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"fox & friends", that's our choice. thanks for giving us a voice. >> what do you mean you're going to do the jesse ventura interview from the green room? >> i'm going to watch it from the green room to see how it's done, you know. tivo it and watch it at home. >> never good to go to fisticuffs before 7:00 a.m. let's get to a couple of quick headlines. robert gates insinuating the president of iran is double dealing. no. mahmoud ahmadinejad is heading to afghanistan tomorrow to show he supports the afghan government and gates who is also in afghanistan says iran is "playing the double game by trying to woo the afghan government while at the same time undermining u.s. efforts by helping the taliban." the white house issuing a correction this morning after the president got his math mixed up. >> our cost-cutting measures mirror most of the costs in the senate bill, brings up our deficit to $1 trillion over the next decade because ewe're spending our health care dollars more wisely. >> the congressional budget office says the bill will save at most $132 billion through the year 2019. that means president obama was $868 billion over the mark. the white house later corrected that estimate saying the plan could save a trillion dollars in debt next decade. 2029. the sex offender charged with murdering chelsea king may be linked with another murder. they are eyeing john gardner in the death. more than 1,000 mourners gathered last night to remember her. she vanished last year on her way to school. her remains were found saturday in san diego. search intensifying for a houston energy executive who disappeared in new orleans during a business trip. police are hoping surveillance video will provide some clues. he went missing after leaving a bar at 2:00 a.m. on friday. his credit cards and a.t.m. card has not been used since then. $25,000 is being offered for information. james sykes says his car sped up to 94 miles per hour on a busy california freeway and he had to call police to help him slow down. >> standing on the brake pedal looking out the window at him and he said push the emergency brake, too, and laid on both of them. and it finally started slowing down right then and went down like 55. >> sykes turned off the engine and coasted to a stop just to be safe, the officer actually was able to slide in front of this preus. it's amazing. a toyota dealer told him two weeks ago the vehicle was not on a recall list. >> it is now! >> testify today on capitol hill, toyota claiming that this is not an electronic problem, that it's a mechanical problem but others feel otherwise. >> and blames the media for blowing it out of control. blowing it out of proportion. that's really not that bad and they try to debunk this one professor and says it's all electronic. >> sure, the guy went on to say nothing was the matter with my floor mat. the pedal wouldn't move. >> he was standing up on the pedal. >> can you imagine? >> it's crazy. >> there was a roundup, ice roundup yesterday held by the name of daniel higgins, 46 years old. has spent seven years in college but the interesting thing is he wasn't a student. there he is right there. he was hired by up to 120 students at various colleges out in california so that he would take their test. they were from a variety of middle eastern countries and to make sure that they kept their student visas, they had to be great. they hired this guy who guaranteed that i will get you a b or better or i'll give you a discount. >> well, it's pretty scary when you think about the fact there was a blond female who was taking the test for at least four middle eastern men. all right. you got a gender problem there and you have an ethnicity problem and many people asking what the heck is going on here. if it's this easy for undocumented people to be in our country and continue to get their visas, are we really safe? can we possibly really track all the people in this country illegally? >> six others were arrested along with him yesterday. he was charged with, as he appeared in orange county superior court, he was charged with conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. among those six people, khalid abudabi all from countries middle eastern sounding names and all from countries from lebanon to kuwait to saudi arabia who are known to be in some cases hotbeds for terror. >> so, you know, if you have or your child has taken the s.a.t. tests, you know, in the last number of years, you know you have to show up with a driver's license and stuff like that. they want to make sure that the picture on there matches the person who is taking the test. well, what this guy did is started by himself and then business got so good, he hired a bunch of other people. apparently was able to manufacture these names of actual students with the fake pictures of the people who were going to take the test. where the students were from the middle eastern countries, we don't know but he was paid quite nicely. take a look. some of the prices charged for students, if you wanted an english or a math placement exam taken, $1400. $1,200 to $1500 for final exams or $1,000 to take the entrance exam as well. it was very lucrative for him and started last year when cops stopped him and realized, wait, he's got a whole bunch of driver's licenses and some scaned tests. something is up with this guy. >> something is up with him. they need to be concerned about what is wrong with all the people in this country, what are they doing here? that's pennies for somebody to come up with $1,000 if it gives them the right to be in this country illegally. what were those guys doing here? and does ice have any idea where that investigation is going? i think a lot of people should be nervous this morning. >> so they passed the test. they keep their visa. they stay enrolled. they keep their visa. we don't know what they're doing if they're not studiyinstudying. meanwhile, fast forward to new york where soon to be resigning congressman eric, he's now out, eric massa sat down and finally gave his side of the story on to the controversy that spawned his exit from the u.s. congress. >> did you say spawned? >> yes, he did. he became a u.s. congressman and now he is gone. he also did not vote for the health care plan the first time around with -- when it was offered to him when the house did pass it the first time. there's one less no vote in congress and that is what -- that's why eric massa came and told his story yesterday and he was fired up! >> oh, man, was he? he's going to tell -- he's going to be glenn beck's only guest later on today at 5:00 eastern time. what he said was he was squeezed out. you know, there are these allegations of sexual impropriety -- sexual harassment, inappropriate comments to a male staff member and he said, look, anybody can say anything. i'm out. i was standing up against the white house and now nancy pelosi needs 216. anyway, here's a little taste of him ripping rahm emanuel on a radio station sunday in corning, new york. >> rahm emanuel is son of the devil spawned. he is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. he would strap his children to a front end of a steam locomotive end. he doesn't like that he can come up to me personally. itself a congressman in my first eight weeks and i was in the congressional gym and i went down and worked out. i went into the showers which by the way, i for the life of me can't figure out why they took the shower curtains off the shower stalls in the congressional shower. last thing i want to look is my fellow colleagues naked. they don't have any shower curtains down in the gym and i'm sitting there showering naked as a jay bird and here comes rahm emanuel not even with a towel poking his finger in my chest yelling at me because i wasn't voting for the budget. he goes there to intimidate members of congress. >> all right. so eric massa. here's the thing. there is still something fishy about why a guy would resign if there's only one sexual harassment allegation. apparently, this happened at gnnew year's eve. he was at a wedding and made a lewd and rude joke about a fellow guy at this wedding and then somehow that -- that comment then went to steny hoyer's office and now there was an investigation. if you've only made one comment and it was a joke, why would you resign? it's very strange. and not that this other story isn't important that he was being pressured for his health care vote but it's still strange to me why he would resign if there was only one accusation. >> look at the accusations of charlie rangel. where was charlie rangel when it came to the health care vote. >> not showering. >> we don't know. we can't conclude. but he was firmly in the president's camp. so another thing is why now? why put all these -- all the violations up now and say he's got to go at this moment. why not wait for another couple of weeks. >> steny hoyer's spokesperson said yesterday massa's claim is completely false. there is zero merit to that accusation. also during that radio appearance on sunday, he was asked -- eric massa was asked, are you gay? he said ask my wife. she can answer that question for you. >> he was in the navy. they talk a hlot like that. if this is true, it sounds like a lot of lewd locker room talk which he says that's what -- he says he shouldn't have said -- that's the only thing he's apologizing for really. >> you'll be able to hit just 11 hours from now, you'll be able to see him and make his own assessment. he'll be glenn beck's only guest. >> what is the son of the devil's spawn. what is that? >> i don't know. >> i'm trying to figure it out. >> let's talk about simon cowell. we're in the "american idol" season. which one is it? eight or nine or something like that? simon cowell last night was on "the jay leno show." he finally is going to get married at age 50 although it still makes him a little nervous to talk about it. >> how long have you two been together? >> about a week. >> look, you are uncomfortable. why are you so uncomfortable with that? >> i am. i know. i find it quite uncomfortable talking about my personal life like that. i do. i find it a bit embarrassing. >> but you have strong feelings for this woman. >> well, yes. yeah. >> and you find that embarra embarrassing? >> yeah, because you were in the fourth grade and the boys will tease you? >> wait a minute. we buried the lead. you were there in the beginning of this budding romance. >> yes, what happens is every year we go to interview him, we should be doing it again and this year, we walk in, the first thing he does which is so cool at his house is his office. he wants to meet the whole crew and he comes in with one or two people. this time, he comes in with one woman. that's her in the background. i didn't know we had the video. there she is? the back. we taped everything. you have to come back with something. so that's him in his house so he introduces and he says hello to me. he touches me in the stomach which i'm suing him for. we look, he turns around and goes to introduce the woman and he doesn't remember her name. >> no way! >> later, that would be his fiancee, his make-up artist assigned to him for that day and her name is, i think, is it -- you know, you follow tv. is it mezghan? or just mezghan with a hollywood z in it. >> her parents escaped the taliban. >> she had a bad first marriage. she's out of it. she's a looker. >> does she remember that he doesn't know who she was. >> we're going to find out. we're going back. >> right now, she's busy planning a great big summer wedding. congratulations. >> i want to know all the details from the doylies on down. let's tell you what's coming up straight ahead. pakistan nabbed several suspected terrorists in the last few weeks. the country is being so helpful all of a sudden much what's really going on? 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[ male announcer ] have a heart to heart with your doctor about your risk and about lipitor. >> all right. it's 16 minutes after the top of the hour on this tuesday. five people including two former acorn workers are charged with felony election fraud in the state of wisconsin. they are accused of committing a number of offenses in the 2008 election cycle including voting twice providing false information and registering the same people a number of times. that's illegal. all u.s. workers may soon need to get a national i.d. card to help stop illegal aliens from getting hired at various businesses across the country. senators chuck schumer and lindsay graham will discuss the issue with president obama. critics say the new cards which will have embedded information are an invasion of privacy and a way for the government to track citizens. big brother is watching. >> pakistan officials say they have nabbed an american al-qaida member in the pakistani city of karachi. but according to reports, it's not adam gadahn, a member wanted since 2004 and they arrested a high pakistan commander and pakistani officials have said they've detained other officials that have since been verified. why have they been so successful to rooting out taliban leaders and this year more than ever before? this is a former c.i.a. operative in afghanistan and best selling author and michael schoerer former head of bin laden's unit and best selling author. first to you. why now? >> the pakistanis want some money from the u.s. government. several of these things occurred just after senator kerry visited pakistan. they want the military hardware that we want to give them. and i think they're also a whole batch of targets of opportunity that turned up, brian. i would suspect that some of the information that they acted on came from the c.i.a. >> abu yaya is so-called this guy's handle. he's in charge of foreign recruiting. >> not surprising. the pakistanis have played both sides against the middle, the pakistanis have worked with the militants and at times they've supported us. when we're on the ground fighting in afghanistan against the al-qaida and the taliban in 2001, pakistani members of their security stf services were side by side. they have turned over major ones to us and this is because now and the real emphasis is because the militants have overstepped. when they went too far, really, really angered the pakistanis, and the assassination there. they're playing both sides. when they feel threatened themselves, they act against these guys. >> you've told us for this to be successful, you have to get the taliban and al-qaida in pakistan at the same time you're gutting afghanist afghanistan? isn't it happening? >> i don't think it's happening. it's a very good thing to have taken that cave complex. gary would know better than i do but the force we have in afghanistan is not capable of defeating the enemy. it will tread water for a while and they'll win individual battles like it did in marjah. we can go anywhere we want but we can't stay there and that's the real problem. we're vastly understaffed in afghanistan. >> even with the 30,000 extra. michael and gary, thanks. gary, good luck on your continued quest to be a congressman. michael, you may be dealing with a politician soon. >> it would be a good politician for a change, sir. >> that would be true. he knows how to get things done. gary running in his town of smithtown where he grew up. >> thank you. >> thanks, guys. up next, former minnesota governor jesse ventura says the biggest threat to our freed many is our own government. if you have seven children by six different women in five states, you cannot only play for an nfl team, that team can pay for your kids! can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can onlyry... and try. i heardating whole grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lower our cholesterol, bu finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous. your faer is suffering. 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[ female annocer ] try new ccolate cheerios with a touch of delicious chocolate taste in every bite. >> all right. strap yourself in. the constitution and our bill of rights, according to our next guest, they've never been in greater peril than they are right this very moment. >> former governor of minnesota jesse venture is the author of the new book "american conspiracies." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> on its face when we said that, a lot of people have said the constitution is under fire. you a different take on that. >> it's under fire because look what happened. they gutted the fourth amendment, illegal search and seizure. they've gutted -- what is it? shoot, i can't think of the word. it's 4:00 a.m. for me. i came from mountain time. with the right to a lawyer. you can't -- they can now charge you with terrorism. they can hold you without letting you see a lawyer. >> miranda rights. >> not miranda. another term. it doesn't have me upset but it has me gravely concerned that we continue to see an erosion of our rights in this country and our freedoms. and they do this. i remember when george bush said they attacked us because they're jealous of our freedom so the solution is take our freedoms away and then they won't attack us? is that what they're saying? >> i know you were saying they were into september 11th. we won't talk that. how do you see a conspiracy with the tea parties? >> with the tea parties? i see it. where were they when the fourth amendment -- habeas corpus. they suspended habeas corpus. where were those guys protesting when we lost habeas corpus, when they violate the fourth amendment of illegal search and seizure. they were nowhere to be found at that point in time. >> you know the story and i know you live in mexico but -- >> no, i live here half the year. >> the whole tea party thing got started on a cable news channel on a trading floor one day at the bailout frenzy and he said we ought to have another tea party of sorts. that's where that started. >> well, maybe it did. but why didn't they do it initially, then, when george bush did the first bailout? >> because i think one of the things that inspired the party was the massive spending. that's sort of what got the whole movement going. >> frustration. >> and there wasn't massive spending prior to that? there was huge massive spending. it's been going on for 12 years now, massive spending. >> as i understand your point, that finally maybe it got too much to these people who belong to the tea party and they finally came out. i want to get your thoughts on the bailouts because speaking of massive spending, where do you fall on that? >> it's difficult. you know, i'm not a harvard economist or anything. i don't think anyone really knows. i think it's a roll of the dice that they're hoping, you know, it started with president bush. he did the bailout and all republicans voted for it. and then when barack obama does the bailout, all republicans vote against it. so i'm more concerned over these two parties. because they don't have the united states of america first. they have their party first. they vote for their party first. and the united states comes second or third. >> one would think you'd be in line with the tea party movement, then. >> i would be in line with them if they continue -- if they were also protesting, as i said, the suspension of habeas corpus in this country, the violation of our fourth amendment rights that have been trashed and still go on today trashed, illegal search and seizure, you know, if they were doing all of those things, i would probably more -- be more in support of them. but then again, isn't sarah palin part of them? >> not if -- >> she is. >> if she is, then i won't be a part of it. >> not a fan of sarah palin. >> no, she's a quitter. >> because she was governor for a while. >> to me, you make a commitment to the voters when you tell them you want to be governor, i'm willing to do this job. you don't quit half way through to go read prophets and make millions of dollars. >> that's what she did. >> politicians on the national scale, national level, jesse, who do you like? anybody? there's got to be one. >> i don't know. is there an independent out there? >> you don't like him because he left the political party. >> to me, you're not really an independent unless you run as one. >> you don't like anybody in politics today? >> i don't have nothing against them, don't say i don't like them. i just don't like the parties. i don't like -- don't get me wrong. it's not individuals. i despise the two parties. despise them. they're ruining our country. >> there's millions of people who actually agee with you on that. a lot of your conspiracies maybe not but they probably do agree with you on that. >> let me just say about this book, this is not my imagination. i didn't make up the information in there. all of it is documented. you can see it in the back of the book if you need to go -- so this is built upon, it's like putting together a massive, it's like throwing a jigsaw puzzle on the floor. and you start as documents come, pieces of the jigsaw, will you get the whole thing? no. but you'll get enough of the picture to understand what's true or not. >> all right. it's called "american conspiracies." governor jesse ventura, thank you very much. it's always interesting to have you on the couch. >> final thing, how come the three stooges on later at night won't have me on? that's what i call them. larry, mo and curly. o'reilly, hannity and curly. >> really? >> they won't have me on. >> maybe it's because you call them that. >> i just did that today. >> i don't think that helps your chances. >> good. they won't have me on anymore. they don't have the courage. >> never one to not speak his mind. coming up on the show, somebody else who speaks his mind, rush limbaugh was blocked from owning an nfl team. if you have seven children by six women in five states, an nfl team will pay your child support in advance. we'll talk about that story. >> that's good. i have the feeling jesse doesn't like that either. a dad banned from sponsoring his little league baseball team because he sells guns for a living. is that fair? >> and lindsay lohan says this e trade commercial is clearly about her. and she wants millions. what? >> happy birthday to, that's right, barbie is 51 years old today. she made her debut oh so long ago. 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that's volatility in the market. taken care of. wolf style. >> oh! >> [howling] >> and that milk-aholic lindsay wasn't over? >> lindsay? >> milk a what? >> oh, milk-aholic, lindsay. >> she wants reportedly $100 million for her pain and suffering. a lawyer for the group that made the spot says it just used a popular baby name. so stop it. >> that's a quick look at what's happening in the world of sports. it's free agency time in the nfl and no longer a san diego charger, now a new york jet, he has been signed by new york to play alongside terrell revus in that backfield. the team that was one step away from the super bowl. that's not the real story. real story is he cut a good deal and he's a very talented player but he's not supposed to get paid until week one of the nfl season. he asked for some advance money. >> he needed the advanced money. >> he's apparently doing more than playing football in his private time. this is kind of sad, folks. this guy has seven children by six different mothers. sorry, i have to look down on my paper for the math of the whole thing. in five different states. and his salary is $1.7 million next year. i don't know what he was paid last year but apparently did not have enough to make all the child support payments. jets have given him $500,000 advance on his salary to be able to pay these mothers. now, here's what he says about the whole thing. this is what somebody said referring to him. this is his unfortunate burden and he's taking care of it. >> it is unfortunate. and it is a burden. and he says, "i made some wrong decisions my first two years in the nfl and now i have to take responsibility to be a father." that's good. good thing to take responsibility for your children but great he has the nfl and the jets with the deep pockets to make that possible. >> right. he said i can't go to off season training until i make my payments by march 22nd. so he had a five year, $12 million contract like all of us you blow the first $12 million and then realize i better save for a rainy day so he evidently all of it's gone. he signed it in 2006 and he can get back on his feet. so hopefully these kids have a chance to -- and these moms have a chance to stand up on their own, have a place to live and go to school. >> right. i don't think we're saying that he should not have the money to pay the child support. it really affected me as a parent to hear that he thought that his kids were a burden. >> rush limbaugh was not worthy to own a team in the national football league because why? because he's a conservative talk show host? they thought that was -- >> a little bit of a double standard. >> that was too controversial? >> seven children, six women, five states. how do you keep it all straight? meanwhile, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be innifringed. that may be your second amendment right. it's having an impact on a man's desire to sponsor a youth baseball team. he owns constitution arms, a gun sales business and he joins us live so he can tell me how to pronounce his last name. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you, sir? >> you wanted to sponsor your son's baseball team. >> i did. >> and you went to the town. maplewood, new jersey. >> i did. >> and they said? >> they said no, i approached them back in october, my son had played baseball for a couple of years and i thought, well, i'll try to support the team. and we went back and forth, emailed the letters and they countered with an offer. >> they have a lot of businesses that support teams, right? >> correct. >> they had a problem with you because? >> and there's a huge need. >> yeah. my taxes are pretty high. i guess they don't need my $300. can i get a tax refund, perhaps? >> why do they object to you and your business? >> they said they didn't like the word arms. i said how about guns? they said no. >> that might get a different opinion. take a look at one of the rejection letters they sent to you. the committee asked me to thank you for constitution arms offer to sponsor a team in the south orange maplewood youth baseball league. the executive committee of the league voted yet not to accept constitution arms as a sponsor. committee did not give a reason for its decision. very interesting. i find this story fascinating, matt, because i have gotten so many requests for different little leagues where i live in connecticut saying we need businesses, we need parents to volunteer to coach. if you don't step up to the plate, no pun intended, your kid will not play on the team. >> what i found sort of galling is who they do allow as a sponsor is this cluck you chicken, which is a play on profanity. that didn't raise a couple of eyebrows, feather and perhaps a wing? >> describe the graphic t-shirt for cluck you chicken. >> can i do that on tv? it's a cartoon character in a bikini, shall i say. >> on a kid's t-shirt. >> and the caption was "big breasts, luscious, juicy thighs and luscious legs." >> and that's ok? >> that's ok for children. but a firearm which is -- >> constitution arms. >> rooted in our culture and tradition and a second amendment right which will soon apply in new jersey come june when we win mcdonald vs. chicago, we're winning that and these guys are upset about that. >> now you're also -- you found another team to sponsor. >> i did. morris rugby.org. shamelessly plugging them. there's their tie, theirs their shirt. they told they'd be proud to have me as a sponsor. >> why do you have a spoon in your lapel? >> that's my new business card. i'm spoon, i stir up trouble. >> can you give one of those to jesse venture? >> he stirs up trouble, too. >> this is youth rugby, flag rugby, i don't know the first thing about rugby. i guess i better learn pretty quick. >> ultimately, your town had a problem -- is it a leftie town? 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>> has nothing to do with the military per se. it's just a danger. it was right after 9/11. and we just said now is not the time to join. we as parents were afraid for his life. he came home one day and he joined at age 18. >> you were inspired by 9/11>> i knew i was going to join the military since fifth grade. it was inevitable, that was going to happen. >> i didn't know that. >> you're learning something on the couch as well. take a look at on excerpt from the book because you're so candid in your account of what you went through. i don't know what's going to happen to us here. just in case, you're the best family in the world. i love each and every one of you and i'm glad i'm doing what i can to keep you guys safe. you say that most americans ju take our safety for granted and suddenly you find yourself in a situation where it's your own son over there fighting or our freedom. >> right. i hate to say this, i was one of those people before he joined. i took the military for granted, you know, took our safety for granted. until you have a stake in it, that's when you start watching the news and find out whaet goi -- what's going on around the country and around the world. >> you became a marine mom when michael shot the highest point in his platoon. >> that's correct. >> how far was it to get the expert badge? >> up to 500 yards. >> 500 yards and you hit your target dead on. >> yes. >> you call your mom and tell her and you said it was like what? >> actually, it was boot camp so it was a letter. they're not allowed to call for three months. it was a letter and we were so proud of him. and i immediately called my husband and then when i began to explain this to anybody who would listen, you know, they were just really like, oh, that's nice. and i knew right then and there, they don't really get it. and that's when i knew -- >> you felt like another child had gotten a perfect score on the s.a.t.'s. that's what you equate to. >> exactly right. >> you put this book together, you want to help other people, other military families, right? >> other military families and really nonmilitary families. i feel it's important they should read what it's like to have a son in the military. what he goes through, what the families go through. the worry you have every single day when they're deployed. you know, you go to work and you don't say anything to anybody. you just keep it all inside and i think that's why i wrote it all down. >> it's an amazing account and very candid as i've mentioned, it's called "courage and faith." you can go to foxnews.com for information about the book. thank you for your service, michael who is now a firefighter by the way. thank you for being our guests. >> thank you very much. >> does the president need to head back to math class? 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(guitar music) >> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, march 9, 2010. thank you for sharing your morning with us. hundreds of middle eastern students arrested now for paying americans to take tests at colleges so that they can stay in this country and keep their visas. what were they up to and why the heck didn't anyone notice until now? >> president obama low marks for how he's handling terrorism suspects and the new poll says america less respected? how does that happen? steve? >> meanwhile, brian, the textbooks our kids read could be changing drastically with one vote. we are live in in austin, texas with that. our slogan this hour comes from scott in michigan. my fox morning friends on the couch with a curve, they help start my day, giving me boldness and nerve! >> you're watching "fox & friends"! that's the great way to begin your day. >> thank you, mr. cane. live from studio e, it is a tuesday live from new york. you're watching the planet's number one cable morning news show for 100 months. thanks to you. thank you. >> all right. thank you so much. and we start this morning with the fox news alert. a fatal shooting on the ohio state university campus this morning. one person has died. two others have been shot. o.s.u. police say the suspect now in custody. the two victims are in the hospital. one in critical condition, the other in stable. the shooting apparently happened just after 4:00 a.m. local time. the victims were not students. a press conference being held right now. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. pakistan now says an american al-qaida operative under arrest is not american adam gadahn seen here. instead, it's another wanted american, abu yaya, a pennsylvania native and suspected al-qaida operative. he has been transferred to islamabad for interrogation. gadahn, considered a top propagandaist for al-qaida unfortunately still at large. looking at new video out of afghanistan where defense secretary robert gates touring various cities throughout the country. earlier, he said the president of iran is double dealing. mahmoud ahmadinejad is heading to afghanistan tomorrow to show he supports the afghan government. gates says iran is "playing a double game" by trying to woo the afghan government while at the same time undermining u.s. efforts by helping the taliban. representative eric massa goes out swinging as he officially resigns from congress. the new york democrat says his own party leaders set him up in a sexual harassment investigation to get rid of him before the health care vote. >> mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill and this administration and this house leadership have said, "they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill." and now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. you connect the dots. >> massa also called white house chief of staff rahm emanuel the devil's spawn for apparently getting in his face while in a gym locker room shower. it was because massa wasn't going to vote, he claims, for the president's budget. a wild scene out of houston after two rodeo workers are hurt when a raging bull gets out of its pen. a cowboy lassoed it. not before the two employees were sent to a hospital. radio officials say the bull got out through a broken gate. those are your headlines. >> here cow. here cow! wouldn't you like for -- ever find yourself in college and say to yourself, i wish there was somebody in the mid 40's who could take my test who knew the answers already. if i only had $1400, that could happen. it might be fun if you're an american student and say this is illegal and this is wrong. ok, i'm trying to take a short cut. but what if you're from a middle eastern nation and there's a bunch of students and you got here on a visa because you were a student and you can stay here on a visa because you're a student if you pass. now, you wonder, why would you come here and not learn? >> but you're looking at pictures of a 46-year-old man. that's the guy brian was talking about. his name is daniel higgins. he has spent the last seven years in various colleges. not because he's been kicked out but because he has been paid by up to 120 students from various middle eastern countries to sit in classes and take tests and essentially just put in face time with the teacher for them. keep in mind, these are students who are here on student visas. >> only 20's. >> in the teens in some cases. and so he and business was so good because he was paid thousands of dollars, he actually had a staff and at one point, this is the part that should have set an alarm whistle, he hired a blond woman to take tests for middle eastern men whose names were on fake driver's licenses. >> i hate to be the cynic but why not? they were getting away with it this funny business, you know, it's so irritating and angry and i think most of our viewers will feel the same way, that a 46-year-old guy could first of all be in college. doing this for seven to 10 years and then under the name of andullah, i'm sorry. that might be the first red flag and to have a blond woman. the bigger concern this morning, why were these students paying him to take these tests so they could keep their visas in the u.s.? an official who will come up on our show at 8:30 says some of these guys might actually be national security threats. so what was the motive and what are they up to right now? >> about six have been detained and they're questioning them right now and two of them -- the names are there. some were students to find out what their motivation. >> they're looking for 20 more. this guy had it down cold. he had an apparatus to manufacture fake i.d.'s. if a guy came in and his name was abdel rahman and said i'm from jordan. can you take tests for me? i would take the picture of the person who would be hired to take the test for him, put that on a fake i.d. and put the guy's name on it so it would match the school record and the experts say that if the picture on the i.d. is of the person who is sitting in the chair, even though they think wait a minute, that face doesn't match that name, they'll wind up getting to take the test. >> all right. i get that but when you got a blond woman, unless she's got a wig on. >> yeah. i don't get that. >> that's a little tougher to try -- >> we have an ice agent coming on in about an hour, 8:30, hour and a half, we'll discuss this further. meanwhile, it's 6 minutes after the top of the hour. a new poll by democracy core and you'll be fascinate by the results. >> these are two left wing organizations and they're taking the poll of the nation and it's interesting. 51% of you feel that -- do not like the way that barack obama is handling terror. your opinion on the prosecution interrogation of terror suspects is, 51% of you don't like it. >> all right. the approval rating is 44%. is the u.s. more or less respected in the world. this is a very important question because barack obama made great strides at least according to his administration in making sure that the rest of the world liked us in the last year. 41% say that the u.s. is more respected now. 51% say that we're less respected now. that's a very surprising number. >> so it's, i think, globally, they've done studies like this in europe and the middle east and our profile has been change for the positive. but this is how americans feel about how we are being perceived overseas. >> right. and especially surprising after he won that nobel peace prize in his first year. also, scott reed, a g.o.p. strategist says "the obama strategy of speaking loudly and carrying no stick has caught up with this white house and is beginning to remind voters of jimmy carter all over." >> and they say predominantly he seems to be losing women. >> yeah. >> and those polls are of likely voters. meanwhile, a textbook battle is brewing in texas. the texas textbook wars. and this could have a major impact on what your children learn in school no matter where you live. >> and joining us now from austin where the hearings will take place later today is peter doocy. all right, peter, help me understand this. it could be up to one vote where then -- if that vote goes through, kids will no longer learn about the constitution? >> well, that could be among the possible changes that they're discussing. gretchen, later on today in this building right behind me, that's where the texas state board of education is going to be meeting and among other things on their agenda are the proposed changes if they want to make any changes to their children's textbooks and that's not just important to people here in the lone star state, that's important to people in 90% of schools. that's how many schools buy the textbooks that were designed for texas for the state board of education. this is what they're looking at. this is a look at proposed changes. there's a lot of green and red. just here on the first page, they're getting rid of the term reconstruction and great depression and even a biography of dwight eisenhower, the former general and president and then they have a list of proposed changes to historical figures trying to figure out who is important enough for the kids to learn about. just in a through c, they're getting rid of james baker and daniel boone but adding caesar chavez. i'm talking to the american federation of teachers, texas chapter and i asked them how is this so political and she said that teachers and people with actual learning classroom experience about what should be going in these textbooks have been consulted but they've been ignored. listen to what she told me. >> they have become very disillusioned in the process where they have seen their work, basically, discarded or overlooked for the state board members putting in their own ideas in lieu of the practitioner's ideas. >> right and so not only are teachers disillusioned but a lot of people are as well. tomorrow, right behind me in this whole area, they're expecting several hundred or more protesters and we'll be right here. guys? >> all right. peter doocy live down in austin. good job. it's interesting, coming up in about 10 minutes, we'll speak with one of the teachers who will be testifying about these proposed changes. i mean, to think about it, they might strike from the social studies and history books mention of christmas, veterans day, independence day, george washington, lincoln. >> it's crazy. it is so crazy. hopefully that will not be the case. we'll continue to follow it for you here on fox. >> you know who is upset about it? >> who? martina navritilova. right before the tennis match, she came up to me and said what is it about kids today in their country, they don't care about history. we learn more about history when you become immigrants. maybe she was trying to psych me out before our big match. >> she was my teammate. >> it wasn't her forehand. >> she also hit me in the chest with the ball. a little intimidating. >> none of her tennis tactics. coming up on the show, new changes to medicaid create a new class of americans who have zero incentive to work like a welfare state. closer look coming up next. >> real life bridezilla caught on camera. fists start flying over a dress. it's mine, i'll look better in it. >> you can have it, brian. >> ok. 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(announcer progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >> under the democrats' proposed health reform, more people will become eligible for medicaid. that's state aid. will that give americans less incentives to work? are we just creating what some fear to be a welfare state? peter johnson jr. has done the math and here for the prescription of truth. yesterday, the president fired up in philadelphia. he'll be in missouri on wednesday and at which point he says we have to pass this health care bill. the results will be if it does pass and it looks almost, dare i say, likely now. >> and the president resorting to the great jewish scholar when he says if not now, when? and an impassioned moral plea to americans and that's all fine and good. if that's what america wants and that's where we're going. but we have to consider what the consequences are. when you take people, ages 18 and 19 to 34 who are able bodied, who are men, who don't have children and you say, we're now going to give you health insurance. >> and we're going to let you stay on your parents' health insurance until you're 26. >> we're going to give you health insurance. if you're a drug abuser or an alcohol abuser, we'll now give you health insurance. medicaid has been a program in the past for the disabled, for the blind, for pregnant women, for the most vulnerable people in our society but now, under the guise of reducing premiums, we're going to add 15 million people who would not formally qualify for medicaid and say, this is the new welfare state. now, under the law, that's fine. but that's what we want to do. are we prepared to pay for that? >> states have to balance their budgets and they can't afford medicaid as it is, therefore, if medicaid standards are lowered or expanded, they have to get additional federal money to supplement so everybody gets the cornhusker kickback. >> which means additional federal taxes but nobody gets the cornhusker kickback because you and i and our audience have to pay for it in the end. the president is saying, ok, my plan is going to reduce deficits. it's going to reduce costs. it's going to reduce premiums but then we see how it's being financed. we see that for the next many years, we will pay taxes but it won't kick in until 2014. so -- >> if it's such an emergency, why don't we get it right away? >> plus, we're financing -- we're financing the program with dollars now without getting the benefits of it at all. so we have to consider as americans do we want to go the way of denmark, sweden, france, germany, u.k., italy, greece, norway, do we shift our welfare state from a mixed system, mostly capitalist, mostly democratic, to mostly welfare? will people want to work? >> when we first started this debate, people kept saying canada has it right. canada has it right. and the more you work the lines on the radio show, the more you read the emails and twitter and all the different accounts you realize canada doesn't have it right. the latest example is the prime minister of newfoundland that comes down to florida to get his heart operation. he doesn't want to wait in line or use archaic method of having his ribs cracked to get in there and work on his heart. >> it's true. it's fine to appeal to our conscience. it's fine to appeal to our moral beliefs. we have to make a determination that fairness and the equality, is that a basis for a growing economy. do we want to pay for everyone to have health care in this country and do we want to not incentivize themselves to work as we have done in the past? >> you have posed it, the current system against a welfare state. the president doesn't want to have that opposition. he has created the enemy in the health insurance industry who has fired back today, the head of the american health institute says -- insurance agency says we don't deserve to be vilified like we were yesterday. the facts are the facts. every dollar we have in profits, every dollar we make, only $0.01 goes to profits. one penny. >> this has become about polemics, propaganda, campaigns. i say let's look at the numbers and let's look at transformative redistribution in our society. are we going to tax our way to a different society forever? and once you get the benefit, will it ever be given up? >> thanks, peter. we'll catch with you tomorrow as this debate continues. imagine your kid not learning about the revolution, the constitution, our founding fathers, the texas board of education wants it to happen, it looks like. next, a lifelong teacher fighting to preserve american history. a fight she never thought she'd have and the food police could be at it again. researchers say taxes should be used in the fight against obesity and you won't believe how much they want to charge you. 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>> well, when i heard about these changes, i just felt like i had to speak out. and give my opinion on what should be done. >> mr. wood, who is pushing for the fact that maybe they should -- they should take out references to, as i mentioned a moment ago, independence day, the founding fathers, christmas, stuff like that. who is pushing for that? >> i believe that some left wing friends and liberals are pushing for this and -- and i'm on the other side of this. and my entire family, i come from a family of teachers and we're just -- we just look at the other point of view. >> i've been reading a lot about this, what's going on down in texas. meanwhile, the other side says that people on the school board who are against these changes are just trying to put their conservative imprint on the textbooks. what do you say to that? >> well, i don't -- i feel like that what texas deserves is the honest truth and that's all we're trying to do is preserve the truth of our heritage, i believe that judeo christian values play an important role in american history and the founding of this republic. and most texans that i know, i believe, that they -- these values deserve their due. >> sure. >> well, the word for a lot of parents in a lot of other states is the fact that as i mentioned a moment ago, about 90% of america's textbooks are based on what goes on in front of that board and they manufacture the textbooks for texas and other states buy them as well. ultimately, though, you in the education business for 35 years, you got to worry about the dumbing down of america. >> absolutely. these values and persons have dealt us well over the years and i think have helped preserve our freedom in this great republic that we have. >> all right. tom wood, former social studies teacher that will be testifying tomorrow in front of the texas board. thank you, sir, for joining us live today from austin. >> thank you for having me. >> you bet. >> thank you very much. >> all right, sir, thank you. 26 minutes after the top of the hour. leaders of immigrant rights groups blasting president obama. they say that the president has betrayed them. and you can get just about anything on line these days. well, now you can even rent a friend on the internet. for $25 a month. and then, a bride-to-be gets into a fight at the dress shop and it's caught on camera naturally. we're going to show it to you in slow motion. when you're living with bipolar depression... ...it's easy to feel like you're fading into the background. that's because bipolar depression doesn't just affect you. it can consume you. one option proven effective to treat bipolar depression... is seroquel xr. for many, it's one pill, once a day. here is some important safety information you should be aware of. call your doctor if you have unusual changes in mood, behavior... ...or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children... ...teens and young adults. elderly dementia patients taking seroquel xr have an increased risk of death. call your doctor if you develop fever... ...stiff mcles, and confusion as these may be signs of a life-threatening reaction... ...or if you have uncontrollable muscle movements as these could become permanent. high blood sugar has been reported with seroquel xr and medicines like it... ...and in extreme cases can lead to coma or death. tell your doctor if you have a history of low white ood cell count... ...or seizures. your doctor should check for cataracts. other risks include increased cholesterol and triglycerides, weight gain... ...dizziness on standing, drowsiness, impaired judgment, and trouble swallong. use caution before driving or operating machinery. learn more about bipolar depression and questions to ask your doctor at seroquelxr.com bipolar depression... ...doesn't have to consume you. take the step today and ask your doctor... ...whether seroquel xr is... ...right for you. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. i had a great time. me too. you know, i just got out of a bad relatio... it's okay. thanks. goodnight. goodnight. 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>> i have seen tornadoes up close, yeah. it is scary. >> i survived one in my house. >> hit one of her houses. >> yeah, minnesota has a lot of tornadoes. the mascot at my high school, tornadoes. you got to do other weather? sorry, i'm looking at the teleprompter. >> going to show the maps and what kind of day we have ahead weatherwise. look at this, big thunderstorm activity all the way through portions of the central plains earlier now. it's moving through the mississippi valley. a little bit of snow up in portions of minnesota and the dakotas right now and also some gulf coast storms as well to greet you on this tuesday. temperatures throughout the northeast, look at this, kind of a poo-poo platter of temperatures. 20's, 30's and 40's all the way from great state of maine down through the mid atlantic and back through the northern plains. 50 already in k.c. and memphis and 60 in new orleans. later on today, it's going to be really nice. temperaares in the 80's in lower portions of texas. 78 today in san antone. 70 in raleigh. should be 60 degrees in memphis, tennessee. you were saying? >> i was. let's look at this real bridezilla in michigan all caught on camera. there's the bride-to-be in pink. walking into a bridal shop with her family. owner had to refuse to alter her dress and the fists start flying. police arrested three family members of the bride. the damage from the fight estimated at about $20,000. oh, my goodness. weddings spark so much stress and sometimes fights like that. >> even at the wedding. >> meanwhile, feel a little lonely? need someone who see a movie with you? now, you can, good news, rent a friend. you can list yourself for free to be rented out at rent-a-friend.com. it will cost you $25 a month to shop for friends. there are currently 1,200 members and the founder stresses the web site is not a place for personals or escorts and the web site's rules specifically ban physical contact. although you got to figure if you become really good friends, there could be some of that stuff. >> the key to being a good friend. >> good listener. i believe that. >> so basically you can get paid by sitting there silently. >> just nodding. >> like we will. >> thank you very much. what does march mean? march madness. we're getting closer. more invitations handed out to the big dance. sienna, that school outside albany, ok in albany, once again, they won 72-65 over fairfield. they take the metro atlantic conference. 22 points and 12 rebounds. this as old dominion punched their ticket to the big dance with a 60-53 victory over william & mary where jon stewart went to school. more bad news in football. big ben roethlisberger in trouble again, second time in two years. georgia police say they will interview the pittsburgh quarterback soon over another sexual assault allegation. this time a 20-year-old college student says she was assaulted last friday in an encounter with roethlisberger at a georgia nightclub. his lawyer says no assault occurred. two time super bowl winner is being sued by a woman who claims he raped her two years ago at a hotel in lake tahoe casino and he's countersued saying that didn't happen. tiger woods back in the news. a former british champion reveals his pal tiger changed his number five times in the past year alone. here's what he was told golf.com. he says, i didn't think about it. in the course of the last year, he changed his number five times. the last time he did it, i said man, you change your phone number more than i change underwear. interesting. tiger is seen working with swing coach hank haney, working out by his house in time for a run at the masters next month much the word is, though, he could be playing at arnold palmer's tournament in a couple of weeks. and now, there's word that his caddie, long time caddie steve williams who spoke out from new zealand and said he was mad at tiger for doing what he did, rumor is he's going to get fired for speaking out against tiger. >> how were we at listening? >> you were very good at listening. >> i'm very good at listening. >> in your case, you have i.f.p. to talk to somebody else. >> that's right. if you'd like to rent a producer. >> let's talk about this this morning. it has to do with something else. >> those are the ones currently available. >> they don't have any time to rent out as friends, they're busy putting together this show every day that's a big huge job. some things that people are upset at president obama right now. that has to do with immigration reform. health care has been front and center. president obama has the left angry with him about health care because it's not liberal enough including a public option and now immigration rights groups are angry at obama for not passing immigration reform that would legalize all of the immigrants that are illegally here currently. >> yeah. look, a lot of these immigration rights groups supported barack obama when he was senator running for president and they leveled the ultimate slam against him yesterday. they said, look, he's worse than bush. we want him to have a full moratorium on illegals getting deported. they want the -- they want it absolutely to stop. the administration says look, the crackdowns we're doing are on workplaces where employers are abusing immigrants. >> 12 grassroots groups are going to start rallying and i believe they have a date picked out where they'll go to washington and rally and say what about us? this is the quote, never in my wildest dreams did i think a president would have a record like this. he hasn't addressed it. president bush considered by many to be -- his policies were favorably looked at by the hispanic community, number one. number two is what do you expect the president to do? if he's going to spend eight months on health care in a very divisive debate, if it does get passed, what about the next day? do you realize how bitter some people will be if they pass this by reconciliation, how many on the other side will be looking to cave in when it comes to immigration, another massive issue in this country if they feel they were dissed during the last eight months during the health care debate. >> something i found ironic is these groups are actually upset at the record number of deportations last year. they're upset at that. and they say now that they will make their mark when they go to the polls for the midterm elections. you'll have people who are upset at obama for other reasons about immigration and health care on one side, the independents and now you'll have the far left upset at him as well. very interesting irony. but remember yesterday when we told you about lindsay graham, the south carolina senator and why would he do a deal about khalid sheikh mohammed and gitmo? maybe because he's also working with the president on the next thing with immigration. he's now working with chuck schumer and the president to potentially come up with i.d. cards for workers so that people who are hiring immigrants would know whether or not they are here in this country legally or not. so is this why lindhy graham is also working with him on the gitmo side of things? >> also working with him on cap and trade. >> sure. he's doing a lot of bipartisan stuff. but the thing about this national worker i.d. card is that it wouldn't just be for immigrants, it would be for all of us. because apparently what they would like to do is they would like to make sure that if somebody shows up for work, they are in this country legally and presumably you wouldn't be able to get one of these cards if you were in the country illegally although these guys are pretty smart, these traffickers and they probably will be able to sell them. >> they can call daniel higgins, guy that was taking the tests for all the people. >> yeah, the 26-year-old. >> he might be able to help them out with those cards. >> it's one story. it all comes back to higgins like a seinfeld episode. 19 minutes before the top of the hour. long time republican donor stops the money train and closes his checkbook. he's ashamed of his party for using fear tactics like these. >> can a rubber ducky be bad for your health? yes, some dads put themselves on the line, their health to find the hidden dangers of things we use every day. all that stuff, we're going to tell you about coming up next. >> that duck would sink. it has a hole in it. >> trivia question of the day -- ? eating healthy is important, but only vegetables can give you vegetable nutrition. one of these will get you more than half way to your five daily servings. v8. what's your number? >> under scrutiny for making a caricature of president obama and democratic leaders calling, well, called it the evil empire that was designed for a republican fundraising campaign, as you know. we talked about this last week. r.n.c. chair michael steele had to say about the controversial campaign. >> trust me, this is not the kind of presentation i want to make to staffers that i want to be made to our donors and anyone else because it cheapens the political process. >> now a long time r.n.c. donor is saving his money for something else. he sent a letter saying he'll no longer contribute. good morning to you, mark. why did you decide to write a letter to michael steele? >> first of all, i agree with him that this is just bad behavior. but i started a disability project last year and we asked people to commit to three things. be civil in their public behavior and speech. to be respectful of others, whether or not we agree with them, and thirdly, to stand against incivility when we see it and i think this campaign violated the first two parts of that pledge and i think to speak out against it, it's consistent with the third part of this pledge. that's why i decided to do something about it. >> you're a member of the r.n.c. program, giving top donors. you gave $15,000 in 2008 and you have not given in this cycle. anything the republicans can do to get you back? michael steele was separating him from that campaign. >> a lot has to happen to change the tone. i'm as conservative as anybody i know. i disagree with this president's policies pretty much across the board. but i don't think he's the anti-christ as many people seem to think and say. i don't think he's the joker. i think we have serious issues in this country that deserve better treatment than this sort of depiction. look, speaker pelosi is not nazi pelosi as one conservative radio talk show host refers to her every day. i don't think -- i don't think it's effective. i think it's wrong. i think it's an insult to -- >> let me ask you this, mark, because dirty politics is almost an oxymoron. politics dirty is in politics and we're reporting the story today about rahm emanuel, chief of staff apparently, you know, threatening people with a finger to the chest and naked with eric massa and so it seems to go on both sides of the political fence. is it naive to think that we would be able to take all negativity out of politics? >> well, it might be naive but i don't think that's a reason to not try. i agree, it's dirty on both sides. it's a contact sport. and i'd like to see us, though, get back to the point or get to the point where we debate issues on the strength of words and ideas and not this sort of nonsense and it is, it's bad on both sides. i'm trying to address it on the conservative side. i'd like some liberals to address it on the liberal side. >> when you hear back from michael steele, we'd love to have you back on and see if he was able to win you back in the republican camp or not. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> coming up on the show, this guy, a dad, turned himself into a human guinea pig who ate and inhaled products around his house to see just how dangerous they really are. >> but first, on this day in 1976, west pointe accepted its first female cadet. in 1985 the nation's first adopt a sign went up on texas highway 69 and -- >> number one song on this date in 1988, i know you remember this one, brian "never gonna give you up". it's so good. it's mday, some people will stick with their old way of getting vitamins and minerals. others will try incredible total raisin bran. with 100% of the daily value of 11 essential vitamins and minerals, juicy raisins and crunchy whole grain flakes. guess it's all about what kind of crunch you like. how are you getting 100%? >> emanuel lewis is the answer to the trivia question of the day and the winner is karen from new jersey. congratulations, karen. >> you're about to meet a real life human guinea pig. the guy you're about to meet ate and inhaled dozens of everyday products around his house from shampoo to children's toys. he wanted to see how dangerous they are to your health and what he found is shocking. >> joining us with the results is the co-author of "slow death by rubber duck." g good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we've done all these things as well. you did a little experiment, ala morgan sperlock who ate at mcdonald's every day. you didn't eat at mcdonald's. you did all the stuff that our kids do and within what period of time did your b.p.a. level which is toxic stuff in your bloodstream spike? >> 48-hour period of basically drinking out of a plastic baby bottle, heating food in a microwave container and our b.p.a. levels went up 7 1/2 times. >> what is b.p.a.? >> it's a chemical that is used in these hard plastic and it's linked to a number of health problems, primarily with kids. it's a hormone disrupting chemical that affects reproductive systems and so not a good thing to have in baby bottles. >> so scary because so many of these things are commonplace items in our homes. we heard about the big outrage about the bottles last year. but how many of us don't get home in our busy lives and heat up our lunch and dinner in one of these? you say no. >> that's right. >> use a glass container. >> why? >> because the chemicals come on the of your plastic when you're heating it and end up in your food. >> something else, no stick frying pans and stuff like that. what's the matter with that? >> again, there's a synthetic chemical that lines the frying pan. if you put it on your stove and heat it up on high for 10 minutes and you have a canary in your kitchen, it will kill the canary. the toxic fumes off that. >> you're not serious. >> i am serious. >> instead, you say use stainless steel. >> stainless steel, cast iron, enam enamel. there are a number of options out there. >> who doesn't have one of these cute critters in their bathtub with their kids. this will kill you, too? >> i'm not sure it will kill you. it's something you don't want to have your little kid again chewing on in the bathtub. there's a chemical in the rubber duck and again, it's a synthetic chemical, hormone disrupting chemical and it affects how kids' bodies and brains develop. >> sure. at the top of your list, tuna. >> tuna. i happened to love tuna. i love fish and fish is good for everyone, as we know. there is a problem with tuna in that it has mercury and mercury is a potent neurotoxin so it affects our brains. you want to be careful particularly if you're pregnant, you shouldn't be eating any tuna at all. >> right. we were discussing the mercury levels. other quick thing i want to get to is fragrance. kids, you know when you go to your store with your child and they take out their shampoo, they want the one that smells the best. not a good idea. >> rain forest or a strawberry patch. why are fragrances bad? >> the same chemical in the rubber duck is also in fragrant products, personal care products. and it helps give it that really fragrant smell. >> that's one of the things in your vinyl shower curtain, you say if you have a vinyl shower curtain get rid of it. >> why? >> same thing, it's got these -- in fact, you might recall if you open a package of the vinyl shower curtain, you get that sort of waft coming off it. >> wow. never thought about it that way. and you did all these things and you got unhealthy. how did you get healthy again? >> well, we -- the thing is, you know, unlike "supersize me" we basically did things that millions of americans do every day. we didn't do crazy stuff. we just did basic, basic things in our homes and saw these huge levels so the simple thing to do is just stop exposing yourself to these products, buy unscented products, eat organic food, don't eat too much tuna. it's common sense in a lot of ways. >> if you want to read all about it, check out the book. "slow death by rubber duck." thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> is handshaking ok? >> handshaking is very much ok. >> as long as it's not swine flu season. thanks, bruce. a stranger by the day, former congressman eric massa reveals a bizarre story about rahm emanuel. it involves a locker room without a towel! >> oh, man. let's hope we don't have pictures. rush limbaugh was blocked from owning a piece of an nfl team. however, if you have seven children by six women in five states, the nfl apparently won't blink an eye. they'll even pay for your kids with some money up front. that story straight ahead on this tuesday "fox & friends." ♪ wellbeing. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nuture it in your cat... with a full family of excellent nutrition... and helpful resources. ♪ purina cat chow. share a better life. >> gretchen: good tuesday morning to you, march 9, 2010. eric massa steps down. but he's not staying quiet. he's revealing the story about a naked encounter with rahm emanuel. laura ingram here to weigh in on that. >> steve: we won't show her pictures. rush limbaugh blocked from own ago piece of an nfl team. why is one team helping a guy who, not married to the six women who he has five children by, in five states? >> brian: how does having a change of heart. movies once passed by president bush. our slogan comes from sue in houston. the fun and knowledge never ends when you start your day with "fox & friends." >> this is joan rivers and you're watching "fox & friends." >> steve: welcome aboard. we've got laura ingram going to join us in just a moment. we've got plenty to talk to her about, including the naked exchange between a u.s. congressman and rahm emanuel that has electrified washington. >> no money for shower curtains. no shower curtains in congress. >> steve: we heard from our last guest you should get rid of them. you think that's why they don't have any at the house gym? >> brian: that's a great point. >> gretchen: let's do headlines before we get to laura ingram. new video from the scene of a fatal shooting at ohio state university that happened overnight. officers held a press conference less than an hour ago. >> on arrival, university officers confirmed a shooting involved three university employees. repeat, university employees. none are students. one employee is dead, the other two were transported to osu hospital where one is in critical condition. the other is stable. >> gretchen: osu police say the suspect is in custody. they're working on a motive. the shooting happened at 3:30 a.m. local time near the football stadium. no names have been released. classes will be held today. another fox news alert, new video out of afghanistan this morning where defense secretary robert gates is touring various cities throughout the country. he visited with the troops this morning and said they are at the top of the sphere. earlier he said the president of iran is double dealing. ahmadinejab is heading to afghanistan tomorrow to show that he supports the afghan government. but gates said iran is, quote, playing the double game by trying to woo the afghan government by undermining u.s. by helping the taliban. sex offender charged with murdering chelsea king may be charged with another murder. he's being eyed in the death of 14-year-old amber dow bois. she vanished last year on her way to school. her remains were not found until saturday in san diego. another stuck gas pedal in toyota prius. this time a driver says his car sped up to 94 miles per hour on a busy california freeway. he had to call police and it's unbelievable, they actually could help him slow down. >> standing on the brake pedal, looking out the window at him and he said, push the emergency brake, too. i laid on both of them and it finally started slowing down right then and went to 55. >> that gentleman turned off the engine and coasted to a stop. just to be safe, the officer actually slid in front of the car with his or her vehicle. the guy says this toyota dealer told him two weeks ago that his vehicle was not on the recall list. >> brian: if you're in a prius today and you see that footage, how secure can you feel? that's what i read the last time i travel. it took me an hour to figure out how to get it going. they found that car, by the way that was stolen. >> steve: by the way, i made a mistake. i said five children by six women. that would have been really neat. it was seven children by six women in five states. oops. laura ingram is joining us right now from our nation's capitol. good morning to you, ma'am. how are you? >> by the way, there is an app for that. [ laughter ] >> steve: is there an app for where is the president today pushing health care, 'cause yesterday he was at arcadia, the university outside of phily. he's in campaign mode and he was saying, get out there, tell your neighbors and if somebody says something that doesn't sound right, go no, no, no, that is wrong, wrong, wrong. >> they're back to the full campaign mode. remember they did that at the beginning of this whole debate last summer. rat on your friends who are spreading things that are untrue. i thought i was gog take my sweater off just to be in full campaign mode. 'cause when he takes his jacket off. we're supposed to believe what he saying is actually true this time. i think all of this smacks of a little desperation on the part of the president. he should be able to get this thing through without last minute push. but i think they're concerned about having the votes and they know where the public opinion is. they know that the people don't want this. but they have to make everybody look like it's inevitable again. >> brian: he's still vilifying the insurance companies, saying it's their fault, they're the bad guys. >> profits! >> brian: the other thing, he messed up when he talked about saving a trillion dollars off the deficit. it's $132 billion. to be deficit neutral, he would have find $868 billion in money, i guess, fraud or bonuses. >> oh, yeah, that's going to happen. if they can't do basic math, which obviously we know charlie rangel can't at the house ways and means committee, so if the president can't do basic math, if tim geithner can't pay his tacks, there is no credibility on any of these fiscal issues. we all know now that when a new federal entitlement program is created, it ends up running big-time red ink. we know that. that's what happens every time we start one of these things. and this is no different. may i address the insurance issue for a moment? the ranking of insurance company profit, they make 2.2 cents on the dollar, is the profit structure. forbes in 2008, "forbes" magazine had an entire accounting of every industry and accounting. it ranked maybe 38th on the list. look, the president vilified profit making before. but right now where this economy is, you can't say you're for the free market in one speech and then go off on a tear against insurance companies on the next. it looks really silly. >> gretchen: in just a moment, you'll be able to take off your sweater because we're going to get to the naked story involving rahm emanuel. let's talk about how health care could actually go through now if bart stupak can be believed. remember, he is the democratic congressman who has been against it because of the abortion language, federal funding for abortion. he had maybe a dozen people who were going to go with him and vote no. now he seems to be saying that some sort of a deal could be in the works. he says, i'm more optimistic than i was a week ago. the president doesn't want to expand or restrict current language on abortion. it's never been our position. is there some language we can agree on that hits both points, we don't restrict or expand. abortion rights, i think we can get there. what does this say to you? >> it's clearly a disturbing sign for anyone who has major concerns with this legislation and very odd, gretchen, considering last week bart stupak said the abortion issue is just one of many issues in this bill and now it seems that, again, he's going to agree to some compromise which you know in the end is not going to really result in the federal government not funding abortion. it's just not going to happen. there are too many pro-abortion democrats out there who want abortion to be subsidized whether on indian reservations or in one of the, quote, qualified plans. bart stupak and the moderate democrats, if you're relying on them to stop health care reform, then you're probably up a tree. >> brian: if i'm right and you know better because you know the machinations of congress, this is what will happen. reconciliation will pass, this will pass the house, they want to get 214 votes. if they get it. then the president says, okay, i like that. i'll sign it. then they have to pledge to go back and change and fine tune some things. anthony wiener said they do not trust the senate to change anything. would bart stupak trust the senate to change or the president? i mean this is democrats not trusting each other. >> i know, you guys, that his staff watches "fox & friends." i'm going to look in the camera and say stand up for what you believe in. it's not worth making this compromise. for what? what's your whole life about if you're willing to be bought off by some promise if the white house is going to fix it with the senate later on. you know they won't and it's a further erosion of pro-life issues. >> steve: let's move on to a topic that electrified washington, d.c would he or would he not resign by 5:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon, we're talking about new york congressman eric massa. he did call it quits. when it was first announced, he talked about his bad health a number of days ago. then allegations of some sort of sexual harassment or inappropriate comment. now he is saying that he has been squeezed out of that chamber of congress because he was one of the votes against health care. not only that, but he rips rahm emanuel, the chief of staff, to the president. listen to 49 seconds of mr. massa. >> rahm emanuel is the son of a devil's spawn. he would sell his mother to get a vote. he would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive. if he doesn't like that, he can come to me personally. i was a congressman in my first eight weeks and i was in the congressional gym and i worked out, went into the showers, which by the way, i can't figure out why they took all the shower curtains off the shower stalls in the congressional showers. i'm sitting there showering, naked as a jay bird and here comes rahm emanuel, not even with a towel wrapped. poking his finger, yelling because i wouldn't vote for the president's budget. do you know how awkward it is? what the heck is he doing there? he does it to intimidate members of congress. >> steve: son of the devil's spawn. where do you start with that, laura? >> well, let me just say, we have finally -- i have an exclusive for "fox & friends." rahm emanuel actually arrived in the shower by crawling up through the drain. he didn't walk through. he went up through -- no, no. look. eric massa, a broken watch is right twice a day. so i would imagine that some of this is true and rahm emanuel, fancies himself a tough guy, former ballerina who now wears cement ballet shoes. he dances on people's faces to get them to do what he wants them to do. massa, a lot of lingering questions about him as well. i do think that they're right about the arm twisting and why he does need to go to the house gym to work out is beyond me. >> gretchen: didn't it cross your mind that women members of congress, they don't have to get the shower treatment from rahm emanuel. >> no. you're wrong. haven't you heard this story? ap is reporting this, christina roamer shows up in the house gym, the women's gym, and let me tell you, that is pressure. that's pressure. >> gretchen: all right. if you want to stick around because we want to talk to you about some other issues on the other side of the break. >> okay. >> gretchen: i think it's about the oscars and christianity and the war on terror and such. >> a good switch from naked men. >> gretchen: it is. >> brian: straight ahead, hollywood usually stays away from war and christian themes, so why did "hurt locker" and "the blind side" get oscars? the turn about when we come back. >> steve: hundreds of middle eastern students get arrested for paying americans to take their tests so they can stay in california. why didn't anybody notice? that's straight ahead. >> katherine bigelow con best director, beating her husband, james cameron. it was refreshing. not only to see a woman finally bin best director, but in a room full of trophy wives, to see one win a trophy, well, that's great. >> steve: "the hurt locker" and the "the blind side" have more in common than their oscar night wins. both tackled subject matter that the hollywood elite usually find objectionable, war and christianity. so is there a change of heart out in tinseltown? laura ingram continues the conversation with us. do you think "the hurt locker" would have been picture of the year if george bush were president of the united states at the time? >> well, i'm actually going to surprise you maybe with my answer. i think it would have. the reason is it's a fantastic film. >> steve: it is. >> unlike redacted or jarhead or lion for lambs, the films that were so heavy handed in their slams of the united states and our military involvement, this really was a character story, but it was a really close look at critical part of the mission. it was incredibly well done, well filmed, well acted. i think it's a great film. >> steve: i'm with you on it was a great film, but the people who vote in the academy, these are hollywood lefties, largely. >> but i understand that. but it wasn't a pro-war film. it wasn't anti---war film. it was a character story and a look into one aspect of the war that was just incredibly unusual in its presentation and incredibly well directed. and when an ex-wife is up against her ex-husband who is married for how many times has he been married, of course she's going to win. >> gretchen: how much more did that factor into it than actually the movie? let me get to the christianity aspect of the other movie, "the blind side." because i remember reading when sandra bullock decided to take this role on that she didn't want to take the role because of the christianity aspect of it. now i wonder how she feels about it, if she has an oscar. >> i like what she said when she accepted the award, attributed it to motherhood. this is a story of redemption, maybe it's a little bit of redemption against hollywood, too because these movies, if they're uplifting and well done, they'll actually do real well. hollywood needs to make money. it's a difficult time in the entertainment industry. so these movies actually sell. news flash, i hope they learn something. >> brian: i hope we do other movies about other offensive linemen. maybe this year on a set. >> only about you. i saw you yesterday in your always, you're very fit. look at you. you guys are the most fit morning show out there. >> brian: thank you very much, laura. you can't stop laura ingram. when she sees you, she walks right into my domain. >> gretchen, you're next. >> gretchen: great to see you. coming up, breaking news concerning the death of that seaworld trainer. now the park trying to keep videotapes under wraps. >> brian: i heard about those. a lot can be learned from history, including economic principles that can be applied today, from george washington to richard nixon. >> steve: tornado chasers hard work pays off. check out their amazing video. the damage that the twister left behind coming up on "fox & friends." >> brian: glad you're up. seaworld and the family of park trainer dawn brancheau wants to prevent video of the accident from ever being aired on the television or on-line. last month he pulled the 40-year-old trainer into his tank and drowned her. at issue is a video captured by seaworld surveillance cameras which have been turned over to police. five people, including two former acorn workers are being charged with commit ago number of offenses in the year of 2008. that 2008 election, including voting twice, providing false information, and registering the same people multiple times. there is only one gretchen and here she is. >> gretchen: thanks a lot. the economy is it bad? some say yes, some say no. our nation has been through far worse and america's great leaders like george washington and hamilton came up with solutions that brought us back from the bailment. so what can we learn from them? author of lincoln at peoria joins us this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> gretchen: it's good to have a history lesson, although on this day, we're talking about textbooks being changed and history being altered potentially. one thing that cannot be altered is the way we came up with our currency and the way our forefathers would have handled our current crisis. what would washington and hamilton have said about our current crisis? >> they would have said what they did, they came to office in 1789 after a great currency crisis where the currency had become worthless, was not worth a continental. you remember the phrase from your school books. the economy, in fact, had collapsed, and the state fiscal policies were in disarray. they had a plan. the plan was very simple. they passed a coney jack which made the dollar as good as gold. they passed a plan to encourage u.s. manufacturers, not manufacturers in china, or foreign countries. they passed a tariff, just a modest tariff to raise revenue instead of impose ago income tax. they consolidated the national debt and provided in a sinking fund for paying back the national debt and ending public deficits. >> gretchen: then as we fast forward to present time, just after world war ii, we started to create this massive deficit and some politicians went on the record saying deficits don't matter. now in 2010, they do. right? >> they do. republican politicians, democratic politicians, i might say even republican presidents and democratic presidents, have taught the american people that deficits don't matter. this is an economic heresi which is ravaging the world and in addition to that, a little bit of inflation isn't a bad thing. so perennial inflation made the dollar three or four% of what it was four or five generations ago. >> gretchen: back before world war ii, you would go changing your currency from paper into gold coins, so you would only get what you actually have. right? >> actually that exact mechanism you talk about was before world war one. but the dollar was convertible into good. franklin roosevelt defaulted on american public debt contracts in 1933-34, but the dollar still remained convertible to gold for foreigners and was so up until 1971. it was nixon who ended any relationship between the dollar and gold. >> gretchen: what your argument is is that you need to decide whether you want the government to be controlling this monopoly of the money or the people. where do you fall? >> the federal reserve has the monopoly on issuing american currency and believing that this is a republic as the constitutional founders intended it to be and therefore, the sovereignty to be in the hands of the people, the control of the money supply should be in the hands of the people. only way they can do that is to have a mechanism whereby they can stop the federal government from running public deficits and then financing it in the public debt markets, particularly abroad. the way to do that is allow people to come to the banks with their currency, which is an excess supply and demand at a fixed rate, gold. that causes the banks to slow down or the federal reserve system to stop expanding the credit supply. >> gretchen: very interesting history lesson. what history tells us about the economy, lincoln at peoria. thank you for being my guest. >> thank you very much. >> gretchen: hundreds of middle eastern students in the u.s. accused of paying americans to take their tests at school so they can keep their visas. if they weren't in school, where were they and what were they doing here? then a student wearing leggings and a t-shirt removed from class by a security guard for other outfit? was that fair? we'll report, you decide. if you want to drop a few pounds, keep that bottle of wine handy. hey, i'm sticking around for that story. >> brian: now i get it. that is kaitlyn and according to my birth certificate, i was handed on her birth. she's 7 years old and i just want to say happy birthday to katy and i will give you one hint of what your birthday present is. 55 pounds, it came from the american girl doll store. it's hard to get onto a train, it's very hard to walk across the city with. and -- >> steve: those dolls don't weigh 55 pounds. >> gretchen: i know what it is, i think. i may have one at my house. >> brian: i will say this, the great people at the american girl doll store realized i could not carry this thing across the city, so we had to take it down, today make our own handles and to carry it across and they helped me get a cab to the train down the stairs and then to my house. >> gretchen: anything for a sale in a recession. >> brian: the hard thing is i could not find the store -- >> steve: it's a block from here! one black that way. >> brian: i could not find it and then, of course, i had to ask somebody where it is. so i go up to a cop and go, do you know where the american girl doll store. >> steve: go to the today show and take a right. >> brian: he's like, freak, just go down... it was great. happy birthday to katy, she's 7 years old. you never have seen a girl look forward to her birthday more than she is. we don't let her indoors. there she is outside. >> gretchen: why do all of your stories have just absolutely weird endings. >> brian: that's my life really. i give you a quick window. >> steve: president obama has a busy day ahead at the white house on her birthday, after his big health care push yesterday, he was in phily, tomorrow he's going to st. louis, wendell goler is in dc today. >> lot on the president's schedule today. he's got a meeting with his senior advisors, lunch with business leaders, and oval office with the greek prime minister and we reporters as it stands now won't see any of it. that's because the president's public schedule for the next couple of weeks is all about what his aides call the closing argument in the push for health care reform. he's headed to missouri tomorrow to argue that doing nothing is not an option. not just because the status quo is unacceptable, but because businesses will continue to drop insurance coverage for their workers and medicare and medicaid costs will eventually break the federal budget. yesterday the president went to arcadia university outside philadelphia, which offers 15 different health care-related undergraduate degrees. largely to make the case that by and large, the medical profession is behind his push for reforms. he face add friendly audience. the few isolated protesters there quickly drowned out. he lashed into insurance companies accusing them of making a calculation that they can afford to keep losing subscribers because they can keep hiking premiums on those that remain. , and the insurance companies continue to ration health care based on who is sick and who is healthy, on who can pay and who can't pay. that's the status quo in america and it is a status quo that is unsustainable for this country. we can't have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the american people. >> house minority leader john boehner accused him of treating the american people like they're stupid for suggesting that more federal involvement could lower insurance costs. boehner and other republicans favor a step by step approach. for example, allowing insurance companies to sell policies across state lines without federal regulations, which they say could reduce insurance costs by about 10%. they point to polls that indicate half if not more of the american people want congress to scrap the health reform bill and start all over again. the white house says what those polls really reflect is public frustration at congressional bickering. back to you. >> brian: there are times when you're outside and i feel bad for you guys, but today is a day that is just so beautiful, i energy you and i wonder what your plans are when you're off work. >> steve: what? >> you know, actually i'm not going to get out and enjoy this day much, though it is supposed to hit 60 degrees here today. but it turns a little sour toward the end and by tomorrow, the clouds will be back. >> steve: thank you very much. >> brian: i thought the motorcycle would be out of the garage today. >> steve: wendell goler, thank you. >> gretchen: thanks. and the rest of your headlines for tuesday, stock futures pointing slightly lower this morning as investors urge caution on an important anniversary. one year ago, stocks hit their 12 year lows. let's hope that doesn't happen again. since that time, the dow surged. analysts say expectations about a full recovery have grown. but will take more to send stocks up to their former levels. >> brian: my 401(k), should i adjust it now? >> steve: you mean your 201 (k). it adjusted yourself. >> brian: police hoping surveillance video will help them find an energy executive from houston who disappeared in new orleans during a business trip. he was last seen leaving a bar on bourbon street around 2 a.m his credit cards and atm card have mott been used since. $259,000 reward is being offered. >> steve: meanwhile, high school teacher apologizes for saying to students look like, quote, a prostitute. the teacher, even had security remove her from class. she was taken to the front office at seneca valley high school in maryland. administrators say what she was wearing was fine with them. school says it will take appropriate measures against the teacher who, as you hear, is in a little bit of hot water. >> gretchen: ladies, listen up to this. it's good news. i think. add red wine to your diet? light to moderate consumption is not only good for your heart, but may also be good for your waistline? what am i going to say, guys? yea. that's according to a new study in the archives of internal medicine. the study found women who drank alcohol in moderation, a glass or two a day, put on less weight compared to nondrinkers. >> brian: did they make red ripple? >> steve: i'm sure you can get it at a price somewhere. >> steve: check this out. a large tornado struck in oklahoma. destroyed several homes and cut off power lines. it was on the ground for at least 15 minutes. nobody hurt. as you can see, amazing video from this particular storm chaser. >> gretchen: immigration officials bust add fraudulent student visa ring in california. it was aimed at keeping arab nationals in this country illegally. middle eastern students allegedly hired a guy to attend classes and pass exams for them so they could stay in this country. if these arab nationals weren't studying, what were they up to here in the united states? here with the latest is agent in charge, george guzman. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: all right. i read some of the quotes you've given about this amazing story, that you don't know what the motive was. you don't know what these men are up to. and you're concerned that some of them may be considered a national security threat. in what way? >> obviously this has implications of national security and public safety. that's what exactly -- that's exactly what we're trying to find out now as we bring in these people for questioning. >> steve: so if people are just joining us, we've been talk being it this morning, george, this guy, 46-year-old guy in california, daniel huggins, spent the last seven years in college, but he wasn't really in college, he was just taking tests for people. business was so good, paid thousands of dollars by these students from various middle eastern countries, he actually hired a team of other people to come in and take tests. one of the members of his team was a young blond haired woman taking a test for a guy with a middle eastern name. how did that happen? >> obviously what this has done is exposed vol they areabilities in the schools and the visa system that have to be examined further and this investigation is ongoing because of the fact that it has national security and public safety concerns. >> brian: let's face it, if terrorists from middle eastern nations, on top of that you have those are the age of the hijackers roughly on 9-11 and you know they have not stopped the quest to perpetrate another plot. this seems to be a perfect venue for it and that's what you're implying, right? >> we're not implying anything. we don't want to jump to conclusions. the investigation is ongoing. we're trying to determine what vulnerabilities existed both in the schools as well as in the student visa system and address them accordingly. right now what we know is that mr. hug dgins was engage -- higgins was involved in a visa scheme where he involved other people to facilitate the individuals to obtain the student visas and remain in the united states legally. >> gretchen: i'm not so concerned about daniel higgins. he's going to face justice for doing this. here is what i'm concerned about. these other hoodlums who are here illegally. they are here now illegally. what are they doing and what did they tell you they were up to? >> well, right now, as they are being questioned, we are determining exactly what they were doing here. if they were engaged in criminal activity or they were doing something nefarious, it's going to be addressed accordingly. at this time we don't have any indication that they were involved in anything other than not attending school and those that are subject to prosecution will be prosecuted. those that are not, will be removed from the country. aside from that, once they've engaged -- it's been known they've engaged in this type of fraud, they may not be able to come back into the country under any type of visa. >> brian: george, thanks a lot. we will follow this story. obviously has a lot of interest among our viewers. thanks again. >> thank you. >> brian: straight ahead, the texas board of education could rewrite history for our kids. when exactly is on the board? the answer, very surprising. >> gretchen: actor matthew mow dean joining us. you've changed. in character, i think. he's going to tell us what he's been up to. he joins us live in just a few minutes. >> steve: tax book battle is brewing in texas and could have a major impact on what your kids learn in school no matter where you live. joining us from austin where hearing also take place later today is peter busey. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. and when the texas state board of education meets later today, one of the things is going to be proposed changes to the social studies curriculum. that's controversial because unlike with english or math where there is really only one way to teach a subject, with social studies you're doing a lot with history and past events. it's easy for somebody who is writing a textbook to tell stories about things that happened in the past in a way that is favorable to their personal political beliefs and things they are going to be debating here involve the korean war, eisenhower, martin luther king, jr., vietnam, and that's just to name a few. we'll know more about that tomorrow. that's kind of scary if people are going to be trying to tell those stories and teach those things in a way that's favorable to their views. as i mentioned last hour, they're expect ago few hundred protesters here tomorrow. those are people that are in the know and so they're outraged. for the most part, a lot of the people that this most affect, american school children and parents, have no idea what's going on in this building behind me and the impact it could have. i went to the pick up line at a school a few miles away and asked parents getting their kids, what do you think about the hearings going on tomorrow? they said what, hearing as soon as which is scary. back to you. >> steve: that is scary. peter doocy live outside the building there in austin. so who is in charge of making these changes, a 15-member board in texas. jonathan fines is the director of legislative affairs at liberty institute and joins us now. so jonathan, peter just set it up perfectly talking about some of these outrageous changes where they would remove references to independence day or veterans day or washington or lincoln or patton, who is behind this? there is a group of liberal left wing activists in the austin area that want to drastically change what our students learn about history and really want to rewrite history to fit their agenda. the reality is, the state board of education has done a lot of work to correct the mistakes that an unelected group of educators made these outrageous changes. now it's the state board of education's opportunity to correct these things and thankfully, they've done a lot of that. >> steve: okay. we've got some names here. steven schaefersman, kathy miller. who are these people? >> well, the folks you mention ready kind of the group of trouble makers around this area that what they want to do, whether it's social studies, whether it's the evolution battle that took place last year or bible curriculum, elective course, they want to attack every aspect of public school. they want to indoctrinate and really infiltrate public education and put their liberal ideology. one of the ways you do that is to take out important historical figures that make america great and that's what they're trying to do and that's what they're supporting. not only that, but they're going after christianity and religion specifically to try to get those things out. >> steve: the other side says look, people like jonathan just want to put their conservative imprint on the textbooks. >> the reality is, for ten years we had social studies standards that fairly and accurately talked about our history, talked about the undeniable fact that judeo christian value high school an impact on our law and government, that people such as neil armstrong, he's still the first man on the moon, where is he being taken out? why are we not talk being veterans day more? who are the people they're talking about more? people like mary kay ash, wallace amos, the famous cookie maker. i don't remember them having 1,000 patents like thomas edison. >> that will be quite a meeting in texas. jonathan, we thank you so much for joining us today from down in the lone star state. straight ahead, actor matthew modine in character and live in our studio wearing a beard. >> that's it, baby. >> steve: martha mccallum, what do you think about his beard? >> i like it. >> steve: what's coming up? >> all right. coming up this morning on america's newsroom is bart stupak ready to deal now on health care reform? signs that the pro-life congressman may be ready to talk to get a deal through. from the showers to the devil, representative massa is not going quietly. is there a method to the madness and what does it really tell us? coming up when bill and i join you at the top of the hour. xxxx÷ >> gretchen: actor matthew modine makes his broadway debut since playing helen keller's father. here he is in character. here he is, looking the part still on our couch. the beard is real. right? >> steve: that's one of those strap ons. >> brian: that's real. >> gretchen: no. they're chuckling because i asked how his wife likes the beard. >> it's been a long dry spell. >> brian: out of all your opportunities and i know you have a lot of opportunities 'cause i heard you talking to steve, but you decide that miracle worker, i'm going to dive in and be part of this revival. why? >> it's just an extraordinary heart warming story. and i love the girl playing helen keller. so the opportunity to work with her was really exciting. allison pill is one of broadway's bright lights. she's got a tremendous future ahead. and all the actresses are great. >> steve: we were talking about proposed changes for textbooks in texas. fast forward to this. sadly, there are a lot of people who don't know the story of helen keller. >> yeah. she was a socialist. if she were alive today, she would probably be the largest proponent for obama's health care plan, the public option and the things that she did, the disabilities acts that she helped push forward, woman's right to vote, she was for that, she was a great american, one of the most important women of the 20th century. she's on the quarter in alabama. >> gretchen: is it true this is your broadway debut? >> it is, yeah. >> gretchen: 'cause everyone knows from you film. >> i moved to new york 30 years ago to work in theater. i studied and that was my intention to work on broadway and then things would get in the way, like stanley kubrick asked me to do a film. >> gretchen: there it is. >> steve: that was canada, wasn't it? >> it was in london. very clever director. robert altman, i worked with him a few times. yeah. it was always -- i was always busy working on films so when i had to work on broadway, a tremendous film would get in the way. >> steve: can you stick around a couple minutes 'cause we want to talk to you about what happened in tinseltown with the oscars? >> sure. >> steve: plus, many other activities involving bikes. >> brian: we can have small talk in between? >> steve: we'll have to find out. >> gretchen: fox and "friends" in two. >> brian: how much would we have to pay? >> i've give you an insider's price. >> steve: we'll continue the conversation with matthew on the after the show show. log on

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