i see it scrambled there. good night. >> night everybody. have a great day everyone. "fox and friends" starts right now. i think with steve doocy if he comes back. bye. >> gretchen: good morning, everybody. i am gretchen carlson. thank you for sharing your day. tropical storm isaac gaining strength in the caribbean and target is in tampa, florida. will isaac tale mitt romney's thunder? >> steve: the new report said the united states is on the edge of a fiscal cliff. why is president obama talking about education reform instead of economic reform? we report and you decide. >> brian: $300 for a pair of

sneakers. calling on niketopull the sneakers back. kids will be able to pay for school supplies if they buy the shoes. "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ "fox and friends". >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. i think $300 for a pair of sneakers for kids is ridiculous. >> brian: kids feet are still growing it is not a permanent investment. >> gretchen: i am trying to spend $50 on my son whose foot is growing. >> steve: a lot of people will pay $300 and probably will be grown ups . we'll get to that in a minute. we are trying to figure out what to pack for the weekend. >> gretchen: boots and extreme weather alert. are we going? a massive storm gaining the

strength in the caribbean can be huge trouble for the republican national convention . janice dean is here with us this morn has the latest on tropical storm. >> this is one to keep an eye on heading into the weekend. we got an advisory, the good news the storm is weakening . but our reliable computer models bring the storm in the gulf of mexico and yes, could threaten the rnc next weekend and there is the storm south of puerto rico and moving westward at 12 miles per hour. seeing the outer rain bands moving over puerto rico and parts of the dominican rewe think it is going to strength nen the 12-24 hours perhaps to become a hurricane. and haiti and port-au-prince was devastated from the

earthquake. happens of thousands of people are still in tarps. this could be devastating for them as they could get 12-20 inches of rain. further out in the time . weekend and skirting across cuba. more interaction with long the less strong we'll see the storm moving in the florida straits. it is a hurricane in south florida and keys and perhaps threatening the west coast of florida. but we can't rule out much of the gulf coasts including new orleans. it is moving closer to louisiana. a lot of variables to talk about. one thing for sure all reliable computer models bring the storm into the gulf of mexico. >> gretchen: stick around for us and we'll get updatos that?

>> brian: category 1 would cause people to evacuate. >> steve: sure. the 75 miles per hour wine and storm surge and we'll keep you posted. we'll talk presidential politics in particular, the president of the united states was in nevada. in nevada, they hav had it, the home of harry reid. they have 12 percent unemployment and highest foreclosure rate in the nation and what does the president talk about? he talked about we need more teachers. he talks about education. >> gretchen: that's following the campaign flow . not really talking about the issues. but talking about things that are a distraction. he talked about the fact he was stumping for the middle class and that's when a new report that said the middle class had the worst decade

ever. ever. i am not really sure how you weigh those two things together. >> brian: started with romney and bain . then mitt romney tax return and women's rights . he was claiming that republicans don't want him to have any. and then the abortion talk because of congressman akin's ridiculous comments over the weekend. what are americans think being? a big change accord toth gall up poll 60 percent of americans think it is more important to balance the budget. i am not sure the flow chart or say it is still better for me to talk about anything but the budget. >> steve: it is the poll of how people in the united states are worried about the fiscal cliff and debt. if you go back to 1996 gall up

asked the same question. edcage was number one and two-thirds of the country saying we will put more investments in k-12 inny -- education. education takes a back seat to the economy. >> gretchen: no one cared about the debt. >> brian: silver lining for the president. americans and democrats and republicans are willing to pay higher taxes to fund school reform . >> gretchen: congressman ryan looking on the other side. he went to virginia, arguably a swing state and in roanoke where president obama said you didn't build that. congressman ryan said you did build that and the president's recovery, is it imaginary or

real? >> we have 23 million people struggling to find work. unemployment is above 8 percent and real unemployment is more like 15 percent. he said last summer would be the summer of recovery and a summer later and it is still worse. the private sector is doing just fine . we need more government. this is president obama's imaginary recovery. >> brian: yeah, he made a sixth stop yesterday and he said he also visited that cocky company. >> steve: come and get it. >> brian: that did not want to be a photoop for senator biden. and he went back there. >> gretchen: he introduced him at the rally. >> steve: i saw that live on fox news. >> brian: you have cable in your office? >> steve: i was at home.

virginia is one of the swing states. what is interesting, since august 1st. mitt romney has gained in 8 of the 10 swing states and since he added paul ryan to the ticket the challenger, he is boosted in the midwest. >> gretchen: we'll go back to the tropical storm isaac. the r>> -- rnc is expecting protestors. they may try to use eggs filled with acid to wreak havock. tampa police has bulked up security to get members of the national guard. and mitt romney will lay out his energy plan. he will call for an increase in oil and gnarl gas land and let the states manage the

gepment and get rid of federal rules that are hurting production . it would create 3 million energy jobs and mr. rom neopposes loan guarantees for green companies. obama administration is doleing out loans with taxpayer money including a loan to solyndra that went belly up. dark knight shooter james holmes is back in court today . he was a medical student before dropping out. he saw three mental health specialist in the months leading up to the massacre . he faces 24 counsels of first-degree murder. now on to an emotional homecoming in san diego, california. 300 men and women from the third marine aircraft wing

returning home after 7 month in afghanistan. it was their job. they say it is a long haul. >> it is not easy but get the job done and i am home now. >> gretchen: the third marine aircraft wing will enjoy a few months at home before being deployed in february or march. >> brian: lebron james rehabed his career by winning a medal x. this is the time for nike to brand out lebron x or 10. >> steve: i think it is x. >> brian: you go roman and i will follow. it costs $300. what is the problem? >> steve: according to the president of the urban league is getting phone calls from people who are complaining

about the high price of the shoe . he said it is insensitive to market a $300 shoe. i understand it could be $315 and market to kid and teens as people are going back to school and struggling to buy school supplies. it is a single pair of sneakers . >> gretchen: i totally agree with him. what are kids going to do to get their hands on the shoe? >> steve: go get a job. >> gretchen: 14 and 12 years old. >> brian: that's what i did. >> gretchen: of course i agree. kids will do anything to get the shoe and it is irresponsible to put out a $315 shoe and expect kids will not do anything to get it including not buying school supplies. >> brian: we have a picture of

steve doocy wearing his working the farm for future farmers of america. >> steve: if you don't like the price don't buy them. >> gretchen: that's not the way it works. kids will do anything to get their hands on the shoe and they will kill kids to get it on the shoes. >> steve: generally the market establishes the price f. people don't buy them they will not make them? >> brian: year 2006 we were children and stefan marbury released sneakers that cost $16 and they sold 10 million of them. >> gretchen: great point. >> brian: i don't think it had support and if you had flat feet you wouldn't get the support. they became a hot item. they are going to sell lebron

$180. >> gretchen: that's ridiculous for a pair of sneakers for kids . let us know what you think >> chris: a lot of groups get them, too. it is all about the free market no one will make them. buy both. >> gretchen: that's all you can afford. coming occupy -- up on "fox and friends", these comments outraged business owners. >> if you got a business. you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> gretchen: the next guest said the government is making things harder for him. he is the ceo of his own company. >> steve: one little boy visiting grandparents until airline swiped his wallet. wait until you hear this. junior crew member. road trip buddy. let's put some music on.

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>> we invest in road and business. and if you got a business, you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen. >> steve: president obama made those comments in virginia a month ago . yesterday gop vice-presidential candidate paul ryan hit back at president obama on those comments in his own stop? virginia. >> he did say you have a small business you did not build that someone else did. it is an explanation. it tells us why our growing is not growing like it should. it tells us the mind set that he's using to lead our

government. it tells us that he believes in a government sensored society with a government-driven economy. that doesn't work. >> steve: so what does work? joining us is businessman and ceo of american cruise lines charles robberson. >> thank you for having me. >> steve: when you heard the president of the united states saying you had a business you didn't build that what did you think? >> i was disappointed. i didn't see anybody from the government along side me. >> steve: you started when? >> 1991 american cruise lines . >> steve: you were there and had the idea and dream and took all of the risk yourself . >> that is essentially correct. >> steve: in listening to the president's comments you need bridges and teachers. you operate on the river. i don't know that the federal government of the united states had much to do with the

river other than regulate it? >> that's true, that's true. i am not against highways and bridges. but more could be done for the rivers. >> steve: you about the government regules is burdensome and it would be easier if it were stream lined. >> it is an obstacle and something we deal with every single day. >> steve: when the you hear the president of the united states talking you have a business and you didn't build that. as a businessman you will have a deciddings to make in november. what are you thinking about? i think our capitol expansion program is what happens with income tax and corporate income tax. we are trying to build ships with american workers and we are successful in spite of the government but it works. >> steve: so you are looking to washington to solve the tax problems and so-called fiscal

cliff and unless they fix that we are in big trouble. >> it is more difficult. >> steve: you would like to see a change in direction. >> a little course change should be good. >> steve: you should know about course business. charles robberson. thank you for joining us live today. >> thank you. >> steve: big skin but no hail mary. athleists trying to sideline prayer in the high school foot games. good luck. >> i thought the car exploded. it was a sound like you couldn't believe. >> steve: look at that. a builder flying through the windshield. how did the guy survive. his story straight ahead . mornings aren't alwayserfect.

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$200. she was charged with petty theft. gretch, brian back to you. >> gretchen: praying at high school football games in mississippi may be sidelined. freedom from religion is threatening to sue 150 if any type of prayer is conducted. they say praying is illegal . our next guest is encouraging fellow christians to keep praying. >> brian: the pastor of willow point church. how did it get to this? >> i don't know. of course, the supreme court ruling came down sometime ago and this group now is threaten officials, cool leaders who actually allowed prayer over the intercom. >> brian: how valuable is it to do the prayer to the community and to the teams? >> i think prayer is very

vital. actually we believe that prayer is talking to god and we look at our society and how it is diminishing and morally we need god more than ever. and so it is very troubling when a group such as this is threatening people who are calling on god, yet, i believe our most powerful weapon as christians is prayer and that is prayer prayer and also freedom of speech to publicly pray. >> gretchen: can i ask a seemingly logical question. why does anyone in wisconsin care what you are doing in mississippi? >> that is a good question. we wonder about that as well there is an agenda there and sems to have started in the de soto county, which is the fastest growing county in mississippi and we are in

lamar county which is the second fastest growing one . there is a strategy with the larger cone to set a precedent. >> brian: do you call on the teams and communs and school to do it anyway? >> no, we certainly encourage abiding by the law and that is the supreme court ruling, but at the same time we encourage christians to find their voice and to stand up, i think the church for too long has been passive and maybe even taught that confront or stand up on issues like this is not biblical, and yet we are the standard bearers of christ and we need to speak out. >> gretchen: it is a fine line. if you don't speak up many of these things will become a thing of the past. let me ask you this dr. barnet. are you allowed to pray on the sidelines as long as it is not

over the intercom. >> absolutely. that is a misnomer with this. a lot of people believe that you can't even mention god on a school campus or can't pray and that is simply not true. students can pray there is a number of christian organizations on campus and they pray, and so i think the issue is praying over a public intercom. >> brian: i think you should do it exay and call these guys out. here's what the founder said. the law is clear that you do not have prayer and devotionals at school. >> gretchen: it is the threat of the expensive lawsuits and would put schools under. >> that's correct. and the fear tactic is disturbing and reaching a group especially with this group they think god and religion are the enemy when god is our creator and loves

us and loves all people and we need to be bringing him in our personal lives and society instead of pushing him out. >> brian: goch you. thank you dr. barnet. >> thank you. >> brian: you are about to learn what went down the navy seals in bin laden compound. that's next. >> gretchen: paying out seven billion if you are here illegally. >> brian: and happy birthday to charlesy. she's 63. ♪ [ female announcer ] you can always measure the growth of your children by the way they clean themselves in the bathroom.

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michael jordan and carmelo anthony and alonzo mourning was there. >> obama classic. >> gretchen: he's busy and he went all of the way to nevada. >> brian: or vice versa. >> gretchen: talking about media bias. a new study is pulling back the curtain. the americans are more suspect in the media and role in trying to get a president-elected. most reporters work to reobama or elect mitt romney. americans thought 51 percent romney only nine percent. >> steve: a fifth of the country said the coverage is unbiased. the people of the united states realize there is a liberal bias . when you put the number up. five times the number of reporters who will support

mitt romney are actually supporting barack obama. according to people watching out there watching the news and thinking about the news. >> brian: michele will expand on this. some people are jutching off of the obama. and including jake tapper and mark capper. media is driving the campaign issues that people don't care about. and jake tapper admitted the media tipped the scales against hillary clinton and john mccain. >> steve: pretty much the media does whatever the white house wants them to do. >> gretchen: a bigger problem. media bias or campaign contribution. media bias is 47 percent . campaign contributions 42 percent. i am not sure what other would be. >> brian: give me a three month. we'll have three mongs and you cant put up a billion.

>> gretchen: what about a one-term presidency for six years. >> brian: what about a daily renewal. you can call back the president. >> steve: that would be crazy . >> brian: that is fantastic. >> steve: we talked about this and we told you on the channel 50 percent of the country pays no federal income taxes, right? there is a tax loop hole, if you are in the counselry illegally. it is possible using additional child tax credit to wind up with an $1800 payment from the federal government even if you don't pay federal taxes. >> gretchen: that's because people who are here illegally. without a social security can get a federal tax id number . they can get in and claim the tax credit for the kids. here is a huge headline from the story. you think it is evened throughout the last couple of years and the amount of money

going in the program. 2010. 4.2 billion and 2012 up to seven.4 billion. that is the estimate by jeff sessions. four times more if you go back to years. >> steve: it is a sign of how washington is disconnected from reality. >> brian: we are not talking about prince harry by the way? >> steve: we think he put clothes on? >> brian: we talked about it yesterday >> chris: apparently he's going to get a talking to and people in great britain don't care. >> gretchen: i thought you could only see the crown jewels if you went to great britain. >> steve: or if you are in nevada. what is interesting because tmz put the pictures out. somebody in the room sold them for $10,000. and now there is an agency to

make sure pictures are not published in the nternet. >> brian: no, we are not talking about prince harry. retired navy seal involve in a daring raid that kill would osama bin laden will release a tell all about the raid . it is written under a pudo name that will be released on september 11th. proceeds will go to charity to benefit the families was navy seals. >> steve: key figure in fast and furious pulling in two paychecks. william mcman admitted to approving and super vising the botched program. now he is granted a leave of absence allowing him to can keep his six figure. and earning money at j.p.

morgan. he will be allowed to retire from the atf with a full government convention. republican law makers are investigating fast and furious. i think it was the plan. two of the guns were later used in a shoot out that killed u.s. border agent briantery. >> gretchen: it is a real life murder. a actor was trying to exsport millions. he threatened to kill him. the 25 year old liked to brush arms with all kinds of celebrities. he made similar threats against other moguls and shah now held without bail. >> brian: i giant boulder crushing through the windshield of an suv . two guys inside survived .

>> all of the sudden, i am sitting there and i thought the exploded. it was a sound like you couldn't believe and in front of me all went white. >> brian: he did have glass insurance. bob and his co-worker on a business trip when the rock came through the windshield and it landed on the center console. both men walked away. >> steve: rental car and when they returned it quite a story. we are rain in the panhandle of florida and southern portions of georgia and midatlantic and northern plainns and back through the front range of the rockies. the balance of the country is dry. current readings, 60s and cents and 50s in new england

and the pacific northwest and the san francisco area as well daytime highs look like this. a lot of 70s 80s in the northeast as you can see. however memphis, tennessee marching to hundred. 96 should be the high with a lot of humidity as well and 94 in kansas city. it will be less than a hundred in dallas. they will take that. and less than a hundred in phoenix. and south dakota 93 is the daytime high. what problem are you having? >> brian: i will set to go outside to meet a gold medalist. >> steve: the secretary is you put duct tape on the neck tie. >> brian: one of the things they pioneered. it was my secret until now. terrorist for murdering

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>> steve:no shame for the master mind of the 1993 world trade center bombing. asking the court to end his solitary environment claiming isolation is rough and he is no longer's threat. he is serving life and 240

years. and most powerful women. can german chancellor merkel and secretary of state clinton and rousseff, president of brissal. >> brian: that's right. chrissy ram pone said if i win the olympics i am coming back . christie,s . that is an event. you have been in four olympicss and three golds what does it feel like? >> amazing and being the captain of the team. little pressure and stress and i wanted to get them back to gold medal match. and see what it was like and it was amazing. >> brian: the girl from pleasantville, new jersey is athletic and star of the national team and becomes captain and goes to four world cups and olympicses; is it

over now? >> i don't know. i thought i would have that feeling. i am done and complete and not quite there. we a victory tour and 10 games in the states. and i think in january when it all settles down i will reevaluate. >> brian: show went to school as point guard on a basketball team can then a soccer play yer then got in the national spotlight and also the only mom on the team. you have two daughters and your husband. there they are. they got up in the morning and you are ringing the bell on the stock exchange. your daughter is old enough to experience. she is at seven years old. what is it like when your daughter is watching and seeing 80,000 people cheering. >> she knows what training is like and accomplish that in front of your kid and raleigh

understands a gold medal and how much pressure it is and hard work it is amazing to be a great role medal. >> brian: take it off. and show americans a few moves so they can go to work more educated. i will give you a simple move. in and out and shot. >> b > i can even take it show. >> brian: inside and outside . woah. we needed a new ball. see it again. and a simple one a lot of people don't watch the ball . over and through. >> brian: okay. >> and we'll go the left. see that left foot and step over and yes.

and now a fun one. >> brian: where do we find it >> go to christie rampone.com. we have things we like to have. grab a bite and run healthy. >> brian: you will be riing the bell in the stock exchange. thank you . congratulations on your great family and another gold medal and i hope you continue with your career. back to you guys inside. >> allyson: i was glad to see you put on your sneakerings. last time you run a mara thon you run in the dress shoes. >> brian: that's true. >> steve: next up. homeowners literally stranded on a bridge next to the house. only way to get into town washed away. and the county refuses to repair it.

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>> gretchen: welcome back. our guest bought their dream only in missouri. september 2010 massive flood and storms washed out the bridge. that was the only way out and way to town. the coincident - county is refusing to rebuild it leaving

them tranded. good morning, folkings. >> good morning, gretchen. >> gretchen: how do you get out of your house and into town? >> we have a four wheel all terrain vehicle that we drive down the bank of the creek up a steep back to the other side to reach our vehicle that we have to park away from the home. we can't drive it into the home and the only other way is to drive, takes us 30 minute to drive through the countryside to drive two miles and that is so difficult that we don't do that unless we absolutely have to. it is riding an atv, like i said. when the water comes up we can't do that. >> gretchen: it seems crazy

you are stranded. we saw connie with a bunch of luggage. is that the way you transport groceris and how do people come and visit you? >> no one captains to visit unless we bring them on the four wheeler, our grand kid and hard time. one at a time bring them across the creek and you try to get them back home before dark. it is treacherous. >> gretchen: you believe it is the county's responsibility to rebuild the bridge. here is a statement from the county commissioner tj lewis. we'll not do it because they got a lawyer involved. it will flood and then it is a waste of the taxpayer's money. bob how do you respond? >> we didn't ask an attorney to assist us until may of last year and that was only after

we sat down with tj lewis at the time. and we were not able to get them to come up with engineering plans or assurance that they would replace the bridge, i said to ty, i said ty, you are leaving me no other alternative to get an attorney. he said i understand, no hard feelings on my part. we had given up at that point in time trying to reason. and we got assistance from an attorney, and the bottom line is, that we've lived there 15 years, there is two times that we had high water come over the bridge. that's never been the cause of the bridge washing out. it is creek coming down. >> gretchen: it seems like the county said it is the army corp of engineers and you are stranded . keep us posted and i know you

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>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's thursday, august 23. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for spending part of your day with us today. we're tracking some big extreme weather. all eyes on a guy named isaac. actual will he a storm churning in the caribbean. it could mean big trouble for the upcoming republican national convention. more on the storm's path straight ahead. >> brian: as the campaign heats up, the middle class is getting smaller and smaller. why the decade has been the worst since world war ii for the people in the middle. who has a better plan? we report. you decide. >> steve: a tradition that spanned generations. churches giving pregame meals to

football teams at the high school level. now one atheist group had enough. says you can't do that. why they want the church off the table. "fox & friends" hour two for thursday starts right now. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. hope you're began have a good thursday. we start this morning talking about big news down through the caribbean and up through florida because the extreme weather alert, massive storm gaining strength. is the site going to be the site of the national convention. let's get more. >> the one thing that we do know is this is a very large storm. 1,000 miles wide, that spans from atlanta up toward boston. so even if the storm is just offshore of florida, they're going to feel the effects of this storm for hours.

12, to 24 hours. i want to show you the reds and deep purples, that's a siphon strengthening. that's the colder cloud tops getting their act together. this storm is strengthening. we do expect it could become a hurricane before it passes over his span iola, haiti area, then toward cuba. the less time it spends over land, the less strengthening we'll see. as we go further out in time, four to five days out, that cone of uncertainty gets wired. one thing is certain, all of the models bring this storm into the gulf of mexico. so the u.s. is going to be affected by the storm. the exact strength. >> exact location and the exact landfall still yet to be determined. as you can see, we think our best estimation here is the storm that kind of hugs the west coast of florida. so that means the potential for storm surge, massive flooding

across tampa, certainly tropical storm force winds not out of the question. we actually could see tornadoes in the area. so they need to be really looking at this storm very carefully over the next several days. i want to point out, these are sea surface temperatures. the warm water that fuels this storm action 89 degrees across the florida straights. this storm is forecast to move across this region, so strengthening is going to happen, unfortunately. we'll continue to monitor four. back to you. >> brian: so they're saying it's cape carl on monday? >> what was the question? >> brian: is it going to hit the u.s. on monday? >> i think it will be in the gulf of mexico. the exact location, we don't know yet. anywhere really from south florida across the keys, up the west coast, through portion of the gulf coast, even louisiana, new orleans, you need to be watching this storm system because some of the computer models, the reliable ones, are

kind of fanning out. so yes, florida, you're in the cross hairs, but as you go further out, you can see the spread here. really anywhere from new orleans down toward tampa and miami paying close attention because four to five days out, still a lot of uncertainty. >> steve: they said yesterday as a last resort, they might actually cancel the republican convention. that would be the last resort and it's way too early to tell. >> brian: joe biden said he was going to go. >> he's going to have to bring a rain slicker. the other point is tampa is the most vulnerable city across the u.s. in terms of a direct hit from a hurricane. very vulnerable. people are below flood stage in that region. >> gretchen: we love you, but this is not good news for the three of us and everyone else who is heading down that way. >> we're hoping it's a weak storm and doesn't come anywhere near you guys. >> gretchen: all right. we'll be sitting with our suitcase waiting to find out whether or not we're going. >> brian: i'm not going to bring my sun screen.

>> gretchen: bring your rain boots. mitt romney says he knows how it make u.s. make us and the u.s. energy independent by 2020. it will create millions of jobs. peter doocy live in washington with more on his newly vealed plan. hi, peter. >> mitt romney says his plan would create more than 3 million jobs, including a million in manufacturing by the end of his second term as president in 2020, while also strengthening national security and the way it does both those things at the same time, he says, is by making america energy independent. here is how he wants to do it. first off, empower the states to develop and produce energy like oil and natural gas and coal on federal lands. instead of making them ask the federal government for permission. then set up a new five-year offshore leasing program starting off the coast of virginia ask carolinas and approve the keystone xl pipeline

and approve permits for offshore and seismic services and then he says he would reform regulations. advisors think this plan would give the u.s. a long-term advantage over other countries. >> unleashing those resources, the beneficiaries of that are consumers and families and workers who will get the benefit of more jobs and more affordable energy. >> team obama isn't impressed and former clinton energy secretary pena wants to know how mitt romney would actually achieve any of these goals without focusing more on alternative energy. in a statement, the form secretary says, own two days after a fund-raiser hosted by the ceo of major oil company, romney is expected to defend billions in oil subsidies while opposing efforts to use oil more efficiently and develop home grown alternative energy. we will never reach energy independence by turning our

backs on home grown renewable energy and better auto mileage. mitt romney is going to really out his energy plan in about six hours in hobbs, new mexico, at watson truck and supply. back to you in new york. >> steve: thank you fort details. anybody at the sprung supply place, that explains the tall guy. >> brian: i need an air filter. will they deliver? >> steve: let's talk about this, when the president has been out over the last six months or so, he's constantly talking about i'm look out for the middle class. if you look at the very latest in a pugh research study, the middle class is really taken it on the chin in the last decade. the way they define it, households with incomes between 39,000 to 118,000. here is the sad part. 85% of the people in the middle class say it is now more difficult than a decade ago to maintain their standard of living and they worry their kids won't have the same kind of lives they do.

>> gretchen: it even goes further because the report describes them as suffering its worst decade in modern history. it's interesting to juxtapose this study to the campaign message from president obama because he's been in power for a third of that decade. so when he is talk about how he made the middle class stronger and you juxtapose that to this study, it might be tough to continue along that path. >> brian: i don't see any evidence he's made the middle class stronger. i am optimistic in the same study because that's what the young people are. the next generation remains the most optimistic about their financial future. so despite the fact that things look kind of grim now, there is a sense the sun will come out tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, it's just one day away. >> steve: we're cutting you off from the annie sound track. >> brian: i'm addict to do broadway. >> steve: that explains a lot. it was better than cats. >> brian: that's my standard. >> gretchen: let's do some headlines now.

accused dark knight shooter james holmes will appear in court today. his lawyers trying to block relieves his college records. as you know, holmes was a medical student at the university of colorado before dropping out in june. he saw three mental health specialist there is in the months leading up to the massacre and faces 24 counts of first-degree murder, two for each victim who was shot and killed. i thought he was in neuroscience or something like that. you're looking live in wills point, texas. firefighters desperately try to contain a fuel tanker fire burning nearby. the truck carrying more than 8,000 gallons of gas when it was hit by a freight train. the collision caused this massive explosion. but the truck's driver, two crew members were able to escape unharmed. from country crooner to wedding crasher? seems like there is friction between taylor swift examine her

new boyfriend's famous family. the kennedys. according to reports, swift was personally ask she not attend a family we had not guilty boston. they didn't want her to distract from the bride's big day. but swift showed up anyway with her new 18-year-old boyfriend who is part of the kennedy family and wouldn't leave even after being asked twice apparently by the mother of the bride. a rep for swift says the story is not true. those are your headlines. >> steve: she must really like him. she just bought a $5 million house right next door to the kennedy compound for $5 million. >> brian: one of the stories is the grandmother, ethel, is the one who read that taylor swift loved the kennedy story so she told her grandson so make this happen. evidently he did. >> gretchen: it was a planned arrangement? arranged marriage? >> brian: someone's got to write a song about this. >> steve: let's talk about this, the chattanooga valley baptist church in october is scheduled to provide for georgia's rid

hundred high school, a dinner before the big game. what they're going to do is continue a tradition. for years before football games apparently down there, churches provided food. as it turns out now, somebody has complained to an organization in wisconsin, freedom from religion foundation. they have written a letter to the school saying you can't do that. >> gretchen: is this the same wisconsin outfit we talked about in the 6:00 o'clock hour? producers, do we know that? no. that's just another group from wisconsin who wants to shut down reasonable down in the south. in the 6:00 o'clock hour, we talked about a wisconsin atheist group trying to shut down prayer at mississippi football games. now you have churches can't make meals for kids before they participate at school. i don't get the connection there. but anyway, here is the freedom from religion foundation attorney taking public school football teams to church even for a meal is unconstitutional.

this program is an egregious violation of the establishment clause and must cease immediately. do these people -- it is the same group. but it's a different case. again, why don't they worry about what's going on in their own state before they worry about what's going on in georgia and mississippi. >> brian: now they got their recall election over with, what are they going to win again? the packers are scheduled to win again. >> steve: the youth directors surprised to hear this group has a problem with feeding children. they say it would be interesting to see what part of the constitution we violated by simply offering a a meal to fellow americans. >> brian: you know what he should do? if there's a law firm out there, if legal fees it the only thing stopping these schools y can't law firm who believes these schools are a right to do what they want to do stand up and do it pro bono? >> gretchen: there are some -- they've been on our show. there are some of these legal groups, but i don't know if they can do all this work pro bono.

we'll have one tomorrow for the word scramble. >> steve: what do you think about a church providing free meal to the football game before the big game? let us know. >> brian: should we call arthur idell in? >> gretchen: new reports say the u.s. is on the edge of a fiscal cliff. why is president obama talking education reform instead of economic reform? is that a good idea or a distraction? juan williams and andrea tan tar rose here next. >> brian: the president has been known to throw a few back. but did you know he brews his own beer? he does! brewers want his secret recipe v.

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>> governor romney makes his time as an investor in the private sector the basis of his candidacy. that's how he says he's going to fix the economy, huh? i was in the private sector. his economic plan makes one thing clear, he does not think investing in your future is worth it. he doesn't think that's a good investment. i do. >> gretchen: that was at capital university in ohio this week touting his plans to invest more money in education. take a look at this recent poll that says 60% of americans think it's more important to balance the federal budget than focus on education right now. so with the economy in shambles, is the president's plan missing the mark? andrea tantaros and juan williams are co-hosts of the faith and they're my guests now to debate. good morning.

>> good morning. >> gretchen: andrea, i'm not sure that the point was a difference between balancingment budget and education, more so than haven't we already spent a lot of money on education and still don't seem to get the test scores up? >> that's right. we lead the world in education spending. spending approximately $8,000 per student, yet only ninth in the world when it comes to science and tenth in math. so we've been throwing money at our students and a lot of the problem is, the teachers' generous lavish packages. yet you see them giving out donnels and focusing out, are they eating organic food. everything, but educating the students. the president, it seems, was standing up just pandering to the teachers again. really what person from a messaging standpoint is going to stay yeah, let's not spend money on our students. but it's so intellectually dishonest to say mitt romney doesn't care about kids. >> gretchen: juan, you probably

researched it a lot. is andrea right? >> yeah. by the way, andrea tells me i should not call her andrea, but andrea. i'm working on it. i think, first of all, i doubt they polled people who are 18 and under and i think obviously young people would have a very different opinion about whether or not we should invest in american education. they want that spending. i think where andrea is exactly right is that the level of trust, especially among older americans in the public education system, has seriously turned around. in the same poll taken i guess ten or 15 years ago, it was overwhelming support for a continued spending on education in the future of our children. today it's not there. that's because of the trust factor that you guys are talking about. i disagree with the idea that teachers are paid lavishly. but i do agree. >> their benefits. >> there are administrators and pension plans and things that

they think are extraneous to educate ago young person. >> gretchen: could it be that the american public is gaining more knowledge about the money that's already been spent on education and they're look at the results coupled with the fact that we're also concerned about the deficit right now than in years past? >> that's right. i think a lot of parents are look at the schools and the kids' performance and saying, what's going on here? all these lavish benefits that the teachers are getting and there are great teachers and deserve to be paid well. but these union heads are pushing and hushing and pushing and the focus doesn't become about the student. and all these back to school mothers and fathers that are buying supplies now, a lot of them are forced to have to buy supplies that schools would so have to buy themselves. juan, we discussed this yesterday on "the five." schools don't have the money to buy things like crayons and tissues because they're spending it. >> gretchen: that seems crazy that parents have to come up with all that stuff when they're already paying taxes for their kids to go to school. i got to wrap it up there. juan, great special that you put on about education here on fox.

we'll see you both. >> bye-bye, andrea. >> bye, juan. >> did i get it right? you did. >> gretchen: we all ended with a smile. what great debate. are you ready to send your child back to school? wait, you got to hear this first. where can you get the supplies for just a penny? we're revealing best places to shop next [ male announcer ] how do you trade?

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>> brian: kid alert. turn away from the television. it's that time of year again when parents get their kids ready to head back to school if you're in the in school already like in florida. this year you dewpoint have to spend a fortune because we've special guest with tips for parents, how it save money. andrea warrick, welcome back. you have great things for us to learn from and save with. >> yes.

so first of all, for basic school supplies, notebook, pencils, markers, don't go to the dollar store and don't go to your drugstore. you're overpaying. the best deals are at those specialty office supply stores, like staples and office max. at staple, if you spend $5, you can get notebooks for as little as one cent. you can fill up for a ton of supplies for $5. >> brian: these are examples. everyone's got the notebook. >> before you go there, shop at home and see what types of stuff you have left over from last year. >> brian: although kids want new. we move on to back packs. >> i recommend shopping on-line for backpacks. on-line stores like lands end has really great offers because then you can find free shipping codes at a web site called free shipping.org where they also have an exclusive coupon for 25% off your order and free shipping on back packs. >> brian: we should post this on-line because people want to watch this back. i didn't think this was

possible. human beingmake their own lunchable the? >> they're going to cost from 4 to $7. but if you buy the meat, cheese, the crackers from the grocery store, you're looking at saving almost 300% because it comes out to about a dollar a day to make your own. >> brian: right. but you have the convenience, but it's costing you more money. that's the same thing here. you have the crackers and you have the meat meat. >> these are the items you would use to build your own lunchable. you can buy meat examine cheese in bulling from costco if you have a big family, otherwise it will go to waste. look for the sale meats at the deli. >> brian: you want the small little snack bags. that's not economically profitable. >> again, buy in bulk, pretzels, chips and produce, and get little ziploc bags and package them yourself. have your kids do it. you'll teach a lesson in the end. >> brian: we always run out of

time. >> dollar store has great deals on these little snack packs and pick up those food storage containers. they're less at the dollar store. and clothes, shop around for clothes, target, old navy, gap. everyone is offering a a different deal now. but get your coupon app on your phone. you can find 30% off coupon at gap. and lands end again has these really awesome school uniforms and you can use that free shipping code, but 25% off your order. >> brian: you have the same thing here. what about hair cuts? you want to smell good, you want to look your best. how do you get a fresh cut for free? >> j.c. penney is offering a free hair cuts for kids kindergarten through sixth grade through the end of august. >> brian: really? >> on top of that, retailers with their reward programs, they offer various birthday freebies if you register your kids' birthdays. go to mister freestuff.com to

find out anything about freebies that you want. they have tons of freebies going on. >> brian: we should not expect a shampoo girl for a flee hair cut? >> i don't know about that. do they do the shampoo. >> brian: i don't know. we'll find out. do they really need their hair washed? you just saved us thousands of dollars. you got to pay to say what she says. thanks so much for coming in. >> thanks. >> brian: the sad thing is, you got to pull this back home. tropical storm isaac threatening the rnc and not only that, the storm causing yet another delay in the trial for the accused 9-11 masterminds. we are live in tampa and gitmo next. then is this spoof on patton funny? >> make no mistake about it, today you are embarking on a orcampaign. >> brian: george c. scott he's not. would you pay 50,000 bucks for it? well, you just did.

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>> steve: now to today's top story, all eyes are on tropical storm isaac swirling out in the caribbean. all it needs to do is come close to tampa to bring a lot of problems to the republican national convention that's coming up real shortly.

as you can see, wtvt reporter joins us live from tampa. sir, how is the weather look? >> right now it's great. i can't tell what you it looked like on monday. i can tell you governor rick scott is holding a news conference at 8:15 this morning. he'll address the media on the potential threat of tropical storm isaac and the threat it will have on the rnc. hopefully none. but he's going to address the media. we should know more at about that time. i can tell you this, speaking with rnc organizers, they have a plan a, a plan b, c, d. they've been thinking this through for more than a year and a half. but no question about it, if this tropical storm continues on its path, it will have an effect on the rnc. it's adjust question of how much of an effect. about 50,000 extra people will be here for the rnc. of course, when you talk about thousands of delegates that should be arriving either friday

or saturday for the welcome events, most of those folks, if they happen to be evacuated will be evacuated by bus. no idea what what day. it could start as soon as a tropical storm or hurricane watch is posted. that's usually about 48 hours before the storm. the rnc event, by the way, is on sunday. that's the welcoming event. on sunday. 48 hours before the event, that will be saturday. so a lot happening here in the bay area. still trying to figure out what's going to happen. rnc organizers, i can tell you this, are optimistic this storm will continue going west and avoid the bay area. we're keeping our fingers crossed. back to you. >> steve: and so there is a slight possibility if it gets really close, they could call it off. right? >> you know, i don't want to say they'll call it off. but they'll start canceling events. that's what we should more by

8:15. even if it outskirts florida, they'll cancel some events. it will have an effect. it's just depending on what they're going to have to cancel. >> steve: all right. we thank you very much for the live report. thank you. >> gretchen: tropical storm isaac also getting in the way of the pretrial hearing for the five men charged in the 9-11 terrorist attacks. you're asking yourself why would that get in the way? because katherine herrage is there at guantanamo bay in the line of this tropical storm. katherine? >> good morning. about two hours from now, we will move from camp justice where we covered the trials across the bay to the airport where we will be evacuated along with the 9-11 families and the staff from the office of military commissions. fox news was the only american tv network to talk to the base commander about the evacuation. >> it's an easy call when you look at it in terms of human life.

we can redo the commissions. we redo other things, but not human life. and the longer i wait to make that decision, the more risk i put my people at as they're trying to get everything done. >> preparing for a major storm or hurricane here at guantanamo bay is a long and systematic process. they'll close the beach, they'll close the bay. they'll close the road. they'll even shut down the electricity. military personnel here are being told to make sure they've got enough food and water. and to be familiar with their assigned shelter. the detainee, including suspect khalid sheikh mohammed, will be told to shelter in place if the storm hits. they're in one of the safest places at the base because those detention camps can withstand a category 4 storm. for the 9-11 families who came here for the pretrial hearing, they were clearly disappointed. one couple were here because they lost their daughter, who was 25. it was her first business trip to new york city. >> sorry about the delay, but part of it man made.

the other part weather made. i'm confident they will continue >> absolutely. hearing this morning that it was canceled, i understand why, but it was still a heartache. >> 9-11 families were surprisingly stoic. they said to us that they have to waitjuñ?ñ?ñ allison, junior contributed more than $52,000 to the obama

campaign shortly after he testified to congress, minimizing the concerns about the $23 million awarded to green firms. he defends his donation, saying he chose to do so after his work was finished. >> gretchen: big news regarding the republican national convention. we now know cardinal timothy dolan will deliver the benediction the night mitt romney accepts the nomination. he insists the blessing is not an endorsement. the rnc kicks off monday, we think, in tampa, florida. >> brian: it's not just the gsa make a habit of wasting your money. >> make no mistake about it, today you are embarking on a major campaign. >> brian: 's great actor. veterans affair spending $52,000 on the video spoof fort movie "patton" for hr workers. the general talking about purpose, innovation and impact.

house oversight committee darrell issa says the videos were made for two conferences that cost taxpayers $5 million. the v.a. says anyone who abused taxpayer money will be held accountable. >> steve: meanwhile, the latest document being requested from the white house has nothing to do with issues like national security or solyndra. it's about beer. beer enthusiasts demanding the president reveal his secret brew. the white house admits it uses honey from the first lady's white house garden for brews like honey porter and honey blond ale. >> brian: hops. >> steve: weight goal to that. the petition says, quote, in keeping with the brewing traditions of the founding father, home brewers calling the obama administration to release the recipe for the white house home brew so that it may be enjoyed by all. the president recently admitted he always travels with a stash of the beer.

>> gretchen: wait a minute. there is really a white house brew? >> steve: apparently he was talking about he does do some micro brewery. >> gretchen: at the white house? >> brian: you can do it on your stove, right? >> steve: i don't know where he does it. but that's the story. >> gretchen: let's go to our beer expert now, brian sullivan. >> brian: right. what i do every time i feel like brewing my own beer action i get a corona examine rethink it. now the former cy young award winner suddenly found the fountain of youth. he's the second player in a week to get a 50 game suspension for doping. the oak lapped a's pitcher testing positive for testosterone. he's supposed to have it, but just not as much as was in his body. he says, quote, i apologize to the fan, teammates examine oakland as. i accept responsibility and will serve my action as required by the joint drug. the a's tied for the wild card spot. he won ten games cheating.

should they be forced to give up those games? think about that. baseball umpire bon feed hero, he rushed to the rescue when a diamondbacks employee had an apparent heart attack and started giving her cpr. she was taken to the hospital. she's getting a pacemaker and will be released in a few days. that's what he looks like. and barbecue joint co-owned by jonathan lma in miami, sacking service for commissioner roger good dll. the restaurant has the sign up making it clear goodhe work ll isn't welcome. he was suspended all season for his alleged role in the saints bounty scale. we have great guests. we know kristy rampone and rich gailen will be in there. we'll be visited by the cash cab guy. >> steve: i love that. >> brian: isn't that a great show? you know where you get in and it becomes a game show? he's going to be live. >> gretchen: really? >> brian: yeah.

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>> gretchen: amid a financial crisis that threatens to destroy their country, greece cracking down now on illegal immigration

rounding up thousands of noncitizens and trying to find a way to deport them. >> brian: can this bold move save a nation already on the brink of bankruptcy? should america follow suit? stuart varney is here to answer those compelling questions. >> two tough questions, actually. question number one, will this roundup of illegals in greece save the country? help the country? answer, no, it will not. it certainly will not help them financially. it's essentially a political answer to a social problem. 800,000 illegal immigrants from primarily afghanistan, syria, and pakistan. in greece has created an enormous social problem. the roundup solves a political social problem. doesn't do anything for them financially. >> gretchen: because some people were arguing that those illegal immigrants were taking away the jobs from greeks. >> there are no jobs in greece. this is a country that is flat out in chaos. it is in an economic depression. things are getting worse. that's created this social problem. these illegal immigrants are not

really a drain on greece's economy. they're trapped. these people are trapped there. they snuck across the border. they can't get out because of greece close its borders. other countries close by will not allow them out. so you've got 800,000 people who are trapped. i guess you could say that's a burden on greece. but that's not the fundamental problem with greece. they are bankrupt. that's their problem. this is not going to help them. >> gretchen: what's the message for america? >> well, the message is -- you asked a question a moment ago, should america follow suit, a roundup of illegals here? i would say absolutely not. we're not in financial crisis and we're a very different country. we have a very strong tradition of acceptance of people from all over the world, legal or illegal. we don't round them up or throw them out. >> brian: we prefer not to spot them with the green by knock scholars. >> yes. there's a lesson for america,

though. if we keep on accumulating debt the way we are and we're soon going to cross the $16 trillion mark, that's next week, by the way, you keep on like that, you will have a true economic crisis. >> brian: but the fed is talking about printing more money now. >> yes, they are indeed. didn't work last time. they're trying it again. >> brian: 9:20 eastern time, varney and company, gets started. >> thank you very much. >> gretchen: see you there. coming up, skimming and stealing your cash. thieves robbing you blind at atm's without you knowing about it. how you can protect your credit card info examine identity before it's too late. what about your password? >> brian: i didn't give him that. on this day in history in 1985, "the hour of love "by huey lewis. that ended up being my wedding song. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables?

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>> steve: we got a warning, these days a trip to the atm could cost you more than the money you are withdrawing from your account. high-tech devices now allow thieves, clever one, to steal your financial information and even your pin numbers and you might not even realize it. it's called atm skimming and it's responsible for an estimated $350,000 in losses every day. so how can we avoid becoming victims? let's talk to harry, a retired nypd detective and form vice president for city bank. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> steve: great. we all go to the atm quite frequently. there are some things that the bad guys are doing now to steal our money. show us how they're doing it. >> basically we're talk being external skimming. okay. they'll put a device on the atm

machine to be able to capture your card. >> steve: as i slide my card in there, they put something right there? >> right. we have a picture up. should be showing that ghost device can go over the area where you put your card in. these are exact duplicates. >> steve: so it looks just like that? >> how do they stick it on? >> with double sticky tape. so probably best thing for to you do is before you even slide your card in, just go and touch it and feel it. not all atm machines are like this. >> steve: this is one piece of metal. looks like extruded aluminum or something like that. so you know that thing isn't going to steal your data. but over here at at the key pad, there is something else they've got. >> now you got something that's called an overlay. okay? which goes -- >> steve: right overt numbers. >> over the numbers. and when you enter your information, it will pick up your pin number. okay? automatically it will send it to

somebody, it might be wi-fi, there might be somebody out your car. and you would be picking up the information from your card. >> steve: so they could have a device over that, an overlay. or they might have a pinhole camera somewhere? >> exactly. sometimes they have an advertisement holders. they put a pin camera in there. and it shows directly down on the pin pad. so that when you enter your pin number, it will pick it right up. >> steve: you've got tips. first of all, tips to reduce chances of becoming a victim. first of all, check the atm before making the withdrawal. shake it. make sure it's in there tight. cover your pin entry with your other hand. select credit. not debit for purchase. and use the inside or bank atm locations rather than the ones at the grocery store. why is that? >> i would use a regular bank atm location because where there is a branch, 'cause it's open and there is less likely for a chance for a skimming device to be on it. although there could be a device

on it. i would make my atm transactions during the week because a lot of times what these bad guys do is they'll come into the bank after it closes and actually set up the devices on the atm machines. so when we conduct investigations, we have watched them set the atm machines up for the skimming. >> steve: they're brazen, aren't they? >> all they have o do is wear a hoody or something like that. you got one face in 7 million people. >> steve: this is a good way to protect yourself? >> yeah. the big thing is making sure you cover your pin transaction. go like this and what's your pin number? >> steve: 911. >> i'm glad you're listening. and that's all you got to do. >> steve: very good. words it live by at the atm now. harry, we thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> steve: straight ahead, stimulus funds used to make commercials selling the president's green energy program

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is 5-hour energy right for you? ask your doctor. we already asked 3,000. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's thursday, august 23. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. we're tracking this huge storm now, tropical storm isaac, gaining strength in the caribbean. it's heading towards tampa. will isaac steal mitt romney's rnc thunder? we are tracking the storm live for you. >> steve: could be a loft thunder. even before we get to the convention, americans are

getting suspect of the media's role in getting the president-elected. it's true. we'll talk to michelle malkin about that with some latest poll numbers in two minutes. >> brian: you know everything. the national urban league telling nike to pull the $300 pair of lebron sneakers because they're unfairly targeting kids who can't even afford school supplies. why can't families make their own choices? "fox & friends" starts now. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. we start this morning with an extreme weather alert. if you're look at your screen, that's tropical storm isaac threatening the republican national convention now. the mayor of tampa saying he's prepared to order an evacuation if it makes a direct hit. let's go live to janis dean who

has the latest. is there some report coming out in the next hour or couple of minutes? >> we just got it. i'm glad you said that. just an intermediate advisory updating on the winds, still 40 miles per hour. hurricane hunters are in and out of the storm giving us the latest updates on what the winds are. so still a minimal tropical storm, but we do expect it has the potential to become a hurricane before it crosses over land. i want to point out, i'm not saying that this is going to hit tampa as a hurricane, but just to show you how vulnerable this area is, it's actually even more vulnerable than new orleans in terms of geography and the fact that flooding happens very easily in the tampa-saint pete area. category 1 hurricane would evacuate 800,000 people, or 800,000 people would be asked to leave because they are on a flood plain. that just gives you an idea of how vulnerable this area is. in terms of size, this is isaac now. this is tropical depression

number 10. look how big this is. this spans 1,000 miles. even if this storm kind of hugs the west coast of florida, we're going to feel the effects of tropical storm force winds, certainly flooding. there will be flooding in the tampa area. i can't stress that enough. we're going to also have the focus for tornadoes, unfortunately, if the storm scrapes the west coast. so as it continues to move westward at 12 miles per hour, this is the latest tropical advisory and then as you move further out in time, it does have the potential to become a hurricane before it crosses over hispaniola and we expect it will move over cuba. then by monday, tuesday, category 1 hurricane, again, hugging the coast of florida. i can't rule out a possible landfall, from new orleans to florida because some of those computer models kind of span out. that's why we call this the cone of uncertainty. real quick, i know brian was asking earlier, when is this storm going to get close to us? this is one of our reliable forecast models. there is monday at 6 a.m there is the storm just on top of miami or the keys.

as we get towards tuesday morning, hugging the coast, just right west of tampa. then as we head into tuesday and wednesday, moving up into the southeast region. that's just one much our computer models, one of the most reliable ones this season. this is going to be a monday, tuesday event. all along the coast of florida if the current track proves true. back to you. >> steve: all right. let me ask you a question, so people are going to be traveling down -- >> brian: he's just trying trump me 'cause i asked a great question. but go ahead, take your time. i'll stay in the cone of uncertainty here on the left. >> steve: people are going to be doing some planning. so people are going to be traveling down there. i think 50,000 people on saturday into sunday. by that point, they'll know whether or not it's steering toward tampa, right? >> we'll have a much better idea. obviously two it three days out, we have a better certainty of where that cone is going. but i do want to say that the

tropical storm models that we're look at are converging. so we are thinking that this is going to affect florida, almost certainly. whether it's a direct hit or not, it's going to affect florida in terms of rain and wind, all that. >> gretchen: we should book amtrak right now? >> if you're leaving saturday and sunday, you'll get there. there might be turbulence. there might be delays. >> gretchen: don't tell me that! now i got to get the beer from the white house so i can make it down to the convention. >> brian: we'll go to jetblue and watch television. >> i wouldn't want to be the person that is trying to figure out if they are going to postpone or cancel this thing. >> brian: right. let me ask you this, you probably can't answer, but it will be fun to think about it. is that an evacuation point? is the convention center an evacuation point? could they convert this stage and make it like the super dome during katrina? >> you know, i don't want that to ever have to be a possibility. but the one thing is for

certain, that close to a million people live on a flood plain. i believe around the convention center. so if category 1 hurricane is threatening this region, they're going to be asked to evacuate with certainty. >> steve: absolutely. thank you very much for telling us the best guess for what's going to happen monday and tuesday. >> gretchen: actual lea brian the other day joked we were staying in tents. that might not be too far off from how we end up when we're evacuated. >> brian: bad news for the occupy people. you're staying outside? good. bring weights so you don't blow into the ocean. >> gretchen: more headlines. james holmes will appear in court again today. his lawyer trying to block the release of his college records. holmes was studying neuroscience at the university of colorado before dropping out in june. new reports show he is not one, but three mental -- saw three mental health specialists leading up to the massacre. he faces 24 counts of

first-degree murder. in a few weeks, we'll be able to read a detailed tell all about the daring navy seal raid that killed osama bin laden in pakistan. a retired navy seal writing "no easy day," the firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden. it's written under a pseudo name examine will be released on september 11. publisher says proceeds from the book will go to charities that benefit families of fallen navy seals. something you got to see, a giant bolder crashing through the windshield of an suv, even more incredible, the two guys inside that suv survived. >> all of a sudden, i'm sitting there and i thought the car exploded. there was a sound like you couldn't believe, and in front of me, all went white. >> gretchen: bob and his co-worker were in arizona for a business trip when the giant rock fell off a mountain side and crashed right into their rental car. incredibly, the rock managed to land on the center console right in between the driver and passenger seats. both men walked away with a few

cuts from the shattered glass: those are your headlines. >> steve: let's go to colorado springs right now and dial in michelle malkin who joins us every thursday at this time. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> steve: great to have you. rasmussen did a poll and because they wanted to look at the media bias and if it's impacting the upcoming election. look at these numbers. when% long-term reality and i think it's interesting that these poll numbers come out at a time when many, many members of the liberal media elite are finally fessing up and revealing and exposing just how much pressure they've gotten from the obama administration to tow the line.

we've had confessions now from main stream journalists that they believe that, in fact, the media did help obama in 2008 and that yes, they are help crafting the message now. we had disclosure last month from the "new york times" that the obama campaign team had been pressuring them and they had been submitting to it. i think that's what's really pathetic, is that they're capitulating to requests and demands that the obama campaign have veto power of the quotes that are used in these lap dog media publications. >> brian: i thought your column was especially interesting today because you look at jake tapper, you look at chuck todd, and you also quote mark halprin on the today show over the weekend, essentially saying exactly what you have been saying in particular for the last four years. >> yeah. 20 years! they're admitting, yes, we are tools and they are tools for

obama. they have been and he plans on using them from now until november. and i think it raises a related question about how the republican party has gone along with the rigged game that we call the presidential debates because we are having these so-called neutral journalists who are part of the liberal media establishment once again playing referee when we know that that deck is stacked. >> brian: mitt romney is two points down, if you look at some of these moderators when he starts. >> yeah. i think that they'll be able to overcome it. i think the problem is that they continue to have this pretense, even as all of these walls of supposed purported objectivity are crumbling, that they go along and participate with it. why can't we have somebody who is honest about their biases be up there on the stage? why does it have to be the same group of liberal group think

mongers up there. >> gretchen: let's move to another controversial story. nike is going to put out this $300-plus lebron james basketball sneaker. apparently it has electronics in it or whatever to put the price that high. and some groups are upset about this because they're worried, specifically national urban league, says this: it's insensitive to market a $300 shoe to kids and teens as people are going back to school and struggling too to buy school supplies. this is not food or rent. it's single pair of sneakers. now, i went out on a limb at 6:00 o'clock, i happen to agree with this assessment because as a parent, i'm all forhe free market. i'm not telling nike what price they should put on a pair of shoes. but i think it makes it a very difficult situation for kids to pine over that shoe and do whatever it takes to maybe get that shoe and i think it's a ridiculous price. your thoughts, michelle? >> well, as a fellow parent, i can understand where you're coming from, gretchen.

but i think it's ridiculous for these traditional civil rights groups to blame corporations for their products and the price they put on them. and i would think that some of the forefathers of the civil rights movement would be wondering whatever happened to personal responsibility and why it's not the parent's onus to make sure their kids don't have warped values. and if they want to start complaining about exorbitant price, why don't they go after lebron james and talk about his massive salary? the fact is, there is demand for what he does and there is demand for his services and there is demand for these products. >> steve: what they're doing is talking about the same thing the president is talking about. fairness. let's make it all fair. people have choices. there are a lot of people who can't afford an iphone or ipad or a lot of stuff out there and companies, the way the free market system works, they produce them. if people buy them, they'll make more. if you can't afford them, don't

buy them. >> gretchen: even if i had my child do a bunch of chores around the house to earn money, i still wouldn't let them spend their own money for 315 minds. >> that's your choice. >> brian: the kid could end up with a scholarship. >> steve: apparently hi they got a gizmo that tells you, among other things, how high the kid can jump, the person wearing it. >> gretchen: definitely something you need. >> steve: obviously for 300 bucks, they're probably going to sell them to a loft grownups. >> gretchen: i'd like to be a little taller. all right. we just found a reason to boy them. >> brian: if i get you in the christmas grab bag, i know what to get you. that's the least i can do. >> that's a bargain. >> gretchen: have a great week. >> steve: still ahead on our program today, the latest target of atheists. high school football team's lunch. they got a big problem with the church feeding the kids before the big game.

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>> gretchen: many older homeowners whose homes are under water are concerned about whether they should give their homes to their children when they pass away. >> steve: can they avoid passing that debt on to their kids? that's the big question. bob massi joins us from vegas. hello, sir. >> good morning, sir. >> steve: we've got a great question for you from an e-mailer. if a homeowner dies and leaves a house that is under water to their kids, are the kids responsible? i guess it all comes down to whose name is on the mortgage,

right? >> absolutely. as long as the children have not signed for that mortgage, and if the home is inherited and gifted to the children, and they decide they want to keep it, now, what's important is, we'll talk about in a minute, they're not personally responsible if that home is lost to a foreclosure. so what's important is viewers know the children, as long as their name is not on the loan, will not be held personally responsible if that home is lost to a foreclosure. >> gretchen: here is a little bit of a sticky point. if those children want to keep that underwater home, then what can they do? >> there is a couple things.. first of all, if there is the need for an estate, in other words, a probate where it goes through the court and let's assume there is assets and let's assume the lender forecloses and decides they want to assume, they want to go after the deficiency we've talked about, they could make themselves a creditor of that estate.

in other words, they could put this a claim and says before any of this money in this estate is distributed to the heirs, we want to be paid first. so the estate potentially could be held responsible for the deficiency if the lender decides to pursue it. >> steve: that makes sense. here is another question to follow it up. notice how we put them in order. what if the kids can't afford to keep the house, what do they do? they want to live in the house, but a lot of people can't afford it. you know that, being out in vegas. >> yep. a lot of them live in the house 'til the house is foreclosed on. i know families that are concerned about it. they tell their kids, listen, live in the house until the lender takes it. don't worry about it. whenever the lender takes it, just walk away and don't worry about it because they're not on the loan. some of the kids try to get it refinanced and unable to. as a result, the home is lost. the deficiency is gone unless there is the estate that we talked about, if the lender decides to pursue it. >> steve: bob, if the kids live in the house, but their name

isn't on the mortgage, will that impact their credit rating? >> no, because ultimately because they're not responsible for the loan, any deficiency won't -- they're almost like a tenant at that point. >> steve: got you. >> gretchen: bob massi is hosting a rebuilding your dreams seminar down in tampa, florida, on september 27. and fort lauderdale on september 28. to register for a free e-mail, rebuilding your dreams at fox news.com. people can register in those communities to come out of the and hear you give a seminar about how you can rebuild your dreams? >> yeah. i'm excited about it. i appreciate fox friends friends allowing me to do it. we'll do a rebuilding your dreams tour at the club of treasure island in tampa bay, september 27. "fox & friends" will cover it live. i'll go to the bank atlantaic center in fort lauderdale. you can register at rebuilding your dreams at foxnews.com. i think i'm correct. i think we have a graphic. and i look forward to meeting

all the wonderful people who have been kind enough to send e-mails and watch the segment. >> steve: that should be great. so bob massi making a road trip out of vegas and into florida. thank you very much, sir for joining us live. >> take care. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox & friends," it sounds like the plot of a movie, but this is all too real for hollywood mogul harvey weinstein. details on the threat to kill him uncovered. >> steve: you thinking about skipping school, kids? that's going to cost you $75. but is fining kids really the answer to get them to go to class? what happened to a parent's responsibility? that man, best selling author larry winget here live. he'll saddle up next.

>> steve: attention, children, don't think about skipping class in new britain, connecticut, because a school superintendent there battling a nearly 50% student absentee rate is proposing fining kids $75 for missing class. kids obviously have mixed feelings about the plan. >> i think that would definitely have an effect on kids, especially if you don't have the money and then you come home bringing a $75 fine to your parents? >> i think they can do it, but maybe 25 or $30 'cause kids can't get that money. >> brian: is fining truant students the answer or are parents passing the buck when it comes it their kids' school attendance? let's ask somebody important. >> gretchen: larry winget, best selling author. good to see you again. last time you were here action you were giving a commencement

speech. >> i had a great time. >> brian: you got a lot of feedback. >> gretchen: what do you think about this fine, keeping in mind this school has a 50% truancy problem? >> i am all for it. think it's a great idea. it appeals to the most basic and most effective of all motivation, pain. and nothing hits us harder or hurts more than when you hit us with our money. and if you fine parents and fine kids for not showing up for school, they'll start showing up for school. it's already been done in the u.k. and had a 50% impact on kids. >> gretchen: improvement you mean? >> yeah. >> steve: it makes sense because if the parents have skin in the game, because too many, if you want to go to school, fine. if you don't, i don't care. but if suddenly kids are responsible for 75 bucks, whether it's one time, two times, whatever, suddenly they'll be going, by the way, you're going to school. >> exactly. you got to get them involved. parents have to understand it's their job to get that kid's butt in that chair n that classroom of the what happens once they're

in the classroom, that's the school's job. but attendance is not the school's job. we have too many people saying, well, school must be more fascinating for the kids so they'll want to go. that's fine. still, the parents' job is make sure they're there. >> brian: in the big picture, you think there should be communication between the parent and the kid and the school, and number two, they should be responsibility. you want the kids to have responsibility and the parents to have responsibility? >> absolutely. the two big c's of parenting is you've got to communicate what you expect and you have to communicate what happens when you don't get what you expect. in other words, consequences. you have to impose consequences. they have to feel the pain of their mistakes. if you cheat the kid and cheat the parent out of feeling the pain of their mistake, then the lesson has been lost. >> gretchen: let me may devil's advocate. whatever happened to the thought process that most parents do want their kid to go to school and they thud should do that without having to be fined. >> but that's not work, is it? so go to the money.

>> steve: speaking of money, we were talking about how nike is coming out with this $300 lebron james shoe and the national urban league saying you got to pull that because parents are not going to be able to afford those and school supplies as well. what do you think? >> i think you should not pull the shoe. i think it's the parents' responsibility to make sure that the kids understand that there are always going to be things you can't afford and always going to be things that you want that you just can't have. and if you do -- until choices! >> choices. sometimes you have to say no to yourself. that's one of the things you have to say no for. >> brian: you're not anti-lebron. you're anti-$300 shoe if you can't afford it? >> i'm anti-anything you can't afford. i don't care whether it's a shoe or car or house. we've already gotten into way too much trouble saying to people, go ahead and buy it and you'll pay for it in the long run on your credit card or whatever. those kind of things hurt us. and we shouldn't be dictating what the free market can offer in terms of their products and services. if you can't afford it, don't buy it. >> brian: you can't afford those boots, right?

>> absolutely, or i wouldn't have them. >> brian: gene simmons wants them back. look at those! >> gretchen: look at the jewelry! all right. you're all decked out. always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> gretchen: coming up next on "fox & friends," the latest target of atheists, high school football team and their meals now? they have a big problem with a church feeding the kids before the big game. >> steve: and big breaking news on the economy. new jobless numbers are due out in about 90 seconds. we'll bring them to you. eric bolling will break down the numbers and he's got important stuff on that folder. find out what when we return at usaa, we believe honor is not

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>> steve: here is you've got a fox business alert. the labor department just releasing brand-new weekly jobless numbers. 272 -- 372,000 first-time unemployment claims filed last week. that's up from 366,000 the week before and more than expected. eric bolling, not great news. >> no. and the 272 number could be a long way off. lot of numbers coming out. they're expecting 365,000 first-time unemployment claims, first time people walk not guilty looking for help, continuing claims, about 3 million. so these are new people, again, the number is bad. you want to see it lower examine lower on a week to week basis.

>> are things slowing down? >> i don't know why -- they just can't get the economy to spark. it's got to be business is saying a other not going to -- we're not going to hire until we know what's going to happen through the election, until we knows what's going to happen with obama no,nomics. so many things are pending. they're not hiring. even if companies are doing better, they're not hiring. >> brian: the feds are talk like they're going to act of the all signs point to that. what can the fed do? >> can we talk about that? this cbo that came out, the reason i'm saying that, i know i'm jumping the gun, cbo said for the fourth year in a row president obama will add more than a trillion dollars on to the deficit. $1.1 trillion this year going forward. that's 5.2 trillion over the course of president obama's term so far. what they're going to end up having to do, if that's the case and if we hit the fiscal cliff where the sequestration, where there are spending cut, taxeses are allowed to go back up, the

economy will go into a recession, cbo says it. the only way they're going to try and bail themselves out if it's president obama for sure, will be more stimulus. they're going to have to hit the economy with more stimulus. what does that mean? that means more debt. so we're going to see this unending flow -- >> steve: the stimulus didn't work last time. >> but that's -- that's what observe eastboundnomics is. it's stimulate through government support rather than letting the private sector actually create jobs that are lasting jobs. not temporary jobs that are supported. >> gretchen: which argument works better? to take away the uncertainty of the fiscal cliff that's looming by saying that you are going to extend the tax cuts or by printing money? >> they don't want to know the next five months or five quarters. they want to know the next five years, the next ten years of what to expect. then they can make long-term decisions. forget hiring. they haven't purchased equipment for their plants. they haven't purchased intellectual property in the

form of software because they don't know if they can afford it. >> gretchen: why would the fed print more money now? >> brian: that's what they do. >> they're short-term. >> gretchen: they don't have any politics. >> i disagree with you. >> gretchen: i'm just asking. too they have any politics? >> i think a lot of heat for saying the department of labor has an i agenda. i wouldn't be surprised if the fed has an agenda as well for the guy in office. >> steve: but think about mitt romney, he has said that one of the first things he would do is fire ben bernanke, so if you're ben bernanke, you're thinking, maybe -- >> maybe i should continue to stimulate because maybe this thing will finally work. but if it hasn't worked so far, cavuto says if you're digging a ditch, stop digging. quickly, take a look at this. $5.2 trillion added under obamanomics. 272,000 fewer jobs since obama took office. 35% in household net worth u. about he's done 210 fund-raisers, including one last night. but here is his schedule today. this doesn't drive you crazy,

nothing will. the president has absolutely nothing on the schedule today. again, 210 fund-raisers. man should be back in the oval office maybe working with bernanke or maybe some business leaders. >> steve: it's worrisome that he doesn't have a plan. we got a plan. we'll be watching "the five" today at 5:00 o'clock. talk to the hand. >> gretchen: thanks. let's do some headlines. >> brian: tropical storm that we've been discussing all morning long, it's isaac. it isn't the only thing rnc is bracing for. tens of thousands protesters expected to arrive by the bus load come monday morning. the f.b.i. warning in a new security bulletin, they may try to use molotov cocktails examine eggs filled with acid to reek havoc, i'm talk being the occupiers. tampa police say they beefed up security to include 4,000 officers and 1700 members of the national guard. >> gretchen: sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie burks it is a real life murder threat. aspiring actor has been arrested

and charged with trying to extort millions of dollars from harvey weinstein. he also threatened to kill him and his family if he didn't pay up. here is the guy. 25-year-old. he liked to brush arms with all kinds of celebs. police say he made similar throats against four other moguls. he's being held without bail. a jetblue employee suspended for robbing an 11-year-old passenger. the boy was flying alone to visit grandma. cops say the woman took the pouch hanging from his neck after she escorted him to the airplane. inside the pouch was his ticket and 200 bucks cash. when he said something to her, she quickly took off. she has been charged with petty theft. >> gretchen: that is so cruel. ridiculous. >> steve: let's take a look. there you have tropical storm isaac, the big question is where is isaac going to go? we do know it's swirling in the caribbean. there are a number of models

that do suggest florida will be impacted, but as janice said l it impact directly tampa? too early to know. the cone and zone of uncertainty too broad at this point: that's your fox travel cast and a look down in the caribbean. bad week to be in san juan. >> brian: i would assume so. haiti and cuba, it's not going to be great either. >> steve: sorry, fidel. >> brian: the next terrorist responsible for murdering innocent americans in the 1993 world trade center bombing says he's lonely in jail. so he wants some company. did you really feel bad for this guy? should we give him more freedom? >> gretchen: olympic gold medalist, the brian brothers are here. we know they can play tennis. can they play ping-pong? find out why they got firefighter friends we have big dreams.

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>> gretchen: couple headlines. no shame for the master mind of the world trade center bombing. he's asking the court end his solitary confinement, claiming the isolation is rough and he's no longer a threat. he's serving life plus 40 years. atheist group trying to sack a high school football tradition in walker county, georgia. the wisconsin-based freedom from religious foundation wants the high school to stop accepting pregame meals from a church. they claim it's unconstitutional. your e-mails pouring in on this. robert says, i'm from massachusetts and have been making meals for players for years. but we serve it in someone's home. the church should do that. vicky says, i think this is atrocious. the minute we take churches out of schools, we lose our morals. brian? >> brian: could the $500 billion in defense cuts from the next budget mandate potentially trigger a investigation? according to the area row space

industry, more than 2 million jobs would be lost in the name of cutting back defense. joining us now is jay defrank, a vice president of communications to government relations with the aerospace manufacturer. jay, this is a reality. they thought they'd have a deal done already. but right now these automatic cuts go in place, what would that mean to our military? >> well, let's even get a little bit broader. it threatens our national security, our economic security, it threatens our technological leadership and threatens over 2 million jobs, a million in the aerospace and defense sector. so on the national security level, it certainly hampers our ability to modernize it. at a key point in time when that's critical for defense capability. right now, we have bombers projected to be 80 to 100 years old and still flying. we have tankers, the backbone of our power projection that are

not just older than the pilots flying them, but older than the pilots' fathers. and then we have a fighter force that is at the end of its service life and needs to be recap talibanized. so we're basically facing the future with a fleet of antiques for power projection. >> brian: there was the deal that couldn't go into place with these automatic cuts and it's a sin that the republicans and democrats brought defense into this. they had nothing it too with the impasse this took place last year. having said all that, tell everyone in terms of what is at stake in terms of these conflicts that are out there. we're bulking up for the persian gulf. we're getting worried about what's happening in syria, with russia and china. how are we supposed to answer the call there? >> well, that's an important point is that we have to be prepared and we have to be prepared for the unknown and uncertainty. we have to think even broader, too. what are the effects that having capability have on maintaining world peace overall? some people would say because you never used your nuclear

rocket force, they were useless. i think that the fact that there were no major power force on force conflicts for the last 60 years tells us a different story. >> brian: are you disappointed the president doesn't take a more leadership role in this? he was quoted as saying issues don't worry about it, there will be cuts in defense, but it's not going to affect insurance or pay. >> look, i'm worried about the response on all parties involved in this, the congress, the administration. we need it move beyond partisanship here and have a solution because all americans, republicans, democrats, independents alike are threatened by the effects of sequestration. we need a solution. we need the people in washington to do their job and solve this problem for the good of our national security, economic security, technological leadership. >> brian: when you talk to those in the pentagon, have they already drawn up the plans on how they will find this

500 billion in cuts? >> the pentagon hasn't announced any plans. so i'm not sure what they're planning to do. as it's written now, the law is pretty specific. it says 10% off of all budget lines, off of all the items in there. as it's written, they only have a limbed amount of latitude. >> brian: yeah, it will be ten years, $500 billion unless there is a last minute cut where people like you coming forward, hopefully it will put pressure for both sides to get a deal. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> brian: straight ahead, olympic gold medalists, the brian brothers are here. we know they can play tennis, but can they play ping-pong? find out why they've got firefighters among them. first let's check in with world ping-pong champion bill hemmer. >> let's take them on. >> brian: i wish you had the time. that woman next to you demands you prepare for the show. >> i'm with you. breaking news on the jobs number and what the head of the cbo is

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>> steve: they just won a gold medal in doubles tennis and a fireman just walked away -- there he is right there. it's the brian brothers live today! mike and bob, good morning to you. >> good to see you. >> brian: congratulations. good job bringing back the gold. >> felt good. hasn't left my side in two weeks.

>> gretchen: you have yours in your pocket! what's going on with that one over there? >> we're challenging these guys for the gold medal. >> gretchen: no, come on. now the firefighter has it on. >> steve: i didn't realize, professional tennis players actually did a lot of table tennis because you're not on the court, you got some down time and this is pretty good eye-hand coordination, right? >> yeah. we've been playing ping-pong since we were little. there is a lot of ping-pong tables around the tour, in lounges. you see all the guys playing. we think we're pretty good. all these guys can play. it's all hand-eye coordination. >> brian: fdny has a big tournament coming up, right? >> the necessary quick challenge. we'll play prosecute 1:30 to 4:30. >> steve: these guys are good! >> gretchen: do the firefighters, do they have ping-pong tables in the fire houses? >> brian: i think they do. >> they've got some skill. >> they're athletes.

>> steve: you mean the guy wearing the gold medal from the olympic? >> he looks like super man. >> gretchen: explain both sides of the ping-pong racket. paddle. >> this has dimples. that's for more spin. this side is a little cushiony. i always have a paddle that has the same on both sides. >> steve: should we talk to the fire guys? >> it's all about using the wrist in ping-pong. >> brian: are you going to get up to the u.s. open? >> yeah. >> steve: are you going to let any of your opponents at that convenient wear your gold medal? >> no. >> brian: let's go. >> gretchen: what's the team going to be? brian and steve against the brian brothers? >> brian: should we put those on? we'll play fort gold. >> steve: there is a connection. >> brian: brian, i don't think the head band will help you.

>> brian: it's going to help. look at that. >> gretchen: who are we going to root for, the brian brothers or brian and steve? [ cheering ] >> brian: the quicksocial security te -- quickster. >> gretchen: brian, off the edge! >> the table is too short. here we go. >> gretchen: brian brothers, are you really trying? >> we're playing about 50% here. >> gretchen: that's what i thought. he's taking them on by himself. >> we'll take it up a notch. got it grunt in ping-pong. here is a hard one. >> brian: wait a second, what am i doing wrong? >> no spin. >> steve: what's your name? >> alex. >> steve: you're taking over for

me. action. triple. don't expect brian to do it! what fire house are you from? >> 307. >> steve: engine 307. very nice. let's get this other guy in here. come on in. >> gretchen: you guys dance around hyped the table like you do on the court. >> brian: keep dancing. >> good workout. >> gretchen: while this is going on, we'll take a quick commercial time out. more with the brian brothers right when we come back. more "fox & friends" straight ahead ♪

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♪ >> brian: summer concert series is coming up tomorrow with rodney atkins. >> gretchen: before we go, we're still playing ping-pong with the brian brothers. guess what? they're going to have this tournament later today with some of the firefighters in new york city. the firefighters that win, they get $25,000 from netflix? >> yeah. >> that's a lot. >> brian: let me take over. we'll see you tomorrow. governor bob mcdonald will be in. >> steve: fantastic. >> yeah. >> steve: brian brothers, thank you for joining us. >> brian: they've been carrying you. >> now you're carrying me. >> gretchen: come on, brian! you got to dance! >> brian: watch the ball. >> steve: brian, you want to put on the gold medal, would that help you? the