jim pinkerton and kirsten powers. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> the president: as i said on this stage two years ago, i believe in the power of the free market. i=> that's how the president began his address to wall street's titans telling them increased government oversight will be good for their industry. headlines like these friday morning in the "washington post", obama -- in the "new york times", new jersey's star ledge engineer. this one in the "new york post", part of the parent company of this network. doctor mr. president don't kill the golden goose appeal to the fact that much of new york city tax revenue comes from wall street. what about it, jim is the president trying to kill the golden goose and are the press

ann coulter and kirsten powers. the chicks are under the sting in the nest right now, ladies so you are safe. bahawhat do you make of this? >> it has been blocked a couple of times by two different republicans and i think that it is something that probably won't go over too well with the public in terms of the republicans are trying to put it off on the democrats for going away for the easter break. i think it as sad time to decide to be fiscally disciplined. you know, you don't hear them -- >> have a heart. >> you don't hear them coming up with fiscal discipline coming up with paying for the iraq war but people who are desperate to pay for food and keeping the electricity on and paying their bills is now the time they decide to be fiscally disciplined and saying things like this will keep people from looking for jobs so let's cut them off and let's sort of leave them as if people aren't looking for jobs. >> ann? >> i think it is very hard to blame the republicans for the massive unemployment numbers now. the democr

we're looking at kirsten storms. disney channel star from elkridge. >> eif you'd like to celebrate your birthday, send us your shot and give us some time to get it on tv. >>> when you go to work, everybody will be talking about this nike ad. >> not as controversial as this commercial featuring a deceased family member. >>> plus: a disgruntled guest takes his anger on his owner. let's go new york and get the latest in business news. >> reporter: we begin your moneyscope report with merger talks in the airline industry. united airways and u.s. airways are talking about a possible tie-up. this is actually the third time in a decade these airlines have tried to make a deal. the biggest hurdle could be the complex labor contracts. >>> a newly surfaced internal e-mail could prove costly for toyota automaker. five days before a massive recall, an executive warned colleagues they need to come clean. toyota faces dozens of lawsuits. >>> general motors says things are looking up, despite losing more than $4 billion after emerg

kirsten, what do you make own the debate here? >> i think it's extremely unlikely, exactly because it would be an unmitigated disaster, politically. if they did this. and i think that robert gibbs was quite clear it was something they are not considered. maybe he's floating this idea the same way that paul vomer -- volcker mentioned this as a possibility. i think taxes will go up, we have a decifit, and the question is for whom, and that is something that would be a middle class tax hike. bill: you're agreeing with adam, to be clear here. >> well, i'm not agreeing in the sense that i don't think they're going to do it, and the other reason i don't think they're going to do it is that the senate just passed a nonbinding resolution, essentially saying, you know, that they're not going to even consider this, and it was overwhelmingly against the idea of a v.a.t. so i don't think there's even enough support on the hill. bill: it would be 85-13 in the senate, they took a resolution, the resolution says that a massive tax increase will

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform te duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: tre will be a period of morning business today beginning as soon ace finish -- as soon as i finish. there will be 10 minutes for each senator. majority will control the first 30 minutes, the republicans will control the final 30 minutes. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration to the extension of the unemployment benefits and others. yesterday i filed cloture on the substitute and the bill. filing deadline for first degree amendments is today at 1:00 p.m. two coburn amendments are pending. we would like to dispose of those amendments an complete action on the bill today. i've had some conversations with senator coburn. he believes we can finish this today. i would hope that we can. others have amendments to offer, i hope they would do it as soon a

thomas and kirsten powers. i'm jon scott. >> good morning, it's sunday, april, 25th. i'm juliet huddy in for alisyn camerota. tornados go across the midwest, killing ten people. >> a tough immigration law in arizona facing fierce opposition and protesters planning a massive rally and this fight may be headed to court as well. >> school kids not old enough to pack their own lunch learning gun safety. why some elementary schools are teaching about packing heat and-- and russ in florida says this morning, coffee is brewing, the sun is starting to glow and all i need now is the "fox & friends" show, well, you've got it! >> it's "fox & friends." >> where is the viewer from that just wrote that because there's no sun in new york city and hideous. >> maybe the sun is already up in florida. thank you for waking up with us, we have severe weather and maybe the storms moving through that part of florida right now. we start with a severe weather alert. look at the video, mississippi, other parts of the southeast, hardest hit around yazoo city and at least ten people dead includi