john stossel on why universal pre-k will not work.nd it was supposedo be armageddon, pink slips supposed to fly, so why is the government hiring during a sequestered? all that coming up. gerri: the president says budget cuts are hurting the economy friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the pay going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. gerri: deep concerns, that is what president obama said yesterday about his feelings on the automatic federal spending cuts that started taking place friday. he said "we are going to manage it as best we can try and minimize the impact of american families." the president told his reporters monday meeting with the cabinet. the opposition the $85 billion in spending cuts is well-known and oh, by the way, really only $44 billion according to the congressional budget office. the president called a sequestered kryptonian and dras

i'm john stossel. thanks f >> welcome to reld eye, like saved by the bell and saved delight bell the piercing on my third nipple . filling in for the fox business edidentitior liz mcdonalted. >> does kim jong-un have to follow through on all of his threats to save face? i spray painted the word dork on stewart varny's door for the same reason . what the yoga and easter egg roll and what does jim carrey think of fox news and where i am getting loaded after the show. >> my dressing room. >> hit the margarita or tequilla bottle. >> we'll see you in a bit. we'll welcome our gests. she's so hot. criminal defense attorney reny spencer and i will meet you, too. and polarity was an air horn, it would be comedian joe derosa and recording his new album in the laughing skull in atlanta april 4th through 7th. i hope it is it a great title but it won't. paris is considered a flower pot . so tough he rents himself out as construction equipment. oh, yeah, sitting next to me u.s. army special forces. i am getting scar

money and that's not going to actually help one child but we have we have groups from the the john stossel ideological libertarians there billionaire funders to bill gates and his foundation to the obama administration people within the obama administration who all seem to think the children are a commodity that education is a commodity the children are products on an assembly line and we can just tweak the assembly line just right or am i getting this wrong is well i think i would actually put john stossel in a different position than the obama administration having said that there is too much of vexation and measurement and competition and what the evidence has said is that that doesn't really work measurement doesn't actually help improve children's education data is important to in inform education but not to drive it and what we've seen is that these mass closing of schools take take washington d.c. they said it was going to save nine million dollars it actually cost forty million dollars there's a study out of chicago that says that the mass closings there have actually made educatio

john stossel, thanks very much.sure you watch his show, green tyranny, tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox business. i can't wait. always great. >>> time for today's fuel gauge report. speaking of government energy policies. global energy subsidies cost $1.9 billion? could that be right in 2011? oh, that is according to a new report from the imf. the u.s.-led the way. that's right. government energy subsidies cost a whopping $502 billion the imf says. the subsidies discourage private investment and overwhelmingly help wealthier consumers. we were just talking about that. >>> natural gas prices soared to their highest level since august of 2011. the winter that just won't end and declining stockpiles of natural gas really helped fuel the rally. >>> is the world nearing peak oil demand? ne analysis from citi is making that bold call. a global consumption could top out by the end of the decade. how interesting. this is according to the report. rising vehicle efficiency and growing use of natural gas w

and john stossel is here. and how this white house is opposing views, hurting business and more than helping the environment. stay with us. gerri: an update o on the latest developments in the business of gambling this upscale casino hasn't even been open a year. according to the chapter 11 filing, there was a lack of a player's club. the filelist about a billion dollars in assets and 1.5 billion in liability. atlantic city's only smoke-free casino will allow patrons to light up on the gambling board and more handouts from uncle sam. they have gotten more than $4.5 million and are encouraged to seek more. this make no sense to me since the whole point of indian casinos is to make indian communities self-sufficient. and green has gone too far. we report here on "thewillis report" about how the federal government's green agenda is not only costly, but in many ways, counterproductive. the whole issue is the subject of a special stossel with their very own john stossel. the federal government is a green tyrant. ho

john stossel and daryl hannah hates him.rts saying the state can't drug test welfare recipients. legal next. >> bill: thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly in the is it legal segment tonight it. three hot topics. get to them. here now attorneys and fox news analyst kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. miami, a jury wanted to hold a sex offender, convicted sex offender -- not hold. a jury wanted to release the sex offender after the 25-year term. >> right. 4 the years old now. here is he. >> bill: what he did do. >> sexual assault of six women. he served his 25 years. full service. he was going to be let out. in florida they have a law that says you can be detained even after your criminal. >> bill: a lot of states have that. >> they have it. a jury of sex said no, he he -- a jury of six said no. he should be released. >> bill: rehabilitated. >> exactly. even though heard from psychiatrists and socialologists and people saying this guy is going to reoffend. even though this guy tried to escape. >> bill: testimony in fron

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john stossel with fox news, i want to take a picture of the beautiful lobby. >> at least they let mef time to think about the 12,000 active lobbyists not working in washington. they're smart to be here, since washington controls so much. but this union doesn't want you to see what they've got. >> i've been notified by our legal department that we're not, because of the mural we're not allowed to do that. >> the estate wouldn't allow it. oh, well. >> thank you very much. >> and john stossel joins us and i think how many buildings did you get thrown out of. >> just those two they wouldn't let us near the reagan building and not just the union, but you live pretty well in washington. seven out of the ten richest counties now are around washington 'cause that's where you take all the money. >> greta: so what provoked this special? we're going to air sunday night at eight o'clock. tell me the theme instead of being thrown out of buildings. >> the theme is myths and lies and stupidity. >> and these specials are what i used to do at abc and what i do best and i'm happy with this one and we

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>> there you go. >> john stossel, everybody, i apologize.n we come right back, is it lehman on new information about the senator robert menendez alleged prostitution deal then krauthammer on whether the american tv news industry is falling apart. the factor returns after >> thanks for staying with us, bill o'reilly in the is it legal segment tonight. three hot topics. sergeant demoted because of pictures she took of herself. will jodi arias be convicted of murder in arizona? new information about senator robert menendez on the alleged prostitution here now attorneys and fox news analysts kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. i understand three prostitutes in the dominican republic come forth and said they were paid to lie about the senator. >> according to the dominican republic police they came forward and said they lied about the senator. they went into court and signed off affidavits saying they lied about it and they were paid by a lawyer hired by whom we don't know. >> bill: who is the lawyer? has he been arrested. >> no. there have been no

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>> i don't represented john stossel in congress. osed. >> john: they are short-sighted and they want free stuff for themselves. aren't youed to be the grownup, in this case you can't have it all? >> i don't feel a moral compulsion to shut down post offices when they don't want them shut down. public disagree with you. >> john: they do. most people don't want their post office closed. >> not this one. >> it's good for convenience. >> no, i don't understand why they are still open but this one has to be. >> john: next, what you don't know about trains and mass transit. ♪ if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. getting to goal is important, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors because you could be at increased risk for plaque buildup in your arteries over time. and that's why when diet and exercise alone aren't enough to lower cholesterol i prescr

>> i don't represented john stossel in congress. m closed. >> john: they are short-sighted and they want free stuff for themselves. aren't youed to be the grownup, in this case you can't have it all? >> i don't feel a moral compulsion to shut down post offices when they don't want them shut down. public disagree with you. >> john: they do. most people don't want their post office closed. >> not this one. >> it's good for convenience. >> no, i don't understand why they are still open but this one has to be. >> john: next, what you don't know about trains and mass transit. >> this thing is like [ male announcer ] we build things that work the way you wish they would. like a front-end loader you can detach from your seat? or a mower deck you just drive over and cut through knee-deep grass no problem? yep. we thought the same thing you did. that's why we build them this way. that's how we run. nothing runs like a deere. visit your dealer or johndeere.com/howwerun to see the new signature series and 1 family tractors. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> john: now,

in your government, i have to pay forever. >> i don't represent john stossel in congress. lose. they he don't want a cut in saturday delivery. >> john: overwhelmingly, they're short-sighted and want free stuff for themselves. as the grown up, you can't have it all. >> i don't feel a moral compulsion to shut down post offices when they don't want them shut down. the public disagrees with you. >> john: they do. most people don't want their post office closed. >> not this one. it seems like too much, but they're convenient. >> no, there are a couple that i don't understand why they're still open, but this one would definitely have to be. >> john: next, what you don't know about trains and mass transit. >> this thing is like the boondoggle of boondoggles this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur >> now, myth number two,

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>> i don't represented john stossel in congress. them closed. >> john: they are short-sighted and they want free stuff for themselves. aren't youed to be the grownup, in this case you can't have it all? >> i don't feel a moral compulsion to shut down post offices when they don't want them shut down. public disagree with you. >> john: they do. most people don't want their post office closed. >> not this one. >> it's good for convenience. >> no, i don't understand why they are still open but this one has to be. >> john: next, what you don't know about trains and mass transit. transit. >> this thing is like [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our

well john stossel is not a fan of the big government. why jumping into the hudson river?r this. >> even here within sight of the empire state building, a short distance of millions of people flushing, i'm willing to do this. friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. >> time for a check of the market getting traction after being sideways the first hour of trading, up 33 points, big board back at 1450, and, nicole, though, the stock all over the place, blackberry. what's going op? >> watching it all over the place, particularly in premarket. right now, up two and a quarter percent at 14 89. they had a run, up 108% with the quarterly numbers, first quarter revenue missed, posted a surprise profit. we'll watch what happens, lost 3 million subscribers, and it's about the z10 and what happens in the next quarter going forward for blackberry. it could b

john stossel with fox news, wanting to take a picture of the beautiful lobby. at least they let me wait inside. i had plenty of time to think about the 12,000 active lobbyists now working in washington. they're smart to be here, since washington controls so much, but this union doesn't want you to see what they've got. >> i've been notified by our legal department that we're not, because of the estate of the mural we're not allowed to do it. >> john: the estate wouldn't allow it. >> thank you. >> john: the bottom line is that washington, once a sleepy part-time home for politicians, now resembles versailles. power brokers work in buildings that look like palaces and afterwards they go home to castles. it overlooks the pond, property on five acres. >> beautiful shower, and his and her water closets. >> john: it helps one understand why people spent millions to win jobs here. and-- >> because people come to d.c., they never leave. that's our show, i'm john stossel, thanks for watching. >> this hour. >> right on down through. >> is that what this is going to be a

>> i don't represented john stossel in congress. closed. >> john: they are short-sighted and they want free stuff for themselves. aren't youed to be the grownup, in this case you can't have it all? >> i don't feel a moral compulsion to shut down post offices when they don't want them shut down. public disagree with you. >> john: they do. most people don't want their post office closed. >> not this one. >> it's good for convenience. >> no, i don't understand why they are still open but this one has to be. >> john: next, what you don't know about trains and mass transit. >> this thing is like the boondoggle of boondoggles. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes

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john stossel, everybody. are you a soda guy?> i dink five diet sodas a day. >> bill: that's worse than the regular stuff. >> no, it's not. >> bill: yeah, that is. it is worse. >> says you and you say glue ten is bad. >> bill: glue ten is bad. >> how can a guy as big as you have such a tiny brain. >> bill: what do you want to eat? what he is eating or what i'm eating? there you go, everybody. look at the hair on him. when we come right back, a very hot is it legal segment tonight. a bunch of american kids suspended from school for playing gun games. breaking story on the net, personal information about the first lady vice president other famous folks being tossed around by hackers. legal is next. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america

john stossel, host of "stossel" here on the fox business network and he's with us this morning. n article of faith in america everybody should go to college because that's the way you get the best jobs. i disagree, i don't think everybody should go and don't think that everybody gets the best jobs if they go to college. >> a rare occasion we agree. it's an article of faith and it's wrong for kids, many too many kids go, they're deep in debt. 70% of bar tenders have degrees now. a lot of these jobs don't need college. stuart: 70%? where did you get that from? >> i don't know, we dig up the statistics. 15% of taxi drivers, 17% of baggage porters. and it's become this thing you say, the average college graduate, and this is true, makes a million dollars over a lifetime. stuart: more than a nongraduate. >> right, and the politicians cite this statistics, it's true, but totally misleading because the kind of kids who go to college in the first place were already more organized, more likely to have two parents, more motivated and probably would have made a million dollars more even if

john stossel, everybody. are you a soda guy?dink five diet sodas a day. >> bill: that's worse than the regular stuff. >> no, it's not. >> bill: yeah, that is. it is worse. >> says you and you say glue ten is bad. >> bill: glue ten is bad. >> how can a guy as big as you have such a tiny brain. >> bill: what do you want to eat? what he is eating or what i'm eating? there you go, everybody. look at the hair on him. when we come right back, a very hot is it legal segment tonight. a bunch of american kids suspended from school for playing gun games. breaking story on the net, personal information about the first lady vice president other famous folks being tossed around by hackers. legal is next. for over 125 years we've been bringing people together. today we'd like people to come together on something that concerns all of us...obesity. and as the nations leading beverage company we can play an important role. that includes continually providing more options. giving people easy ways to help make informed choices. and offering portio

i am john stossel. good night. after the show show and sunday. after the show show >> tucker: we will see you tomorrow. >> brenda: sequestration is, but if you think that means the tax hike threat is over, think again. that's the point. >> brenda: sure, but it speaks volumes. revenues mean taxes and we're already seeing how that payroll tax hike is kicking your assets. consumers cutting back on major purchases and hikes cut into paychecks. are more hikes the last thing the economy needs right now. hi, everyone, i'm brenda buttner, this is bulls and bears. let's get right to it. the bulls and bears this week, gary b smith, tobin smith, jonas max ferris and welcome to everybody. scott, they're still pushing more taxes, but did we just get evidence that's the wrong way to go? >> i think we did, brenda. look, taxes are tough at anytime, but certainly, in a time like this, where gdp growth just got revised to oh, my goodness, 0.1% on the flat side for q-4. unemployment still ridiculously high. there's no way through it. we just hit the rich and the sp

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. >> and now, john stossel. john: green tyranny is what we called this show, but tierney is a harsh word, a thing of dictatorship. a little over the top. most don't seem toise to that. also, bans on pollution are actually a good thing, i'm gla government rules committee air and water cleaner. and i was a kid there was so much soot in the air, we didn't open the window. that has changed for the better. they change the water so much so that the rivers around manhattan are now clean enough to swim in. even here within sightf the empire state building within a short distance of millions of people flushing, i am willing to do this. it was freezing cold, but no longer so filthy. so hooray for the epa. so why do i use the phrase "green tyranny?" because government always goes too far. years ago i learned some animals were going extinct i thought the endangered species act was a great idea. but in the hands of government lawyers and environmental zealots come it becomes petty tyranny. prairie dogs, beatles take priority

. >> and now, john stossel. john: green tyranny is what we called this show, but tierney is a harsh word, a thing of dictatorship. a little over the top. most don't seem to rise to that. also, bans on pollution are actually a good thing, i'm glad government rules committee air and water cleaner. and i was a kid there was so much soot in the air, we didn't open the window. that has changed for the better. they change the water so much so that the rivers aund manhattan are now ean enough to swim in. even here within sight of the empire state building within a short distance of millions of people flushing, i am willing to do this. it was freezing cold, but no longer so filthy. so hooray for the epa. so why i use the phrase "green tyranny?" because government always goes too far. years ago i learned some animals were going extinct i thought the endangered species act was a great idea. but in the hands of government lawyers and environmental zealots come itecomes petty tyranny. prairie dogs, beatles take priority over

but there are many other regutions that john stossel calls green tyranny.hey can't," which come out in paperbook on tuesday. what is green tyranny? >> reporter: green tyranny is what they have done since they cleaned up the hudson. we libertarians say the free market will take care of everything. but it won't. one thing it won't take care of is the environment. the founders didn't think about protecting the environment. there is no market incent testify behave l. my air pollution goes to your lung. my sewage goes to your drinking water. so the epa, smartly, passed rules requiring new york to clean up the hudson, requiring every city to treat its sewage and to clean up the air. we used to -- when i was younger, not be able to open the windows in new york city because soot would come in. they did that and spent several hundred million. o dollarsch they could have said stick a fork in it, it's done. they could have cut back. but government never cuts back. buso now they claim that all of these terrible things are happening and government has to rescue us. that

blob says -- >> we don't do that here. >> brian: that's a clip from his education special that john stosselhn, what do you mean it's a blob? it's more than just the unions. it's more than that. >> yeah, i was wrong. i used to think it was just the unions and those union teachers were mad at me 'cause i was saying that. but even states where unions are weak, you can't get change throughout education bureaucrats. there is no market. it's a government monopoly. so like this blob, you can't budge it. but the good news is now there are gradual changes and great schools starting to happen. >> brian: within the system or outside the system? >> both. and once mom says, gee, johnny is out in the street! he likes going to school! i want that. more people will want that, too. it will push for more change. >> brian: that was from another network when you were there. >> i did my first "stupid in america" show and they got mad. >> brian: it was the teachers unions mad at you? >> 600 teachers showed up saying, teach, john. you don't know what it's like! you should teach. >> i said, i'll teach. give may cl

john: how? >> i read, i write. as i said, mr. stossel, yeah, but -- john: why?hen i was your age, think, i mean, i hated school. i would have done nothing. >> so did i. i never fit in. it was never me. it was never me. school just never fit into me. i could not do anything. john: left school at age 12? >> yes, sir. john: there were discipline problems? >> yes. john: people on your fther's side of the family say, what about the sat's? >> yeah. it's just -- i don't like that. i mean, why -- john: what about them? >> what about the sates? why does -- why do i have to be tested to go to college. i may not go to college when i'm 18, maybe it's 25, 40 #, 50. i don't know. >> there's a lot of colleges that have specific admissions processes for home schooled kids. some of them don't require the sat's, others do, but it's just a small part of what they look at. kids put together portfolios showing the projects they've done, places they worked. >> that's my plan. >> books read, and the universities get a full cture of what the kid's life is like, and as you said, they lo

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. : i am sure thankful to all you young people out there so that i can take things like these from you. okay. i don't really need them. i don't want to steal from and people, but that is exactly what my government has arranged for me to do. i am 65 years old. i am now entitled to medicare, social security, and wealth transfer operation that takes from the young and gives to the old him even the affluent old. and it is unsustainable. nowhere near enough money to pay for the promises politicians made. we are already 16 trillion in debt. so, most politicians response, spend more. don't cut anything. my president calls the sequester a meat cleaver approach. meat cleaver. we should take a meat cleaver to the budgets. at the sequester cuts just that thing, they want to increase spending. this much. instead, they're just going to add this much. and they are still adding. they're spending more. don't believe me, look at this chart. the red line is what they planned to spend over the next ten yea

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. : i am sure thankful to all you young people out there so that i can take things like these from you. okay. i don't really need them. i don want to steal from and people, but that is exactly what my government has arranged for me to do. i am 65 years old. i am now entitled to medicare, social security, and wealth transfer operation that takes from the young and gives to the old him even the affluent old. and it is unsustainable. nowhere near enough money to pay for the promises politicians made. we are already 16 trillion in debt. so, most politicians respoe, spend more. don't cut anything. my president calls the sequester a meat cleaver approach. meat cleaver. we should take a meat cleaver to the budgets. at the sequester cuts just that thing, they want to increase spending. this much. instead, they're just going to add this much. and they are still aing. they're spending more. don't believe me, look at this chart. the red line is what they planned to spend over the next ten years. th

john: how? >> i read, i write. as i said, mr. stossel, yeah, but -- john: why?was your age, i think, i mean, i hated school. i would have done nothing. >> so did i. i never fit in. it was never me. it was never me. school just never fit into me. i could not do anything. john: left school at age 12? >> yes, sir. john: there were discipline problems? >> yes. john: people on your father's side of the family say, what about the sat's? >> yeah. it's just -- i don't like that. i mean, why -- john: what about them? >> what about the sates? why does -- why do i have to be tested to go to college. i may not go to college when i'm 18, maybe it's 25, 40 #, 50. i don't know. >> there's a lot of colleges that have specific admissions processes for home schooled kids. some of them don't require the sat's, others do, but it's just a small part of what they look at. kids put together portfolios showing the projects they've done, places they worked. >> that's my plan. >> books read, and the universities get a full picture of what the kid's life is like, and as you said, they lov

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do -- why would john stossel do something like this?ays government regulations have actually helped us get this place clean. >> gretchen: i can't believe he -- >> brian: he cleaned up the water in the hudson? >> and the air. it's finally something i can agree with gretchen about. yeah, the environment is one area where -- >> gretchen: what? okay. >> we have a history of fights. >> gretchen: oh, please. >> where there is my beloved market will take care of it 'cause your pollution goes to somebody else's lungs. >> gretchen: i was just surprised you didn't have a full wet suit on. >> i like to swim in the hudson now. the government cleaned it. but the point is, that was in the '70s when they spent $700 million on the epa. it's done. every time you buy your new car, the air gets cleaner because the catalytic converter is better than the old car. they don't need to do more. now they're spending 10 billion on all kinds of nonsense. and local mayors are going further. >> steve: you're saying the problem is solved. we don't need to overregulat