[cheers and applause] >> it is a testament to republican women, to tea party leaders, and to grass roots conservatives. >> and stick around because ted cruz will be on "fox and friends" at 8:30 eastern time to talk about his big win. >> and the kiss way saw here. and move over marco rubio. another superstar on the up can side. >> and at least for now lawmakers from both sides of the isle reaching a tentative deal to avoid a government shut down right before the election. the six-month stop gap. here we go again. just a stop gap, folks. it will keep the government run through march. full house and senate still needs to approve the deal. the vote set for september before the new fiscal year begins in october. two fighter jets escorted a united jumbo jets en route to newark to switzerland. it was forced to go to boston. it was a camera stuffed in the

pocket of the back side of a seat. all 150 passengers had to be taken off the seat and key screened. turns out the camera belonged to a person on the previous flight. and despite people fighting for their religion freedom, president obama controversial contra acceptive man date goes into effect today. it forces all insurance companies to cover contra acceptive services. but many say it force them to go against their religion believes. some are planning to mark the day by holding a day called the day religion freedom died. those of your red lines. >> and mitt romney, three nations. never heard much about it. >> it ended by calling for endorsement from a union leader. peter has more. >> mitt romney's foreign trip certainly ended on a high note in poland because he picked up

the endorsement of a person who ronald reagan called one of the world's greatest labor leaders. in england and israel public figures kept quiet in public who they would like to win here in november, but he said his ideas, experience and intentions will allow us to win in a safer, more prosperous world and romney laid out his plan to protect poland with a missile defense system. >> the missile defense systems which were work with poland to ultimately install here. our plan to prevent attack in europe or attack across the ocean from a place like iran. given iran continues to pursue nuclear technology, a defense against their bomb would be of great significant both to europe and the united states. >> whether it comes to missile defense, the white house wants to make sure everyone noise president obama is doing his best to protect poland, even

though the russians are making it really hard. >> this president has pursued aggressively the development and implementation of a missile defense program in europe that includes, notably, an installation in poland. and that temporary to suggestions to the contrary, contrary to suggestions from critics, the russians continue to oppose and we continue to press forward with that missile defense program because it's the right thing to do. >> so while the white house tried to counter romney's foreign policy statements, the obama campaign only wanted to talk about what they perceive as gaffes on that foreign trip. and robert gibbs said that romney's trip was nothing short of an embarrassing disaster. back to you. >> he did say that. thanks very much, peter. but exactly which part was the disaster part? was london really prepared? they have had some problems. does israel have any question now who their friend is?

and what about poland? that was terrific. >> and the way it ended was kind of interesting with them shouting questions and one of the romney aids saying -- >> bleep, bleep, bleep is what he said. >> and that was at the tomb of unknown soldier in poland. and can you imagine if there were soldiers shouting those questions at the tomb of the unknown in arlington? >> right. but just he had to walk back and apologize. >> that was a little crazy. >> romney wrapped up the trip and now president obama is flying into a political storm in ohio. he's going back to ohio. we all know that's an important state in november. he will be landing at a base that is facing budget cuts. this is -- i can't think of the -- >> the manfield airbase. >> the international air guard. >> not enough sleep last night. >> and it's on the list of bases that would be closed under the proposed barack obama budget cuts for the defense department. that's embarrassing, that they

would be flying and parking air force one at the place they are going to close. jay carney apparently many been reading the mansfield, ohio newspaper because they have had a lot of stories about it and he was caught off guard yesterday. >> i'm not aware of that particular issue. and in terms of why is he going to ohio, i mean, i think -- >> no, to that area of ohio. man'sfield. he was just there on a bus tour. >> there's notice an inch of ohio that the president does not love to visit. [laughter] >> it's a great state. my wife's home state. >> in terms of man'sfield, can we get you to take that question? >> i'm not aware of the policy implications or what i shalla you are discussing. >> is the national guard operation or international guard operation. >> i'm not sure what this is in reference to but if it's related to defense cuts with the

sequester, i think it's worth going back and look at the vote on the budget control act. >> it wasn't. poorly done. he has hundreds of jobs there. >> 800 people need to be relocated or will have to get out of the national guard and they will have one of the fixed wing air crafts sitting there on the corner to send a message to the president, leave us open. especially in ohio. >> in the meantime harry reid, the senator from nevada, apparently he was spreading some rumors that he had heard about mitt romney but were they actually true? he gave an interview, and he said that mitt romney had not paid his taxes for ten years. well, turns out that is not necessarily the truth. >> how irresponsible is it for the majority leader of the senate to make a statement that mitt romney doesn't pay taxes? which by the way you are breaking the law then and you could be jailed. he said he's worth much more than $250 million. and he goes further. he said how embarrassed his father must be to see mitt romney act like this. this is just wailed speculation about a call he may or may not

have gotten from a former or present bain executive and an interview with the huffington post. >> i don't think it was a bain capital executive. >> think it was an investor in bain capital. how would someone who investors money in bain capital have any idea about mitt romney's personal federal income tax, to start with? but for him to suggest, to put it out there. and it's not like i looked at mitt romney's tax returns and he's got some problems there. no. i heard from a guy, who said that he didn't do it. that's crazy. >> and also doesn't say much about where we are in 2012 with blogs and things like that where people just say whatever they want and before you know it it is mainstream news because nobody double checks and gets two sources anymore. people can say whatever they want about people, presidential candidates, and it's news. >> and harry reid said it himself, that's the news. >> but if you were a good reporter and you listened to somebody and they said i heard

through the grapevine, you might want to double check tank the problem lies with harry reid, that he would repeat something so crazy and it's hearsay. >> he should really be called out on this and he should be called out by his own party. what if somebody on the republican side like mitch mcconnell goes, oh, yeah, i don't think the president paid his taxes before he got into the white house. i don't know, though. >> you make a good point. there are lots of unsubstantiated rumors about various people in politics these days and you don't country bring that up. >> my point is you need more than one source. let's move on to the gsa. the house is holding a hearing today as they party again in nashville and a new investigation shows officials were paid an additional $30 million in undisclosed bonuses. so there is more and more information coming out thanks to the freedom of information act. people are trying to get their hands on exactly what kind of taxpayer money was going into these parties. turns out a lot of these parties, the prices and finances were never even documented.

so we may never know how much taxpayer actually went into these boone dogs. >> and i think they said they have about 70 to look into. >> and the one in las vegas that essentially was the straw that -- well, the party straw that broke the camel's back, that was the tip of the iceburg. >> the camel's hot tub. there's jeff neeley there. a republican that will chair the and the has this to say about the troubles of the gsa central. >> every time we find out about one of the conferences they try to hide the information from us. whether it's the drummers we saw in the dc conference or the hot tubs and miles they had in las vegas, it's got to stop. >> we don't know what the cost of this conference is. it's a question of running afoul what have the execute ditch order >> it's certainly running afoul of the executive order but the one they did last year was is $11 million. they have done 77 conferences after the executive order went

through. >> incredible! >> if you want to go to a lot of parties, the gsa back in the day. >> the scary thing is it's probably not just the gsa and i think this is what americans are fined being out now. this is sort of the culture of the way the federal government has operated for a long time. nobody was really checking checks and balances. you have to wonder if it's not just the gsa, right? it's got to be a bunch of other federal agencies having these parties and no one was holding anyone accountable. >> at the gsa the party seems to be over. >> we thought that last year. >> and then there was national. coming up on "fox and friends," big cuts could be coming to russ defense contractors but the labor department trying to change the headline s it a political employ in disguise? we will report next and you can decide. >> today is d-day for the post office. >> is it delivery day? >> i hope we get deliveries. hours away from their first default on millions of dollars in loans. what is congress going to do

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>> part of the solution to last year's budget standoff. lawmakers have to agree on further cuts this summer or automatic cuts take place. one of the big departments that's going to be cut is defense.

with no deal in site defense contractors are worry they will send advance layoff notices to their employees that will come days before the election, prompt being the labor department to come in. the chair of the house arms services committee is my guest this morning. >> good morning. >> the warren act requires most employees with 100 or more workers to gives 60 days notice of plant closings or mass layoffs, labor cutbacks affecting 500 or more workers. so it sounds pretty clear that sequestration would -- this would come into play, right? >> it will. what people need to understand is we have cut, as you are said, the heavily in the defense department. half the cuts we've vote sewed far in the last year to save off of our deficit have come out of defense, and the defense department only accounts for

about 17% of the saving of the defense spending of the national spending. and on top of that, kicking in next january the sequestration, which are automatic cuts across the board, another $500 million, $600 million out of defense. >> that was the poison pill when the super montana couldn't come up with a resolution for the deficit. some thought they would come to a resolution because they didn't want the poison pill but they didn't. now the labor department. do you think it's political they do not want the pink slips to go out on november 2nd or 3rd, right before the election? >> we've been waiting for some kind of guidance for months from the administration, and we haven't been able to get it from o. and b., we haven't been able to get it from the defense department. and yesterday, or the day before the labor department kicks in and says don't send out those notices. the notices are required by law.

>> right. >> and here we've got a department of federal government saying don't send them out. >> here's part of that statement. they said to employees of federal contractors, including the defense industry, is not required 60 days in advance of january 2nd, 2013 and it would be inappropriate given the lack of certainty about how the budget cuts will be implemented and the possibility the sequester will be avoided before then. will it be avoided? what can congress do and more importantly, what can the president do to stop this? >> the house has already acted. we passed a bill that pays for the first year of sequestration, which would move the debate back out of a politically-charged atmosphere of the election. the senate hasn't acted. the president hasn't provided any leadership. he is the commander in chief. it's in conceivable to me that the commander in chief, the one that should have the most interest of the defense of this nation at heart, has not provided any lead everybody ship.

he can call harry reid today and harry would get a vote in the senate and then we could do what the constitution says and each body can pass a bill, come together in a conference commit and resolves the differences and sends it to the president to sign and we could take care of it tomorrow. but the president is awol on this issue. he's just not providing any leadership. >> thank you so much for the explanation. it's all up to the senate right now and possibly the president putting a little pressure on harry reid. congressman buck mckee i don't know from california. thanks for your time bright and early this morning. >> thank you. >> coming up, you need an id to buy beer, you need one for r-rated movie, but to vote, no id, no problem. states want to change that but the justice department standing in the way. do they have a case? and the president breaks his bank account to give to his own campaign? >> i really compare about this

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he was 86 years old. president obama desperate for campaign cash? check out this new ad showing him donating money online to himself. the president giving $5,000 just before the july fundraising deadline. guys. >> you need not buy a beer, see an r-rated movie but in many states you don't need one to vote. in more than a dozen states pictured there have tried to change that by proposing and enacting voter idaho laws, a the obama administration says discriminates against minor tis but is it true? we are joined by fox news contributor jason reilly. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> this is the first time they have gone after pennsylvania. >> it's the first time they have gone after a state that doesn't have so check with them before they change voting laws. georgia, parts of texas, south carolina. under the voting rights act

those states have to check with the justice department before they change voting id laws or voting laws at all. pennsylvania does not. raises the question why they are going after them? >> yeah. >> i think one reason is they are a battleground state in november and this is a politicized administration. >> and his contention is you ask people for an i.d., it discriminates against minorities. that's his contention. >> that's his contention. eric holder is pre-ending it's part of some racist republican conspiracy to suppress the black vote. there's no evidence in states had it has been put in place that has happened. nor is there evidence that voter i. d. laws are an undue burden. supreme court ruled on it. not only the supreme court ruled, but they say they pass

constitutional muster. >> and we have a graphics. we will show you the state of georgia. look at this. they did this before the voter i. d. laws in 2004, latinos, 18,000. with it it went up. it doubled. the black vote went up substantially. the white vote went up, as well. >> what is interesting about that, it went up more in georgia, the black vote, than it did in states that don't have voter i. d. laws. so it seems, if anything, voter i. d. laws are correlated with higher black turnout, not lower black turnout. and eric holder, the civil rights law was about equal treatment of blacks, not treating blacks as children. you mentioned r-rated movies. the idea that we need photo i.d. to do all kinds of things in society. you need photo i.d. to buy cough medicines. is walgreens discriminating against blacks who want to buy

sued -- psudophed? it's ridiculous. the highest law enforcement official in the country should care about voter integrity. but he is trying to scare black americans to the voting booth in november. black voter registration is down from where it was four years ago. the white house is scared that blacks won't turn out and this is part of a nationwide effort. he's going around state by state by state, trying to scare black people into going out to vote because he's telling them that republicans are trying to disenfranchise. >> and it is scary the attorney general would be doing that and the justice department is part of it. jason reilly, thanks so much. great to see you. >> first she said business owners didn't do anything on their own. now elizabeth warren, who wants to be senator of massachusetts, her message, let's be more like china. >> china has 9% of its gdp in

infrastructure. america, we are at 2.4%. we can do better. >> can stuart varney unwind this for us? he's walking this way. should we try to be more like this communist country or is that not a great idea. and an arrest warrant out this morning for actor kuba warning jr. he's in trouble. and happy birthday joeliot of def leppard. but more importantly he's here for the summer concert series. let's go outside and dance a little. ♪

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collaboration after 9/11 but that may be over now. the fbi is refusing to work with the nypd going forward over a disagreement on its muslim surveillance program. top fbi brass reportedly calling it a waste of money and a violation of american rights. >> okay. now under extreme weather. in the state of arizona where a thunderstorm dumped a couple of inches of rain overnight and rain as well, people trapped inside of their vehicles like that. this is one of the rescues that took place late last night. nine people were saved. nobody was hurt. and meanwhile the high water flooded neighbors and wind gusts reached nearly 70 miles an hour during the storm out there in arizona. newly releaseded 11 calls reveal a shark attack off of cape cod this week. >> it's all right. >>. >> shark attack on the beach.

>> what beach are you on? >> you know, panama road? >> boston beach? >> yeah. >> what's the problem? >> a shark attack. he's bleeding. he's ruined. he needs 911. >> wow, the victim identified as christopher meyers recovering in a hospital. this incident is the first confirmed great white shark attack in massachusetts since 1936. the beach where it happens is open today, though. >> be brave. >> a wanted man? there's a warrant out for his arrest in new orleans. police say the oscar winner shoved a bartender on bourbon street after she tried to stop him of slipping out on patrons that were tailing pictures. if he's busted, he will be busted for the maryland battery. >> show me the warrant. show me the olympics! >> and let me point out he's my celebrity friend. >> i thought you were going to go there. >> michael phelps swimming into

olympic history in the water. >> the 48-year-old record is broken. number 19! no one has won more! [cheers and applause] >> for the first time in his career they win the relay. now the most decorated olympian of all-time. his mom there to cheer and cry and witness the historic race. he has 19 career medals. he wins the relay there. his 15th gold, six more than anybody else. he said it's his last owe olympics picks but he has three more events to build on this. meanwhile the soccer team now 3 for 3 in the eolympic games. >> what a magnificent opening goal! >> and that would be the only goal. abby becoming the first nonbritish woman to score there. finally the fans show up. and it's the first time the u.s. has swept a group in olympic play. they play new zealand friday in

the finals. 29,000 showed up and they were actually chanting for us. and the u.s. took home more gold at the olympics. the women's gymnastics team winning their first title since 1996. they did not botch a single routine. and all but three scores were higher than 15. here's the current medal count. china, got that -- tied with the united states at 23. they have more golds. we would like to see a lot of them if you have time. and france, south korea and kazakhstan. >> you know what they hate about the olympics? hugging. there's too much hugging there. >> after every event they hug. it's touchy feelly.

>> get away from it. >> oh, no! >> what are you saying? >> come on, everybody needs a hug a day. >> can we do it again? >> no, no hugging. >> now you like it. all right. i'll sit right here and give you another hug at the end. >> i've never seen this side of you. you are anti-hugging. >> look, i'm an old-fashioned kind of guy. >> shake hands. you look them in the eye and you shake hands. that's the traditional greeting. instead what do we have nowadays? you shake hands and put your harm around them, your own opponent. and after a great voluntarily, do you hug? >> how about beach volleyball some. >> a lot of hugging. >> what about synchronized diving? >> wait a minute, didn't have a problem with the dental flossed bathing suits but odd problem with the hugging? >> yes. when i see chinese female

synchronized divers hug, after every dive, and then followed by the male mexicans, i think we have a problem. >> do you think the mexicans could start hugging the chinese synchronized divers? >> it's going to happen. >> everyone is going to hug at once. we are the world >> do you think there will be hugging going on today at the u.s. postal service? >> no. they are going to default, the first time in history. pushed over the line by demands that they put money to the pension funds. it's pension all over again. that's the problem. >> so it's not the business model that the post office is undergoing but it's just the pensions and benefits? >> electronic mail and e-mail, that's the underlying problem. but a 2006 law says hey, postal service, you have to put $5 billion into your pension fund twice this year and they don't have the money. >> ments the first one is due today and the second one is due in september, and you know what congress has done? they have simply kicked the can down the road. the senate passed something in april, the house has been working on it for a little while and now they aren't going to even consider how to save the

postal service until september. >> it's not going to affect your mail delivery this week, next month or your pension checks from the postal service, not going to happen burks maybe next year. >> and look at that. the post office loses $25 million a day. if they were a business, they would have been out of business, what, ten years ago? >> who could have seen e-mail coming along, electronic bill pay? who could have seen that. >> it's not just all e-mail. there's reasons, other reasons why the post office has not been rating up to par. >> they need a hug. >> i think what we have to do with the post office is a reward up for all those escaped criminals and maybe we can start catching these guys, get receipt ward money and give it to the post office to pay their pensions. >> we didn't need the post office anymore because john walsh had america's most wanted on tv and you didn't even have to go to the post office for that. >> let's talk about elizabeth warren. she has an interesting approach to becoming the next senator from massachusetts. she's citing china as the

business model that the u.s. can learn from. can you say infrastructure? she did. listen. >> there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. nobody. you built a factory out there, good for you, but i want to be clear, you moved your goods to market on the roads the resof us paid for. >> okay. >> that was one thing she talked about. >> spread the money around. >> and she followed obama in saying you need to thank other people. >> and laying the template for a speech that you didn't build that. >> here she is talking about how we can build lots of roads here in america just like china. listen to this. flush >> our competitors are putting people to work building a future. china investors 9% of its gdp in infrastructure. america is at 2.4%. we can do better. >> we should be like china. >> and they pay their workers a

dollars a month. >> let's do the math. if we were to commit 9% of our budget to infrastructure, it would be in excess of $1 trillion. >> how did that work? >> a, we don't have the money. but elizabeth warren is going to play a very significant role in the presidential campaign. not just the senate campaign in massachusetts. she's been given a prominent role at the democrat convention, a keynote speech in prime time. she's going to backup president obama left of center policies, calling for a new stimulus program. she's a collectivist just like the president. anti-private enterprise like the president and she'll have a significant role. >> the reason she has an significant role because i believe it's an appeal to the base and also they need her to win in massachusetts against scott brown. >> they do, but the president wants that support. he wants the support of the elizabeth warrens of this world because that's the support from his ultimate base. that's what's going to happen. >> followed by bill clinton, who

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amazing. there's so much fun things to do and like once you end one fun thing another thing starts and it just keeps going. >> i have read that you have the record now for the largest fish caught there, right? >> i do. >> congratulations! were you a little nervous about going to camp in the beginning? >> i was. like i had never been away from home before and it just was different for me. >> sure. >> and the first couple of days i was a little scared, a little nervous. then after we got into like more the activities and stuff, i felt at home. >> i understand. i remember camp when i was a kid. chris, this is exactly the kind of kid you have been send to go camp for what, 36 years? >> thirty-six years the camp has been open. >> fantastic. and for the most part all the kids that are selected or selected by various sheriffs throughout new york state, giving their family's economic situation. kids that otherwise wouldn't go

to camp? >> they won otherwise go to camp and kids that get a positive influence by interacting with deputy sheriffs. and each kid has a different story, but one example is the child who has a negative view toward law enforcement because maybe their father has been locked up, brother, sister. >> sure. >> and then they go to camp and the deputies are there in shorts and t-shirts, and then on the last day, saturday, we have a little award ceremony and the deputies show up in their uniforms and they can't believe they are deputies, police officers. they are seeing police officers in a positive way. >> sure. seeing them as people rather than just those great big badges. >> exactly. >> nicole, if you weren't at camp this year, what would you have been doing, just sitting at home? >> i actually have a day camp i go to but it isn't as fun as this. >> this is a great camp. the problem for you, chris, is the fact that since the recession, because of the great uncertainty, people who have been very generous in the past, and we have a graphic that shows the amount of money people have given to the camp throughout the

years, started out okay back in 2007. but it's diminished ever since. why? >> i think the recession, the economy has influenced giving because people have to have confidence in the economy to spend money, and particularly to donate to charities. we are down 30%. >> you are. >> what could the obama administration do to help? >> i think anyone involved in raising charitable money needs an economy that the people believe in, that are confident in, and that the future is bright. >> yeah. >> i'm not sure we are there. i hope we are getting there. >> is it the worry that you might have to scale back, won't be able to invite as many kids as nicole next year? >> what we have done since '08 when money became tight, we made sure we were operatal. we have taken money and made

sure that all the kids, 140 kids a week are going because in the recession the kids are the ones that need it more than anyone else. >> absolutely. and i understand you have really tightened your belt. if people watching right now would like to help; there a website or anything else? >> absolutely. it's sheriffsinstitute.org or google sheriffs camp kids. and you will get to our website. every dollar that's donated will be used for the camp. nothing will be used for salaries or anything like that. every dollar goes to these kids. >> with the sheriffs association, we trust you. thank you. now sarah palin checks into the chick-fil-a controversy. we will tell what you she said. then salt, check, big soda, check, now new york city mayor wants to hide formula from new moms so they will breastfeed. but shouldn't that be the mom's choice, not bloomberg's?

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>> new york city mayor michael bloomberg wants to ban big sodas and now he's looking to lockup baby formula at the hospitals? under a new health initiative they will encourage new moms to breastfeed but shouldn't that be a mother's choice, not the government's. here's an internationally board certified lactation consultant and a board certified pediatrician. good morning, ladies. >> this has developed a firestorm across the country because the idea the government could move in, dr. levine, and tell a mother who her personal choice is about how she's going to feed her baby seems outrageous to some. >> i think we have to be very careful not to make moms feel

judged, especially during this vulnerable period. michael is to really educate moms and get them to make the choice directly for themselves >> leian, i know you disagree with that. >> i would like to say happy world breastfeeding week because all this information comes out around that. >> okay. >> it's not that formula is being locked up, it's that it's being accounted for and the hospitals are no longer going to be marketing the formula. and if you want to talk about choice, when the hospitals have these formula gift bags and they give away this free formula, it's not really free and it's one brand of formula. so the parents don't really have a choice. they are given, here, this is what you get. so if a mother wants to formula feed nobody is stopping her and she can buy whatever she wants. >> if you got a gift bag you can still decide. >> but i'm going to tell you the evidence shows over and over again are, when women come home with a gift bag, breastfeeding rates go way down.

>> but they are higher than they have ever been. >> i disagree with you. i don't think we should give moms formula. the studies are clear and they show if it's a mom's decision to breastfeed, if she doesn't get formula in the first couple days in hospital, the rates of success are higher. key is asking the mom what their goals are and support them. >> isn't the real key what the mom wants to do for her own baby? and i guess this point of discussion is what is it a mom, who has just given birth who has raging hormones and maybe had raging surgery, what does she have to do to get her hands on formula at the hospital now? >> this is a decision that should be made before the mom gives birth. when moms come to my office for prenatal consults, i ask them what their goal is. if their goal is to not breastfeed i ask them why because i want to make sure they have the proper support to breastfeed. a lot of times they will say i'm going back to work, i can't breastfeed. but i went back to work and i breast-fed my children so i want

to make sure moms know how do do that if that's their choice. >> and what does the mom have to do to get the formula? >> ask for it. it's just like asking for food. it's just it's going to be monitored. it's not that big of a deal. >> thanks for your time this morning. coming up, it wasn't your average tour stop in new york city. a father and son team from florida, they helped take down a career criminal. their awesome story coming up nexta. and is camelot about to turn the country? a new love story playing out for taylor swift and it involves a kennedy man. yep. hi, i'm phil mickelson.

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. today wednesday, 1 august, 2012. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sring your time with us. a shakeup in washington. establishment republican out and the tea party congressman to be potentially in. that happened while you were sleeping. >> brian: air force one about to fly into a political storm of the the president's next campaign stop scheduled at a base that happens to be shutting down. did they miss their own memo on military cuts? >> steve: and they're vow to go eat more chicken. the fight to support chick-fil-a getting a big boost and big support from sarah palin as well. "fox & friends," hour two for wednesday, starts right now.

>> gretchen: that tea party win actually is for the senate seat that kay bailey hutchison is leaving. not congressman. >> brian: form solicitor. >> steve: lieutenant governor. >> brian: who he beat the lieutenant governor. he never ran for political office before. now he could be the next u.s. senator from texas. >> steve: before the runoff, the guy who lost last night was ahead by 11 points in the primary. we'll talk to ted cruz coming up very shortly. >> gretchen: i'm going to talk about it right now. the texas triumph for the tea party, ted cruz, with the decisive victory against lieutenant governor david dewhurst for the senate nomination. for the seat of retiring kay bailey hutchison. dewhurst was considered the establishment gop candidate.

cruz calling his victory a win for many groups. >> tonight is a victory for the grassroots. [ cheers and applause ] it is a testament to republican women, to tea party leaders, and to grassroots conservatives. >> gretchen: stick around because ted cruz will be on "fox & friends" coming up next hour. 8:00 a.m. eastern time on "fox & friends." crisis averted in washington, at least for now. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle reach ago tentative deal to avoid a government shut down right before the election. the six-month stop-gap measure will keep the government running through march. but the full house and senate still need to approve the deal. the vote set for september before the new fiscal year begins in october. scare in the skies. a bird punching this hole -- look at that hole -- in the nose of the airplane. that's from a bird. united airlines as it end does

heed into denver international airport. it was coming from dallas yesterday. 151 people on board, when it hit the bird. the plane's pilots were aware of the strike and declared an emergency. the plane did land safely. no one was hurt. it reportedly was a canadian goose that hit the plane. hyannis port's hottest newcombe, tyler swift and conner kennedy. apparently set up by grandma, rfk's widow. the 83-year-old has been fascinated with swift's musical talent and humanitarian reputation and started a friendship with her last year. taylor and the 18-year-old conner kennedy seen kissing, holding hands at the family compound last weekend in massachusetts. stuart varney wouldn't like that. he would say no hugging for sure. >> brian: if you missed the first hour, stuart varney is anti-hugging. >> steve: i think he's okay with hugging -- >> gretchen: he was reluctant. >> brian: i'm fascinated by the

taylor swift story because ethel is reading a magazine and says, essentially get in touch with my grandson and now they're hanging out. >> gretchen: she's a cougar now. >> brian: she's face painting with the other kids. i could see this thing getting on the fast traffic if not, you know she's going to have a breakup song that's going to skewer the family. >> steve: if mrs. kennedy was watching a few years ago issues she would have seen taylor swift at 12, 13 years old. >> brian: i'm not sure that ethel was watching the show when taylor swift debuted. >> steve: if you miss a little, you miss a lot. meanwhile, mitt romney wrapping up his overseas trip. he closed it out in poland. peter doocy live in washington with more. >> hello. and even though the headlines at the beginning of mitt romney's trip were not necessarily favorable for the campaign, the trip ended on a high note in president

poland with the endorsement of lech walesa. president obama once called him one of the world's greatest labor leaders and he said president obama hasn't been able to reform anything. but that mitt romney's ideas, experiences and intentions will allow us to live in a safer, more prosperous world and this comes in the midst of romney's statement that he'll do a better job protecting poland than president obama. >> the missile defense systems which we're work with poland to ultimately install here are designed to prevent attack in europe or potentially long-term, attack across the ocean from a place like iran, given the fact that iran continues to pursue nuclear technology, a defense against iran's bomb would be of great significance, both to europe and to the united states. >> the obama campaign says that any attempts by the presumtive gop nominee make the president look weak on missile defense are

misguided. >> president obama is going forward with a missile defense system in europe, but he's going forward with a system that's going to be based partly in poland despite what the romney campaign says. >> mitt romney is now back in massachusetts after almost a week abroad and doesn't have any events scheduled today. but president obama will be out campaigning in ohio. back to you in new york. >> steve: thank you very much. by the way, it's lech walesa. >> brian: the most important thing about peter's story is that you have a union leader overseas who really thinks mitt romney should have much success. that was the first big crowd that romney experienced in poland and they were cheering. seemed very appreciative. >> gretchen: president obama is now flying into a political storm of sorts in ohio. this is a really important state for the november election. he's visited it frequently, both candidates have. the president will be landing at a national guard base that's actually facing budget cuts. so is that a smart visual

picture to have air force one come in and maybe have to answer questions about what those defense cuts are going to mean for this town of mansfield? here is jay carpio who didn't know how to answer the question. >> i'm not aware of that particular issue in terms of why is he going to ohio. i mean, i think -- >> to that area of ohio. mansfield. he was just there on the bus tour. >> there is not an of inch of ho had this president does not love to visit. it's a great state. my wife's home state. >> in terms of mansfield, can we get to you take that question? >> i'm not aware of even the policy implications or what issue we're discussing. >> is the -- >> i'm not sure this is in reference to. if this is in relation to

defense cut, it's worth going back and looking at the vote on the budget control act. >> steve: okay. so he's kicking the can in reverse. but this particular place, mansfield, which hosts the 179th air lift wing of the ohio international guard, it is on the list of proposed budget cuts under the barak obama administration. you know what, brian and gretch? i think he revealed why the president is going to ho so many times. it's his wife's home state. >> gretchen: his wife went to high school with my husband. >> steve: another reason. >> gretchen: yep. there you go. >> brian: did she mention him when they were in high school together? >> gretchen: i don't know. they knew each other in high school. anyway what, is the gsa up to right now? the showers going to hold a big hearing today because remember, they're investigating some of those lavish parties, specifically in vegas. you remember the hot tub party picture and the smoking clown and things like that. >> brian: we haven't seen the

smoking clown today because it's ad about message for kids. >> gretchen: and the two drinks standing by. >> steve: we need a picture of the smoking clown in the hot tub. >> brian: can you get that? e-mail us. >> steve: it probably exists. >> gretchen: now there is a party going on with the gsa -- >> brian: if you are a smoking clown, get in the hot tub and take a picture. >> steve: twitter us. >> gretchen: producers, note, let's get a clown outfit to put brian in and then get a hot tub and two drinks and take that picture. >> brian: let's think about that. we don't have it in the budget, unfortunately. >> gretchen: gsa does because they're down in nashville using taxpayer money while there is this new investigation that shows officials were paid undisclosed bonuses. >> steve: 3700 employees got $1,000 bonuses. kind of a let's come on down, price is right. come on, you're the next person who winds up with a big bonus. it sounds like, according to john micah, who heads up that committee in the house on the republican side, he's from florida, there are 77 other gsa

conferences that they're going to be looking into. jeff denyham, who chairs the gsa conference issues took aim at why is the gsa at opryland right now living it up? here is what he said. >> there is all this talk about transparency, yet every time we find out about one of these conference, they try to hide the information from us. so whether it's the drummers that we just saw in the dc conference or the hot tubs and what they had in las vegas, it's got to stop. >> it's a question of running afoul of what the executive order was. >> it certainly is running afoul of the executive order. but the one they did last year was a million dollars. they've done 77 conferences after the executive order went through. >> steve: that's a lot of conferences. >> brian: talk about scared straight. i was wondering how sarah palin felt about vice president dick cheney saying it was a mistake

for senator mccain to say run with me. i was wondering how she felt about the whole chick-fil-a controversy with the ceo of that company saying essentially, i'm for traditional marriage. not for same sex marriage, causing a backlash in various cities. that mystery has been solved. >> gretchen: let's listen to what she said about those issues. >> anybody who is a protection -- somebody who wants to protect our constitution, all of our constitutional rights, including that freedom of speech should speak out on behalf of this individual whose business is being harmed by those who are intolerant and are bigoted and are hypocritical because they don't agree with this man's personal opinion and the sentiment that he shared and they want to see him shut down and shut out of some communities. that is the most narrow minded and intolerant view that they can take. >> steve: so people today can show their support for

chick-fil-a. this is the ball that got rolling by mike huckabee. he works here and he's been in politics. i don't know if you heard that. what he would like to you do is go to chick-fil-a today and take your family and have some meals. meanwhile, glaad is saying, we'd like to you donate the cost of a chick-fil-a meal, 5 or $6, to glaad and suggesting that people who are in favor of same sex marriage go to chick-fil-a today with your special person and embrace and take a picture and then post it on-line. >> brian: they have nonfried chicken? >> steve: they do. it's delicious. >> brian: i've never been to a chick-fil-a. >> steve: they're great. >> gretchen: i think an important point to make is just because you're in favor of traditional marriage doesn't mean you discriminate against gay people. that seems to be the thesis of this whole thing is that maybe we've taken it a step too far because this ceo said he's in favor of traditional marriage, doesn't mean there has been any

i discrimination going on. >> steve: in fact, chick-fil-a says they do not discriminate and dan kathy, who is the ceo, says he splotches respects anybody -- loves and respects anyone who disagrees with him. he just feels a certain way. >> brian: i prefer, if they had to have a secret sauce. if you have a secret sauce, i'm going, because the mystery just entraps me. >> steve: it's good chicken. >> gretchen: i'll figure it out and let you know. coming up, a new report points the finger at these guys. five atf officials being held responsible for the botched fast and furious program. does that clear attorney general eric holder then? >> brian: then the solyndra scandal gets worse. they got half a billion dollars loan from taxpayers. then went bust. now they have to pay it back. not the whole thing. >> steve: probably over time, couple of payments? >> brian: lifetimes wake up!

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>> brian: lofty music and a big segment of the these five former atf officials are to blame for what went wrong in operation fast and furious. that according to a new report from top house republicans. but yesterday the justice department, which oversees the atf, was quick to respond to the

report, saying, quote, the report does signal a notable shift in that the committee finally acknowledges that the flaws in this operation occurred in part due to weak oversight by atf leadership that is why last year the attorney general also insured that reforms were instituted at atf. if eric holder really enacted reforms, why are those five atf officials still working at the agency? peter johnson, jr., i pose that question to you. >> that's the critical question. politely i answer, that is the most bogus answer i've ever heard from a government official. we told you all along, it was the atf that did it. it wasn't the department of justice. the aff is part of the department of justice and the question becomes why these five folks are still doing what they are doing based upon what darrell issa and this committee has said after reviewing thousands of documents, taking testimony. let's look what the five folks allegedly did and where they are today.

so you start with william newell, he used to be in charge of phoenix. he's been a proponent of this gun walking thing for a long, long time. now he's gone. now what is he doing? his new job is in the atf office of management to help with the congressional investigation. >> brian: he had problems in the past. what about bill mcmahon. >> deputy director for field operations of the atf. now he's in charge of the atf office of professional responsibility, even though it was alleged he didn't follow the protocols and rubber stamped documents and allowed this to go on. now he's in charge of office of professional responsibility. so i call this a fast and furious principle. you move up in the organization based on the investigation. >> brian: especially the attorney general taking a pounding about this. >> the assistant director of a field operation, he had a chance to put an end to these risky tactics. he didn't. now he's in charge of the baltimore field office. william hoover, go up the chain of command, he was the deputy

director of field operations. it's said he turned a blind eye to risky gun walking operations and order an exit strategy, but never followed up. >> brian: he's got a great new job. >> so he now is the -- >> brian: special agent in charge of washington's field office. >> rick: mr. nelson, the acting atf director, he had a long career and storied career in criminal justice, now he's out. no longhorn the acting director. we have a new acting director. we don't have a permanent director. and so now he's advising on forensic science. >> brian: you're in charge of the organization like the attorney general is and he doesn't -- >> move him out. >> brian: he doesn't take action, does this make him look better or worse? >> i think the answer is implicit in the question. i think that it makes all of us look worse. people have died. we find out in this report that the brother of one of the attorney generals in mexico was

scandalized by this when she found out her brother was killed as a result of fast and furious guns and that apparently there was an effort by the atf to cover that up. that helped bring this to light. it's a sad state of affairs when we promote people after congress says that they have failed. these folks are still in the chain of command at the atf. as a result of president bush, became part of the department of justice and the department of justice is wholey responsible for what they're doing. this is the first part of what i call a trilogy of terror. there is two more reports that are coming that will lay out what happened on fast and furious. >> brian: peter johnson, jr. i that. 20 minutes now after the hour works fighter secrets scramble to escort a jet overnight. then a father and son visiting from florida stopped being tourists to become crime

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>> gretchen: 23 minutes after the top of the hour. time for news by the numbers. $24 million, solyndra only paying back that much of the half a billion dollars loan it was given by taxpayers. next, $330 million. that's how much oprah winfrey's network is in the hole right now. and it's not expected to turn a profit until late next year. finally, $650 million. that's how much money u.s. companies could lose because employees are too busy watching the olympics. a survey finds 43% plan to watch the games on-line at the office

instead of working. guys? >> brian: it wasn't your average tourist stop in new york city. a father and son are kind of a team from florida. they got to watch the police take career criminals away in handcuffs. the twist, though, is that they were the ones who helped nab the guy. >> steve: that's right. joining us now from tampa is the dynamic crime fighting duo, father and son, dave dixon and his son, sam. good morning. >> good morning. >> brian: dave, tell me what happened. when did you realize this wouldn't be a normal tourist stop? >> well, we were going to see the empire state building and we had taken the subway down to 33rd street and were walking a couple of three blocks to the empire state building. we were about a block away and directly across the street from a 7-11 store and we were actually -- going to take a picture of the empire state building then. and then we heard a commotion

and people yelling stop, thief, something to that effect. and i actually heard sam initially, his basketball shoes squeaking on the pavement as he was blocking the guy who was running at him with what appeared to be a bag or a purse, something like that, and with two men in red shirts. they were the 7-11 manager and clerk, as well as a woman chasing after him. so he blocked him and the guy turned and ran. i think the direction is north on 33rd street. the clerk was running after him. >> steve: sam, whatever would possess you, as a young man on vacation, hey, there is somebody running with what looks like a lady's purse or something, i'm going to just cut him off at the pass? how many movies have you watched anyway? >> i watched enough movies. i don't know. i just reacted, i suppose. he was running at us, the three

of us, and i kind of didn't -- i kind of shuffled my feet and blocked -- the sidewalks are real big in new york. i blocked the four or six feet path and then he took off. he really tried to stop and then it slowed down his speed. then he took off and the cashier got ahold of him. >> brian: but you decided to run after him, about 150 yards and there you are in the shot holding him down. he also tried to kick one of you in the shins. correct? >> yeah. the man, the clerk was the one who chased him down, ran 180 yards and caught him. then i got there and helped subdue him and we were walking him back to the 7-11 and onlp;ux

the last short period of time. sam, sometimes these guys have guns. would you do it again given the fact that it could have been more dangerous than it was? >> yeah. i think i would. but i didn't really have time to think about any of that really. the cashier really did the work. i just kind of stopped him from running at us and then he did the real work of taking him down. >> steve: did they give you a reward when you returned to the 7-11? >> two free water bottles. >> brian: i hope you will come back to new york, dave and sam. it's really a safe place. >> thank you. i hope they recognize 7-11

corporation recognizes that the clerk -- >> he did the right thing, the cashier. >> steve: yep. >> he had the courage and the character. >> brian: he took action with your help. >> yeah. >> yeah. he's the hero. >> steve: you're all heros. dave and sam dixon joining us from tampa. thank you very much. we know it happened a couple days ago. we thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you. >> brian: coming up now, 31 before the top of the hour, next, it's something brand-new to the olympics. it's called twitter. some athletes are getting into a lot of trouble because of it. will they be banned from social networking from here on in? we're live in london where the controversy is heating up at 140 characters or less. >> steve: then here is brian's favorite story. about some folks named brady.

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>> brian: all right. not every candidate's encounter with a kid turns out to be a kodak moment. check out this little girl crying in the arms of president obama. >> steve: and this baby boy's priceless face with presidential candidate mitt romney. >> gretchen: oh, gosh. and finally, don't these school kids look pretty bored listening to vice president joe biden? >> brian: making eye contact. >> steve: you know, it's not surprising that little kids do get freaked out when total strangers hold them because what happens when they go to see santa? >> gretchen: yeah. >> brian: parents will hand their kid to any politician.

nobody else. >> steve: you want a picture of your child being held by the president of the united states. >> brian: right. but i wish you would ask the child. there is secret sauce at chick-fil-a. and if there is one ingredient that i think is the key -- >> steve: somebody leaked the recipe? >> brian: that's what i'm saying, i got sources. i was shocked to see paprika playing a role along with -- >> gretchen: paprika has no flavor? how can that play a role in the secret sauce? >> brian: you can not question the master. >> steve: is that the mcdonald's secret sauce or chick-fil-a? >> brian: chick-fil-a secret sauce e-mailed from somebody who will remain nameless. and by the way, has vegetable oil, honey, gray poupon dijon mustard. >> gretchen: you're giving away the whole thing! >> brian: i got carried away. >> steve: how do we know that is real or a harry reid

unsubstantiated rumor? >> brian: can t could be from harry reid. >> gretchen: you forgot ketchup. >> brian: also, a key in how it's mixed. >> gretchen: this is an interesting element. here is the secret. >> steve: the egg? >> brian: yeah. >> steve: egg yokes? >> brian: now to your headlines. >> gretchen: is this you again? >> brian: me again. steve, you have good questions. >> steve: thank you very much. >> brian: two fighter jets scramble to escort a diverted jumbo jet enroute from newark to switzerland. flight attendant noticed something unusual. a camera stuffed in the pocket on the back of an empty seat. so the pilot landed at logan airport. all passengers had to be taken off the plane and rescreened. camera inspected, turns out it belonged to a person on the previous flight. >> gretchen: testimony continues today in drew peterson's murder trial in illinois. peterson accused of killing his third wife, kathleen savio.

her body was found in a dry bathtub in 2004. it was initially ruled an accident until his fourth wife, stacy peterson, disappeared in 2007. his first two wives divorced him after learning he was having affairs. in opening statements, prosecutors told the jury peterson used his police skills to make savio's death look like an accident so he could avoid a costly divorce. but the defense says her tragic death was an accident. peterson'ser had nor to do with the need i can't attention after stacy disappeared. >> brian: here is the big news. >> steve: snoop went to jamaica, a dog, but returned a high onafter a religious and artistic awakening, it is reported. the 40-year-old said he had a born again experience with a priest there and connected with bob majerle's spirit. he now wants to make music that his kids and grandparents can listen to. the former gangster rapper says

he's release ago reggea album called reincarnated. >> brian: maybe he's going to join the wiggles. >> steve: that would be a complete transformation. >> brian: at least he would have an outfit for every concert. ♪ here's the story of a lovely lady ♪ ♪ who was bringing up three very lovely girls ♪ ♪ . >> brian: is that it? according to deadline.com, actor vince vaughn is develop ago new version of the brady bunch. it will revolve around bobby brady who is remarried to a woman with kids of her own and with whom he also has a child. >> steve: that's a little more adult version. >> gretchen: what? say that again. >> brian: vince vaughn is coming up with a new version at which time bobby brady marries a woman and that woman evidently has a kid. >> gretchen: they also have one together?

>> brian: they have one together. separately, reality version of the brady bunch in the works. two families will be taped as they learn to live together. this is going to be really exciting as alice and oliver is cast later. they got to get a dog and sam the butcher. >> gretchen: maybe we'll find out the truth about alice and sam. >> brian: the truth is there was something going on. let's be honest. both wore smocks in every episode. >> steve: so there you have your brady bunch -- >> gretchen: remember when florence henderson was here and you accused her of not doing enough work on the show and she handed all the responsibility over to alice. >> steve: it's true. >> brian: she yelled at me. >> gretchen: alice needed something to do on the show. >> steve: let's move on it the weather, 23 minutes before the top of the hour. extreme weather in arizona where thunderstorms dumped a couple of inches of rain and hail, trapping some people inside their vehicles as you see here. one of the rescues took place

late last night. there was a helicopter taking pictures of it. crews brought nine people to safety, including a baby. nobody hurt. the high water also flooded highways and neighborhoods. wind gusts nearly 70 miles per hour during the storm. >> brian: michael phelps making history at his final olympic games. >> steve: there is the map. it shows where it's raining and what not. >> gretchen: brian, now he has so much control this hour 'cause he's done so many interviews, he thinks he should do the weather now. >> brian: i'm pretty much in control. michael phelps winning more medals than anyone else ever sure to help shape his legacy as the greatest olympian ever. that for years to come. liz claman is not in new york. she's in london covering the games. liz, what's been happening over there? >> well, this is not a poster. this is the real thing. olympic park behind me and that place to my right electrified.

in the span of an hour and ten minute, michael phelps both tied and then broke the record for having the largest number of medals. it was unbelievable. first at 7:30 p.m., he won the silver in the 200-meter butterfly and one hour later, at one point you could actually see him smiling under water. he just knew it. he and his team would win the gold in the free style rally, bringing his total count to the staggering 19 medals. this from a kid who at the age of 7 years old was still a little bit afraid to put his head under water. yes, that's right. his agent, peter, told me that yesterday. we caught up with peter carlisle in london yesterday and talked extensively with him about the marketing of michael phelps. no phelps has millions and millions of dollars in sponsorships with everybody from speedo to subway to head and shoulders shampoo. now the challenge for carlisle really is how to market michael more as an ambassador of the

global sport of swimming rather than simply as an olympic athlete. >> this game is a punctuation mark on michael's career than previous games for an olympic athlete, you got to establish the brand at the games and if you don't, then you don't have much of a market. michael, given the past, this has had a very different feel. more of a legacy game for him and a platform from where we go for the rest of his life really. >> carlisle was telling us that after the olympics he will make a big announcement about yet another sponsorship for michael phelps. it's really important fore those athletes to be able to grab them in that very short olympic winning moment for them because listen, it's very expensive to train. i checked michael's twitter feed last night. he has 670,000 followers and last night i checked a tweet after he won, he wrote, number 18 and number 19 of my career.

omg, i'm speechless. lots of thanks to other team manies throughout his twitter feed. but you know what? no controversy, which is rather rare at this point because twitter has been full of controversy since these olympic games began in london four days ago. in many cases, it's really been focused on the athletes. two athletes have been expelled for writing racist tweets and one journalist had his twitter account yanked simply because he posted the e-mail address of an nbc executive because so many people had been complaining about the tape delay because twitter verse is getting all of the scores immediately and it's ruining people's moment. they really feel like they want to see the games immediately. but the big talk on twitter going back to the sponsorships, it almost seems coordinated. this is what's really interesting. a ton of athletes, huge number of athletes have taken to the twitter verse to complain about an international olympic committee rule called rule 40 which in essence is a gag order. they can not do any sponsorships

during and right before and after the olympics and that really ruins their chance of capitalizing on making some money to really pay to get them to this global stage. very expensive to get to the olympics and they say if we're going to represent our country, let us make money to do it. i'll send it back to you live from london. >> steve: liz, i just looked at your twitter feed and it said because of the drizzly weather, it was a bad hair day there. i don't think so. looks very nice. >> you don't think so? >> brian: fantastic. >> gretchen: holding up great. liz, have fun there. thanks so much. coming up next on "fox & friends," no test, no grades, no curriculum. that's one student's plan to turn around our nation's schools and it's getting a lot of attention. he joins us live. >> brian: then it was the biggest moment of his life, proposing at a baseball stadium. one problem? where is the girl?

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she was on a beer run. she missed the sign. he popped the big question anyway. she ends up saying yes. no idea if there is a prenuptial or if it's ever going to work out. they look very happy now. steve? >> steve: will you marry me and come out from the beer joint. thank you very much. let's talk about the trouble at schools. a shock study showing just how far american students are lagging behind their international peers. according it a harvard study, students in three country, including latvia, are improving in academics three times faster than the united states. got to figure they're not spending as much money either. and seven other countries are outsmarting americans twice as fast. so what will it take for the united states schools to make the grade? our next guest has a unique perspective. he's still a kid himself, in school. joining us is 17-year-old and author of "one size does not fit all." good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> steve: the poster says the trouble with schools. what's the biggest thing we're doing wrong right now? >> right now we have this snow

blow mentality in schools where we're not being affected by events in the outside world. we need to have school systems that focuses on kids doing projects and real world solutions, going out in the real world, working with people, mentors, apprenticeships and traveling. we need to have a system that makes sure that we're leveraging the creativity and the passion of students because the most important thing right now is that we need to put students that control their education. when they have the ability to shape it, they have the motivation to change it. >> steve: it's great that kids get a general education about what is happening in history and how government works and things like that. but then when they go to college oftentimes, they study for years about things that they will never use in their real lives. that's one of the things that you say is the problem with, for instance, high school and grade school and middle school because we're learning so much about things that just aren't important ultimately to us as people. >> yeah. it's so ancient, the model right

now. over 200 years old. we're teaching subjects that are irrelevant. it doesn't make sense to me. we don't like change. it's like medicine. we're not open to it. >> steve: what about tests? >> we have a huge drill kill bubble fill culture in america. we're pushing more standardize tests on kids when should show it's inappropriate and dangerous many times. >> steve: what about grades? >> there are a lot of grades in school. the way we do grading doesn't work. >> steve: some kids are good test takers and some aren't. >> yeah. >> steve: all right. let me make you secretary of education for the day. how are you going to fix it? >> i'd start by calling for president obama to repeal no child left behind and abolish race to the top. >> steve: just like that? >> yeah. >> steve: that would be the first best step. >> that would be the first step. >> steve: followed by? >> i'd bring together students, parents, educators, policy makers together to form a council and i would work together to basically put out guidelines on what we should be teaching because we should be putting all the stake holders together. right now we're not doing that. we're leaving teachers and students behind.

>> steve: we did he have israeli to do something. are you really 17? >> yeah. >> steve: you're a smart kid. what do you want to be when you grow up? >> i want to go eventually into politics and business. >> steve: okay. gout a good start. we thank you very much. his book is called requesting one size does not fit all ." thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> steve: next up, are you a germaphobe, always rush to go use the p purell? does that make you normal or nuts? dr. keith ablow up next. then in 1967, light my fire by the doors. numero uno. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8.

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understand penitentiarily. but am i normal or nuts? it's a question everyone asks in a while and it's a question we ask dr. keith ablow. >> brian: joining us now is the guy who went to college for this. dr. keith ablow. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> brian: first a house call for you. it was 90 minutes ago and gretchen carlson sat right here and she asked one stuart varney what do you think of the olympics, at which time he says, it's too much hugging. too much hugging. >> gretchen: i went to hug him and he was kind of reluctant. is he nuts? >> it invites him to lay on this couch and tell me his issues and here is the antidote. when you see this man, you hug him. you don't take no for an answer. you hug him, you hold him. >> gretchen: i'm going after him right now. >> don't let go because that's what he needs. >> brian: it's forced therapy. like an intervention. >> he thinks it's going to hurt him. it's only going to heal him. >> brian: normal or nuts? >> it's crazy, but easily

confronted. >> gretchen: i hope he's watching. >> love heals all. stewart, love heals all. >> gretchen: stewart you're nuts. here is e-mail number two. i am going bananas literally i've eaten a banana a day for over two years now. now i feel the need to eat one almost every hour. is this nutso? >> it's bananas. [ laughter ] nuts! it's nuts! listen, it's obsessive compulsive disorder. there is treatment for this, psycho therapy, behavioral treatments, medicines. it's trying to camouflage other issues in your life because you're always thinking, where is that banana? there is other stuff going on in your life and don't be afraid of it. get to therapy. >> brian: some people like routine. >> you wouldn't be going out chasing chickens every hour saying, where is my chicken? this is different.

>> brian: yeah. >> you're going to lose your place in my practice if you keep drawing these analogies that don't quite work. i'm just saying. >> brian: i don't have a place in your practice. >> i'm just saying. >> brian: number three, here it is, my wife's first -- my husband's first wife died ten years ago. we have a great relationship, but i still get so jealous of her. he never makes me feel inferior. he's great. so why do i hate her so much? she's dead. >> well, first of all, this is normal. why? 'cause jealousy is one much these primary emotions that can survive even death. why not? here is the prescription part. consider this woman who has done nothing to harm you as your partner in having loved this man. this man wouldn't be the person you found if this other woman hadn't spent all those years with him. so rather than disliking her, being jealous of her, you could celebrate the fact that hey, this is the preface to the story we're writing. but it's totally normal.

they're irrational. they can crop up any time. sometimes i see you looking at my tie and i'm thinking to myself, listen, i could tell you where i got it, but then -- is that a trump tie? >> brian: it's a trump tie. there is a problem with your analogy. >> why do you feel you need labels? you're bigger than trump! you're huge! >> gretchen: here comes stuart varney! oh, oh! >> brian: go hug him. >> gretchen: excuse me. hug him. >> you're going to be okay. >> brian: it's like two poles of a magnet. >> you are cured. we do this every day and he'll be better. >> brian: tomorrow, at 7:57. >> gretchen: i'm going to do it,

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candidate ousts another member of the republican establishment. what happened while you were sleeping? we'll tell you. >> steve: meanwhile, air force one about to fly into a political storm. the president's next campaign stop scheduled at a base that's shutting down perhaps. >> air force one arrival would be one of the final flights into the mansfield airport because the president wants to do away with a mission for the 800 guardsmen at the mansfield -- >> i'm not aware of that particular issue. >> steve: not aware? that's a gaffe, buddy. did they miss their own military memo on big cuts? we're going to talk about that promptly. >> brian: you love green energy, you'll love this place. welcome to voltville, usa. if you're a taxpayer, you did help build this. "fox & friends" starts -- what is the time? >> steve: now.

>> gretchen: i know that you were just trying to hesitate on starting "fox & friends" for the final hour because this whole morning, steve, has been about brian wanting more air time. >> brian: it really has. >> gretchen: it was interesting because a new york police detective actually showed up asking for you this morning and i think he's going to arrest you for too much tv time. >> brian: right. i think i have gone over the limit and i'm right behind regis. so one more interview? >> gretchen: you'll be handcuffed and out of here. >> steve: officer, hold off 'til the end of the show. it's hard to get replacement host on such short notice. >> steve: it's wednesday. let's talk about this. as mitt romney has wrapped up his trip abroad and if you listen to the main stream media, you would have thought that it was gigantic gaffe. we disagree a bit on that. but president obama himself is flying into a gaffe storm

because apparently later today in mansfield, ohio, he'll be parking his air force one at a base that is on the list of bases to close. oopsy daisy. >> brian: the international guard employs 200 airmen and 550 part-time employees and they're worried about their position in iowa. the president lands there, local newspapers writing about it. so would it resonate with the press secretary? >> i'm not aware of that particular issue in terms of why is he going to ohio. >> no, to that area of ohio. mansfield and akron, he was just there on the bus tour. >> there is not an inch of ohio that the president does not love to visit. [ laughter ] a great state. my wife's home state. >> in terms of mansfield, can we

get to you take that question -- >> sure. i'm not aware of even the policy implications or what issue we're discussing. >> it's a national guard operation -- >> i'm not shower this is in reference to. if it's in reference to cuts, i think it's worth going back and looking at the vote on the budget control act. >> brian: yeah, by the way, the international guard, white house has since come back and said they have no plans to shut that place down. >> steve: they're trying to figure out a new mission for them. but given the fact that the aircraft that are stationed this are being decommissioned short hee they won't have anything to do. >> gretchen: we'll keep you abreast of that story. meantime, here is another weird story that's going on out there. harry reid, who is a senator from nevada, apparently spreading rumors about something that he happened to hear from a bain capital investor about mitt romney. remember mitt romney used to run bain capital. well, this investor apparently

told harry reid, the senator, that mitt romney didn't pay taxes for ten years and he told him a bunch of other stuff. then harry reid went and gave an interview to the huffington post and told that story and then it was printed as if it were fact. so is that out of line for a senator to not necessarily check the facts before they go off and before you know it, it's a big story and it's not true! >> brian: it this -- this is one of the toughest stances people have taken on mitt romney. people say why is he paying 15% on tax. according to harry reid's unknown source, he hasn't paid taxes in ten years. so he's accusing him of breaking the law and he should go to jail. saying his poor father must be embarrassed about his son, who passed away. you got to be kidding me! >> steve: this is what harry reid is up to. remember there was outrageous things he said about john mccain last election cycle. and now you look at this. for him to -- who knows if he actually had a conversation,

maybe he's just making it up. but the romney campaign has maintained all along that there were no tax years where mitt romney paid zero -- >> brian: how would a bain capital investor. >> steve: somebody who invests in bain capital, have any idea what mitt romney's personal tax return looks like? >> brian: so then they asked him, they said, how do you know this? he said that he didn't pay taxes? well, i don't know that it's true. but obviously he can release those tax returns and we can take a look. he didn't pay his taxes, his dad should be embarrassed. but i'm not even sure the premise of my conversation is correct. >> steve: but because he is a high ranking democrat in the u.s. senate, it's news, so we're talking about it. >> brian: especially in nevada, it matters a lot. >> gretchen: now to your headlines. tea party ride to go victory in texas. ted cruz, with a win against lieutenant governor d.i.s.d. dewhurst. it's for the seat of retiring senator kay bailey hutchison. cruz, the state's former

solicitor general, calling the win a victory for numerous groups in the state. >> tonight is a victory fort grassroots. [ cheers and applause ] it is a testament to republican women, to tea party leaders and to grassroots conservatives! >> gretchen: stick around because in about a half hour from now, ted cruz will be on "fox & friends" to talk about his impresssive victory. despite scores of protests from americans fighting for religious freedom, president obama's controversial contraception mandate takes effect today. the law forces all insurance companies to cover contraceptive services, but many religious organizations, including the catholic church, say that forces them to go against their religious beliefs. republican congressman jeff fortenbury planning to mark the day by holding a day called the day religious freedom died. crisis averted in washington, at least for now. lawmakers from both sides of the

aisle reach ago tentative deal to avoid a government shut down before the election. the six-month stop gap, here we go again -- is going to keep the government running through march. the full house and senate still need to approve this deal. the vote now set for september before the new fiscal year begins in october. check out the scare in the skies. a bird punching this hole through the nose of a united airlines plane as it descended into denver international airport. the boeing 737 was coming from dallas yesterday. 151 people on board when it was hit. it's believed it was hit by a can did goose. the plane's pilots were aware of the strike. they declared an emergency, but they landed safely. no one was hurt. >> brian: look at the size of that. >> steve: needs a nose job. >> gretchen: or maybe an american bald eagle. flying free once again, released back into the wild in wisconsin after what some are calling a miraculous recovery. the eagle was hit bay pick up

truck examine got wedged in between the truck's grill. the bird was treated and after only a month, flying high and free again. >> brian: animal planet called. they want their headlines back. a lot of animal news. >> gretchen: you get so perturbed about animal stories. >> brian: i'm worried about them. they're hitting plane, stuck in grills. we have something else to read. >> gretchen: this is not about a bird. in a few hours, day two of testimony will begin in drew peterson's murder trial. tensions and emotions are running high. jeanine pirro joins you live from joliet with more. hi, jeanine. >> good morning. i am standing outside of the courthouse in joliet where yesterday was day one of the trial of drew peterson. i have to tell you, it was very exciting. there isn't one issue that will go unlit gated in this case. you've got a group of lawyers, a whole bunch of them on both

sides who are tenacious, litigious and this started with the d.a. admitting there was no dna, there are no fingerprints, there is no confession and the defense in their opening statement went right after that. it's clear, guys, this is a circumstantial case. this will be based on putting together pieces. there is not going to be any aha moment examine the first witness who took the stand was a friend and neighbor of kathleen savio. she talked about her close friendship with the petersons and talked about the night that they found kathleen's body in that bathtub, that dry bathtub with the blood on the bop of the tub examine her hair soaked in blood. she started crying in the courtroom and i looked at the jury as this photo of the victim went up. they didn't seem to be really emotional or shocked by the photo. they sat there quietly taking it all in. but the next witnesses who were

going to be coming on today are i think mary's husband, the neighbor also, as well as the locksmith who had to unlock the house door to kathleen savio's house the morning that her body was found. now, what's interesting about this is that right in opening statements, the defense called the victim spirited, hot tempered, bossy, always having to have the last word, very aggressive woman. very unusual, guys, to call a victim in a homicide case all of those things. the best part of yesterday, drew peterson stands up, i'm in the front row. looks right at me, winks, and then puts his hands on his heart. i got to tell you, this is one cocky, arrogant guy, especially for a guy who is facing life in prison. kind of surprising, but maybe not. >> brian: if you really want to get under his skin, you should go mouth him back, geraldo rivera. as much as he loves you, he hates geraldo.

>> i know that. maybe i will. >> brian: unbelievable. he doesn't even realize what he's up against. >> steve: the judge in joliet, we thank you very much. let's tell you about gm. some refer to it as government motors because we own such a gigantic chunk of it. first we told you how they're investing lots of money overseas, then how they're investing lots of money in soccer jerseys in europe as well >> brian: manchester united, $600 million. >> steve: that's a lot of dough. now let's go to texas, three miles from austin is a smart community called pecan street, ink. what they're trying to figure out is how little energy people who live there on pecan street can use. so what are they doing? they're going to drive volts. >> gretchen: 100-volts, 55 of the community residents took advantage of the quirks that you can -- perks that you can get. like the government money when you get back. 7500 federal tax credit. but this is all because of a

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>> steve: quick headlines on this wednesday morning. first up, family and friends remembering author who died last night at his hollywood hills home. he died of complications from pneumonia. some of vidal's best selling novels include "lincoln." he also wrote broadway hits, screen plays and tv dramas. he was 86 years old. and president obama's desperate for campaign cash perhaps? check out this new ad showing the president donating money on-line to himself. the president giving $5,000 just before the july fundraising deadline. of course, what they're trying to do is trying to beat mitt romney, who they say is outraising him. >> gretchen: he also said mitt

romney is going to be putting out on a smart phone application who his vp pick is, similarly to how president obama did it. >> steve: that's right. now that the wedding season is over, newlyweds need to decide if they want to marry their finances as well. but with money being one of the main reasons for divorce, is there a specific way that couples should tie the financial knot? brian, walk in here and read this. >> brian: how about -- you mean out loud? here with insight from everything from sharing bank accounts to planning for your future is personal finance expert dave ramsey. hey, dave. >> good morning. >> steve: it's interesting what you say. you talk about how if you're going to be married, you got to marry your money as well because if you keep things from each other, money wise, you're headed for trouble. >> number one cause of divorce in north america today, money fights and money stress in the marriage. 38% of the couples surveyed say they lie to each other about money. too many couples keep everything separated. you have to change your pronons

when you get married from mine to ours. >> brian: really, because i thought one way to solve it to keep the relationship steady is to keep everything to yourself. just say, don't you worry about my money, i won't worry about yours. i'll meet you friday night at a movie. >> don't worry if you get sick either, 'cause i'm not going to cook you chicken soup. no, it's for richer for poorer, and i pledge to thee my worldly goods. you remember the old-fashioned vows that we used to take years ago? we are combining our lives. really that's the only thing that works practically, relationally, spiritually and financially. >> gretchen: oopsy. i combine some of them. but not all of them, dave! i might have to give you a call on that whole thing. it's work out for us. let's go to kate in raleigh, north carolina. i'm engaged to a man who wants me to agree to a prenup. it's my second marriage and his first. we're both debt free. he owns property and i own a home. but he wants a prenup to insure if something goes wrong, we'll both have the money we started

out with. should we sign one? they're becoming much more popular. dave? >> they are. we work with a lot of people who are entering into second marriages and usually what this indicates is they're still hurting from the first marriage because they're not willing to sell out and go all in on the next marriage. so you got some counseling to do about recovering from that last one so that you're willing to love your new wife more than your stupid house? no, you don't need a prenup unless you got millions and millions of dollars. >> steve: generally don't do it unless you're really loaded. >> right. 'cause then weirdness kicks in and you have this tendency to attract weird things into your life when you're multi-millionaire and you're getting married. i'm dealing with athletes or artists, those kind of things, yeah, it makes sense because you just don't know all the things. but when it's a house or i had one lady, a guy wanted a prenup for his collectible car. crap, he loves the car more than he loves you? you got to be kidding me. >> gretchen: justin says, i'm looking to get engaged next year, but want to make sure my

girlfriend has the same vision financially i do. how would you recommend bringing this up to her? >> you're very wise. by asking that question, you're telling me your new marriage has a really good shot because as we said earlier, number one cause of divorce and money and problems in a marriage is money. do that in the premarriage counseling. do practice budgets together. learn to work together. talk about debility. talk about savings. get on the same page on that, if you can, it's a deal breaker. >> brian: we're going to listen to you on radio and watch you on television. thank you for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. >> steve: straight ahead, the good news, the president wants to set a good example of giving to his own campaign? >> i really care about this campaign and i believe in what our administration is doing and i want to make sure that folks know that i'm not just talking the talk. i'm walking the walk. >> steve: we'll tell what you he's doing next.

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>> gretchen: are we starting to see the effects of obamacare on small businesses? cook medical, a health equipment manufacturer based in bloomington, indiana, now scrapping plans to open five new plants in the next five years. that means a loss of at least 1500 jobs. they say new taxes imposed by the affordable care act makes expansion impossible. joining me is the chairman of the board for cook medical, steve ferguson, good morning to you. >> hello. >> gretchen: hi, can you hear me? >> yeah. okay. i didn't know we were live. thank you very much for having me. >> gretchen: yes, we're on right now. so as chairman of the company, you manufacturer medical devices. tell me what this tax from obamacare -- i believe it's 2.3% tax on the u.s. sale of medical devices, beginning in 2013, what

is that doing to your business here in the united states? >> well, we manufacturer about 15,000 different devices. 80% of them are manufactured in the united states, while 57% of our sales are overseas. the tax is a tax, a gross tax on total revenue and so when you drop that from 2.3 on your gross revenue to your bottom line, it amounts to an additional 10% equivalent. so if you add it up, you have the federal tax rate of 35%, you ad a new 10%, and of course, the state imposed corporate taxes, too, indiana happens to be 8.6. north carolina, 6. so you begin to get your tax rates above 50% in this country with this new tax. >> gretchen: so you are scrapping plans for expansion as

a result of this? >> well, since it all -- this cost drops the bottom line, it's about equivalent of each of the plants that we were planning on building over the next five years in primarily midwestern, rural cities. we just did one in canton, illinois, which we opened. we are very pleased with. it was on the site of the old international harvester. so it was sort of a brown field site, some of the rise of the phoenix bringing back to canton a new life. so we were thinking that we would do plants in communities like that across the midwest. >> gretchen: so the argument for this tax, if you're a proponent of the affordable care act, is it was going to raise millions of dollars, of tax money, to help pay for this health care initiative. you as the chairman of the business, do you think that's fair for you?

>> well, i think it's a major policy decision and mistake. taxes have consequences. the consequence of this tax over the long haul is going to make a major change in our industry. and so the impact upon small businesses, start-ups, smaller device companies which have no net revenue, it will just be an expense. for us it's an expense and the proponents have said it will divorce the number of patients. we looked in massachusetts, which has universal coverage. we didn't see any incremental increase there. we've done analysis by looking at states like california and texas and what we sell there and the most optimistic view, the tax is going to be 5 to seven times what additional bottom line revenue is. so it just becomes a major weight and expense on the bottom line of companies. >> gretchen: all right. so we're look into the future

for 2013 and how it's going to affect at least one medical device company. steve ferguson, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> gretchen: it sounds like a scene out of "jaws." >> what's the problem? >> a shark attack. he's bleeding. his whole ankle. >> gretchen: the newly released 911 calls from the frantic moments after that shark attack off cape cod. then take a look at this. father and son visiting from florida stopping tourists for a second and becoming hero, taking down a career criminal. their incredible story, and emotional one up next ♪ [ instrumental ]

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>> steve: that's fantastic. >> gretchen: looks like fun! >> steve: looks like summer. good job, art department. >> brian: was that on our show? >> steve: yeah. >> brian: i never seen something like that. >> steve: rich and his art department team are putting together a bunch of those bump ins to depict what americans are doing. >> brian: 'cause my summer looks nothing like that. every one much those things i'm thinking, why don't i do that. >> steve: you don't frolic enough? >> gretchen: you've been preparing for interviews. >> brian: the olympics are on. now headlines. it's d-day for the united states post office. get in line early. it might be longer today. congress is not doing anything, but we're looking at a major default. the postal service set to default on $5.5 billion. it owes the government another $5.6 billion due in september. meantime, daily loss staggering number of $25 million. the senate passed a bill to help the postal service in april, but the house not considering a reform bill by republican

congressman darrell issa and dennis ross. it's the first time the in the agency's history it will default. >> gretchen: two fighter jets scramble to escort a diverted united jumbo jet enroute from newark to switzerland. a flight attendant noticed something unusual. a camera stuffed in the pocket on the back of an empty seat. the pilot landed at the closest airport, boston logan international, all 157 passengers had to be taken off and rescreened. the camera was inspected. it belonged to a person on the previous flight. >> steve: guess they didn't clean that pocket. newly leased 911 calls revealed frantic moments after a shark attack happened with a surfer off cape cod. here is the tape. >> shark attack. on the beach. >> what beach are you on? >> pamet beach. >> what's the problem? >> a shark attack.

he's bleeding. his whole ankle is bit. we need 911. >> steve: he, the victim, christopher myers, he is recovering in a nearby hospital. this incident is the first confirmed great white shark attack in massachusetts since 1936. the beach where it happened is open today. >> brian: good luck riding the waves today. you could say these tourists from florida got a real hands on experience. father-son duo visiting new york city helped bust a criminal moments after he attempted to rob a 7-11. 19-year-old sam dixon said he immediately jumped into action and tried to stop the fleeing suspect. he joined us earlier on "fox & friends." >> i just kind of shuffled my feet and blocked him. the sidewalks are real big in new york. so i blocked the four or six feet path and then he took off. he really tried to stop and then it slowed down his speed. then he took off and the cashier got ahold of him.

>> he had the courage and the character did she. >> brian: he took action with your help. >> yes. >> brian: they say they hope the clerk is recognized for his bravery. >> gretchen: emotional interview. republican presidential candidate mitt romney wrapping up his overseas trip. he closed it out in poland. he scored a high profile endorsement against president obama. peter doocy has the details. good morning. >> good morning. even though the headlines at the beginning of mitt romney's trip weren't necessarily favorable for his campaign, his trip ended on a high note in president obamaland with the endorsement of lech walesa. that's the man president ronald reagan once called one of the world's greatest labor leaders. he said president obama hasn't been able to reform anything but that mitt romney's ideas, experiences and intentions will allow us to live in a safer, more prosperous world. this comes in the midst of romney's statement that he'll do

a better job of protecting poland than president obama. >> the missile defense systems, which were working with poland to ultimately install here are designed to prevent attack in europe or potentially long-term attack across the ocean from a place like iran, given the fact that iran continues to pursue nuclear technology, a defense against iran's bomb would be of great significance both to europe and the united states. >> the obama campaign says any attempts by the gop nominee to make the president look weak on missile defense are misguided. >> president obama going forward with a missile defense system in europe, but he's going forward with a system that's going to be based partly in poland despite what the romney campaign says. >> mitt romney is now back in massachusetts after almost a week abroad and doesn't have any events scheduled today. but president obama does. he is going to be campaigning in

ohio. back to you in new york. >> gretchen: thank you very much. >> steve: it's now 23 minutes before the top of the hour. what's it doing outside your house? you could look out the window for your weather or you could just sit there examine i'll tell you. widely scattered stuff in the mid atlantic. in portions of the ozarks, portions of the missouri valley and action along the gulf coast. in rockies, back to the intermountain region, kind of showery today. current readings for some odd reason -- brian, did you mess around the computer because new york and boston and washington are all missing. >> brian: i rebooted. is that a problem? >> steve: boot again. >> brian, you're fired. >> steve: thank you. current temperatures as you see them, a lot of 70s. 80s down south. 54 now in san francisco. let's take a look. thank you, brian, for rebooting. now we've got new york city. 81 is going to be the daytime high. but the drought continues across the central plains states and it's going to be a scorcher.

it's going to be 103 in san antonio. 104 in kansas city. it's going to be 109 as you can see, in the dallas-fort worth metroplex. no rain in sight. too bad we're not in london because that is where -- we got a live picture of the olympic stadium. 68 and rainy, brian. earlier we had liz claman on who had twittered because of all the dampness, bad hair day. >> brian: yeah, that's true. by the way, it's been 68 and rainy since 1944 in london. something historic happened yesterday in london, michael phelps swimming into olympic history. >> 48-year-old record! number 19! no one has won more! >> brian: swimming the anchor lap, now the most decorated

olympian of all time. his mom there. he won a record 19th medal in the four by 200 relay. his 15th gold, more than anybody else. he said this is his last olympics. he's got three more shots. china, it's a different nation. facing allegations of cheating. now you got a 16-year-old, ye, pictured this with a bathing cap on, breaking world records at a staggering number. the country insinuated michael phelps doped, or is dopeing. a former olympic doctor for china is saying that america's phelps broke seven world records. is he normal? i suspect phelps but without evidence, i have to recognize we should be grounded in facts. the americans may have many extraordinary performances, but without evidence, we have kept silent. that's a good point, though. the world anti-doping agency has cleared him of doping. we're not the only ones saying what's going on?

soccer team, they win, usa. >> magnificent opening goal! >> brian: she looked offside. abbey becoming the first nonbritish woman to score. the only goal because the u.s. needed because north korea didn't do anything. it's the first on the u.s. swept this group in olympic play. u.s. plays new zealand on friday, which is vy scenic. i don't know what their team is like. quarter finals coming your way. 29,000 showed up. even more goal gold for the women's gymnastics team. winning the first all around title since '96. three scores higher than 15. and spoiler alert now. here is the medal total. china has the most gold with 13. the u.s. now has most medals with 24. france and germany, south korea, rounding out the top five. that's a quick look at olympic news in london. >> steve: how are the british doing since they're hosting it?

>> brian: i know they're very happy how they did in gymnastics, they got their first medal in a lot of time. but i really don't know. i saw the british team, women's soccer team play. they won. >> gretchen: thank you very much. coming up, wanted, an arrest warrant issued for actor cuba gooding, junior. police say he's in big trouble. >> brian: show him the money. >> steve: then when super models revolt. kim alexis, super model does an about face, pulling back the curtain on her industry's dirty little secret. wake up!

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tried to stop him from flipping out at patrons taking pictures of him. he'll be busted when cops catch up for a misdemeanor battery. brian? >> brian: all right. she's among a handful of women who can truly be called super models. kim alexis. she graced hundreds of magazine covers and ultimately walked away from her career to put her family together. she's featured in the hbo documentary out now about a super models then examine now. for example -- >> it was a walk with growing up and maturing that went from innocent, not knowing anything to thinking that i was better than other people. i realized, i'm not happy that way. i'm happy going home early and working out and just being a mother and being a wife than what made kim happy was more family. >> brian: we're joined by kim alexis and co-author of "beauty to die for," a mystery on what

you learned being a super model. welcome back. >> thank you. >> brian: off bunch of kids. have you figured out how many? >> yes. you can count them. >> brian: you have five. >> yeah. i have three sons and two stepdaughters. >> brian: wow. what a busy life you have. >> it's busy, but my youngest son is 18 and he's going off to college. so i'm going to be an empty nester. i started developing and doing things to rebrand myself and get back in the business. >> brian: you are. and you write this book and this book is really -- it uses a lot of what goes on behind the scenes in modeling. >> it's a silent business. you tonight speak, you don't really portray anything other than an image. and a lot of times, people don't understand what's going on inside your mind as you're on the set or how you feel when you deal with different people. and because the business is like that dealing with the outside, it messes with your mind. so the book, main character is a super model. she's at a spa. she gets into trouble and it's sort of does flash backs. there is a real important part in the book where it describes her emotional feelings in the

business. >> brian: right. you also do something else. you're featured in this documentary. you guys came up in an era where super models were rare and relatively commonplace. what was the life like then looking back at it now? >> well, we were really busy. i mean, super model needed to be able to be on sports illustrated and to be able to walk runways, be able to do beauty ads, be on covers. the girls now can no longer be on covers and be in the ads because your actresses have taken over all the jobs. >> brian: how did that happen? there were actresses back then? >> i don't know. but we want our jobs back. i would love to be back on the covers again, even though i'm older. it was a fun time. we were just very busy. we had an awful lot of things going on all at the same time. and i'm not sure what the girls -- i'm sure the girls are busy now, but it's more pressure. i don't think there is professional as we were back then. >> brian: everyone knows kim alexis and carol alt and cheryl

teigs. >> we go off to jobs more likely by our self. when you finally get to be with the girls all together and in that documentary, we all did a photo shoot together, it was just fun because we all knew what we were doing, but we could still enjoy and catch up and find out where each other's families were and it was just a nice homecoming. >> brian: i know you care also about the news examine politics. you were with sean hannity going out on the campaign trail a little bit. i also know that you supported george bush last time. have you decided who you're going to support this time? >> i am conservative. i was raised conservative and that's the way i i will vote. >> brian: mitt romney, do you like him? >> i think that he's got a lot going for him. i think the press gives him a really unfair wrap. they're constantly picking him apart and that's why i like watching "fox & friends." my husband and i love watch "fox & friends" because you guys don't have the spin that these other networks seem to have.

by the way, do you know who my husband is? >> brian: i messed up in my book. >> you had me married to carol alt's husband. i'm married to ron dugay. >> brian: according to steve doocy, very sexy around you. great to see you again. congratulations on your book. it's now out and about. you can get it on amazon? >> yeah. >> brian: kim alexis, thank you for joining us. i'll watch your documentary on hbo called "about face." coming up in our final segment, popular belief says swing voters can make all the difference in presidential elections. dr. larry sabato says that is not true. why not? we'll find out. now let's check in with bill hemmer. let's find out what he's been working on on his show. >> details, right? who needs them? >> brian: i will see you later on radio and we can discuss it. >> i very much look forward to having an hour of battle with you. i'll see you then.

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>> steve: with just 97 days to go before the election, both president obama and mitt romney are focus heavily on courting swing voters. our next guest says they only

make up about 10% of people heading to the polls in this election. really? will those undecided voters really have a major impact on race? joining us is dr. larry sabato. political science professor at the university of virginia. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: larry, we've heard there are so many swingers out there, these swing voters and ap did a poll and apparently 27% identified themselves as persuadable. but you think the number of persuadable people who would change their mind is fewer than that. >> it's actually less than 10%. i would peg it closer to 5 than 10%, lit reallily. yes, people have a hard time believing this and it's because so many of their friends say, you know, i'm persuadable. i'm listening to both sides. this is a classic polarized partisan year where the vast majority of the people who actually vote can already tell you who they're voting for.

if you question them, you get beneath the superficial layer. when you have an incumbent running, especially a polarizing incumbent and barak obama is one of those polarizing incumbents, people have already sorted themselves into the camps. look, when obama ran the first time, the obama-mccain race, there was no incumbent. people didn't know a lot about obama. even then only 8% of the people were really swing voters who changed their minds during the campaign. that was without an incumbent. this year, do you really think it's going to be more than 8%? it's going to be less than 8%. >> steve: that is amazing considering that so many people are talking about them. a couple of visits ago you talked about how, because it is so tight, something perhaps an x factor, something we don't know about, a gaffe or something like that will wind up costing one person not getting the job. the main stream media has portrayed mitt romney's trip abroad as a gigantic public

relations blunder. any impact on the voters? >> no. first, steve, i appreciate the fact that you remember what i said in my prior visit. that impresses me. >> steve: i memorized it all. >> but look, this went in one ear, out the other. it's a press story. it was july when the trip was conducted. the election is november 6. it's not about foreign policy. the election is about the economy. it's had virtually no impact. >> steve: all right. let's see what happens. the polls still too close to call. dr. larry sabato taking a little time off from his summer vacation. sir, thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. >> steve: we'll see you next time. more "fox & friends" live from new york two minutes from right now [ male announcer ] at scottrade,

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>> gretchen: coming up tomorrow, we'll have actress bo derek here and special co-host deaerator res because i will be on vacation. >> brian: we'll get instant olympic coverage. >> steve: brian used to work with her on a show on the channel. >> brian: yes. i forgot the name of it. >> steve: we'll see you tomorrow, everybody. good morning.

width week and the tea party struck again. one-time long shot scores a stunning victory in the lone star state of texas. [cheers and applause] tea party favorite ted cruz saking the lone star state to its core defeating well-known republican. conservatives even former alaska governor sarah palin sell is great the win a sign the tea party is alive and kicking. >> millions of texans, millions of americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the constitution. [applause] bill: that's where we begin and good morning everybody. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom.". how are you doing. >> i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum

patti ann: much of the establishment lined up behind the establishment candidate, david due hurst. bill: but it want even close. what is the outcome, mike. >> reporter: there is in effect a republican civil war. due hurst was tied with governor rick perry and in the end dewhurst gave his appreciation. >> i want to thank for my long-time friend, rick perry. i believed in rick and i went up to iowa and rick believed in me. i appreciate that. >> reporter: governor perry tweeted, quote, congrats to ted cruz and his organization. that was an amazing race. hashtag, stronger than garlic. god bless texas. there is talk of a blow this is to the texas governor. bill: garl lick can be strong. what are those behind cruz say were the keys to victory,