road. >> i bet they got flowers after the fact. have a great show you guys. >> eric: see you tomorrow morning. >> "fox and friends" starts right now. >> gretchen: the image of me and eric bowling suddenlied. you bring your wife floyers after a car accident. good morning, everyonip am gretchen karlson. joe biden is back and stumping all over himself. did the vice-president cross the line speaking to africa-american voters about the gop? >> unchain wall street. they are going to put you all back in chains. >> gretchen: romney campaign said this is what an angry desperate campaign looks like. >> steve: days after janet

napolitano is accused of running the department like a fraternity house. a top official steps down. >> eric: shelling out half billion so illegals can stay in the country. "fox and friends" starts right now. can >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. brian is still off and we have eric bowling fresh off of the five. did you get sleep? >> eric: yes, ready to go. >> gretchen: fantastic we'll kick off the headlines. the race to help put gop back in control of the senate. former world wrestling mcman looking to replace retired

senator joe leiberman. wisconsin has a four way race. tammy baldwin, and former prosecutor for casey anthony beating his former boss congratulated by george anthony. president obama's controversial plan to let immigrants stay in the u.s. stays here today. the illegals on the verge of deportation could use the new policy to stay here and provides safe harbor and jeopardizes border security. the newly released cell phone video shows the intense stand off between gunmen and police. the neighbor recorded the

encounter as soon as he heard gunshots. police say after that 30 minute gun fight cops ended up killing the suspect thomas castle. two other people died including brian bachman who first showed up to evict thomas. billy graham has responded well to treatment and despite the illness he is in remarkably good health for his age. >> steve: that is good news.

in the vice-presidential campaign. joe biden was in danville, virginia where he addressed a largely africa-american crowd. we'll play a clip that everybody is talking about. he had a twang and said this as mr. biden went off of the rails. >> he said in the first hundred days, he will let the big banks write their own rules. unchain wall street. they are going to putial -- put you all back in chains. >> gretchen: the defense said he referred to the republicans unshackling regulation that sit on the banks. that's what they are now using the defense of the whole chain analogy. when you are speaking to an

audience in danforth, virginia which is the last capitol of the confederacy it is a different meaning. >> eric: that defense doesn't make sense . stephanie cutter from the obama campaign defended the remarks. no, we are fine with what he said. people make mistakes. you have slips of the lips it happens all of the time it is the cover up afterwards and how you treat it afterwards. and the obama camp said everything is fine with what he said. i screwed up and shouldn't say it that way would be better. that defense regulations, that doesn't. >> steve: they use the world unshackle. republicans said unshackle. unshackle is different than shackle. mitt romney on the offensive in ohio took this attack

listen. >> you don't hear answers coming from president obama's reelection campaign. because he is intellectually exhausted and out of idea and out of energy. his campaign and surrogates have made wild and reckless accusation that disgrace the office of the presidency. another outrageous charge a few hours ago in virginia and the white house sinks i little bit lower. this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. >> gretchen: it is important to put it in context. if it were a one off situation eric, you can say everyone makes mistake. but look back at the last six weeks. keep in mind they accused mitt romney of bng a felon, that was the first thing and then the ad last week where they blamed mitt romney from the death of a woman from cancer

and now this. is this the new strategy? that's what mitt romney thinks. >> eric: mitt romney makes a good point when you don't have ideas. people out of work and the economy not doing anything good. so president obama spends a lot of money attacking mitt romney. if you can't stump on ideas you better find anything else in the world. but this honestly biden should man up and say it was a mistake. >> steve: he would have so many to apologize for. and also they label joe biden as the crazy uncle up in the attic. sarah palin. do you hear republicans say that? >> name one prominent republican who even comes

close to what like the allen graces and harry reid and joe biden come up and spew to the american public. i can't think of one prominent republican that talks the way they talk. >> gretchen: there is a lot of discussion of barack obama take joe biden off of the ticket. maybe he should put hillary clinton on as vice-presidential candidate. probably will not happen. but rudy guiliani, he thinks it would be a good idea. here's what he said about joe biden. >> i think if it came from somebody serious we would get xcited. the vice-president of the united states is a laugh line on late night television. i never seen a vice-president that has made as many mistakes and says stupid things. a real fear if he is ever entrusted with the capacity if

he has the mental capacity to handle it. he's not bright. >> steve: during the campaign when joe biden referred to barack obama as articulate and bright and clean . people said, wait a minute, and he went back and apologized for that. keep in mind he's the second most powerful person on the planet. joe biden is the vice-president . not only saying mitt romney will put you back in chains and he told the states and all of those people were listening in he confused north carolina with virginia. he said this in virginia, listen. >> i am with you and with you. we k can win north carolina again and if we do, we win the election if we win you.

>> eric: cutting him slack. here's the real issue. circle the state. 10, 11, 12. that is the vice-presidential debates will be a lot of fun to watch. joe biden against paul ryan. >> gretchen: you can get the states mixed up because you are maybe in a couple. the other one up for debate. >> steve: you have to give him a pass for mixing up the states because the president said there were 57 of them. >> brian: can >> eric: can you imagine biden explaining the budget plan to ryan. >> gretchen: who should make decisions about health care. you, your doctor or the government. breaking down both parties

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>> steve: when mitt romney selected upon paul ryan as vice-president nominee the health care plan became a front issue. last week we were talking about what seemed like tanigencial issue and now we

are talking about medicare. so let's look at the two plans. not the ryan plan, because romney is not running on ryan's plan. look at the obama plan and romney plan. >> they make the same reductions in medicare. romney a little bit more because obama hasn't submitted a 10 year plann going forward except for obama care. the approach is different how they achieve the cuts. that's the key difference. the obama program sets up a panel with burrcrats that take your blood pressure and your surgical history and what medications and doctor office and forget privacy. that is all now in a computer and when you are 85 years old and you want a bypass surgery or hip replacement. it goes in the computer.

he's 85 and high blood pressure and used to smoke and on anti-cholesteral meds and has six more years to live and four of that quality. operation costs $4000. that is a $100 per quality year denied. or it says you have colon cancer but you only have three more quality years and a vast and most expensive drug is too costly. denied. we'll use the second best drug. that is a very difficult system. it abroigates authority to the state that is god's and anti-prolife. but the romney plan is totally different. what that says, you can keep current medicare and no changes as long as you like but we will offer you a better deal. you will get $15,000 in the

beginning of the year and you buy whatever insurance plan you want and you pay the deductible and if there is money left in the end of the year you keep it and i will not tax. that empowers you as a consumer. for $15,000. you can buy in the medicare plan or something knew. but the point is, you buy it tailored to your needs. right now, the government doesn't care about your health and you don't care about the costs. you make a great care. but now the person buying it pays for it just lick a car. and this exact system working with prescription drug meds and the price this year has not increased. >> steve: dick, i saw a mitt romney adtalking about how, and it is addressing seniors out there. you paid into medicare your whole life and when you need it, we discover that the president of the united states

robbed medicare 716 billion dollars and taken that out of medicare and put it over to pay for as his risky health care plan. >> that's the other difference thanks for pointing it out. they achieve similar savings, obama takes it out of medicare and moves it to the treasury and uses it to pay for obama care. romney takes the savings and keeping them in medicare and instead of going 2020 going broke it will not go broke until 2025. >> steve: stay right there. >> there is a seat belt, i can't get up. >> steve: there is also electrodes if you say the wropping thing whatever that might be. can mitt romney win florida. dick has the prediction for one of the most important swing states. and what is going on in the department of homeland security just days after janet

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>> gretchen: 23 minutes after the hour. fires out west turning deadly. a young volunteer firefighter killed after a tree fell on top of her. the 21 year old was helping to put out the flames in idaho. also major nadal has an

expected to plead not guilty today. he faces 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. hasan's trial is set to begin on monday after a judge refused to delay it a third time. >> eric: we know florida has the most electorial votes and president obama according to the polls remain ahead. >> steve: he is talked about cbs and new york times poll has president obama up by 6 points and a triple p shows the president ahead by one point and a virtual tie. what does that mean for november. dick morris continues from the great state of texas. what do you think? >> i think those polls of both registered voterss and a third of whom don't vote. obama is ahead of in that demographic . the rasmussen poll has obama

one ahead. but under 50 . i believe romney will win. but let's put the ryan designation in the political context. i think what happened here. when romney choice ryan. he ended the primary nomination process. it ended that day. all of the people who backed santorum and ron paul and bachmann two-thirds of the voters looking to someone other than romney because they are concerned about whether he was conservative or not. that is over. it is a real mitt romney and a solid fiscal conservative and opens up a medicare debate that we better win. everybody said you mess with medicare you are going to lose . 15 years ago, you did. i ran the campaign against the

republicans over medicare. it was a totally different environment and no body understood that medicare was facing bankruptcy. >> gretchen: florida is so important with seniors. you were an opponent of romney picking rubio. you believed that would help him deliver florida. how do you feel name. >> naming romney than rubio make its more difficult to carry nevada and new mexico. but i don't think it going to make it harder to carry florida. what is going to determine whether he carries it. can he win the medicare debate. that i think it is central and that is terribly important and romney is off to a good start in doing that. in taking the tack he eliminated personal questions

about is he conservative? and moderates about bain capital. everyone is focusing on the economy and fiscaluation. the other thing to point is ryan is the single brightest person currently in american politics and i think that he is one of the most articulate and capable and the idea of having a paul ryan debate speaking in the convention and speaking out as he tours the country is absolutely wonderful. if you just wanted to script who you want by your side fighting it would be paul ryan. i think it is a very good choice. >> gretchen: a lot of people don't know who he is, dick. >> everybody in florida knows who rubio is, he would have helped in an extent. but in a few weeks, it will be

who knows ryan . it will be our advantages of articulating medicare and versus obama. >> steve: i am shocked that you say paul ryan is smarter than joe biden. >> yeah. the moles haven't changed in the last five months it is going to be a turn out battle. and ryan really, really would bring out the vote. >> gretchen: and after the debates and hear about the issues and make up their minds. dick, good to see you. have a good time in texas. >> eric: there will be a lot of negative ads. romney is running for president and not ryan but they will go. >> steve: she was a congressman. >> eric: they are starting now. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox and friends", should the

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>> you know the fastest growing religious group in america. the amish. not mormon. the amish, yeah. although those numbers might be inaccurate. with this economy so many people have their electricity turned off and phone disconnected it looks like they are amish. >> steve: never thought about it that way. thank you mr. leno. >> gretchen: something else to tell you about this morning. department of homeland security. they sit here and ice in charge of immigration. chief-of-staff of ice is going on leave, why? new allegations for this one. mood contact. two new affidavits from incidents back in 2009, some

of which we can't explain other than to say allegations are. >>teve: they involve sex. we can put it that way. two fresh allegations come on the heels of a fellow who headed up ice here in new york. he filed a discrimination and retaliation suit against barr. she was running the department like a sorority and he said one particular woman got a job he should have gotten and he was passed over the job because she had a long standing relationship with napolitano. janet napolitano. >> eric: another example we talked about gsa and wild parties and sometimes the maybe lewd parties going on in vegas and elsewhere. honestly at some point you have to say what is happening in the administration, it is top down. head of the departments.

janet napolitano and gsa, and stop. just stop. clean it up. it is time to clean it up. >> steve: this woman who is chief-of-staff cleaned it up voluntarily put herself on the leave of absence. >> eric: how about resignation. >> steve: how about that? ice said unfounded. and headlines, nonpartisan group of special forces and intelligence operatives release a highly critical film about president obama arguing that he's putting american lives at risk and the movie critizes the president for traching too much credit after the daring raid that kills bin laden. a navy seal said the credit goes to the u.s. military. and scolds the president over a series of national security leaks that were leaked to enhance the white house image.

the white house denies being behind the leaks. >> eric: a new york man who suspected of faking his death by drowning will be released from the hospital. he set up a costly search and rescue. he was reported missing by his own son. the fren year old fled to florida and later seen in south carolina. his son johnathon is on bail after charges of helping his father in the scam. >> gretchen: drivers, your cars may not be safe as you think. for the first time insurance institute for highway safety is testing cars to see how they hold up in partial front end collisions that. kind of crash hills 2500 americans every year. unfortunately only two of the midsize sedans received ratings of good. here they are. acura and volvo 50 60.

they were rated poor including mersedes ben z and cclass and audi. and lexus cs. >> steve: congress will be making history for all of the wrong reasons, current members of congress are on track to be the least productive group since 1947. out of 3000 bills introduced to lawmakers this year only 61 became law. 112th treth congress is divided on the bush era tax cuts and budget as well . members of congress hit low approval ratings and down to 10 percent. >> eric: latest racing team to three nascar championships and let's t forget. three super bowl titles as coach as coach of the

washington redskins. >> gretchen: he is sharing his game plan for life and game plan for life bible. we are honored to have him as guest on "fox and friends". >> thank you, i don't get many nice welcomes in new york. i have a food taster. >> gretchen: now you are in flas car. people harbor bad feelings. >> little better. new york is one of the states that has most people touring the race shop. a lot of fans there. >> eric: talk about the project you are working on. you are here talking about the book and it was inspirational to a lot of people. you saw god's game plan and how you fit in on it. and now you expanded it. >> we have. project asked the question what is life? to me life is the game and we are the players. what do you have to play the

right game? right team and coach and game plan. basiclyy that book lays out how to pick all of those. god is our head coach and lays it out. what we are doing with this project. two new tools, devotional and game for life bible and help people and equip them to play the game. in football, you have to have a helmet and pad and cleats and be equipped to play the game. these continue with two new tools to help play the game of life. and they can help them play the game of life and they can help others as they play. >> eric: coach, you play football . wearing super bowl rings and nascar. and which one do you enjoy best and fulfilling. >> my wife has the best answer. it is like having babies. they are all great. win a super bowl is awesome and i love today with the

redskins, and you know, i feel with nascar to win a championship in nascar, it is the same feeling, you can't separate those. i am the most blessed guy in the world. most people don't get to live out one. i get to live out two. you guys get to live out the world. few people in the sporting world know me. everybody knows you. >> gretchen: tim tebow has so much criticism and attention about speaking about his faith. you write books. has he gotten a bad rap. >> i think he's got a bad rap. anybody who criticizes tim tebow. he's living his dream in a way that honors god. to me he's playing the game in football and also the game of life and i think he's affecting a lot of people. and i think to be truthful, some day i am going to stand

before the lord and it is not going to be the football games or the races, it is going to be the impact we had on others and that's the reason i am sharing the project and game plan for life. bible is a relevant modern day game plan. we had 11 scholars that america said we need to have victory it is relevant and modern day and when i followed it in my life, i had success . when i went against it, i got pounded. that's basically what i am trying to share with people. go to game for life.com. they will have a free gift a enjoy what we have there. >> steve: thank you, coach. see you next time. >> gretchen: coming up next on "fox and friends". they may lean less on social issues. but one group said the economy is now a social issue. >> eric: princess and the playboy and the queen may not be happy withicate middleton

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>> steve: more thaning, folks. we have quick headlines for you. two planes collide and leaving one sitting on top of the other. it happened on the taxi way in the national airport. larger plane was being towithed when it broke loose and rolled in the small plane and thankfully no one was hurt before they untangled >> you are looking at kate middleton's cover. catrina darling. really in and she's 22 years old. hello catrina. and hello, gretch. >> gretchen: thank you, steve. one prominent gay right's group that is not endorsing

president obama. they decided to back mitt romney and paul ryan instead. good to see you . why the decision? >> it doesn't matter who you are. whether you are a gay or state person or black or white or a woman or a immigrant, all americans are living in the obama economy and we, we have to come together and fix that and it starts with the election in november and electing mitt romney and paul ryan to preplace obama. >> no matter what it comes down to the pocket book and social issues are always talked about. would it be fair to say that the economy trumps all of that even in your mind as some one who has social -- >> it comes down to more issues. in our issue it is a gay issue. gay people everywhere in every

part of our country and the same issues that affect gay merrence affect everyone else . we are look for example jobs we are trying to figure out how to educate our children and prepare for retirement. retirement security is an issue in the gay community. when you look at all of those thingings, we came down to the decision to be the only gay organization to endorse romney and ryan looking at their vision. >> gretchen: i think people think it is a foregone conclusion hacertain group in society. gays or people who are into green energy that they would automatically vote on the democratic side. >> that's the thing. we are no different than anybody else. there are gay conservatives and in the last election and in the tea party election 31 percent of the gay vote went to the republican member or the republican candidate for congress, because they are

concerned about the size and scope of government. we are on the brink of fiscal disaster in our country and everybody is concerned about that. >> gretchen: so when the president changed his mind about gay marriage and saying he was in favor of it how did they? >> that is my opinion and dick cheney's and john bolton a lot of conservative in support of same-sex marriage. but the election is coming down to more than one issue. but the president has to talk about things like gay marriage or birth control or you know, chicken sandwiches because he can't defend his record on jobs in the economy. >> gretchen: it is down in the economy for both proud. >> we'll be in the republican convention homocon for gay conservatives and celebrating the ticket and rallying the

troops to help them win in november . then in charlotte like the rapid response troops squad and democrats will try to make it seem like the republicans are against everybody. gays and women and immigrants and we are going to push back on that and tell the truth about the republican ticket. >> gretchen: we'll see you in tampa and charlotte. >> we'll see you there. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox and friends". redeveloping one of the largest cities and instead racking up bills on booze and pottery barn. yeah, you are paying for it, the taxpayer . not in this economy. we also have zero free time,

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>> eric: it is corruption at the best or worst. spear heading the long-term redevelopment plan is under fire for racking up thousands in credit card billings. everything from booze to parking tickets to pottery barn leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab. joining us is the director of the tax payer's fownation. take us who is belt line and tell us the relationship between belt line and city of atlanta. >> belt line is responsible for the green space and parks and basically the whole concept behind the 22 mile loop of all railway tracks in atlanta. it is like an in-town light rail system with development around the railway.

>> eric: we'll put up a full screen. the things that taxpayers. are on the hook. braves game. and beer cans for belt line and pottery barn . ceo parking parking ticket and dry cleaning bill. are they getting away with it? >> everything has comto a screeching halt from city council, from the fulton county commission. they are looking into massive audit from the last year to find out what is going on down there. it is a travesty and not shocking when you have a nonprofit that has no accountability whatsoever. most of the the folks of belt line going over $100,000 a year and a platent disrespect for taxpayer dollars for things that are not paid for.

it comes into question. who's at the wheel over there and are they working in the best about of city of atlanta and taxpayers and the belt line itself it is conitantly underscutiny and went down in flames on the 31st of july and constantly looking for fund a project that is stalling out because of poor planning. >> eric: here is a comment from belt line inc., anything other than the stewardship of taxpayer funds is acceptable . that is reported from john holder and chairman of the board of atlanta. what do you think of that. i am not sure parking tickets and braves games fall under storage. >> or booze or anything like that. and that prob is that we shouldn't have the conversation. those types of rules and regulations should already be in place and to have that many

people, going above and beyond spending so frivolously on things they shouldn't be spending on. where were they when they first got the job. when you talk about a nonprofit there is every penny that is pent back in the organization and programming . this is money that burned and danced around for all i care it is unacceptable and the belt line is around many, many years. how much money has been wasted with taxpayer dollars and with the city of lant lantt trust the situation anymore and they are having hard enough time getting off of the ground. >> eric: good to keep your eye on any new deals. stipulate booze and we'll have to leave it there. >> sure, thanks for having me. >> eric: what would you do? i don't know. we'll go to break. we'll be right back . [ male announcer ] it's simple physics...

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone.

i hope you're gonna have a fantastic wednesday, it's august 15. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time today. he's back. this time joe biden is setting off a political fire storm like never before. >> unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. >> gretchen: mitt romney is wondering if this is what a desperate campaign looks like now. we report. you decide. >> eric: before the left attacked it, many democrats heaped praise on paul ryan's medicare plan. why are the libbials outraged now? >> steve: because he's running for vice president maybe? what would do you if you got a call like this? >> hello? >> steve: that call was a fake. but how would you know? we're going to tell you straight ahead. dave ramsey will help us on

that. "fox & friends," hour two for a wednesday, starts right now. >> eric: he's moving right in crime. >> steve: analyzing walls whether or not he's pranks. >> gretchen: he's a man of many talents. i know i'm going to stay tuned to see what he has to say. that's 30 or 40 minutes from now. eric bowl something in for brian. let get to the headlines. the ice chief of staff, suzanne bar, putting herself on voluntary leave amid new allegations she harassed and humiliated male employees. at least three men have accused her and another female official of, quote, lewd behavior, including graphic comments at work. one of the men is now suing the department of homeland security secretary janet napolitano for promote attention the so-called frat house environment. napolitano denied the allegations. ice, the immigration arm of

department of homeland security, is now starting its own internal review. new video into fox, immigrants lining up outside the mexican consulate. this is houston, texas. president obama's controversial plan to let up to 1.7 young illegal immigrants stay in the united states takes effect today. they can apply to live here without the risk of being deported. the department of homeland security admitting illegals on the verge of deportation could use the new policy to stay here as well. critics of the plan also say it provides safe harbor to criminal illegal aliens and can he jeopardizes border security. the program could cost taxpayers up to $585 million. now to three all-important pry marries. the races could help put republicans back in power in the senate. in connecticut, four more world wrestling entertainment cindy mcmahon scoring the win. she's running to replace independent joe lieberman. wisconsin, tommy thompson making

a comeback, winning a four-way race for the republican senate nod. he'll face democrat congresswoman tammy baldwin. and then in florida, congressman connie mack, cruising to victory in his priy. he's look to unseat bill nelson. michelle obama might have warned the president to stay away from fried twinkie, but he found room for a brew or it. >> yesterday i got to the state fair and had a pork chop and a beer. [ laughter ] it was good. i might have another beer today. [ cheers and applause ] just one. >> gretchen: turns out he did. the president made a special stop at the pump house. yesterday we showed you his beer run at the fair. >> i tell you what, four more

beers. okay. here is what i'm going to do. >> gretchen: might be the new campaign slogan, right? four more beers. instead of years. those are your headlines. >> steve: i don't think it was just any pork chop. i believe it was mr. pork chop. >> gretchen: pork chop on a stick. >> eric: michelle obama was telling gabby douglas not to eat egg mcfun. the president was having a beer and talking about eating pork opchops. >> steve: it was the state fair! >> gretchen: all in moderation. >> eric: fair enough. >> steve: congress mapp paul ryan bringing the republicans' ticket to ohio and medicare sure to be one of the key issues. james rosen is up and already in oxford in ohio with details. jimmy? >> steve, good morning. you know we're here on a college campus for the first time in history, more than half of the nation's 9 million unemployed people went to college, or even graduated.

many, many of those jobless college grads are also staring at tens of thousands of dollars of debt. these are the chief topics of focus for congressman ryan as he returns somewhat like welcome back kotter, to the university of ohio today. last night the gop candidate was in las vegas. the emphasis is the middle class. the attack by the obama campaign and his policies. the campaigns clashed over ryan's budget plan and specifically his vision to how to rein in federal spending for entitlement programs like medicare. he gave his first sit down interview yesterday since joining the gop ticket to fox news senior political analyst, brit hume. in that session conducted in colorado yesterday, ryan made clear the gop ticket welcomes this debate over medicare, in part because romney and ryan intend to link medicare to

obamacare. >> only president obama raids $716 billion from the medicare program to pay for obamacare. we don't do that. what mitt romney is proposing to do is repeal all of obamacare. i have voted repeatedly in congress to repeal awful obamacare, including this cut of $716 billion to pay for obamacare. so what's very important here, a lot of seniors don't know this, is that they turned medicare into a piggy bank to pay for obamacare. we want to point that out and restore those cuts to prevent that raid of medicare. >> obama-biden campaign spokesman said yesterday that that's false, saying. >> quote, congressman ryan's budget incorporates the $700 billion achieved in obamacare, which come from eliminating subsidies to insurance companies, cutting waste and fraud, and reforming delivery systems that will keep

seniors healthy. he concludes because of these saving, president obama extended the life of medicare. unquote. perhaps the biggest test still to come for congressman ryan on this issue of medicare specifically will be when he heads to central florida, home to many, many seniors who receive medicare this coming weekend. back to you in new york. >> steve: james rosen live in oxford, ohio, thank you very much. he's on a college campus. there is a new poll out that shows mitt romney has 41% of the youth vote behind him. 41%, which is pretty good for him considering the fact that barak obama four years ago rode to the presidency on the backs of the kids. >> gretchen: let's talk about this, do you think there are any democrats who actually praised paul ryan and his budget before he became mitt romney's running mate? well, turns out the answer is yes. specifically erskine bowles. he was also president obama's co-chair on the debt commission. remember they came out with that report and then the president

basically turned away from that report and never adopted any of the measures to try and get our debt under control. here is what erskine bowles had to say about paul ryan and his budget. >> have any of you all met paul ryan? we should get him to come to the university. i'm telling you, this guy is amazing. he is honest. he is straightforward. he is sincere. and the budget he came forward with is just like paul ryan. it is a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget and it cut the budget deficit like we did by 4 trillion of the the president as you remember came out with a budget and i don't think anybody took that budget very seriously. the senate voted against it 97- 97-0. >> eric: he's a democrat. it's also important to note that the bowles simpson debt commission that was going to do something about debt talked about tooking entitlements, including medicare. no question, not surprising he would be on board, favorably.

also senator ron widen, dick durbin. the president and vice president themselves have said positive things, but the one that really sticks out in my mind is when bill clinton -- i don't know -- remember that open mike where they caught him saying hey i hope this win in new york is important, but i hope they don't use that to do nothing. clearly there is a growing consensus has to be done. thank goodness paul ryan is out here saying, we have to tackle it. it's been the third rail for so long. it's about time someone stepped up and said we have to do this. >> gretchen: they did that with the debt commission and then it was completely ignored. so maybe the attention should go back to what those recommendations were for the debt commission because paul ryan's budget has a lot of the same things in it. let's talk about vice president joe biden because that is who paul ryan is going to go up against on october 11 during the presidential debate. maybe joe biden needs to go through a few more practice sessions because he has three gaffes yesterday alone. here is one of the biggest ones

and this has to do with potentially race and a couple other things. listen to this. >> he said in the first 100 days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. >> steve: so there is the vice president of the united states saying mitt romney is going to put y'all back in chains. he said that in front of largely african-american crowd down there in virginia. here is another gaffe, not quite to that level, but still, if you are there in virginia, you would like to think that the vice president knows that he's in virginia. apparently he forgot. listen to this nine second sound bite. >> with you and i mean this. with you, we can win north carolina! and if we do, we win the election if we win you. >> gretchen: he's probably thinking about the convention. because the democrat convention

will be in north carolina. maybe not. >> eric: maybe the people in north carolina will vote for the president if the people in virginia voted for the p. maybe something like that. >> steve: or maybe he just was tired and it was a mistake. >> eric: or maybe it was just joe being joe. here is -- romney got a tough day for joe biden. listen to what he had to say when he was -- just listen. >> i have more to say, but i'm saying too much already because these guys get me going a little bit. and you're going to have trouble translating all this because she's going to have tendonnites. >> eric: a lot of people are saying, forget that. i would tell you if you go on fox nation and you look at the comments on that one, the comments, just lit up -- >> steve: on the translator? >> eric: the last one, people are really mad at that one. that's the one that really seems to be hitting home for some reason. i guess because people -- it's

insensitive. >> steve: when you think about it, the obama campaign has accused mitt romney of being a felon. last week they had the ad about mitt romney killed that guy's wife. now for the campaign, and they stand behind his comments for them to say, mitt romney is going to put y'all back in chains, that really -- is it just us or do you think it goes way past the line? mitt romney really hit him last night in ohio. said that the president's desperate. >> eric: that is so important because after the cancer ad issue and the campaign says no, we're -- i'm sorry. the white house never came out and disowned or disavowed the cancer ad, people waited to see what happens. stephanie cutter from the campaign, from chicago. >> steve: the one caught in a lie last week? >> eric: who called mitt romney a felon, backed it up saying we're okay with what joe biden said about the chains comment. back it up. why do they do that? we have to distance ourselves from some of the rhetoric.

>> gretchen: many people are arguing this is the new strategy of the obama campaign. if you link all these things together, calling mitt romney an alleged felon and then going to that ad, blaming him for the cancer death. now this, that this appears to be the new strategy. many people would argue because he can't talk about the policies he put in place the last 3 1/2 years. >> eric: now it was the campaign put that ad out. the white house saying it was them who did it. we're not tied to the campaign. now it's both the white house with biden saying stuff and the campaign saying it's okay. >> gretchen: they can't backtrack it because they probable she a whole slew of new negative ads they're about to come out on different issues. >> steve: there is such a gigantic double standard. if paul ryan had said, when you turn it around and said, the other side wants to put you all in chains, had paul ryan said that, there would be a gigantic media meltdown of the yet, today although i did see some blowback on some of the other channels last night to biden's comments, is this going to be a big thing,

if paul ryan said it, it would be a big thing. joe biden said it? he says a lot of stuff. >> gretchen: what would you do if you got a call like this, someone claiming to be a debt collector making threats. >> the only thing i can do is warn you to call me right now. >> gretchen: if i got that, i wouldn't know what it was. anyway, if you got that call, should it be real or is it fake? dave ramsey has some advice for you. >> eric: president obama keeps calling the middle class, he's got your back. but do his policies back that up? his next guest says no way and he says no one is talking about the president's real agenda

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>> gretchen: president obama's vision for america? well, no secret. >> do we go forward towards a new vision of an america in which prosperity is shared or do we go backward, the notion that i am my brother's keeper, i'm my sister's keeper. the idea that we're in this together. if you were successful, somebody along the way gave you some help. if you got a business, you didn't build that. >> i think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody. >> gretchen: when the president puts those policies in place, do they really help support the middle class ultimately? a group he's vowed to defend and expand. stanley can you tell us -- is an author. good morning to you, mr. curts. we saw joe the plumber, and everyone remembers that incident when candidate obama

was trying to become president. you argue that he will do that even more if he's elected to a second term. in what way? >> gretchen, the trick is that even though president obama has said i'm going to spread the wealth, he hasn't told you whose wealth he's going after. it isn't the 1%. it's middle class suburbia. he wants to undercut the economic independence of america's suburbs because he wants to grab hold of suburban tax money and send it over to the cities. >> gretchen: you talk about this concept of renallallism, which -- regionalism, which you say you believe president obama believes in this. what is it? >> regionalism is the idea that government ought to be larger than suburbs or cities. it ought to incom pass an entire region. that's a kind of excuse for grabbing hold of suburban tax money and redistributing it to the city. what i've discovered in researching this book is that this is what president obama has been devoted to for almost two decades. this is what the community organizers who trained obama

wanted. he bought that line and although no one knows it, he's working to this day, in the white house, with the same organizers who trained him on a plan to redistribute the wealth of america suburbs to the city. >> gretchen: what are you arguing, in his first term he wasn't able to do some of these things because of it all about being reelected and now, for instance, when we heard him speaking to the russian president and he thought he was off camera and he said that he would have more flexibility in a second term, are we to equate that to domestic things back home as well? >> absolutely. he's going to go after the suburbs in a second term because it was too politically explosively to do it in the first term. the truth is, he has already built the groundwork for all of these policies. it's all in place. he's going to pull the trigger in the second term. >> gretchen: many people at home are saying, but, there is congress. if congress goes republican or even stays split, can the president still enact these policies? >> yes. he can make a run around congress in calm of ways.

there is a sustainable communities initiative. it already exists. there are planning grants that will come out in the second term that will give him a way to lever redistribution of suburban wealth on the cities. congress has passed it. people don't know that this is coming. there is a way that obama has to put pressure on state legislatures to force a redistribution of water from the suburbs to the cities. i lay it all out in the book. it really is a kind of under the radar plan saved fort second term. >> gretchen: you say nobody else has really written about this until now. stanley kurtz is the author of "spreading the wealth." thanks so much. coming up, imagine getting a call from a debt collector threatening to arrest you. can somebody actually do that? dave ramsey with what you need to know to forget yourself next. then, how would you like to make six figures for life? thousands of federal workers are. they can thank you for that hi, i'm phil mickelson.

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>> steve: $7.4 million, campaign cash paul ryan helped mitt romney pull in on-line since being announced as his vp over the weekend. that's a lot of dough. next, more than $60,000. that's the amount of computers and personal items this man is accused of stealing from the home of the late steve jobs out in california. and finally, 21,000. that's the number of federal workers who have made off with a sweet six figure retirement deal. they're getting $100,000 a year for life. all right. >> eric: thank you. dealing with collection agencies is stressful enough.

but how do you know you really owe them money? some debt collectors are flat out frauds. dave ramsey joins us from nashville to help you look out for your own money. thanks, dave. before we got to the e-mails, i want to know, i've had people send me e-mails saying you owe the money. i paid the money, but i still continue to get them. what's up with that? >> well, you've got a whole arm of the debt collection world that has gone completely rogue. they're trying to collect on bankrupted debt, which means the debt is not owed anymore. they try to collect the debt from people who don't owe it at all. never owed it. just the same name. so you've got to really ascertain if this is a real situation. if it's really your debt before you even begin to talk about negotiating on the debt or paying the debt. >> eric: let's read a couple e-mails. janet says my credit card company agreed to settle with me for much less than i owe. this sounds too good to be true. how do i know it's for real? by the way, once you do settle for less than you owe, can someone else come after you for the balance?

>> they can come after you for the balance if you don't get written proof that you've done the settlement properly. two rules when you're settling with a credit card company. remember that the credit card -- if a credit card collector's lips are moving, they're probably lying. so you really have to get it in writing. this is a scummy, scummy industry. so get it in writing and allow no electronic access to your checking account ever. they will freaking clean out your account. so do not allow them electronic access to your account examine get it in writing. then you know it's real. >> eric: number two, aaron in arizona says i have around $20,000 in credit card debt from five to six years ago. i was going to file for bankruptcy, but then i never did. now i've been told not to pay them unless they get a judgment against me because they can't collect on debt that is older than seven years. is that correct? >> well, statute of limitations is in place in some states. honestly, there are ways around those in a lot of cases. yes, they can collect.

it may or may not show up on your credit bureau after seven years, but what i would do is tell you a, you owe the money. so from a moral stance, you ought to address this. b, clean up your credit. c, you just don't want this hassle at the least opportune times one of these guys decides to go after you. i would sells with them in writing. >> eric: what do i tell discover when they keep calling me? i don't have any money to pay them and it's making me nervous. they might sue. what do you think of that one? >> eventually they will sue. they usually don't sue in the first six months to a year. sometimes even longer with the major credit card companies. the federal fair debt collection practices act protects you. they're not supposed to call you pep between 8:00 a.m. and 9 p.m they shouldn't call you at work if you asked them not to. ask them in writing so you can prove it. so you can cut some of the hassle down, abusive things like

having you arrested is completely illegal and against federal law and obviously not true. we don't have debtor's prison. calm down and work out a plan to get your debt paid. >> eric: great stuff. great advice. >> thank you. good to see you. >> eric: see you soon. it's the video you'l be talking about all morning. a car flies right off the cliff and the driver makes it out alive. then we all have one friend who tries to one up you. is that friend normal or nuts? dr. keith ablow is here with the diagnosis. they won an olympic gold, but did you also know these rowers did something else. >> we're winning! hi, i'm phil mickelson.

i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, whilen enbrel, you experice persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness.

[ phil ] get back to the things that matter most. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. [ doctor ] enbrel, the number one biolog medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. >> gretchen: time for your shot of the morning. 360-degree view from the surface of mars. nasa's curiousity rover sent back the incredible pictures this week. they were pieced together to create an interactive panoramic. in the distance, you can see the base of mount sharp, a three-mile high mountain. the rover will drive in a few

weeks. are we doing headlines first? >> steve: we're outside because we are with the first medalist in u.s. rowing back to back olympic gold. esther and mary, who are stands. ed, pull out so you can see the ladies. more with these gals in just a minute. >> gretchen: the man in charge of the chevy volt being tapped to try to bring good karma to fisker, the hybrid auto maker. at least two of the consumer mas went up in flames and batteries recalled. fisker got a $529 million loan from the obama administration. the man helped develop the volt which failed to spark interest with buyers and had a battery recall of its own. frightening sight at a race in colorado after a race car plunges off a mountain known as devil's playground.

the vehicle flew off the road, tumbling down pike's peak before fine will he coming to a stop of the the driver and his co- driver miraculously walked away without serious injury. a san francisco couple accusing united airlines of losing track of their child. the couple say their ten-year-old daughter was traveling to michigan by herself when she missed her layover in chicago. they then called united and begged several different reps to figure out what happened. nearly two hours and several brushoffs later, the airline admitted that its uncancompanie- accompanied minor service forgot to pick her up. but she got to michigan safely. though her luggage arrived three days later. united apologized and is reviewing the complaint. talk about the scowl taking the internet by storm.

this photo of mckayla maroney snapped as she got the silver medal. now thanks to the power of photo shop, the picture spawning its own web site and features her in different places like the situation room. and here she is on the moon. so what does the 16-year-old think about all this? >> it's pretty funny. >> is this an expression that comes to you frequently in life? >> after i did it, the girls keep pointing it out, like you're doing the face again. it's like, there it is. >> can i see it again? >> we've all been work on it. >> gretchen: even though she didn't get the gold that day, she snagged one in the women's team finals. all right. now it's time to go outside and talk a little bit more about olympics with you. >> steve: thank you, gretch. first we'll look at the video right here.

stop scowling. eric, stop it! they are seven-time world champions, undefeated since 2006 and the first female team in u.s. rowing history to win back to back gold olympic medals. >> eric: mary and over there is esther of u.s. women's rowing team. by the way, we have a harvard grad and university of washington grad. tell us, you've done what, for the first time ever in women's rowing? >> defended our gold medal from beijing. >> steve: congratulations. although i would imagine over the last four years, there have been times when you thought, you know, i really don't want to get up so early. my daughter was a rower. i know you get up at 4:00 o'clock in the morning to go out on the rivers. >> we have 7:00 a.m. practice. sometimes 6:30. we're professionals. we do practice about six hours a day. >> steve: esther, i love the fact that you say you won that medal for your mother.

explain. >> i did. my mom was the last one cut from the 1984 olympic team. , which was heart breaking. then she went on to have me, which is very nice. but to make this team was very special for both of us. that's the first thing i did as soon as we finished our race was to go over and put my medal around her neck. >> steve: i see you've taken it back. >> i did. she got to wear it for a little bit. >> steve: come on, mom, it's mine now. >> eric: you're the caller. are you going to point out the size of heels? >> i might be 5' 3, but make me feel like i'm ten feet tall. >> eric: can you give us a yell? >> i don't know. really. >> row. row. i can't. >> steve: let's bring those chairs over. let's see what that's like. >> so you need to be at starboard and you need to be at

port. you take the mikes. four port, four starboard. you're going to be a port and you're going to be a starboard. you're looking at me and i'm directing. >> steve: are you going to yell? >> yes. >> steve: this is not how you train. >> absolutely. this is cross training. we do this all the time. >> steve: maybe not at the olympics, but in the office. >> when i tell you to shove your leg, you're going to shove your legs and push back and pull your arms. >> you do it together. really, go! it's all about trust. go! go! keep together. you can do it! try harder! >> steve: big turn! >> we don't turn in the boats. i steer and tell you we're winning, we're going to win the olympics! >> steve: another turn! how do you feel about that tax you're going to have to pay on your medal? >> those are the rules. >> eric: i'd row better if i had

your medal on. >> they're kind of heavy. i can't lift it off my head. >> steve: we're going into the street. you guys can take over. when was the last time new york city saw an olympic gold medal team rowing down 48th street? >> it is what it is. >> eric: it's heavy. congratulations. >> thank you. i think you guys need a little bit more practice. so 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, come to the boat house. >> steve: esther, mary, thank you very much. >> eric: thank you. >> steve: usa! everybody in new york, usa! usa! usa! >> gretchen: all right, guys. a valiant effort. somehow i don't think you'll get the gold. maybe. >> steve: we did our best. >> gretchen: a for effort. here is what's coming up, a husband accuse of faking his own death. police say he had his own son go along with it. the big development in this case today. then a brand new ad claims paul ryan's medicare plan will be a disaster for seniors. is it accurate? stuart varney here to break down

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i've had this feeling for as long as i can remember. am i normal or am i nuts? >> here is the thing, you're not going to drive off that embankment, but this is crazy, right? this is nuts because it's obsessive. it's a sign of obsessive compulsive disorder. now, this is a reason why you would busy your mind with thoughts of this kind of thing, which isn't going to happen, thank god, but there are other things in your life that may look like you're going off your cliff. maybe it's your marriage, finances. pay attention to those things and get to a psychotherapist because you shouldn't be hostage to this kind of dynamic. >> gretchen: all right. here is the number two e-mail, organizing chores on a card. i have a matrix with a blank square for 52 cards in a deck. each has an activity or chore. each day i pull one and won't do anything else until i've done it. i've done it for 20 years. i'm nervous about this. normal or nuts?

>> listen, number one, it's normal. okay? but it's great, like i want the patent on this thing. this person has figured out how to defeat being a procrastinator. we all need that kind of thing. sometimes our minds play tricks on us. we got to outsmart them. what do you do? you say, look, i'm not even going to think about this. i draw the card, irrelevant clean up the bedroom. fabulous. i'm in. tell me where to send money for stock. >> gretchen: sounds like a good plan. >> eric: third one, my friend, steve doocy, is constantly trying to criticize me and one up me. my plan -- for example, if i plan a trip with my wife, he puts it down and talks about a better vacation he took in south carolina. is he just insecure or is he a nut? >> steve: i'm injure travel agent. -- your travel agent. >> steve doocy, the height of normality, in fact. he's the role model for the rest us. well, now i'm not being completely truthful. but this person's crazy.

this person isn't your friend either. this is somebody whose self-esteem is too low to be your friend because everything you do is going to end up being fodder for that person to try to reenforce a broken sense of self. this individual, go to therapy. don't make me send you a prescription because i'll do it. >> gretchen: all right! you help so many people every week and if anyone else out there has a question, log on and e-mail dr. ablow with your questions. he will answer them every week in one of my favorite segments. good to see you. police say a new york man faked his own death in an alleged insurance scam and this morning he's expected to turn himself in to police. joining us live, wyyw reporter robert moses. what can you tell us? >> gretchen, good morning to you. good morning, everyone. yes, raymond roth, 47 years old,

we're expecting he will turn himself in to authorities here on long island today. we have not seen him in public since he was first reported missing back on july 28. his son, jonathan, walked free from the nassau county jail yesterday after he posted bail. jonathan roth pleaded not guilty to charges, including insurance fraud, as well as falsely reporting an incident. he is the one who told police that his father went missing off a beach on long island back on july 28. jonathan roth's attorney claims that he was coerced by his father into participating in this scheme. five days after raymond roth was reported missing, he turned up alive just fine in south carolina. it was there where a police officer pulled him over for speeding. he told police there that he was on his way back here to new york, but again, so far we have not seen him in public. but we're expecting that that will change today. that is the latest. live from mineola, long island. fox news, back to you. >> gretchen: bizarre story. coming up next, is the president

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missouri is the winner. good job. paul ryan being accused of being bad for seniors. but is it the president raiding medicare? stuart varney joins us live. the romney camp is taking the offensive on medicare. >> for the first time, they've taken the issue away from the democrats democrats and have gotten out front and given clarity on the medicare issue. bottom line, president obama has taken $700 billion out of medicare and used it to fund obamacare. taking away from seniors and giving to obamacare and its attempt to put an extra 15, 16 million people onto medicaid. direct opposite of what we're expecting. >> steve: what's interesting is as soon as paul ryan's name was brought up, people said, look at his plan. we need to point out, mitt romney and paul ryan are running on mitt romney's plan. not on paul ryan's plan. and one of the interesting things about it is if you are 55

or older, nothing happens to you. whatever you got right now or are promised, you're going to get. >> yes. this whole debate has been bogged down in details and jargon which most people cannot follow. now we've got clarity. you keep medicare if you're 55 or older. you have the medicare option if you're 55 or younger at some point in the future. that's the story. >> steve: also the story, as you detailed, is the fact that this president, to pay for his obamacare, is actually raiding the medicare fund to the tune of $716 billion. >> yes. >> steve: okay. so barak obama taking $716 billion out of medicare. interestingly enough, back in 2008 when he was running for president, he actually accused john mccain of doing what the current president is doing to medicare. listen. >> i'm barak obama and i approve

this message. >> how would your golden years turn out under john mccain? his health care plan would cut medicare by 800 billion. that means 22% cut in benefits. higher premiums and co-pays, more expensive prescription drugs, nursing home care could suffer and so could your choice of doctor. after a lifetime of work, seniors health care shouldn't be a gamble. john mccain's plan, it's not the change we need. >> steve: it sure sounds like john mccain's plan is exactly what barak obama has done. >> so who exactly is indeed throwing granny off the cliff? it's not paul ryan. it is actually president obama, who has taken $700 billion out of medicare and put it into obamacare and medicaid. that is the clarity which paul ryan has added to this debate. >> steve: the problem for the current president of the united states is he can't really go out there and defend, yes, i've

taken $700 billion out of medicare because the seniors who he would like to attract are going to go, wait a minute. you're defending the thing that you're saying mitt romney was going to do? >> what's he going to defend, taking $700 billion out of medicare or his new obamacare? he's got to do one or the other. he's in a really tough spot as to defend his position on medical coverage in the united states of america. >> steve: the other thing about -- this issue predominantly interests seniors -- is the fact that they've also got to worry about their grandkids and their children as well. they may be on retirement right now, but future generations are their family. under the current plan with barak obama, there is no plan to fix it. >> the president has absolutely no reform plan. he has no plan to fix medicare, which means that if we go on as we are and that's his proposal, we'd run out of money. we go towards national bankruptcy. and our grandchildren, and i've got a few of them -- they will

not get any kind of medicare if there isn't any money at all. you've got to have a plan. the president does not have a plan. romney-ryan does. >> steve: all right. we got a plan, watch that guy on fox business today at 9:20 eastern time. stuart varney, always a pleasure. thank you. >> steve: straight ahead, should the president be allowed to brag about taking down bin laden? a group of former special forces officers doesn't think so and they've got a message for him. you'll hear it coming up. forget everything you thought you knew. turns out fast food may actually be good for you. what? fantastic! >> i knew! ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ]

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. i hope you're gonna have a great wednesday. it's august 15, 2012.

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. joe biden, the vice president, looking for easy applause lines talking to a group of african-americans. but did it work? >> unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. >> gretchen: huh? moments ago, mitt romney reacting, calling on the president to change the tone of the campaign now. we'll have that for you. >> steve: meanwhile, mitt romney, the candidate, is no the only one firing back. here is rudy guiliani. >> this guy just isn't bright. he's never been bright. he isn't bright. people think, well, he talks too much. actually he's just not very smart. >> steve: ouch. so were joe biden's comments over the line or just fine? you be the judge. >> eric: and the heat is on at the department of homeland security days after secretary janet napolitano was accused of running it like a sorority house, another big development and it doesn't look good for

her. "fox & friends" starts now. >> gretchen: good morning. welcome to the final hour of "fox & friends" today. eric bolling is sitting in for brian kilmeade. >> eric: good to be here. >> gretchen: brian will be back tomorrow, i believe. >> steve: yeah, i think he's out at the yacht club. >> gretchen: hopefully he wants everyone to know where he is. we'll check in with him tomorrow. let's get to your headlines. very important primaries across the country last night. the races could help put the gop back in control of the senate. in connecticut, former world wrestling entertainment ceo linda mcman winning. she's running to replace retiring independent senator joe lieberman. tommy thompson winning a four-way race fort republican

senate nod. he'll face tammy baldwin. and the florida prosecutor who lost the casey anthony murder trial beating his former boss to become state attorney general. jeff ashton, being -- state attorney. being congratulated by casey's father, george anthony. he argued the loss was a reflection of his boss. long lines already forming at this hour in houston, texas. immigrants looking to take advantage of president obama's new immigration policy. the controversial plan goes into effect today. it let's up to 1.7 million young illegal immigrants stay in the united states. they can may apply to live here without the risk of being deported. the department of homeland security admitting illegals on the verge of deportation could use the new policy to also stay here. critics say it provides safe harbor to criminal illegal aliens. the program could cost taxpayers up to $585 million. today a nonpartisan group of former special forces and intelligence operatives will release a highly critical film

about president obama arguing he's putting american lives at risk. the movie criticizes the president for taking too much credit after the daring raid that killed osama bin laden. in the film, navy seal says credit should go to the u.s. military. the group also scolds the president over a series of national security leaks which critics say were released to enhance his image. the white house denies being behind any of those leaks. some sad news to tell you about. actor ron pelillo has died. >> that's the spirit! get up here. you take the affirmative or the yes argument. >> okay. yes! i give you a definite yes! >> gretchen: he suffered a heart attack at his home in florida. ron, 63 years old. those are your headlines this

morning. >> steve: classic show. all right. next up, ohio, the swing state, congressman paul ryan taking the republican ticket's message today to the critical swing state. eric? >> eric: chief washington correspondent james rosen live in oxford, ohio with more. >> good morning. american voters, aged 18 to 29, barak obama in 2008 captured 66%. governor romney and congressman ryan aim to shrink that percentage in november in part by telling young people, as congressman ryan will do today at miami university of ohio, that they would do a better job than president obama of helping these young people find jobs and pay down their average debt of $22,000. in las vegas last night, the gop vice presidential candidate spoke about his old high school buddies from wisconsin, men in their 40s who have been forced to learn new skills after a local gm plant shut down. the romney-ryan ticket is talking a lot now about the middle class, hoping to negate of the ads from president obama charging the gop candidate care

chiefly about the wealthy. >> this election is going to fly by the next 80 or so days, but what you're going to see and what we're now seeing from the president is nothing more than division and dem gogery. we are going to offer optimism and opportunity. we have a president who, like a lot of people in washington, are more worried about their next election than they are about the next generation! >> a spokesman for the obama-biden campaign told me just minutes ago in response to those charges that the ryan budget plan would cut funding for pell grants by 20%, while president obama over the course of his administration, has doubled funding for the pell grants. reporting live from miami university of ohio, james rosen, fox news. back to you in new york. >> eric: fine university. >> gretchen: thanks very much. he points to the fact that that is one of the ideological

differences between ryan and obama with regard to pell grants. one little piece of the puzzle. >> steve: and the president's campaign is telling seniors, paul ryan's plan will mean the end of their medicare. but is that true? peter johnson, jr. shortly here after the break to break down the congressman's plan. meanwhile, speaking of breakdown, it looked like joe biden had a breakdown yesterday. he was out in virginia and he was addressing a crowd that had a large audience of black voters when he said this about mitt romney. and people are upset this morning. listen to joe. >> he said in the first 100 days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street! they're going to put y'all back in chains. >> steve: put y'all back in chains. >> gretchen: was that a slip of the tongue? according to the people who are defending him and his comments, the obama administration now saying that well, what he was

really talking about was something the republicans already put on the table, was sort of this unshackling of regulations. that's what the republicans want, get rid of regulations and they used the word, unshackled. so that's why he was responding with his put the chains back on comment. do you really think there was that much thought going into the whole thing or was it just simply a gaffe? >> eric: my problem with this is that like you said, the obama campaign saying no, no. you don't understand. he was talking about the republicans. but doesn't make any sense. doesn't add up when you say, when joe biden is saying, they want to put you back in chains, he was referring to regulation. he was referring to wall street and banks and regulation. the republicans don't want to add more regulation to wall street. they want to reduce the burdensome regulations. so to say he was referring to republicans, it's disingenuous and again, it's not what you say. everyone slip, but it's how you handle it afterward and for me, it seems like this is a complete failure breakdown. >> steve: plus the way he was saying it. he picked up a twang.

he was in front of a large african-american audience when he said that. it's over the line. so many of you have e-mailed already this morning. meanwhile, if you look back, we told you a couple months ago that the approach that the obama administration was going to have is they've got to kill mitt romney. first it was bain is bad. then we heard about mitt romney is a felon. then we saw the ad last week about how mitt romney killed a guy's wife. and then this comment right there. mitt romney in columbus, ohio this morning on cbs saying, mr. president, this is a run for the presidency of the united states. clean up the tone. here is mitt romney. >> i think if you look at the ads that have been described and the divisiveness based upon income, age, ethnicity and so forth, it's designed to bring a sense of enmity and jealousy and anger and this is not in my view, what the american people want to see. i know what i'm running for. i'm running to get america working again. to get good jobs for people with

more take home pay. and the president seems to be running to hang on to power. i think he'll do anything in his power to try examine get reelected. i want to get this country going again. that's what brought me into the race and hopefully we can have a debate about issues and our differences on issues and contrast in that area, but these personal attacks, i think are demeaning to the office of the white house. >> gretchen: here is the problem with politics in general right now. can you really run a race only on the issues? i think the american public basically would like that, i know that i would personally like that, but have politics gotten to such a point where it just is this amazing and perpetual negative ads? i think this is what we're going to be seeing for the next couple of months. >> steve: four years -- >> gretchen: some of the issues in the debates. but we'll see this because it appears to be the strategy. >> steve: four years ago, john mccain would not attack barak obama personally. and yet, fast forward four years and you see this. this is extraordinary. >> eric: then you look at the polls and it says -- some poll,

gallup had 68 or 69% of the american public is not happy with the direction of the country, yet barak obama seems to be polling evenly with mitt romney in a lot of the other polls. so the negative attack ads that the obama campaign is using seems to be working. so you're going to see a lot more of it. mitt romney mentioned the campaigning, the president's campaign has become what he calls unhinged. he says it stirs jealousy and anger and points out the joe biden comment. he mentioned this today. he says it sinks the white house lower. it's divisive and avoiding the issues. that is important. romney wants to get back on the issues. >> gretchen: i think you need to be consistent in talk being negative ads. if you don't like them, then you don't like them for both sides of the fence. you don't like them for democrats or republicans. i remember during the republican primaries, a lot of people said, negateds work -- negative ads work. >> steve: it came out of his work. >> gretchen: i'm talking about in general the negative tone.

i think a lot of americans would like to not listen to that, even though it works by some accounts. >> eric: don't you think the pick of paul ryan as vp nominee is romney's attempt to steer it back to the issues and forget the negative attacks? let's talk about numbers. let's talk about medicare. let's talk about dent. let's get americans -- america back in shape? >> steve: you make great point because ever since paul ryan has been named, suddenly we are back talking about big things, like how will we sustain medicare going forward? what about the debt? yeah, he was all about the debt. keep in mind, people are comparing the paul ryan plan to barak obama's plan. mitt romney's running on the mitt romney plan. paul ryan is just somebody who has studied this for decades and is an expert at it and mitt romney feels the perfect running mate. >> gretchen: let us know if you want to continue to see all these ads from both sides or just talk about the issues. coming up, just days after janet napolitano was accused of running the department of homeland security like a, quote, sorority house, there has been a major development.

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>> eric: welcome back. mitt romney says the president has gutted medicare to the tune of $716 billion to fund obamacare. but that his plan would save it. his plan being romney's plan would save it. meanwhile, president obama claims the romney plan hurts americans. who has the better plan for seniors? here to break it down is fox news legal analyst, mr. peter johnson, jr. >> good morning. i looked at this in the same way we looked at obamacare for a couple of years and said what is the mitt romney plan? we've seen all these negative commercials and a lot of kind of

scurilus talk. nothing changes under the plan for current seniors for those nearing retirement. also, medicare is reformed in the premium support system, whereby all americans on medicare would get a fixed amount of money, if it was done today, it would be about $15,000. they would have an opportunity to purchase a policy, or, eric, go and stay on medicare as it exists now. traditional fee for service medicare would be offered under the romney plan. now, lower income seniors would receive more, what's called premium support, than wealthier americans. but there would be the same opportunities to receive the same care. finally, the point is that competition among plans and people's interest in assuring costs are kept down would reduce costs. now, the really interesting thing about it is that the plan that mitt romney is talking about is a half democratic plan.

senator ron widen, i don't know if we have his picture -- he's one of the authors of the plan with congressman ryan. and mitt romney has said, i'm going to adopt it. and i think it's important to understand that congressman ryan, his mother lives in florida, she's a senior on medicare. i think you talked about that before. he said on "60 minutes," my mom is a medicare senior in florida. our point is, we need to preserve their benefits because government made promises to them that they've organized their retirements around. and so that appears to be what the romney plan is about. unfortunately, a lot of the stuff they're saying is not true. >> eric: that's the ryan plan. but romney will adopt major portions. >> that is the romney plan we just talked about. mitt romney has made it clear that what he has adopted is the ryan-widen plan. a bipartisan plan with republican and democrat --

>> eric: we need to point this out. if you're 55 and older -- >> it doesn't kick in. it may be 53 based on taking a couple years to pass. increase the medicare age to 67 because it's going to run out in 2023 or 2024. we don't have the money to sustain it. so what mitt romney is saying is, i adopt this bipartisan plan to help save medicare. with a where at the same time, the president has taken $716 billion from medicare in order to fund obamacare. that's the difference at this point. a lot of people are concerned that under the obamacare plan, there is this independent advisory committee, 15 unelected people to make decisions. does that lead to rationing for older americans? we're going to break down the plans going forward, but that's the romney plan. >> eric: no i. pad, no independent advisory board in the ryan-romney plan, right?

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>> steve: headlines for you. british bank standard charter now agreeing to pay $340 million to settle claims that it laundered big bucks for the country of iran.

some of that money was allegedly used to finance terrorism and nuclear weapons programs. terrific. the settlement money will go to the new york banking regulator that spear-headed case. the federal government threatening action as well. not over for them yet. the house oversight committee revealing democratic congressman towns overrode his own subpoena to eliminate records about discontinued countrywide loans for members of congress. town, who chaired the committee, got two vip loans from the company. gretch? >> gretchen: next time you're craved a fast food fix, go ahead. mcdonald's has added some new options to their menu and according to their executive chef, there is no reason to feel guilty. >> i want to have a number 1. i want a big mac. i want to have a diet coke and i want to have a fry. another day i might come in and be lighter. i want a mango smoothie, an

oatmeal. my job as an executive chef is make sure that menu reflects that and gives people the choices. >> gretchen: about 80% of mcdonald's options are under 400 calories. what's the best choice to eat? here with more is dr. mark siegle. fast food is going healthy? >> we heard from the chef. he was talking about changing the whole menu around to respond to healthy choices because mcdonald's, a smart business, has realized that people out there want healthier choices. this is the first step in that direction. and they're talking about 400 calories or less. of course, calories are only one thing. i would say there is also other issues, fat, salt has to be looked at. cindy goody, their head nutritionist, told me basically they're moving towards that next salt and fat. we also spoke to mimi roth, the president against obesity, she says, maybe this is just a magic wand they're waving over this. we heard from her as well.

>> halo effect is exactly what they're buying with this favorite for under 400 calories, so smart, it rides this wave of everybody thinking they're making healthful decisions. so yeah, it's still a milk shake or a burger or fries or a soda, but if it's under 400 calories, oh, it gets a halo and everyone can feel good about it. >> gretchen: isn't it really the fact that some of these fast food restaurant chains have come under pressure and attack to become more healthy? shouldn't it be up to personal choice and responsibility? you know when you're going into a fast food place that maybe you shouldn't eat it every single day. it's about moderation. >> i agree with you on that. i think this is a very encouraging step for that reason, 'cause when you drive up to mcdonald's drive in now, they say, would you like oatmeal for breakfast? if you don't put the brown sugar in, you're not getting as much calories. now they're starting to look at salt. i think there is a lot of salads on the menu that weren't there before. i eat a lot of salads. i think america is wising up to

the obesity epidemic and i'm happy to see them doing this. but moderation is the key and smaller portion size. if you have smaller portions, you'll have less calories. >> gretchen: that makes sense. you would think that would just make common sense. >> got to be reminded. people have to be reminded. >> gretchen: thanks so much. the heat is on at the department of homeland security days after janet napolitano was accused of running it like a sorority house. another big development and it doesn't look good for her. and take a look at this, talk about a dog eat dog world. the adorable video you'll be talking about all day. it's time to live wider awake.

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professional football player. they're having secret practices now, wildcat offense. >> steve: really? >> eric: back to miranda. >> gretchen: is tim tebow going to be starting for the jets? we'll have to wait and see. >> steve: stand by. in the meantime, we've got headlines from new york. talk about a bizarre story. cops stay a new york man faked his own death in an alleged insurance scam and this morning he's expected to turn himself in. that guy right there. raymond roth is set to face fraud and conspiracy charges. last month he set off a gigantic manhunt and rescue effort after he was reported missing by his son. cops say the 47-year-old then fled to florida and was later seen in south carolina. his son is now out on bail. there he is, while facing charges he helped his dad with this alleged scheme. >> gretchen: another high end ride gone in 60 seconds. this time an off-duty corrections officer left his keys inside his merchandise

ratty. when he came out, two men sped off. two days earlier, another man were duped by two men who asked to take a picture by his merchandise ratty. >> eric: congress could soon be making history, but for all the wrong reasons. current members are on track to become the least productive group since 1947 out of more than 3,000 bills that were introduced to the lawmakers this year, only 61 have become law. right now the 112 congress remains hopelessly divided on the bush tax cuts and budget. congress also hit historically low approval ratings this week at 10%. gretch? >> gretchen: this big dog has a sneaky thief on his hands. take a look. >> gretchen: the little pup fights for food every time the

big pooch turns away. the owner distracts the big dog so the little pup can grab a snack. >> eric: i see you taking my notes all the time. >> gretchen: that's not what i'm taking. i'm taking your money. look over there. >> steve: i got his maserati keys. let's look where it's raining and where it's wet all over the united states and for the most part, we got a little action in portions of the northeast where there was -- i saw thunder and lightning this morning at 3:00 o'clock in the morning. i'm up early. we've got lightly scattered showers in portions of the piedmont moving into portions of the great state of virginia and west virginia at this hour. heavy stuff moving through the ozarks. current readings, a lot 60 hes and 70s across the map. the big question is, how hot is it going to be? the answer is, hot. but it's summer, remember? 95 today in kansas city and albuquerque, about the same for

denver. temperatures down south of the plains, at or past 100 degrees. along the gulf coast, a lot of humidity. temperatures in the 90s right up through the mid atlantic. 70s up in new england. it will be 85 today in seattle. that's your fox travelcast. >> gretchen: what are you raising your hand for? >> eric: room temperature in memphis. >> steve: there is something crazy about eric polling. every time i am doing the weather, where if i see the 72 degrees somewhere, he will send may blackberry message. room temperature. i don't know where that comes from. we'll talk to dr. keith ablow about that. >> gretchen: submit that for normal or nice. a new one. somebody else who may be in a little difficulty is the ice chief. this is a division under the department of homeland security. it runs our immigration here in the united states. suzanne barr has put herself on leave. why? because there are new allegations now of lewd conduct that surfaced from two new

people. these incidents dated back to 2009 and they're sexual in nature, so we're not really going to describe what they are other than to say that if they happened, somebody could be in trouble. >> steve: yeah. this is the same woman who was accused of creating an atmosphere on par with a frat house or sorority house. also there was a fellow who came out i think about a week ago, james hayes, junior, the head of ice in new york, he filed a discrimination and retaliation suit against her and the agency, saying look, i was qualified for this job and janet napolitano wound up giving somebody who did not have the same qualifications the particular job. he says that apparently the person who got the job had a long-standing relationship with napolitano and he was pushed aside because, quote, because of this relationship she had with napolitano and because he was not female. >> eric: i guess you have to wait and find out the details. i think the department said the

allegations are unfounded. so wait and find out if they happen to be founded, then clearly miss barr is in some trouble, maybe janet napolitano needs to be addressed as well. >> gretchen: business news out of the drew peterson trial. word the judge could declare another mistrial. that would be the third one. >> eric: judge jeanine has been in court since the beginning and joins us now. judge, three times? is it possible we're hearing this again? >> three times in less than ten days. this is a biggy. the judge adjourned the proceedings yesterday to decide whether or not he wants to grant the defendants' request for a mistrial. why? because the prosecutor asked a question relative to kathleen savio, the victim in this case, seeking an order of protection while a police officer was on the stand. it was damaging testimony to the defense. the police officer was saying

that kathleen described drew peterson coming into her house dressed in swat, held a knife to her throat, said he could kill her, asked her where she wanted it. she said in the head. she turned her head and then the prosecutor asked about an order of protection which the judge has said is not allowed. the courtroom went ballistic at that point. the defense asked for a mistrial. the judge adjourns and the prosecutor in 30 minutes came back. the assistant state's attorney, she apologized. she said, i was wrong, judge. i really wrote it down, but it didn't register. it's highway mistake. sanction me. don't punish the prosecution. i sat next to the defense table. drew peterson at that point turned around and said to his lawyer, i don't want a mistrial. why? because he wants to continue going forward. he thinks he can win this case. but the judge right now is deciding whether or not he's going to grant it and it is a

black eye for the prosecution. but, guys, i don't think that it is fatal. i think the trial will go forward. i think that this was, if you want to parce it, not a complete error because the judge said you can't talk about an order that has to do with drew peterson losing his job. a lot of back and forth. >> gretchen: if the trial continues and drew peterson is convicted, could this be the number within point of appeal? >> sure. all of the requests for mistrials will be. the defense said, and there was a humorous point when the defense attorney stood and said, hey, judge, we're supposed to be the slime balls and we haven't done any of this stuff. but it can be an order for an appeal. but it certainly is not something that's fatal. the judge can give a curative instruction. he can sanction this prosecutor for defying a court order. i don't think that it was something that in the jury's

mind because the witness never answered the question is fatal. it's called a curative instruction and i think the trial will go forward. >> steve: judge jeanine reporting live from chicago. you can watch her weekend saturday nights, 9:00 p.m. right here. thank you, judge. >> thanks. >> gretchen: eva longoria may say he's bad for women, but larry sabato says there is one thing about paul ryan that may determine the 2012 race. >> eric: then she led the u.s. women's soccer team to olympic gold with an epic save. but it was a twitter war that created the most buzz. gold medalist hope solo here live. we can't wait.

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>> gretchen: 43 minutes after the top of the hour. quick headlines now. cheating scandal rocking the scrabble championship. one of the nation's top young players kicked out after he was caught hiding two blank tiles which can be used as any letter. the competition wraps up today. what a shame. top prize, $10,000. and if you're feeling lucky, today is the day to get in on the powerball jackpot. the prize climbing to $320 million, making it the fourth largest powerball jackpot of all time. the drawing is tonight. get your picks. steve? >> steve: a dollar to dream. this isn't a dream. mitt romney coming out swinging this morning in response to angry attacks by the white house. here is mitt romney shortly ago on cbs. >> i think if you look at the ads that have been described and the divisiveness based upon income, age, ethnicity and so forth, it's designed to bring a

sense of enmitty and jealousy and anger and this is not in my view, what the american people want to see. i know what i'm running for. i'm running to get america working again, to get good jobs for people with more take home pay. and the president seems to be running to hang on to power. i think he'll do anything in his power to try examine get reelected. i want to get this country going again. that's what brought me into the race. hopefully we can have a debate about issues and of our differences on issues and contrast in that area. but these personal attacks, i think are demeaning to the office of the white house. >> steve: joining us now to react, professor of political science at the university of virginia, larry sabato. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: well, he was responding to, in part, joe biden yesterday there in virginia saying that mitt romney would put y'all back in chains. of course, this comes on the heels of the obama camp accusing mitt romney of being a felon and last week's ad where mitt romney killed that guy's wife.

it looked like he had enough and he had to say something about it this morning. >> yeah. we got a lot of october rhetoric in august. no question about it. i thought vice president biden was particularly outrageous yesterday. he wasn't in virginia, as you know, he said he was in north carolina. so please don't lay that on us in virginia. but look, as far as what mitt romney said, you can understand his frustration. i think it's better to abide by the old saying, don't let them see you sweat. let surrogates do that. th makes more sense to me. everybody can understand the frustration on both sides with the highly negative rhetoric. >> steve: larry, were you just quoting a deodorant ad? >> well, you know, i've been known to do worse. it wouldn't surprise me. >> steve: well, what do you think mitt romney has been trying to do? do you think -- the conventional political wisdom is people, during the summer, they're paying attention to their own lives. it's not until the conventions that they start to wake up and

pay attention and then the debates. they see people on tv and that's when they make a decision? >> well, the research really doesn't show that, steve. people actually make their decisions on a rolling basis. some were decided last january. that is because there are strong partisans on both sides. it's actually a rolling process. that's why anymore, what happens every day matters at least to the point that some voters make a decision about their choice. as we said many times here, the country is already divided. 95% have already made a decision. >> steve: indeed. meanwhile, as soon as his name was released. paul ryan, you know, people on the left were saying, look, he's not a guy who will be popular with women. yet, when you look at some of the polling data, larry, he's actually got more people in favor of him -- women, that is -- than don't like him. what does that say to you?

>> it says to me that the paul ryan choice, first of all, i don't think will determine the election. but second of all, remember, half the public didn't know who paul ryan was when he was picked. i think it was actually closer to two-thirds or three quarters. i found respondents tonight like to admit they haven't heard of somebody and there are a lot of ryans in politics. this is all about the battle that's ongoing right now to define paul ryan on both sides. i'll bet you $100 million is spent on each side to define not just paul ryan, but his budget plan. so the real battle is now. it's not the announcement. it's now. >> steve: sure. and what the romney camp is doing is they've come out with a medicaid -- rather medicare ad today because so many people say, if paul ryan is trying to cut entitlements and stuff like that. they're not running on the paul ryan plan. they're running on the mitt romney plan. so what they're tying to do is take -- get the initiative, the are romney camp is on the

offense rather than defense saying, wait a minute. who is sticking up for seniors? mitt romney would not do what barak obama has done and barak obama cut $716 billion from seniors' medicare. >> yes. the republicans of the romney campaign are correct to try to take the initiative, to take the offense because believe me, since 1986, democrats have run successfully almost every time on the republican position on medicare, whatever it is. it's called mediscare. it works. this time the republicans decided apparently to be more aggressive, to initiate an offense and, of course, in politics, when you aren't on the offense, you're on the defense. >> steve: exactly right. larry sabato from the university of virginia, we didn't see you sweat today. thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you so much. >> steve: meanwhile, straight ahead, this soccer star saved the olympics some say. now we're learning her coach almost benched her from the last

game. gold medalist hope solo joins us as she bolts into the studio the good morning. come on over here. hope, come on over here. hey, greg jarrett, look who is here to take a look at what you have coming up in 11 minutes. it's hope solo. >> you are one lucky guy, steve. >> steve: indeed, thank you very much. >> coming up, top of the hour, governor mitt romney unloading on the obama-biden ticket, a changing campaign dynamics. we'll also be talking with u.s. senator ron johnson. how medicare may shape who wins in november. and two federal agencies hit with scandals over lewd conduct and the other parting on the taxpayer dime. that's your money. we'll have all of that at the top of the hour. we'll see you then

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>> gretchen: she's a two-time gold medalist, world cup finalist and power house in the world of women sports. the road to gold wasn't without a few obstacles. >> steve: joining us is the goal keeper for the u.s. women's soccer team and author of her new book "solo" a memoir of hope. hope solo joins us live. >> gretchen: congratulations. >> thank you. >> steve: wasn't this supposed to come out before the olympics? >> it was. >> steve: what happened? >> wait add couple extra days. why not? >> steve: u.s. team wanted it to come out afterwards, right? >> it was probably best for the team for it to come out afterward. if you've read the book, which maybe you haven't had time yet,

we talk a lot about what happened in 2007 and there was a lot of drama that took place. i think we really wanted to make sure that these olympic games we focused on the quality of play, that the game itself. >> gretchen: is it true she was going to bench you if it came out? >> i don't think she would have benched me. i think in the heat of the moment, she kind of like was, come on, hope. i can leave you off this team if i need to. but i don't think she would have done that. >> gretchen: it's interesting because you don't stay away from getting yourself into the middle of a battle. and i'm interested in knowing why. 'cause i understand it may be a female thing. is there something to that? >> a female thing. i'm not quite sure what you mean. >> gretchen: during the commercial break you said maybe there is a different standard for a woman. >> i don't look for controversy. i think it's important to be who you are and i think it's important to -- for young women to embrace whoever they are as well. a lot of times in female sports we're supposed to be rounded out

and you can't have individuality. you can't have different personalities. you have to be one. and i don't think it's evolving in the sport. i don't think it helps the sport. i don't think it helps female athletes. i want to be a role model and say, you know what? you may not like me, but i'm going to stick to who i am. i don't go out looking for controversy. >> gretchen: right. >> i think it finds me. >> eric: talk to us about this team. strong team? maybe not the one that was picked to win it all. but you stuck together. you guys pulled it together. what's the make-up of the team and did the team stay together for another four years? >> no. that's what is so amazing about these tournaments is at the end of it, you all go your separate ways and you will never be the same team ever again. and it's heart breaking, but it's so beautiful as well because it's the first time that i've felt like i was a part of a team. i mean, it was a team through

and through, electric player number one to player 18. >> steve: while you were out playing, you got in kind of a twitter war with brandy chastain. here is one of the tweets. i'll lay off commentating about goaling until you get more educated. the game has changed from a decade ago. it looks like you and brandy from the former world cup team were at odds. >> you know what's funny? i said lay off the commentating about defending and goal keeping. i do believe that there is not enough knowledge in the world about goal keeping, especially in america. let's be honest. i want to educate people about the game and about defending it and about goal keeper. >> steve: she's a commentator. you helped her along. >> gretchen: more "fox & friends" two minutes away

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