so far i have received two of my pens back from you today. >> brian: right. i tend to steal pens. ob on the radio piece. >> gretchen: log on for the after the show show. clayton and i will be here tomorrow. >> clayton: see you, everyone. bill: here we go on july 3. obama-care delayed, a critical part of the president's signature healthcare law has been put off until 2015, another year conveniently after the mid-term election of 2014. that's where we begin on a rainy day in washington. martha: sunny new york. here is the situation. businesses with 50 or more employees will get an extra year before they are forced to provide those workers without insurance with insurancer face a fine. the treasury department is expressing concern over

>> yes. >> brian: i never thought that. you're doing. >> thank you. >> brian: everyone find a dog topia and know you're helping out the cause. >> i want to ask, the sun block, do they have special for dogs? >> brian: human grade sun block is fine. you want to focus on the nose and any place you can see the skin. you can donate to us and we're doing text to donate. >> brian: thanks so much and special thanks to the great shampooers and the great dogs that have come by to get -- i'm very jealous of the spa treatment they're getting. >> we're happy to put you in. >> brian: fantastic. i don't know if you have a tub that big. tell us what's coming up next. >> gretchen: thanks, brian. who knew sun block? remember these commercials? >> you can drink a lot of it! it tastes cool! it can be a real pick me up! look! it does the body good! >> gretchen: it turns out now milk may not do a body good. the story coming up next. >> eric: then have you seen this video? a baby girl who knows how to swim at just 16 months old. is it real? her d

but i don't look like that. >> brian: what is that? food. it's a super food and has a lot of vitamins and great for you. however, i think she has to be doing something else. >> brian: what do you mean? >> alisyn: because my kale diet is not turning out those results. >> steve: you have three kids. you're busy all day. you can't spend 12 hours in a gym. >> alisyn: thank you! finally, someone on my side. thank you. >> brian: i will say this, i'm not saying i'm not on your side. but about jennifer aniston, she seems like somebody you want to hang out with. she seems like one of us. >> steve: you have said that many times. >> brian: really? >> alisyn: she's not listening. she happy called yet. >> steve: meantime -- >> brian: uncle kracker coming up friday. >> steve: that's right. meanwhile, president obama says he's offering a republicans a grand bargain to save money, but republican leaders say it's not a deal. it's a ransom demand. we understandle goler is live at the white house this morning with the latest. >> the president is headed to

do what i can. >> brian: where do you think america is at for the economy midsummer, kind of squishy warm, sweaty place. >> brian: weather related. >> i think generally we're at a sort of a wait and see period and seeing what's going to happen. let's see what happens when obamacare kicks in. let's see what happens with the new immigration reform. let's see if hope actually can emerge from this mish mash we call each other. >> brian: right. good news is -- >> society, everybody, we're all part of it. we're all in it! am i right, people? >> steve: you're right! before you go, i just noticed -- like i said nothing? >> steve: john, you've got a tattoo across your chest in reverse. >> yes, for the mirror every morning. it says i want to be brave. you get up to take a leak in the morning and you look in the mirror and you say, oh, yeah, that's right. or when you get up to do your business. the good news about obamacare. >> brian: there are 50 people in your band, you don't have to give them insurance. >> there are under 50 people in my band. >> brian: unlike elo.

>>brian: i thought i had low desire.ow desire for something else. >> steve has on loafer, actually means business and pleasure together. >>steve: get up in the middle of the night and it is hard to find out how to lace up your shoes. >> sandals with socks, a nice guy but run. anybody with those on? >>gretchen: no, we don't. >> my mission today, to try to find someone in new york city with the socks and sandals on. >>brian: it shows a guy that does not care. >> that's right. >>brian: i don't think that is a combination that should be replicated. >>steve: 18 minutes before the top of the hour. next up on the rundown on this tuesday, she picked up her phone to answer a call. then she was dead. why the iphone is being blamed. you've got to hear this. >>gretchen: there is no evidence of racism, but eric holder may still charge george zimmerman with a hate crime? the department of justice might do that. the judge coming up next. >>steve: we are back with a fox news alert. this ipower plant in florida tht is about to be implode

i stymied him! >> brianare the famous famous -- look at this. it is you such a miracle. >> gretchen: it's not! if you go to certain parts of the world, you can see goats climbing up on cliffs that you -- the rappeller, professional climber couldn't rappel on. >> brian: for a while, dolphins were solving crimes. (buzzer) i expect anything to happen. my feeling is that this must be stunt goats. this must be like a hollywood movie about them. >> steve: jerry brookheimer -- no. this is popular on-line. we asked you for brian's gratification, how exactly do they do it? sandra from florida e mailed, brian, goats are natural climbers. here are some goats from caken dairy, east of bradenton, florida. the goats there do have small rams that they do much of the climbing on their only i wouldn't make this stuff up. we trust you. >> gretchen: dorothy says we've had goats that climb on everything. eat anything and have triplets. [ laughter ] >> brian: triplets in trees? >> gretchen: so cute kids for kids' pets. >> brian:

>> yes. >> brian: i messed it up. >> brian: you group up in the ocean in sweden. >> steve: i did. iowa. >> there is a lot of oceans there. [ laughter ] >> steve: if you see the white caps on both sides and it's relatively calm in the middle, don't go in the middle. >> yes. because the rip current kind of forms because you have the ocean coming onshore, the waves. and a little tunnel forms. a little river that pulls you back out. that's the area shaded in purple. that's really why it's so dangerous. you get pulled out. you get tired and we actually had two people killed last week on the beaches in north carolina. so this can be very dangerous. we want everyone to take it seriously. >> steve: if you ever get caught, swim parallel until you're out of the rip tide. >> brian: good luck with the don't panic. that does help not to panic. thanks a lot. >> steve: good job. >> gretchen: coming up, president obama was not shy about criticizing president bush. so what does president bush think about all that? he sits down for a ra

>>brian: i think so. i want to say thank you to all the viewers who have been dedicated to our show for the last seven years and i'm thrilled to be moving to my own show coming up in september. sorry i'm losing my voice today. in the fall. a big, big thank you to viewers and roger ailes who runs this company for believing in me to run my own show. i'm looking forward to all the opportunities moving ahead. thank you so much. i'll be here until september something. and looking forward to moving forward with that. thanks so much. >>steve: thank you, gretchen. it's not easy doing this job. you've got to get up early. you miss driving your kids to school in the morning. a lot of stuff. it is tough to do the job. >>gretchen: that is the number one my kids said to me when i told them the news. mom is going to be moving to a different show. they said mom, can you drive us to school now? i said i'll attempt to do that, so they're excited. >>steve: when gretchen leaves, in comes elisabeth hasselbeck. the news broke

>>brian: really? i didn't know you live far enough away to get the bus. million facebook followers. >>steve: about that many twitter followers as well. >>brian: he thought at ten he would be famous and locked up his own name. >>gretchen: i feel like i'm in a tennis match. >>brian: he'll be singing shortly. >>gretchen: glad to know you guys are up to speed with the latest and greatest. we have headlines. the motor city is famous for the wrong reason, making history for the wrong reason. detroit, the largest municipality in american history to file for bankruptcy. a state-appointed emergency manager filed for chapter 9 protection. detroit struggled as businesses declined. the mayor says the city is down but not out. >> as tough as this is, i really didn't want to go in this direction. this is very difficult for all of us, but if it's going to make the citizens better off, then this is a new start for us. >>gretchen: general motors, of course, a huge employer there, says it has no plans to leave detroit. >>> the man who waited decades to testify against jame

>> brian: what are i get you? and you get a free one. give me that starbucks. we can't have that here. what can i get you? >> strawberry lemonade. >> brian: i'd rather make a coke one. >> you're going to have coke. >> brian: have your picture taken with maria molina. you have a camera with you? >> and brian. >> brian: go around and take a picture with her. what can i get you, sir? >> cherry. >> steve: people are getting slurpees, photographs and forecasts. there you go. >> brian: step up, get your picture with maria. >> can we do a selfy. >> steve: why are moretaking a n me? >> brian: who would want a picture with me? maria is out here. >> gretchen: is that diet? >> steve: yeah. >> brian: i have work to do. >> gretchen: i don't think so. >> steve: 19 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, an unexpected visitor at george zimmerman trial. a dummy. peter johnson, jr. says that was a big mistake. he explains next. >> gretchen: plus, you've seen him dunk. the two-year-old basketball wonder has a new move. trick

>> brian: because he wasn't apheter. i was the last time you were allowed in the church. >> brian: right. they didn't ask me to do confirmation again. >> steve: i understand. meanwhile, 25 minutes before the top of the hour. now it's time for a fox news alert. brand-new reports out of russia that edward snowden will be allowed to leave the airport in moscow. his lawyer is meeting him right now at the airport. he's been in the international zone. lawyers can have the approval documents from russian immigration. snowden has been holed up there since fleeing hong kong last month. snowden applied for temporary asylum in russia last week. the nsa leaker is trying to escape extradition on espionage charges by the united states. >> brian: something different than steve read. the boston cop who released photos of the accused boston bombers, surrendered, stripped of his gun and badge. he's not being fired, but he is on desk duty while police do a full investigation. >> steve: he's a state trooper. >> brian: right. murphy released t

i do you still use the word confuse you hear that you heard a sin yeah. ok brian if i go back at you with the fact that ok go ahead caroline go ahead keep going keep going. what i was just going to say that you know together the fact that as i said earlier. the the to some extent the revolutions have been against me and liberalism and then there's the question of well you know where does the west stand in relation to that ok you know it's you know brian you brought up a little bit earlier in the program about the ripple effect in the greater middle east and how we're going to people how are turks going to look at egypt and egypt look at turkey i mean you know it was supposed to be seamless have elections everything will be fine but it never works out that way at least in this part of the world now well i think that mr morsi and most are good on in turkey are both in pretty similar positions in that they are clinging on the fact that they were democratically democratically elected as there are masses in the streets calling for their ouster i would just like to reit

groups from the different political factions ok brian i mean a lections i find it very interesting because you know do you think the military is going to say let's have a presidential election or the military will say well we'll rule for a while when things calm down or what i'm saying is that you know if the next election then you overthrow the next guy ok the president is really bothering me here you don't like morrissey that's have a revolution it's not good for society any society lodestar good for society but i think that this is the people said a mandate for the next president when they overthrew mr mubarak back in two thousand and eleven and the list of morsi did little to nothing to meet that mandate and now the people are responding to him as well i don't know how he thought that this was going to end but this is leading the same demise as processor because he failed to govern in a way that was democratic and responsive to the needs of the people who overthrew the previous regime and i don't think that we have any reason not to trust the military. in that they will instill the kin

you've got to have that fear, i feel like. >>briane afghans are ready to take back the country? >> i'll be honest with you, the afghans are probably not ready from what i saw. we can't keep holding their hand. we can't keep running them through this. they have to realize they have to do this themselves at some point. >>brian: do you get a sense they appreciate what you're doing? >> no, i don't. i do not. i feel there are some people out there, probably in kabul that are very educated, that went to school and stuff, that do appreciate it. but the average farmer where we were fighting, he wants to live his life, pay for his family's food and that's all he wants to do. >>brian: corporal, are you proud of what you do? >> i am. >>brian: did you exceed what you thought you could do? >> i guess. >>brian: how are you doing now? >> doing good. going to college and uncle sam is going to pay for it. >>brian: and you earned it. we're going to watch tonight at 9 on nat geo and find out what it's like to fight the war, not talk about fighting the w

>>brian: if jet man can do it, i can do it. where in about a year or so, 4:00 in the morning i'll go on the roof with a great big stick, brian will fly from massapequa and i'll hook him. >>anna: to your top story. investigators are trying to figure out what triggered the explosions that demolished a propane plant in florida. at least seven workers were injured, four of them critically after explosions ripped through the blue rhino propane plants outside orlando. at the time there were 53,000 twenty pound propanes at that facility. >>brian: in a few hours closing arguments will start in the civil fraud case of the former goldman sachs trader accused of playing an integral role in the 2008 financial crisis, the highest profile court proceeding to come out of the investigation of wrongdoing on wall street. the claim says he misled investigators. he denies wrongdoing. >>anna: brand-new evidence revealing breast fed babies get an i.q. boost. a study of more than 1,300 moms and babies found infants breast fed longer have better langua

>> brian: yeah. was i not supposed to say that? rd that. >> brian: thanks a lot. >> gretchen: you ate up too much time. >> steve: it is a scary bridge. >> gretchen: let's do a fox news alert now. check out this live look at la guardia airport. this jet crash land after it last its landing gear without warning. two passengers who were on board the flight joined us earlier on "fox & friends". >> extremely hard impact and you knew something wasn't right and then you could hear just the skidding of the brakes. >> it felt similar. i heard another passenger say it was like a car accident, crash. >> gretchen: as many as ten people on the flight from nashville suffered minor injuries. the ntsb is investigating. >>> texas police have ruled a woman's deadly fall from a roll coaster just a tragic accident. the medical examiner says the woman died on the tracks of the texas giant at six flags on friday. the park dispatched inspectors to its other parks. one attorney says more needs to be done to regulate these kinds of rides. >> the insurance d

>>brian: i did well. yes, i did connect. >>gretchen: is that jenny finch pitching to you? >>brian: yes, that's jenny finch. she will be joining us live in 40 minutes. dwight gooden joins us live. you're going to hear from kevin james as he has gotten word through his people, through our people that i worship requesting here -- that i worship "here comes the boom." an all-star line up from the all-star game. >>steve: fantastic. >>brian: i'll be bringing you all the action. >>gretchen: great. let's do headlines. the fastest man on two wheels is killed while trying to beat his own record. motorcycle racer bill warner was going 285 miles an hour when he lost control and went off the road. he previously hit 311 miles per hour on the same course in 2011. that is the speed record for a motorcycle. >>> cirque du soleil resuming performances tomorrow but without the final battle scene that left a performer dead. two weeks ago an acrobat slipped to her death. she reportedly slipped out of her safety wire. >>> trial set to begin today on the constitutionality of pennsylvania's photo i

brian and steve. so take a look. i'm sorry iome down here, we could do a side by side. eddie looks like brian. okay? and scott looks like steve. and louise looks like gretchen, but i don't know if we managed to get a picture of her. what do you think? do you think i'm crazy or on to something? >> gretchen: come on! >> steve: side by side comparison with brian. let's see the photo again. let's see the brian guy again. >> let's see. >> gretchen: that's quite entertaining. >> i think yes. look up a little bit, brian. look up. it's a big trade, big trade. are you buying or selling, brian? >> brian: selling? >> buy low, sell high. >> brian: selling? >> i think you guys are a shoe in. you come over here and we'll do it for real. >> brian: i think you have to come back to the office and take a breathalyzer. >> gretchen: all right. thank you for saving me for doing the side by side. >> brian: louise, you got a pass. [ laughter ] >> gretchen: thanks a lot. >> she's beautiful. you would have been exactly the same. >> gretchen: another jur

>>brian: right. steve, i think you complimented me. would not be saluted so early in your life. and yet moments from now lifetime achievement award. >>brian: we'll see. i can't wait to see what happens. i've got to read the rundown. >>steve: in the meantime, stories making headlines on this wednesday morning. police make a shocking discovery, a man who disperiod three years ago was found -- who disappeared three years ago found in his front yard. now his wife charged with murder. >> how do you get away with something like that? >> the police department had dogs looking everywhere. i don't know why they didn't find him. >>steve: a major break led investigators to the texas cum's home. -- texas couple's home. >>anna: nasa trying to figure out how an astronaut nearly drowned in space. [inaudible] >>anna: it only got worse from there. about an hour into a repair mission, an italian astronaut noticed water pooling at the back of his head and started getting into his eyes and keeping him from hearing. >> fish bowl. go stick your head in a fis

i don't know how you psychologically do that -- >> brian: there is no we. it's he. nless he wanted to use it. plus he raised 836,000 since he said i'm healed and i want to become mayor. on top of that, after facebook and he starts this relationship with her where they have this very explicit relationship, he promises her a job at politico and a con did he in chicago! where does he get this influence and money? >> steve: remember issues of it in the form kind of as a bribe because he said you got to delete all that stuff. we got to get rid of all the evidence. >> gretchen: that was after the fact. he wrote that when he decided to run for mayor, he wrote to her and said, do a hard delete of all these other things that we had done months before. i mean, really, that doesn't matter as much as the fact that why would you put yourself back into the whole political scenario where you know people are going to be looking for this stuff? and furthermore, why would you continue to lie about it and get back into the public eye? it doesn't make sense. >> steve: one thing people s

i sent him an e-mail and i said, look, brian, we're chatting you up. i just wanted to know if you'd honor me with a statement. here's my question. brian, why did you hit that kid like that? >> he's a bully. >> and i have not gotten a statement back. we traded voicemails and that's it. and i'm very sad because i know he has something to say. >> what was his tone in the voicemail? was it shame or was he bragging where he was telling people at the local bar where efrs doing shots of tequila shirtless. >> i know we're laughing about it. he was contrite. he felt bad. you see his body language. he's a dad. >> do you think like a dad he's incredibly competitive about other people's kids. >> no. >> trying to hurt that child? >> no. brian, i'm defending you. >> brian said he never liked that little kid, titus. >> he wrote about it. >> you didn't even see it. >> harris, after the show go to i hate titus.org which is a blog written by kill me under an assumed name g. gutfeld. it's shocking the amount of vitt tree ole he has for a child. bill, i wish you were that

i would say, no, at these levels. >> brian, talk to us about amazon.com. and we talking about it being a loss leader and undercutting everybody on price and margin. >> look, i think the amazon concern has weighed upon bed, bath & beyond stock for sometime. a number of clients, that's their foremost concern. i'd say, first of all, the concern is priced in at these levels. but more important than that, my team and i did a pretty extensive pricing survey, a while back, six, nine months ago, and we priced products on amazon versus bad, beth & beyond. what we found, and very, very interesting, is that bed, bath & beyond prices extraordinarily well. you know, for anyone that shops at bed, bath & beyond, they use coupons aggressively. when you take into consideration the coupon, bed, bath & beyond was underpricing amazon on the selection of the products we were looking at 15%, 20%. my overall call there, is the threat of amazon is overblown. the risk of amazon to bed, bath & beyond is overblown. >> all right, guys, that's what it takes to make a market, a buyer an

i don't know how they break out. it's just another stock now. >> let's be clear, brian. you've mentioned opportunities in europe as well as asia. near term, you are still positive on facebook? >> i think there is some opportunity. the fact they're going out and being aggressive, they brought up instagram, maybe offering video demand, which according to jefferies, could be a billion dollar industry for them. that being the first foot in the door here, i think there is opportunity for the stock to move higher and on a technical basis, we felt like it kind of bottomed a few months ago and at least there's some upside momentum here. it did not sell off that hard today. >> google was only down about 1.5%. facebook was down almost the same today. >> the problem with google and facebook has always been mobile. that's absolutely the fact. >> all right. brian. he's positive. he's buying the calls for facebook. it's a bullish strategy where you cut the cost. the goal, you want the stock to go to the high strike. that's where you make the most money. also where your profits are capp

through 1105 gallon buckets of missensed garlic, that is how much it takes to put this festival on, so brian i bring the family on down, a good time in gilroy. >> and i expect garlic ice cream to be back here at the station. katie thank you so much. >>> the lincoln memorial is expected to re-open later today after someone splattered green paint on the base of the statute in washington, d.c. the vandalism occurred overnight. u.s. park police say the vandals did not write anything but got green paint on the floor and at the base near his foot. crews spent the morning cleaning up the mess. >> it is not permanent. it can be cleaned. we have very good historic preservation crews right up there now cleaning it as we speak. >> a suspect has not been identified either. and a motive remains unclear. >>> local employees are preparing for the possibility of more protests this weekend. there was violence and vandalism in downtown oakland hours after the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman case in florida. and oakland's acting police chief is vowing to do everything possible to keep the peace this w

back to you, brian. >> i wonder how he's going to do. think he's kind funny but he's not like will farrell. >> i think he'll do well. you see a lot of the snl cast people make movies and a couple films and then you don't hear from them again. i think he has staying power. >>> still ahead on "way too early," what snl moments have the best career? the most creative tweets. we have a lot -- there is a huge list there to choose from. of course, "morning joe," we have a cast ready to go if a few moments. ♪ you like to keep your family healthy and fit. and now there's a new way to do the same for your dog. introducing new purina dog chow light & healthy. it's a no-sacrifices, calorie-light way to help keep him trim, with a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend he'll love. and 22% fewer calories than dog chow. discover the lighter side of strong. new purina dog chow light & healthy. the house caught fire and we were out on the streets. [ whispering ] shhh. it's only a dream. and we have home insurance. but if we made a claim, our rate woul

>> brian, i really don't see prolonged deflation as a risk. i think the change in the statement had more to do with removing the dissent of james bullard than it had to do with the policy because the reality is that they have gone on record before they are going to watch, you know, the rate of inflation and now they put it in writing for us, and i think that is the reason why we didn't see james bullard dissent this time. >> you and i have a fundamental agreement maybe on rates and housing. after the break, scott, i'll ask you to stick around because i want to go at it a little bit with you on housing. can we do that? >> sure, you want to arm wrestle? >> see, equal playing field, my friend. okay. >> you're in l.a. and i'm in new york so i can say what i want. you can't get me. scott is going to stick around. we'll talk more about housing. let's quickly recap the market. the dow down three point, a 15-point move in the dow, that's it. ten-year treasury yield, 2.62% and gold down 12.5 bucks an ounces of the market got what it wanted and got what

>> reporter: brian is so regal, you know? i mean they really do need to include brian on the list. ian and steve and gretchen, i'm afraid. >> first blown up on romper room when they looked into the mirror and now i see ryan but no brian. >> i never got gretchen off romper room. martha, you probably heard your name. actually martha would be on the list, probably. you're scottish, right? >> reporter: yes. i haven't seen martha on any of the lists. isabel has been climbing on the list a little bit. i'm betting on some version of victoria, elizabeth, diana. carol middleton's middle name is elizabeth, catherine's middle name is elizabeth and obviously the queen. so we'll see, we'll see. >> well, we should know soon enough. martha, thank you very much. >>> meanwhile let's bring in donald trump who joins us every monday at this time. donald, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you're good at investments and stuff like this. is today the day that william and kate should think about a 529 plan? >> probably so. this is the day. it looks like this will be finally the day. >> and what does

. >> thank you, brian. i think a lot of people still have this day off. wii how the roots of 80 westbound. and the bay bridge traffic is still looking very light. you have heard the news just in case you are just joining us. bart has halted the strike. they will negotiate for the next 30 days while running service. service should be up at 3:00 and if there is still a socket -- again starting at 3:00 today the trips will startle aring again. >>> take a look at highway 280. that traffic looks good. >>> some of that fog is nacritessing. the wind at sfo is dusting to 44 miles an hour. everything is set for what looks like a pretty good cool down. some of the highs yesterday day seven. day eight for others. it's always a tough call when you drop this far this fast this soon. now again up toward lake county it might take another day. 50s 60s. 55 san francisco. antioch mild to warm. thunderstorms will fire up around the. hat you can see a system moving in to the north. that allows the cooler, ocean air to kick in. windy and cooler. not everyone is -- temperature

i have to get on a plane myself later today, so it certainly gives you pause for consideration. brian piper, thank you very much for your excellent photos and your story. >>> the focus now moves to finding out why this happens. nbc's tom costello covers aviation and he's at dulles airport this morning. what are they telling you about the investigation? >> reporter: well, the ntsb go team is already on the scene and overnight in terrell morning hours in san francisco they were already going through the wreckage of flight 214. the good news, as john yang reported, they already recovered the flight data. the black boxes were critical. they were concerned whether they would survive the crash because they were in the tail of the plane, and they did. now they're going to be looking what exactly was on all of the flight data information, what does it say about the glide slope, the ride to ascent. what was going on insight the cockpit. what were the conversations between the pie let and co-pilot before the crash. if, in fact, this plane did come in far too low as it appears and slam its tail

so, brian, i am thinking of this whole story in three acts. the first act is done. we know the baby is born. the second act is when will the family appear in the front door of saint mary's, and the third will be what will be the baby's name. still to come. we don't know yet but when we do, we will have the details for you. >> thank you! >>> a british bar in san jose is celebrating the birth of the newest member of the royal family with a baby shower this weekend. the manager of britannia arms says there will be cake and sam pain at the-champagne at the celebration. they have not yet set a time and date for the baby's shower but when they do it will be posted on the bar's facebook page and twitter account. >>> a new bikini bar has neighbors on edge. the gold club is said to be able to open for business once it gets the needed permits because it contains all the zoning requirements but some are worried this club will lead to an increase in crime. >> we know it could require serious scrutiny because it appears to be something that may be skimpy clothing. >> the bikini

. >> brian, i feel your pain. welcome back pam, by the way. let's take a look at what we have now. traffic is moving along pretty well around the bay area on 80 westbound as you drive out to the mccarthur maze with until major problems. also the morning commute looks pretty good on westbound bay bridge. coming up to the toll plaza. it is nice so this early hour right now shows us some pretty good roads as you can see right for yourself. northbound 280 in san jose that traffic is also off to a good start getting up to highway 17. it's 4:38 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. good morning, everybody. very similar pattern here and not much changing. a little system go by yesterday. others had sunshine and warm temps. if you are far enough inland you can get to the 80s. we have a lot of low clouds and fog. gusts 36 top travis. that is a little stronger than yesterday. some areas did warm up. 50s on the temps or near 60. 28 that is stronger than yesterday. i think yesterday at this time it was 20. that is a sign yesterday was decreased. i think today will cool down a little bit. but

today, brian, i have to say every trade organization representing the food industry applauded the move from the fda and said it is about time. >> impactful message there at the end about frozen food, too. nancy snyderman, thank you, as always. >>> now we go to cleveland where today we heard for the first time from the man who held the three women captive in his home for a decade before they broke free. it was a grisly story. he has agreed to a deal that will spare his life while also guaranteeing he will spend the rest of his days in prison. nbc's kevin tibbles in cleveland tonight with the story. kevin, good evening. >> reporter: brian, in court today ariel castro never apologized or even acknowledged the horrors that went on in that house. >> do you understand, mr. castro, that upon entering this plea you will never be released from prison? >> i do understand it. >> reporter: a life sentence without parole plus 1,000 years for kidnapping three young women and holding them hostage in this run-down cleveland house for a decade. 53-year-old ariel castro also pled guilty to murder for ca

you know what, brian, i think we can say that right now things are great. seriously. i'm not kidding. this is a look at 80 westbound. and it looks very good from vallejo all the way out to the mccarthur maze and bay bridge toll plaza. and there are no major problems at the toll plaza. so all kidding aside, i think it's a pretty good commute. if you are getting on the road early, you should have pretty good conditions getting across the bridges and going to your final destination here. if you are driving into the south bay, for example, right now it's a good time to do it. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. so the traffic is good. what about the weather? >> sal, i kid you not i'm seeing more people on the road. >> i think they want to avoid the traffic. >> i think you are right. we have areas of fog that burned off. 60 ann 70s. there is still low clouds. there are some a little thicker. i know we had some in upper county. 50s and 60s on the temps. a little cool for some but there is a westerly breeze. high pressure is building in. it's not been drinking its power

and brian, i think as the doctor said, too much of a good thing can be too much for the human body. nonetheless, people are going to keep talking about this one. it has doctors talking. >> dr. nancy snyderman, thank you for the report tonight. >>> up next, an original who provided many awkward moments over the decades in this country. >>> twister! milton bradley has a new one, it's the twister! >> it is the game that provided more truly awkward body part innovations in more homes than any other because of the recent era. because of commands like right hand red. the inventor of twister has died. his name, chuck foley. he was from the twin cities. he set out to invent a game that would light up a party, and he succeeded. it was originally called pretzel, and milton bradley renamed it twister. and then johnny carson helped make the new game a sensation on "the tonight show" back in 1966. the father of twister, chuck foley, was 82 years old. >>> a setback for the condition of randy travis, already hospitalized in texas and in critical condition with a heart infection. he has now suffere

help me help our viewers. >> brian, i think it's this. i think the fed was surprised and you can see it in the minutes at the degree of backup in bond yields that has taken place after the fed said it was going to, in all likelihood, start reducing its purchases later in the year. so the fed thinks we're easing at a slower rate. the market sees the beginning of slowing the pace of easing as tightening. the fed is trying to stay on message and saying, yes, it's going to be appropriate. the fed is extending its balance sheet for the next part of next year. so it's still easing but at a slower rate. when it begins to taper, the market sees that the beginning of tightening. that's what the fed is trying to remind people, it's still going to be buying but at a slower pace and not raising rates for a long time. >> john, what i think you just said is the most important thing out there and it bears repeating, which is tapering is not tightening. what will be the impact of tapering? >> well, we've had the impact of the anticipation of tapering and

we'll talk about it in the 101 web extra. >> and brian stutland. >> fear has left the building, the vix has fallen hard, the market has rallied. iright now. >> brian, thanks for joining us here in new york today. looks like our time has expired. i'm melissa lee. for more options action, check out optionsaction.cnbc.com. see us back here next week for more options action. don't go anywhere. >> announcer: the following paid program for the shark sonic duo is brought to you by euro-pro. [whirring rapidly...] >> both imitate: zzt zzt zzt... [whirring...] >> zzt zzt zzt... [whirring...] >> i have never seen anything like it! >> oh, my gosh, i love the shark sonic duo! the carpet's like new again! >> my kitchen floors are cleaner than they've ever been. [whirring...] >> it's the best cleaning system i've ever used in my home. zzt zzt zzt... [laughs] >> announcer: bright, beautiful carpets, rugs and floors make your home look amazing. but no matter how much you vacuum or mop, you get

two people didn't turn up, and i went ahead with it anyway stupidly. >> how's it going, brian? hat you're doing. >> don't put me off. i've got to think, and i can't have an interview while i'm just -- >> i'm not interviewing you. i'm just showing the preparations. >> please. >> as he prepares for the stunt, a small crowd gathers, and a couple of unexpected guests arrive too. >> okay. well, brian's preparing for the jump, and we have some company here. the police have arrived. ooh. there's the landing pad. i think we're getting ready. >> brian says he panics. >> all the police pulled up, and they started to watch. i knew it was a matter of time before they were going to can the stunt. >> so he hurries faster than he originally planned. now doused in gasoline, he lights himself on fire. >> oh, my god. >> and away he goes. a loud thump. brian lands just short of his intended target, the mattresses, falling from a height of nearly 30 feet. ouch. >> i put out my wrist, broke both bones straight away. hit face first, break my nose, knocked half a tooth out. got a big flash of light. t

had shut off her phone and by the time eight pm rolled around i was growing desperate telly had been kidnapped as an illegal immigrant brian couldn't turn to law enforcement without alerting authorities of his legal status and that of his daughter i fell into a major depression i lost my job i stopped going to church it was two years and four months before brian finally heard from his daughter he began visiting cali on the weekends eventually taking custody of her once again and right as things were getting back on track he was arrested for disorderly conduct and. fall of two thousand and twelve flagged as an illegal immigrant and marked for deportation then he had to meet us youngest i asked immigration if i gave them information if they would help me if he said yes if i help them catch another criminal they would help me and so i did this i helped them and i gave them information about me and they said we'll let you go their way and we'll put this bracelet with you on your ankle and then they gave me a paper and they said that with this paper i could then go upstairs and get a work permit but according to brian's lawyer

i always do the last segment, that's my place, i don't care about opening. doesn't bother me. briany as excited as anybody else, aren't you? >> exactly, so excited i can't put it into words. any time someone gives birth, they call me. this time i know i am fourth or fifth. >> birth of your child? >> anybody around me. i am fascinated that someone one day will be king and i feel bad for the grandfather that's still waiting to be king because his grandmother won't give up the throne. charles. >> charles is going to be inaugurated king and just die. not going to go anywhere. if the mother lives to 110 -- listen, no, she's queen. sunsetting on the british empire. i got you! ♪ >>> breaking my will. all right. it is time for one more thing. i said it nice and sweet. i am starting with this, it is amazing, a shark wrestling video. this is a 24-year-old guy, elliott sadal, wrestling a shark in nantucket, massachusetts, originally from florida, said it is his favorite hobby. he wrestled 100 sharks. he was fishing for blue fish, noticed they were getting chomped up. >> doesn't that look like

what is coming up next, brian? >> iou, i am not on performance enhancing drugs and after yesterday's show you know that for sure. we're talking to three women who were passengers on the southwest plane who lost its landing gear. >>> next, how scammers are getting you through wi-fi. and we talk about the 40-hour work week and how it's something of the past. we also have a celebrity impressionist. he is here. he makes more money than anybody, including ted. also, country singer maggie rose performs live. i will not sing. do not miss it. reat outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 40% off. only at hotels.com >> it is now seven minutes till the top of the hour. a big change at fema. it's getting a thumbs down for disaster victims and will cost you millions of dollars. it's discontinuing its current temporary housing t

brian. how do investors use the vix to make market decisions? >> ithe vix, it's at 25, it's at 20, whatever. what it's really measuring is the price of calls and puts. but for a moment, let's look at vix as a measure of fear. when vix is very high, there's a lot of fear in the market. when it's very low, people are feeling very good. how do we use that to benefit and buy and sell stocks. well, you look at the s&p over the last five or six years. and when you talk about the new bull market that we've been seeing here, the vix sort of petered out and hit a relative lower high here, as the market was moving to new lows. what that means is people were less fearful about the market and buying into this last final dip in '09 and willing to ride out this new bull market here. when you look at the vix, we look at certain ways to tell us when to buy and when to sell. so when that see-saw stops moving up and down in counteraction to one another, that tells us an indication that the trend is changing. and what we saw here in 2013 in may, as the market was movin

we'll talk about it in the 101 web extra. >> and brian stutland. >> fear has left the building, the vix has fallen hard, the market has rallied. inow. >> brian, thanks for joining us here in new york today. looks like our time has expired. i'm melissa lee. for more options action, check out optionsaction.cnbc.com. see us back here next week for more action. don't go anywhere. "mad money" starts right now. >>> my mission is simple, to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere. i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. people want to make friends. i'm trying to make you a little money. my job is not to entertain you but to teach. so call me, 1-800-743-cnbc. some things i've been keeping from you, it's not fair. tonight i'm going to do something about it. tonight i'm going to tell you who i am

everybody tried to get ahead of this thing, brian. i said i bought the xlu on that big dip. i bought home builders again today. lennar, dhi. >> what is the best performing stock in the s&p 500 this week? dr horton. a home builder was the best performing stock. >> i bought them all. >> you're still buying it? >> they are still going higher. people that want to get ahead of bernanke and the fed here are dead wrong as far as at this moment. will they be wrong forever? no. at some point they'll be right, just not right now. >> if the economy is so weak that the fed cannot step away and they're using the market to infuse confidence in the economy, that is a scary proposition and we are no different than we were on june 24th when everybody probably on this desk and came onto the show was telling you they thought the market was in a very difficult place. >> we got to move on. we got to move on. >> i said you buy with both hands. >> i will say this it's very early in earnings season but 65% of companies have beaten the street. so earnings so far better than expected. okay. it has be

the really thick black smoke which i assume was a raging fire. >> okay, brian piper again an eyewitnesst to ask you as you saw all this go down outside your hotel window at the marriott what is going through your head? >> i was -- i mean i was trying to hold my camera straight. i was shaking. i was mike oh, my god there are people in there. my first reaction was can i go help them and there is no way. i'm across the bay here and i felt so sorry for those people. i just wanted to help them. >> it sounds like help did get there, though fairle fairly qu. >> yes, i would give credit to the first responders. they were there within, i mean three minutes. i was like i hope they get the job done and save some people. >> brian piper. thank you so much. one of the eyewitnesses who again saw the plane shortly after and it sounds like while it was crash landing at san francisco international airport this morning. a big thanks too touch the runway you. knowwell -- to you. noelle is standing across the bay from the airport. has the scene changed from your vantage point at all? >> reporter: no. let's

david: brian, i want to get to your picks. you have two retail companies you're picking, jcpenney and abercrombie & fitch. the thing i wonder with retail sector, consumers seem in some people's mind to be running out of money. their income is not growing as fast as inflation is. they're dipping into savings. savings rate is down as as a result dipping into savings buying more. aren't consumers running out of money is this is a concern for retail officers. >> a concern for low-end retailers. people are competing for low income jobs like retail. that is worry. keeps wages down. the particular stocks we want to be superman on the back half of the year and make predictions. i don't know what will happen. these companies have two events coming up in august. look for events in your investments. abercrombie, next earnings meeting you will see cost cutting and succession plan for ceo. he is done in 2014. jcpenney you need a five-year plan with company with mike ullman at the helm and give you confidence that the business will survive a

and i can see when he came back why brian went over here and said, why are you back? didn't know how to fight against a knife. he was just a kid. and there was no way. and he just slaughtered him. >> i should have called the police. >> why didn't you call the police? >> never crossed my mind. i was so obsessed with getting my things and going. i wanted out of the condominium. i wanted out of that environment. i wanted to go home. i wanted to go back to california where i was comfortable. it was just -- it was like it was just a big mistake to come out to colorado. that's how i felt at the moment. >> along with the profound pain caused by stoltz's doomed decision to return to the bar that night, he shares one other thing in common with the lusks. disappointment over the jury verdict. >> they gave us criminally negligent homicide, which is the lowest they could have given us. the minute i heard that, i told bill, i said, i got to leave. i got to leave. i made it outside the door before i broke down. i mean, i was just -- it was like they murdered my son all over again by