and fred imus has died. don imus' raw, dry, plain-spoke: younger brother left a stint in the army to be a brakeman on the southern pacific railroad. he then started up an auto body shop before following his brother into radio. fred imus was 69 years old. >>> "newsweek" magazine is catching heat for a cover photo many consider a cheap shot. calling michele bachmann the queen of rage is one thing, but the photo is clearly a misfire. it received widespread criticism today, some called it biased and insulting. one columnist said she's made to look like there is someone dangling a treat in front of her. several wondered if a male politician would be treated in similar fashion. >>> and texas governor rick perry is emerging as the most talked about gop contender not in the race. this weekend he drew a crowd of 30,000 in houston at a prayer service to pray for our country. he is now off to two big primary states as he considers a run. >>> word from washington tonight that after 200 years, the page program in the hou

fred imus, the brother of the more rassable don imus. fred passed away last weekend.him last this week. man of few words but perfectly happy living in the pregnant pause that unnerves those who prefer filling the void with noise. any noise. not fred, who like his brother don, had a way of cutting through the nonsense and making us think maybe it's all the guys yapping spewing the real speech. >> did you watch the president's speech? >> i watched it for around minute when it became apparent he wasn't going to resign, i turned it off. [ laughter ] he's got to go. why doesn't he realize it's time for him to get out be. a man and step up. say look, it's too big for me. i'm leaving. >> good morning, iman, how are you doing? >> well, i'm doing fine, fred. i cancer, of course. >> yeah, i know you do. >> we all got something. do you ever see people you haven't seen in years and you go my god, that bastard looks old? >> yes, i. >> you know how women changes when you marry them? >> no, i don't. >> he doesn't know. by this afternoon he'll want to kill himself. >> you can get rid

fred imus, dead at age 69. >>> hello, it's "the five 5:00 e east coast. i scared the heck out of bob. i'm dana perino, with bob beckel, andrea tantaros, judge andrew napolitano and greg gutfeld. perhaps no one feeling the heat more than president obama. "wall street journal" columnist asks is obama smart? even the "new york times" is questioning his agenda now. plus, london ablaze. riot and looting taking over the street. we have the latest as fears of continued violence increases. and what al gore thinks of the global warming skeptics. >> [bleep] >> dana: more of that wild rant coming up. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> dana: president obama facing harsh criticism today and on experience i know negative coverage comes in waves that often happens in the white house. off story, you need to let it burn out but some of the coverage would make a former press secretary want to crawl under the desk. i want to point out even the "new york times" said today in an editorial that anyone hungering for a robust vision to invigorate the economy and increase employ

i want to say being i'm friends with you and don and deirdre, i'm heartbroken over the loss of fred imus great guy, 101st airborne veteran. unique american character. and we're all still heartbroken. >> sean: everyone thinks don is hard and all this. he used to end every call with i love you. >> i love you, that's right. unabashedly. yep. >> sean: democrats and the president struggle to find a message on the economy. what do i mean? watch this. >> the president: we had reversed the recession, avoided a depression. >> american economy is still suffering. >> the president: over the last six months we've had a run of bad luck. >> i think we clearly are responsible for the -- i'm going to take ownership now. president president -- >> the president: i inherited the deficit we have and the economic crisis. >> he's brought us so far. we've begun to turn the economy around. >> growth is slower than we would like. >> we misread the economy. >> things are healing, it going to take more time. >> sean: what are they talking about? >> message is hope and change. they hope and pray that something chan