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>> all right, he's the only one who can keep up with the kardashians. bruce jenner is here. our slogan this our, unrelated to bruce jenner, jamie says when the world collides, "fox & friends" lets you decide. >> hi, everybody, welcome. >> you looked great in the before show show. >> you sat by yourself on the couch. >> i was surprised that you guys weren't here yet. you were making me a little bit nervous. >> sure, we were downstairs. we were practicing the program. it's interesting, if yesterday is anything like -- if today is anything like yesterday, i don't know if you realize but at one point yesterday, you apparently were sending messages to your people on the staff using my blackberry. did you know that? >> what do you mean i didn't know that? anybody that i've ever had a beef with, i just sent a message to from steve. >> she really did. and then in the late morning, i started getting answerses from the people who you had emailed. >> good. let me know how that turned out. >> not well. >> you don't need to have tea with the girls. what do you mean? let's talk about what's happening in the news and first thing is first. what can we believe anymore? a prius out of control, not so fast. >> we start with that very story. toyota is not exactly calling james sikes a liar but he doubts his prius took him on a 94-mile-per-hour out of control ride. toyota says tests do not support his claims that the gas pedal got stuck. instead, tests show they say that he hit the gas and brake pedal 250 times. >> our analysis is not finalized, toyota believes there are significant inconsistencies between the account of the event of march 8th and the findings of this investigation. >> and the national highway traffic safety administration released a statement saying it cannot explain claims that it's rare to re-create these acceleration incidents. fox news learning that former president bill clinton will be on the hill today having lunch with senate democrats. the topic -- climate change. the former president last met with senate democrats in november trying to push them to pass health care reform. democratic senator john kerry reportedly pushed for clinton to attend the meeting. steve? >> i would be delighted. first, let's take a look at some pictures. this from walton, massachusetts. take a look at that. people in a front loader getting out. emergencies declared in massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island as the northeast continues to clean up following that catastrophic storm over the weekend which caused serious flooding throughout the region. >> at least nine deaths are blamed on it. at one point, close to a million people were without power. there's still hundreds of thousands of residents throughout the tri-state area around new york city without electricity. meanwhile, residents in north dakota and minnesota are filling sandbags to help the red river from stopping to overflow. last year, red river flooding destroyed about 100 homes. that's what they're getting ready for in the northern plains. ali? >> the man who secretly shot nude videos of espn reporter erin andrews is sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. andrews says that was an easy break. michael david barrett was convicted of interstate stalking after following andrews to at least three cities and shooting video through hotel peepholes. it's so creepy. after the hearing. andrews let everyone know she was not pleaseed with the length of barrett's sentence. >> i'm at the angry stage right now. i'm mad. i appreciate the judge today and what he could do. three months isn't enough. i think it's time for congress, lawmakers to make in just a stiffer sentence than what it is. >> the judge says he gave barrett the maximum sentence under the law. another hollywood marriage ends up hitting an iceberg. british actress kate winslet is separating from her husband after seven years of marriage. announcement comes from a british law firm which says the split is mutual. this will be winslet's second divorce. ok. there's your headlines. >> going to be a big week. we keep hearing this is the end of the beginning. i like this is the end of the beginning, this could be the week we find out if the house is, in fact, going to have the majority they need to pass the senate bill and would follow with the fix it bill and then there would be health care reform in this country. how that's done, for a later date. it looks as if there's differing views on what is the vote. the number four guy in senate, a democrat, of course, says they will have the votes by the end of the week. nancy pelosi said over the weekend, we'll have it within 10 days but not everyone is convinced. >> yeah. and here's why it is now game on. yesterday afternoon, the house passed a so-called shell bill, kind of an empty vessel that they're going to jam the real bill in later on. they passed it by the final vote out of the house budget committee was 21-16. now, the earliest i have heard that they could possibly vote on this would probably be sometime saturday which means the president can still take his trip but the big question is the math. does nancy pelosi have 216 votes? well, it all depends on who you ask. just listen to all these voices. >> the bill that was voted on in the house back in novemberish that's not the bill that's coming back so what i would like to do is encourage our constituents and all the members that have to vote to try to understand what the legislation does, how it affects their constituents. i have four core principles that i've laid out that a health care bill should do and if it does those things, i will be inclined to vote for it. >> guestimate on my side. i'd be surprised if they have 200. they need 216. >> that's fascinating. they might not have 200 according to bart stupak there whereas the president and nancy pelosi say they do have the votes. let's listen to the president. >> i believe we're going to get the votes and make this happen. >> we will have the votes. >> i believe we have the votes and we'll get this bill done this week. >> it's almost as if they know something that the rest of us don't. >> if you're in their place with their democrat or republican, what good does it say to who knows, they think inevitable, why else would they be saying it. being it's so close, you can definitely say i thought we had the votes. meanwhile, the president of the united states couldn't be that confident. after all, why would he say to dennis kucinich and say remember the days we ran for president together, we're going to ohio, you're from ohio, why don't we go together? >> are you suggesting they tried to bribe him with a free trip on a big jet? >> no. >> let's listen in. >> they're saying to members, what do you need in this reconciliation package to earn your vote. that's what's going on. i mean, if it's not so much what's in there right now. what does it take to get your vote, whether it's cleaning up the language on abortion. whether it's the doctor fix. whether it's at what percentage does medicaid kick in for lower income people? is education a part of it? i know the hispanic caucus really had great concerns this bill would never leave the senate so they're trying to stick it in the reconciliation bill so what's your concern that we could assure your vote? >> and here's what's interesting, ride on air force one may have worked. dennis kucinich has not wanted for this. he doesn't think it's liberal enough. he wants the public option in there. after the air force one ride, people said are you going to vote for it now? he said no comment. so maybe he's on the fence now. >> and they sat down with joe biden, host of the fundraiser for him yesterday, freshman democrat, and he had voted no. so he's trying to be -- he's trying to win over the vice president is trying to win over dryhouse so it goes to show you back to your original point, when you said do they have the votes or not? it's that close. >> you actually are romancing them. >> "the hill" newspaper does this thing called the whip count and this morning, and it was updated in the middle of the night. right now, the democrats who are a firm no or leaning no or likely no are 37. remember, the democrats say they love this bill. right now, there are a firm three yeses. only threes out of the congressional democrats. leaning yes or likely yes. 15 and undecided, 58. but you know what? you don't even have to vote on a bill particularly this one because we've been telling you about the so-called slaughter solution where what they do is the house may do this and it's sneaky where they say ok, we're going to first agree on the rules for this bill. and then when the bill comes up, we're not actually going to have to vote on the bill which is great because we don't want to be on record as voting on the bill that has stuff like the cornhusker kickback and stuff like that. >> what you're talking about is a strange procedural sleight of hand as they call it, that nancy pelosi may use and it's called a self-executing rule which i think has an interesting double meaning. >> i don't want to self-execute myself. >> might as well be a self-emulating rule because so many people would be angry if they didn't actually vote on it. but let's ask kelly wright who is live in washington right now with exactly what is a self-executing rule that would allow passage without a vote, kelly? >> essentially it means that they can go ahead and vote without voting if that makes sense to you. let me give you a contemporary use of how self-executing rule actually works. they are still employed or as matters involving house and senate relations, they have also been used in recent years to enact significant substantive and sometimes controversial propositions. this in fact, is the controversial proposition for them so what they would do is, basically, side step the senate all the way and just go ahead and enact this by a necessary vote basically stating that they're going to push the house version through as opposed to that senate version because so many people are upset with the senate version particularly the anti-abortion democrats because it has language in there that they fear would provide federal funding for abortion. that's something they do not want. this is something that nancy pelosi would like to sneak in. >> there you go. so they'll say the senate bill goes through but then only reason it's going to go through is because they promise that the -- that the reconciled bill they're writing up right now that passed in the budget committee is actually going to be the bill. but if there was no follow-up, the house would not sign off on this, they would not ok the senate bill. >> well, it's interesting -- kelly, thank you very much. great primer on that. it's interesting they've said they're going to do it this way where they deem is passed. and not go on record because today starting at 10:00, they're expecting tens of thousands of people. at least thousands and thousands of people to show up on capitol hill. governor sarah palin on her facebook yesterday was urging people to attend the kill the bill rally up on capitol hill. >> they're against the bill? >> they are for killing it. they don't like it. and it's interesting because one of the top democrats -- >> in charge of keeping the house democratic. >> yeah. exactly. and he would like the whole house to be completely democratic. but he's sent out a list of dos and don'ts for the staff members of congressional democrats when these tea party people or these kill the bill people show up on capitol hill later today and go i'd like a meeting with the boss. >> yeah, it's interesting. they consider having some light snacks available, some h20 and some coffee and some extra chairs. it's actually very nice. all the etiquette they're going to try to put in place for the tea parties, don't get angry. try to meet them in small groups. they find that's much more effective than trying to, you know, shout down a big group as they learned over the summer. be very courteous. and then they give them talking points about how to convince all the tea party people that -- >> they're wrong. >> that they're wrong and this is actually a great bill that will help them. >> well, one of the talking points is tell those people to show up, that this bill will inaugurate medical malpractice reforms. >> uh-huh. >> really? >> i mean, they're going to have like a test program or a little pilot thing but it really doesn't -- >> it doesn't go quite as far as republicans -- >> it doesn't go quite as far as that particular line in his explanation. >> they want to get away from the shouting. they don't want the lawmakers to look like victims and they don't want to look overwhelmed so it makes sense and they say engage and talk to them about how some of the republican ideas are in this bill even if they're not voting for this bill. >> a stunning new practice at the pentagon, lawyers, not generals apparently making the calls on who and where to strike. is this a good idea? we'll talk about that next. >> then rielle hunter spills all her secrets and apparently forgot to wear pants in a "g.q." article about her affair with john edwards. is she now regretting it? photos that hunter now calls repulsive. this is onstar reporting a stolen blue chevy tahoe, south on i-75, near exit 5. we're on it. onstar, we may have that tahoe. ok, i'll flash the lights. we got it. it's in the cler. i'm sending a signal to cut the power. we got him. mr. ross, the police have recovered your tahoe. carl had been diagnosed with alzheimer's... grandma! grandpa! but i waited to see how he did. julie? 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i'm a little confused. gabriel shoenfeld is a senior fellow at the hudson institute and joins us live. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's start by you quoting something famous that shakespeare said and updating it. >> shakespeare said first let's kill all the lawyers. i think we run the risk these days that the lawyers might get us killed because they're putting so many restrictions on the way we fight wars and it's one thing to observe international law but another thing to take it to an extreme where as the international red cross in terrorists in afghanistan, we must catch the terrorist in act of committing a terrorist act or preparing one. the guy is at home planning the thing in his living room, we're not allowed to strike him according to the red cross. >> according to what you write, the government has in its employ 10,000 attorneys now working for the military trying to figure out what is appropriate and what is not appropriate so if we know that that guy -- you know, some guy is sitting there and looking with the joy stick thing from the predator drone and he sees that is definitely osama bin laden, can they hit that guy? >> we certainly don't follow these extremely restrictive rules that the red cross would have us follow, yes, we can strike but there's a lot of pressure to move in a more restrictive direction and just to take one example of the way things work. in the first gulf war, pentagon wanted to strike a statue of saddam hussein downtown baghdad as a psychological blow against the regime. the jags, military lawyers said this is a protected cultural object. >> so we can't -- >> so we didn't strike it. >> sort of like what happened in world war ii. now the aclu is in on it, too. >> they filed a suit to try to get the administration to reveal the legal basis for the drone attacks in pakistan and afghanistan. and, you know, this is sensitive military in that it's not something that the pentagon will readily release but there's so much pressure from the outside to put handcuffs basically on the way we fight war, illegal handcuffs. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. straight ahead, most americans haven't gotten their census forms yet. could arrive in the mail today but the bulging program is already way over budget. we're trying to make sense of the census coming up next. so you know the story told in alice in wonderland, right, where nothing makes sense? we'll show you what we mean on this tuesday. >> 23 minutes past the hour. let me tell you what's happening. the f.b.i. and d.e.a. investigating why three people with ties to the american consulate were shot to death this weekend in mexico. all three had just left a children's party when they were murdered. authorities think a street gang tied to a drug cartel is responsible. meanwhile, a man walking on the beach is killed by a plane trying to make an emergency landing. what are those odds? they say the experimental plane was leaking oil so the pilot tried to land on a beach in hilton head, south carolina. the pilot didn't see the man below. >> incredible. >> horrible luck. >> the u.s. census is well into conducting the 2010 count but fox news learning this morning that they are already running over budget. for example, remember the tens of thousands of workers that fanned out last year to verify addresses. that ran 25% over budget to the tune of $444 million. so why is this costing so much? fox news correspondent james rosen has an inside look for us. >> men, women, children, illegal immigrants, inmates in solitary. if you live in the united states, the census bureau wants you to be counted this year. the constitution mandates the exercise and the taxpayer foots the bill. $14.7 billion over 10 years supporting 500 local offices and a peak stuff of 1.4 million workers. census director robert groves formally launched the effort two months ago helping to formulate the famous questionnaires. the driving mission for groves, chairman of the university of michigan survey research center and a self-admitted geek is to improve on the 67% return rate for the questionnaires in the last census. to that end, his bureau is spending $85 million on advanced letters like this one and postcard reminders because internal research says such ticklers drive up response rates by 6% to 12%. >> every one percentage point for us means that we save $85 million of salary costs of sending people out to follow up on those nonresponses. if we get five percentage point gain out of this advance letter, we're in the $500 million range of savings. >> but some cost overruns have already plagued this census like past efforts when tens of thousands of workers fanned out between march and july of last year to verify addresses. a process known as address canvassing. the census bureau, federal editors later found ran 25% over budget for a total cost of $444 million. >> when i arrived in july, the findings of that overrun were just emerging. there was an underestimation of just the workload, how many houses we had to go to. >> auditors also found the census bureau provided training to some 15,000 workers who worked either not at all or less than a single day at a total cost of $5 1/2 million. >> costs were escalating mainly driven by wage costs and the escalation through inflation. >> despite bob groves' pedigree, this is hardly an academic exercise, the results of the census control how many seats each state has in the house of representatives and also the allocation of some $400 billion a year of federal funding to state, local and tribal governments. census officials are hoping you'll mail back your completed questionnaire by april 1st. >> i got a letter last week that said next week, you're going to get the census oome. >> what a waste of money that is. >> there's that $440 million. >> i got the letter and you didn't get the letter. >> no. >> what's that about? >> even more irresponsible. >> absolutely. even the census knows. >> i'm wondering whether or not i should return it on time. of course i should! is it mandated by law? >> what do you mean? dr. napolitano will be out here in -- >> doctor. >> absolutely. if you're thinking of taking a cruise, you may want to steer clear of one ship. why passengers keep getting sick. >> and the exclusive photo, elan and tiger back together again? or are they just exercising together? >> i'll tell you what, nike must have sponsored it. it's everywhere. >> the story behind the picture for you. >> they sure look happy, don't they? >> the tears behind the laughter. >> rielle hunter says these pictures of her are repulsive. when she saw them, she cried for two hours. we'll tell you that story. when the chips are down, say happy birthday to that guy. eric estrada. >> happy birthday to the "chips" actor and surreal life contestant turns 61 today. bruce jenner does not know he's in a rivalry with eric estrada. find out what the problem is with eric on his birthday with bruce jenner. >> see you in a minute. 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>> i know things! i see the rundown. >> he saw him in the green room. >> for the second week in a row, disney's "alice in wonderland" took the top spot at the box office. you know the story, a world where absolutely nothing makes sense. kind of sounds like the health care debate, right? we have an exclusive look at a new trailer "alice in health care wonderland." watch this. >> it is a place like no place on earth. land full of wonder, mystery and danger. >> we must have health care reform. >> since you've been gone, the red queen has taken over -- >> health care in america is a right, not a privilege. >> haven't we had enough of government propped up on payoffs and pork barrel spending? >> my aching feet. >> their strategy has been to stop, to block. >> republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick. >> are going to continue on their march to shove the government-run health care plan down the throats of the american people. >> i believe in a public option. >> reconciliation. >> reconciliation. >> reconciliation. >> reconciliation is an outrage. >> they use reconciliation at their peril. >> everything there is to say about health care has been said. >> ahhhh! >> the time for talk is over. it's time to vote. >> we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> awesome job! >> nicely done by our producer, chris white. he edited that together and based on an article written by our capitol hill producer who basically said that any time you think you're making progress on health care, you fall down a rabbit hole. that was the original analogy. we ran with. >> no kidding. but unlike a movie, this health care thing is not over in two hours. it drags on through the week and perhaps there could be a vote as early as saturday. >> who ever said that johnny depp would never be on our show? he just made it. a fox news alert now. violent clashes breaking out this morning in east jerusalem. israeli troops fighting with the palestinian stone throwers. palestinians setting tires on fire across the holy city. thousands of israeli security personnel are in place there. last week, israel announced it was building 1600 housing units for jews in the disputed area raising tensions with the u.s. and the israelis. >> u.s. military taking more steps to reduce civilian deaths in afghanistan. general stanley mccrystal taking control of most of the forces to make sure they follow orders. meanwhile, afghanistan is sending resen sending reinforcements there. they are about to launch another major offensive in the region. >> john paul stevens say he may retire by the end of the term in june. he told the new yorker he will definitely call it quits in the next three years. stevens turns 90 next month. if he steps down, the president will appoint his successor, of course. >> and probably somebody really conservative. >> i think so, too. >> meanwhile, from teaneck, new jersey, electric out and a lot of flooding all throughout the northeast. major flooding causing a nightmare across the northeast as the region tries to recover from that powerful nor'easter over the weekend. in new jersey, they are salvaging what's left in their basement drying stuff out after many rivers flooded and the storm brought high winds which knocked down thousands of trees and power lines. the storm was so bad in the new york city area that the city got 65,000, 911 calls on saturday, the second most ever behind the 96,000 calls made during the 2003 blackout. in my area, whole towns don't have electricity and the schools aren't in session because of no water. it's a mess throughout the northeast. >> meanwhile, it's a wet start to this tuesday across much of the great state of texas. also, a little action, precipitation wise up through the dakotas on into portions of minnesota, meanwhile, we have some 20's up in northern portions of new england. otherwise, 40's and 50's across much of the map. chillier out west. later on today, it's going to feel like spring. almost 60 in new york city. 50's throughout the ohio valley. cleveland should weigh in today at 54. 60 down in atlanta. about the same for dallas. 50's and 60's along the gulf coast. approaching 70, purchase weather for a cruise, ali? >> the feds issue a rare do not sail advisory for a celebrity cruise ship. about 350 passengers on board the mercury became sick with an intestinal bug. >> we've been on that cruise ship. >> you have? >> yes. it was lovely. >> oh, boy, this is the third time in the last two months that passengers got sick. cruise line says when the ship comes back to south carolina, it will get another scrub down. investigators will try to determine the source of the outbreak. yikes! >> indeed. meanwhile, you saw the pictures on "fox & friends" yesterday, now john edwards' mistress, perhaps former mistress, don't know for sure, says the pictures are repulsive. although this video shows rielle hunter looking pretty happy as she poses for "g.q." magazine in somebody's apartment or bedroom unit. and there, of course, the photographs. she with a child. hunter tells barbara walters that she cried two hours after seeing them. that's what barbara walters said yesterday on "the view". hunter said she never expected the celebrity photographer to put all of them in the magazine. the article, hunter talks exclusively and extensively about her relationship with johnny edwards and their child. and something i learned last night, was that john edwards' real name is johnny. >> is that right? >> that's his given name. >> i don't know that. i was confused about why she was so upset about the photos. she didn't know that they were taking them for a "g.q." shoot. >> you know the quote roughly was. they told me they were going to use two or three of them. >> well. >> so they did. they'd use the one without her pants and they used the one laying around where you could see her belly. >> if she was going to have a problem, she probably should have said i'm going to take the pictures but i'll wear pants or how about a skirt? if she shows up for that the guy has film in the camera, too bad. >> how many times have you walked in and said listen, i'm going to draw the line, i'm wearing pants. >> more than half. >> hey, listen, you're looking at the first photo right now of tiger woods and his wife elan. yes, together, they are and now this is the first time they're seen publicly on their own property, by the way. since that big crash on thanksgiving. the world's number one golfer says he's trying to repair the enormous damage done to his marriage after his admitted affairs well chronicled everywhere. tiger, no word of when he's coming back. strong reports have him coming back as early as next week at the bay hill classic where arnold palmer calls his own. the pga commissioner says i have no idea when he's coming back. i think he does. let's talk about another famous face, david beckham's ankle. the surgeon says his achilles tendon was totally torn. his 37 years old. hasn't taken a day off in a long time. after a pretty big game, fell on the ground and realized right away his achilles tendon is shot. that's why they hop like that. it means he'll miss out on the world cup and means the u.s. will play england and won't have to face david beckham nor his wife and that game is june 11th. she's always a presence. >> ok. let's talk about hockey for a second. washington capitals star gets a two game suspension for that hit on chicago's brian campbell on sunday. as you can see, campbell is launched into the boards by the impact causing a broken collarbone. campbell may be out for the season. two time m.v.p. did not offer an apology saying "he just fell." coming up on brian & the judge in a short while newsweek's robert samuelson talks about health care, some of the events surrounding it and how the health insurance industry is not to blame. senator chuck grassley will be there and so much more. you never know, i might close with a song. >> really? you never know. >> and a dance routine that is not appreciated on radio. >> it isn't. but you can watch on lane. >> on the brian cam. they overshot a minneapolis airport by 100 miles. why are two northwest airline pilots closer now to getting back into the cockpit? what's going on there? >> then we keep hearing that wall street needs to hand out giant bonuses to keep good employees from jumping ship. >> yeah. >> is that really true? what if we got rid of all of those fat cats. would it have any effect on the economy? >> we'll ask a guy at the nerve center. and he's got to keep three of the hottest stars on television, yes, and he is their stepdad. kim, chloe, courtney, kardashians, yes, are under his control and his influence. he's bruce jenner. was once the best athlete in the world and eptsz to recapture that title. might be announcing olympic comeback. we're here. to design the future of flight, inside and out. to build tomorrow's technology in amazing ways. and reshape the science of aerospace -- forever. around the globe, the people of boeing are working together, for the dreams of generations to come. that's why we're here. ♪ >> in 15 minutes it will be the top of the hour. meanwhile in some news this morning, that guy in the black suit and black tie, charlie sheen is expected to be back on the set of his sitcom "two and a half men" later today. yesterday, all dressed up, he pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges. he allegedly threatened his wife, brooke muller on christmas day. ho, ho, ho! sheen's trial is to begin july 21st. brooke says she wants the charges dropped. meanwhile, the two northwest pilots who overshot a minneapolis airport by 100 miles have reached a deal with the feds. they will forfeit their pilot licenses but they can reapply for new licenses and get this, delta airlines would be required to pay for their retraining. over to you. >> thank you, mr. doocy. financial journalist and author michael lewis says wall street bonuss and salaries are a form of theft from the taxpayers to bailed them out. >> they used the market as an excuse for paying themselves. if we don't pay our employees of goldman-sachs a huge sum of money, they're going to leave and go to j.p. morgan. j.p. morgan says if we don't pay huge sums of money, they'll leave and go to goldman-sachs. the people on the top of the firm want to make a lot of money. if they want to make a lot of money, they have to pay the people under them a lot of money frpt it's a very elegant form of theft right now. >> well, so are wall street bonuses really falsely inflated? what would happen to the economy if we got rid of all these guys and these women who took all that money and drove our economy into a wall and then moved on? larry mcdonald is a former lehman brothers executive and best selling author who wrote about the whole collapse of the lehman brothers from the inside. what is your take on the bonuss and your reaction when you find out those at a.i.g. will make $24 million? >> sure, that's why we wrote this book so expose the few that helped so many. our c.e.o. and president bonused themselves $80 million and drove lehman brothers 162 miles an hour into the biggest subprime iceberg this world has ever seen. this never should have happened. it's a tragedy and now the taxpayers are holding the bag. >> now, in your case, lehman brothers collapses. we know about the global economic impact. what about those others like the a.i.g.? tell me about the rationale behind giving them $21 million saying they're the only ones that know where the bodies are buried. they have to hang around. we can't let them go to j.p. morgan. >> i've been speaking all over the world to banks and insurance companies. one of my jokes is if you play poker and sit around the table, if you're looking for the sucker and can't find them, it's probably you. that's a.i.g. that was the joke, everybody knew that a.i.g. was the joke. a.i.g. ended up holding the bag and the taxpayers ended up bailing them out. >> why does it make to some like yourself on the inside saying yes, they were holding the bag. they screwed it up. they're the only ones that know how to turn it around. therefore, we need to give them $21 million? $46 million? >> that's the most despicable thing in the whole place. the people who destroyed this financial system are still in their roles. even somebody like tim geithner, head of the new york fed during this whole thing, during lehman's shenanigans oversaw, he was on the new york fed with our c.e.o. on the same board and they allowed these tragedies to happen. >> he became treasury secretary. chris dodd came out what with he terms long awaited much needed banking reforms. what's their take on them even though the republicans aren't on board, do you think they're going to work? >> the big thing they address in a good way is they have almost like a free safety where they have one council that's overlooking all the big, big pieces of risk. that's good. the place where it falls short is in the area of corporate governance. our board was a reckless out of control monarchy. the average age on our board was like 80 years old, 75, 80. we had a really poor board, very poorly educated on 21st century financial products and a lot of the boards today are a complete mess as well. >> so this way -- the way they have laid out, maybe the fed will overlook it and say we have a problem here. >> we have to fix these boards first and foremost. >> larry mcdonald, author of "colossal failure". thanks so much. congratulations on your success in the book. >> thanks. great to be here. >> it was supposed to be a routine flight from los angeles to new york. what's the big deal? it turned out to a 16 hour nightmare where they were rationing off pringles potato chips for seven hours. bruce jenner has been giving motivational speeches for years. how will he try to get the lawmakers work together on health care or have them start from scratch? >> he's the world's greatest athlete. you want to race? go! he took off on me. bruce, you want some coffee? ruc. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. combination of seven tantalizing flavors your cat craves. friskies signature blend. feed the senses. if it's not there arover 50 international awards we'd better give back. the jaguar xf. the critically acclaimed sult of a very different way of thinking. >> you're not on yet. the health care debate has been brutal, both sides republicans and democrats have fought vigorously for months now. >> sign quickly. that's right. the republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick. >> the american people are getting tired of this crap. if they do this, it's going to poison the well for anything else they would like to achieve this year or thereafter. >> i say let's have that make my day. i'm ready to have that and every member of congress ought to be willing to have that debate as well. >> go through the gates, the gates close. we'll go over the fence, the fence is too high. we'll pole vault in. if that doesn't work, we'll parachute in. we're going to get health care reform passed. >> under, through. it sounds like battle of the network stars. now, with the war of words getting more personal and heated, is there anything that can be said or done to make both sides come together? >> is this why bruce jenner is here? >> sort of. >> maybe. >> bringing the world together. >> that is going to be my next mission. >> if i can bring my family together, i can bring these politicians together. >> how do you do it? >> i don't know. >> you are a motivational person, your story is a motivational story. you motivate people and that's your family that you've been the glue, let's be honest. >> i am the glue. >> you are the glue. >> i am the conscience of the show. i am -- when people watch, all the time, they come up to me, even older people and a lot of the young kids watch but like older moms and they go i watch the show. i want to see how you're going to react. and i go really? yeah. >> that's perfect. now, how would you get the two sides together? because -- >> my poor little helicopter. >> i know. >> bruce, all of washington is watching right now. how do you bring them together? > >> they just got to kind of start all over again and, you know, it's just not working and they're pushing harder and harder on this health care thing when i just -- i just don't see it happening. i mean, people don't want it. >> we like to go with a good old -- >> so you're happy with what you have. >> free enterprise system and if we can fix that, we don't have to have the government start everything. it's such a mess. i don't know. >> let's move on to -- >> speaking of a mess. >> not a mess. more important stuff, the kardashians. your stepdaughters. give us some scoop, what do we need to know about their relationships and how it's -- >> every relationship is very, very strong right now. in fact, kim is down in -- in miami because they're doing -- chloe and courtney take miami. they're doing that show again. they have their store down there. >> they don't actually take miami, do they? >> kind of, yeah. those girls can take just about any city, if they want. and so -- but chloe has been -- she's newly married. she's a newlywed. she doesn't want to be away from lamar and so -- >> lamar odom? >> yes. formerly of new york here. yes. >> high school kid. good guy. >> really good guy. and so kim went down, i heard, the other day to kind of help just ease the pain and give chloe more time away. >> chloe has said she wants to get pregnant really fast before june. is she pregnant yet? >> no, she's not pregnant. well, if you've seen the show, i don't know. and never find out until the end. actually it's been a lot of fun. the girls have been great and everything. good to be back here. last time i was here i was kicking off copd campaign and went all the way across the united states, drove an r.v. from daytona to -- >> with jim belushi. >> we went separate directions but now, i have another great opportunity. i used to do back in the old 1980's used to do the old tropicana ads. >> for the casino? >> no, not the casino, the orange juice. i would probably like the casino better than the orange juice. they brought me back. we're doing this whole campaign for tropicana so it's been a lot -- it's been a lot of fun going around. they have a new program where they have what they call their jaws juicy rewards. you buy the orange juice and get $15 in savings. you look on the bottom of the cap and there's a number and you go to tropicana.com and you register that number and you can win up to $15 in savings and i am the sweepstakes prize. >> what? >> you are? >> between now and april 16th, if you register, there's a sweepstakes at tropicana.com where they come to california. two tickets to california, three days and two nights. >> hanging out with you. >> and we hang out and we play golf. >> both you guys will come out and play golf. >> i'll tell you what, i'll register you guys and put you in the sweepstakes. >> i can't play golf? >> i'll open a lid. >> for the juice. >> i actually can't play golf. >> why can't you? >> i haven't taken a lesson from you. >> i love women who play golf. there's nothing sexier than a girl that can hit the ball long. >> in the break -- we'll find out -- we'll find out if you opened it. >> mr. tropicana, always a pleasure. >> when am i going to be back? like i'm a regular on the show. >> come back tomorrow. >> are you good with a teleprompter? >> not really. >> what are you pushing for? you want to try this one right here? >> coming up, no, you're better at that than i am. >> all right. bruce jenner. >> modern day james bond, whatever that means. >> that's right. guy coming up, kind of a modern day james bond accused of running an off the books spy operation but the pentagon tells a very different story. >> true. >> and abba now in the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. but that was the tame part of the award. we'll show you what iggy pop did. úñçqç?p>p [ male announcer ] nature valley sweet & salty nut bars... they're made from whole roasted nuts and dipped in creamy peanut butter, making your craving for a sweet & salty bar irresistible, by nature valley. but we've got the ammunition she needs: omnaris. 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"fox & friends", that's the real deal. >> hi, everybody. i'm bruce jenner and you are watching the best show on television. "fox & friends." >> considering he's the star of a different show, he had some trouble with the producers over at e. that is the kardashians. >> that was great to have him on. he gave us a little bit of scoop. one kardashian is not pregnant yet. good to know. >> thank you for the headlines. we have others. >> tell you what else is happening this morning. the pentagon is looking at serious allegations made against the defense department official. "the new york times" says he allegedly hired private contractors to help track and kill militants in afghanistan and pakistan. he is accused of hiring private contractors from a company run by former special forces officers. the pentagon would not confirm any allegations made in "the times" report or say if an official investigation is under way. it is against u.s. policy to use contractors as spies. late last night, senate leaders reached an agreement on a $17.5 billion jobs bill. the senate is now expected to vote on final passage as early as today sending the bill to the president for his signature. democrats say the bill will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs while giving tax benefits to small businesses. unemployment in the u.s. currently sits at 9.7%. toyota is not calling james sikes a liar but it doubts his prius took him on a 94-mile-per-hour out of control road. toyota says tests do not support his claim that the gas pedal got stuck. tests show that he hit the gas and brake pedal 260 times. >> while our analysis is not finalized, toyota believes there are significant inconsistencies between the account of the event of march 8th and the finding of this investigation. >> brian asked for an independent investigation and we can tell you that the national highway traffic safety administration released a statement saying that it cannot explain sikes' claims but adds its rare to re-create the incidences. we have an investigative journalist coming up on the show. they reached music immortality last night at the rock 'n' roll hall of fame ceremony. >> it is our great personal honor and privilege to be chosen to induct abba into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. >> ah, yes. "dancing queen." abba accepted an award at the waldorf hotel here in new york city. so did genesis. peter gabriel sat it out. he was not there. phil collins made an appearance but the performance of the night belonged to iggy pop who always performs without a shirt much like steve of the stooges. >> ♪ i'm the runaway nuclear a bomb ♪ >> i want to be your dog. it's a classic. >> it is. >> it is. >> decided to go shirtless, as i said, for the event and he looks great. he is not a young man. let me just say that. >> i will say this, can you imagine when you're not working you have a shirt on and when you are working you have a shirt off. like how does he -- how does he get ready for his show? how does he -- >> are you wondering if he's completely naked? >> how do you take your shirt off and work? >> well, we'll explore that later, brian. i'm sure some other people do that. >> you could be the only person watching that wondering that right there. >> not really. >> all right. 6 minutes after the top of the hour. let's talk about president obama's seven month long quest. maybe one last quest to get health care here. yesterday, he decides to personalize the health care mission. he says instead of just going out and talking in the battleground state, why don't i bring a story to the fray? a story that was based on a letter written to me about a woman, natoma of ohio. natoma had cancer 16 years ago. she had cancer 16 years ago and has been cancer free for 10 years. she's a houses cleaner. >> right. >> as a house cleaner, she had to have her own insurance. because she was deemed, i guess, a greater risk according to her and the president, her rates went up to the point where it was just shy of $10,000 and now she has leukemia and now she is at a point where she feels as though she was going to lose her house and still not have insurance because of this cancer. >> she could not be there yesterday in strongsville, ohio, her sister connie was in attendance in her place. she's sick with leukemia and worried she's going to lose her house because she's no longer able to pay for insurance and, of course, that's the kind of stuff that the political unit, the white house, really eats up because, see, this personal story makes the case that we need the health care passed right now. not so fast, though. one of the big shots at the cleveland clinic in cleveland says we don't know exactly what they're talking about at the white house. but she won't probably lose her home and in fact, is probably eligible for financial aid. >> you know what's interesting is right after the speech, the president was met by someone from abc that said explain this, what would be different for her if health care reform passes? and if the president was for a minute stumped it seemed to me. he did not have a ready answer for that. one of those things that you better be alert. you need to say here's exactly how her life would be different. her premiums would go down. she'd get better care. she'd have access to doctors. you need talking points. the fact that he didn't is a problem. >> he couldn't answer. nothing kicks in right away. very little of this plan kicks in for years. all they do is take money in the beginning. they get ahead of the game and then they start the plan. >> right. >> and the president may not have had his talking points but the republicans did and in fact, they said under the president's plan, she would probably have to wait until 2014, the year most of the benefits in the plan take place. the president's plan. and michael steele, a spokesman for john boehner said yesterday under the g.o.p. plan, she could immediately buy into the state high risk pool that would give those with high insurance costs easier access to coverage. so the president had brought out her story hoping to make his case when, in fact, as it turned around, the republicans made a point on their side. >> congressman bart stupak yesterday sat back with greta who has been talking a lot lately. nobody is talking to him. on the democratic side, it doesn't seem as though anyone is trying to loosen his stance from not voting for the bill because of the abortion language. the language that he's reading and almost everyone agrees is there will be federal funding for abortion so he can't sign on. >> the conference of catholic bishops agrees with him. let's listen to what bart stupak has to say about that. >> the group with me, that makes sure we don't see public funding for abortion, we haven't seen any language to placate our concerns. there's no language yet. >> i think if the country respecting those who have a pro choice position, a pro life position. i would hope that those that are working on the language and accommodating the language would respect those that voted the way they did in the house and that that view in some form would survive as we move forward. >> and ali just mentioned the u.s. conference of bishops that we talked about a little bit yesterday. they released a letter signed by cardinal francis george that said regarding this particular health care bill, the cost is too high and the loss is to great. there's no protections against abortion language in the senate bill that the house would have to pass. they say the catholic bishops regretfully hold it must be opposed unless and until the serious moral problems are addressed. remember, there are 85 million catholics in the united states of america. and for the conference of bishops to say that, you wonder whether that will change any minds. >> all right. let's talk about another horror story on board an airline. you know you've heard stories in the past about passengers being stranded on the tarmac. >> those are in the past. >> yeah, you think it's in the past because, apparently, you know, there's a passenger bill of rights that's supposed to be passed. >> they're protected. >> ok. not so. just a flight, a direct flight from los angeles to j.f.k. here in new york, it was on board virgin america. it turned into a 16-hour odyssey for the poor passengers held captive on this flight because of all the storms here, they couldn't land at j.f.k. and that's when things got very ugly. >> yeah, they went to stewart airport and sat on the tarmac for seven hours. they ran out of food. they had to ration off prin gle over a matter of hours. the crew seemed young and inexperienced. the passengers were stuck. it took jet blue to rescue them. >> well, listen, the people on board were mad they were down to four pringles each. >> have you ever tried to eat four? you can't. >> wait, i can't have a fifth? >> you're looking now at twitter video from david martin who chronicled the whole thing on twitter. >> he did and carrey ann, the woman -- there he is. carrey ann from "dancing with the stars" she twittered was stuck on a plane for five hours on a tarmac. they ran out of food. a woman was escorted off by police and i'm grateful to new friends. then she had another one. we'll always travel with food from now on after yesterday's craziness. but how do i bring enough for everybody? >> here's the thing. do you really want at the height of the storm when this plane was supposed to be coming down, the winds out of the j.f.k. were 60 and 75 miles per hour. do you really want the airline landing the plane when it's 70 miles an hour? >> you don't. they did divert it to stewart, an hour and a half away. >> couple of hours by bus. >> let them off the plane! if you're diverted let them off. >> they get a refund, though. >> they get a refund according to the c.e.o. house speaker pelosi is set on passing health care at any cost and she could pass without members voting on it at all. get this, you'll hear more from former clinton advisor dick morris. he'll explain. >> she already weighs 600 pounds. that isn't big enough. why this mom wants to gain more weight. this story is disturbing. we'll tell you about that. >> already. 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>> first, i need to set the record straight. i didn't personally witness the waterboarding. i said in my original interview a couple of years ago that i was relying on reports that i was receiving from the field and accounts from my counterparts but i will say this, i said this then and i'll say it again in the isolated case, i believe that waterboarding produced actionable intelligence that saved american lives. >> as we roll up these high value guys like khalid sheikh mohammed and company, if they're not going to talk, do you believe people like you need to have that in their pocket to be able to play that card when needed? >> with khalid sheikh mohammed and a couple of the others or one of the others, i think that waterboarding didn't work but we need to have -- we need to have tough techniques in our arsenal to make sure that we have a way in which to strongly encourage cooperation on the part of these terrorists that we catch. >> that's the line that's got to be drawn or not drawn. in the book, among the things that you have, you have the takedown, you didn't know you had him. you looked at him. his eyes rolled into his head. he's in trouble. and you take a picture of his ear. send a picture back to langley. they say you have him there. what was that feeling like? >> the day before we caught him, i asked the colleague, do you think we're going to catch him or not? he said i don't know. and i said you know, i think in 24 hours, we're going to be heroes or our jobs are going to be finished. when we caught him, i wanted to jump for joy. i literally wanted to jump for joy. he was the biggest counterterrorism catch we had had since september 11th ht. >> now you have a situation in pakistan, all those guys are there. how close do you think you got in those days after tora bora to getting them? >> i think we missed a great opportunity at tora bora. i think general franks made a critic critical error when he allowed an eight hour cease-fire when he allowed them to come off the mountain and escape. now bin laden's location is completely unknown. >> in the situation we have and we've been covering in the last few days, the jihad janes and jihad jamies. we have women who are deciding this al-qaida thing is floating my boat. how are you concerned inside the c.i.a. that this was going to happen? >> very concerned. this is something we've been worried about since september 11th because folks like this tend to not be alerting when passing through airports or crossing borders. this is exactly what we've been afraid of. but this is -- this is an opportunity for our judicial system to step up. and mete out maximum penalties against people. >> do you want to see gitmo emptied and have these prisoners like khalid sheikh mohammed emptied into prisons like illinois? >> i would like to see them go on trial, be found guilty and executed for the crimes they committed. >> civilian or criminal? >> my heart says it doesn't matter but my brain says i think we should do it in civilian courts only because we should not allow al-qaida to dictate to us where we do these trials. the bush administration had real success over the last eight years, the eight years they were in office, in trying and convicting and meting out harsh penalties to terrorists. >> if you get bin laden tomorrow, do you want the ability to waterboard him if he's not talk sing? >> yeah, i think we should do whatever we can to collect information from bin laden. >> thanks for your service to the country. an excellent book and the war that continues. >> thank you very much. thanks for having me. >> appreciate it. >> coming up now, well, breaking news out of israel where police and palestinians are clashing at this hour. we're live at the scene in jerusalem and tom hanks standing by some controversial comments he made about world war ii and racism. what he said. that's coming your way. and the leader of the soul patrol turns into a teen angel? ÷ health mart pharmacies are locally owned our pharmacists combine expert knowledge and personal attention. no wonder jd power and associates ranked health mart highest in customer satisfaction. see if you live in a health mart town at healthmart.com no ordinary weed killer. because it does two jobs... at the same time. one: it kills the weeds you have - right down to the root. two: it forms a barrier, that prevents new weeds from growing for up to four months. roundup extended control - kills and prevents. they clean up gunk left by lower quality gasoline. then they act as a protective barrier... that shieldsnd protects engines... against rformance-robbing gunk. thanks for the info! shell nitrogen enriched gaoline, helping you get the most out of every drop. the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. this is onstar reporting a stolen blue chevy tahoe, south on i-75, near exit 5. we're on it. onstar, we may have that tahoe. ok, i'll flash the lights. we got it. it's in the cler. i'm sending a signal to cut the power. we got him. mr. ross, the police have recovered your tahoe. >> welcome back to "fox & friends" on this tuesday, ali is in for gretchen taking a week or so of vacation. tom hanks is the executive producer of a new hbo show that premiered this past weekend called "the pacific." and last week, he said, regarding world war ii, he said that that war was a war of racism and also a war of terror and then he said, it sounds familiar to what we might be going through today. doesn't it? well, those particular comments ignited a firestorm of sorts. >> let's listen to exactly what tom hanks had to say when he was then questioned again, are you sure? do you really mean that world war ii was about racism. he clarified. let's listen. >> yes, i did. i did say that. yeah. i did. and in fact, i have talked to all sorts of people who have in the vernacular used incredibly racist terms about the people on the other side of the fence and we can see all the time that comes over in the regular news from their side, from the other side, that terms that only be viewed as racist. let's just take the word racism out of this and put ignorance instead because racism is a virulent form of what that ignorance is. >> i have to really become a deeper thinker. i don't know what the heck he's talking about. these people bombed us at pearl harbor. and yes, there was hatred in this country for the japanese regime at the time which has since dissipated. is that racism? he says racism, america is slowly overcoming racism but taking an awfully long time. what is he talking about? >> did he just say and yes from the other side there's racism also so that he is saying that other people like islamist extremists hate us and hate americans and want us wiped off? i'm embellishing on what he said but did he just say that as well, that it's on both sides or just us? >> well, what do you think? do you feel he's right? from his initial comment? do you think that world war ii was a war of, you know, had racist overtones against the japanese and a war of terror as well? ema email us right now at friends at foxnews.com. >> did "newsweek" have it right that he's the historian of our generation? did i have a vote on that? >> it's "newsweek." >> we have a fox news alert right now. there's rising tensions that have exploded into violent clashes in east jerusalem. bullets are flying. fire is breaking out on the streets and palestinians throw stones at israeli soldiers. joining us now from the refugee camp in east jerusalem is rhina knight. what's the situation at this hour? >> ali, hamas is calling this a day of rage. they're protesting the building of a synagogue in the old city that they claim threatened a mosque in the old city and they're protesting the expansion of jewish settlements in east jerusalem. take a look live inside the refugee camp where they have shortly ago fired both tear gas and grenades to push back these palestinian youth. so far today in various locations in east jerusalem, 49d have been injured. palestinians, that is. 31 detained. the protests taking place also in the temple mount. protesters in the west bank at gaza as well. some 3,000 israeli police are on standby. all of this sparked by the announcement by the israeli government it will expand jewish settlements in east jerusalem by about 1600, not far from where we're located right now, there's school children coming in at this moment, they don't know where to go. the violence is picking up behind me at this moment. so far, the middle east u.s. envoy was expected to come into the region. he's canceled his trip saying they would like for the israeli government to withdraw these expansion plans of the housing in east jerusalem and for now, israeli prime minister has said benjamin netanyahu they will continue building in east jerusalem. back to you guys in new york. >> thanks so much for bringing that to us live. be careful, please and we'll check back in with you. >> meanwhile, another fox news alert. a magnitude 4.4 earthquake just hitting about 10 miles southeast of los angeles. it is 4:37 in the morning out there right now. there are no reports of injuries or damage. we'll keep you posted as more details become available. but a shaker this morning out in l.a., 4.4. >> wow. while many taxpayers are struggling to get by during these tough economic times, some lawmakers are spending more than $1,000 a month in taxpayers' money so they can lease cars. that according to the web site politico. some lawmakers even leasing luxury cars like lexuses or lexi but some say the leases cost so much because they have to use vehicles that are fuel efficient. >> good explanation. >> yeah. a sheriff could soon become governor joe. controversial arizona sheriff known for his tough stance on immigration and his hard line treatment of prisoners may run as a republican. arpaio who is 77 years old says this might be his last chance. >> not going to wait until i'm 85 or 80 to run if i wanted to run for governor. i would run for governor for two reasons. the people want me and number two, i know i can do the job. >> three candidates are already in the republican primary. current governor jan brewer. businessman john munger and state treasurer dean martin. he has a winning name. >> yes. >> singer taylor hicks is a soulful stage presence and helped make him an "american idol" champion. remember that? we were kids then. he's currently touring the country as teen angel in "grease." listen. >> ♪ baby don't sweat it don't sweat it you weren't cut out for a job forget it forget it you want your hair done ♪ >> taylor hicks who is wearing an outfit from our stage show "fox & friends" joins us live. good morning to you. >> thanks for having me back. >> when taylor came in, he said "remember" and he did this motion over here and of course, you were talking about a couple of years ago, you were here after you'd won and what did you do on the floor? >> i did the backspin, i felt like -- >> yes, you did. >> let's see it. >> right. >> got to love -- you got to love this. >> when is the last time you did that? was that the last time? >> that was the last time i did that actually. >> that is fantastic. >> whoever you do, don't do that. >> yeah. >> you're one of the success stories that emerged from "idol" there's been quite a few of them. you were just as driven to be an american idol as afterwards. how important was it to not just sit back and say i'm the champ, come at me. it seems like you went after it. >> i think it's a lot of years on the road as a struggling musician and when you get that platform of "american idol" to be able to sustain a long-standing career, you have to work and you have to work often. you know, i've been on the road, you know, for about 15 or 16 years of my life. in the last four years, constantconstan constantly touring and still have a lot of stuff from my old apartment in my parents' basement still. >> do you get a chance to watch idol? >> i do keep up with idol. it's a wonderful show and it's about, you know, witnessing and living the american dream. >> who are your favorites from this season? >> i like andrew garcia and he's a musician. it's so tough to tell right now how the contestants. >> you are not. >> you know, that's one thing that i kind of envious of all the, you know, all the people that get to play instruments. >> you would have played the harmonica. how handy he had a harmonica right there? >> that's true. you know, "idol" has been great to me and most contestants, all of them were just, you know, they're in that zone now with the live band and, you know, we'll see who the stars are, the cream rises to the top. >> i want to say something else. i've known allysan for quite sometime. she would give up this news anchor stuff to go to broadway and perform with you. one block away. it's killing me. >> most loved musical of all time, "grease" how great is that? >> i never thought that i would be a star on broadway and "grease" is a wonderful show. it allows me to get back into the country. see the country again and also integrate my brand new record within the broadway show "grease." >> do you need a new sandy? >> you know, maybe. >> ok, i'll audition later during the break. >> people leave their cell phones on, do you break character? >> sometimes you hear cell phones going off and people yelling soul patrol. but it's -- i've been blessed. >> no kidding. we're blessed you would join us. one last time, you want to do it right there? ladies and gentlemen, do not attempt this at home! the man is a professional. >> here we go. >> still got it. >> yeah. >> right. >> somebody -- >> all right, taylor. good job. >> all right. coming up, we have the wife of clarence thomas jumping on the tea party bandwagon. some say this is a conflict of interest for her husband. should she sit down and be quiet? >> then todd bridges from "different strokes" tried to save cory haim from drugs. he couldn't. he did save himself. the unbelievable story about how he cheated death straight ahead on "fox & friends." >> all right. welcome back. the supreme court has a justice by the name of clarence thomas. anyway, his wife apparently has joined in on the tea party bandwagon stirring debate about whether it is fair to question her influence on her husband's court decisions. plus, will her husband, supreme court justice clarence thomas be targeted because of this? just some questions here. that's why we called in fox legal analyst peter johnson jr. here with prescription for truth. good morning to you. >> all right. so virginia thomas, clarence thomas' wife has started an organization, i think it officially kicks off in may, and it is -- it's close to what -- how some have characterized the tea party movement. >> it's called liberty central. it's a not for profit advocacy lobbying group and a bunch of people beginning with "the los angeles times" in a very slanted article have raised this specter that somehow her participation in democracy and speaking out against higher taxes and speaking out against obama care and speaking out what she calls the hard left agenda of the obama administration is somehow going to destroy the supreme court's impartiality. >> right. >> and so, obviously, all of our federal judges, up to the supreme court have a standard of impartiality. >> sure. >> and they will recuse themselves, meaning step out of the case. step out of judging the case, if they believe that their impartiality could reasonably be questioned. so they're saying based on the citizens united decision, that's that united states supreme court decision that the president -- >> call them out. >> that he called them out at the state of the union, there can be all this corporate money given to her group and somehow that's going to affect clarence thomas. >> so you don't buy it? >> no, it's not rational. it's hysterical. and it's part of this kind of maniacal attacks on the tea party movement and anybody that wants to engage in participatetory democracy that's counter to kind of the left leaning media and the current white house administration. >> let me -- do you feel that this is -- because it was brought up in kind of a leftie mainstream media outlet, that it's just targeting people from the conservative side whereas how many people whether it's justices on the supreme court or members of congress, you know, their spouses are members of the aclu or n.o.w. or lobbyists or anything like that. >> well, virginia thomas has herself pointed out that governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania that his wife is a member of the third circuit court of appeals. and we're not reading those types of articles in the past. >> why is that? >> because we're not. and other senators have had wives on district court and u.s. circuit court. we know that our congress and the leaders of our congress historically not only now but in the past have had family members act as lobbyists. it seems to be a double standard and it seems to be a sexist standard that this 51-year-old woman, ginny thomas because of who she is can't engage in participatory democracy. it's not a conflict of interest. it's a phony issue and the left blogers should back off and let her do what she wants to do, whether they agree or disagree. it's america. >> you heard him. >> good to see you. >> pipe down. all right. always a pleasure. >> bye-bye. >> straight ahead on this tuesday, former child star todd bridges pulled himself from addiction and then tried to save his friends. from addiction. and now he's coping with their deaths. he's joining us next. and today is march 16th. on this day in 1991, the number one song in america "some day" by mariah carrey. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? 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[ male announcer honey nut cheerios stes great and can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. ♪ >> you know our next guest. he spent seven years on the sitcom "different strokes." >> get the picture? i am unemployed. >> why don't you collect unemployment insurance? >> arnold, to collect unemployment, you got to not be working the job you're working at before you stop working. >> what you talking about, willis? >> well, that was a funny moment but the recent death of child star cory haim reminds us growing up in the public eye is anything but easy at times and our next guest knows that very well. todd bridges played older brother willis as you just saw on "different strokes." he also was on "fish" and also on "the waltons" and so much more and in his new memoir that's out now, he talks about some of his struggles with drugs and other things. the name of the book is called "killing willis." welcome. >> thank you. thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> great to have you. at the top of the sitcom in "different strokes" which you were starring in for eight seasons, you were making $30,000 a week. >> oh, yeah. >> you were living large. and yet, for a while, the number one thing you wanted was just to get high. >> well, that was actually after the show ended. people don't realize during the process of the show, i was very professional so that kind of kept me together. when the show got canceled is when my whole life fell apart. everything caught up with me. >> you went the way the route of so many child stars, unfortunately, towards self-destruction. >> what i try to explain to people, we can't blame hollywood. it's not hollywood. that's bad choices that i made. i made some stupid personal choices fortunately t choices. the media wants to blame hollywood. i can't blame hollywood. i made some stupid choices and horrible mistakes that cost me. >> you got obviously into drugs, possession, dealing, addiction. >> yeah. >> but some of that is because you lost the high that you had from being on tv or no -- >> nothing to do with that whatsoever. at 12 years old, i was molested by my publicist and my father took my publicist's side. i was abused by my father. in "different strokes", i was riding my bike with a group of white friends and the police took me over and took my bike from me and told me my bike was stolen and made my mother get my bike back. a week later, i was riding my bike and they took me to the police station and they had to get me back. at 12 years old, i shouldn't have to go through anything like that. i was on a top rated show. everything caught up from me, the thing from my publicist and life with my father. nobody ever goes into addiction thinking they're going to get addicted to drugs. you do it to cover the pain up. but then when i got caught up in addiction, you know, it wasn't -- hollywood didn't throw me away. i threw hollywood away at the time. >> you were a talented actor. you were on "the waltons" for a little while and you were the cute kid for a while. >> at one point, it was only me and michael jackson were the two stars in the 1970's. >> the other thing, when somebody gets off addiction, doesn't matter if you're famous or not, a lot of people want to help others. did you reach out to cory haim who died. >> one of the biggest things with cory haim is a lot of people don't think they have a problem. cory started taking prescription medication which if you take it according to the doctor tells you, you'll be ok. usually they start taking pills and take a bunch of them and don't listen to what the prescription bottle says and that's what happened to cory. he was on oxycontin i guess we found out. and oxycontin is -- when you're not that sick, you shouldn't be taking oxycontin. >> how did you turn your life around? >> 17 years ago, i woke up one day and decided things had to be a little different. my mom didn't give up on me. she cut me off completely and i remember i went into court one last day to go for a trial and the judge said you can go to rehab or you can go to jail. and i chose to go to rehab and still wasn't quite ready at that moment. but when i went in there, i got really angry and really mad at the hospital people and strapped me in four points. and i was in there for three days and, you know, when you're in your 20's and you have a big diaper on and you were on a hit show, there has to be a change in your life. >> that's rock bottom i'd say. >> what's your advice for parents right now who think their kid might be going down the same path you went down. >> never give up on your child. you have to love your child and you have to like what i do with my kids is i tell them i love them every day but also, i tell them the truth. a lot of times, you know, our parents back then, you know, do what i say, not as i do and you can't do that anymore. children need explanations and they deserve explanations. they really do. in "killing willis" i explain the whole way that my life went. and like you guys, most people think the show ended, it was because you weren't working or running the limelight. it had nothing to do with whatsoever. that's why i fell from grace. >> read all about it. it's out there right now. todd bridges, real pleasure. >> thank you, appreciate. it >> thank you so much, todd. >> thank you, sir. >> straight ahead on this tuesday, a mother accused of plotting to kill. even trying to turn her baby into a baby bomber. the child's grandmother just wants the baby home with her but the law says she has zero rights, grandma does. we'll tell you that. >> you know her from "american idol." judge kara, but did you know that her dad is running for political office? 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[ male announcer ] years ago, the world was faced with a challenge. and lexus responded by building the world's first luxury hybrid. today, 5.5 billion miles later, lexus has four hybrid models on the road... including the hs, the most fuel-efficient of all luxury vehicles. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. march 16, 2010. i'm allicin in for gretchen. it's going to be a lot louder than usual on capitol hill today. one group is getting ready to honk their horns no against the health care takeover. we'll explain. >> steve: meanwhile, health care comes down to the votes. are they there on capitol hill? it depends on who you ask. >> i believe we are going to get the votes, we're going to make this happen. >> the guest estimate on my side , i'd be surprised if they have 200 votes. they need 216. >> steve: which is it? word there may be more horse trading going on behind the scenes. plus free rides on air force one, maybe if you say yes. that's straight ahead. >> brian: can you say kucinich? i knew you could. allysan is the country queen. jody mussina performing for us live. our slogan comes from bill in gorgetown. at our house in the morning, no one has too ask, do we watch "fox & friends," it's deemed to pass. that's great. >> a lot of musical talent. allysan is a wonderful singer. she was singing and dancing at the break. >> i'm a great lip syncker. i was doing my version of greased lightning. maybe in the after the show show. >> steve: we got a busy final hour and kick things off with a news story about was he or wasn't he at the mercy of his car. >> toyota is not calling james sikes a liar exactly, but they say they doubt his prius took him on a 94 miles per hour out of control ride. toyota says tests did not support his claim, that his gas pedal got stuck. instead, tests showed that he hit the gas and brake pedal 250 times, they say. >> to say this incident was send significancallized would be an understatement. >> the national highway traffic safety administration released a statement saying it cannot explain sikes' claims, but adds it's rare to recreate these acceleration incidents. fox news learning the former president, bill clinton, will be on capitol hill today having lunch with senate democrats. the topic? climate change. the former president last met with senate democrats in november trying to push them to pass health care reform. john kerry reportedly got president clinton to attend the climate meeting today. speak of climate, how is the weather? >> steve: first let's start with a little video and this is out of the commonwealth of massachusetts. emergency states declared there, connecticut, rhode island, new jersey, the flood caused serious -- the storm over the weekend caused serious flooding trouble. at least nine deaths are blamed on the storm. hundreds of thousandses are still without power. people in minnesota and north dakota, though, are filling sandbags trying to stop the red river from overflowing. could spill over any day now. last year as you will remember, the red river flooded, destroyed about 100 homes at the end. so they are getting ready up north. >> a judge has sentenced michael david bare receipt, who secretly shot nude video of erin andrews to 2 1/2 years in prison. she said that's not enough. she said how the ordeal still brings her to tears. >> i had a pretty big comedown, a meltdown last night, i think after i got back from the courtroom. i think nine months of just of it all, even listening to that piece right there, i get tears in my eyes. it's been a lot. >> barret who cried in court, admitted doing that. >> the first photo of tiger woods and his wife since that crash thanksgiving night. he says he's trying to repair the enormous damage done to his marriage after admitting to many affairs. this after the mystery surrounding his return to golf continues. the commissioner says he has no idea when woods will compete again. >> brian: did you see the size? he looks like he's been lifting weights. >> steve: what else has he been doing? trying to stay out of the public eye. >> brian: 6 minutes after the pop of the hour. let's talk about health care because do they or don't they? we're trying to figure out, do you have 216 votes on capitol hill to pass health reform and if they do have it, will they pass the senate version of the bill with the promise of reconciliation on the back end or will the house vote at all? >> steve: it all depends. nancy pelosi needs 216 votes. and she had the votes? it depends on who you ask. let's talk about people who are confident they can get this thing done. >> i believe we are going to get the votes, we are going to make this happen. >> when we have a bill, then we will let you know about the votes. but when we bring the bill to the floor, we will have the votes. >> i believe we have the votes and that we will get this bill done this week. >> steve: so you had the president of the united states yesterday traveling on air force one and dennis kucinich was being hauled around. i'll give you a free ride. we told you yesterday that kucinich was squarely against it because it is not liberal enough. he would like a public option. it's interesting, yesterday the president said of the american people, they don't want us putting our finger out to the wind and they don't want us reading the polls. which is interesting because this is the white house that reads a lot of polls. and all this stuff is poll tested. >> it's also interesting because after that air force one ride, then though dennis kucinich said he was against it, somebody asked, now how are you feeling? no comment. so some people mean does that mean they swayed him on air force one? let's hear from those who say we may have the votes, but we're not sure if we have the votes. >> the bill voted on the house back in november, that's not the bill that's coming back. i have four core principles that i laid out that a health care bill should do and if it does those things, i'll be inclined to vote for it. >> only a guest i want on my side, i'd be surprised if they have 200 votes. >> 200? >> yeah. they need 216. >> brian: they were both democrats. blue dog democrat out of florida, conman boyd, and congressman bart stupak who you'll hear from again because he's the one who is holding out because he's a pro-life democrat and he also said this also makes clear to me, clear to him, he said, that the democrats who are pro-life really have no future in this party if you feel the way i feel on this issue. he says he's not going to switch parties, but he says i don't even understand how you could be pro-life in this party because he's not even being talked to at this hour. somebody else who is being swoon ed by vice president joe biden was steve dryhouse. joe biden host add fund-raiser for him. it so happens he's undecided on this big vote. >> steve: listen, we heard people say the presidency is riding on this. nancy pelosi's power, speaker of house is riding on this. you can figure there is a lot of arm twisting going on behind the scenes. bart stupak has got a sound bite detailing that that we would like to play you right now. listen. >> they're saying to members, what do you need in this reconciliation package to earn your vote? that's really what's going on. it's not so much what's in there right now. what does it take to get your vote, whether it's cleaning up the language on abortion, whether it's a doctor fix, whether it's at what percentage this medicaid kicked in for lower income people, education to be part of it. i know the congressional black caucus and hispanic caucus had great concerns that this bill would never leave the senate, so they're trying to stick it in the reconciliation bill. so what's your concern that we could assure your vote? >> brian: he mentioned the -- we understand his opposition because he feels there is abortion language in there. but he mentioned the hispanic caucus and what they don't like is the fact that the senate bill is now on the doorstep of the house and what it does is it prohibits illegal aliens in this country from buying health care under that particular plan. >> apparently the joke may be on all of us who have been trying to actually keep track of which votes are going to go which way. if you've been counting the votes at home, you may be able to throw out your notes now and your calculator because nancy pelosi may have something up her sleeve that involves passing this without ever voting on it. they call it a procedural slight of hand where she would somehow pass it, but not vote. it's called a self-executing rule. we had never heard of it before, but kelly wright had. >> brian: kelly joins us from washington with the self-executing rule and how you can impress your friends at the water cooler this hour. >> we're also gaining a lot of civics lessons on this. it's called called deem and pass, brian. this is slightly murky waters, however, for the house members to be wading into. essentially here is what happens. the house rules committee can implement this more procedurally, imaginesive and complex rules. the self-executing rule embodies what we call a two for one procedure. in other words, when the house adopts a rule, it also simultaneously agrees to dispose of a separate matter. which is specified in the rule itself. in the case of reconciliation resolution, it's possible now that the house might not even hold a new debate and final vote on the senate version of the health care measure, which, of course, house democrats, they don't trust the senate to do everything that they would like them do so. so when the house passes a rule governing debate for the reconciliation package, it could simultaneously approve the senate version of the health bill. this would be the most economical way to handle the senate bill and self-executing rules are not rare. just a few weeks ago, the house utilized the rule to institute pay-go requirements and raise the debt limit. republicans say the strategy could be deemed unconstitutional. back to you. >> steve: kelly wright reporting live from the capitol. if they're so proud of this bill, why don't they want to be on the record as supporting it? you know who will be on the record later today? a whole bunch of protest, a honk no event. you don't like this, honk down in austin, texas. in capitol hill at 10:00 o'clock this morning, there is going to be a code red rally, a kill the bill rally, convening at tap park. and on capitol hill, they're bracing for thousands and thousands of perhaps tea party people who are just going to stop by their congressperson's office. hi, i'd like to come in and talk to them about health care. >> brian: they've been instructed how to treat them. coming up straight ahead, a man accused of plotting to kill, even trying to turn her baby, into a baby bomber. the child's grandmother wants to raise the kid, but the law says she has zero right. >> is that right? we'll examine. >> judge cara dioguardi. did you know her dad is running for political office? you'll meet him in ten minutes. >> the mother of jamie paulen ramirez, the 31-year-old colorado mom turned radical islamic describes her daughter, her mom, i should say, describes her daughter as lonely and insecure. she said she's concerned for her grandson's whereabouts. >> i'm praying that the irish government has not released my grandson back to her at this moment because the investigation is ongoing. i don't know where she is. i don't know where the baby is at this time. >> brian: at the end of this, she said, listen, can you guys help us? i want to get my grandson back. clearly he's in bad hands. what legal options does she have available? joining us now, best selling author, judge andrew napolitano will talk about that at a future date, we'll talk about how the government lies to us. this woman wants the truth. does she have a shot? >> she'd have to go to ireland. jurisdiction is geographical. meaning the court that would have authority to transfer custody is the court where the -- of the area where the child is and where the mother is. apparently this child was in some sort of protective custody, child services. we have it here in the u.s., while the mother was in incarcerated in ireland. then the irish authorities for better or worse, based on evidence only known to them because this is a matter potentially of national security, said there is not enough evidence against this woman. we're going to release her. so she's free. free to resume the motherhood of her child no matter what her mother in the u.s. says. >> steve: so the only way that the united states could possibly exact the child from ireland would be if there were some custody thing, like the father said, look, i want the kid back here in the united states, whereas then it would become a mother in ireland and a guy in the united states fighting over it? >> but the fight would have to take place wherever the child is. so if the mother and the child came back to the u.s. and the grandmother wants to say you're an unfit mother, a very difficult case to prove. the default position goes to the natural parents. that trial would have to occur where the mother and the child are. if the mother and child are in different place, it would then occur where the child is. >> okay. what about the grandmother's contention that this is a little six-year-old boy who is being indoctrinated and groomed to become a terrorist, can't authorities for that reason, somehow take him away from his mother? >> no, because as horrible as that may sound, the parents have the right to say whatever they want to their child, unmolested by the grandmother or by the government. so there is very little that the grandmother can do unless she wants to go to ireland and say, don't give this child back to the mother 'cause the mother will ruin the kid. >> brian: it is frustrating. brian and the judge.com. coming up, senator grassley, also newsweek robert samuelson. >> lesley is furious about what they're trying to do in the house, whereby they can pass legislation without voting on it. >> steve: judge andrew napolitano. always a pleasure. >> you know the story of alice in wonder lain, where absolutely nothing makes sense? it's often like the health care debate. we'll show you exactly what we mean by that analogy. >> brian: then you know her from "american idol." cara dioguardi. did you know her dad wants to run for u.s. senate? he's been an executive in westchester county and he wants to be a senator from new york. will he? he'll join us next. >> steve: how does sigh man feel about that? simon >> steve: exactly 24 minutes after the top of the hour. another hollywood marriage ended up hitting an iceberg. kate winslet separating from her husband after nearly seven years together. the split is said to be mutual. they have one child and that's too bad. this is the first video of rielle hunter's photo shoot with gq magazine. she calls the pictures used in the magazine, repulsive. she told barbara walters what she cried for two hours after seeing them for the first time. she didn't realize they would actually use the ones she posed for. >> brian: she's fascinating. instead of going to hollywood like the contestants on "american idol." cara dioguardi's father is hoping to be a senator. here is what gilligrand said about the competition. >> are you concerned maybe he's going to ride the crest of the "american idol" popularity. >> anyone welcome to run, of course, and i welcome the debate. i welcome the challenge and i look forward to campaigning across the state. >> joining us now is cara's dad, joe dioguardi. >> nice to be back. >> i know you're making your official announcement that you'll be running. >> at 10:30 this morning. >> what's your platform? >> you know, i was surprised to find out in 1985 that i was the first practicing certified public accountant ever elected to the u.s. congress, house or senate. and i immediately went about telling the american people that we have a credit card mentality in government and i put a congressman's credit line on the cover of this book, expiration date, never, bill to do future generations. this is 17 years ago. let me show you the culprit. you know when you get a call from your credit card company and you reached the limit, what do you do? you change your behavior. you make defer indication, something. not congress. they keep raising the debt limit. they raised it to almost 14. >> brian: you know how much work this is. you're in washington before, it's going to be hard, especially in new york, to be a republican from new york. what does your daughter say about this. did she say, dad, run? >> of course. my daughter played very nice role in my campaign. she came with me to the platform the of the train stations and saw her dad raising that credit card, almost every time he spoke, to get the message across. she's encouraged me to do it. it's important that someone weigh in today when we see this in washington. no one wants to stop spending. we had a definite sit last year of a trillion $400 billion and you would think this year we'd balance the budget. no. this year it will be a trillion 500 billion. when will it stop. >> brian: at some point -- >> look at the "new york times" today. it's in the business section that moody's is starting to be concerned that we may not deserve a triple a rating? >> but it is incredible you've been talk being this for 17 years, outwrote the book 17 years ago. i want to ask about your daughter's career which seems to have taken off in the past year. >> what am i, chopped liver here? >> i want to ask you what you thought of that moment where cara went up against by kuehne girl and -- bikini girl and ripped open her dress? >> i was surprised as anybody. she was rereluctant to do that. burr she has a favorite charity. and they decided to induce her by saying they would make a large contribution. i think that made the difference. i think that was a pretty good way to do it. >> she sure made a mark. it was memorable, definitely. >> brian: will she be coming back and helping you out? >> believe it or not, she'll be here this friday. when you're an italian american and roman catholic, st. joseph's day is important and that's at the end of this week, march 19. so the columbus citizens foundation, having a dinner with our family. cara is traditional in the way she treats the family and we get together as often as we can. now we're a bi-coastal family. >> brian: she's going to be on our set on friday. good luck with your big announcement today. >> thank you. >> brian: running on the republican side for the u.s. senate. 28 minivers the hour. >> tom hanks standing by controversial comments he made about world war ii and raisism. hear what he said. >> brian: she wants to get heavier, the story is shocking. even gets more shocking, and. >> she's the country queen with sass. jody mussina. ♪ >> president obama turning up the pressure on congress to pass this health care reform. he's telling democrats if they don't vote nor this bill, he will go out and campaign for them in november. [ laughter ] >> steve: no! >> in the meantime, for the second week in a row, alice in wonderland took the top spot y. are we telling you that? because we believe there is an analogy. we cannot help but wonder about the movie that could be made out of other absurdities regarding health care in health care. what would that look like? >> this is a place like no place on earth. # # a land from wonder. mystery and danger. >> we must have health care reform. >> since you've been gone, the red queen has taken over. >> health care in america is a right. not a privilege. >> haven't we had enough of government propped up on payouts and pork barrel spending? >> i have a work pork belly for my aching feet. >> their strategy has been obstruct, to stop, to block. >> republicans want to you die quickly if you get sick. >> you know about the health care bill is people don't want it to pass. >> the obama administration and my colleagues in congress are going to continue on their march to shove the government-run health care plan down the throats of the american people. >> i believe in a public option. >> reconciliation. >> reconciliation. >> reconciliation. >> reconciliation. >> is an outrage. >> they use reconciliation at their peril. >> everything there is to say about health care has been said. (screaming). >> the time for talk is over. it's time to vote! >> we're not campaigning again. the election is over. [ laughter ] >> brian: combination of unbelievable productsing and graphics. >> steve: very nice. >> brian: good mix. i want to go see this movie now. >> steve: that movie, we've been watching it for about the last year. although there are a number of republicans on capitol hill who say that if this thing actually passes, we'll wind up with something like another very big movie this year. the hangover. >> brian: in a matter of moments, we're going to tell you what tom hanks thinks about world war ii and our u.s. government. we've got a fox nut alert. new video from east jerusalem, as fierce clashes between the palestinians and israeli soldiers erupted. palestinians are calling today a day of rage. many threw stannates troops. at least 40 minutes are hurt. they are upset about israel's plan to build 1600 housing units in east jerusalem. >> brian: new details about major nidal malik hasan. he was described as chronologically unprofessional. did i say that right? and too fat when he was in training. despite this, his bosses allowed him to pleat his residency at walter reed hospital. he made statements that could have gotten him kicked out. >> the federal reserve is expected to keep interest rates at a record low, near zero today. the decision comes down at 2:15 p.m ben bernanke and his colleagues may give a hint of when rates could rise again, signaling a recovery in the economy. >> steve: meanwhile, here is quite a story. donna simpson weighs 600 pounds and is, according to those who keep these records, the 43rd heaviest living woman on record at that age. but she wants to be number one and weigh 1,000 pounds. so she's eating 12,000 calories a day. what's michael phelps eating? 6,000? to accommodate the 750-dollar food bill each week, she has a web site where people pay big bucks to watch her eat and model in a bikini. doctors say this is not good for her health and she could die. >> how disturbing. >> brian: michael phelps, on the other hand, doing good. there is now an on-line tool that helps teens draw the line between good and bad behavior. it's brought to you by mtv. the network says the morality meter could help teens determine the morality of snooping through e-mails or racy photos. >> steve: shouldn't they know this stuff? >> finally a moral compass on-line. >> brian: it's your moral north star. >> steve: from north star to the weather up north from where we are, in massachusetts, desperate situation, people in a front loader trying to get out of their houses. states of emergency were laird in massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island and the northeast as it continues -- they continue the cleanup following the huge storm which caused serious flooding throughout the region. at least nine deaths are blamed on it. at one point, close to 1 million people without power. meanwhile, in the northern plains, residents in minnesota and north dakota are filling sandbags to stop the red river from overflowing into their homes. the river is getting near flood levels and could spill over any day now. last year red river flooding destroyed about 100 homes and flooded thousands of acres. let's take a look at the map and see where it is raining on this tuesday morning. in texas is the answer. moving along the gulf coast. for the most part, in the northern plains. a lot of 30s and 40s. you know what? later on today, it's going to warm up where it's going to feel like spring finally. 55 today in raleigh. 60 in atlanta. 66 in new orleans. it should be 60s and 70s along the gulf coast. that's your fox travel cast. >> brian: i had to read this story four or five times. >> steve: really? >> brian: i don't get it. tom hanks, a wonderful producer and great actor, has come up with a brand-new series and many people call him the defacto historian of this generation after some of the movies he's done, especially for hbo. now he's got this five part series on the war on the pacific. world war ii. what he thinks about the country then and now, i can't make heads or tails of. it makes no sense. >> steve: what he said last week was that world war ii, and his new hbo series is called "the pacific." and it premiered and it's terrific. last week he said world war ii was a war of racism and terror and then said, it sounds familiar to what we might be going through today. right? well, yesterday a reporter from cns asked tom hanks if he stood by those comments and here is his answer. >> yes, i did. i did say that, yeah, i did. and, in fact, i have talked to all sorts of people who have, used incredibly racist terms about the people on the other side of the fence and we can see all the time that comes over in the regular news media from their side, from the other side that in terms it can only be viewed as racist. let's take the word race out of it and put in ignorance. >> the reason they're confused is because it's hard to know whose side he's on, who he's saying is racist, that he's saying that racism was the reason for world war ii. >> steve: because the japanese -- >> brian: they wanted to control the pacific. i don't care if they were -- i don't care what race they were, that was the problem. we weren't anti--japanese. we were anti--being bombed. isn't that safe to say? >> steve: yeah. >> brian: and people are angry at the other people, the other side who are trying to annihilate them. we were mad at each other. i don't think it's time to say america and the world was racist at that point. does that have anything to do with this conversation? >> steve: so what do you think, was hanks off target or on it? e-mail us right now. >> then this story, he claimed he couldn't stop his out of control prius. >> put the car in neutral, sir. >> no. >> no? have you tried to put it in neutral? >> i'm trying to control the car. >> toyota says the story doesn't add up. we have an investigative journalist who uncovered some of the inconsistencies in this story. he's going to join us next. >> steve: and then she's ready to jam, she's right there, okay. action. i'm talking about jody messina, performing live at "fox & friends." ♪ >> could the man who claimed last week that his toyota prius suddenly sped out of control on a california highway be lying? toyota says their tests cast doubt on his story. investigative journalist has uncovered other contradictory evidence and he joins us now live from d.c good morning, michael. >> good morning. >> listen, we know that toyota's testing says they figured out that this guy applied his brakes about 250 times during this out of control speeding incident. in fact, burned out the brakes in so doing. what does that say to you about what was really going on inside that car? >> you know, some people are going to say, oh, that's what toyota says. but the fact is, my expose on this came out on friday, several days ago, two days before the government report came out talking about this. in other words, there was an incredible amount of evidence, my piece shows unequivocally that this man was lying. >> how, how did you show that? what evidence do you have? >> okay. one thing was he claimed his accelerator was so stuck that he reached forward to try to pull it up and could not do so. and yet, after his car came to a halt, the investigating officer looked in and saw, lo and behold, his accelerator was in the proper position. nobody asked sikes how that happened. >> i don't know. let's tell you what the trooper said. the trooper said, who had to follow him said he could see sikes standing on the brake. >> which sikes was doing as the trooper approached. but not before. now, here is a real killer. sikes -- you can read in today's "washington post" that sikes -- we don't know whether he put tried -- tried to put the car into neutral. false. at a televised press conference, he says over and over again, he never tried to put it into neutral. you can hear the 911 dispatcher begging him to put the car in neutral. he wouldn't do it. he told cnn why. he said, i had to have both hands on the steering wheel. wait a second. this is a guy who spent almost the entire time like this. right. but he couldn't shift into neutral because he didn't want to take both hands off the steering wheel. but wait a minute. here is something else i found. the shifter on the 2008 prius isn't on the console like on your car or mine. it's on the dash right here, so all you have to do to go into neutral is you keep your hand on the wheel and you flick. sikes lied. he lied over and over and over, just about the neutral aspect. >> well, you make a very compelling argument. obviously the final evidence is not in on all of this, but michael, thanks so much for coming on and explaining your investigation into this. >> my pleasure. >> it's been five years since jo dee messina gave her fan has new album. she's here live on "fox & friends." first let's check in with bill hemmer for what's in at the top of the hour. >> good morning to you. we're counting noses on the hill. does nancy pelosi have the votes? one of the undecideds will tell us what he plans to do. you'll hear that live in a moment here. also, from the pentagon, we'll talk about these alleged hit squads hired to take out al-qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan. and see a boat that can fly. it's real and it's kind of fun. see you in 11 minutes now on america's newsroom. >> steve: it's been over five years since this multi platinum queen of country sass released a new album. i'm talking about jo dee messina. she's ready to let loose again. the first of a trilogy called "unmistakable." entitled "love" and joins us in the studio. >> good morning. >> steve: it's so cool, i know you've been in boston and now how swanky is this, you are performing -- >> on talk avenue. >> steve: the last time you played park avenue was? >> never! we're there through saturday. >> you do something where you just take requests. >> the guys on tour, we go in places and let the audience take on the show. we go on, too a couple songs and they can ask questions, they can make requests and tell stories. we wing it. >> brian: you didn't know the lyrics to "5 to 5" -- 9 to 5, i heard. how different is it being a mom, for example, as a performer now? do you find yourself baby-sitting now? >> no. i baby sat just as much before the child came. but i have help on the road. we have a nanny that is with my son even now. she's back in the hotel with him. she helps out a lot. >> steve: today you're going to perform brian's favorite song called "treat me like a woman today." >> brian: i just like the way it goes. >> we're all serious here. ♪ come a little closer to me. ♪ not so close i can't breathe 'cause you're stepping on my little tippy toes. ♪ and i, i got a funny feeling inside. ♪ like something's going to happen tonight. ♪ but it's not what you might think i have in mind. ♪ so back it up, baby. ♪ keep your hands by your side. ♪ 'cause i can swing that you realize. ♪ i'm going to have is a good time. ♪ it's not the 4th of july, but i still got a high. ♪ it's a beautiful day and that's the reason i want to play. ♪ feel the wind in my hair, see the love everywhere. ♪ tomorrow comes, but treat me like a woman today. ♪ treat me like a woman, yeah. ♪ you, you thinking of me better than most. ♪ but if you make a move, here's how it goes. ♪ i'm not taking any of the usual signs. ♪ except your game is an element of surprise moment mama can swing better than you realize. ♪ we want to have a good time. ♪ it's not the 4th of july, but i still got a high. ♪ a beautiful day and that's the reason i want to play. ♪ feel the wind in my hair, see the love everywhere. ♪ tomorrow come what may, just treat me like a woman today. ♪ hooo, hoo, hoo. ♪ it's not the 4th of july, but i still got a high. ♪ it's a beautiful day and that's the reason i want to play. ♪ feel the wind in my hair, see the love everywhere. ♪ tomorrow come what may, treat me like a bottom. ♪ it's not the 4th of july, but i still got a high. ♪ it's a beautiful day and that's the reason i want to play. ♪ feel the wind in my hair, see the love everywhere. ♪ tomorrow come what may, treat me like a woman today ♪ >> more "fox & friends" in two minutes. >> steve: jo dee messina in the after the show show. what's in that box back there? 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