. remember the cole and really kept faith with daniel webster's notions about necessity and proportionality. it's self-defense. it's not an act of war. even if it turns out that that was only a fishing vessel. based upon their conduct and based upon what could have occurred, there was the right decision made based on maritime law. >> steve: they followed all the rules. >> they did. >> steve: peter johnson, jr., thank you very much for reporting for duty. >> have a good day. >> steve: hey, small business owner, your success, not yours. thank a bureaucrat. >> if you got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> steve: really? ever heard of tasty delight. that company's ceo calls the comments a gigantic insult and that's not all. he's fired up and he's coming up

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>> eric: so you work hard, build a successful business. don't go patting yourself on the back, though. >> if you got a business, you didn't build that.

somebody else made that happen. the point is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative burks also because we do things together. >> eric: joining us now to react, the ceo of tasty delight. you built a business. what does it make you feel like when you hear the president say that? >> well, you know, it is a bit troubling, for sure. i think primarily because what it reflects in terms of lack of understanding about small business, small business owners in america today and business format franchising as an example, we're larger than any other two economic sectors combined and any net job in america since 1984 has come from small business. so to hear that kind of statement and perhaps the philosophical view it represents is troubling. you know, america is about free

markets, free enterprise and free people. perhaps it's time for business in general to begin to make the moral and ethical case for free enterprise itself. for the beginning of our country, people from all over the world have come here seeking the american dream, which is business ownership, or perhaps more importantly, the american promise, which is the promise that you can come into a free market and freely pursue the dream of business ownership and achieving all the goals and dreams that you would have in your heart. >> eric: but jim, tell me, where do you think the president sees the government's involvement in making tasty delight a successful yogurt company? >> you would think that the president himself had his first job in hawaii in an iconic brand like baskin robins would

understand that the kind of business franchising is. it's hard to understand those type of comments, but perhaps what it really reflects is the clear choice that he continues to talk about. that choice is becoming more and more polarized because of the kind of shrill rhetoric and finger pointing that we're talking about this morning. if you believe government is the solution to the economic problems, you beauty things one way. if you believe private enterprise and small business is the solution, you intuit things different. >> eric: another one of your concerns is the impending obamacare law that will affect small businesses like yourself. tell us what are you looking for? what do you expect and what are you concerned about? >> well, i think the concern is that even though the supreme court has decided as a tax that obamacare is constitutional, that doesn't make it workable or right in the field of battle

where we live every day. as an example, the employer mandate requires that if you reach the threshold of 50 employees, that you have to make a choice between increased costs or paying the penalties that is a greater burden to business. the hudson institute came out with a report that showed that in franchising, that's going to put 3.2 million jobs at risk and add about $6.4 billion in additional burden or cost to small business. i think that's significant. and it certainly is not a net growth expander or extender. it's a disincentive. >> eric: we need to point out the reason is because franchiseees are small businesses and as they approach 50, they may move people from permanent to part-time just so that they fall underneath that 50 threshold limit. we'll have to leave it there. thank you for joining us this

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♪ my wish for you ♪ ♪ . >> gretchen: extra special congratulations this morning to one of "fox & friends'" producers, sean and his new fiance, lauren greenberg. there he is, to the left of your screen of the he had no idea we were going to show his very private engagement video. sean popped the question over the weekend on the roof top of their new york city apartment building. they have been together for four years now and from all of us here at "fox & friends," here is to many, many more. congratulations, sean! you did it!

>> steve: he is so going to kill us later on today. >> gretchen: i can hardly wait. >> eric: now turn in your man card for having someone videotape you on one knee. right? >> steve: sean, that's great. we've got a surprise for sean in the after the show show. so log right on right now. see you back here tomorrow. bill: nice show, guys. good morning, everybody. 9:00 in new york and a very dangerous game of chicken on capitol hill. with the already very fragile economy hanging in the balancep democrats warning they're ready to take the nation over the so-called fiscal cliff. we're going to lock arms, are we? good morning i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom". martha: trying to picture a game of chicken on capitol hill. bill: chicken on the hill. martha: chicken on a stick. good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. you have democrats warning about looming defense cuts and expiring bush-era tax rates. they say they won't bush if the republicans won't bend. watch this.

>> i will absolutely continue this debate into 2013 rather than lock in a long term deal this year that throws middle class families under the bus. >> what the democrats are proposing today is an entirely avoidable, high-stakes game of chicken. bill: so in the depths of july you have this, america. if congress can not come up with a compromise, we can all pay a price, significant too. bob cusacking managing editor of "the hill." what is on the line now? >> welling, everything. we have so much politics at play. everybody's tax rates were on the line. we were in this position in 2010. congress extended them for two years. come december 31st, all the tax rates will expire unless congress acts. bill: it i was an election year. >> right. bill: you argue both parties think they have the upper hand. why would that be? >> it is fascinating. some republicans do believe the wealthy should be taxed more.