and economic weight to gain what they want out of a new government in libya anti-war activists john briggs they're commenting on the libyan crisis. it emerged this week that north korea is ready to return to international talks over its disputed nuclear plans with no preconditions the announcement came as the country's reclusive leader met president dmitry medvedev in russia on a rare trip abroad kim jong il rolled across siberia in an armored train also to discuss a vital energy deal for his state's struggling economy. was following the visit. a man of mystery north korea's kim jong il prefers to stay out of the e.u. spot like a great leader as he's officially known at home constantly fears for his life which is why your voice planes has armored cars and eats chopsticks designed to detect reasons but the fear of ongoing sanctions and tough financial times proved more significant as kim jong il embarks on a widely publicized trip to russia making tracks from pyongyang in a special armored train gifted to kim's father by stalin the leader crossed the border with russia and made his first st

refuses to believe it even exists or that it's real now produce he had a little rant they were briggs who was guest hosting chimed in to me again this is a public education system that we all pay our tax dollars for in the sponge bob book says that it's a manmade problem that requires human it revenge if a person. yes they really are going after sponge bob square pants for trying to get kids to read and learn about the environment you know listen to slow morning for fox and friends or maybe they just temporarily ran out of ways to call obama care but this sort of attack really is nothing new for them see they seem to be out war with cartoons animated series and children programming in general they spend their time before bashing collodion over what they teach children. nicol already in time after time rose in political indoctrination they have an agenda they've proven it they've proven it in very controversial errors why global warming science or maybe not science like in the area of immigration and in the area of homosexual parenting . and i think we all remember bill o'reilly as pub

briggs. mr. briggs came to work today without wearing shoes. >> that's the story -- >> he got into his car without shoes and somewhere along the way, he realized wait a minute, i got to go get shoes. >> how does that happen? >> i know. it's the first time i've done that. i got in the cab and thought my feet feel strange. hang on. no. >> barefoot. >> no. you know what? i have no shoes, where is my day headed if it starts that way? >> to the mental health ward after this show. ahead in this hour, good thing you are here today for brian. nice to see you. we have to start with a fox news alert. former egyptian president hosni mubarak wheeled into the courtroom for his trial on a gurney. these are amazing pictures here. >> he is reportedly so sick, he's unable to stand and is watching the proceedings lying down inside as you can see right there. a steel cage. >> streaming live from cairo with the very latest to you. quite a sight there. good morning to you. >> hi, guys. good morning. about an hour and

so this is based on carolyn briggs' memoir. what attracted you to it? >> hmm. candor.hat always attracts me to a woman. >> rose: candor and authenticity? >> authenticity. genuine sort of saying this is my experience of it. i thought it was a use us arey film. >> rose: uterus? >> uterus. a film about faith. it's two very distinct things about faith. for the believes and poking fun of the believers. >> rose: this is kneeer? >> no. i made... you know who, i think the aim of this film is not to convert and not to the unconvert. >> rose: and not to laugh at. >> it's funny. >> rose: you did want humor in it. >> it's inherent to my personality: aren't we a funny lot? >> rose: tell me her story that she encapsulated in the book. the character you play. >> this is a story about a woman, a memoir through the '60s '70s, and '80s. took place in iowa in her life and it's really just her search for how she finds faith in family, in marriage, in herself and in community and faith in divinity. >> rose: and doubt, too, as you saw from that clip. >> and doubt. and doubt is... you know,

. >> here's co-host david briggs attempting to explain america's school performance. >> i mean, we'ree world in science, 25th in math. so we're forcing an issue that is not yet proven. we can't even teach our kids the adequate math, reading, and science at this point. >> the right wing with fox as a mouthpiece has been successful in convincing a segment of the population that the idea of climate change is based on junk science. by encouraging folks to ignore facts and scientific evidence and not consider science important doesn't that contribute to students' poor performance in science? we've got about 30 seconds left. >> oh, of course it does. and i'll tell you, i looked up those stats today, and i found that we were ranked -- the united states, 23rd in science. and i'm wondering if that segment on "fox and friends" actually accounts for that difference between steve doocy's numbers and mine over the course of a day because that's the kind

her amazingly graceful directorial debut based on a memoir about caroline brigg about her life as a religiousmentalist and how she finally fled the male-dominated hierarchy. it's not primarily an attack on religion. her touch is gentle and deeply sympathetic. the scenes in which she's bap baptized and inducted into this faith-based community are raptureous. it's the '70s. this church is full of scruffy folk music types who believe the lord writes his gospel also in rocks and trees. she finds transcendent. of course she comes crashing to earth. but not without a fight to stay aloft when her friend speaks in tongues she's full of envy. >> what was that? >> it was so beautiful. a prayer language. >> i want it. >> come on. come on, holy spirit. >> reporter: she replays robert deniro's you talking to me as please talk to me while her drugy secular sister listens in. yes, the doctrineaire fundamentalists are insufferable but she doesn't slam the door. she's not self-righteous. she actually admires their faith. after a bummer summer, her debut has restored mine. in the transcendent power of movies.

briggs? >> ok. note to self. thank you, sir.h laws, increasing regulations and out of control government regulations infringe upon your rights as american citizens. fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano is exposing them each week in his freedom files. and folks, you won't believe these next three stories. the first one just blows your mind. a cell phone now in the state of pennsylvania is a civil right. you can get them for free. how is that? >> if you receive welfare in the state of pennsylvania, either welfare from the federal government, administered through the state or welfare directly from the state, along with your food stamps, you get a cell phone. because the bureaucrats in pennsylvania, these are not elected officials. these are sort of faceless clerks that administer law, have decided that a cell phone is a right. and so they've increased the cost to the taxpayers of pennsylvania by giving a cell phone with 250 free minutes per month to every welfare recipient. >> every welfare recipient. >> yes. we

. >> steve: speaking of famous dave, dave briggs, thank you for joining us today. >> dave: great to be here. >> gretchen: "fox & friends" for the after the show show. have a great day. bill: we're going to cheer you up or maybe not. with a stroke of the president's pen, u.s. borrowing spikes passing the 100% mark. now, what es that mean? from the treasury department, it reveals u.s. debt shot up 238 billion dollars on tuesday. that brings our new total to well over $4.5 trillion. america, now, in the same debt league as greece and italy and ireland, and it might get worse. i mean, rome and athens are great places to visit. >> they are. bill: probably wouldn't want to do a whole lot of business. i'm bill hemmer, good morning. alisyn: good morning to you, i'm al sin camarota. our debt is more than 100% of our gdp. this is the largest one-day bump in history. bill: can't make it up. stuart varney, fox business network, what does all this mean to you and me? >> reporter: let's spell it out in plain establish, the economy is $14.5 trillion, the debt is $14.5 trillion. in other words, the de

. >> dave briggs is here. >> famous dave's friday. i love ribs at 6:00 a.m. it always fits the bill for me. good morning, guys. good to be here. steve doocy off on vacation. serious news friday with the markets, huh? >> yeah, we have a fox news alert. world markets reacting strongly to wall street's big selloff overnight. stocks tumbled in asia. every major index was down significantly including south korea's which tumbled 6%. hong kong down more than 3%. over in europe, trading is still under way but the major indices now, they're down as well. about another global recession continues. the fear of that continues. and stuart varney is here to react to it. good morning. >> let me tell you what you're going to see when wall street opens up in about 3 1/2 hours time. stocks will continue yesterday's decline. you can tell this from what's called the futures without getting technical, you can say that as of right now, the dow will open between 150 and 200 points lower. remember, it dropped 400 points yesterday, big selloff. i could also tell you that if you own th