. >> jimmy: with elton john? >> yeah. elton john, i'm sorry. guards and i went to thth strip mall in bel air, i thought, no one saw me and then my manager called me the next day and he was like, you had a fabulous performance at the grammys and then you're driving a plateless car with no license looking like a grandma. i was so -- i'm like, it's amazing! it's so fabulous. he was not happy. >> jimmy: he was not amused? >> very angry. >> jimmy: got to be a little weird, because you're this big star and you, all these people work for you, but still, you've got people that say, you can't do this, you can't do that. and you kind of have to listen to them, right? >> well, i think perhaps the reason we're all here is because i'm not very good at listening, am i? >> jimmy: yeah, maybe so. [ applause ] i know that -- you are nominated, your hbo special, which is terrific, by the way, is nominated for five emmy awards. will go you? >> yes. is that the award music? >> jimmy: that is the award music. >> emmy. vma. grammy. >> jimmy: and get ready, because a

which unfortunately her knights are paul mccartney and elton john. needs right now. there's a documentary on hbo last night called "superheroes." a number of regular people around the country who dress up in costume to fight crime. one of them is a guy who calls himself the vigilante spider. he was kind enough to take us through the average day for a superhero. >> my name is vigilante spider. i started out in las vegas, nevada. i now patrol most of north county just like any other day. walk downstairs. you have breakfast. you say hello to your girlfriend. you go to work. you say hi to your friends at work. and then you go home. after all the nmo not ni is don and you sleep. >> so you have a girlfriend? >> i was metaphorically speaking. >> jimmy: metaphorically, he gets tons of women metaphorically. tons. they should call him the lonely spsper. and one more thing, jessica alba is here with us tonight. she's very pregnant. [ applause ] she's become impregnated with a baby, with a child. she's been going to birthing classes. this is how you prepare for

elton john, the bee geez, the commodores, rod stewart, david bowie. you name it. television started to rock around the clock 39 years ago today. and that's "the fox report" for friday, august 19th, 2011. i'm patti ann brown in for shepard smith. thanks for joining us in your home tonight. shep is back monday 3:00 p.m. eastern, 12:00 pacific and "the fox report." coming up next, the factor. >> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight -- >> we can reverse the recession but over the last six months, we've had a run of bad luck. some things that we could not control. >> president obama said that it's bad luck that's causing all of our economic problems. is he counting on luck to get us out of this mess? >> i don't need luck! i need a miracle! >> charles krauthammer has some thoughts. >> i tell people, i say one of the quick ways you can tell the difference is, you know, he's a yale graduate and i'm a texas a&m graduate. >> there doesn't seem to be any love loss between texas governor rick perry and former president bush. karl rove will be here to set the record straight. th

when you become billy joel and elton john and u2. >> you're enjoying dessert. >> yeah. >> reporter: as than just being a rock star. we caught up with him in new jersey. he was the only star on president obama's commissionon if you could finish this sentence 50 is -- >> really good. >> reporter: what's more fulfilling, making a difference in the leaders of tomorrow or headlining at major arenas all over the world. >> my job doesn't define who i am. we're still at the top of our game. >> reporter: jon has had personal successes as well. married for 22 years to his high school sweetheart, they have four kids including a daughter who's off to college in the fall, she's just about the same age as her dad was when her dad started singing hits like -- >> ♪ living on a prayer >> reporter: still gets standing ovations today. so, how do you guys manage to stay together as a team? >> everybody has the same dream. everybody believes. everybody still followed the quarterback. >> reporter: and you're the quarterback. >> oh, yeah, somebody has to be. it's not a dictatorship. everybody plays a certain

got top confess, but it would be ironic to hear them play some cover by an openly gay artist like elton johnand maria, i -- she's right, mike huckabee's a talented guitarist. i'd like to see him get real naught by a guitar rip up there. if only simon cowell could be there to judge the performance. >> pete, great stuff. >> he played stuff with nugent. he played that on television. >> he's good. he's good. >> dana, maria, and my good friend pete, good to see you again, buddy. >> i'll be tweeting about you. i'll be tweeting all about you, t.j. holmes, you handsome devil. >> i'm sure you will. thanks so much. i'll talk to you all again soon. >>> we're getting close to the top of the hour. this has been back and forth. every time we've gone back to this number, it's gone up or down by about 100 points it seems. the dow jones industrial down. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobil

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elton john saw it. >> yes, he called soon after he saw the video. >> and before you know it, you had music, right? >> yes, very quickly. >> what are you going to play for us today? >> "welcome to the jungle." >> this is by guns n roses. >> that's right. >> can't wait to hear it. >> take it away. >> thank you. >> fantastic! now, nobody has ever heard the cello like that i guarantee you, at least classical people. tell me about cello, it's totally different. >> we use many pedal boards and effects and we try to make cello sound modern and cool. >> definitely cool. that's very hot. it helps that you're both young and attractive as well. stefan and luca, congratulations, both of you. congratulations and that's a workout. that is a workout. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> yeah. awesome performance. of course, "fox & friends" where there's always room for cello. straight ahead, the white house has a new strategy to fight extremism in this country. there's a problem. after two years of meetings, it's light on new ideas. is there really even a plan at all? and who has the

i commend my colleagues, lamar smith, elton gallegly, and john conyers for joining the -- joining me in this bill. this bill may be small but it is important for the few dozen soldiers it will help each year. i urge my colleagues to support the bill. unless the chairman has additional speakers, i'm prepared to yield back. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield back the balance of my time as well. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 398? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i ask for the yeas and nays on that bill. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman fro