. >> andrea: hello, i'm andrea tantaros with bob beckel, eric bolling, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: one of the big money groups backing president obama this year called priorities usa. run by a guy named bill burton who used to work at the white house. it's priority this election season? smearing mitt romney at all costs with a political ad that stoops to a new low. this ad potentially, ugliest out of the election season yet links romney to closure of a steel plant, loss of family health insurance and -- are you ready for this -- the death of a woman. take a look. >> when romney and bain closed the plant i lost the healthcare. my family lost their healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. maybe she didn't say anything because she knew we couldn't afford the insurance and she passed away in 22 days. i don't think mitt romney realize what is he has done to anyone. furthermore i don't think mitt romney is concerned. >> andrea: we have seen hard-hitting ads this election seas

>> andrea: prove it. >> bob: why don't you prove the birth certificate -- >> andrea: andrea called onrry. i apologize. >> kimberly: absolutely we can expect more of this. president obama in his campaign and negative ads. but the problem is did they spend the money and come out with it too soon? everything coming forward, and they will bury him. >> bob: romney has so much more to hide. we have not begun to expose it. this guy -- >> andrea: we got to go. [ overtalk ] >> andrea: coming up, what does will ferrell want to pay in taxes? >> i think that actually ewould actually raise the taxes about 75%. >> andrea: whoa! is he serious? you will see the rest of the tape when we come back. ♪ ♪ i was having trouble getting out of bed in the morning because my back hurt so bad. the sleep number bed conforms to you. i wake up in the morning with no back pain. do you toss and turn? wake up with back pain? if so, call us now. you'll learn how the sleep number bed helps relieve back pain by allowing you to adjust the firmness and support to conform to your body for a more proper spinal alignment. ju

. >> andrea: hello, i'm andrea tantaros with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, dana perino, brian kilmeade. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: president obama now got involved in joe biden's comments about republicans wanting to put people back in chains. the remarks were made to a crowd in virginia that included many african-americans. if you haven't seen the video, here it is. >> people let the big banks again write their own rules. unchain wall street. they are going to put y'all back in chains. >> andrea: the president was asked about it in an interview with "entertainment tonight" of all places. >> what joe biden was talking about again is an example of a substantive argument, substantive issue that the american people should be concerned about. and his phrasing is a distraction from what is at stake. >> andrea: okay. the president called it a distraction from the substantive argument. several prominent zil rights leaders are taking the comments much more seriously. given that mr. biden may have been alluding to slavery. >> sleighry is nothing to joke about

>> andrea: yes. >> bob: simple. when he takes the -- there are four or five cut he is makes in taxes. he gets more revenue. it comes out of the middle class. >> bob: no.>> -- >> andrea: no. >> bob: yes. when he cuts the taxes what happens next? >> greg: cutting spending. >> andrea: handouts, that is what you are talking about. >> eric: you know the theory when you let people keep more of their own money, their own money they will use it to buy plants, hire people. anyone. the middle class. 70% of the jobs create. >> bob: one thing that worked is bill clinton raised taxes we had the ten years of best economic growth. >> andrea: is that obamaloney. that is what romney calls it. it's olympic week on "the five" and we'll remember some of the greatest olympians. mary lou retten the first american to win gold. it was 1984. we will tell you what happened then. and what she is up to now. plus, we have a sneak peek at a new movie about hunting down bin laden. >> when is the last time you saw bin laden? >> andrea: how much in

>> andrea: prove it. >> bob: why don't you prove the birth certificate -- >> andrea: andrea called on i apologize. >> kimberly: absolutely we can expect more of this. president obama in his campaign and negative ads. but the problem is did they spend the money and come out with it too soon? everything coming forward, and they will bury him. >> bob: romney has so much more to hide. we have not begun to expose it. this guy -- >> andrea: we got to go. [ overtalk ] >> andrea: coming up, what does will ferrell want to pay in taxes? >> i think that actually ewould actually raise the taxes about 75%. >> andrea: whoa! is he serious? you will see the rest of the tape when we come back. ♪ ♪ >> eric: the big story here tonight on "special report," they're upping the fight in syria. president obama reported agencies to provide support to syrian opposition. they are using captured weapons. and mitt romney is back on the domestic campaign trail after several days in europe. he is visiting with some governors, some are on his v.p. list. there is a new tax pay yore loan guarantee to solyndra to make

. >> andrea: hello, everyone. i'm andrea tantaros with juan williams, eric bolling, dana perino, greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five"! ♪ ♪ >> andrea: the republican national convention kicks off monday in tampa, florida, and "the five" can't wait as we will be there live all week. bringing you the latest and greatest of the gop convention. it's looking like it will be a pivotal week for the republican party and the rya ryan-rahn -- the ryan-romney ticket. the latest race for the white house is a dead heat. as the republicans tray to capitalize and take their message, the battle will only get more intense, as did the one-on-one last night between our pal juan williams and sean hannity. >> mitt romney, called a murderer? called him a felon? >> president obama didn't call him a murder. they did not. what they said is he was in charge of bain, b abin closed the company -- >> he was out of bain by the time. >> he was signing on the bottom line as the leader of bain. i think the add is scurrilous

>> andrea: after this.ama they didn't build or i did build it stories. last week, i encouraged you to go to website i built that that is on john cornyn's website. it picked my favorite. her name is diane from austin, texas. she created accessory known as the pink pocket used now by women recovering from mastectomys and she started with $10,000 she scraped together. she didn't take a nick from the government. she has four kids she is putting through college. but she has done it herself. congratulations. you did build that. >> bob: that is a great story. she didn't get it from the government? where did the $10,000 come from? people helped her out, right? >> andrea: no, it was her savings account. >> bob: people helped her out. >> andrea: it wasn't obama. monoobama fer -- >> bob: obama never said it was obama. >> kimberly: this is "the five." we have one more thing for one more thing. two more things for one more thing. a book, a great book i was given that i enjoyed called "no higher power." one of the author

>> andrea: i like the team this year, too.doing this but i'm listening. multitasking. >> kimberly: spin it on your finger? >> eric: a little. >> greg: this is not a good idea. he will do it until it drops. >> andrea: there was nothing like that. there was a special on before the olympics started op espn on the dream team. it was the coolest footal. the reason they were different than the team this year, which is very good, kobe and the guys, it was the first time to see the great on the court together. they were just awesome. no other way to put it. >> greg: to me, it was not so much a sport as a spectacle. it was like watching "the love boat" with a bunch of celebrities. i think instead of sending a team of professional athletes send the harlem globetrotters to the olympics. how hard would it be for the globetrotters to go up against other countries and do all the tricks and still beat them. >> eric: bounce off other people's backs. sorry. ready. >> kimberly: what i was going to say is kobe bryant has a big mouth saying they

you're wrong. >> andrea: whatever. sure. >> bob: go ahead. >> andrea: eastwood is good.look at him for 45 minutes on a big screen. iconic actor and director. a lot of people, dana is upset by the halftime in america ad. he can buy a dodge challenger and still not vote for president obama. >> bob: don't get so excited. he is 80. >> eric: roll it. i'll talk over it. how able them apples? you wouldn't stand a chance. if rush were in here, brought the house down. >> bob: this is a classic case of good convention. why make trick at the end? >> greg: this is clint eastwood. the greatest actor ever. >> bob: let me ask you something. how many shots do i fire in this gun? 45 magnum today -- >> andrea: can you let us have our one celebrity? >> bob: one more thing is up next. there you go. ♪ ♪ >> eric: all right. time for one more thing. greg, kick it off. >> greg: since being here for three days the number one question people are asking me what is in dana perino's sparkly back pack? while she was at the dog track, i stole it. this is what i found. this is bizarre. look at this. i

up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back.aughter ] "newsweek" magazine cover is entitled "hit the road, barack, why we need a new president." scathing article written by former mccain advisor neil fergson details the president's broken promises in detail and why paul ryan has psyched the obama campaign out. this article is, it's really, i any devastating to the administration. not because it takes on an ide log call perspective or because it goes personal. or from a typical conservative. neil ferguson is a historian. he has all the facts about the president of the united states. >> dana: during the football game yesterday, go back looking and searching if internet while i hear football in background and i came across an article and i thought oh, boy this will get f attention. "newsweek requests ha"news weekg attention every three weeks where everybody goes have you seen this? if you're pro obama you think it's unfair. if you are against obama and pro romney you read it and say that is exactly what i have been talking about. p

be careful. >> andrea: i know he has been around a long time. that's a problem. >> bob: you can say that and laugh about it. fine. >> brian: when the week started i go wow, we'll have a discussion about medicare and talk about substance, talk about entitlements, going to see whose plan works better. it's interesting where it looked for the first time in a long time that the obama re-election campaign was on appeal. but in a way, joe biden saved the week for president obama. because he got, because he got everybody off medicare debate. got off everyone saying well, this guy is in good shape, with a really good mind. we have respect from people like erskine bowles. in a way, examining biden relevancy and goodness was a bit of a way to soften the week. >> dana: if you are a democratic consultant, take the line and spin it over the weekend. you say it's a brilliant strategy to get biden out there. look at that. it's funny. >> eric: i wouldn't say strategy. >> dana: friday, having fun. biden and then ryan. >> with you, we can win north carolina. yes!

. >> andrea: let me finish. he has a point here. israelis have and as dana old colleague points out when he was quoted in freakonomics they have the highest density of tech startup in israel. they're entrepreneurial. they take risks and hard workers. it's the reason that the culture flourish. palestinians on the other hand teach hate, they teach the kids to hate. maybe if they didn't teach the kids to hate he would have had more economic prosperity. >> greg: the palestinians took them down the wrong path. >> bob: the palestinians have been successful in this country in business. >> greg: where? >> bob: in the united states of america. >> greg: much better than where they're from. >> bob: that has nothing to do with their culture. >> eric: so has the israelis. >> bob: the culture -- >> greg: talking about the culture under arafat in -- >> bob: that is not what he said. >> greg: going after israel and not building up the own cities. >> bob: do a romney apologist tour. >> andrea: he should not have backed off. >> g

andrea mitchell bills herself as an anchor. a pundit or an opinion person but as someone who is supposed to be a straight news journalist. she is not. she's propagandist. to say this is bad for women, a blanket statement. that is not news, andrea. that's propaganda. >> kimberly: change her name. i don't like her having the same name. >> bob: $5 million over the weekend raising money for romney, we raised $5 million for geraldine ferraro that was 20 years ago. not surprising that you see money coming in. >> eric: is it surprising andrea mitchell saying the women vote won't go to paul ryan? >> bob: no. >> eric: example number three, this is "60 minutes" and about what they did not show you. last night, bob schaefer asked paul ryan about medicare. great answer from the congressman. hit it out of the park. but cbs left it on the cutting room floor and didn't put it on the show, even though they did put it online where nobody watched. take a look. >> in america, the nature of this country has been giving people more freedom, more ch

andrea, go ahead. >> andrea: i kept thinking who is that looking at us? sorry, joe. just you.st couple of days. what about paul ryan's better half? his wife janna. i want to give you an update on who she is. she is 43. she married paul in 2000. she is a stay-at-home mom raising three little kids. she grew up in little oklahoma. but she is anything but little. she is okie from muskogee like our producer, porter. a former lawyer, graduated from g.w. university. former lobbyist and went to the same school as hillary clinton, which is interesting. her mother was also a three-time cancer survivor. so just some fun facts about our potential -- >> dana: cute. really cute. >> kimberly: so mine is sort of awesome. tim tebow. it's very important. happy birthday, baby! he turns 25. "gq" is takin kicking it off wih the n.f.l. issue out august 21 with fantastic photos. thank "gq" for having us have a peek at it. you know what? look -- >> eric: okay. you know, >> kimberly: you love it. >> eric: not in to president obama. there is one aspect of the president i do like. watch. >> it's nice co

. >> greg: so a andrea, obama bashing negative ads is like the pope demeaning catholicism. >> andrea: i can't believe he is doing this with a straight face. he's gone so far over hope and change. he uses class warfare. mitt romney, comb, nerf bat, knife fight. he was accused this week of murder. you know what his response was? i'm disappointed. if someone accused you or me or us of murder we'd lash out more than that. >> greg: it's happened to me. >> andrea:ly say this, the media is jumping on board. they are riding shotgun. this week, "newsweek" jonathan alter echoed the same sentiment saying under romney hundreds and thousands of people will die. they print this as the truth. then obama gets in front of a crowd and pretends like i had nothing to do with this. i hate this. >> greg: now mitt is not just a murder, a mass murder. >> andrea: and he doesn't care. he doesn't care. >> greg: if he cared about it, it would be different. so k.g., here is the thing. should romney rely on attack dogs like sununu or become an attackdog? there is a theory he should stay out of this. >> kimberly: t

>> andrea: it's very telling. lek ran the solidarity movement. >> bob: that's overly simplistic. >> andrea: it is a telling endorsement. eric is on to something. mitt romney looks extremely presidential. walking around, shaking hands with allies. not just for the political purposes, bob. but obama has been on unsure footing with with the poles because of the death catch gaffe recently, the missile defense, open mic moment with the russians. so now, going back to cokie roberts' point she was trying to insinuate that his move was racist. going after the began democrats. it must be racist if they are breaking for mitt romney and not obama, which is racist of her. to somehow try to look through everything in the prism of race. mitt romney was going over there to show we are friends. more of a friendship tour than an apology tour which is opposite of obama. >> greg: i don't think she talked about the african-americans for obama program for getting out the vote. >> bob: obama did not make mistakes when he was over there

>> eric: andrea, get in here.f, seven or eight examples they use of classified information being leaked. they have a problem with it. should they? >> andrea: their lives are on the line. it's special tops, intelligence community, other members so a broad group of people who put their lives on the line. this is a very potent argument. the most potent is when dianne feinstein democratic senator came out and she questioned the administration's motives. this isn't partisan. this is a really big issue. it's about our safety. some say is this the flip vote attack? i don't know if i would go that far. a lot of people still give the president credit for what he did. >> eric: the president credit for what he did. >> andrea: i still think it's hard to take that away from him. >> these guys want to know about that bush? what about the infrastructure that was put in place under bush administration? a little credit there. >> dana: history will decide that and he will get due credit for that in time. he didn't worry about legac

>> andrea: absolutely not.ublicans should examine an ethical charge against him. >> kimberly: i agree. >> andrea: using a taxpayer funded institution to get political lies out there. reince priebus is on to something here. talked to him today he said the american dream should be celebrate, not be demonized. the more they push it, it could backfire. it's all they have left. they don't have legs to stand on. tab "associated press" which is not a conservative think tanks by any stretch said in two years they took requests and the same by politico. same thing. not transparent at all. i don't know what their charge is. >> eric: heightened rhetori rhetoric. >> andrea: reince has taken the birther issue and flipped it to the taxer issue. why won't he release his taxes? is the same as why won't he release his birth certificate? it's be interesting if he paid taxes in kenyan shillings. 1987, senator reid became senator the same time the sparrow went extinct. it used to be found in florida and then it disappeared. is thi

andrea? >> andrea: what do horses and the detroit water and sewage department have in common?employees yes, a horseshoeer. so despite having no horses, in the water and sewage department, the city of detroit employs someone to tend to horseshoes though there is no horseshoes there. union bosses were asked about this and said sorry, we can't get rid of the position. the position pays $29,000 a year in salary and $27,000 year in benefit. they are going bankrupt. we talk about the unions. speaking of horse, i'll be on "red eye" tonight. work me in the song, too. ♪ andrea tantaros >> juan: whoa! >> juan: i don't know about that one. what fits with what we're talking about here. you know the saying? what happens in vegas stays in vegas? not when it comes to prince harry. he went there and he was partying. with his pals and apparently so were people with cameras. they took pictures of the prince with unclosed maidens, having a great old time. >> greg: he was also naked. >> juan: yes. >> dana: the queen was not amused. >> juan: the lead is what? >> eric: he was naked. >> juan: for me

>> andrea: he made it worse.re is no fend sight to what he'll spend. >> greg: the main point, the real challenge here is the message. the media is ignoring it. looking to the media economic analysis is asking dana for analysis on roller coasters. she is never allowed on them due to her height. >> eric: the report, if we go off the fiscal cliff and cut spending. which means if we do that and there recession and 9% unemployment, if it's obama guess what he does? adds more stimulus. >> andrea: targeted spendin spending. code words. investment. >> eric: got to go. coming up, does this sound familiar? encouraging greedy private equity firm to save oil refinery because it serves his best interest. no. not romney. president obama. we track the newest hypocrisy next. you have can't touch this. >> ♪ you can't touch this ♪ ♪ ♪ people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. wi