you are watching the fox newschannel. >>> they beat the bee. after a battle between young minds the national spelling bee crowned a winner and another winner. after 10 rounds and 25 words the competition ended in a tie. >> s-c-h-e-r-e-n-s-c-h-n-i-t-t-e. >> correct. >> and 14-year-old. >> n-u-n-t-a-k. >> creek. >> each kid was asked to spell their competitor's last name and both failed and were stripped of their title. do i have to say just kidding after that one? you wrote this one and you didn't spell his last name correctly in the teleprompter. did you know i would have trouble with that? >> oops. joanne you must love spelling bees. they are like pageants, are they not? >> no. putting people on the spot? >> i don't go like this in pie head. in my head. >> maybe you would have won the pageant if i would have talked into my hand. >> i do that making believe i am taking down a verification code. what is it? yeah. i got it. >> does anyone want to point out that scherenschnitte is not even an english word. it is a german word. >> i looked at the p

definitely not a scam.wóóó news, fox newschannel. >>> the diet shake that shook them up.thorities are investigating an ad for an elixir. the ad for protein world my favorite world features a small wasted woman "are you beach body ready"? many were defaced and 60,000 people signed a paw session to have it taken down. they complain that protein world is directly targeting individuals to make them feel physically inferior to the unrealistic body image of the bronze model. they are holding a take back the beach event at hyde park. at least the protesters aren't getting carried away. >> we had threats on our head office. physical, violent threats. we had a bomb threat. >> jedediah, britain's watchdog company say it is socially you irresponsible. >> why is it socially irresponsible? because somebody felt bad. >> 60,000 people. >> well too bad. a company can't put an ad up that may potentially offend -- who cares? i don't think they should apologize. i feel bad for this company that has been defaced and now they have to spline themselves. if this happened here people would have

we will air the event live on the sister station newschannel 8.ad on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- new concern about technology at two new york airports. man who pleaded guilty heads back to court and the punishment he is facing for a high-speed chase in virginia. next, fears over a planned protest outside a muslim community center after organizers tell people to come armed. maureen: there are concerns about an event planned for two hours that many feared could spur violence. a group is going to display routines of the prophet muhammad outside a muslim community center in phoenix. this follows last month's attempted attack at a cartoon driving contest in texas where they killed two suspected gunman. and one of the gunman prayed at the community center that is the site of tonight's protest. he urged the protest reporters to bring the guns. >> in front of the family coming for the friday prayers. that is not dialogue. that is provocation. >> the cartoon contest especially i think is stupid and ridiculous. but it is what is needed to expose the true color o

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newschannel. >> welcome to "red eye." i'm tom shillue and you're -- oh you really are. let's welcome our guests. the beautiful the bold, the talented katherine tim glasses. katherine writes for that will review. surfs up, here ms could the wave. it is joanne though saw chin ski. he is not lazy. he is lazifare. h his name must be spanish because the adjective comes after the the verb, founder of ricochet.com. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> the new england patriots have finally set the record straight. on thursday the team released its retort to the wells report and now the nfl should lift punishment and apologize to belichick, braye dough and jim mcnally. mcnally is the part-time equipment manager whose texts like this one was crucial to the so-called case. however, there are simple reasons that he referred to himself as "the deflater." they say he was indicating his desire to lose weight. also he used a private bathroom for one minute and 40 seconds. not to deflate footballs but to deflate his bladder. the hundred seconds is the time necessary for a qu

you are watching fox newschannel. >>> welcome to another edition of "red eye."t is the late night show that answers the question how long can you drag out the suspense of naming a new permanent host? i'm mike baker. come on, everybody was thinking it. i am temporarily on loan from diligence. enough about diligence the security firm that works tirelessly to keep you and your family at home and safe and informed. let's welcome our guest. she is a shiny spark plug in a box of oily parts. it is joanne nosuchunsky. and it andy levey. look it is the former maxip and stuff editor and now scott.com editor-in-chief. hi dan. >> hello. >> and next to me is fox news national security analyst kt mcfarland. she is one of the nicest people you could hope to meet. >> i hope you think that at the end of the show. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> american hero rand paul -- andy -- spent his wednesday holding the senate floor for 11 hours in an effort to stop the renewal of the patriot act. the act is set to expire at the end of the month and with congress ready to

fox newschannel. >>> watch your language. there are sheep around.eta is concerned about cussing at livestock. last year the group launched a complaint over verbal abuse during sheering and it is being taken seriously as it should be. they explain it was used by an employee and they could have been offended. they argue verbal abuse could count as an act of violence. one of the sheep was able to get? to get some revenge. >> well done. i love how they are all cheering for the sheep. >> the most amazing part was the friend's sheep friend who took the video. >> tom, i have a dog. it is a munchkin dog. i curse at her all the time. she is fresh. when she does a naughty in the house. >> does a naughty everybody. >> that's how we call it at the villa estate. all 400 square feet of it. i am uh tall yin -- i am italian and i won't sensor myself for the dog. that's the way it goes. >> she can't press charges because she can't speak english. >> she can. >> you said she is a little dog. >> it is a person dog. >> i don't get the uproar. have i a sheep and my sheep

fox newschannel. they remember the private conversations i have while driving with my wife, emily.and for that i am grateful. the point being i know a thing or two about the frustrations of air travel. i do. it comes as no surprise that one man about to fly from charlotte to jamaica was so upset when he was told the flight was over booked that he completely stripped downright there at the gate. completely. he then stood naked proudly displaying his carry on baggage for an hour, an hour before police escorted him away. he won't be charged with any offense. in the words of the charlotte police precinct, jesus they bumped him off a flight to jamaica. what did you expect him to do? just last week -- this is a true story -- i suffered through five-hour delay and fume russ gate changes striaing to -- trying to fly through l.a.x. i angrily typed out a tweet comparing a goat, monkey and a foot tbawl. football. did it make me feel better to send out a tweet? maybe. would i have felt better tweeting without my pants? i think we should ask our guest. >> would i have felt better tweeting witho

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greg gutfeld, whose new program premiers tonight at 10:00 eastern on the fox newschannel -- first of all congratulations. >> thank you. i'm very excited. >> we weren't sure if the taliban five would be free at midnight eastern but this deal maybe it just delays the inevitable according to some critics. your thoughts? >> two things. my suggestion is, let them go let them stay at rand paul's kentucky house. that way we know where they are without having to rely on the nsa programs because they are evil. at least if they stayed at rand paul's place, we would know where they are. three of these people have made contact with the taliban. they have made contact. i don't think it was to catch up on old times or talk about opening an arby's. they were reconnecting. >> we talked about this earlier in the program as the news was breaking. i said part of the recidivism static that we have on these guys is because we've been monitoring them. we know that they are talking and that they are buddies. >> exactly. >> that's not brain surgery to know who they are talking to. >> exactly. we never used

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. >> leland vitter, fox newschannel.ses that were looted because of your order to stand down? you have nothing to stay to business owners? what about the police that were injured? >> excuse me sir. hey! >> you would think al sharpton who has a tv show would understand that the guy was there asking questions and that's why he was there but instead he was providing cover for the mayor. >> reporter: i always seem to be placed in a position to having to defend my old friend the reverend al sharpton. al sharpton is a curious mix of media personality/celebrity activist. you can call him a hustler and all of those things but he is also widely regarded as the nation's free eminent civil rights leader. so he saw himself in that role i think. should he have placed himself between the mayor and our correspondent leland vitter absolutely not. but i can understand some of the motivations, him being defensive of this young woman who is really embattled now, she is the one, remember, who called the looters thugs and now has to backtrac

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