i'm gretchen carlson. the white house trying to down play the legal battle brewing but not everyone is buying it. >> we want to go from the smartest, most sophisticated, most messionic political figure in our history in 2008 to he's stupid. is that really what you want us to believe? >> is that part of the obama administration re-election strategy? lots to talk about today. >> and can you hear me knocking? mitt romney hitting the campaign trail in rick santorum's backyard but will pennsylvania be the state that really seals the deal for mitt in massachusetts? mr. kilmeade? >> plus too fat to work, that could be the case at one texas hospital. why they're telling overweight people don't even apply. is that allowed? "fox & friends" starts right now. >> yes, we will be swimming. i don't know why we agreed to this, brian. it's 43 degrees outside and the water is 44. there's the pool! >> this is the first time i'm seeing it. it's lovely! >> by 8:00 a.m. eastern time or a little later, let's say 8:30 eastern tim

>> tell gretchen you didn't hear that. gretchen got it. you did not get that. >> this was indiscernible. >> just mommy's little helper. >> he needs all the help he can get, gretchen. >> i don't know if it's a real word. >> great show. if you can, stick around and you can be in our studio audience for the next three hours. >> watching, of course. >> thanks, brian. >> thanks, guys. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we may need them for the haircut. rumor has it is brian is now resistant to getting a little blow dry. >> i'm going super. going to the super cuts today. >> just had it cut. >> yeah. >> brian may be bald! >> ultimate challenge. >> this morning. should he go for the full shave? let us know. good morning, everyone. wednesday, april 18th. i'm gretchen carlson. the $800,000 trip to vegas is apparently the tip of the iceberg and one congressman saying the white house knew all along about the g.s.a. spending spree. >> in an attempt to brush this under the carpet, so to speak. >> so just how much did the administration know? > >> p

>> gretchen: can i be the ref? shoes? >> gretchen: excuse me, it's 30 degrees out here today. >> steve: we'll just do you versus misty. >> gretchen: i'll be on your team to help because your dog seems feisty. >> brian: we have this dog owner is who is a rookie, better known as a puppy. >> it's a bulldog and a saint bernard. >> steve: so ladies and gentlemen, start your dogs and action! go! much like -- gretchen, wait! come back! they're going to give you the dog in a minute. come on back! brian, you're going to get chewed up! >> steve: wait a minute. they all want to play. >> brian: i killed you. >> gretchen: no, brian, you're like pulling the dog's neck up above the ground. it's called running the dogs. not dragging the dog. >> exactly. >> gretchen: they both got their exercise for the day, though. >> we both got our exercise. >> steve: you brought up something earlier that i think is important and that is if you walk your dog the same route every day, it will be familiar, it won't be quite as exciting as it is fo

>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's thursday, april 12. i'm gretchen carlson.ans of wage a war on women, democrats are attacking stay at home moms? they've never worked a take in their lives. that was the quote by one of their operatives. so who is really waging a war then on women? michelle malkin will weigh in on that. >> steve: president obama has an idea to get support for the buffet rule. change the name to the ronald reagan rule. >> one of my predecessors traveled across the country pushing for the same concept. wild eyed social class warrior was ronald reagan. >> steve: one problem, though. the concept is not the same. but will voters believe the spin? we've got that straight ahead. >> brian: gsa didn't just use your tax dollars to make those outrageous videos and partying it up in vegas. they went on vacation. ten-day trip to hawaii. must be nice. "fox & friends" starts right now >> steve: brian, i'm looking at your twitter and it says that in the next hour, we're going to welcome the women's national team captain for soccer. >> brian: that's true, stev

. >> gretchen: okay. gretchen: i don't know. a gift card from home depot for a vacuum. >> brian: that's grounds for divorce. >> gretchen: brian should consider an art toss patient a 36 by 48 picture of himself to hang over the mantle. >> steve: to go with that four by five one that you had commissioned last year. >> brian: i know. >> gretchen: here is the best one, a shampoo guy. that's an inside joke. >> brian: because -- >> steve: off shampoo girl who gets $3 of your dough every time go for a trim. >> gretchen: for the first time ever, brian has actually bought the gift already. >> steve: i know. he had family assistance. but we shouldn't go into it because his wife could be watching. >> brian: right. this is the half hour she watches usually. >> steve: you can't pretend, yeah i got to go out and buy you stuff. what time does pep boys close? >> brian: this last one said i got my ex wives an ironing board and iron. so i'm probably not going to take his advice. >> gretchen: i like how his wives, plural. n

you >> gretchen: i love it when it's friday and i can say tgif. it's friday, i'm gretchen carlson.arifies the president's comments. he says he was misunderstood, but is the damage done? >> steve: on this good friday a controversial story. a mother facing jail time because she baptized her own children without their father's permission. what happened to freedom of religion? we'll tell but that on this good friday. >> brian: you know them for their hits and this movie. ♪ why do you lock yourself up in these chains ♪ ♪ . >> brian: finally recording some of their parents' music. who are their parents? ever hear of the beach boys, mamas and papas? >> steve: yeah. >> brian: maybe you heard of them, steve did. special performance coming up this hour. "fox & friends" starts right now >> steve: this is going to be the geraldo rivera hour. he's going to be with us in just a minute. >> brian: he's doing television. >> steve: he was singing along with wilson phillips since they were doing a sound check. >> gretchen: and reminiscing with craig t nelson. >> we were having flashbacks. >> gretchen

>> gretchen: yeah. that's the next topic. >> brian: really? >> gretchen: yeah.g kids to learn some of the skills to take on bullies, or not become one. there is the guy right there. he's the founder of it gets better project. but instead, dan savage, that speaker, ended up attacking a group when he was supposed to be talk being anti-bullying and attacking christians. listen to this. >> people often point out that they can't help with the antigay bullying 'cause it says in leviticus, in timothy t says there in romans that being gay is wrong. we can learn to ignore the (bleep) in the bible about gay people. >> steve: so he went off on the bible. a number of the students just had heard enough even though this was a national high school journalism conference. they didn't want to hear that from that guy. a fellow named rick tuttle is a journalist in school, teacher at sutter high school in california. he was on the program earlier and he was horrified that this guy was talking like that. >> i thought there was valuable in going to this conference, to the speech which

it wasn't a good one, gretchen., the supreme court and what occurred, what took place over those three days reminded the american public about why they disliked that health bill so much. the unguarded moment with regard to russia, obviously, was the second major story of the week. not a good week for the president. >> all right. congressman, the health care law, let's face it, this administration has not wanted to talk of it as of late but they kind of had to because it was front and center last week and the open mike flap, i mean, do you believe that president george w. bush might have had a few stories written about that if the same thing had happened to him? >> well, here's the reality. the health care laws he just said are enormously unpopular. that's not new. it's been unpopular since the day it passed. it's arguably less popular now than the day it passed. most americans have seen their premiums go up. there's a lot of uncertainty over whether their own private plans are going to stay the same. remember one of

this is big news. >> gretchen: welcome back.erals from 49 states have reachedden historic settlement with five of the largest loan providers in the country. the landmark deal providing relief to struggling homeowners to the tune of $25 billion. so how do you know if you actually qualify for some of that cash? >> fox news legal analyst bob massi joins me to explain this. >> good morning. >> gretchen: good morning. so can you briefly discuss this mortgage settlement. what does it mean? >> as you introduce it, five of the big one, wells fargo, chases, bank of americas, the gmac's, the citi, they basically in this negotiation and the order was signed by a federal judge, said listen, we are going to give certain money to the states and what's going to happen as a result, if you're eligible, which we'll talk about in a minute, you can get some principle reduction. you can get your loan refinanced if you're in default, and for those people, gretchen, who were wrongfully foreclosed on, i will tell you it gets a pittance of some money. b

i'm gretchen carlson. the $800,000 trip to vegas is apparently the tip of the iceberg and one congressman saying the white house knew all along about the g.s.a. spending spree. >> in an attempt to brush this under the carpet, so to speak. >> so just how much did the administration know? > >> plus republicans trying to save small business with tax cuts. but the white house already threatening to veto that. is the president being a divider and not a uniter? we're going to report and you will decide. >> hey, you, look out behind you. this little guy caught monkeying around. yes, spider monkeys aplenty. why they're a-ok. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> whee! >> what's up with the new music? >> i like it. >> it's delightful. >> it's very whoo! it's got a little spring in its step. >> there you go. >> it's new, right? >> that is different music for our cold open. >> a month ago? >> it's generic enough so we won't get fined. no, this was definitely new from six months ago. there's a little bit of a -- >> gre

. >> i have to side with gretchen on this. bunny's rep. >> trying to make people safe! >> police in oklahoma investigating the recent shootings of five black victims in tulsa as a possible hate crime. police say two white suspects have been arrested 19-year-old jake england and 32-year-old elvin watts scheduled to be arraigned in court today. they're accused of killing three people and critically injuring two others. authorities say it's too early to tell whether the attacks were racially motive ated but things revenge might have been a factor based on one suspect's recent facebook post. >> navy announcing plans to compensate the victims of friday's military jet crash in virginia beach. that jet crashed into an apartment complex on friday leaving many families homeless for the easter weekend and beyond. payments will start around $2300 for each person who lost a home and could go up for larger families. investigators believe a mechanical problem caused that crash. meanti meantime, we're hearing more from an offduty coast guard

i'm gretchen carlson. guess what it is today, it's primary day again and mitt romney is half way home with the delegates needed for the republican nomination but candidate rick santorum says it's not over yet. >> i think this primary, the longer it goes the better it is for the party. >> plus spoiler alert! what president obama is doing today to steal the spotlight from the republicans. >> and president obama putting the pressure on the u.s. supreme court to rule in favor of his health care law. >> i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step. >> is he trying to intimidate those justices which was our scramble word today on the u.s. supreme court? does he know something about the way they're going to rule? could there have been a leak? we're going to talk about that. >> also a confession. mike on the prompter operator told me the word. ok? >> he did? >> he did, absolutely. it's the most amazing video you'll see all day. a truck driver escaping death a

>> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's april 11. i'm gretchen carlson.gop nomination. now mr. cain. where is your yellow tie? he's here live. >> eric: don't shoot the messenger, your tax dollars being wasted again. time for signs along the border. wait until you see what they say. >> steve: and don't be a chicken. throw away that crummy breakfast. how you can eat more of what you love without putting on the pounds. how about chicken? chicken fried steak for breakfast? abc delicious. "fox & friends," hour three for delicious wednesday starts right now. >> steve: who wants a bite? it's delicious. >> gretchen: wow! looks delicious. >> eric: i saw them make that last night and it's been sitting on the table. [ laughter ] >> gretchen: i think it was fresh this morning. >> steve: the author of this cookbook, it's the number one hottest cookbook in america. how to make the recipes you love, like chicken fried steak with far fewer calories. >> gretchen: that's not chicken fried steak. >> steve: yeah, it's going to be. chicken fried chicken steak. that's one of t

[ laughter ] >> maybe that leg comment about gretchen. >> gretchen: no offense taken. >> thank you. >nt's search -- >> we've got the beat on that hooker scandal in colombia. we're down there. we're all over that. so to speak. >> gretchen: that is a good tease. i don't know if i can outdo it. >> pay the money when -- it's always -- hookers are always worth more before than after. >> brian: right. you never negotiate until after. >> gretchen: i see. >> brian: is there an emergency commercial to run? >> gretchen: the president's search for a new reelection slogan. there you go. that's juicy. it's not going well, but are the words the problem or does the entire message need a revamp? the press secretary work on the president's campaign joins us next. >> steve: plus, taxpayer money literally gone with the wind. residents end up paying $70 million for natural wind energy that they didn't even use k9 advantix ii. not only kills fleas and ticks it repels mosticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel and a tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach

yours. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. today is monday, april 30. i'm gretchen carlson.l freedom in america rising to new heights. just hours from now, new york's freedom tower will become the tallest in town. we'll witness an unforgettable moment in american history. >> steve: what happened to not spike the football? one year after osama bin laden's death, the president reveals a new campaign ad to cash in on that kill. will americans join him in that celebration? dana perino says not so fast. >> brian: he was on a mission to fight terror when he found himself fighting off a shark instead. a navy dive here to show his story of survival. "fox & friends" surviving well this morning, starts right now. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. now it's off to the workweek again. here we are. >> brian: put something on. i'm not going to be -- whatever makes you comfortable, do it. >> gretchen: let's get to your headlines. dana perino p will join us soon. newetails on a crash that killed three generations of one family, including a ten-year-old girl y

we'll see whether it works. >> gretchen: all right. >> i doubt it. >> gretchen: larry sabato, professork to about this. thanks so much. >> thanks. >> gretchen: here is a question causing controversy, are parents and politicians creating a panic over bullying that doesn't really exist? that debate coming up next. first, let's check in with bill heller for what's on at the top of the hour. >> good morning to you, nice show this morning. >> gretchen: thank you. >> how about those tornado images? >> gretchen: horrible. >> few have seen images like these before. there are more storms on the horizon today. we'll tell you where. mitt romney goes three for three. what does that tell america about the campaign now for the white house? a battle between the president and a group of judges that we have not seen perhaps in 200 years, and the deadliest catch yet. you'll see it. and we'll see you with martha and me in ten minutes hi. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry. with one flavor in the granola bunch and

good morning to both of you. >> good morning, gretchen. >> good morning, thanks for having us. >> gretcheng. obviously it was popular in the first season. what's going to be different about the second season? >> well, we're building some stuff this year that's just over the top. we brought a couple of examples with us. i've got the ax border gun here which is a gun we built for a customer on the show. this is a gun that's basically an old black powder gun with a mortar and giant damascus ax on there. we're buying and selling some crazy guns and just having a good time and then at the end, we're blowing everything up and that makes for great tv. >> gretchen: of course it does. i understand renee, you have a zombie gun. what's that? >> i sure do. right here. every woman needs a nice zombie gun like this, don't you think? >> gretchen: of course. >> so we've got some pretty cool stuff on here. it plays pretty prominently in the episode. i think everybody is really going to love it. >> the gop gee gun was built as an end of times gun, something for all the zombie enthusiasts out there and all t

>> that's right, gretchen.ehind me that you see, it just was pulled out of the hangar here at the annex to the national air and space museum. that is the shuttle enterprise that's been in this museum since its opening in 1993. it just was pulled out and very ginger operation. a little bit of like -- akin to moving a model ship from a bottle because very, very narrow passageway. in fact, they had to cut away a portion of the roof for the tail to fit out of here. it's going to be positioned right there and await the arrival of the shuttle discovery which is at adjoining dulles airport. it's going to be trucked over here later this morning. the two aircraft will be positioned nose to nose for the official welcoming ceremony of the shuttle discovery which will take the enterprise's place in the annex of the national air and space museum. later today, the enterprise that you see behind me will be placed on the back of that 747 and by monday, you guys are going to get to enjoy that same incredible view of a space shu

he now agrees with me. >> gretchen: that's a news alert. >> brian: i believe so. >> gretchen: all right groups shaking down some of america's most prominent countries for trying to be successful without unions. we're talk being coca-cola and mcdonald's. so where is the outrage on that one? >> steve: then the gsa spending your tax dollars on rap videos like this one, bragging about how they would never get caught. guess what, they got cght. that agency in the hot seat on capitol hill today. we have a preview. there it is. i'm more active, , and i switched to one a day women's active metabolism, ♪ >> brian: liberal groups shaking down some of america's most prominent companies for trying to be successful without unions. we're talking coca-cola, mcdonald's. so where is the outrage? >> steve: joining us now is wisconsin lieutenant governor rebecca clayfish joinings from milwaukee. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: we've got a graphic that shows some of the big companies that have severed ties with alec. coca-cola, kraft, mcdonald's, wendy's, mars, and others. they've severed t

>> gretchen: you met on the beach. >> rainy night. was. >> brian: did you go out looking for girls? >> we were kids. we were like hey, let's go to try to find girls. >> steve: so you met her, it worked out well. >> she went back to ohio and i went to go see her one time. i was in college. i don't know why i even did it. i just took off to ohio from clemson. we hung out for one weekend and then we were just friends for years. and then we reconnected when i went back out on the road. >> brian: you don't know why you went to ho? look at her. >> i know why i went. i would have been in trouble if i would have got caught. >> gretchen: earlier on the show, we were talking about six bad habits that somehow researchers have now deemed good for us. and we had e-mails of some of those and we're just -- before we got to the e-mail, does your fiance do anything that drives her nuts or do you do anything that drives her nuts? >> she's like the cleanest, neatest, most organized person in the world. i'm glad opposites attract because i am not. >> bri

no. >> gretchen: quick headlines. fox news alert.er assessment for anders behring breivik. the ruling comes six days now before he goes on trial for that horrible massacre. >>> new video of tornadoes tearing across oklahoma. at least two tornadoes touching down in the northwestern part of the state. the storm brought hail the size of golf balls injuring two people and damaging several buildings. the state could see more of this destructive weather today. hang on. >> brian: talk about cash and carry, turns out outrageous fortune might be a suitcase away. >> every day millions of people travel and 70,000 bags are lost in airports around the world. when this property goes unclaimed, it's put up for public auction and sold to the highest bidder. >> brian: that's why our next guest come in. billy lee roy and mark mire, two of the stars from the new show called "baggage battles. good morning. >> great to be here. >> steve: so the deal is if people don't claim their baggage after six months, what happens to it? >> it goes up for auction. >>

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time.ay. but hold on a second. his message, is it falling flat now? at least with the independents? we'll explain more to you. >> all right. more government workers clowning around. and you paid for it. >> ♪ oh, yeah >> ♪ are you ready for a miracle ♪ >> we're not, ok? and we don't like smoking clowns either. you'll see them in a little while. they got a music video. just the tip of the iceberg. if i wait long enough, we'll see the smoking clown, i'm sure. >> did you mention they're going green? plus talk about puppy love. a mother dog, golden retriever jumping into action to save her pup on the verge of drowning in the family pool. what she did next you'll be talking about all day long. look at that. "fox & friends" and fido for a tuesday starts right now. >> obviously, though, somebody videotaping that dog jumping in would have come to the puppy's safety had her mom not able to secure her safety. i hope. somebody has to be videotaping that. >> i bet that's something that dog has done for

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here is the co-chair gretchen townsend. how are you doing? >> good. >> thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> we're glad to have you. and we will tell you all about this huge event, coming up, on sunday. when the eyewitness news morning edition continues. ,,,,, >>> howard county is in the house. or the south american house? >> good to have you, my brother. >>> 45 degrees. 39 hagerstown. the mid-40s around greater dc. 36 oakland. and ocean city. 34 degrees in cumberland. westminster, 44. columbia, 41. bel air, almost 40. 43 rock hall. and big warm front down to the south. it is going to come shooting through here tonight with some showers that will linger through tomorrow morning and take our temperature up to the mid-70s. cold front comes through the area, it is going to one of the bang-bang frontal passes, and the cold front will define the weekend. 68 degrees. beautiful this afternoon. 47 overnight. about six degrees warmer than this past overnight. some showers overnight. maybe a thunderstorm in the morning. here is that warm f

gretchen carlson here to help us out.rd that we said at some point during the show. >> cat in the hat? i'm thinking about what i read last night. more particulars? no. sonic? come on, guys. where are you? smithsonian. smithsonian. >> oh, i was close. >> i always wait for that first letter. >> i think you've gotten it before me every day this week. >> i got friday. >> you stumped me. >> good to see you this morning, gretchen. we'll be watching for the next few hours. >> have a great show. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> have a great day, folks. >> good morning, everyone. it's thursday. hope you'll have a fantastic day. it's already april 19th. i'm gretchen carlson. thank you for sharing your time. brand new audio tapes from when a flight attendant had a violent breakdown on board. we now know exactly what happened inside that american airlines cockpit. >> and the first lady of region 9. turns out mrs. hot tub may have been the brains behind

>> i respect gretchen a great deal, i just happen to disagree with her on this. the reality is that 60% of the mortgages that fannie and freddie own, not all of them have second liens behind them. first and foremost, we're going to make this very easy for gretchen and for demarco, they should do principal reductions for those that have no second liens behind. that answers that question. as it relates to those who do have second liens behind them, the reality on that as well, as you know, the first lienholder, faha, they're the big boys, they're the big actors, they're the big dogs. if they're going to take a haircut, they can force a haircut on the second. they can force this on the second lienholders, because if the first lienholders allow this to go into foreclosure, the second folks, the second people in the line, they got nothing. they got nothing. so this is very straightforward to me. >> what do you think is the greatest community? it's obvious what the individual benefit would be from an individual homeowner from a principal reduction. what do you think wo

gretchen carlson is here to help us out. big story today. gretchen, you know? omelet. that's what i want scrambled up right now. >> or something. >> it's not coffee here. >> thank you. ncaa? >> basketball. >> that's my girl. >> good job, vanna. >> thank you so much. >> gretchen, have a good show!