gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill.ng to an ad campaign that's supposed to, you know, explain why the benefits mandated under the law are so very important. martha: so let's bring in jonah goldberg a fox news contributor. >> food morning. martha: my first question was, well, how much money has been spent on these programs in the past? >> right. it's one of the depressing things about the age we're in where $20 million you're like, oh, that's not that much, you know? [laughter] it's amazing how little 20 million gets you from the government these days. martha: so you have a problem with this expenditure? >> well, look, i have a problem -- part of what this is going to do is going to be an ad campaign telling people how to live right and live healthy, and i'm not a big nanny state guy. i think part of that's tearily troubling. i also think the timing of this, they decided to spend $20 million in the middle of, you know, a presidential campaign. if this smacks even slightly of politics, i think that's incredibly inappropri

you gregg. julie: new developments in the search for a missing louisiana student, the 22-year-old last seen riding her bike home from a friend's house. what surveillance cameras captured before she went missing. gregg: and leon panet with tough words for iran. he says what the united states will do if iran develops a nuclear bomb. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest. it's you, fully charged. gregg welcome back. developing in "america's newsroom", the government says it wants to use new technology to drastically reduce the number of patdowns at airports. homeland security looking for tech companies to come up with less intrusive hand-held scanning devices. >>> a solar plain is midway through its first intercontinental flight, that trip in switzerland to morocco, a r

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gregg? gregg: green, huh? bet he wore green when he wore all those verdicts of -- >> reporter: yeah. very interesting to see the reasoning behind that. gregg: green is the color of money. [laughter] >> reporter: that's true. gregg: and just for the record, this is teal, all right? it's not green. thanks very much, jonathan serrie. jenna: we're going to have to go back and check all those cases, gregg. thanks a lot. [laughter] well, we have this fox news weather alert for you now. hurricane season officially begins next weekend, and today we're getting our very first predictions. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is with us from the fox weather center. it looks stormy behind you, rick. [laughter] >> reporter: yeah, i tell you, so he's the averages. 12 is the number of average named storms, six hurricanes on average, three major hurricanes. noaa putting out their advisory today, and take a look at this, they're not going with any big, bold predictions, everything kind of splitting the number bees. i think in ge

gregg?ry much. >> arthel: gregg, the crew of the international space station getting an up-close look at a dragon. the astronauts entering the new spacex dragon capsule. it is the first commercial supply ship to dock with the station. american astronaut don petit says it still has that new car smell. and compared the cargo capacity to his pickup truck back in home. >> gregg: good comparison. all right. president obama getting slammed these days by some super pacs over his ties with wall street. but who are these ads really targeting and will they work? we'll have a fair and balanced debate next. >> arthel: plus an update after the man considered to be the greatest voice in country music is rushed to the hospital. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage

i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett.me to brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. topping the news this hour, three nato protesters charged with terrorism. the men allegedly plotting an attack ahead of the 60-nation summit. wait 'til you hear who and what they were targeting. >> heather: and he begged the u.s. for help and now the blind chinese actives who escaped house arrest is on his way out. we've got his plans once he lands in america. >> gregg: and no end in sight. dozens of wildfires burning across several states. why experts believe this could be one of the worst fire seasons in years. >> heather: we begin with a fox news alert. right now we are waiting for president obama, expected to make a statement this hour, closing the g8 summit. he's might meting with world leaders at camp david seeking solutions to developing problems like iran, syria and the economy. end ago short while ago, we will bring you the president's remarks and any developments as they happen. >> gregg: from the g8 to nato, the presid

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: topping the news this hour president obama meeting with nato leaders in chicago right now as hundreds take to the streets outside. we'll have live report from the scene. >> gregg: while in washington, top democratic and republican leaders spar over the budget and who will have control at the end of the year to decide on billions of dollars of your money. >> heather: you won't believe what happened to this 7-month pregnant mother on her way to drop off her child at school. our legal panel weighs in the shocking story. >> gregg: the only person ever convicted for the 1988 bombing of the jetliner over lockerbie is dead. he died today in tripoli, until three years ago he was serving time in scotland for the bombing that killed 270 people. he was released on so-called humanitarian grounds. in 2009 doctors claimed he had terminal cancer and three months to live. completely untrue. that unleashed a international wave of outrage. >> reporter: one more

i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. shocking details in alleged plot at nato summit in chicago. those three suspects appearing in court just a short time ago. there they are. each are accused of planning to attack high profile targets around the chicago area with molotov cocktails. those targets included the mayoral's home and president obama's chicago campaign headquarters. steve brown is live in chicago with more. >> reporter: interestingly this is not a federal case. this will be very first illinois own terrorism laws. that will be what the charges are essentially are against the three individuals that were arrested. they are brian church, jarrod chase and brent -- they were picked up on the south side of chicago. they were picked up on wednesday night. we were there yesterday friday afternoon. still saw cops milling around and talking to folks in the neighborhood. a total of nine folks were arrested in one particular raid. the state's attorneys office said it was a targeted raid and had informants working with them.

>>gregg: of course.ages young at leasts to participate in dangerous behavior. and joining us live is a family practice physician at new york presbyterian hospital. thank you for joining us, doctor. so, there is a lot to talk about. the first question, are drinks like this safe? >>guest: well, we have a lot of different ones. sport drones -- drinks, like gatorade if you are working out and sweating if more than an hour you want to replace electrolytes so, yes, but think of the calories. greg the blue is gatorade, a lovely color, isn't it? >>guest: honestly, personally i don't put things that color in my body but i have teen boy whose love it. vitamin water zero does not have calories so you get the electrolytes. muscle milk is called a "recovery drink," and if you are not doing several hours you do not need a recovery drink and chocolate milk is fine as a recovery drink. red bull is not safe. to do this and go for a run or work out, you are getting a big amount of caffeine from an artificial source so tha

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. an f.b.i. agent that works in national security goes missing suddenly. police think he would be suicidal and maybe armed and search for the agent intention ties. >> heather: an assassin's bullet takes down an afghanistan's key figure. >> gregg: and a story might make your blood boil on this mother's day. what one mom has accused her son doing of a winning lottery ticket, more than $50 million. >> heather: we begin with a fox news alert. it affects your 401-k. we are two hours away from european markets opening up. j.p. morgan chase's blunder making a $2 billion trading loss causing trade teors shave almost 10% of off of j.p. morgan zok price. dimond addressed it saying they made an egregious error. but they will weather the size. >> this is not a risk. it's a stupid thing that we should have never done but we are going earn a lot of money this quarter. it's no the like the company is jeopardized. >> heather: but when a bank gets too big to fail he supports the government stepping in and taking

>>gregg: almond milk?has embraced it because it has 40 calories a cup compared to skim milk or 1 percent or 2 percent which has more. is it worth it? i say no, because it has one gram of protein. skim has eight or nine grams. and it is showing that drinking milk and other forms of natural dairy help the we body burn fast. no studies on almond milk and it is not a natural form of calcium so your body does not use it so much. and now, soup is great, 100 calorie as cup for most. and chicken and herb, who thought you could eat dumpling for 100 calories? but, the problem, so high in sodium. one of the cans, the chicken and dumpling has half the day's amount of sodium. read labels. read the back. look for a light one. that has reduced sodium. or i have one that is from health valley with no salt. >>heather: it does not taste like my grandmother's chicken and dumpling. >>reporter: look for something with finer and protein. and remember, taste is important. >>gregg: and low sodium so your face does not explode. i

>>gregg: here is the map.ing toward obama he has 253 according to real clear politics, and 115 are toss ups and romney has 170 so he has a long way to go. >> it is nine states that all voted for obama last time that are considered the key swing states. >> this is which i say you have to worry about the critical states but you need a game changer. you need to move the country. if you do that you will move the critical states. >> all three of us look we disagree, all believe the same over all theme: governor romney can win the presidency. like a heavyweight championship fight. you have to take the belt away from the champ. romney is sitting there like a stick in the mud thinking events will win it, rather than saying, i'm going to go out and be president. >> but, you know this, the old say willing, money is the mother's milk of politics and this commander in chief has, if i read this correctly, attended more campaign fundraisers in his 3 1/2 years than the six predecessors combineed. and mr. clooney is going to

gregg?gregg: a horrific discover near the texas-mexico border, 23 people found dead in the city of nuevo laredo, mexico. nine bodies found hanging from a bridge. 14 human heads in coolers. the brutal massacre sparking fears of a new flair-up in the violent drug wars there. casey stegall live in los angeles covering it all. casey? >> the latest word out of mexico, very grim reminder of the war that is currently being waged in that country. get this, in the last five years, more than 50,000 people have died related to the drug cartel violence. we want to warn you, the video we're about to show is graphic. we tried to clean it up and blur out some of the more graphic images. but just as you said, yesterday the bodies of nine people found hanging from a bridge overpass. this is just over the texas border. this happened on the mexico side, 140 miles east of corpus christi and about 160 miles south of san antonio. a short time later, 14 human heads were found inside of a cooler at city hall in nue

gregg: those are big numbers. i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. it is the grim reality that washington is wrestling with and house speaker john boehner is certainly sounding the alarm bill, saying it is time for the president to take charge. >> i've never been shy about leading. but you know, leaders need followers. we've got 89 brand new members. we've got a press disparite caucus. >> some say they're leading stkpwhraou and it's hard to keep 218 frogs in the while barrow long enough to get a bill passed. >> we all know we have to reduce the decifit. we have to do it in a balanced way. the speaker wants to go over the edge. martha: that expression about the 218 frogs in the wheel barrow, so basically they're saying if nothing is done before the election, it really is going to leave little time to cut a deal before the deadline. so joining us now is stuart varney, host of varney & company on fbn. so stuart, what does this mean for american taxpayers. >> let me pelst out for you. as of january 1st if nothing changes, everybody who works will pay mor

gregg.gg: so i realize, jonathan, it's a little like reading tea leaves here, but what does this suggest perhaps about the jury's mindset right now? >> reporter: well, at face value, it would suggest that the jury is tracing the so-called bunny money trail, that they're following those donations from heiress bunny mellon, trying to get into her mindset, did she consider these donations to a friend, in which case they'd be private gifts, or were these donations to help edwards' presidential prospects in 2008, in which case the prosecution would argue these are campaign donations. and it also would suggest that they're trying to see what knowledge edwards had, if anything, at the time about the money. but again, legal experts say at this early phase, it's like reading tea leaves, it may be the jury just doing its due diligence, in which case we could be here for a long time this week, gregg. gregg: you never know. jonathan serrie, live in greensboro, thank you. martha: we'll keep a close eye o

. >> gregg: hello, i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news this hour, marco rubio talks with food fox news about his support for the romney campaign and whether he would like to be on the ticket. >> gregg: broken borders, may help stop illegal aliens returning to the united states. >> heather: jaw dropping video of an unprovoked attack on an elderly woman by a pit bulls. they are inherently dangerous animals and the ruling could impact owners of every breed of dog. >> gregg: fox news alert. the numbers are in. voters in france electing their first socialist president in two decades, francoise hollande. minutes after the polls closed. nicolas sarkozy admitted defeat. greg palkot is following it from paris with the latest. >> reporter: gregg, it was tight according to projections, only about 51% to 49% but socialist candidate francoise hollande did it beating nicolas sarkozy. we in the crowd at the very moment in front of socialist headquarters when the projections

gregg? gregg: we are awaiting president obama's remarks honoring herro itch and sacrifice during the vietnam war, as we mark 50 years since the beginning of that conflict. you're looking at live pictures of the vietnam veterans memorial. the names of the fallen etched in stone forever reminding us of their service and their sacrifice. the vietnam war began when president kennedy deployed hundreds of military advisors at the end of 1961. the war escalated, half a million u.s. troops, on august 7th, 1964. congress passing the gulf of tonken resolution giving president lyndon johnson blanket authority to defend southeast asia. our next guest is a distinguished vietnam veteran. host of war stories and fox news military analyst. colonel north, always a privilege to speak with you especially about this subject. if we may, let's put up a picture of colonel north during his service in vietnam. there you are, young man serving your country. as you look back on that conflict, what should we remember,

gregg's it is in direct light? >> yes. >> i'm confused about the interpretation and why it was denied. i see clearly that it says by means of exterior glazed openings, but bennett said in section 1205.2 which then has section 1205.2.1 that allows for natural light to come in from adjoining spaces. my question is, how did we interpret it? did we interpreted to not allow that? >> in this section 1205.2.1 is stated habitable rooms within a dwelling unit will be provided means of natural light. basically, the san francisco building code became more restrictive than the building -- the state building code to say that

gregg's it is in direct light? >> yes. >> i'm confused about the interpretation and why it was denied. i see clearly that it says by means of exterior glazed openings, but bennett said in section 1205.2 which then has section 1205.2.1 that allows for natural light to come in from adjoining spaces. my question is, how did we interpret it? did we interpreted to not allow that? >> in this section 1205.2.1 is stated habitable rooms within a dwelling unit will be provided means of natural light. basically, the san francisco building code became more restrictive than the building -- the state building code to say that rooms have to have a natural policing. -- glazing. >> the code advisory committee voted to oppose this? cracks that is correct. >> -- >> that is correct. brecht's and that is important because they advise us on these types of things -- >> and that is important because they advise us on these types of things. i would suggest that we take this under consideration. and my assumption is only four existing build

gregg's right, we can certainly do that. gregg's thank you for coming out this morning. -- >> right, we can certainly do that. >> thank you for coming out this morning. we will certainly try to bring as much resolution to this and try to get this to the goal posts that keeps moving on this issue as best we can. next item. >> we're going to item number eight, discussion of possible action regarding a proposal to delete the exception to section 1,205.1 of the san francisco building code requiring exterior and natural light in the residences. >> are going to take public comment on this first? gregg's if you would like to. >> i think we could take public comment. is there someone from the department on this? >> you were the one who put this on the agenda. we're going to call for public comment on item number 8. gregg's if it is ok with the commissioners, we can address questions afterwards -- >> if it is ok with the commissioners, we can address questions afterwards. first speaker, please. brecht's does staff want to give a back

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it's a very sad chapter. >> gregg: judith miller who covered it all.s very much. >> heather: judy will be back a little later today. >>> the atlantic hurricane season off to an early start. hurricane season doesn't officially begin until june 1st but we already have a named storm, tropical storm alberta is expected to remain offshore but they are issued a tropical storm watch for alber for high winds and heavy surf. >> gregg: the drops to the midwest and a funnel cloud on the ground. story behind this dramatic video. look at that. we'll tell you all this coming up. >> get behind this. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ wer surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. born to leap, born to stalk, and born to pounce. to understand why, we journeyed to africa, where their wild ancestor was born. there we discovered that cats, no matter where they are... are born toe cats. and shouldn't your cat be who he was born to be? discover your cat'

gregg's it is in direct light? >> yes. >> i'm confused about the interpretation and why it was denied. i see clearly that it says by means of exterior glazed openings, but bennett said in section 1205.2 which then has section 1205.2.1 that allows for natural light to come in from adjoining spaces. my question is, how did we interpret it? did we interpreted to not allow that? >> in this section 1205.2.1 is stated habitable rooms within a dwelling unit will be provided means of natural light. basically, the san francisco building code became more restrictive than the building -- the state building code to say that rooms have to have a natural policing. -- glazing. >> the code advisory committee voted to oppose this? cracks that is correct. >> -- >> that is correct. brecht's and that is important because they advise us on these types of things -- >> and that is important because they advise us on these types of things. i would suggest that we take this under consideration. and my assumption is only four existing build

gregg's thank you. let's try public comment. >> we do have public comment. >> thank you, commissioners. i am representing the friends amcabrillo playground. we are very excited about the renovations. we would like to invite you to a ground breaking ceremony divide june 9th at 11:00 a.m. at that time we will be raising funds to buy furniture for the clubhouse and a palm been -- ping-pong table. come on by and enjoy yourselves. gregg's any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. -- >> and any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> mr. ginsberg? brecht's i want to give a shout out to be friends of the playground you have been very patient. it is helpful to have friends and groups around particular playgrounds and clubhouses and parks. thank you for everything you do. >> with that, seeing no comments come i cannot entertain a motion? >> so moved. greg second. >> all in favor? opposed? it is unanimous. >> item 9, memorandum of understanding and gift acceptance fo

>>gregg: do you have a feel would the people are?y they are protesting the continuing war in afghanistan, and they want it to end sooner than 2014, and others are saying, well, they want the disillusion of nato. what about everyone else? >>guest: well, it is hard to say, exactly, who everyone is because what you end up with, a lot of people with a lot of different causes and every message is being spoken the at tame seem. this is an antiwar message, antiwar if afghanistan, and antiflood message, and, also every other message out here. and particularly, speaking about the kids would wear the black, and their message has never been that clear other than they support ... (inaudible) >>gregg: we have seen in other economic summits you get, you know, those who say we are anarchists who far -- perhaps eco terrorists, and it is hard to tell with the convergence of so many. how many, can you estimate, some say a few hundred and others say a thousand. >>guest: related to the black crowd, it is tough to look at a crowd and sdi but i ballpark a

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. the presumptive presidential nominee looking for support in a key swing state. >> the american culture promotes personal responsibility. the dignity of work. the value of education. devotion to a purpose greater than it's a self and pre-eminence of family. >> greg: molly has more. >> molly: governor romney did not shy away from the gay marriage debate to what is like lay crowd of socially conservative voters. those principles he spoke about in the sound bite, he says not everyone may agree how they play out in the culture. >> as fundamental as these principles are, they may become debatable, so it is with enduring institution of marriage. marriage is the relationship between a marriage of one man and one woman president obama steered clear of social issues, saying that he is in favor of gay marriage. here you see the president and vice president hoorj top law officers. he spoke about the economic to-do list and chided republicans on the economy. >> they think all we can do is cut taxe

gregg allman.burst on the scene in the late '60s and never left. in his new book is bares all. joining me now is rock and roll hall of famer gregg allman. how are you? >> i'm doing just fine. >> does it feel good to be alive? >> just great. >> a fantastic ending to a book you've got here. i must have said this a million times but if i died today i've had me a blast. if i fell over dead right now, i led some kind of life. i don't know if i'd do it again. if somebody offered me a second round, i think i'd have to pass on it. i love that. in other words, you don't regret it but don't want to go through it over again. >> right. >> is that how you feel? >> that's the way i feel. >> when you wrote the book, it's incredibly detailed. the one thing that is a consistent theme to your life is chaos, tragedy, lots of change, lots of things that would crush ordinary people. yet you keep going. >> yeah. well, i mean -- there is so much good times that goes along with all of this. we had some great fun. now, don

but let me ask you gregg allman what your sense is. what is your sense of what the contributioners' is? >> well, i think we came on a whole different genres of music. there was the stuff that we would just always planned. we usually played black music, and i guess it just molded into a thing like that, you know? tavis: that is amazing. >> i think they made an amazing contribution. tavis: what i think is interesting is that you say, unapologetically, that you play "black music." even to use the black music, to use your term, you have a black drummer, and during the presence of that black drummer, in the south, you guys caught hell for having a black drummer, even though you were playing black music. >> that does not make a lot of sense. tavis: so they love the music, but they do not want you to have a black guy playing in the band. >> that is it. i hate to name places, but, "we will serve you, but we are not going to serve that it be, the big n-word, i would be so embarrassed because she would open the call him that, and i was standing

gregg's everybody does. gregg's well, i ride the bike spirited -- >> everybody does. >> well, i ride bikes. >> thank you, commissioner. very nice to have you aboard. let's proceed. >> any public comment? public comment is closed. item three, the general managers' report. >> thank you, commissioners. and welcome, commissioner lowe. how many of you are watching the "american idell"? >> with my daughter. >> i am watching it with my daughters as well, occasionally, when i'm not working. and given the fact that you occasionally watch it, you know there is a guy named phillips who is in the top three. i'm proud to announce that we will have this summer our own version of that show called "rekhrec idi,." if you are between the ages of 13 to 24, register now for "recreation idol." registration begins june 1st with auditions june 21st. you can find out more information on how you can become this summer's rec idol. and if you do that, who knows what is next? maybe become public works idol or mta idol. [laughter] i'm v