>> and how far have we gone to becoming a european entitlement nation now?ently the world bank told the spanish government that their employees are on vacation and they get sick, they have to get granted more vacation. >> whoa. >> and viva, viva-- >> and quite a policy when you have people out there pounding the pavement, and the kenard in your earlier point, those people not in bed or taking smoking cessation courses might work a part-time job that might end in a full-time job. >> and okay. all right. and we've got to stop it now. thanks, guys and thank you to steve for joining us, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> brenda: so, ralph loren getting a lot of flak for its made in china uniforms. but we have the other all american olympic champ that could have you seeing gold. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technolo

all week this week fox business presenting a special series called entitlement nation makers versus takers well the nation's growing dependence on government handouts and the feds give away more money than they collect in taxes the money is doled out primarily in the form of entitlements like social security medicare and medicaid that only are these problems on cons are these programs unconstitutional as the federal government is not authorized to take money from one group and give it to another but they make americans dependent upon big government kicking off tonight for several weeks now scoreboard has been featuring a segment called makers and takers which we think of bodies the great divide in this country between the folks who actually make things and those who actually take what others make most of it was pretty obvious why fox is doing this fox is own by billionaire rupert murdoch and run by multimillionaire and former nixon and reagan strategist roger ailes is pretty much the official mouthpiece for the billionaires and their republican party so of course fox would want their worki

we're an entitlement nation, i'm afraid and some states getting rewarded for making sure we stay thatight upset the birds nesting. might be sleeping. we're not kidding. it will scare them and wake them up. "fox & friends" starts right now.

we're an entitlement nation, i'm afraid and some states getting rewarded for making sure we stay that way. >> sorry, folks. no fourth of july fireworks for one american town. they might upset the birds nesting. might be sleeping. we're not kidding. it will scare them and wake them up. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> that's the u.s. army guard fife and drum corps performing "yankee doodle dandy." it's one thing to be able to toot this holiday. they're able to toot those horns in wonderful fashion. >> yeah, no kidding. >> as a little kid, i had one of those hats and used to wear it all the time. i couldn't play something like this. that was fantastic. >> i feel like i'm time traveling, traveling back. >> with that tiffany's store over his shoulder. >> wonderful. mix of old and new today as we celebrate the fourth of july and america's birthday. thank you so much for tuning into "fox & friends" this morning. i'm flanked by clayton and peter johnson jr. today. good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> and we'd like to thank people today, right? >> we have some beautiful

president obama wants to have more entitlements and a nation of guarantees. we want to have a nation where you use your god given talents to pursue the american dream and you can be anything you want to be. that's still america, and that's why people are inspired to get out and work this time. >> governor, thank you so much nor being a part of this show tonight. >> okay, dana. thanks very much. >> all right. straight ahead, the fight over taxing the rich. it's reach the fever pitch but do voters even care? doug schoen joins us. and also presidential candidate mitt romney sits down with greta. what sort of military role would he take with iran if elected president? plus don't mess with texas, or rather don't mess with the tea party in texas. a big showdown in the lone star state that will be making headlines coast-to-coast and includes governor palin and governor demint and other tea party favorites. stick around. well, i had all the classic symptoms... like the elephant on my chest... he thought he was having a heart attack. she said, "take an aspirin, we nee

we still look to the government for entitlements, student loans, national disasters, and even today, health care and birth control. has anything really changed? >> in some ways it has. it depends on whether you look at the glass as half full or half empty. the reagan years changed the way in which people looked at government programs. prior to reagan and post-roosevelt, there was an assumption that if there was a problem, the solution was to spend money on it. and anybody who questioned that obviously didn't want to solve the problem. after reagan, there was and that, of course, was a rebuttable presumption. after reagan there was a presumption and you still see it, that if you have a problem and you want to spend money on it, that's not the answer. that's rebuttal, as well. so it changed the way people looked at these things. and that lasted for some time. now, if you ask whether the government is bigger now than it was then or it was in the '50s, obviously it is. the -- and what we have now is we have -- we have sort of politically two things have happened. one, the sort of biparti

entitlements. and also the national defense we need to protect us in a dangerous world well very rarely do we hear anyone saying defense spending needs to be cut in fact most people lawmakers especially are constantly saying we need more and more well here's something to think about the u.s. inspector general for iraq reconstruction now says that u.s. taxpayers have been funding a two hundred million dollars program to train iraqi police that is either wanted or needed by them it's called the police development program and it's actually the largest state department program in the world so deadly begs the question what are we getting for our money there earlier i was joined by john glaser with antiwar dot com i asked him about the wastefulness of u.s. funds take a look. well the waste is practically built into the system of how things work i mean this is just one report about one program if we go back a few months i think it was in october two thousand and eleven the wartime commission on wartime spending on iraq and afghanistan sixty billion with a b. of u.s. war funds were lost due to waste fraud

we can't protect these entitlements and also the national defense we need to protect us in a dangerous world. well very rarely do we hear people saying defense spending needs to be cut and in fact most people are constantly saying we need more and more well here's something to think about the u.s. inspector general for iraq reconstruction now says taxpayers have been funding a two hundred million dollars program to train iraqi police that is neither wanted nor needed i doze aimed at helping it's called the police development program and it's actually the largest state department program in the world so it definitely begs the question what do we get for our money to help answer that question i'm joined now by john glaser with antiwar dot com let me ask you this i mean what's the theory how does this happen how does so much money get wasted without being questioned at least without accountability well the waste is perfectly built into the system of how things work i mean this is just one report about one program if we go back a few months i think it was in october two thousand and eleven

. >> as a person who served honorably in world war ii, he's entitled to the national defense medal, worldar ii combat medal, entitled to a sharp shooter medal. >> sergeant crawford is tops around here because he has 13 kids. 23 grandkids and 27 great grandkids. 23 grandkids, 27 great grandkids, charlie. >> you got them all? >> his family will tell you, there is a reason why they call these precious medals. >> i can't even explain how proud i am of him. >> he's always been a proud veteran. it really is nice to see it. it's a joy for us. >> arthel: what a great story. we want to thank, again, jimmy altman from our affiliate. >> eric: god bless him and all of the greatest generation, the guys from ww 2. >> arthel: here, here. >> eric: coming up, a senior advisor to president obama's campaign is accusing governor romney of stone walling. calling him the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. what does that mean and how will it play in the race for the white house? >> arthel: welcome back. time for a quick check of the headlines. 7 suspects arrested in great britain on terrorism charges

we can't protect these entitlements and also the national defense we need to protect us in a dangerous world. and title men's health care education very rarely do we or people say defense spending needs to be cut and in fact most people are constantly saying we're more defense spending well here's something to think about the u.s. inspector general for iraq reconstruction now says that taxpayers have been funding a two hundred million dollars program to train iraqi police that is not wanted or needed by those it's aim to help it's called the police development program it is actually the largest state department program in the world so it definitely begs the question what if we get for our money to help answer this i'm joined now by michael o'brien author of america's failure in iraq michael thanks for being on the saturday first question what did we get for our money in iraq well you know this is the one hundred eighty or two hundred million is just the tip of the iceberg i was part of the reconstruction and from zero six to seven for fourteen months so when i was over there and some o

entitlements. and also the national defense we need to protect us in a dangerous world and the dangerous world of course and as a result it's rare that we hear people saying defense spending needs to be cut in fact most people constantly cousinly say we need more well here's something to think about the u.s. inspector general for iraq reconstruction now says u.s. taxpayers have been funding a two hundred million dollars program to train iraqi police that is neither wanted or needed by those it's supposed to help it's called the police development program and it's actually the largest state department program in the world so begs the question what are we getting for our money to help answer that question i was joined a little earlier by michael o'brien author of america's failure in iraq. hundred eighty or two hundred million is just the tip of the iceberg i was part of the reconstruction and from zero six to seven for fourteen months so when i was over there and some of the news that's come out about this police program. billions have been spent on training the iraqi police and the iraqi army. and of co

and the republicans demand the things like defense and intelligence and you have to pay entitlement and the national debt comes up to $2 $2.5 trillion. half a trillion dollars more -- >> eric: please, please. >> bob: what? >> eric: i will give you the brain room is right on the numbers when you put garbage in, garbage comes out. what date did you start? >> bob: stimulus began. >> eric: what date? >> bob: june 1. >> eric: we'll ignore the first six months of -- >> bob: the jobs that lost after inauguration day were his? >> eric: they don't count? >> bob: they were his? >> eric: cut out the first six months. >> dana: that is the bigger points. all the numbers may be true, i think that what they are look at in the next three months we found out that retail sales down three months in a row. that is what carrying the economic growth we had, the anemic growth we had. gdp in the first quarter revised down from terrible 1.7% down to 1.4%. still the unemployment rate is stagnant at 8.2%. they say, even president obama says is not likely to change before november. those are the economic numbers. >> kimberly:

we're an entitlement nation and some states getting rewarded for making sure we stay that way.justice john roberts upholding obamacare. why are we hearing reports now that they also wrote most of the defense? >> clayton: sorry, folks. apparently for that coal slaw, no fourth of july fireworks for one american town. they might be upset because the birds might get teary eyed and fly out of their nests. we're not kidding. the birds will be upset about fireworks. "fox & friends" begins right now ♪ america, america ♪ may we tell you how we feel. ♪ you have given us your freedom. ♪ we love you so ♪ ♪ love, love, love ♪ love, love, love ♪ ♪ we love you ♪ ♪ ♪ america, america ♪ ♪ may we tell you how we feel. ♪ you have given us your riches ♪ ♪ we love you so >> gretchen: a wonderful tribute by the girl scouts. they're a troop in new york city. they performed on this show before. how fitting for the fourth of july to say we love america. we'll hear more from them coming up on the show. >> clayton: we've got more grilling coming up later on the show. your perfect barbecue set up outside.

it looks like entitlement nation is getting bigger, doesn't it? >> it is certainly.said, it's gone from 30% to almost 50% that are so some kind of handout. >> you're saying all those people don't vote? >> the turnout among people that do get the handouts is way, way lower than among people that don't except the social security where, of course, it's higher because the elderly tend to vote in higher numbers. >> is president obama taking those people for granted? the naacp convention basically assuming that blacks are going to be in his back corner and that they're going to vote in the same capacity they did in 2008? >> yeah, that's a mistake. he ought to go there. >> the other topic we wanted to chat about, i thought was also interesting, the similarities. obama is now saying that he's just going to bring taxes to the level it was under bill clinton. >> that's right. >> and i take that personally because, you know, i worked for clinton. and i just wanted to let -- make people understand the difference. when clinton took office, he raised taxes on everybody. and the to

the offense willfully delivering or transmitting any information related to the national defense to any person not entitled to receive it if the official has reason to believe that the information could be used to injure the united states to the advantage of any other country. a lot of words in there that are subject to interpretation. one is national defense. you talked about that a little bit. is that limited to military? >> it certainly includes military matters. >> includes military. but you mentioned trade deals and trade deals are not covered by the national defense? >> i don't think it clearly is covered in the way intelligence information would be covered or military information would be covered. >> foreign intelligence in the legislation we've considered included trade deals. >> i think a trade deal arguably could be in some circumstances but it's not as clearly relevant as intelligence information. >> are we talking about only classified information being covered or can sensitive information that has not been classified be covered? >> under the current statute it's possible unclassified informati

national defense mean anyway? and who specifically is a person not entitled to receive it? judges and academics have been hoping that congress would resolve these and other interpretive mysteries for more than a decade. there's another problem with the act -- the espionage act makes it a crime to leak information relating to the national defense as opposed to classified information or properly classified information. as a result, the statute has the potential to produce both false positives and false negatives. in other words, the law might criminalize some leaks that aren't really harmful, and it might fail to criminalize other leaks that are harmful. here's an example of the false negatives problem which is probably more severe. imagine what would happen if somebody leaked the u.s. negotiating strategy for ongoing talks over a free-trade agreement. that information almost certainly doesn't relate to the national defense but might nevertheless be properly classified. because it doesn't fall within the four corners of the act, it might not be unlawful even though such a lea

you want to preserve national security and transfer programs that means entitlements. hat we're about to do with the tax increase, it slashes national defense, we're getting it backwards. my wish is that someone says it's a really bad idea. >> take leadership. what about the timing? isn't that important? let's say we don't get an agreement on this fiscal cliff, the tax cuts and spending programs going away by the election. the election, you have one month to fix this. i mean, they can't do anything in a year, they're going to do it in a month? >> i'm really worried about that. >> 2013 looks bad then? >> i think the end of 2012 could look bad. if you have dividend tax rates going from 15 to 45%. we're going to see impacted going into 2012, that's not a good news scenario. >> wish we had more time, thanks for indulgence, thank you for joining us today. >> we're in this final stretch for the day and the week. a pretty good rally in the last 15 minutes, down 124 on the dow right now. >> the bears are roaring back, the start of the earnings season next week, will it help the

national debt. in the report, page 8 entitled potential emerging threats to the united states financial stability, you read that threats to financial stability like threats to national security are always credited. a couple of years ago, admiral michael mullen when he was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the greatest threat to our national security is our national debt. its stock to allow the people. do you agree that the growing national debt is a significant threat to our economic and financial security going forward? >> if left unaddressed, our long term fiscal deficits would damage the american economy. i agree if left unaddressed, that would be true. >> honey morgan jr. secretary treasurer under franklin roosevelt. he has often been quotes recently. he said, "we are spending more money than we have ever spent before and it does not work. i want to see this country prosperous, i want to see people get a job. we have never made good on our promises. i say after eight years of this administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started and an enormous debt." what's different

that's because the bill that the majority is bringing to the floor tomorrow, despite being entitled the national strategic and critical minerals act, has absolutely nothing to do with developing these minerals. in fact, this bill is all about gutting the environmental safeguards and the proper review of large mining projects on public lands for virtually all minerals. including coal. under this legislation sand apparently could be considered as rare. gravel could be a critical mineral. crushed stone or clay could be a strategic resource. even abundant minerals like gold or silver or copper could potentially qualify as a rare earth product under this bill and have lower environmental standards as a result, in drilling for them that would endanger ordinary families again and their health. but of course they would never provide any health care benefits for them because that's the other bill we're going to be having out here on the house floor and gutting here today. indeed, the only rarities created under this republican bill would be environmental protections or public input. mr. polis: i yield an

the type of things we talk about on national level, entitlement.ylvania is going through this right now at the state level but not a grandstand to telescopes and firefighters, work for minimum wage. megyn: yeah. can you imagine? 29% increase in your city taxes and then 78% increase in your property taxes. bye-bye. there are other cities besides scranton which to live. dom, selena, thank you. >> thank you very much, megyn. megyn: we're getting new details what happened when a florida teen had a violent encounter with an alligator. his terrifying story is right after this break. >> the gator was about two feet away from him. came straight at him. abraham said, fred. he punched the gator. it took his arm and he went under. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more than me! twenty-one vitamins and minerals and zero fat! hmmm. you'll bring a lot to the party. [ all ] yay! [ female announcer ] new ensure clear. nine grams protein. zero

nation's kindergartens. >> starting next year, parents in germany will legally be entitled to take care service for their childrenut currently, there are not enough qualified preschool teachers to meet the expected demand. authorities plan to train the long-term unemployed to work in this field. >> in local job centers, we are conducting detailed discussions with potentially-interested job- seekers. they have to fulfill the formal qualifications, but they also have to be motivated ensure commitment. there are also the social skills, which are very important. >> theoretically, the retraining is available to all registered job-seekers. the job centers plan to focus on reaching out to the long-term unemployed. the labor union has welcomed the idea, but insists there cannot be any short cuts. >> the road training is of the essence. it cannot be shortened. the labor -- borrow -- thorough training is of the essence. it cannot be shortened. >> there needs to be an immediate action program to train the number of preschool teachers needed and improve the job's image. since the full training course can take up to five year

to the east but that was political suicide, because he's creating a new nation, a civil democracy in which texas is just as entitled to be defended by its army as virginia. he has this practical reality of two few men to defend too much territory, territory that geographically is not favorable to the confederacy in large part and the rivers, especially west of the appalachians, tend to go into the confederacy as natural avenues of invasion, whereas the potomac is a wonderful barrier or briefly was a wonderful barrier in the east. so i don't think he had much choice but to come up with what he called the offensive defensive or the defensive offensive. i never know which it is exactly and i never know what the difference is. i wrote a book about it but i don't know what it's about. [ laughter ] it's essentially the notion of hold everything, spread your forces thin or hold everything to keep the enemy heel from your homeland and as opportunities present themselves as a target of opportunity appears, concentrate forces quickly for a thrust into the north, not to conquer the north. it needs to be remembered lee did not

i don't want to end up like european nation that you gut defense to pay for entitlement so you can't yourself. >> dana: remember the federal government is set up under our system, two responsibilities. one to protect the country. gutting maybe epa would be a better start than gutting the defense department. >> bob: if that is the case we do away with the clean water and clean air act. yea! >> andrea: hate clean air. >> greg: i hate clean air. >> bob: you live in hell's kitchen like i do. there isn't clean air there. the fact is you are trying to make this divide here, that doesn't exist. >> andrea: wait, wait, wait. >> greg: it started -- obama started the divide. >> bob: the divide was between a very small percentage at the top and the rest of us. >> dana: 1 versus the 989%. >> andrea: this statement was his joe the plumber moment. this is the sound that will be played over and over and over. is this the gaffe? yes and no. big gaffe. this is who obama really is. it's liberalism with a capital "l." not a small "l." to your point, dana, that's why a lot of democrats look at this, not

national defence mean any way? and who specifically is a person not entitled to receive it? judges and academics havebeen ng thecngreswoul lvesd r rpd er omo an ee. there's another problem in the act. the espionage act makes it a crime to week information relating to the national defence as opposed tothe classified information or properly classified information. as a result of such as the potentl rodu bfle inerrs it might criminalize some that aren't really harmful, and it might fail to criminalize others that are harmful. here's an ax handle of a false negative problem which is probably more sever aginwhatwolha i boeato tig gy ong talks over the free trade agreement. that information certainly doesn't relate to the national defence, but might nevertheless be properly classified. because it doesn't fall within the four corners of the espionage act, it mighte caetilyaehr ng o tnsnd indeed congress has in the past considered either tweaking the espionage act orperhaps to enact an entirely new statute. mr. chairman think you for your time i would be happy to answ any questions.

today's hearing is entitled "the future of the national mall."gues had decided to address this topic. it is good to revisit our previous successes. there is a lot to talk about. i look forward to this morning to to a conversation. the national mall is where we recognize our triumph and our failures. it is a place to gather to remember the fallen heroes. to celebrate call for. to learn. and the educational role of the mall has been forgotten by congress. thousands of visitors from across the country travel to d.c. to learn more about this great nation. often the stories they learn are not entirely true. some of our memorials perpetuate myths. for example, lincoln save the nation. jefferson created the debt erasion -- that declaration of independence. roosevelt brought the country out of the depression. the story that idolizes a series of events rather than acknowledgeing of the public space. that is where public -- the national mall is a living vibrant history book where tales are told and the power of the place moves us toward understanding the d

whatever it you wish, they more so believe in a government control, nationalizing of production, they believe in creating and expanding entitlement and welfare state. you can't tell me you're not seeing that in the united states of america. >> go ahead. >> first of all, wow, this proves how biased the liberal media is, because you come off so intelligent, and the left wing media portrays you as a crazy guy. i 100% agree with you. >> this is point. there are some people in this country that are afraid of my story. there are some people in this country that don't want to let people know that you can have a young black male from the inner city that's a conservative, a career military veteran, that had a family -- you know, i'm third or four-generation of military veterans, that scares some people, and i understand that. that's why i don't pay attention to it. i just continue to tell the truth. >> jackie, does he scare you? >> no, not at all. i want to know how you take your story and determination and drive that you talk about and reinstill into the kids that are coming up today, because they don't have it. >> and i want to add one

friends of his turned on him and that bastion of american conservatism, the "national review," gave him an order in an editorial entitled "release the returns." the editorial said, "the romney campaign says he has released as many returns as candidate john kerry did in 2004 and cites teresa heinz kerry's refusal to release any of her tax returns. neither is an apt comparison. john kerry actually released returns from 1999 through 2003 and also released tax returns during his senate runs. as for teresa heinz, romney isn't the wealthy spouse of a candidate, but the candidate himself. in 2008, john mccain released two years of returns, but he had been filling out financial disclosure forms for decades as a senator. romney protests that he is not legally obliged to release any tax returns. of course not. he is no longer in the realm of the private sector, though, where he can comply with the letter of the law with the securities and exchange commission and leave it at that. perceptions matter. romney may feel impatience with requirements that the political culture imposes on a presidential candidate, that he feels are point

national park service. this view of the u.s. was entitledt a memory map with mixed media on paper in the book there are several versions one that struck me was this same is is all brown called the browning of america. and in this particular one the painter and flock to oklahoma evoking the cherokees trail of tears that so many died as they were displaced into oklahoma. there each 18 by 12 inches. last one, the author spends time talking about indian art i'm sorry the national museum of the indian. and he makes the comment that it takes says its main mission to rewrite the text taking skin color head on this shows the notion of who they are those that have been created and perpetuated. they problem lies the issues to spot lights and the city of perpetuation and spends two chapters looking not only at the physical structure but to with those expectations it is about interpretation of indian life i highly recommend the book is very different from the public libraries and gives a different voice. >> my next favorite book they are slightly out of

politics and an insult to the people the syrian national council should realize that they are but one group within the opposition and they're not entitled to speak on behalf of the entire opposition while this destruction on the ruling regime winds over ruin and suffer a strategic defeat i feel position when i will head of the country and condition. the minister of foreign policies had a bit of a technical glitch there let me just ask you if i can before we have another one says it wants the u.n. observer mission in syria to stay there for a long period of time what are russia's proposals for this. all the russians essentially want to extend the mission for another three months that original mission is supposed to expire in about a few weeks what the russians are pushing for is to switch the mission from observing a cease fire that clearly hasn't really worked so far focusing on ways of implementing a political transition in some sort of a dialogue within syria now it doesn't really look at this point like they're having a lot of support from the western members of the u.n. security council the u.s. and european powers namely and of cou

politics and an insult to the people the syrian national council should realize that they are but one group within the opposition and they are not entitled to speak on behalf of the entire opposition while this destruction goes on and the ruling regime wins it will rule over ruin and suffer a strategic defeat of the opposition wins the country and an unmanageable condition . could have you with us here in r.t. today still to come for you in this program cuba raul castro who is said to be a big fan of the russian winter instead comes to moscow right now after the blazing summer sunshine three days with planned talks with the russian president vladimir putin. hard times increase the meaning difficult ones for immigrants to the economic crisis being blamed for reports of increased racial intolerance recently human rights group report suggests that police are refusing to give assistance to foreign victims of abuse and are accused of often failing to investigate complaints properly greaves now takes a look at allegations i was in a phobia and austerity refuse to greece. around the country crumbles some parts of greece seeing firm foundations