team obama doing a victory lap, rejoicing over the 7.8% victory lap. my guest, jack welch, is questioning whether the numbers were cooked to help president obama. mr. welch will respond live and talk to me in a moment. this whole thing comes as the romney roll continues. scott rasmussen has three polls showing a dead heat in battle ground states, hai, virginia, florida. even the liberal magazine "the new yorker" sees it on their front cover, mitt romney pulling a clint eastwood, debating an empty chair. first up, it was the tweet that was heard around the world. my good friend jack welch set off a social media firestorm. take a look at his tweet. "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers,

today they narrowly ruled that lap dances don't promote culture from the community. they should not be exempt? >>> well, can a new york city style ban on the sugar y drinks affect the district? during an at large debate two current members would vote to ban the sales of sugary sodas that are bigger than 16 ounces. even though no bill is being pushed, it has essential -- >> this isn't right. just because new york did it doesn't mean we have to do it. >> i think you can do a lot more with education on this issue. >> wtop also reports several other council members would favor the bill or take it into consideration. >> still to come tonight, you think you are living in tight quarters. wait until you see the narrowest house in the world. ? >>> dc councilman michael brown getting a run for his mon in 2012. first time candidate is within striking distance in what has become the hottest and most con treos veer shall race in the office. >>> michael brown had once been a candidate for mayor and now he is fighting off a serious challenge to his seat. >> he is not effective and

, run a lap.o it anymore. ♪ >> welcome back to "fox & friends." now time for a shot of the morning. the weekend facebook pagement take a look, got a face lift. get it? now you can like our facebook page and we've got stories and it's cool. if you've missed a segment. what we'll do, post a video up there and an interesting photo. i was contemplating the lawn and many of you weighed in and said skip it. >> and here we are, and there's a theme. >> and a sneak peek as they say. >> behind the scenes action. >> and see peter back getting coffee back there. over a thousand now and people on there, go there and it's facebook.com/pages/fox friends weekend. >> alisyn: and let's talk about this, this is a great debate for you all to weigh in this morning, i'm sure you know the age old practice of if you do something bad on your sports team, you, your coach orders you to take a lap. that's, that's your punishment, i'm sure you both have experienced something like that. >> peter: i have. >> alisyn: in fact my

lap dances are not taxexempt.tly they don't promote culture in any way, shape, or form. >> i have to disagree. this is an outrage. inflation is a problem in this country. the cost of a lab that's going up, i don't care either presidential candid spking about that. an active part. melissa: relly? >> some men find god and they're getting a good dance. >> the expo on this. >> apparently. >> i'm going to yield because i don't know what i'm talking about and using to have expert opinion on it. >> i've read a lot. melissa: i think everything should be tax exemt. no reason to tax lap dances. i mean, how much of that income is reported in the way? >> it's a cash gme. >> i did talto a lawyer for topless bars in new york. the case goes no farther unfortunately because it's a state case and there is no first amendment federal angle there. of 4-3 vote. very close. when these guys go investigate in person. melissa: i do have to say ballet is tax exempt because it is cultural. why lap dance is? it is an art. it is an art. >> i

get it under obama care. >> bob: lap dance? >> andrea: no. what is in the bill, remember? men everywhere, i know you have been waiting for it. but "esquire" magazine named the sexiest woman alive. it's ashton kutcher new girlfriend. mina. we had to put a red ribbon over brian. you like talking about befu

hey, do you want to sit on santa's lap. >> i don't think so.ld be an honor and a privilege. ♪ i'm a humble christmas present ♪ ♪ probably socks or a pair of shoes ♪ ♪ but i believe in magic, i will sit on santa too ♪ >> i couldn't possibly see how such a song filled with so much christmas cheer could not be a winner. >> and just when the crowd thinks it's over -- >> wait! you're never too old to sit on santa! >> santa, you're going to let all these people sit on you? >> i'm santa claus! everyone can sit on me! >> oh, yay! >> who wants to be first? >> me! >> ho, ho, ho! >> so next time you're in the mall, a food court, or a lecture hall, stay on your toes. because where music can come from, nobody knows. >> to me, i'm always looking for what's the next idea? what is the thing that no one would ever expect to happen in a public place. ♪

is forcing student athletes to run laps or additional lapse a form of corporate punishment. they are considering banning that practice is finding new ways to discipline their athletes. we wanted to know if you think this is just fine or over the line? here are some of your responses. josh walker tweeted us this is ridiculous. the way they learn is holding each other accountable. >> you need to learn discipline. running isn't going to hurt the athlete. it helps the athlete. >> phil said i played football in high school and ran many extra lapse and i survived. this is part of the wussification of america. >> as long as the water i am for it. >> talk about a wild ride. a mash up in teledaga. cars spiraling out of control. >> if you spend your sundays watching football and chowing down nikki fitness is here. we have ballet combined with football. >> check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". >> starting 5 minutes from now what we are going to talk about is mitt romney will have a major foreign policy statement at virginia military institute. what he is

leader hall de lorenzo has broken the lap records to secure pole for the japanese promptly as the two man race for the title heats up yamaha run. edged out his honda rival dani pedrosa with a blistering late lap at the mo take the track britain's cal crutchlow will stop the third spot was a case he started it could only manage the second fastest time this trail and is third overall but a third world title is now out of his reach in his last season but could reduce the trials he runs out by just thirty three points with one hundred up for grabs in the last four outings. moving on to tennis where andy murray has beaten world number one roger federer for the second straight time to line up a repeat of the u.s. open final in a title showdown against novak djokovic at the shanghai masters the two exchange breaks in the opening two games before murray broke two more times to play i deserved six point six per week tree as even a rain delay to close the roof late in the second set didn't rob the us open and the champion of his momentum mario also beat federer in my previous meeting in the fin

. >> the seats flipped backwards and so people were essentially on the laps of the passengers behind them with their legs up in the air. >> reporter: not aviation experts. >> i've never seen anything like that in all my years, 30 years of covering the airline industry. >> reporter: no one can remember airline seats disconnecting from the cabin floor. and now it's happened twice in three days aboard two american airlines 757s. >> during climb out, rows, passenger seats row 12, d, e and f came loose out of the floor. >> reporter: american airlines flight 685, from boston to miami, diverted in mid-flight, declaring an emergency and landing at jfk in new york because a row of seats had disengaged from its rails on a nearly full flight. one of the displaced passengers is moved to the flight attendant's jump seat. but fearing turbulence en route, the captain decides to land before the loose row becomes an in-flight missile. >> we don't want that thing flying around and hurting the passenger behind it. the seat is loose and can rotate pretty quickly. >> reporter: today, a second american fl

and he did not put a biker chick on his lap. that's the difference. this is a total accident that this happened. the associated press captured it and then in a very sleazy way, used it to denigrate mr. romney. >> glenn beck's web site say they provided six pictures. >> bill: that never, ever should have been published. >> the editors who chose to publish them -- >> bill: whoever sent that out, whatever person sent that out, if i were in charge of the a.p. would have been fired. >> you don't think they want to move copy, move products -- >> bill: i don't care. you have to make -- if you're an honest person, you have to make editorial judgments that. is appalling. >> there used to be something called jumpistic responsibility. >> bill: and the a.p. in particular it used to be. >> editorial discretion. what we see here is a deliberate attempt to yet again make a republican candidate for president look bad. >> bill: right. they would not have done that to president obama. we all know that. so the person who did that at the associated press who put that pic

get the job done today get the pole position and it was a reasonable lap when you did when it counted obviously so well that's what color form is all about and it's been a tricky last few wins for me but really happy to start on pole what else where motor g.p. leader will go into runs i was broken a lap wreck or to secure pole for the japanese brawn three times the two man race for the title eats up yamaha why don't i just add he's one of the rival dani pedrosa. a blistering lap of the track britain's cal crutchlow will start from third spot more like a stone and could only banish the seventh fastest time just driving these third overall but third world title is out of his reach in his last season whopper dresser trails lorenzo by thirty three points with one hundred up for grabs in the last four outings. moving on to tennis now and while the long roger federer is ours to avenge is a lympics final defeat as the swiss is currently doing battle against third seed andy murray in the semifinals of the shanghai masters while mari is the double defending champion and has won all of these el

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33,000 feet on a -- 30,000 feet in a jumbo jet and your seat becomes unbolted and you and up in the lap of the person behind you. >> reporter: american airlines said the multiple issues with seats have nothing to do with disgruntled workers. >> this is a mechanical issue. that's all it s it's not -- it is. it's not related toian thing else. >> reporter: yet another plane, this time an american flight had rows of seats come loose. >> loose in the back. we need to return. >> reporter: all required an emergency landing. this woman who didn't want her face shown was onboard one of the seats. >> the seat flipped backward. people were essentially on the lap of the passengers behind them with their legs up in the air. >> reporter: just this morning an american flight to london was forced to make an emergency flight in london. these mid-air scares are retd tribiewtion for -- retribution for a labor dispute. >> it could be sabotage or this could be sloppiness but either way, it's a disaster for the airline. >> reporter: this morning american told abc news it is inspecting eight 757's in its seat

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burr says having a child on your lap simply isn't safe. >> there's no way. severe, there's no way you could hold that child. >> reporter: it revealed other things too like the tremendous amount of debris that is deadly to anyone sitting upright. also how critical it is to make your way out fast. generally sitting within five rows of an exit gives a passenger the best odds. >> that was quite possibly the most spectacular thing i've ever seen in my life. >> reporter: the science of destruction, a picture-perfect crash, a wrecked jetliner and a treasure trove of new information about what it takes to survive the unthinkable. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, detroit. >> so don't sit in first class. >> yeah. >> and don't hold your baby in your lap. >> and buy an extra seat for that child. yeah. >> fascinating report. our thanks to neal karlinsky and "curiosity plane crash" airs on the discovery channel tonight. >>> coming up here on "good morning america," open wide, the innovative solution one family found for the baby who just would not eat

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five laps, shut it off. five laps. >> five laps, shut it off. >> how is this gonna work out if the diesel's only gonna push it five laps and then he got to turn that motor off? >> i don't know. >> i don't know. i mean, back at school, they said that black smoke could be grounds for disqualification. we'll just have to see what they say. hopefully, hopefully, hopefully, they'll let us deal with it, it's a problem that they'll let us fix. >> yeah. (cheering) >> looks like she switched over to electricity with no problem. so, that's a great sign. >> we either make it or we won't. there's not... there's nothing in between, so... so hopefully, by the end of the day, we still have two cars in the competition, but it's a real possibility that we don't. >> right now, everybody's nervous because we're not exactly sure if the cars will pass, but we're praying on it, though. >> our charger is sucking more juice... >> we ran the last event without a full charge on our batteries, which meant that we ran less on electric

people were essentially on the laps of the passengers behind them. >> reporter: american has traced the problem to these clamps. they are what secure seats to the floor of the plane. the malfunction, american claims was a perfect storm. >> the wear and tear on the locking mechanism allowed the plunger to come dislodged and allows the seats to become dislodged. >> reporter: workers have identified seats that were not secured. they removed rows of seats to zero in on the problem. 47 flights have been canceled. >> we're going through the fleet and adding an additional locking feature that will, what we believe, prevent this from happening again. >> reporter: it's little reassurance for rachel. >> a chair shouldn't move. >> reporter: american has canceled more than 1000 flights over the past month amid labor disputes. the pilot's union saying they're ready to come back to the bargaining table on tuesday. >> new at 10:00, he was just one badge away from becoming an eagle scout. he may never reach that rank because he's gay. he came out oh to his family, friends and eagle scout counselor over

. >> we hit something and the girl across from me flew across the seated into my lap. >> rescuers foundthe train cars, luggage and other items from the train littered the farmland alongside the tracks. >> i seen people with broken arms and broken legs. scratches on their backs. elaborates looking like dirt balls, dirt in their ears. >> some witnesses say the automated gates at the crossing were down when the train passed. >> initially from witnesses, they say the arms weren't down but as you know we will do an extensive investigation to determine that. >> the truck driver ended up in the hospital with a head injury. amtrak charted buses to carry passengers to wish to continue their journey. coincidentally, 17 miles from the amtrak crash, another truck slammed into a freight train. this happened on a different set of tracks. the truck driver was the only one injured. >> carolyn: up next the scare in the air, bizarre series on board american airline planes as they deal with a labor dispute. >> now you see it. now you don't. why ikea decided to reerase women out of one catalog. >> and new

for nearly 200 laps it was a tame race before it was already being called "the big one." most incredible, watch as matt kenseth's car emerges from the melee, somehow unscathed, to cross the finish line. races like this, exciting for fans but not for the guys behind the wheel. >> is this is how we want to find another job. >> cars raising up to 200 miles an hour. talladega along with daytona are considered two of the most dangerous tracks in racing. >>> and more sports now. playoffs begin in the big leagues and drew brees has an historic night as the saints finally won. we get the highlights from espn news. >> good morning, i'm jade mccarthy with your "sportscenter" update. yanks and orioles had to wait extra to start that. and this was tied in the ninth, bedard to johnson. johnson gave up three home runs in the entire season. that opened the floodgates for this one. robinson cano adding two runs to it. the yankees in the ninth inning, 7-2, take a 1-0 series lead. >>> drew brees looking to make a little bit of history and get its team the first win of the season. saints do

to pull some good laps. i suffer. during during the race but i could manage in the end i will go up and be happy for the d.m. for me on the. on the football now in russia defender of a city but as a ski says his side should be wary of a well rested azerbaijan's side in the next world cup qualifier that is make you state you want cheers day russia has held an open training session here in moscow and manager fabio capello is looking to maintain his one hundred percent competitive record after the national side have won all three of their qualifying matches so far scoring seven goals and conceding none to secure top spot in group best or russia osprey points clear of christiane our knowledge portugal the feat one nil also in moscow. as they say that russia's next opponent azerbaijan didn't play this week and they also managed to keep portugal at bay for sixty four minutes before eating three goals in their three no defeat in prague at last month's. now with sixteen months to go until the such a winter olympics i.o.c. sup

well drivers in texas they made their first legal laps at 85 miles per hour. governor perry cut the ribbon the opening spoken for the 41- mile stretch of tollway between austin and san antonio. >> all bigener texas -- bigger in texas. >> i guess so. people fly down there anyway. >>> all right, he's been eluding authorities now for years. >> now after being on the wanted list for so long, he is finally been caught. how the monkey was a violent past has a facebook page. >> we have some wild surveillance video for you this morning. a guy goes into a fast food chicken restaurant not for the food. he wants the cash. but story here is his weapon of choice. you got to see this to believe it. >> and there's so much information you can get on your iphone and your android. you can get the temperatures where you live, also you can get the forecast. we are going to have temperatures remaining above average for today. all you have to do is go to our app store and download our apps. don't go anywhere, i'm going talk more about sandy coming up. lauren? >> well, lynette an ac

clap lap >> okay. as supervisor campos said, he can't wait to get inside. one of the things about this grant, the face of staff is usually a grant with research. it is either study participants or services. but this is a little different one. we were the only health department in the country to receive this. most of this went to universities. one, we didn't have as big overhead as universities do. two, we have a lot of experience in doing building. and, so, we really had to work at making sure nobody got disrupted. i do believe i have a big thank you to real estate because i think we did give them i understand general election a couple times out there. -- indigestion i want to thank them. i see win of the employees who resigned as a retiree, he was instrumentsal. (applause) >> this took space planning and trying to figure out space and it's all you know in san francisco, space can be a conflicting process. i think this worked really well. mark primo consulting with us on all our capital projects and departments. martin who provided a lot of leadership in th

you can't take blame mitt romney for a victryy lap. and talked about his plan to raise take home pay. and today giving a major foreign policy address. one cand date focusing on substance and the other with nothing to stay. >> next stop is joe biden versus paul ryan on thursday. it will be good. thank you for joining us from washington. >> thank you. >> 29 minutes from the top of the hour. next up. who is really funding president obama's campaign? half of his support may not be from americans. did we mention it could be illegal? a stunning new report you will only hear on "fox and friends" coming up next. >> and this will not be the happiest day of their lives. a massive brawl breaks out between two wedding parties and happy birthday to chevy chase. not the suburb, the comic. he's 69. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil®. here one story. i'm sean. i switched to adv® 10 months ago. biking can be really tough on the lower back and your upper thighs. you have some nasty aches and pains. i really like advil®

so to seal his second title in three years after fellow spaniard dani pedrosa crashed on the second lap britain's count crutchlow came in third on the day for his second podium finish the season. but iran's always unassailable at the top of the standings with just one race left in valencia next month over twenty five year old his rivals. or you know how difficult it is to five with a blaze like gacy like danny and the fight we fight that is like. be very hard no you must be very confused and. never make a mistake always trying to finish the race is. finally to gulf and sweden special hansen has held off world number one rory mcilroy to clinch the b.m.w. championship by a single stroke in shanghai hansen led by one stroke going into the final round and a poor start from mcenroe you saw him trailing by first after thirteen holes however the northern irishman eagles the fifteenth and birdied the next to stay in the fight cancer just about pollard the seventeenth in the final photo his board plunged into the rough edge of a bunker the thirty five year old chipped to within ten feet of the p