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york that led to a rationing of food and water and eventually pringles. we'll talk to two of the passengers who were trapped on board. >> yes. he's back! look out. >> what a finish. >> 144 days since his last competitive tournament, tiger's going to try to wear the green jacket for the fifth time at the masters and the world will be watching and we might be on this very couch. our slogan comes to us from laura in vermont. hoping change for you and me is "fox & friends" and a bit of tea. >> sweet. >> live from studio e in the heart of midtown manhattan where it does look like a bar. >> no wonder you invited me to be here. >> how about scott on camera 2? what's on your head, scott? are you irish? that's all you'll say. >> on st. patrick's day everybody is irish. today the biggest st. patrick's day parade in the whole wide world will be kicking off a few hours from where we are right now. >> what happened? you're a real power play there, buddy. really power -- i'll be quiet. >> she's got a point. what do you mean he might be calling in? >> can i finish? thank you. greg norman said that he will try and call in but he's in malaysia. there's a 12-hour difference because for a while you were in the malaysian bureau, i remember that. >> lovely time. >> he was over in china and says his people says he's sleeping now but he loves the show and will try to call in. >> a lot of excuses but building up. >> i know. i got an email from brian earlier this morning that said we didn't know for sure if he would call. if he does call, it might be during a commercial in which case we would have to blow the break. >> yes. >> we would blow the break for -- no offense to greg norman. >> i think everyone has made the decision already. >> we're in the middle of it. we can actually make that. we have three action-packed hours. if you're getting dressed, don't forget to put on some green. it's st. patrick's day. let's start. do the democrats have enough green as in go votes? let's take a look at the very latest whip count. 216 counts will be needed to pass. right now, the best estimates are that the democrats have between 211 or 220. they're either five under or four over. good window for them. >> excuse me for interrupting. i wonder how all of this will change the democrats. i wonder if this whole self-execution rule that might be put into effect. >> i love self-execution. self-executing. >> that's exactly what they might be doing to themselves, the democrats if they play this. you know, man, i was watching o'reilly last night, he's like, talking to carl cameron going, they can't possibly do this. >> he's toast if he's doing it, he said. >> i kind of agree. americans are not going for this bill, folks. >> it's shady. >> or they're just -- they're doing it in a sneak way. >> i watched "the o'reilly factor", too and carl finished two sentences. >> greg norman called in there, too. >> dennis kucinich took the air force one ride, one of the most liberal members of the democratic party, took the air force one ride into his area of ohio and at this point, he wants to know -- it wasn't a common occurrence. there he is in the back saying wow, i got to pick up the pace if i want to keep up with the president. for everyone step the president has, dennis has six. one person at one times yelled during the president's speech, vote yes, dennis and the president said are you going it vote yes? we'll find out today if dennis kucinich will change his vote from a no to a yes. he's at a press conference. >> wasn't the news the fact that dennis kucinich said no comment. >> all of a sudden, it's not a definitive no. >> right. >> he says no comment. >> because he's so liberal and he has said as many members -- very liberal members of congress. we can't vote for this because it doesn't have the public option. it's not liberal enough. at the same time that dennis kucinich is having a 10:00 a.m. press conference, nancy pelosi is having a press conference and an aide would only say the topic is to be determined but apparently what she's going to talk -- do is she's invited all the female members of congress into a room. why would she invite all the women into a woman to have a meeting? people are wondering. >> to gang up on you guys. that's what we do when times are tough. we all bond together. >> i always wanted to know what women talk about when men aren't around. >> we talk about dudes. >> we'll find out. >> all right. let's talk about the democrats and what they would do if they, in fact, voted for this bill. yesterday, senator mcconnell last night talked to greta and he pointed out something that sometimes we forget about. this isn't really republicans against democrats. this is democrats against democrats. here is -- here is the leader of the republicans in the senate. >> right now, this is not an argument between democrats and republicans. it's between democrats and their own constituents. how will they be able to explain to their constituents that a bill that has the government take over 1/6 of the economy clear the house of representatives and no one voted for it? >> keep in mind, until scott brown came along, they had the votes but they could not pass it. scott brown from the commonwealth of massachusetts and a guy who is running for governor in massachusetts right now is the state treasurer, he is an independent now. his name is timothy cahill. how many times have we heard people say, you know, just look at what's going on up in mass maximu -- massachusetts if you want to see what's going on here in the united states. mr. cahill had some very damaging comments about it. he said in massachusetts, the state is so close to bankruptcy that if it becomes law of the land in the united states, the american economy would be kaput in four years. >> they just asked the federal government for more money to help bail out their model for national health care. this is where they fine everyone $1100 if you don't have health care. almost 100% of the people have health care insurance. what's happened is the deficit has continued to grow. people are saying wow, this is free. i'm going to continue to use this. i'm going to continue to use health care whether it's the emergency room or my doctor more than ever before. it hasn't shrunk deficits at all. >> according to "the wall street journal" poll, people are saying this is not a good idea. mcconnell is saying if this self-execution rule goes through, it will be -- what did he say? it will go down as one of the most extraordinary legislative sleights of hand in history. >> somebody who has reached acrosses the aisle and worked with democrats is republican orrin hatch of utah. he was on the greta program as well last night talking about this potential -- this bill being just an absolute travesty. listen. >> the american public have caught on. this bill is a travesty. it's going to cost an arm and a leg. its going to double and triple our national debt. it's going to cost $500 billion in new taxes. medicare is going to lose $500 billion and use that to start another entitlement program. there's going to be 1700 new federal programs that the secretary of health and human services can call and do. i mean, my gosh, it doesn't take any brains to realize these people are nuts. >> senator orrin hatch looks like he's at the height of lincoln looking down on all of us. >> one other note about cahill up in massachusetts and that is he says the only way we're currently getting by and brian, you kind of touched on this is we're getting all this federal money. well, he says, essentially, that the obama administration is pumping money into massachusetts specifically to prop up mass care so when the administration says look at how well it's running up there, people don't realize behind the scenes it's getting a huge infusion of green. >> speaking of green, you gentlemen look very, very nice in green. did you have trouble getting in today? the steereets are a nightmare f the parade. >> we'll go to the headlines not you won't believe what's in our studio. >> i like what's in our studio. i'm not pointing to that guy over there. >> i know. no kidding. >> anyway, here are your headlines. here we go. attorney general eric holder says osama bin laden will never be caught alive so no one needs to worry about him being read his miranda rights. >> the possibility of catching him alive -- >> but we can't -- >> he will be killed by us or he will be killed by his own people so that he is not captured by us. we know that. >> holder also says the administration is weeks away from a decision on where and how to prosecute the 9/11 co-conspirators. the obama administration is pulling the plug on building a virtual fence along the u.s.-mexican border. homeland security secretary janet napolitano says the $50 million earmarked for the project will instead be used to buy new laptops, sensors and other security devices. the virtual fence, a network of sensors and surveillance gear was proposed by the bush administration back in 2006. another auto recall, we're not talking about toyota this time. more than 410,000 honda minivans and trucks could have brake problems. listen to this. the affected models are the 2007 and 2008 odyssey minivans and element s.u.v.s. over time, the brakes can feel soft which means drivers have to press a little harder to stop the vehicles. owners will get a letter from honda when parts are available to fix the problem. hopefully the parts will be in soon. tiger woods will play in the masters next month but says he's focused on repairing his family. "i've undergone two months of inpatient therapy and continuing my treatment. although i'm returning to competition, i have a lot of work to do in my personal life. "yeah, you do. a british bookmaker says despite the time off, he's the favorite to win his fifth green jacket. phil mickelson in second at 6-1. ireland's pat harrington has 16-1 odds. >> a 16-hour nightmare, two of them trapped on -- not the wise trips, trapped on board are next. what about the passengers' bill of rights we were supposed to have enacted? we'll talk to the woman leading that charge. >> the mother and father charged with forgetting their own child at his birthday party. >> miscommunication. >> i do love him. i do love him and i'm fighting to get him back. >> ok. how could that happen? >> and then the fake census worker going door to door stealing your private information. you thought it couldn't happen. yes, it can. what you need to know to protect yourself from being scammed coming up. >> all right. reduces puffiness immediately -- and also helps with lines and wrinkles. not surgery. this is our way to do your eyes. new regenerist anti-aging eye roller. a man can only try... and try...and try. [ male announcer honey nut cheerios stes great and can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. ♪ 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. >> welcome back. this is, i'm telling you, this is my worst nightmare. a cross country flight that should have lasted just five hours turned into a 16-hour nightmare for passengers. watch this. >> we have more information. we're trying to give you all the information that we have. >> high winds forced the virgin america flight from l.a. to new york to circle j.f.k. airport until it was finally diverted to stewart airport which has a smaller airport 90 miles north. that's where passengers were then stranded on the tarmac for almost five hours. food and water supplies ran so low the crew had to ration four potato chips and 1/2 cup water per person. i'm laughing. it's not funny. david martin was on the flight and recorded the video you were seeing on the cell phone. also with us is the executive director of flierrights.org. we'll talk to the gentlemen first before we get to you, katie. you're sitting on the flight. you're heading to j.f.k. you're circling. you know the flight that there's weather there, right? they told you that ahead of time. you were convinced you probably wouldn't be landing right away, brian? >> yeah, they really didn't give us any updates so we were circling around for a couple of hours and then sat at the airport for five hours. >> they said you could get off the flight. >> they opened the door and said you can get off but the stewardess opened the door and it was pouring rain and we were a mile away from the terminal and they said now you're on your own. >> you had no indication at that point if you got off the flight, brian, that you would be able to be taken care of in any way. you'd be stuck in stewart which is 90 miles away from j.f.k. >> exactly. >> so one of the things that we've been hearing about this flight is that the, how shall we say the attitude of the flight attendants wasn't exactly positive. david. what was your experience there? >> there was definitely room for improvement. we had a couple of issues where we had to help the crew do certain tasks and they had a bit of trouble with that because they were pretty frazzled themselves but we ended up resolving that situation together with the passengers. >> in what way? >> in what way, we had to take some of the passengers to the side and try to calm them down, those who were crying and those who wanted to smoke, those afraid of taking off and afraid of of landing at j.f.k. >> whoever wants to leave, you can get off flight and 26 passengers, i believe it was, did leave. were you still allowed to get off the plane and just kind of hang out on the tarmac or did you have to stay on the plane. >> this is what happened. what happened is they came into the aircraft and said, look, if you want to get off, it's not our responsibility. you can walk over there to first street and you're on your own. you're done. it was pouring rain. basically they wanted to tell people don't get off the plane. when they let the first 16 passengers off, they basicly came back on to say no one else is getting off. everybody else stay on board. >> you were basically forceed to stay there. can we bring up -- can we bring up the virgin america, excuse me, response and by the way, i've flown that airline so many times and it's an awesome airline from my experience. but they say, with quickly changing forecasts from air traffic control, we had to make tough decisions about whether to continue to, excuse me, to hold or to end the flight. we agree we need to have done a better job with communicating the situation to our guests. our c.e.o. sent out apology letters to each of the guest on this flight and we refunded everyone for their flight, provided additional credit filed for future travel, $100, i believe the credit was. katie, this wasn't supposed to happen, was it? i mean, you've been arguing and pushing for the passengers bill of rights and it's supposed to go through in april, isn't that right? >> well, actually, the department of transportation passed a rule that goes into effect april 29th but right now on the senate floor is our actual comprehensive airline passenger bill of rights and we should have a vote by thursday night or friday morning on that. so we should have an actual law. the rule is a little fragile because delta, american and jet blue are already asking for seven month extensions. >> i read that in the paper today. that's because of j.f.k. and there's sort of construction going on at the j.f.k. airport, isn't that right? >> yeah, but they overschedule there chronically anyway even with the runway in place. what we've got is chronic overscheduling. we have real problems that need to be addressed and none of the airlines have been willing to depeak their schedules in the morning and move the capacity to the middle of the day. so we need a comprehensive airline passenger bill of rights which we will have, i believe, in the next couple of weeks, we'll have it on the president's desk. >> i pray we do. but in the meantime, if there's another situation because there is, of course, an issue of weather with the winter months winding up, you know, spring coming in with the rain. if you are in a situation like that, what can you do? >> well, these guys did exactly the right thing. you cannot -- you can't upset the crew and can't force your way out of a plane because it's a federal crime. but taking videotape, we encourage everyone to take video footage, document everything that happens. get names of the planes and the crew. >> right. >> exactly, because they're also culpable. when they know you're taking their names, they know they better behave right. >> exactly. it's so important when you have all the footage if you're sitting on an aircraft, you can use media services like twitt " twitter.com and you get c.e.o. of airline calling you. >> we didn't just bring you because you're from ireland. >> that's right. happy st. patrick's day. >> five democratic members of congress are switching their votes on health care from yes to no. why the sudden change of heart? we'll talk to one of them. and not only do our troops have the best weapons and the best training, our soldiers overseas are getting some good old home styled kitchen thanks to the combat kitchen which is set up right outside of fox. 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>> thank you very much, juliet. it may be tougher to pass the health care bill overhaul after all than the president actually thought and as speaker pelosi promised and she originally expected. that because several democratic congressmen who once voted yes to a version of the legislation now say they will vote no. >> uh-oh. democratic congressman from illinois is one of the congressmen who changed his mind yesterday. there were five in all and he joins us live from the nation's capital. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, steve. why did you decide, you know what? i like the idea of health care but i can't go along with this. i'll have to vote no. >> frame it for a moment. when we first had the health care bill come before us, the president said that no provision of the bill could be used to help undocumented workers illegally here in the country. we agreed with that. then the president came before -- remember when he came before the house floor and congressman wilson said you lie. he really wasn't lying because i know because i agreed reluctantly to support the bill with that provision. and then the president the next day said even if you want to use your own money to purchase health care in the exchange, the exchange that we created, you can go and purchase your health care if you don't have any, you would be disallowed. i said to myself, wait a minute. if an immigrant in this country, wants to use his own money, he can purchase his health care and pay for his own health care. he should be able it do that. >> let me just inject. you are also talking about illegal aliens in this country who take their own money to buy their health care, right? >> absolutely. here's what i said, if they are undocumented and in this country and they wish to purchase health care at the exchange, right, with no government subsidy, they should be able to do so. otherwise, what they're going to do is they're going to receive that health care at the most expensive point which is emergency health care and the rest of the taxpayers in this country will have to subsidize their health care. i thought, why not let immigrants because we're always saying they should pay their fair share, that we should allow them to pay their fair share, they don't pay their fair share, this is an instance where the president went one step too far and i said the senate version does include that. the house doesn't include that. >> that's interesting, congressman, you said the senate version does include allowing illegal immigrants to pay for their own health care. >> the senate version -- the house version says -- is moot on the point. doesn't say anything about the point. the senate version says just like the president wished, this was a presidential initiative that he came out two days after the wilson exchange on the house floor. so look, here's all i'm saying. if you're undocumented, you say illegal in this country and you wish to purchase health care, i think the american taxpayers should allow you to pay your -- pay for your own health care. >> you know what? we got to have you back. immigration will be the top topic now. a lot of people speculating that you're holding out and you'll eventually be a yes. >> let me tell you, i will have conversations with the white house today. i will have them tomorrow. the next two or three days as you two gentlemen very well know as an eternity in washington because it only takes 60 seconds to resolve. i'm hopeful that we can resolve it. >> all right. it's great to have you, joining us from our nation's capital. thank you, sir. have a great st. patrick's day. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> back at you. i want to see your green tie around noon. straight ahead, after forgotten about his mom after his own birthday party, what she has to say for herself. and -- >> tiger woods getting ready to make a comeback. we'll talk to one of his former competitors and one of the greatest golfers ever, greg norman, the shark joins us live. >> we're cooking up a storm if our very own combat kitchen. outside. happy birthday to a guy who knows a lot about those kitchens and does a lot for the military, gary sinese is on "c.s.i." and a very good actor. he turns 55 today. >> double nickel. 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. one reason? 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>> his biggest obstacle is fact he's going to be under a different type of pressure going forward. yes, he's done a great job talking for him in the past and he'll continue to win, no question about it. he'll probably go down in history as one of the greatest players in the history of golf, if not the greatest player. he's going to see a little bit more intensity. a little more adversity. people are going to probably voice their opinion a little bit more vocally for him which is everybody's freedom in speech in a lot of ways. he'll have to kind of put his blinkers on a little bit more tightly than he has in the past. >> i was at bethpage on long island for the u.s. open just watching, they wouldn't let me play because i'm not good. >> well, we know that. >> yeah, i know. thank you for backing that up. >> wow! >> but greg, it was like being at a yankee game the way they yelled and hooted and hollered and in between as players walk up and players would say things and do things that weren't good, they let him hear it. how will that differ with what tiger will experience with the galleries at the masters? >> the masters is a much more controlled event at augusta national and the people at augusta do a great job of letting golf be the pristine sport of them all and an event. they're going to make sure nothing gets out of hand and that's part of the reasons tiger feels so comfortable coming back there. he needs to get back to golf. there's no question about it. golf needs him. he needs golf. he's going to focus on his priorities which is his family, elan and his kids and, you know, i admire him for coming back. he needs to get back on the golf course. >> you know, tiger had a few of the players on the tour come out against him, say some disparaging things including his own caddie said he was kind of mad at him. tiger is not used to that. what will it be like in the locker room and do you expect him to fire his caddie like he did the last one that said things he didn't like? >> well, i don't know about that. i can't speak about it. but yeah, tiger knows he's hurt the game of golf. no question about it. when you're the number one player in the world, you have certain responsibilities and commitments in the position you have to carry and he did -- he has hurt the game. it will take the game of golf a while to recover but the game will recover, no question. it's not all about one player. it's about a multitude of great players around the world and yet, tiger is a part of that. so how the other players will treat him, they want to get out and beat him as much as he wants to beat them on the golf course. what happens in the locker room is difficult to say. you know, there's going to be -- there will be some angst because some players probably feel a little bit tied down by him because tiger is getting all the attention and will get the attention for every tournament he comes back to when he plays in. >> here's the statement from tiger. i have undergone almost two months of inpatient therapy and i'm continuing my treatment. although i'm returning to competition, i still have a lot of work to do in my personal life. so that was tiger yesterday. and finally, british odds makers say he's 4-1 odds he's going to win this thing. greg norman, would you say he's the favorite to win the masters again? >> i wouldn't go along with saying he's the favorite. i'd say he's one of the favorites because again, brian, he's coming out under a lot more different circumstances. yes, it is the masters. yes, it's the favorite golf course. yes, he's won there before but things are going to be different for him going forward and it will be interesting to see how an individual athlete and golfer, how he handles it. how he performs under it. he's going to be one of the favorites. is he the outright favorite? i wouldn't say. >> you know the format of the show. unfortunately, i have to wrap up our interview. we go to weather. have you ever been tossed to weather from china? >> well, i can tell you what the weather is like here in china but yeah, i have no idea what the weather is like on the east coast, the west coast. but i'll tell you what, one thing in china, it's wet. >> thanks for that update. >> so greg norman officially tossed to you by saying in china it's wet. >> what day is it, by the way? next friday? >> well, no, i think it's thursday. >> good enough. >> greg norman, always a pleasure, thank you very much. >> nice of you to call in. thanks, greg. >> happy st. patty's. bye-bye. >> did he just call collect? that could kill us. >> that is killing us. it's coming out of juliet's wardrobe. sorry, different outfit next hour. >> the only thing different it's green. first of all, look at these pictures. residents in north dakota and minnesota scrambling to get more than a million sandbags in place before the red river floods. the river is expected to crest sometime sunday way above flood stage. meanwhile, while weather has improved in the northeast, many areas remain under water following that powerful nor'easter over the weekend. this is video just about five miles from my house. >> did you take that video? >> i wish i would have. paterson, new jersey, thousands of people from new jersey to new hampshire remain without power. forecasters say a third of the nation faces a high or above average flood risk this spring. meanwhile, let's take a look at where it's raining hard this morning all the way from florida through portions of dixie land. we got a little rain, as you can see as well, through south central iowa on into northern portions of missouri which is where juliet went to college, unfortunately. >> fortunately. >> we got a cross-state rivalry. 20's and 30's across much of the northeast. daytime highs, perfect weather for the big st. patrick's day parade. it's going to be 62 in new york city. 52 in atlanta and 73 in san antonio. >> you know, president obama picked kansas to be in the final four ooch four. >> you know. i saw that. ain't going to happen. now the rest of your headlines. senate homeland security committee will try to get more answers today about what led to that failed christmas day attack on the detroit bound jetliner. the so-called underwear bomber, umar farouk abdulmutallab allegedly tried to blow up the northwest flight using explosives sewn into his underwear. the hearing will focus on two questions -- why abdulmutallab -- i'll have a problem saying this one. abdulmutallab, you know what i'm saying. >> crotch bomber. >> was allowed on the plane and why his name which i can't pronounce was not on the terrorist watch list. former intelligence officials are expected to testify. the killings of three people with ties to the u.s. consulate in mexico may have been a case of mistaken identity. the f.b.i. now says there is no information so far that indicates the victims were directly targeted by drug cartel hitmen. the comments calming fears that mexican cartels have launched an offensesive against u.s. government employees. two parents who allegedly left their 3-year-old son alone for two days at an amusement park after his birthday party say it was just a mix-up. >> it was. it was a miscommunication. i do love him. i do love him. and i'm plfighting to get him b. >> they found the child alone at caesar land on saturday. the father finally showed up on monday. >> monday? >> the 3-year-old is in foster care until further notice. >> they have an uphill battle to show they are good parents and the way things stand right now, they have not made a very good case for themselves as of yet. >> the boy's parents say they each thought the other person was taking the boy home. they could face criminal charges. >> very excited right now to bring you out where something is special for military men and women. with an award-winning chef and you know what? a salute to the troops. steve, what do you have planned? i saw you putting together a tent this morning. >> it's a combat kitchen right back there. what are you making right now? >> right now, we're making a few of the potato pancakes for our first force. >> beautiful. we're going to talk a little bit more to him. he is actually like the top chef of the u.s. military. but in the meantime, look at this thing back here. this is a combat kitchen. remember back in the day, you know, if our men and women in uniform were out in the theater of war or wherever they were potioned, and wanted something to eat, they would wind up eating out of little cans. that's all changed. joe here is from global defense technology systems. how do you say your last name and ben campbell is with the u.s. military. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we're going to go inside -- steve, go ahead and walk in there. steve, the cameraman. now, joe, tell me what this thing is because this looks like a five star restaurant essentially that can be transported anywhere. >> this is a mobile expeditionary kitchen. it sets up very quickly in the field. 45 minutes. it's deployed. it's a full service kitchen. by that, i mean, it's no different than going to your local restaurant, gourmet restaurant. it provides fresh food capability. >> and that's the key, isn't it, ben? they don't have to have those little -- they don't have to eat little rations out of a can. >> oh, yeah. absolutely. you know, this provides them with the latest, greatest way to prepare food to get the good rations out to our troops to sustain them, you know, during their mission so they can complete their mission, you know, basically, you know, with all the nutrients they need. >> very nice. let me go on in here for a second and i see that the food is all lined up. and what's your name? >> i'm julie. >> hey, julie. what are we having for breakfast? >> we're having it with granny smith apples. >> how cute is this? they're little shamrocks. what's that made out of? >> it's sugar. >> that's what i thought. it's sugar and it's coming your way, juliet. >> thank you very much, steve. and we'll save the rest for our crew, of course. >> of course. >> we are going to be coming right back. think you're getting too smart to be scammed? stick around, what you need to know about the slick new census scam. >> it appears some university scholars made a lesson in english. they put up this billboard. big mistake. >> oh, boy. bacon? 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[ 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. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. >> we will do what is necessary to pass a health care bill to improve quality, lower costs and make america healthier. >> we will do what is necessary. that according to house speaker nancy pelosi. that includes the legislative trick, perhaps known as deem and pass. a strategy that allows democrats to pass the health care bill without actually voting on that. is that constitutional? let's talk to peter johnson jr., fox news legal analyst. peter, i was reading in "the new york daily news" this morning that congressional members from new york city had never heard of this thing and said, rather than call it deem and pass, maybe we should call it demon pass. >> or maybe the hail mary pass invoking a more appropriate religious symbol. yeah, this is the latest incarnation of how long can you go? first, we had reconciliation. also known as the nuclear option bypassing the rules of the senate and then they said, oh, well it's not really reconciliation as a nuclear option. the president and others say we want a straight up and down vote so then when they start counting the votes on a straight up and down vote ignoring the rules of congress on such a massive piece of legislation, they say well, we're not going to do up or down. we're going to do something that's called self-executing or deem and pass which means that we won't actually pass the senate bill in the house. we will pass the changes to the senate bill and in passing the changes, we will deem to have passed that bill. it's kind of like double secret probation in "animal house". not going back to your district and saying i didn't actually vote for that bill. i voted for the changes so don't say i voted for that really bad bill that had gatorade and the louisiana purchase and the nebraska kickback. >> well, see, it -- if i were a democrat in the congress, i'd be thinking, well, this is perfect because i like the fixes bill because it takes out the bad stuff. >> right. >> but the senate bill, if you're in the house and the democrats a lot of them say that's a real stink bomb but can you really once they pass that initial thing, will you be able to say that guy voted for it, that gal didn't vote for it. >> no, if you look at things carefully and you have a respect for the truth, then you can make it clear that people voted for that bill. but there are constitutional scholars and there's a debate on this. they say article 1, section 7 says you cannot do what they're suggesting, especially on such a momentous piece of legislation. >> so this could get hauled into the courts. >> theirs a lot of different constitutional challenges but i mean, that's -- you know, that's kind of a postscript. you know, if this thing passes, it's going to be almost impossible to repeal. so there's a lot of americans today who are waking up and saying, i read these mainstream papers and look at these broadcasts and this thing is going to pass and they're getting angry and upset again the same way they did in august. they're calling their congresspeople. they're calling their senators and saying hey, what's going on with this? unfortunately, this has kind of become who's on first. abbott and costello. i wish it was that funny. it's not that funny. this is the latest shenanigan out at capitol hill now to make us believe that something hasn't gone on when it actually has. legislation that we don't know what it says, but we're told will be good for us once we really understand it five years from now. >> yeah. all right. that is today's prescription for truth. >> happy st. patrick's day. go march in the parade now. >> good. it's going to start shortly and run until tomorrow. >> great parade. meanwhile, straight ahead, take a look at possibly the worst driver ever. he drove right into a rock slide. oh, brother! then, it could be even harder to find a doctor if obama care becomes law. the whopping number of doctors who are about to quit if it goes through. and soldiers are taking over our plaza. we're being invaded and they're getting ready to reform the national anthem -- rather, to perform the national anthem. we won't reform anything. we'll have breakfast. stick around. i have astigmatism. so my old contact lenses would sometimes move out of place and blur my vision. my eye doctor said there's great news for people with astigmatism. acuvue oasys for astigmatism. they work with the way my eyes move and blink, which helps them stay in place. and this is the only lens of its kind made with hydraclear plus. i'm seeing more clearly, crisply, comfortably, all day long. now life doesn't have to be a blur. [ male announcer ] for a free trial pair certificate, go to getacuvue.com. acuvue oasys for astigmatism. to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. >> good morning. it's march 17, 2010. happy st. patrick's day. i'm juliet huddy in for gretchen carlson. here's what's happening. a mad dash to the finish line for overhauling health care. >> this week, there will be a final vote on health care. there will be an up or down vote on where we are on health care, on the president's plan to reform our health care system. >> he says there will be, sounds definitive. the president and other top leaders laying on the pressure, obviously, but will they have the votes? brian? >> will they? >> yes, juliet? >> that isn't a rhetorical question. >> this is a separate story but if they get the votes many of you may have find a new doctor. huge number of doctors might quit the business and do something in fast food, perhaps. steve? >> speaking of food, brian, movie theaters without buttery popcorn? sounds almost unamerican. unhollywood like. don't worry. instead of popcorn, you will get, perhaps, granola or a fruit cup. unless they've got vegetables. we'll tell you that story straight ahead. our slogan this hour comes from katherine in illinois. irish eyes are smiling with juliet, steve and brian. >> yep. live from new york city, that is a combat kitchen that is set up in front of our building and that is a big shot right there playing the sax. >> he sounds good. he's been practicing all morning. >> big parade day here in new york city and we have a bunch of members of the military and we're going to feed them breakfast very shortly as you can see back there, the combat kitchen is all set up. >> those are the same tents, by the way, living quarters that they use in afghanistan, over in iraq. >> why else do we have them on the show? >> adding a little color. >> ok. >> juliet, i thought it would work. >> figured that one out. >> yeah. the color today is green. it's st. patrick's day named, of course, for the patron saint of ireland. let's talk a little bit about what's going on. that's why suddenly the background is green. let's talk a little bit about what's going on -- fiber optic technology in capitol hill. and that is the push for health care. you got to figure, well, they're eventually going to wind up with some sort of a bill, aren't they? remember, we've heard some democrats say we're waiting on the congressional budget office to bring us the numbers. well, according to congressional quarterly, the democrats simply are not getting the number they want because apparently, the fixes bill is way more expensive than it's supposed to be. >> even though the c.b.o. has not given us the information yet. >> the democrats apparently have the information but they're not releasing it because the bill is not at the threshold that the president had said, reducing by a billion dollars. >> maybe that's -- >> they're just fishing around, trying to fix the bill. >> maybe that's why the americans who have been polled about this still are not -- are not too supportive of it. i mean, you've been hearing this, it's pretty consistent but "the wall street journal"'s latest poll came out, 48% of those surveyed called it a bad idea and 32% say it's a good idea. based on what happened yesterday with to whole big self-execution rule possibly being -- >> deem and pass. >> exactly. the slaughterhouse rule. i mean, this could be a real disaster for the obama administration depending on who you talk to. >> the process doesn't matter, according to steny hoyer and especially the speaker of the house. people don't care about the process. they care about results. so here's the total. steve mentioned you need 216. latest tally is 211 to 220. amongst those on the fence, dennis kucinich. once a firm no, now he won't comment. a democrat out of ohio, she is anti-abortion democrat. and she says this is not stringent enough. could she change her vote from no to yes? congressman bart gordon of tennessee also opposed to the bill but getting a lot of pressure and blue dog congressman alan boyd of florida, he says i cannot tell you what i will do. that used to be a firm no. >> that was kind of like dennis kucinich who got off air force one yesterday and although he had been definitively against the bill when he came off yesterday, somebody said what do you think? he said no comment. i thought that was interesting. >> sure, that's after they had been chatting. now, here's the thing. a couple of days ago on the sunday chat shows, you got one person saying we got the votes and you got the whip, clyburn saying we don't have the votes. yesterday, steny hoyer was asked about it, do you have the votes or not? he said the whip is responsible for counting the votes. i will defer to mr. cluburn and he said they don't have the votes yet. yet. mr. gibbs, robert, is his name said yesterday that there will be a vote sometime this week. >> this week, there will be a final vote on health care. there will be an up or down vote on where we are on health care, on the president's plan to reform our health care system. and i think that is -- that's -- that's what he's focused on. that's why he's talking members to gain their support. >> robert gibbs would not answer the question when asked is the president in support of speaker pelosi's plan possibly to use the slaughterhouse rule of not allowing the house to vote yes or no on the senate version of the bill? just on the so-called fix it bill? he would not comment because a lot of constitutional lawyers say you can't use -- you cannot pass a piece of legislation like this for this. >> such an important piece of legislation. >> right. they said it's only been used four times. they said in 1933 when they were talking about the united states credit worthiness frworthiness. that's a long time ago, juliet and steve and confused in the 1990's on a bill involving the family leave act and just a pay as you go provision they put in effect. in the 1990's, republican house wanted to pass the line item veto to president clinton. they used for that. that's far different from health care reform. >> sure. if they do this deem and pass thing where peter johnson jr. just explained and brian touched on, it could be unconstitutional, according to some. if they do it, the democrats today think that this would be a great way to do it. and in fact, yesterday, steny hoyer defended it. the funny thing is we've got some tape from 2003 when the republicans were going to use deem and pass and steny hoyer hated it then. just watch. >> on this floor before when you did not allow us to offer substitutes that you didn't have the courage of your convictions. i have said on this floor before when you didn't allow us to offer amendments that you didn't have the courage of your convictions. now, you not only don't allow us to offer a substitute, you don't allow us to offer amendments, you don't have the courage to put your own bill on the floor and the public probably doesn't understand that. this is a rule. not the bill. >> $82 billion of deficit that americans are going to have to pay for. my children are going to have to pay for. my grandchildren are going to have to pay for and we don't even have the courage to put the bill on the floor but this rule. >> he sounds like a lot of republicans these days there in the well of the house. so steny hoyer was against deem and pass before he was for it. >> remember, when it -- before we started working for, you know, a newschannel and started reading the newspapers and things like that, passage of a bill seems so easy. remember schoolhouse rock? i'm just a bill on capitol hill. it was easy. watch. >> ok. >> ♪ i'm just a bill yes i'm only a bill and i'm sitting here on capitol hill well it's a long, long journey to the capital city it's a long, long wait while i'm sitting in committee but i know i'll be a law some day at least i hope and pray that i will but today i am still just a bill ♪ >> it looks like i'm going to -- now i go to the house of representatives and they vote on me. >> if they vote yes, what happens? >> then i go to the senate and the whole thing starts all over again. >> oh, no! >> oh, yeah! >> ♪ i'm just a bill >> of course, they didn't have the on-line thing and, of course, the administration and congress, democratic members of congress have said, we'll put the bill on 72 hours before we vote on it. so that means if they're going to vote on it before the president leaves on his trip out west, across the pacific, they would actually have to post it today. >> right. >> well, if this does in fact pass, no matter how it does pass, what would it mean for the medical professionals who spend so much money oftentimes go way in debt just to be doctors for you. not to be rich. you don't become a doctor to be rich. you know, now especially, how do they feel about it? the "new england journal of medicine" has published a report and did a survey and they said the impact and reform of primary care physicians, 46% they say, will force them out or make them want to leave. >> make them want to leave. >> medicine. wow. >> after all that they've done, their schooling, this would be -- that would be a catastrophe if they actually -- you saw an exodus of doctors because of legislation. >> hey, what do you think about this whole deem and pass thing? are you for it or against it? email us right now at foxnews.com. >> also twitter.com. i will take on the mantel on "fox & friends." >> a the lot of friends are already tweeting and saying they don't know what it is we're talking about. we have headlines for you. we head to pakistan now. two drones leaving nine insurgents dead. two people were killed in the first attack. less than an hour later, drones fired more missiles at a vehicle killing three more insurgents. this as the aclu files a lawsuit demanding the government disclose where, when and against whom drones -- drone attacks can be used. they also want to know how many civilians are killed by drones. another auto recall, we're not talking about toyota, though, this time. more than 410,000 honda minivans and trucks could have some brake problems. the affected models are the 2007 and 2008 odyssey minivans and element s.u.v.'s. honda says over time, the brakes can feel "soft" which means drivers have to kind of press a little bit harder to stop the vehicle. owners will get a letter when to fix the problem. steven? >> well, let me take a look at the weather. thank you very much, madam. a rush to stop the red river from flooding in minnesota and north dakota. residents are building levees and building more than a million sandbags. it is expected to crest on sunday. parts of the northeast are still under water after that major nor'easter over the weekend. you're looking at video from wayne, new jersey, where the passaic river has flooded a number of homes. there's still thousands of people without power in the new york city area and in new jersey, part of my block is still out. >> you have to boil water? >> we did for a little while. most of my town is a-ok, though. but the troubles from the weekend storm continue throughout the northeast. meanwhile -- >> check out this video. watch this. a driver distracted by -- >> whoa! >> a news crew end up slamming into a massive rock slide. this happened on the tennessee highway. despite not paying attention to the road, the driver manages to get -- excuse me, to get out of the car and he was ok. although probably a little shocked. >> yeah. >> a little rocked? >> that is crazy. >> whoa! >> he was looking at the crew. oh, well. 13 minutes after the top of the hour on this st. patrick's day. and take a look. they are adding green dye to the fountain, the iconic fountain in front of the white house. >> look at that. >> i mean, is this live? you're getting this live? >> live picture. >> look at that. >> very nice. >> they dyed the river in chicago green on saturday or sunday according to a correspondent i know who posted it out there and now, as you can see, the green is flowing in washington, d.c. although there are lots who would probably say there's more red flowing than green. >> it's one day we welcome algae. new rules being flown around in the house as dems try to ram through health care. is it there? is it constitutional? is it confusing? political panel weighing in and then movie theater without popcorn? sounds unamerican. don't worry. instead of popcorn, they want you to have a fruit salad. delicious. (announcer) it's one of the st mid size sports sedans in the world 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. >> all right. do they have the votes? it may not matter. house speaker nancy pelosi favoring a slaughterhouse rule after the congresswoman that brought it up that lets the senate bill pass through the house without a vote. listen. >> i don't care what trick they try, it's not going to work. this is the biggest vote that most members will ever cast. you can't hide from it. >> and i didn't hear any of that ferocity when hundreds of times the republicans used these methods when they were in power. >> so did they use it hundreds of times? was it for major legislation like there? is it fair, constitutional? let's answer those questions with three very smart people, the president and c.e.o. of independent women's voice, heather higgins is here, ladies and gentlemen. "new york post" columnist robert george has agreed to join us and the pulitzer prize winning author, karen, should they be going this far to pass legislation this great? >> no, she you not. surprise, huh? they shouldn't. these people represent us and they should allow a vote because those votes matter. we elected them to vote. i think it's absolutely an abomination that they're trying to push it through. >> heather, essentially that is a bit of a surprise but essentially what they're going to do, you know that senate bill that we can't get the majority of votes for. let's just send back a fix it bill and making a lot of people's heads spin. >> tit is. karen is right. in order to have legitimacy, it needs to follow the constitution and get passed legitimately. independent women's voice did a survey where we went into 35 congressional districts, swing districts of the members who voted against the bill in november and 20 had voted for the bill in november. and there are a couple of things that are germane to this. we deliberately asked people how they felt about legislation this had been passed using reconciliation and other things where you kind of pretend that you're not really voting for the senate bill. 63% of those people say they should know this is a political promise, it's not real. and the other thing is they know that the fixes are not what's the problem. for most of the people who have problems with the legislation, it's not the cornhusker kickback and the rest of that. it's the mandates. it's the penalties. it's the vast government control. >> you feel the same way? >> yeah, exactly. i mean, karen, you know, you took the words right out of our mouth. the point here and again, this is -- it's a president, obviously who campaigns on these ideas of openness and transparency and instead we're getting a gimmick. you showed the numbers before, 211 to 220. it's very, very possible that you can still have a backlash and they'll vote against the rule. that's happened before. >> you really insulted me. you irished me and now i'm irish with the green on green on green. >> i'm black irish. >> so am i actually. more on that later and what it means. stay here. we got to talk to you more about something else special. panel sticks around and talks about this, president obama promised transparency. a new report shows the exact opposite and that's what you're referring to. >> there's your segment. >> and then martha stewart reveals her best friend wrote a book telling the inside story, what it's like to be friends with her. vernon, texas a town where business is person. a health mart town where second generation pharmacist, terry spears owns hishealt. here terry offers free one on one diabetes sessions, providing information to customers in a way tt makes them feel comftable, not confused. expert knowledge, personal attention, it's what makes terry a health mart pharmacist and what makes verno a health mart town. there are health mart towns across ameca. find your locally owned health mart at healthmart.com >> president obama promised america more transparency in washington. and a new report from the a.p. claims government transparency has actually gone down under president obama. is this another campaign promise broken, our esteemed panel here. surprised at this occlusion from associated press? >> i'm surprised this is a story and i'm surprised we're talking about this. half a million requests each and every year. the number that has gone up is minuscule. we're not talking about a whole lot of cases. i mean, the -- >> actually, the number of requests declined. >> requests for what? >> basically for information. freedom of information act requests coming from, you know, media and interest groups and things like that. the number of requests actually declined but the -- the requests for exemption from the agencies basically not to give the information increased. one of the most ironic things was that the a.p. asked the white house for the background emails on the -- on the president's government directive. that he sent out. >> do you really think that the president is sitting in his oval office saying i'm not going to let this information out? >> exactly. that's where the problem is. >> they're still waiting for it. they asked for it back in december. they still haven't gotten it. >> a lot of it is the bureaucratic part in charge of the process. this has been hailed as the new openness and how this is going to change. it hasn't. the reality is that the claims for -- to use the exemption to not -- to not hand over the information went from 47,000 roughly last year to 70,000 this year. so they're claiming the exemption that they don't have to give out the information way more than they were last year. >> ok, this president has a lot on his plate. like taking over the titanic. it's hard to steer the ship away from the iceberg. >> i'm saying it's hard to steer something so huge away from the iceberg. >> right. >> he's had one year to do it and we're going to pile this on? >> karen, you got to -- >> don't make a promise if you can't keep it. >> you don't know you can't make the promise and say there's an iceberg there. >> i have to get you two counseling. >> please don't. >> the problem is the staff, the democrats and republicans clear about one thing. i think his staff has let him down. >> i would -- i would say that he could use a little bit better staff. and even, you know, rahm emanuel, of course, supposedly, the chief of staff who supposedly keeping the ship running and he's not quite getting it done. >> we should fire -- >> thank you. >> brian, thank you. >> brian, thank you. >> the greater problem is not the general administration itself. whether it's questions about health care or anything else. >> hot debate. we'll have an answer to the health care debate by friday. please answer this question, what have you prepared? >> we have prepared plenty. as you can see, we're here in huddy's office. >> straight up on the 17th floor, folks. >> all right. you guys were talking a little bit about this. you ok back there? >> got it. >> the health care fight is down to democrat vs. democrat so if they vote for it, will they see big perks or lose their jobs? we'll talk to that man, d.n.c. chair tim kaine live from down in d.c. >> does john edwards have a tiger woods problem? more allegations coming out in his cheating scandal. how many women were there? what tricks did he use to hide them? i was going to say it's not just unbelievable in the prompter. these days, i don't know. >> these days, today is st. patrick's day. we're celebrating with the most famous bl famous brew master in the world. we're going outside next. [ male announcer ] the laurel is a reward for achievement. ♪ reward yourself at the cadillac laurel event, with an srx crossover. ♪ ♪ visit soon. because while there is no expiration date on achievement, on rewarding it, there is. for qualified current lessees: the srx luxury collection. reward yourself. >> well, welcome back, juliet is in today for gretchen who is on vacation. >> watch this. watch this. i want to make sure. >> yeah, i'm alive. i'm here. i'm not a cadaver. i am alive. >> that is not true. >> we are here live on the curvy couch. we have a full combat kitchen that we showed you a little while ago and allows your troops to eat hot, healthy meals no matter where they are. in the spirit of honoring our troops today, it's only right that we hear the national anthem which we're about to right now. >> general jesse cross, brigadier general, that is, is here to give us a special version on his sax. >> wow. very nice. i got goosebumps. >> ladies and gentlemen, whitney houston, you now have the second best version of the star spangled banner. >> our thanks to brigadier general jess cre cross. general, great to have him. there will be a lot of people in uniform here in midtown manhattan today because, of course, the big st. patrick's day. i believe it's the largest one in the world kicks off. our friend ray kelly, commissioner of police. >> that's right. >> is going to be the grand marshall of the festivities. >> that's right. it's just a happy day here in new york city. and finally we actually have some sun and nice weather, too, actually. >> it will be all week long. at 25 minutes before the top of the hour. let's talk iraq. >> let's talk headlines. the iraq prime minister says officials manipulated parliamentary election results and he wants a recount. a secular coalition led by former prime minister alawi has narrowly pulled ahead of his coalition. alawi's group, that is to say, leads by about 9,000 votes with 80% of the ballots counted. there's more counting. >> wow, that's stunning. we are hearing from passengers on board the virgin atlantic flight from los angeles to new york that took a total of 16 hours instead of five. you're looking at video taken by one of the passengers. he put it on his twitter account. they sat on the tarmac in newburgh, new york, for almost five hours. bad weather forced them to land there instead of new york city and they couldn't get off. david martin joined us earlier on "fox & friends" to talk about his experience. >> they came to the aircraft and said, look, if you want to get off. it's not our responsibility. you can walk right over to what's called first street and you're on your own. you're done. it was pouring rain. they wanted to tell people don't get off the plane. if you want to get off, that's fine. >> virgin atlantic apologized to the passengers and refunded everyone for the flight and gave out credits for future flights and they all at one point had four pringles each. >> yes. by the way, it was coincidence that man was from dublin today. john edwards' former aide andrew young says rielle hunter was not alone. young says edwards had affairs with more women. young tells the daily deal that the former presidential candidate would use his cell phone to call him. g.q. magazine has no sympathy for hunter which calls the racy hunters that they posed for repulsive. she calls them repulsive. i'm not really sure about this. >> this is video of the photo shoot. >> she knew what she was doing at the shoot. she knew she had a little white oxford button down. she was a professional photographer herself. she knew what was going on. >> there you go. put down the popcorn and pick up a fruit cup. the head of sony pictures says you should be eating healthier stuff at the movie theater. he says you should eat a granola bar or fruit instead of buttery popcorn and other high calorie snacks that people usually go to the movie to buy. he wants to add healthier alternatives to the menu. he told that to a group of people who own the theaters who make a lot of money on the popcorn. >> he doesn't get rid of the popcorn or hot dogs there. he wants to add to the mix. >> sports now with big news on tiger woods. >> you know what's good for you? good and plenty. that's what i have when i'm down on nutrients. tiger woods will play in the masters next month. a british bookmaker says despite the time off, 144 days, tiger is the favorite over the likes of phil mickelson who plays leftie, i don't know why, and patty harrington with his fifth green jacket but golfing great greg norman says tiger shouldn't be considered the favorite in augusta. he joined us earlier on "fox & friends" from china. >> i wouldn't go along with him as saying he's the favorite. i'd say he'd be one of the favorites because again, brian, he's coming out a lot more different circumstances. yes, it's the favorite golf course and he's won there before but things are going to be different for him going forward. >> we'll see. tiger has not won the masters since 2005. it will be the biggest event, they say, since the inauguration and the ncaa gets under way tonight as the field of 64 takes one less number because they had the play-in game last night. here's what happened. everything starts tomorrow and president obama has made his picks. the commander in chief says kansas, kansas state, kentucky and peter doocy's villanova wildcats make the final four according to the president of the united states who seemingly has a lot of free time. his winner will be announced at noon eastern today. last year, the president correctly picked north carolina to win it all. this year, they did not make the tournament. steve? >> thank you very much, brian. if you haven't decided yet what to wear on st. patrick's day yet, green is always a good color. a little green might be in order. the biggest celebration is happening a couple of blocks from where we're sitting right now and, of course, we're talking about the big parade. ty hernandez of new york's own wnyw joins us from fifth avenue where there are going to be a lot of people walking down the street wearing green. good morning to you. >> hey, good morning. i know i can tell already you've got the right spirit here. the parade doesn't start until 11:00 but you are absolutely right as well. a lot of people wearing green. a lot of people on board with this parade. even though it basically paralyzes traffic around midtown of new york city. you had mentioned earlier, it is the oldest of the biggest parade in the world. and it's definitely the oldest here in new york city. it's been around since 1762. hard to imagine what this parade would have looked like all the way back then. today, there are more than 100 groups that are going to march for two miles up fifth avenue and that's quite a sight to see. as you mentioned, also, police commissioner ray kelly is going to be the grand marshall of this parade. it goes from 11:00 a.m. all the way until 5:00 at night. so quite a sight to see. now, the streets are pretty much cleared of any parade activity but everyone at this point is at st. patrick's cathedral for the premass. i'll leave you with a lovely shot of fifth avenue. back to you guys. >> lovely indeed. >> i love it. >> st. patrick's day, of course, beer is richer in irish history. there is no beer richer in irish history than guiness, naturally. you know this. >> yeah, guiness master brewer is here to teach us how to pour the perfect pint. >> welcome. >> he's been here many years. all right. so this is kind of review. step one to pour the perfect pint. >> ok, what do we do? >> great to see everybody here. happy st. patrick's day, everybody. >> thank you. >> we're getting good at pouring these perfect pints now. >> over the years. >> i was at the guiness factory this past summer. i know it starts with the tulip cup. >> tulip cup. four fingers down. make sure you put the forefinger on the -- >> four fingers down. >> all right, good. >> going to get in position. 45 degrees. and then let the beer flow nicely. >> 45 degrees, should you bring some type of compass or protractor? >> well, you know, good bartender never needs it. he automatically goes there. and as we -- >> if the bartender isn't doing it right, what do we do? >> you send it back. >> sure. >> so i tilt -- i held it at the angle until i bring the liquid to the bottom of the heart and then the liquid comes to the top, i slowly stop it and i let it surge and settle and cascade. this is the whole iconic view of guiness forming and coming alive in the glass. >> what goes through your mind when it happens? >> magic is happening. there's no beer in the world that has the iconic need to look beautiful every single time. >> it looks like a beer lava lamp, one that's happening in there. >> or beer winter wonderland. >> i'm glad i'm in brewing. >> so you're a little short there. what happens? >> now, i'm going to top it off because you want to create this beautiful beer in the glass and make it look beautiful so what we need to do, settle and surge to build the strength. push the top back and opens the valve a little bit lower and then take her and she rises to the top. and she's now part of the rim and the sixth step is to present it. >> seventh step is even nicer. absolutely. >> thanks. >> let it -- >> thank you party city for making this happen. >> thank you, parents, for making this possible. >> thank you, guys. it's great. >> all right. always a pleasure. talk about a power lunch. the head of the d.n.c. and president obama having a chat. afterwards, governor tim kaine had a message for his fellow democrats. we'll ask him what it was coming up next. >> and mariana pastor nak was oe of martha stewart's best friends, she took the stand against martha stewart. details of what life was like with martha. >> there will be for bill for that interview. the trivia question of the day --  when you feel good, people ask, what's your secret?" no secret i take care of myself, and i eat yoplus. it has the great taste of yoplait, plus antioxidants, plus fiber and probiotics, plus calcium and vitamin d. this new yoplus gives me pro+active nutrition. when you've got yoplus, you don't need secrets. try new yoplus for free at yoplus.com... and plus up your yogurt. >> ok, who is standing in the way of reform for health care? well -- >> at this point in the health care debate, this is not any longer a debate between republicans and democrats. the debate between democrats and their own constituents. >> well, the chairman of the democratic national committee, governor tim kaine joins us live today from d.n.c. headquarters. good morning to you, governor. >> hey, steve. good to be back. >> good to be with you. yesterday, you had lunch with the president in the private dining room. what was the main course? >> it was salad with chicken. very healthy. >> ok. >> and no guiness. >> and today, they're probably having corned beef and cabbage. the president did make it very clear from what i've read and that is that he wants you to get the word out that members who vote yes, he will reward them. how so? >> well, look, this -- we haven't spent time kind of analyzing what's going to happen after the vote. but the president did make it very plain to me and i agree that it's now time to have this up or down vote and the right thing to do is to vote yes because you're solving problems that bedevil american families and businesses. it's the right thing to do and the politically right thing to do because americans are going to reward problem solvers. >> there you go. you were just talking about having the up or down vote. and yeah, you know, nancy pelosi and some members of the house are talking about, you know, people don't really want to vote on the senate thing. so let's do this deem and pass thing. and this has got, governor, you know, you talked to people. this has got people a little disturbed because it seems so sneaky where they'd be able to vote on something without really voting on it. >> well, steve, you know, i've read some of the coverage about this and i've even, you know, i was even seeing headlines like they're going to be able to pass it without a vote and that's not true. there is going to be a vote and it's going to be an up or down vote about whether this health reform package gets to the president's desk or not. the vote may happen saturday. i think they're working on the timing of it. but everybody is going to be up or down on the record. and be accountable either for a yes vote or no vote. i'm not a master of house procedural rules but i do know this. no bill goes to the president's desk until the house takes the vote and everybody is going to vote yes or no. >> ok. so you're telling us that everybody will be on the record. people who vote yes will be on the record? >> absolutely. everybody is on the record on this one and again, what i think is going to happen is i do believe this is going to pass. we're not taking it for granted. we're working hard but immediately what americans will see is an end to insurance abuses like the pre-existing condition part of getting coverage. parents will be able to keep kids on their insurance policy until age 26, not 21 which is the current practice. and there will be immediate steps taken so that individuals and businesses can start to better afford coverage because of tax credits and seniors are going to get benefits on prescription drug purchases. those things, people will see immediately. >> now, governor, you just cited some. things that people really like about -- people like, according to the surveys, they like parts of it. they don't like the whole thing. >> right. >> they don't like the whole thing. they like the idea of health care but they don't like what's going on in washington right now. so you got to -- you're in a pickle. >> well, here's what i think is going to happen on this one. on the polling, if you poll individual elements, citizens like it. if you ask them generally what do you think about health care? they're kind of split. one of the reasons they're split is there's been a lot of dust thrown in the air about there's panels in the bill or the government will tell you you have to switch doctors. when this thing passes and people see i can buy prescription drugs cheaper and keep my kids on the policy but they don't see death panels that weren't in the bill and don't see some of the other things, that will bring people our way. >> ok. we'll find out. there could be a vote as early as this saturday. thank you very much for joining us today. >> you bet. great to be with you. >> great to have you. she was best friends with martha stewart for 20 years and then gave testimony that helped put martha behind bars. that woman joins us next. stay with us. unlock a supreme seafood experience with yellowfin and albacore tuna, crab, salmon and ocean fish flavors. >> answer to the trivia question, rob lowe and the winner was frank and mary, they both won. you split the prize. and you're from georgia. time to meet a special author. >> yes. she was best friends with martha stewart for more than 20 years and man, she's got some stories. talking every day, they vacationed together. but then, she helped put martha behind bars for insider trading. you remember that whole influence scandal? now, she has even more accusations in her new book. we were talking -- welcome, by the way. martha stewart, she kind of made an industry out of being a kind of cool, icy ice princess type of woman. >> yes. >> you found her to be in addition to that, demeaning to wait staff and things like that. i mean, was she actually rude to people? that she came in contact with? >> she could be very short with people. she was never really rude. >> why do you think that was? >> because we're friends for 20 years and by the way, what ended the friendship was not the fact that i went to the authorities and i told on martha. have you ever been forced or ordered to tell the intimate details about your conversations with your best friend to the government? it is devastating. >> happens to brian a lot. >> that's what happened to me. and what i said did not send martha to jail because it wasn't insider trading that martha went to jail for. she went to jail for lying to the investigators. >> right. and mariana, it's true. i found myself angry reading this book. why did you continue to hang out with her? i know she's very successful. you went on vacation and she handed you an invoice to tell you how much you owe her. >> maybe not the invoice but i had to borrow money and pay the interest on the invoice. >> maybe it's what kept your friendship alive for so many years. you could pay things off, you didn't owe anything. >> she never behaved towards me as she behaved towards people whom she paid for. >> talk about -- >> she was a level of respect that had the friendship. >> talking about the divorce, your relationship. >> after the divorce when we were two single women raising daughters and trying to make -- trying to find the men of our lives and the -- my book, "the best of friends" is about a very close female friendship that -- about the passions, about the -- about the searches, the men in our lives. >> you're so much nicer than her. and you're the best of friends. you did a great job on the book and i know it must have been hard for you to right. thanks so much for joining us. >> i don't believe she had any comment on this book by the way so far. >> i don't know. i hope she likes it. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> if you tried to call your representative on capitol hill yesterday, you heard lots of busy signals. phone lines jammed up thanks to rush limbaugh? 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it was not poisoned, it was dyed and i'm sure an unhealthy dye. it's hard to tell. it's green, though. take my word for it. >> brian: we watched it live. meanwhile, juliette is in for gretchen and -- >> you had a little guiness. >> here are the headlines. the senate homeland security committee will try to get more answers about what led to that failed christmas day attack on a detroit-bound jet liner. the so-called underwear bomber allegedly tried to blow up a northwest flight using explosives sewn into his underwear. the hearing will focus mainly on two questions: why abdulmutallab was allowed on the plane and why his name wasn't on the terrorist watch list. former intelligence officials are expected to testify. >> steve: let's talk about the weather and desperate situation as you can see, new video from the boston area, part under water from the flood waters from this past weekend. some flood waters going about five feet into people's basements and homes. thousands of people still don't have power in the northeast after the massive storm brought in a lot of rain and powerful winds. some hurricane force. as much as a third of the united states could see severe flooding this spring and as you can see, it is a bad situation on low lying areas. all right. car news. >> another japanese auto maker is recalling its cars, this time not toyota. it's honda. more than 410,000 honda mini vans and trucks could have brake problems. 2007 and 2008 odyssey mini vans and element suvs. honda says over time, the brakes could feel soft, which means the driver has to press harder to stop. affected owners will be getting a letter in the mail on how it to repair the problem. you're not supposed to repair it yourself. you're supposed to go in and fix it. they'll let you know. pet owner, the environmental protection agency will announce today if over-the-counter flea and tick products are safe for dogs and cats. they tested the products after owners reported more than 44,000 cases in just one year. 44,000 cases in just one year of pets dying or getting very sick after using the treatments. the epa may require new warning labels or restrict some products. parents are complaining after a middle school principal posted a list of its failing students -- gosh. failing students can't go to certain activities. the wisconsin principal says he put up the list so students knew they could not go to an upcoming dance unless their grades improve. listen. >> i also told the kids once you get that stuff turned in and we can get you taken care of off the list to go, then you'll be eligible to go. i think we're halfway through our list and probably have half the kids already getting homework turned in and assignments turned in and projects turned in. so this failing grade will go away. >> parents say it's humiliating. >> their name, class and the f by it. i was distraught when i went there and saw it. >> the school superintendent sided with the parents, saying the principal violated student privacy rules. the principal will now be monitored more closely. really? you think -- i don't know. >> steve: look -- >> just saying they can't go to certain activities if they don't do their activities? >> steve: let's ask laura ingram today. >> you're getting soft in your old age. a breath of fresh air on "fox & friends." she's totally right. >> i don't have any kids and i don't want them yelling at me saying you don't understand. >> brian: how are you at math? we're whipping up some numbers and trying to find out what we can come up with. what's the latest count on capitol hill with passing the health care reform? >> it's a witch's brew. i'm not going to say who is stirring it, but witch's brew. it looks like there is maybe -- there may be five, by some counts six votes short. one count has four votes short. we're in the same place where we were last week. remember i said, look, when she has the votes, they'll be voting right away. if she had the votes, the vote would have already happened. this whole 72 hour rule, you'll be able to look at it for 72 hours, that would have been out the door. she doesn't have the votes now, but we know what president obama has done and is continuing to do to try to woo people over, either buying them off with perks, taking them on on the air force one deal. >> doing a special interview. >> exciting. i can't wait. >> steve: now, you were talking about how far president obama has gone. we had louis gutierrez, a congressman from illinois earlier on the program. he said the president has gone just too far. listen to this. >> when we first had the health care bill come before us, the president said that no provision of the bill could be used to help undocumented workers illegally here in the country. we agreed with that. the president the next day said, even if you want to use your own money to purchase health care in the exchange, this exchange that would be created where you could go and purchase your health care if you don't have any, even with your own money and no government subsidy, you would be disallowed. here is an instance where the president went one step too far. >> steve: what he's talking about is the fact that as a house member, he can't vote for the senate bill because in it it's got provisions that say that illegals cannot buy into this government program. even with their own money, because they are, of course, in the country illegally. >> yeah, well. gutierrez is one of dozens and dozens of congressmen now who stood up and said, wait a second, one day you say all the people on is an up or down vote. the next day your press secretary is unwilling to take a stand on the house deeming the vote to be -- has taken place. i guess we're back in the old lingo. it depends on what the meaning of the word "up or down vote." in washington, it's like a parallel universe. you're not going to vote on it, but you're going to call it voting on it? this is lunacy. it is embarrassing i think for the united states that this is happening. >> do you think this self-execution rule will end up happening? >> well, you know what i like about it? i like the fact that it's called self-executing 'cause it's a double entendre. they will be self-executing themselves come november. it's a cute way to say we're avoiding a vote. i don't think it passes constitutional muster. >> brian: the woman who proposed it slaughterhouse. dennis kucinich was on air force one because the president missed him when they were campaigning against each other as they went to ohio for a big speech. do you think cue sign niche who says the bill is not liberal enough will say it's liberal enough today and be a yes vote? >> i think he could be the cheapest date yet on capitol hill. [ laughter ] all you had to do was give him some of those paper napkins with the presidential seal and a few jelly beans and he's like, last week i said this thing was a raw deal, i'm for it now. could i have more of those napkins, please. it's embarrassing. >> steve: meanwhile, a guy who is running for governor up in massachusetts, he had been a republican. now he's the state treasurer and he's an independent, tim cahill and he says when you look at massachusetts -- masscare up there, it's been touted by the administration, look how well this can work, he says that the administration actually has been pumping money into this thing to make it work. so it looks good on paper. but he says that if the united states were to adopt a program like mass care, the u.s. economy would be bankrupt in four years. >> four years? well, i'm not sure it will be bankrupt in four years, but i do know that the cost of overruns for the massachusetts care system, you can't dispute them. the cost of health care has not gone down. and remember, that was one of the cornerstone promise, continues to be, of the administration. they are different in some respects. one is a state little laboratory of experiment in trying to provide care. this would be a federal plan. but the one thing for sure is when the government takes over something and mandates something, the costs aren't going to go down. you'll have more people in the system, the costs are going to rise. that's what we are confronting with this bill. it's smart of cahill to campaign on this. >> brian: $473 million to the state of massachusetts and asked the government for more money to make ends meet. if it seems like a lot of money, it will seem like a little money compared to our national debt. the national debt right now is 12 trail 585 billion -- >> steve: 45,000 per taxpayer. this is an amazing thing we ran across yesterday, the u.s. debt clock. it's got all the numbers. the reason we bring it up today is because on his watch, president obama has already racked up $2 trillion in debt. it took george bush i think four years to run up about the same amount. president obama did it in 421 days. >> let me be clear, what's been going on, he inherited -- there is a lot in here. we were on the edge of a cliff and geithner and we all pulled the nation back, took a little sacrifice, but we're now on the right course and moving forward. this these are the talking points you here whenever anybody brings up a legitimate concern about the clock. can you put the clock up, please? 40,000 per person? i thought that was like pelosi's dry cleaning bill. 40,733 per person, that's insane. >> it says laura ingram on set. i thought you were going to be here today? >> i know, if i had known you were hosting, i saw the guys the other week, next time go i'm going to get back in there. >> brian: maximum blond cota. laura ingram talks about japping up the phone lines in congress? we'll be right back. >> steve: we've got a fox news alert. reporting that a pakinstani court charged five americans with planning terrorist attacks in pakistan. americans. the five are all muslim students from the washington, d.c. area. pakinstani officials have said the men admitted trying to connect with militant groups in that country using social networking sites like facebook and you tube. more details as they come in. >> brian: that's good. meanwhile, they deserve it. meanwhile, laura ingram is here. as you know, the phone lines were-upped up on capitol hill yesterday because rush limbaugh said here are some phone numbers. call some lawmakers, they might want to hear from you. let's listen. >> all we can do is continue to have the american people let it be known they want no part of this, the substance of the bill, or the process. they don't like it and that's why i am urging -- 'cause this is a transformation of our country into something that no one has ever seen it be like. we don't want that transformation to take place. we like america as it was founded. we don't want to turn it into a third world country. >> steve: then went to commercial. laura, you had something to do with that, too, right, with the phones pretty much melting down the capitol operator? >> yeah. last week we began the -- i call it the power to the people surge on washington and when rush says something like that, i mean, when he says call, that's basically a meltdown of the communication system on capitol hill. apparently, according to all the reports, it basically did shut down the whole system. unfortunately, it seems that a lot of the congressmen and senators who are answering the phones, people are answering the phones, they're just giving a few talking points, basically saying, look, we're not listening to the people anymore. i say, if that's the case, it's still worth making the phone call. it still sends a message and basically it's all we can do. we can have rallies and have town halls and get the word out. that's what a representative democracy is supposed to be all about, making your voices heard. >> wonderful to see you. >> great to see you. is this green? >> it looks a little yellow green, but it's green. it passes. >> is it throw up green? >> steve: it's spring green. it works. >> fox gave it to me, by the way. >> steve: it's lovely then. thank you very much. >> brian: are you out of a job or not making enough money in the one job you have right now? our next guest will tell you how to reverse course. he know, 'cause he did it. >> remember this president bush billboard? there is a new take on it with another former president. we're going to show it to you coming up soon. >> welcome back to "fox & friends." millions of americans are out of work right now and many don't have a plan on what to do. our next guest says you can succeed even during a recession. joe is the author of "make something happen, what to do next." this is a corporate chef who is profiled in this book. many of many people who is profiled. joe, i got to ask you, the title, how do you make something happen when there aren't any jobs out there or when the jobs that are out there are jobs that you're overqualified for? >> well, you really have to be innovative and creative and go about your life in such a way where you can start something up from an idea or from an opportunity that you receive from a networking group or something like that. it's far different now than it was, say, three, four, five years ago when the market was good. >> you kind of give the real life story of several people throughout your book and one of the things that basically comes down to, it looks like is it's go back to what you love to do. go back to what your dream is. now is the time to do that. tell us a little bit about the guest sitting next to you and we'll have him speak for himself, richard. >> sure. rich here, his passion is cooking and so when his restaurant started going on a downward spiral, rich was actively seeking opportunities and when he came across his one and only opportunity last year, he seized it and he wound up making it into a full time opportunity. >> richard, that's kind of a risky thing. a lot of folks are going, yeah, i'd love to go after my passion, but i still have to feed the kids and feed the family dog. what was your experience? how did it go? >> well, my experience is basically at the end of the day, if you're not doing what you love, then it's kind of hard to say that because you want to take risk, but don't look at it that way when you're so into it and doing what you love. you kind of have to take some risks in life, especially in this economy. but at the end of the day, you know -- you believe in your heart and it comes down to just what your ideals are and persevering through during the hard times and not beating yourself up all the time over it. >> besides richard, was there any one story in your book or one thing that happened in your book that really got to you? >> well, all the stories are very unique, each individual has their own story to tell. i like them all. i wish i could have written 100,000 of them or a million of them and maybe some day i can. i don't have one particular story that i liked better than the story. >> very diplomatic. you can get the book called "make something happen." thank you, gentlemen. very much. thanks for being here tote. >> thank you very much. boys? maybe it's me. one state mismanaged its money so badly lawmakers are getting evicted from their own offices. this is a true story, believe it or not. then a mom and dad leave their kid's birthday party without the kid and wait until you find out what happens after that. what the mom has to say. then mess hall food gets a makeover. meet the armed services chef of the year, cooking outside on fox on the plaza. we'll be right back. an irish tenor singing right here. ♪ >> steve: welcome back. we're learning more about those five americans we told you about a couple moments ago charged now with planning terrorist attacks in pakistan. the fox news alert. the associated press reporting a pakinstani court charged these five men, all muslim students from the washington, d.c. area. they are arrested in pakistan. were back in december. pakinstani officials said the men admitted trying to connect with militant groups in the country using the computer and social networking sites like facebook and you tube and stuff like that. they're also charged with planning to wage war against countries in alliance with pakistan. their lawyer says they were heading to afghanistan and had no plans to stage attacks. that's their story. the men now face life in prison. >> brian: afghanistan. there is no trouble in afghanistan. they're looking to play around and get away from things. attorney generic holder says osama bin laden may never be caught alive. so no one needs to worry about him being read his miranda rights. he got into a testy exchange, a few of them, with several republicans on capitol hill, including texas congressman john culberson. listen. >> granting osama bin laden the right to appear in a u.s. courtroom, you are clothing osama bin laden with the protections of the u.s. constitution. that's unavoidable and something you skipped right past and giving constitutional rights to enemy soldiers that is the profound problem, sir. >> we're talk being a hypothetical that will never occur. the reality is that we will be reading miranda rights to the corpse of osama bin laden. he will never appear in an american courtroom. >> brian: holder says the administration is weeks away from deciding where to try alleged 9-11 co-conspirators like khalid shaikh mohammed and the other four. >> brian, run. you got to go. two parents accused of leaving their three-year-old son alone for two days at an indoor amusement park after his berth day party say, it was a mix-up. >> it was miscommunication. i do love him, i do love him. i'm fighting to get him back. >> michigan police found this little kid alone at ceasear land, the amusement park. the father finally showed up on monday looking for him. the three-year-old now in foster care. >> they have an uphill battle to show they are good parents. the way things are, they have not made a very good case for themselves. >> the little guy's parents say they each thought the other person was taking the boy home. there is a new billboard out there featuring ronald reagan. its tag line, remember real hope and change. which is a twist on president obama. it's in minneapolis. no word on who is behind it. apparently it's a group that likes to remain anonymous. if you know, e-mail us, we'd like to know. a billboard featuring former george w. bush saying, miss me yet, also appeared recently. a dramatic water rescue to save a dog trapped in icy water, not once, but twice. queuesy is the dog's name, was spotted on the ice in new york. rescuers got her to shore, but then she ran back out on the ice as dogs like to do. on the second try, crews tied her legs together so they wouldn't run away. she apparently is like those people on new year's day, they like to run in the cold water. she's fine. she's been reunited reunited wir owner. we showed you this. the white house fountain turning green. if you look very closely, you can see it's green for st. patrick's day. while president obama will be celebrating, he's keeping a close eye on health care reform. wendell goler is at the white house with the white house. >> just as we were getting used to senate democrats considering the process known as reconciliation to bypass the filibuster, house democrats now considering a parliamentary maneuvering known as deem and pass to avoid an actual recorded vote on health care reform. republicans bitterly condemning the move. minority leader john boehner calling it the ultimate power grab. but nancy pelosi says republicans have used the maneuver hundreds of times. white house press secretary robert gibbs says in any case, there will be some kind of vote. that indicates where lawmakers stand on health care reform. >> when you do your whip counts, you're trying to figure out who is where on health care. i don't imagine there is many republican strategists that you will interview this week that will say, we won't look at the vote that's going to be had on friday or so. and it's not about health care. >> bret baier, my former anchor, has an interview with president obama. the announcement coming as a bit of a surprise. but robert gibbs says fox has a big market share, the biggest in cable news, by the way, and a lot of undecided law makers and their constituents watch fox. so the president wanted to make his case on our network. privately, officials here accuse fox of spreading what they say are some inaccuracies about health care reform, they call the interview a return to the scene of the crime. in any case, we should have excerpts from the interview on studio b with shepard smith at 3:00 o'clock this afternoon. and then the full interview on special report with bret baier at 6:00 o'clock. juliette. >> thank you very much. we are out here live on the plaza and look what we have here. we got some good looking food here. >> we do. >> steve: each year our great soldiers face a different battlefield, the kitchen. they face a competition. this is general jesse. you hold this to find the best cook in the army. right? >> yes. we want the best cook to bring nutritional and wholesome peoples to our army. we ran the competition at fort lee, virginia. we had 217 participants. we gave away 650 medals. these guys came to win. >> steve: who won? >> these are the two best guys right here. (from the pentagon. >> steve: was it like the tv show "iron chef"? >> it's similar. they give you the ingredients for chef of the year. >> steve: any mre's in that? >> no. they give you ten to 12 ingredients. >> weigh got hash browns cooking up here. can we take a look over here? >> steve: what do you make for the guys in uniform that are having breakfast behind us. >> first is potato cake with creme fresh. seasonal salad with lemon dill vinaigrette. >> steve: general, do they always eat like this out in the field? >> always, always. >> you guys got to take a look at what's going on. what do we have here? >> lobster claw, crab meat. >> lobster and crab and poached egg. >> steve: who are those people helping you today? >> actually from dell high university in new york. >> steve: how did they like the food? >> the only thing i can do is ask them. let's do it. what's your name? >> specialist williams. >> brian: i see you're having the eggs benedict. >> i feel like i'm on an episode of top chef. but i'm going to give my critic critics. i like it. >> brian: who cares what you think. we have hernandez over here. what's your name? >> staff sergeant hernandez. >> brian: do you eat like this every single day? >> i wish i could be this lucky. >> brian: how talented is that chef? >> this is the best. i'm glad to be here. it's great. >> brian: you sounded sincere. >> there is great green stuff in here. >> this is all prepared in this combat kitchen. and after you break things down today, where are you going? >> this will be headed to fort richardson in alaska to the 725th support battalion. from there, they'll go to the boys in afghanistan for a couple months. >> brian: i was wondering at this point, we have enough time, where you could offer us a tender one? >> we're out of time. that means no (who is this over here? >> the junior chef. >> pfc davisson. >> steve: our hats off to all of you for the great work you do and congratulations. general, thank you very much. round of applause for the guys from the army! >> brian: we have to have you play that saxophone in the after the show show. coming up straight ahead, lawmakers facing eviction. it is true. a massive shortfall in one state. these lawmakers have to be shown the door. and he's singing for st. patrick's day. ♪ >> steve: a fox news alert. in about an hour and 15 minute, that guy right back there, democratic congressman dennis kucinich will announce how he will vote on health care reform. he voted against a house bill last year and has been pushing for a larger government role in health care, but he is a crucial member of the congress. democrats need 216 votes to pass the original bill. will he be yes? find out at 10:00 o'clock right here on fox. meanwhile, another fox news alert. new video of continued clashes between israelis and palestinians in the west bank. protesters are upset over israel's plans to build more jewish housing in jest jerusalem. riots broke out in that area yesterday. brian, juliette over to you. >> gretchen: a $13 billion budget gap left lawmakers in illinois facing eviction from their own offices. >> you have to wonder in other states if this will be the same thing. illinois state senator silverstein is among those who could be tossed out. his landlord claims he is owed more than $12,000. thank you very much for being here today. $13 billion budget deficit for this year. here is basically what happens. maybe i'll let you explain it. the comptroller is the one who decides the prioritizing of who goes where. take it from there for us. >> well, that's correct. we have a $13 billion deficit. this is nothing new to illinois. other states in the union are also having the same problem. our income tax receipts are down, sales tax receipts are down. corporate tax receipts are down. so the controller is the one who decides who has to get paid. it's the bigger picture because not only are we not paying rent for legislator, we're behind on paying school aid formula. this week one second largest school district in illinois is cutting back with programs and cutting teachers, medicaid providers, elderly. those are the ones suffering. it's a problem affecting everybody in the state. not only in illinois, but across the union. >> brian: do you see other ways throughout the budget that you think could be cut or think it's a lack of revenue? >> i think it's both. i think we have to go back to the drawing board, which we're going to do. governor quinn last week adequately pointed out not only to us as legislator, but the people in the state of illinois. we have to try to cut more waste and find new revenue. it's very difficult to find new revenue in these times. both parties have to work together and unfortunately, the partisanship starts about this time and it becomes -- the people don't want to hear it. they want results. i'm hopeful we have a budget. i don't want to be in the news. >> they need the lawmakers to actually make the laws and apparently you'll have to do it out of your own house because when it comes to the prioritizing, paying your rent for your office and other offices is way down on the feeding scale there. so last week your landlord said he hadn't received rent payments since october. what's the latest? >> well, i talked to my landlord last night. he's anxiously waiting. he understands. but he's a businessman, too. he has property tax he has to pay. and it's a serious situation. i know we're at the bottom of the food chain. he understands that. but we have to look at the bigger picture right now. i'm hopeful that we'll get something resolved this session. we'll see what happens. >> brian: all right. we don't want you working out of the public library, so hopefully you'll get this worked out. >> no, i'm not working out of the public library. i had a lot of people coming and taking a collection, but i'm not gog do that either. thank you very much. >> brian: find a way to help the economy. state senator silverstein, thanks so much. 14 minutes before the top of the hour. guess who is straight ahead? >> acclaimed irish tenor roman tynan performing this st. patrick's day. >> brian: first let's check in with somebody with a wonderful singing voice. it begins at the top of the hour. martha mccallum. >> good morning, everybody. happy st. patrick's day. eric holder is back on the hot seat this morning, equating charles mannosan with osama bin laden. he also says bin laden will never be taken alive. how does he know that? we're also going to sit down with bret baier and find out what is on his mind and what he will ask the president today when he speaks with him. don't miss it. we'll be right here on america's newsroom. >> steve: we've been listening to him all morning long, the great irish tenor joins us in the studio. how are you? >> good. >> steve: we showed two pictures of two different cd's that are out there right now, especially great for st. patrick's day. you're from ireland. why is st. patrick's day bigger in new york than it is in dublin? >> well, i think one of the reasons that it is enormous in new york is because of so many irish americans out here. i mean -- >> steve: if they're not irish, they're irish today. >> they understand our tradition and enjoy it. i think it's a great day for celebration. and you can let your hair down, whatever hair you have, and if you don't, you just enjoy the day. >> steve: you've got a particular number you're going to do for us. what is it? >> called "sing me an irish song." it was written by an amazing composer. for celtic, the famous dancer, michael. >> the great ronan tynan. ♪ need an irish song, proud and strong. ♪ raise your spirit and show me where i belong. ♪ oh, i'm far away. ♪ sleeping tiger wakes. ♪ an ancient echo returned from the dawn of creation. ♪ au -- were the father's first words. ♪ 1,000 years or more of war, struggle and strife. ♪ the destiny of a nation. ♪ finally coming to life. ♪ sing me an irish song. ♪ proud and strong. ♪ raise your spirit and show me where i belong. ♪ though i'm far away. ♪ look how far we've come. ♪ warriors and dreamers. ♪ the envy of all the world. ♪ sing me an irish song. ♪ proud and strong. ♪ raise your spirit and show me where i belong. ♪ though i'm far away. ♪ sing me an irish song. ♪ proud and strong. ♪ raise my spirit and show me where i belong. ♪ though i'm far away. ♪ far away [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: thank you for joining us today on the special st. patrick's day edition of the show. salute to the troops. we have the military's finest cooks. >> steve: look what they were feeding us today. lobster benedict. staff sergeant joshua space, armed forces senior chef, and look at this, they're actually taking some of these beautiful breakfasts down to our men and women who have been toiling away down in the control room. look at them toil. >> brian: fantastic. >> have you tried this yet? >> steve: i have. have a safe st. patrick's day and don't forget to tune in tomorrow because one of our great guests is somebody who is dead set against bringing massachusetts health care to the country. >> steve: he's running -- he's the state treasurer in massachusetts right now. mr. cahill, running for governor. he's going to say that if the country adopted it, we would be bankrupt in four years. >> well give the whole story

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