dr. keith ablow has some thoughts on this today. and have you heard of the shark whisperer? i don't know about that. this guy has a way, really, with the world's most feared creatures and his secret to making sure that these toothy guys just stay -- look at this, hypnotizing sharks. how can you miss z that? we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. bill: not the kind of shake, rattle ad roll a disc jockey was expecting. ducking for cover a little bit when the room starts to move. smart idea. kiwis were hit by a magnitude 6.5 quake, destroying homes and roadways. at least six aftershocks, 5.0 magnitude or stronger, that's a jolt. one after the other. it was just two years ago when christ church was leveled o

dr. keith ablow about what she did that was so very important here. martha: good story, right. we don't get to tell that many good stories some days and that is one for you today. gregg: rick, thanks. gregg: new fallout from obamacare. ups and the university of virginia both announcing they are cutting health benefits for husbands and wives of some of the employees. both are citing costs directly associated with the new health care law as a driving factor. joining to us talk about it now, stu varnishings host of "varney & company" on the fox business network. so some of these spouse, see you later. not going to be on the plan. >> do you remember, this gregg? if you like your plan you get to keep it. that was a promise made by president obama when we were first getting into obamacare and reform of the health care system. there was also a promise made the cost of health care coverage would go down. well the situation at the university of virginia contradicts those two promises directly. three way

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we will ask dr. keith ablow, a youngster, 10:17 this morning.o the big board, yes, we've opened lower, down 66. 15-4 is where we are now. the writings on the wall. first detroit, next chicago? a billion dollar budget shortfall by 2015. what's next for chicago? we'll deal with them next. ♪ announcer: where can an investor be a name and not a number? scottrade. ron: i'm never alone with scottrade. i n always call or stop by my local office. they're nearby and ready to help. so when i have questions, i can talk to someone who knows exactly how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. that's why i'm with scottrade. announcer: scottrade- proud to be ranked "best overall client experience." >> this is a very low volume wednesday in the first part of august and the market is down 57 points. how about the price of gold? fell below he 1300 recently and still below 1300. 1283 is the quote now. dead flat. look at disney. it is the biggest loser on the dow, why? well, losses from its flop film. lone ranger is hurting them. plus, disne

joining us now from boston, psychiatrist and fox news that was dr. keith ablow who believes facebook may be dangerous to your health. how so, doctor? >> well, i'm not the only one, bill. we've got data now streaming in, and that's why i've called for the surgeon general to literally put a warning on the homepage of facebook saying this could be dangerous to your health, just like on cigarettes, because the university of michigan, universities abroad, cal state, have all shown that facebook can increase depression, can increase feelings of isolation, decrease friendships and satisfaction, with those, increase alcohol abuse. we have enough data that we have to acre on this addictive behavior and consider it a danger. >> bill: all right. i'm not so sure. i think this might be a ruse. >> how so? >> bill: anything can lead to depression. i mean, the new york jets, if you're a jet fan, you're depressed. you're just depressed. all right? you go to a singles bar and some girl says, you look like a zombie, you're depressed. all right? i don't know. so you got faceb

dr. keithblow joins us and weighs in on the dramatic testimony we heard from survivor michelle knight. rick: the postal service deep in the red. could alcohol, could alcohol save the cash-strapped agency? that is straight ahead too. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. it's hard to describe, because you have a numbness, but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point i knew i had to do something. once i started taking the lyrica the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thought

dr. keith ablow puts me on the couch.me sales report is moments away. ♪ >> existing home sales numbers, important not housing market. 6.5% increase in home sales and 5 -- sorry, a 5.3 million home selling number for the entire year. that's the pace of selling of existing homes. 5.3 million a year. come on in, team investments, you know a thing about this. say that 5.3 # million homes a year is improvement. what say you? >> this is a great improvement. we went down a little bit last month, and it was a little bit disappointing, but we have to realize invenn story is tight. it's the lowest since 2002. the fact that people are buying what's out there is great. this number is a positive sign for housing, and there's volatility, but with new home sales up, existing homes sales, up strengthening in housing. >> of 6.5% increase. that's the absolute number. again, that is -- how would you characterize that? it's not exactls, but it's solid, isn't it? >> it's solid and stable. that's what we talk about all the time is stabilizing

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. >> dr. keithstrong says carter being hailed as a hero might intensify symptoms. >> it might bring up why, you know, why did i survive? and some folks didn't make it. >>> a man who detrade his country could be the first to be executed in more than 50 years. the trial got underway today in texas a jury found hasan guilty, the deadliest mass shooting ever on a u.s. military installation. hasan is still acting as his own attorney. >> a former private investigator serving time for corruption testified against an office year accused of assisting with phony drunk driving stingz. and prosecutors accused him of helping christopher butler set up drunk driving busts. clients were women qog through proceedings who wanted to gain an advantage over husbands. >> two people intrn arrested for what pleers calling a revenge robbery. the 24-year-old charged with stealing $20,000 last week. he worked at the store and knew the combination. police say he wore a mask but spoke to his exboss before the heist. also taken

dr. keithim. >> gretchen: and it's pay back time. trick shot titus. ready for a rematch. we'll see who is crying this time. >> brian: titus is here. >> gretchen: he wasn't talking to brian in the green room already. >> brian: i know. notice we're rolling the ball to him. >> steve: game face. >> brian: is he going to shoot? >> steve: yep. >> steve: quick headlines on this wednesday morning. sequester cuts taking an even bigger toll on our country's military. this morning we're just learning that more than 3,000 military civilian medical workers quit because of the furloughs. those who left, doctors, nurses, and scientists from army medical centers. >>> have you ever had a moment like this because you fear getting older? >> hi. here is what i'm thinking. i want to look younger. i think maybe something like the hair. >> steve: yep. good news for you. turns out 53 is now the age a person is considered middle aged. life expectancy and healthier life styles responsible for pushing back the middle-age

. >> dr. keith says carter being hailed as a hero might intensify symptoms. >> it might bring up why, you know, why did i survive? 5u >>> a man who detrade his country could be the first to be executed in more than 50 years. the trial g underway today in tas a jury found hasan guilty, the deadliest mass shooting ever on a u.s. military installation. hasan is sill acting as his own attorney. >> a foer private investigator serving time for corruption testified against an office year accused of assisting with phony drunk driving stingz. and procutors accused hi of helping christopher butler set up drunk driving busts. clients were women qog through proceedings who wanted to gain an advantage over husbands. >> two people intr arrested for what pleers calling a revenge robbery. the 24-year-old charged wit stealing $20,000 last week. he worked at the store and knew the combination. police say he wore a mask but spoke to his exboss before the heist. also ken into custody a -year-old who had half of the cas

dr. keith ablow is here. usher's son nearly drowned.t you need to know about the hidden dangers of swimming pools and how to protect your kids. it's really important. >> and 2013 miss america mallory hagan is here handing out special frozen treats on our plaza in you are hungry. our game show week continues. we find out if you are in it to win it with the george hamilton. we kick it off in about 10 minutes. see you then. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the fiber one caramel nut protein bar. >> welcome back. about ten minutes i till the top of the hour. >> the daring rescue of two sisters swept away in a kansas river. >> we got her out of the water. >> this is video from a police officer's badge camera. his partner jumping into the rushing water to save the girl. a 17-year-old jumped in to try to save her 9-year-old sister and then realized she was in trouble as well. she managed to get to shore and call for help. that's when police arrived. fortunately neither sist

look what's coming up when you go into the showers on "fox & friends" we have dr. keithill determine if you are normal enough as if you don't know already. lieutenant journal and former congressman allen west live on what's going on on cap shol hill on what should be going on while everybody is on vacation. we have the new movie persecuted. anna kooiman is swimming with the dolphins. why do you ask? do you cry a lot for work? our travel expert is showing you how to pack everything you need for one month away in a carry-on bag. it seems impossible? i don't believe it. so i am going to be here live and maybe i will be sold. all coming up on "fox & friends." don't miss it. a great deal. grrrr ahhh let's leave the deals to hotels.com. perfect! yep, and no angry bears. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com. ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >> remember the woman at the center of anthony weiner's new sex skaoepb scandal? -- sex scheme scandal? she was on hannity last night

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it was dr. keith ablow. you did, yes, that are the. >>eric: dr. keith ablow hugged you?illies fit into this in terms of the oil? >>gretchen: have a great show today, stu. 9:20. >> other stories making headlines. in a few hours three florida teens charged with beating a classmate on a school bus could learn their fate. juvenile justice officials recommended at least two of them serve probation but prosecutors think the teens should face something tougher. authorities said two of the teens tried to sell the younger boy pot at school. >> nidal hasan sentenced to death for murdering 13 people but could spend years in prison going through the appeals process. here's what the lead prosecutor said to jurors: he will never be a marytr because he has nothing to give. he is not giving his life. we are taking his hreufplt this is not -- his life. this is not his gift to god. this is his debt to society. >> today has been lifted off my shoulder. he has been held accountable for his actions, and the panel gave him justice. >> the best thing for that man is to be forgotten. we need to

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dr. keith a blow is a psychiatrist.ood to see you again today. >> and i think it is an issue that a lot of parents are concerned about in general in this country and look at the amount of money that medicaid spent on anti- psychotic drugs in people under the age of 20. it doubled over the past decade and what is going on with this? well, martha, it is a big issue and let's try to simplify it. one thing, it is not only anti- psychotic medications, it is attention deficit medicines and anti- depress ans. and long ago psychiatry folded their hands and stopped training them to provide psyche therape. not me, but many psychiatrist only do that and the american psychiatric association rubber stamped that with a bock of diagnosis that match up with the medicines, we have a global problem in psychiatry. >> a lot of people look at this story and article and the bells go off in your head. they are in cahoots with the pharmaceutical companies and making a ton of money and easier for the teachers and parents saying it is easier to

in the meantime, we want to talk to dr. keith ab blow, a psychiatrist member of the fox news medical a team. this is really testing my professionalism and objectivity today because to hear him stand there and say what he said with one of the victims in the courtroom, is it an act? does he not think what he did was wrong or does he know? >> here's the thing. it doesn't test my professionalism because i know, of course, evaluated murderers and rapists and kidnappers, that their ability at times to know right from wrong and empathize with victims, clearly to empathize is shattered. what you have there is what occurs when someone has lost the capacity to resonate with the feelings of others, lost in his own narcissim perhaps and has survived his own kind of childhood horror no doubt that shattered him. to try to evaluate him as you or i might evaluate somebody else, where there's a whole person there would be foolish. this is a guy who's quite clearly mentally ill. it was on display today. >> this is a guy who's pled guilty to 937 ch

sometimes you just need that person, like we've got dr. keith armstrong who works for the v.a.e kind of knows both of those beasts. he came together and made those two bureaucracies work. then with the help of the support of the city college of san francisco's football coach and other private donators, they were able to build us a huge lounge. they were able to build this satellite office and i don't think other schools necessarily know how to do that yet. there is not that one person or that group to go hey, your school could really use this. of course, it takes two to tango. the school might come out and say, hey, v.a, you guys should join us because it would look good fort schools. all of these veterans getting out in the next couple years could say, hey, what does your school have to offer us? so priority registration and maybe early book loans, they could say, well, we've got a v.a. satellite here in case you have any issues or your family does. you can come in, you don't have to drive 45 minutes to an hour away to the nearest v.a. you don't have to call and get on hold wi

. >> tucker: laurel writes, should we laugh or call dr. keiths? actually i'd love to know what he thinks of this. >> gretchen: okay. we'll have to ask him. he charged into enemy fire to help rescue injured soldiers, but now the government abandoned the man who helped them. dakota myer here next. >> eric: want asylum in the united states? all you need to say are three simple words. the shocking words, the details next hour so then the little tiny chipmunks go all the way up... ♪ [ female announcer ] when your swapportunity comes, take it. ♪ what? what? what? [ female announcer ] yoplait. it is so good. what? i'm bethand i'm michelle.t? and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. s

. >> steve: we pose that once a week with dr. keith ablow who joins us right now from boston.k you very much. e-mail number one, i consistently leave my kitchen cabinets and drawers open. my husband and kids always automatically close them. now the kids are adults and they have begun pointing out my habit. why do i do it all? >> why do you do it? 'cause you're nuts. that's the definition of nuts. you're doing things and you don't know why. this is a pretty unusual habit. since it piss people off no doubt that you leave the drawers wide open and the cabinets open, maybe it's underlying hostility that has you in its grip. come to my office. come to someone else's office. get this under control. >> steve: they'll leave the door open. you watch. >> let the air conditioning out. >> clayton: here is another one for you. e-mail two, my son has an on the ground session with model trains. started offs a cute hobby when he was five and now he's 14 and he has a room filled with trains, books about trains and he worked all summer so he could buy more model trains. is this nuts, doc? >> no

dr. keith morning, not the video games to blame, but maybe something larger around that. take a listen. >> my prediction is and has been for some time, we'll find out this is a drug, but of a kind much more powerful than we've known. we know people on heroin will do things that are inhuman sometimes, why they don't feel, but this is worse because it's literally, the drug is literally dragging you into a place where people aren't people, where you can shoot them and get points, where you can have friends who aren't friends on facebook, where you can have pets who are virtual pets. >> you know, i always disagree with the violent video game argument. i grew up playing all kinds of video games, but i had great parents. >> like zelda and tetris. >> most people don't become violent. many people who smoke don't get lung cancer, there was a fascinating piece in the paper this week about the scientific consensus i was not aware of that viewing a lot of violent media on average tends to increase the amou

dr. king's speech. let me bring you n keith.bborn gates that were pushed open and those who have to take the lap and gave their lives. you've investigated a lot of these civil rights cases, people who worked for this moment. >> yeah, i have to say that is very important to understand those who sacrifice their lives to give us free liberties today. i'm very happy to hear that our former presidents as well as congressman lewis has tapped in on that. it's an important element that we must not forget. >> were it not for those people who gave up their lives, took the bus, walked to get there 50 years ago, we may not have had the courage to do so. >> exactly. one thing about the significance of this day, august 28th is also the 58th anniversary to the murder of emmett lewis till, who sparked the black resistance in the south. the date itself, a historical fact for you, was chosen by a. phillip randolph to commemorate the murder of emmett till and usher in the new movement they would hope to come. that's what we're seeing today. >> we'

hit making producer will join keith urban and jennifer lopez as judges. dr. luke has seen success.ne romans. >> the dow industrial saw three straight weeks of declines. the dow is down 647 points or four percent over three weeks. the dow is still up 14.6% for the year. that is a very good return. a $10 billion deal aimed at beating cancer. amgenis buying onyx pharmaceuticals. we already know who is going to the super bowl this year. gm says it is back in the game for 2014. it has 12 new products coming out by the end of next year. >>> good morning everyone. get ready for a heat wave. temperatures are going to be soaring once again today across parts of the upper midwest as well as the plains. we are going to feel temperatures like 110 degrees for areas including des moines, st. louis and into chicago. you see a lot of 90s out there. certainly not expected for this late in the summer. while it is warm in the midwest, we will see fewer clouds in the northeast and showers there and more storms for parts of the desert southwest. we could see flooding there. >>> we're now at the top of

dr. katy byrd, emergency room doctor at george washington university hospital and her husband keith a fire explosives investigator here in the district. i'm proud to have them with me here today. i'm grateful for their love and their support. the united states and i had tally enjoy a vibrant, robust relationship, something on full display when president napolitano visited president obama in the white house recently here as last february and secretary of state kerry recently made rome the centerpiece of his first trip to europe as secretary of state. but as strong as the ties are between our leaders and the bonds between our people are what make the relationship stand out. more americans visit italy each year, about five million, than visit any other non-english speaking country. when it comes to studying abroad, italy remains a top choice of american students with some 35,000 a year. once more 20 million americans trace their ancestry back to italy. italian-americans have some of the most outstanding contributors to the growth and success of our country in a wide variety of our fields. whi

dr. luke. there is word another singer might be joining crooner and dreamy fella harry connick, jr., he would be joining jennifer lopez and keith. "american idol" season 13 beginning in january. >>> want to give you a warning here, be careful if you're thinking of texting in new jersey. two judges on a state appeals court panel say you could be held libel if you send a text to someone who is behind the wheel but only if you know the person happens to be driving and is likely to read the mess annuals. in that situation the person sending the text could be held liable for the accident and sued for damages. it really gives you pause. when in doubt just don't do it. don't text while driving. >> right if you're driving but what makes this decision odd and you see it and why it's not a criminal law it's a civil law in terms of what you could pay as opposed to jail responsibility is that this is a real stretch. texting and driving is bad, i get it, covered it, i've done it but the idea that the texter to the person driving is liable, i don't know if it's going to meet legal sufficiency. >> it does show away from legality it shows that