gretchen carlson. >> reporter: i love that analogy to ronald reagan. overwhelming and nostalgia for me because i had the opportunity to meet president reagan in lenovo office when i was miss america, probably the promised day of my year as miss america. i will never forget what he said to me. in new i was a student at stanford. he said that place has really gotten liberal. i was able to say to him when i came to stanford from a small town in minnesota i had just turned 18 and it was the first time he was running for president and i got to vote in the presidential election for ronald reagan. [applause] >> people may know me from television but here are a couple things they may not know. i am 100% swedish. i was a high school valedictorian. i grew up in the halloween capital of the world in minnesota. i am not the shortest miss america ever. i hate putting on makeup when i'm not at work, i don't know how to type, i don't know how to parallel park. i can't whistle. i grew up the chubby teen which i will get to. when i was a little girl before i had braces

gretchen carlson is a perfect shining example, like president reagan, of someone who has succeeded beyond her wildest dreams and the expectations of others because she, too, has been underestimated her whole life. gretchen has said it well herself. she calls it the bimbo factor. [laughter] well, what are some of the catcalls that she's experienced? the quintessential dumb blond, right? she's just not smart enough. never mind the fact that she graduated from stanford university with honors and that she studied at oxford. she's a miss america type, literally. don't take her seriously. never mind the fact that she succeeded in winning that contest from an organization that is to this day the world's largest provider of academic scholarships solely for women. talent counts for half of the score, and i know this to be absolutely true. i was a judge for the hiss america pageant -- miss america pageant five years after greveen was there, and i can tell you i would have voted for her hands down. [laughter] talent, well, what talent? well, she was trained as a classical violinist and to this day c

fox news anchor gretchen carlson. nigh newhe author of a memoir called getting real. u see her, of course, at 2:00 p.m. on the real story here on fnc. but did you know that? merchandise carlson did not like the way she looked as the a child. >> so you were raised on the plains of minnesota, right? you, at age 6, take up the violin. >> i guess the story goes that i heard commercials on television and i went to the piano and plunked out the tune and my parents thought oh maybe she is interested in music. the neighborhood piano teacher took a look at my hands and said she will never be any good because her hands are too small. a violin fluke incident. very serious and playing before isaac stern when i was 10 years old. >> you get into your 10 years. are you still a little pudgy? i know there was a pudgy factor here. >> i was fat. >> you are not allowed to say that now. >> i was interested in high school senior in tenth grade. i overheard him in the hallway say i think she is a nice girl but too fat to date. on that day i went on a diet for the first time. >> you go on a d

i'm gretchen carlson. starting an hour from now the candidates will address supporters at the take back america forum. the big headline is that donald trump now saying he's not showing up. what happened? >> his campaign is saying he had a business deal that prevented him from coming here. some have suggested it's a sign it's been a tough week between the debate and his interaction with a supporter that he has taken a lot of criticism. criticism coming from the left and the right. >> he's got to decide what he wants to do for himself. if somebody at my town hall meeting said something like that, i would correct them. i would say the president is a christian and he was born this this country. those two things are self-evident. >> i think it's a disgrace to request whether or not the president of the united states was born in this country. i thought we were beyond that. it's an outrage. >> reaction continues to pour in. some sensing there's vulnerability on the behalf of mr. trump. >> would be interesting if

america is gretchen carlson. ms.nesota. >> what are you thinking about when you have the little crown and walking out there? >> i'm thinking total relief because i had worked so hard for that. >> then you're ms. america and go back to college. a lot of beauty contestants want to be in tv news. did you want to be in tv news? >> no, i was going to be a lawyer. bloopers and practical jokes set me up for a prank during my year as ms. america. >> watch gretchen's face as she realizes she has to fake it. >> gretchen, you're on super bloopers and practical jokes. >> and that's what catapulted me into television news. because i got calls out of tv agents after they saw me who said if you can do that, you can do tv. >> now you have agents interested and you start your career. one thing stood out to me. you were in cleveland and you were teamed with another female anchor, it was the first two female anchor team and it bombed. what happened? >> it didn't work. i come back from my honeymoon. i get called up to the general manage

hi, i'm gretchen carlson. this is the real story.ys after the same judge ordered davis locked up for contempt of court over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses. supporters are gathering outside the jail right now for the big rally that's supposed to happen. this comes with presidential candidates mike huckabee and senator ted cruz planning to meet with davis today. protesters have been turning out on both sides of the issue since davis was jailed last thursday. >> she is guilty of keeping the

i'm gretchen carlson. this is "the real story" today.ng all of the presidential candidates to sign a loyalty pledge agreeing to endorse the eventual republican nominee and not to run as an independent or a write-in candidate. this is america's election headquarters. and we're going to have team coverage on this today. look whom we have. bret baier. chris stirewalt, carl cameron live in new hampshire following the bush campaign and keeping it fair and balanced ed henry is in d.c. with the latest on hillary clinton. but, let's start now with bret baier. all right, bret. look at the crowds of people there. not only to see trump come out, but a bunch of reporters. i guess everyone wants to hear whether or not he's going to sign this pledge. what do you think? >> i don't think there is a lot of surprise now. i think there is a lot of reporting out there that he will sign the pledge. the rnc chair would not have gone to trump tower if this wasn't baked in the cake, i think, gretchen. the real story here is why he's getting to this point. he wa

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today.ing three separate votes and a potential lawsuit against the administration. holding a resolution of disapproval of the vote should the senate pass it or just not voting by the september 17th deadline at all. the argument being they never got all the details of the so-called side deal tehran made with the iaea and therefore the deadline should be pushed back another 60 days. are you following us? mike emanuel is and he's live on capitol hi.

i'm gretchen carlson. donald trump trying out the role in commander in chief as his republi eyes on the front-runner. he said he's ready for whatever telling everyone bring it. >> so the debate. i hear they're all going after me. whatever. whatever. i hear it. >> trump already has the jet, the helicopters, the yacht. now he's getting the feel of a battleship. carl, will he actually talk specifics about defense policy. >> reporter: there it is behind me. mr. trump will have a big crowd on the deck with him for his speech. we're told by law enforcement officials they are expecting demonstrators, anywhere from 500 to 5,000. it could billihis aids won't te he's going to say. this is an opportunity to talk about the issues. specifically the need for a stronger military and he will address the veterans administratiad administrati administration. he got into a bit of a tiff with john mccain saying he didn't fix it but that's not his job as a u.s. senator. trump will unload on some of his rivals. the club for grow

. >> we have lawsuits by gretchen carlson, lou dobbs, and barack obama. we have three. police direct them individually. i had nothing to do with it. >> dude, where's my class? >> all right, gentlemen. hillary clinton on deck. one of her aides now taking the fifth to avoid testifying on benghazi. not good. right back with the latest. . . . >>> more bad news for hillary clinton, a man name brine pagliano who set up her server in her home was called to testify in front of a house panel. but pagliano's lawyers say he'll take the fifth and not testify. joining us from washington, correspondent rosen covering the story. katherine, why is this important? >> maybe i'm old fashioned but when you're low level i.t. guy takes the fifth, that is not good. and on top of that we had this nine-hour deposition with this long time clinton ally, cheryl mills who was her chief of staff. it was clear that after that deposition there was some kind of agreement between the republicans, democrats and the committee that they would come out and give one statement to the press, which wasn't extre

i'm gretchen carlson. happy monday. this is "the real story." controversial comments about muslims exploding now. both dr. ben carson and donald trump pacing fire over the role of muslims in america. and real movement as the candidates watch their poll numbers surge, sag or slide. meantime on the campaign trail jeb bush appearing today in texas and then iowa. marco rubio is in georgia. hillary clinton whipping through louisiana and arkansas after insisting over the weekend she is a political outsider. senior political adviser mark emanuel is wrap it it up for us. what is the state of the gop race and what did dr. carson say? >> the latest poll show all political outsiders leading the political race. donald trump is still the leader but has dropped eight points to 24% support. carly fiorina raz has rocketed to second place after the cnn debate with 15%. dr. ben carson has slipped to third with 14%. senator marco rubio after what was widely seen as a solid debate performance is fourth at 11% and jeb bush rou

hi, i'm gretchen carlson. this is the real story. five days after the same judge ordered davis locked up for contempt of court over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses. supporters are gathering outside the jail right now for the big rally that's supposed to happen. this comes with presidential candidates mike huckabee and senator ted cruz planning to meet with davis today. protesters have been turning out on both sides of the issue since davis was jailed last thursday. >> she is guilty of keeping the law. and the judge, david bunning, has found her in contempt of this court. we are holding today judge bunning in contempt of the court of all mighty god. >> shannon bream, why release her now? what happens next? >> judge bunning, who put davis behind bars asked the plaintiffs to the case to specify by 10:00 a.m. this morning to his chambers whether or not they'd been able to get marriage licenses. satisfied that they were able to do that, bunning ordered davis released. not without conditions. his order says defendant davis

gretchen carlson is a serious journalist, hard work, up from nowhere, concert violinist, stanford graduating, miss america pageant playing and worked in richmond and cleveland and dallas before she got fox news. all these authors have one thing in common. they're all relentlessly fair. they don't have an agenda as they set out to interview people. the last look in my bag is the most important in informing me how to go about preparing for the debates. the last book in my bag -- anyone have a guess? you might have heard, -- no, no, that's the first book in my bag. "the queen." buy ten copies. no. david axelrod's "believer." chris, did david axelrod come to the nixon library? he should. this is the open kimono. this is a life spent on the left, elegantly and wonderfully written by a form journalist, who served harold washington and president obama and everybody in between. he is the rove of their side, and he wrote a book about how he won two elections, in extraordinary fashion, shouldn't have won the second one. he was behind with three weeks to go. sandy, can day, and orca took us down i was

i'm gretchen carlson.ing out the role in commander in chief as his republi eyes on the front-runner. he said he's ready for whatever telling everyone bring it. >> so the debate. i hear they're all going after me. whatever. whatever. i hear it. >> trump already has the jet, the helicopters, the yacht.

i'm gretchen carlson. happy monday. this is "the real story."eaders are gathering here in new york city for the u.n. general assembly. both leaders spoke earlier this morning where president obama addressed the fighting in syria and ukraine, situation that's have put the u.s. at odds as you know with russia. kevin is live for us in new york city. kevin, what do we expect from this meeting? >> reporter: well, let's see. i'll give you two words. very little. i mean, you should really just expect an airing of grievances and disagreements and maybe a veiled threat or two about engagement, especially as it relates to coalition forces battling isis in syria. as you know, russia is also there so-called battling isis, but we heard the president as

i'm gretchen carlson. happy monday. this is "the real story."ims exploding now. both dr. ben carson and donald trump pacing fire over the role of muslims in america. and real movement as the candidates watch their poll numbers surge, sag or slide. meantime on the campaign trail jeb bush appearing today in texas and then iowa. marco rubio is in georgia. hillary clinton whipping through louisiana and arkansas after insisting over the weekend she is a political outsider. senior political adviser mark emanuel is wrap it it up for us. what is the state of the gop

i'm gretchen carlson. this is "the real story." the suspect taken away on a stretcher.t happened moments ago. look at the video. another woman was injured in the incident. allegedly she was stabbed and she is being treated now. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live at union station. our bureau is right across the street. you were able to get there quick. what did you find out? >> reporter: i was able to get into union station really within minutes of the whole episode going down. and spoke to some eyewitnesses who described pretty accurately the chain of events that really began about five to 1:00 earn ti eastern time. they saw people running away from the mcdonald's and

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i'm gretchen carlson. hour from now the candidates will address supporters at the take back america forum. the big headline is that donald trump now saying he's not showing up. what happened? >> his campaign is saying he had a business deal that prevented him

i'm gretchen carlson. let's head over to shep. >> all eyes now on washington.set to arrive in the united states within the hour. we'll look at where he's headed and how he's stirring up controversy by naming a brand new saint. >>> we'll also talk to a former secret service agent about what he calls the unprecedented challenges of protecting this pope. >>> hillary clinton unveiling a plan to limit prescription drug costs, but drug makers claim they need the money to come up with new medications. >>> carly fiorina talking foreign policy, firing back at that man, donald trump, after his latest comment about her -- well, her face or her persona or whatever it was. >>> and dr. ben carson is blaming, quote, pc culture,

i'm gretchen carlson. this is "the real story."hold a rally as congress debates at the same time a resolution of disapproval rejebting the president's deal. controversial agreement. hot-button topic. drawing big names to the rally. >> we can't beat anybody. our vets are being treated horribly. it will change. we will have so much winning if i get elected that you may get bored with winning. believe me. i agree. you'll never get bored with winning. we never get bored. if it goes through, there will be three consequences. number one, the obama administration will become quite literally the world's leading financier of radical islamic terrorism. the

. >> miss america is gretchen carlson, miss minnesota. >> the amazing stories behind much of our foxs talent. >> let me take two years to see if i could get to the top rock radio station in two years. i got there in 18 months. >> i actually feared for my life because the crowd was closing in. >> what did they want? >> they wanted. >> they wanted to be near you. >> they wanted to hug my essence. >> huff your essence. [ laughter ] >> i thought that was one of the groups you

i'm gretchen carlson. here's shep. >>> tonight is the night they debate again, republican on republican at the reagan library. just about everybody is predicting now that donald trump will make -- be more of a target than he's ever been before. ahead, the possible strategy for donald trump and some of the other big name candidates including carly fiorina and ben carson. >>> thousands of families trying to escape war and finding themselves in a new fight. tonight, they're facing police who are using water cannons and tear gas to stop those families from getting into the country. we'll take you to a border crossing where the global migrant crisis is coming to a boil. >>> russia to the aid of syria? seems the russians are building an operating base in syria, and there is new word about the number of moderate syrian rel

i'm gretchen carlson, have a faction weekend. here's shep. >> where in -- world donald trump? there are lights and microphones and questions for the candidate from queens but no donald. what's the story here? >>> if you know somebody's planning a crime, better give the cops a heads up. hours ago a friend of the accused charleston church shooter appeared in course, accused of failing to let anybody know that his buddy had a plan. now he is facing possible years in prison. >>> plus the search for alien life. a well-respected scientist says extraterrestrials could be a lot closer than anybody realizes. maybe right here in our solar system. and there's a chance they're trying to contact us right now. but humans are too stupid to realize it. speaking of stupid, let's get to it. good friday afternoon to you and first from the fox news deck this friday afternoon, if you have been flipping over the cable tv landscape today looking for his omni present, if you have ridden the radio dials seeking wisdom and enlightenment you notice something strange happening in america. one thing is ce

. >> miss america is gretchen carlson, miss minnesota. >> the amazing stories behind much of our foxe take two years to see if i could get to the top rock radio station in two years. i got there in 18 months. >> i actually feared for my life because the crowd was closing in. >> what did they want? >> they wanted. >> they wanted to be near you. >> they wanted to hug my essence. >> huff your essence. [ laughter ] >> i thought that was one of the groups you

i'm gretchen carlson. now over to shep. >> controversy after the republican candidate ben carson says no muslim should be president of the united states. even though there's a constitution and it says it doesn't matter what religion you are. we have this separation thing that's novel. and new polls on where the candidates now stand. plus we'll take you live to cuba, where pope francis spoke to thousands of people today. his message and more on what to expect when he heads to the united states. >>> a former peanut executive stands before a judge to learn whether he'll go to prison for the rest of this life. his crime? shipping con ton didn't contaminated foot food that got hundreds people sick or killed them. block. >> happy monday. the biggest debate today in the race for the white house is whether a muslim would be fit for the presidency. it's real. and it's being discussed. in america. never mind that there are no muslim candidates in the race. the republican candidate ben carson brought the topic to the

. >> miss america is gretchen carlson, miss minnesota. >> the amazing stories behind much of our fox me take two years to see if i could get to the top rock radio station in two years. i got there in 18 months. >> i actually feared for my life because the crowd was closing in. >> what did they want? >> they wanted. >> they wanted to be near you. >> they wanted to hug my essence. >> huff your essence. [ laughter ] >> i thought that was one of the groups you

i'm gretchen carlson. here's shep right on time. >> ben carson closing in on donald trump a day before the republican's second showdown on stage. donald trump doesn't seem fazed. >> we'll make it work in a minute. the democratic candidate bernie sanders says he wants to fix health care, expand social security and make college more affordable. will the "wall street journal" pounced on that and calculated a cost of that spending. how much? i'll tell you. now senator sanders is firing back and dozens of frat brothers facing charges after a pledge died during a reported hazing ritual. wait until you hear what investigators say the guys did right after the stew depth got hurt. >>> also, how much money would it take for you to become a criminal? a lot of people say just $2,000. let's get to it. >> announcer: now, shepard smith reporting live from the fox news desk. >>> good afternoon from the deck. ben carson is closer than ever to tying the republican front-runner, donald trump. that's according to a new cbs ti

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for being here. here's shep. >> kim davis is out of jail, call couples in her county are getting marriage licenses. this case is far from over. we'll get you all the details on what her legal debate is now. the husband on trial accused of pushing his wife off a cliff. prosecutors say there's a pattern his first wife also died in some sort of freak accident. so let's get to it. >>> tuesday afternoon, marriage licenses given to gay couples in one kentucky county are not valid, depending on what the judge says. that is according to an attorney for county clerk kim davis, making it clear she might be out of jail but not giving up her fight. the rally is coming, you'll miss none of it with mike huckabee and kim davis. the same judge who jailed kim davis for contempt set her free because the majority of the clerk's deputies swore they would give the marriages to same-sex couples. this was never about kim davis and never about this kentucky county, it was never about anything but equal rights for all as dec

i'm gretchen carlson. this is "the real story." they hold a rally as congress debates at the same time a resolution of disapproval rejebting the president's deal. controversial agreement. hot-button topic. drawing big names to the rally. >> we can't beat anybody. our vets are being treated horribly. it will change. we will have so much winning if i get elected that you may get bored with winning. believe me. i agree. you'll never get bored with winning. we never get bored. if it goes through, there will be three consequences. number one, the obama administration will become quite literally the world's leading financier of radical islamic terrorism. the second consequence of this catastrophic deal is that it abandons four american hostages in an iranian hell-hole. the third consequence it is will accelerate the nation of iran acquiring nuclear weapons. >> joining me now me some guests. all right. so those are the two headliners, chris. cruz and trump. they actually stuck to a time limit and didn't speak that long. what do you make o

i'm gretchen carlson. here's shep. >>> tonight is the night they debate again, republican on republican at the reagan library. just about everybody is predicting now that donald trump will make -- be more of a target than he's ever been before. ahead, the possible strategy for donald trump and some of the other big name candidates including carly fiorina and ben carson. >>> thousands of families trying to escape war and finding themselves in a new fight. tonight, they're facing police who are using water cannons and tear gas to stop those families from getting into the country. we'll take you to a border crossing where the global migrant crisis is coming to a boil. >>> russia to the aid of syria? seems the russians are building an operating base in syria, and there is new word about the number of moderate syrian rebels we have been training. let's get to it. >>> now, "shepard smith reporting" live from the news desk. >>> the white house is currently on lockdown. but as of right now, i can't tell you exactl

i'm gretchen carlson. happy monday. this is "the real story." world leaders are gathering here in new york city for the u.n. general assembly. both leaders spoke earlier this morning where president obama addressed the fighting in syria and ukraine, situation that's have put the u.s. at odds as you know with russia. kevin is live for us in new york city. kevin, what do we expect from this meeting? >> reporter: well, let's see. i'll give you two words. very little. i mean, you should really just expect an airing of grievances and disagreements and maybe a veiled threat or two about engagement, especially as it relates to coalition forces battling isis in syria. as you know, russia is also there so-called battling isis, but we heard the president as you point out gurg during his address earlier today say all the right things about working together to defeat isis. >> the united states is prepared to work with any nation, including russia and iran, to resolve the conflict. but we must recognize that there cannot be after so much blood shed, so much

. >> miss america is gretchen carlson, miss minnesota. >> the amazing stories behind much of our foxtalent. >> let me take two years to see if i could get to the top rock radio station in two years. i got there in 18 months. >> i actually feared for my life because the crowd was closing in. >> what did they want? >> they wanted. >> they wanted to be near you. >> they wanted to hug my essence. >> huff your essence. [ laughter ] >> i thought that was one of the groups you

i'm gretchen carlson. this is "the real story." the suspect taken away on a stretcher. it happened moments ago. look at the video. another woman was injured in the incident. allegedly she was stabbed and she is being treated now. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live at union station. our bureau is right across the street. you were able to get there quick. what did you find out? >> reporter: i was able to get into union station really within minutes of the whole episode going down. and spoke to some eyewitnesses who described pretty accurately the chain of events that really began about five to 1:00 earn ti eastern time. they saw people running away from the mcdonald's and a panicked screaming saying call 911, call police. they described to me a tall african-american male with dreadlocks with something in his hand and walking in a focused, calm manner. he was surrounded by police, and they told him to drop it, drop it. the perimeter got smaller and smaller and a shot was fired and the suspect went down. let's listen to some of the eyewitness accounts.

i'm gretchen carlson. let's head over to shep. >> all eyes now on washington. pope francis set to arrive in the united states within the hour. we'll look at where he's headed and how he's stirring up controversy by naming a brand new saint. >>> we'll also talk to a former secret service agent about what he calls the unprecedented challenges of protecting this pope. >>> hillary clinton unveiling a plan to limit prescription drug costs, but drug makers claim they need the money to come up with new medications. >>> carly fiorina talking foreign policy, firing back at that man, donald trump, after his latest comment about her -- well, her face or her persona or whatever it was. >>> and dr. ben carson is blaming, quote, pc culture, unquote, for the uproar over his comment about a possible muslim president. pc culture. let's get to it. >>> good tuesday afternoon. pope francis is right now closing in on washington, kicking off his first trip to the united states. the holy visit so rare that president obama and the first lady are set to welcome him not at the white hou

i, gretchen carlson -- it does. >> oh! >> i affirm, if i do not win the 2016 republican nomination for president of the united states, i did endorse -- it's very simplistic. it begs the question, why do you need to sign this thing? >> well, now, first i would point out we've celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. they ended that with a one-page document too. unconditional surrender. >> all right. >> that's all it took. this is the same idea. it's unconditional. you don't need a lot of lines to say -- there are no exemptions or exclusions. the person who signs this is promising, taking an oath, i will support the republican nominee, whether it's mike huckabee or a blooming onion from outback steakhouse. i'll support the nominee, whoever it is. here is the deal. for donald trump this comes with considerable risk because a big part of his appeal is being a guy who is sticking it to the man. he is the rebel. he is the outsider. that's where the energy comes from. in signing this, this is a risky play. >> s