alan jackson, good morning to you. one critic said this is straight-up country.nashville many years ago to carry on a bit and i do what i do. >> the album is called "30 miles west." explain what that means. >> the song called "dixie highway," a fun kicker thing we'll do today. zach brown is singing with me on the album. he's from georgia. the highway runs from canada to south florida. hundreds of years ago it was there. we ended up using that song. when looking for a title we were struggling. somebody threw out that 30 miles west because where i was raised in georgia is 30 miles west where the dixie highway runs from the heart of georgia. >> you're going to sing "you don't have to love me any more." i know it's a sad one. alan jackson, take it away. >> thank you, ma'am. ♪ i'll be the bad by ♪ i'll take the black eye ♪ when i walk out ♪ you can slam the door ♪ yeah i'll be the s.o.b. ♪ that's what you need from me ♪ so you don't have to love me any more ♪ ♪ when you and your friends talk ♪ make it all my fault ♪ tell them i'm rotten to the core ♪ ♪ yeah i'll let i

alan jackson is here.s american as you get. >> there is no one more american. >> he'll be singing for us. his new cd is out today called "30 miles west." he's here with his family. he's got a darling daughter who wants our job. >> maddie, come on over here and say hello to america. come over, honey. we hear you want to steal somebody's job. >> how old are you, maddie? >> almost 22. >> did you study somewhere to take people's jobs? >> no. it comes natural. >> do you sing, too? >> not well. middle sister got that gene. not me. >> where did you go to college? >> i went to tennessee. >> okay. >> did you major in broadcast journalism? >> no, i did not. >> she majored in partying, i have a feeling. >> right. >> we are happy you came to see us here. >> you're adorable. >> get some classes to watch you. >> we are happy to have you here. >> we have other fun people in the house, don't we? >> busy time today. we are on our best, best behavior today because our boss's mom is with us. >> rosemary bell and her daughter

alan jackson is here.>> how old are you, maddie? >> almost 22. >> did you study somewhere to take people's jobs? >> no. it comes natural. >> do you sing, too? >> not well. middle sister got that gene. not me. >> where did you go to college? >> i went to tennessee. >> okay. >> did you major in broadcast journalism? >> no, i did not. >> she majored in partying, i have a feeling. >> right. >> we are happy you came to see us here. >> you're adorable. >> get some classes to watch you. >> we are happy to have you here. >> we have other fun people in the house, don't we? >> busy time today. we are on our best, best behavior today because our boss's mom is with us. >> rosemary bell and her daughter-in-law maureen bell who is married to jim's brother. >> not her daughter-in-law. >> is it her daughter-in-law? sister-in-law. sister-in-law. okay. >> they're related. >> we are happy they are here. apparently his mom is a big fan of our hour. go figure. >> why? >> i don't know. there is no accounting for taste. >> no, t

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. >> reporter: and there is new music from country superstar alan jackson on 30 miles west.ndy pop band motion city sound track releases go. and r & b superstar usher is out with his seventh studio album called looking for myself. william la jeunesse, fox news. >>> good morning. it is tuesday, june 12th. a live look outside right now. the streets of washington and probably your neighborhood, wherever you're watching, possibly a little bit of wet today. big change from yesterday, right? good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm will thomas. >> i'm melanie alnwick. welcome to fox 5 morning news. it fell almost like a tropical storm was broe blowing in, windy, cold, rain battering me. >> i was saying it was more hike beach weather. >> you're right. i was surprised that it was a lot more intense than i expected. >> there has been a brief downpour. you guys are making this so dramatic. there has been a rain shower not the end of the world. it does rain. we have light showers across the area. they've already come and gone in the city. most of the shower activity now north and ea

. >> governor, take alan jackson, he's rining for prosecutor out in l.a. he's a gang prosecutor.e would quarrel with you a little bit, as would the victims he's trying to get justice for as would everyone i know in the victims right that real gangs are not anywhere nearly as damaging as political parties. it's just silly, governor. >> really? let's start adding up the wars. through all the wars we fought lately. you know, i'm 60 years old now. and do you realize that my country has been at war for over half my life? and i'm post world war ii. let's add up the wars and how many die in those. how many civilian deaths happ happened daily because of our war that we wage in this country throughout the world? you don't add those in, do you? >> no, i don't, governor. because it's an oargument that you've made before in public that somehow we're responsible for 9/11. but you can't answer my question. did you talk to victims of gang violence? >> i used to be in one. you're talk who has been there and done that. >> when you were governor? >> no, no. earlier in my life. i rode with the mong

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. ♪ ♪ >> that's alan jackson one of the many super stars heading the bama jam festival. started to raise money for the town after it was demolished by tornadoes back in 2007. this year the goal is to help nurture local economies in the region. kid rock and uncle cracker set to take the stage today. >> where is courtney friel when you need her. those are the good old -- courtney loved bama jam. >> los angeles, courtney, get to alabama. >> let's talk a little sports now. it is u.s. open weekend. it was a reminder of the enormous shadow cast over the entire sport of golf by tiger woods. because who is not playing this weekend? number one luke donald. number two rorey mcilroy and masters champ bubba watson missed the cut. you wouldn't know it because tiger woods is on top. almost three years after the last major. tiger looking for his fourth u.s. open title. he had it going on round 2 as did he on round 1. enters the third rund one under par tied leader board with two other major winners. 2003 u.s. open champion furyk. did he have the flat stick going on friday. look at that

alan isn't conservative enough. the former head of the tea party in virginia, bob marshall, delegate from our area, is one of the best known, social conservatives, religious conservatives in the house of delegates and ew jackson a fiery african american, conservative preacher and they are basically trying to get their message out, which is we need to be even more conservative than george alan. they are trying to get their own brand out there, and get more publicity for themselves, possibly for future races, and they are trying to mainly sort of galvanize the base, and rev people up on the right. >>> george alan though, still has a little -- if we are talking now with alan versus cain he still has a little bit of baggage. >> well, that is the big race. assuming alan does win on tuesday, which i think he will, he will be up against tim cain. this is one of the most chosely watched u.s. senate races two former governorrers, one alan, -- governors, one alan, and he lost narrowly six years ago after the famous incident he called an indian american volunteer by a derisive term. that was a big democratic year any way. 06. democrats won across the board pretty much nationwide and he faced you know, fairly moderate op

michelle bachman, dannel malloy, alan west, and lisa jackson. on the news makers, debbie stanbenow and pat roberts talk about their joint effort to push the farm bill through the senate. the bill would replace the long time program of subsidies to farmers and a program that would pay them with their -- if their income falls below certain levels. newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. >> everyone thinks back to vietnam. they think of the history of the b-52. the cold war. there is a different kind of power associated with the b-52 as opposed to other bombers. >> these are two friends who knew each other prior to the civil war. they fought against each other in 1862. here they are at age 100. they are talking about the old days. >> to the east is marked 901. on the west is 903. they really reflect our reference to the moment of the bomb that was at 9:02. >> look for the history and literate culture of our next up in jefferson city, missouri. >> timothy geithner spoke about the economy and the role of government when he gave the commencement addres

alan keys. >> we got a black eye. >> stephanie: samuel jackson? no?tephanie: romney's campaign would not comment on who would play obama but since 1996 this is kind of sad they've turned to rob portman every time. rob portman, the senator from ohio. that's yeah. >> that's odd. >> stephanie: yeah, he has played the democratic presidential nominee and even stood in for hillary clinton--horrible casting--when his former roommate ran against her for the senate. >> hmm. >> stephanie: yeah again? better casting. i don't understand that. >> get jeannine turner. >> stephanie: victoria jackson or somebody. i know you have limited casting ability for the republicans. that is a shallow bench. [ crickets ] that is a shallow talent pool there. >> stephanie miller, jacki. >> stephanie: funny. let's go to the right-wing world. oh, we start with sean hannity. >> it appears there are no limits to what president obama will say and do to win this election. in a brazen election year stunt. he anoint announced friday that they will no longer deport young immigrants. presi