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afghan president karzai heads to fort campbell, kentucky, today to meet thousands of soldiers preparing to head to his country. it is home to the 101st airborne division. yesterday, karzai met with secretary of state hillary clinton and joined defense secretary robert gates to a trip to arlington national cemetery. the company says it predicts it will remain profitable throughout this year and into next year. ford posted huge losses last year and the year before but appears to have rebounded better than other automakers. it did not need any federal bailout money. sentencing expected in a few days for american missionary. prosecutors in haiti want her to do six months in jail for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the earthquake in january. she told border agents the children were orphans and would be going to a new orphanage in the dominican republic. all the children had at least one parent living, though, still in haiti. new video into "fox & friends" this morning as the space shuttle atlantis begins fueling up. right now, the 12-day mission is scheduled to lift off from kennedy space center at 2:20 this afternoon. these are live pictures of the shuttle there. there are three remaining missions including today's launch before the entire program ends. and those are your headlines. >> all right. talk a little bit about this sweep of raids yesterday in four different states in the united states of america. one guy who apparently said i helped that faisal shahzad. he was picked up in pakistan. and apparently, they are now closer and closer to tying links between the pakistan taliban and that man, and that would be substantial because if that is true, if there is truly a link between the taliban in pakistan and what happened with that guy, suddenly the united states would have to place what had been kind of a small group on one of those groups dedicated to blowing up america. >> "the washington post" has the story about the link that you had and something to talk about but essentially this is the guy that made the attorney general say i've heard and saw enough. there is a direct link to the pakistani taliban and this operation. these two men turned each other in. talked about each other. but some of their story does not link up. one thing is clear according to them. they're in the inner core of the pakistani taliban. they work together to perpetrate the plot. we still don't know whose plan it actually was which brings us to that map and this country. >> right. because the raids happened in maine, massachusetts, connecticut, long island, new jersey. the man arrested there on administrative charges, they're not criminal charges. and also on immigration violation, the interesting thing is, though, here was the common thread. they all are accused of funneling money to faisal shahzad but the question remains whether or not they knew for what purpose they were funneling that money. that's what is still under investigation. >> the guy in maine got the two in massachusetts under immigration arrest right now under immigration charges. >> those are the three that were arrested. >> the three that were arrested. on long island you have three guys two of worked together in the 7-eleven. they were saying i don't know why you're targeting me. i don't know this guy. on top of that, they said go look through my house. one of the women was really ticked off, started screaming. we are americans. you morons and started screaming at the f.b.i. >> apparently, she is an american and native born american and she married a pakistani guy. on the cover of "the daily news" today, the headline is do-nuts. they say the cost of the times square bombing was $7,000 and apparently, this guy, shahzad, drove his car from connecticut to the ronkonkoma, long island train station and right next to it is a dunken donuts and one of the guys gave him $4,000 cash outside of the dunkin donuts hence the headlines "dough-nuts." you have this series of raids up and down the northeastern corridor yesterday and you got to figure that they've got more than just the telephone calls. they've also got, apparently, e-mail and all sorts of internet traffic that have connected all those flights to that guy who tried to blow him up. >> also what helped them is faisal shahzad's apparent connection. everything he's saying may not be totally accurate. you have to take it with a grain of salt. they at least started yesterday. here's the other interesting thing, because they're being held on immigration charges, apparently you do not have to read miranda rights in those certain situations. that's why they're being charged with something called administrative charges. also, though, could it be that there's been a change of heart with eric holder, our attorney general in the way that we rehandle people when we arrest them now. it's looking like this plot is bigger than one person. >> that's probably made him say on sunday, the more i think about it, this miranda rights that we read it right away, unless there was a public safety aspect to it, it doesn't hold up in today's society and among the people who said grated move, attorney general holder is a man who wrote the same thing in two days before in a column. >> he's taking a victory lap, charles is in his column today. what's interesting about eric holder is we've heard him a lot over the last week or so and he's talked a lot about the shahzad case and talked a lot about khali shaikh mohammed and talked a lot about miranda rights and also this past weekend, he was asked a couple of times about the arizona immigration law. and he had some definite opinions about it. extraordinarily enough, you would expect if he's got opinions, clearly he's read it, right? right? maybe not. watch. >> i think that law is an unfortunate one. i think that it is, i fear, subject to potential abuse. >> arizona, what is specifically wrong with the anti-immigration law that has been passed there? >> the law that they have passed, that i think the possibility of leading to racial profiling. >> do you think the arizona immigration law is racist? >> well, i don't think it's necessarily a good idea. >> ok. that's what he had said in the past where he had talked openly about the immigration law in arizona but now it turns out yesterday when he was under oath giving testimony that he admitted he has not read the 10-page law. you have that bit of sound? >> we got it. roll it! >> i understand that you may file a lawsuit against the law. it seems to me the administration ought to be enforcing border security and immigration laws and not challenge them. and that the administration is on the wrong side of the american people. have you read the arizona law? >> i have not had a chance -- granted, i have not read it with -- it's 10 pages. a lot shorter than the health care bill which was 2,000 pages long. i'll give you my copy of it, if you would like to have a copy. even though you haven't read the law, do you have an opinion as to whether it's constitutional? >> i have not really -- i have not been briefed yet. >> by the way, that is absolutely incredible. as you mentioned, gretchen and steve, he's under oath. he can't say i read it and have some specific -- >> unlike when you're on "meet the press" when you're not under oath. >> the other thing to be said. this is the problem which the way some americans get the message about this immigration law and other things in general is he says this -- well, what i've said is i've not made up my mind. i've only made the comments that i've made on the basis of things that i've been able to glean by reading newspaper accounts, television and talking to people. ok? see, that's what happens when you only hear one side of the story potentially, then you develop your form of thinking and for the attorney general of the united states to say that that's how he's developed his opinions about this law is unbelievable! >> if you ever read this law, it's sitting right here. it's really unreadable. it's not something that should be read -- lawyers should record and maybe if you have to defend somebody, this is what you go through. summaries are pretty clear. that senator mccain had it absolutely right. read the law before you show your outrage and start with these boycotts. one of the things -- the most controversial passage in there talks about people's status. you can't pull people over randomly and say you look mexican, come with me. it's required officers to make a reasonable attempt to determine immigration status of a person. if there's a reasonable suspicion that he or she is here legally. race, color and national origin may not be things considered in the implementation. it's in the law. if you get profiled, it's a violation of the law that was written. >> sure, and you know, the attorney general is one of those guys who you think would be above hyperbole. for him to say -- for him this past weekend to have opinions, yeah, i think it could lead to racial profiling and then yesterday, extraordinarily to reveal, yeah, i didn't -- >> i haven't read that. >> if i'm the attorney general. >> that's embarrassing. >> if i'm the attorney general and sitting there with chris wallace or david gregory, i would say look, as you know i've been caught up with the times square bombing. i haven't had time to dive in. i don't think anyone would be upset with him. >> that would be the perfect -- you should be attorney general. >> i'm thinking about it. i have my application in but have not heard back. i need two references. >> does it matter that you're not a lawyer? >> i don't think so. i can't tell that anybody else is. >> brian for attorney general. let us know, yea or nay? >> i'm voting right now. i'm saying no. >> i'm having you pass. >> all right, fine. >> coming up on the show, an illegal immigrant attends a college until authorities find out she's not a sit zcitizen ane to deport her. >> a man rushing to get his brother to the hospital is arrested for failing to pull over. cops say he was drinking and threw him behind bars. did he put others in danger or was it worth it to save his brother's life? we're going to report about it. we got some video and you'll decide plus -- >> if you have the cash, it can be yours. the real field of dreams goes on the block. if you build it, they will buy it. right back. 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>> well, it's not that simple. here we have a girl who is a known illegal alien now. she incredibly was getting in-state tuition, as you said, the college president daniel pat just insulted the taxpayers of georgia by cheerleading for her. trying to block her deportation process. she was arrested on campus on a traffic charge. and then she gave false information so that's a serious thing in itself. anybody else would be sitting in jail. >> sure, and she was so close to graduating, extraordinarily she dreams of being a lawyer some day and there she is in the country illegally. but let's face it, phil, it's an open secret. a lot of campuses across the country are safe havens for illegals. >> well, that's the outrageous part. they are becoming sanctuaries for illegals. they're denying slots to people who are here legally or citizens and these colleges and universities are going to have to start a verification process. there's, for example, the save program, s-a-v-e, you can check data bases who is legal and not legal. colleges better step up. >> let me be devil's advocate for a moment. some people have a different point of view. they say jessica, this girl has been here since she was 10 years old and came to america from mexico with her parents. she's been in this country for more than a decade. some people say it's better to get these illegals educated so they become valuable members of the society in case amnesty goes through than kick them out of college. you respond how sf>> it doesn't make sense to educate the children of illegals that most of them are illegal themselves and when they graduate, it is illegal for them to get a job here. they can't drive. they have no license. they have no papers. it doesn't make any sense to educate them. what we need to do is have an educational program to have these folks go back to their home countries. if you want to study here legally, go through the legal process to be a student. >> absolutely. get a student visa. here's a statement from the ksu administration. they say "the administration immigration debate is volatile and center stage in our nation. however, ksu's administration will not become embroiled in that debate." there also to be conjecture regarding whether or not undocumented students at ksu receive either federal or state financial aid. for the record, neither form of aid is afforded to undocumented students at ksu. but, you know, let's part that for a second, phil, they say aid is not out for undocumented students, nonetheless, aid is available to all students so i'm sure undocumented students are getting help. >> well, what i don't like about the president of kennesaw state university. i don't want to sound shrill. he's a lying weasel. he actually used the attorney of the school, used the taxpayer supported school resources and was a cheerleader for this illegal student and was trying to get her to dodge the criminal charges. it is absolutely an insult what this college president has done and now that the media glare is on him, he's trying to crawfish. >> well, you know what? those are some extraordinary charges. we're going to try to get him on the program in the next day or two. ok? >> i hope you can get him. good luck. >> no kidding. >> all right. phil, very interesting topic. thanks for sharing your thoughts this morning. >> thanks, guys. >> wow, it's only 18 minutes after the hour. already one guest has called somebody else a weasel. >> and brian is attorney general. there you have it. he was one of the green berets originally sent into afghanistan to help topple the taliban and support president karzai. after all these years, can karzai be trusted? that green beret is here live. >> plus, deadly flooding has absolutely devastated nashville. leaving the community reeling. find out how country stars who make that town their home are opening their hearts and wallets to restore the legendary city. courtney is coming up shortly with what's being done. this is unlike any car you've ever seen before. this is power with efficiency. this is annterior that exceeds even the promise of the exterior. this is the all-new jaguar xj. the unning result of taking a very different road. >> afghanistan's president hamid karzai wraps up a big trip to washington, d.c., a new book is shedding light on how he first came into power. it all started with a dangerous operation in the weeks after 9/11. an 11 man unit of green berets entered the taliban strong hold of southern afghanistan and basically helped carve out the future of the country. eric blem is the author of this book "the only thing worth dying for." he joins us now as well as lieutenant colonel who led the green berets into southern afghanistan in 2001 and perhaps knows hamid karzai better than everyone. first off, could you tell me how surprised you are today that hamid karzai is the president. when you met him and when you were working with him, he was an unknown, correct? >> correct. in 2001, our mission was pretty straight forward. it was to try to get into the war. we're afraid civil war would break out if they started some kind of uprising. karzai promiseed to get that mission started. within a matter of weeks, the campaign was so successful that he earned the credibility to become the interim leader and it came as a surprise to all of us including him. >> its not because the lieutenant colonel who is a junior officer then came in and killed everybody, it was the way in which hamid karzai almost coached them on who to attack and who was friendly and who could be worked with. correct? >> yeah, it was definitely a mutual relationship. and it's truly outstanding and amazing that in the course of just three weeks, hamid karzai rose from virtual obscurity on the world stage to become the president of afghanistan and during that same three weeks, every single member of this 11-man a team was either wounded or killed. it's a piece of history that just has been glossed over with the speed of the media and i just think that the fact that these men worked together with karzai and with the tribal leaders, it's a lesson that we can learn today in what we're trying to accomplish again in southern afghanistan and the country as a whole. >> we used to be thankful for hamid karzai early on in this war. now it seems we're stuck with him. has he changed from what you can ascertain? is he still the loyal guy that you found so laudible when you worked with him? >> he was not always an idealist and i believe he's still an idealist now. in order to form a coalition government, he's had to work with unsavory characters. the government does have a great deal of corruption. there's no doubt about that. unfortunately, all that corruption has come to tarnish his reputation greatly. >> his brother certainly hasn't helped if reports are true and he's the number one drug dealer in the country. but colonel, also, you describe a situation in this book and eric, you can chime in, where there's a group of people outside kandahar as this operation is about to start and it looks as though and you feel as though the americans have ascertained that they believe these guys are insurgents. these are taliban. and karzai backs you off. he was able to identify them, could you bring us through that? >> well, we bombed the taliban daily throughout the campaign. but every time we directed an air strike, included karzai really in the decision making process. so my men would identify the targets, we'd analyze them and go to karzai with what we developed so it was very responsive relationship where we could talk to him and he'd conflict things and we saw a large mass of what appears to be taliban combatants. i went to karzai, sat down with him. showed him on a map where it was. and we had a bad feeling about it so he dispatched spies and were able to find out they were actually refugees. it had the potential of being a pret wri trag pretty tragic day. we called off the air strike. >> it can fully define where we're at today. eric, thanks so much for joining us. lieutenant colonel, thanks for your service and your insight. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> all right. coming up straight ahead, well, i i'm not going to tell you. steve and gretchen better equipped to. >> if you sell it, they will come much the original field of dreams is on the auction block. how much it will cost you to own the favorite property straight ahead. >> i want that. a bunch of people were in for a big shock when they were eating donuts and a car crashed into the shop. right there. kaboom! more of the video straight ahead. >> happy birthday to david burns, new wave rock 'n' roller. >> ultimate talking head. 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>> is iran teaming up with al-qaida? there are fears that iran is starting to relax its policy on catching and detaining al-qaida operatives. former intelligence officers say some al-qaida figures have recently left iran and that's fueling speculation that iran is funneling them into northern pakistan. >> the senate has voted to require banks to roll back their debit card transactions. the vote was 64-33. the same measure also says banks can't bar americmerchants from offering payments regardless of credit type. it requires credit card companies to charge less for debit card transactions, all part of the financial reform package if it passes. >> right now, you're seeing what police say is in texas -- what police in texas saw. you have a car with hazard lights on driving about 80 miles per hour swerving in and out of lanes, do you see that? little did they know the driver was racing to get his brother to the hospital. after arriving at the emergency room, he was confronted. listen. >> really bad, like the fifth one he's had. i was trying to keep my brother alive. >> raymond failed a sobriety test and was charged with d.w.i. gerald smith credits his brother with saving his life. so he had a few but his brother was in a catastrophic situation. >> president obama getting a reception at famous wings in buffalo, new york yesterday when an outspoken woman told the president this. you're a hottie with a smoking little body. he then had this to say to the president's wife. >> wow. i think she likes the president. >> yeah. >> yeah, but the president better watch it. apparently for lunch yesterday, he had 10 wings and french fries which i do not think goes along with the first lady's anti-obesity initiative. >> right. >> in moderation. everything in moderation. >> but listen to this, this woman evidently is -- is known to speak her mind. her ex-mother-in-law says she's a lunatic and later, she says she regrets saying that because she's gotten such blow back from her comments that the president is a hotty. >> was a nice -- >> with a smoking body. >> with a smoking little body. >> yeah. she's on national television. >> but the president loved it. >> sure, what's not to love? all right. real quickly, let's take a look -- >> that should be a hallmark card. you're a hottie with a smoking little body. >> we'll have the temperatures in a moment to find out who is hotty today and who is notty. scattered showers through portions of the great lakes states and mississippi and missouri valley. heavy stuff rumbling through oklahoma just to the south and west of oklahoma city and tulsa. down through portions of northern mexico. now, take a look at just -- keep in mind, this shows you it's nice and dry in florida along here and you'll find out why in a moment. current temperatures, as you can see, 40's throughout the northern plains and portions of new england. we've got 50's and 60's throughout the northeast down through the mid atlantic and you've got 70's throughout dixieland. 70 right now in atlanta. 75 in memphis and about the same for dallas. later on today, it is going to be a nice day temperaturewise. particularly -- look at raleigh. today, we crank it up to 90 degrees. it will be 84 in memphis. 85 in atlanta and now, remember, i mentioned that was -- no, not hot. that was nice and dry along much of florida and that's because there you can see the space shuttle is on the launch pad. i think that's 39b. it is fixing to take off later on today. right now, 77 degrees. feels like it's 77 as well and as you can see, all systems are go. nice and dry. they should have a good takeoff. all right. >> let's talk a little basketball, brian. >> let's do it. a little bit later, you'll give me the temperature in outer space because that's where the space shuttle is headed. >> it's colder. >> we'll go with that. lebron james and the cavaliers need a win in boston to stay alive in the nba playoffs. i watched this game. and they didn't get it. game six at the north garden. james and the cavaliers kept it close for a while but he was cold early. got hot a little bit late but it would not be enough. the celtics would be too much and they were too experienced in the end to blow this. kevin garnett22 points. , rajon rondo unbelievable with 21. boston takes on orlando. the biggest story is what happened to lebron james. as for cleveland their summer of anxiety now begins. james will either stay or sign somewhere else as a free agent. >> i have no plans at this point. i've made no plans. so, you know, i want to continue to win throughout the post-season, i mean that's what i geared myself towards and the fact that it's over right now definitely to myself. >> it is over and something is bothering him in the last two games. the other teams like him a lot. the knicks, the nets and the heat are preferred destinations if he does leave his home stato and home state of ohio. the all star game will stay in arizona despite calls to move it. at least one manager is outspoken and says he will not participate in the game. the baseball commissioner says he believes baseball has a great minority hiring record and has no reason to move the game. has nothing to do with the all star game. there's bud selig. one of the most famous baseball fields in movie history. remember this? >> if you can hit my curve. >> oh! >> yeah. yeah. you can hit the curveball. >> right here, huh? can we keep it up? i want to watch the rest of the movie. >> that's actually his dad, right, in the movie. is it? it isn't? >> no, it is. it's not shoeless joe. is that shoeless joe? that is shoeless joe. the iowa field that inspired the movie "the field of dreams" is now on the market. the owners are asking $5.4 million for the 193 acres including the farmhouse and two souvenir stands. the field currently gets 65,000 visitors a year. that is amazing. and the thing is it's so ironic, too. i guess i'm not in this. it's so ironic, too. they spent the whole movie not to sell the farm but now they can buy the farm. >> too bad it's not a silent auction. >> i know. i'm sorry. >> now it's time for you to be quiet. >> all right. >> big time celebrities from country crooners tim mcgraw and faith hill and carrey underwood to funnyman jerry seinfeld trying to get nashville back on its feet. >> the goal to raise as much money and awareness as they can. they're doing a good job of it. courtney is currently in brian's chair and she joins us live. this is great news. and, you know, a lot of those people live in nashville but jerry seinfeld lives here in new york and yet, he's helping. >> they're not all doing it for publicity either. i called up my country music source. he was driving by himself big kenny from big and rich handing out water bottles on the street and that talk show host wendy williams called him to see how she could come down and help when her show goes on hiatus. jerry seinfeld is having a show tonight. all proceeds go to two charities. bo bice, from his song will be going to the cause. kesha, however you say it. i've heard it so many different ways, she's having a june 16th benefit concert. she also donated 1,000 pounds of pet food to an animal shelter. and then the l.a. philharmonic is actually donating $25,000 to the nashville symphony and then there's some events, nashville rising. that's the big one you got to tune in to. june 22nd. faith hill and tim mcgraw is heading that. taylor swift, gave $500,000 and the gac, the great american country cable channel, they're having a telethon this sunday. keith urban, brad paisley, martina mcbride will be there to raise money and there's also two concerts, may 22nd, rock on the range and tonight, country throwdown tour. both of those concerts are donating $0.50 per ticket. >> and it's so important because when all this happened, there were other news events going on like the oil spill and then the attempted terrorist act here in new york and many people were saying wow, what happened down in tennessee didn't get as much attention as it would have otherwise so it's so great now to see the stars. >> that's how they are feeling, a little left out. while the attention is being turned towards them now and we have on foxnews.com some web sites that you can go donate to a lot of people who were talking about hands on nashville. obviously the red cross. those are good ones. >> even though this is a national and natural disaster of biblical proportions practically, you don't hear any whining and complaining from those people. hey, will the federal government please bail us out? >> that's the thing. i was talking to this guy, my source down there about how it was different from hurricane katrina because -- >> and a lot of disasters. >> there's no looting or anything. like everyone stepped up to the plate to help each other out. >> that's right. and i know there was -- i think it was last week, there was local television station maybe the nbc affiliate. >> raised $1.8 million. >> had their own telethon. day after tomorrow, we're going to have a telethon. they do that. with all this other stuff, the eyes of the nation now on nashville. >> a lot of these celebrities are private folks so they're really stepping up to help out. >> thanks for bringing us good news this morning. >> good to see you guys. >> meanwhile, on this friday, school bans its basketball team from traveling to arizona. boycotting the state's tough immigration law. is that legal? can the school board do that? judge napolitano answers that. >> and the empire state building refusing to honor mother teresa with white and blue lights. but they honored china's communist revolution. wasn't that founder responsible for millions of deaths? phil donahue with the catholic league, that's straight ahead. >> people wanted to -- got quite a shock when the car, that one right there crashed into front of the store. more on that straight ahead on this friday "fox & friends." 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"law & order" is one season away from passing "gunsmoke" as the longest running drama. people drinking morning coffee gets a shock of their lives when a car plows into a busy doughnut shop. it set the table and chairs into the window's shop. it happened at a dandy donuts in florida. no word of why the driver lost control. luckily, no one was seriously hurt. brian, judge? >> that's good. an apparent protest against arizona's anti-illegal immigration law. an illinois high school has decided not to let its girls varsity basketball team travel to arizona in december for a tournament. the school superintendent says she fears the students might be harassed by overzealous arizona police checking people's immigration status. actually, she's worried about safety. one of the players was on our show today. here's what she had to say. >> not exactly sure on how much action is being taken. we're definitely against it and we're trying to contact the superintendent and see if he'll reconsider. >> joining us now, fox news judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. judge? >> yes, good morning. well, look, this is an unusual situation because you have a local school board in illinois either worried about the safety or worried about the politics. then you have students that want to go on their own because they want to participate in this -- the tournament, this athletic event in arizona. question -- can the school board regulate the behavior of the students in another state? answer, yes. you remember that famous crazy -- you'll were the name of it, bomb hits for jesus that the supreme court decided, i think it was wrongly decided but it is the law and it says that when you're off school grounds but arguably at a school event, the school can control you. it can regulate where you go and what you say. so the students should follow what the principleal has told them. >> obviously the parents have no legitimate power. all they have is the outrage to show and this supervisor's job is here. what power do they have? >> you and i talked about this many times on the radio. even though i disagree with the arizona law because i think it's against the constitution, put my disagreement out of it. this is the case of a school board administrator or members of the school board asserting their own political views and causing that to affect the manner in which children participate in athletic contest. is that right or wrong? you can make the judgment. do they have the power to do it? yes, they do. >> they can pretty much do anything they want as these two can on the "brian & the judge" show. if you listen today, their guests are going to be governor mike huckabee, brett bear and ralph peters. big radio show. >> mike huckabee will be in the studio. can we tell him how to watch? >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. >> all right. coming up straight ahead, the empire state building denying a request to honor mother teresa with blue and white lights. they honored the communist china's 60th anniversary of the revolution. phil donahue not happy. president of the catholic league. >> he's next. >> this story might get you seethed. mother teresa is known around the world for her compassion to orphans, to homeless, to the sick, why did the empire state building decide not to light up blue and white in her honor when last year the building lit up for communist china and mao tse 16 tung. joining us is the president of the catholic league, bill donah donahue. you sent in your request when you saw that mother teresa was going to be honored with a stamp. >> i was so happy with the united states postal service for doing this. i decided the catholic league, my office is two blocks and i'm on 34th street myself. i decided let's see what i can do. on february 2nd, i globally petitioned and filled out the application exactly to the nines asking on the anniversary of her birthday, she light up the blue and white. they do it for the yankees, they do it for christians, they do it for jews, and everybody gets honored in new york city. put your application in. i was denied. >> sent you a fax with no explanation. >> no explanation. no signature. and no one is speaking to the press. they say it's a nonissue. yet, last year, they honored the communist chinese revolution 77 million people dead under mao tse tung. >> what do you think it is? >> it's bigotry. it's not a scheduling conflict. i came out on february 2nd. they could have said that early on if they wanted to. we live in a country when it's on the right, it's a dictatorship. we should condemn them. i will too if it's on the left, there's no enemies on let. that's the way the liberals think. there's an air of bigotry against christians and against catholics in particular. if i am wrong, then let somebody like anthony malkin who owns the empire state building go on television and explain the reason, i ask him to do it today. >> so instead, because you didn't get a response, you decided to start a petition drive. what happened yesterday? >> the very first day i got 6,000 people signing on. we'll do more than that. this is a big mistake they've made. i've turned thousands of people into the streets before. i have three months. i have all summer long. you know how loved she is. she's won 124 awards and won the nobel peace prize. she opened up the first aids hospice here in greenwich village. she's got the presidential medal of freedom, the congressional medal of freedom. she's loved all over the world. we're going to contract people in the new york city council, the mayor, we'll go to the congress, we'll contact the people in india. we'll contact catholics world wide. i have the money. i have the determination. we'll take out ads. they don't know what they're dealing with, these little preppie boys over at the empire state building. >> oh, my goodness. >> how can people sign the petition? >> go on to catholicleague.org see the petition and also go on and take a look where we list the e-mail address of the people who are supposedly going to deal with this issue. >> right. fascinating story and i know you well and you will -- >> we will win. believe me. we'll prevail. >> you'll prevail and work hard at it. always great to see you. >> thank you so much. >> worthy of cbo numbers, remember those used to mislead the american people? how could the agency be off by $115 billion in a few months? plus b.p. unveiling a new plan to suck up millions of gallons of oil with a small tube. other plans have failed. will this one finally work? we'll talk to a b.p. executive straight ahead. and check out the live pictures. space shuttle atlantis getting ready for its final blastoff. live report from kennedy space center. 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"fox & friends" is the cure for me. nice, captain. >> this is marsha cross "from "desperate housewives" you're watching "fox & friends." >> she is a lovely woman. >> she is a lovely woman. >> beautiful woman. she was our guest yesterday. >> she posted after the show, correct? >> yes indeed if you go to foxnews.com. the fox news alert. the terror probe expands. four people under arrest accused of helping would-be times square bomber faisal shahzad. wasn't he considered a lone wolf? rick has the latest on the big terror sweep yesterday. rick? >> you saw a flurry of raids and arrests across the northeast and another in pakistan. all apparently men related to the failed times square bomber faisal shahzad fortunate. the man in pakistan has connections to a military group and said shahzad was being trained by the pakistan taliban and back here in the u.s. yesterday in that series of raids from new jersey to long island to the boston area and beyond, the f.b.i. arrested three men seizing what it calls a lot of good evidence all allegedly linked to shahzad, a pakistani who became a u.s. citizen last year. and now admits that he tried to detonate an suv loaded with gasoline and other potentially explosive materials on a crowded street in times square two weeks ago. one of those raids took place at a home in watertown outside of boston where computers and paperwork. feds swooped in on a mobile station in brookline, another bean town suburb sealing exits with yellow tape and searching a vehicle in the parking lot. a third man was arrested in maine. all are being held on immigration violations. but may soon face much more serious charges. now, investigators say they are trying to prevent further attacks but on long island, some of those questioned say they were unfairly targeted. >> f.b.i. came 6:00 in the morning to harass me asking question about that guy, whoever, that guy tried to do whatever in the city. why would i do that anyway? terrorists so he can go kill our kids? >> that man aside, the u.s. is arguably among the best in the world of post-incident investigations. once a suspect is identified, they can follow his electronic trail, cell phone records, figure out who he talked to and who may have financed his operations. it's clear this investigation is not over yet, guys. >> rick, we listened to the denials and these guys might be innocent but who knows? but we remember zazi also had the same thing saying you can check me out. you can follow me all around. it turns out his plan that he admitted to was to blow up subway lines. >> i think, brian, what people can comfort themselves with is if that man or any of these people are in fact guilty, investigators will most likely figure that out very quickly. >> thank you very much for the update. >> sure. >> couple of other headlines for your friday, b.p. unvaluing a new plan to suck up millions of gallons of oil with a small tube. workers will lower the tube and funnel oil up 5,000 feet up to a ship on the surface. if that doesn't work, there's another plan to place a top hat containment box on that leak. at 11:00 this morning, the president will meet with top advisors to see what more can be done. he's then going to talk to reporters. coming up shortly, chief operating officer of b.p., don suttle will join us live. hamid karzai will head to fort hood today. it's home to the 101st airborne division. yesterday, karzai met with secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary robert gates at arlington national cemetery. live pictures coming in from bangkok, thailand. earlier, plumes of smoke filled the air as protesters continue to flash at government troops. newest wave of violence is sparked as troops tried to assassinate one of the anti-government generals. the protesters have been throwing stones and rockets. more live pictures for you this morning. she's from kennedy space center and the space shuttle atlantis. it's the shuttle's final flight it's ready to suit up three hours from now. the 12 day mission is on schedule and lift off at 2:30 this afternoon. there are three remaining shuttle missions including today's launch before the program ends and there are no rookie astronauts on board. >> return trip. >> all right. >> 5 minutes after the top of the hour. you know, the cbo came out right before the health care program was voted on. the final and said don't worry, if you pass this, by our calculations, we will save $900 billion over the next 10 years. maybe close to a trillion dollars. even higher than that. right. it's supposed to be nonpartisan. they don't care who you are. they only care about numbers. >> and the key number was all those democrats and the president himself were saying, look, it's going to be -- this is going to wind up saving us money in the long term so let's go ahead and do it. so they used that $900 billion number. well, now, we're discovering it's going to cost $115 billion more than that. and some are scratching their heads saying don't tell me that the administration used those numbers just to sell it before they passed it, they sure had the talking points down. listen to this. >> add it all up, and the plan i'm proposing will cost around $900 billion. >> it reduces the deficit and leaves president obama's call to keep the cost under $900 billion over 10 years. >> less than the $900 billion that president obama has called for. >> we have done everything imaginable to get the most generous, most affordable coverage that we could within president obama's targets of $t $900 billion. >> this bill will be fully paid for, done within the health care system and it brings down the deficit. >> how many times did we hear that it brought down the deficit? here's why this is so important that now it costs $115 billion more. why? because every member of congress that voted for health care reform could put themselves right under the cover of the congressional budget office and them saying that it was going to save money and reduce the deficit. that's their cover for voting for health care and now you find out that in fact, those numbers were wrong. my question this morning is who the heck is doing the math at the cbo? i mean, if we did math for a living and we were $115 billion off, we'd be fired. >> one of the things i heard and this is an oversimplification but this is how i live my life, oversimplified, they didn't put any money for discretionary spending. now that it's coming in, final equation is being thrown off. >> remember, they were under so much -- >> somebody should be launching an investigation into why you could not come up with these numbers before they did a monumental vote on something that will change our society like never before. somebody should be outraged about that. >> they were under the right pressure to deliver the right number. remember how the white house, you know, they weren't quite getting the number they wanted and next thing you know, the man who runs the cbo was called to the white house for that saturday meeting with the president. next thing you know, they've got these numbers. next thing we know, now the latest is $115 billion over what they told us. >> we'll see if they run on it in november or run from it in november. let's talk about something in "the wall street journal" months ago, a little problem with lawmakers. they routinely spend taxpayer funds on drinks and artwork along with personal expenses. if they go on a trip and have money left over, they keep it to the tune of $1,000 or $2,000 or more money than that. that exposure led to what happened in the house yesterday. >> new rules for the first time in 30 years, travel overseas and you have to prove it's governor's business. >> is this inkrcredible? >> you have to prove that you're not going to charge your four martinis to the taxpayers. imagine that. the rules haven't changed for 30 years. here's the hook. it's only for the house. the senate rules are not changing. apparently, they weren't as loose as the house rules but still, so far the senate not under fire to change any of their rules. >> extraordinarily, back in the day, when you would take a trip somewhere, they did not have to and they'd come back and say i took the trip and this is what i spent. they didn't have to provide receipts. so here are some of the new changes. one -- now you have to provide receipts. also, if your flight is, let's see, less than 14 hours, you can't fly in business class and that's an interesting thing. the thing that brian had said, apparently they were given this amount of money to spend while they were somewhere. and if it was -- if you didn't spend it, you'd just get to pocket it. >> what is the incentive to give back to your -- give the money back to your employer. we would. what's the incentive to not do something that's business related. we would do that naturally, the three of us and the other camera guys, i'm not sure about. joe, the floor manager, sure. just because after a while when there's no accountability, you start to abuse it. between 2007 and 2009, lawmakers made 230 trips using military transports, planes, at a cost of $500,000 per trip. >> this is why americans are so angry right now because they're being asked to tighten the trap around their wallets that's in their back pocket and in their purse and they watch members of congress just go willie nilly with all of their money. this is one of the reasons why the american public is upset. >> but brian's point about the airports providing travel, they won't have to tell how much it costs because even though we know some of these trips cost half a million dollars per trip, in the future they won't have to reveal it. steny hoyer took a dozen people from asia to australia a couple of years ago and stated the trip cost $68,000 for 12 days. as it turns out, the cost of the air force jet was $1.1 million wall street calculated, "wall street journal" calculated. they didn't have to declare that. and that will not be reported. >> let's talk about another change that's happening now. it has to do with the ketchup that you might be putting on your hamburger or hot dog. >> or your eggs this morning. >> yeah. >> anyway, heinz ketchup changing their recipe for the first time in 40 years because they're going to lower the salt content by only 15%, guys. >> it's about time! >> they want to step in line with -- they're one of 16 major food manufacturers that last month was at the national salt reduction initiative to reduce the amount of sodium and other bad things in your food. >> know your condiments. >> that's exactly right. >> know your condiments. what's in that -- >> condiments. >> what's in the mustard? what's in the ketchup? we have the answer. actually i got to salute the people of heinz. as a child, i got in so much trouble, i dropped at least three bottles of glass ketchups. i got in a lot of trouble. you drop the ketchup. now it's plastic. you don't have to hammer it. >> they have the upside one down. that's the one i used this morning for my eggs. >> they took shampoo technology. >> something like that. nothing worse than dropping a glass bottle in the shower when you're naked and soap in your eyes. >> right. >> don't worry, though. heinz said it's going to talk -- absolutely taste the same because they're going to do something with the secret spices so that you will not notice that they are shorting you in the salt. >> speaking of spice, where are the times? there's so many questions about the oil spill in the gulf. how big is it? can it be stopped? can it be absorbed by the environment? who caused it? we'll ask an executive with the b.p. next. >> the principal is in hot water over a scathing e-mail that ended up in a parents inbox. what she said that's so outrageous. that story coming up. 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. water, we take our showers with it. we make our coffee with it. but we rarely tap its true potential and just let it be itself. flowing freely into clean lakes, clear streams and along more fresh water coast line than any other state in the country. come realize water's true potential. dive in-to the waters opure micgan. your trip begins at michigan.org. 0 to 60? 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>> yeah, we're working on the insertion tube right now, gretchen and of course, remember, this is about trying to contain some of the flow. and later next week, we hope to be pursuing options that would actually stop the flow which is absolutely critical. >> during the testimony on capitol hill, the c.e.o. of b.p. said what you're doing and what you've been doing in the last couple of weeks to stop the oil flow is you're creating it as you go along. why was there not some sort of an emergency plan that was put into action? >> well, you know, gretchen, since the beginning, we've had these two goals about stopping the flow and then minimizing the impact. there are a number of tools available to us. we've actually tried those. i don't know why they didn't work. what they're doing now is applying the best minds, best capabilities and we're doing things that haven't been done before. so we didn't stop with what we knew at the time of the event. we've extended the technology and pulling the best minds in the world to work on this problem. >> let me ask you this, mr. suttles, are you any closer to knowing how this happened? >> you know, gretchen, my focus -- i started working on this two hours after it began on the 20th of april. and since that time, i've done nothing but focus on how to get this thing stopped and how to minimize the impact. there are other people working on the investigation. i know they'll find out what went wrong and i know we'll find out what we need to do differently. but actually, the people of this region, what they want me to do is get this thing stopped. >> but a lot of the american public wants to know how it happened, too, because there are massive ramifications of this. not only from an environmental point of view but a lot of people are still asking the question -- have you ruled out, for example, terrorism as one of the reasons that this happened? >> you know, i fully understand that. i mean, everyone wants to know including me what happened here. what went wrong and what we have to do to prevent it. that's not my role. my role is focused solely on bringing this thing to an end quickly and minimizing the impact. that's what i'm doing. >> so with regard to the claims that some people have said including the president of the united states who has made it very clear that b.p. is 100% responsible, how do you respond to the president? >> well, you know, gretchen, we've mounted the largest response ever in the world here. we've already spent over $450 million. we're throwing every resource required at this problem. and i think i'd just ask people to judge us on what we're doing. we're not talking about limits on liability. we're talking about doing what needs to be done. whether that's about trying to offset the impact of people or get the leak stopped. i mean, that -- i think if they judge us by what they do, i'm fine with that. >> no doubt people want the leak stopped and they want to find out how it happened. doug suttles, chief operating officer for british petroleum. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, gretchen. >> coming up on the show, the white house cutting back terror money to new york city just two weeks after someone tried to blow up times square. how could that be possible? our political panel is going to weigh in on that and university teaching our kids that debt is ok and there's no danger in adding to our growing deficit. yep. that's exactly what's happening at one university. stuart varney tells us where coming up. >> it has been about two weeks since faisal shahzad tried to blow up his pathfinder in times square and now the administration is reportedly flashing millions of dollars from new york city's anti-terror budget. is this sending the wrong message especially at a time when we're pumping money not in new york necessarily but also into greece to bail them out. joining us for a fair and balanced debate is john timminy miami police chief and author of "from beat cop to top cop" and the author of the book "the betrayal of the american prosperity." good to have you both with us. chief, irs reading some comments you made in "the daily news" today. you said this is just nuts that they're cutting $53 million from the upcoming budget and -- >> exactly. it's even worse or worse in brooklyn. there's an argument made, it's being made -- you're playing this game the last -- even when i was in miami, you lose it here but make it up there. but new york is a unique place. if you stop somebody in madrid or italy, where would the next terror attack? if it's going to happen in america, where is it going to happen? they tell you new york. the funding, homeland security has stepped out and has been ripe with politics where you get places like wyoming getting on the per capita, proportion higher than new york. look at the risk analysis, clearly new york deserves more. >> clyde, what tdo you say? >> as i read the number new york is getting more this year than last year. new york got -- >> new york needs more than anybody else. >> that i'm not sure. i live in washington, d.c. we need a lot of help down there, too. so you know, new york has a third of the total amount allocated for port security and transit security. well, i live there and we have ports in baltimore and ports in miami. those guys probably wish they were getting more. they look at new york and think how come new york is getting so bloody much. >> clyde, but it's clear that it is 53 -- i think it's $53 million less than last year. >> no, it's not. new york is getting more this year than it did last year. >> that's the way you can spin it. >> i'm not spinning it. >> i'm fair and balanced now. i'm not spinning it. >> we all are, clyde. >> white house spokesman nicholas shapiro said yesterday that federal stimulus funds will make up for the cuts for the ports and transit. the white house says ok, we're going to cut them. we'll give them money -- like the chief was saying. >> just like you have, saying, hey, there's a total amount here, they'll get more than they got last year. >> cutting it by 25%. >> they made it up over here. that's politics, man, that's crazy. >> my point, that's politics. which is why wyoming on a per capita basis would get more than new york. that's insane. >> it's frustrating for people who live here in this town with a great big target on their back that washington is playing politics. >> washington doesn't have a target on its back? you're wrong, man. >> absolutely, clyde. washington -- >> ok. but still, is this the time to slash the budget. >> politicians do it great. >> here's the fact of life, post 9/11. there are 1,000 police officers assigned to terrorist investigations, intelligence. that didn't exist 10 years ago. that's a huge chunk of the budget. you have the u.n., you have the whole host of other things where ray kelly has to take officers that would normally be out in the neighborhoods and devote fighting terrorism. all the overtime involved, the investigation. >> yeah. >> somebody else who lives here in new york is senator schumer. here's just a little snippet of what he said regarding these cuts. maybe we don't have it. here's what he said. >> bureaucrats, there are two problems here. number one, they don't understand that the war on terror and our safety should be number one. and number two, they don't understand that new york is far and away the number one target and to say, we'll get 11% of this money when we're probably 50%, 75% of the target, it's just not fair. >> ok. so there you go. all right. fair and balanced debate as usual. clyde, nice to have you. thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> chief, thank you very much. >> let's go to the green room, brian and gretch. >> chief, congratulations on the book. straight ahead -- >> both tragic and miraculous. the 9-year-old boy is the sole survivor of the plane crash in libya. he does not know his entire family is dead. the latest on him next. >> it's an e-mail one school principal never meant to send but she accidentally did to a parent and now is in a whole lot of hot water. what it said coming up. >> the space shuttle atlantis getting ready to blast off for the last time. live report from cape canaveral coming up next. thing as taking a chance? 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please advise. >> a fellow employee defending the principal says "it was a horrible mistake and she does take responsibility for this mistake. the e-mail was the intended to the assistant principal and sent to the parent by mistake." school district is now investigating much the actual e-mail was kind of funny. >> i agree. >> let's take a look at some weather. not so funny. severe storm systems doing some major damage. flash floods forced officials to close a three mile stretch of highway in suburban chicago. police say it appears some drivers got out of their cars through the windows to escape the water that was coming up too fast. here's a note to you. if you see water covering the road and you don't know how deep it is, don't drive your car into it. all right. meanwhile, take a look. we have some heavy stuff moving through portions of oklahoma, into southeastern kansas and moving into the ozarks of missouri as well at this hour. it extends up through the portions of the great lakes state. nice and dry from the mid atlantic down through florida. they said there were some high, thin clouds, shouldn't affect things. current reading as you can see it, 30's and 40's to the northern plains. but elsewhere, it is going to be a beautiful day. 85 today in atlanta. about the same for memphis. a little warmer than that in new orleans. 85 today in san antonio. all right. it's off to mr. scoreboard with the very latest on lebron. >> yeah, good day to take your shirt off. grab a frisbie and start throwing it around in central park. grab a dog, train him to catch it if you have no friends. meanwhile, this was supposed to be the year that lebron james brought the title home to his state. it's not going to happen. why? because i watched last night's game. king james and the rest of the cavs got bounced from the playoffs last night by the boston celtics. boston beat cleveland 94-85 to advance to the eastern conference finals against orlando. i guess they were playing possum. lebron, he's done with cleveland maybe forever. >> i haven't really thought about it just now, trying to still -- trying to figure out, you know, what went wrong this year, you know, things that we did right so we'll see what happens. >> not much went right the last two games. in ohio they're pleading for their hometown son to stay. the mayor of akron put up this banner. born here, raised here, played here, stays here. he wrote new york city, saying lebron has a real connection to the people of ohio that he wouldn't have if he signed with the knicks. but the knicks really want him. the tennessee titans are lending a helping hand to nashville devastated by floods, as you know. about 70 players, coaches and staff pitched in with help on the cleanup. they were gutting houses, hauling debris like the new orleans saints did when katrina hit. they did it -- they helped out in the streets. >> a couple of days ago as we were trying to put this together, we had some kind of idea what we're going to be coming to. but you really don't have any idea until you get inside one of thee houses. >> the titans and the nfl have already donated close to a million dollars in flood relief. damage is estimated at $1 1/2 billion. that's been an undercover story because of the times square bomber and what's happened in the gulf. major disaster there. >> all right. thanks very much, brian. now we have to move on to somebody sitting next to us. >> the growing deficit poses zero danger to the u.s. economy. >> deficit? zero danger. that's apparently what some universities are teaching your kids and my kids along with the idea that the only way to create wealth is through government spending and stu varney of "varney & company" from fox business joins us. stuart, it is pretty shocking. there's an interview out from a big shot economist at u.t. and it offers a glimpse into what the universities are telling our kids about what's going on economically. >> what are we teaching our children? >> what do you mean? >> go at it. this is the son of the great economist. this is the man who holds the lloyd benson chair in government and business relations at the university of texas in austin and he says, debt has no consequences. debt doesn't matter. think of the morality of this. forget the economics for a second. what about the morality? you're teaching youngsters that debt doesn't matter? that the government can just print money and pay off our debt that way? doesn't matter -- >> and at the same time, they have outlawed credit card applications on college campuses. >> that's right. >> recently which is the other way of looking at this, maybe they've been taught the wrong lesson for a whole bunch of hearings. >> he goes on to say, to fix the unemployment problem, don't have any social security tax for the poor. no taxes of any kind for the poor. just encourage the rich to recycle their wealth through the government. >> government, government, government, government. that's when you're teaching the kids. forget about the prosperity of america that comes from private enterprise. >> but is he teaching them theory or is he saying, ok, this is a fact? >> he's teaching them something, if you want a recent example, look no further than the stimulus plan that some people would see a factual mistake and error in some way. >> in what way? >> it didn't work. it's supposed to create an unemployment ceiling of 8%. it didn't. we're almost at 10%. where are the new jobs from a trillion dollars. it didn't work. >> usually you say the implications are that the debt has no meaning and consequences, money grows on trees, signal for the next generation of savers and spenders. entitlement spending will create wealth and only government spending will spur private production and creation. if they want to get an a on the test, that's what they have to conclude. >> look, i have no objection to debating economic theory in a university. that's, of course, what you should be doing. but is this being laid down as some kind of a law? is that what you got to say to get an a on your test? i don't know that. i absolutely don't know that. >> teaching the curriculum sometimes doesn't mean a hill of beans. it's the interpretation of the professor that means everything. >> it means that our universities are to the left. way out there to the left in every department outside engineering. >> are you saying they're not fair and balanced? 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>> have you read the arizona law? >> i have not had a chance to -- i've glanced at it. i have not read it. >> steve: what is up with that? we're going to report and you are going to decide. >> brian: big government at it again. now the fed wants to track how fat or skinny your kids are. not kidding. hope it's not the pinch test. our slogan comes from jim in texas. i wish i had the field of dreams on which we all could play. but i am just as happy watching "fox & friends" all day. thank you. >> this is boon pickens watching "fox & friends," great show. watch it every morning. >> brian: he used natural gas in that entire melt of praise. >> steve: i think wasn't he trying to harness the hot air generated by this program to generate electricity programs. >> brian: absolutely. >> gretchen: i'm scare to do find out how much he got. coming up, we'll have the four troops, you heard them before here before. they'll have a musical performance for us. and larry burke head, the one who had the child with anna nicole smith and he'll be here. >> steve: he's having a garage sale essentially with her stuff. >> brian: by the way, it was his kid. right? >> steve: yeah. >> gretchen: ended up after a big investigation. >> brian: hard to remember how that anticipatedded. >> gretchen: there will be a big investigation here. bp unveiling a new plan to suck up oil with a small tube. they will lower the tube into the leak and funnel it up to a ship on the surface. if that doesn't work, there is now a plan c to place a top hat containment box on the leak. earlier, the chief operating officer of bp says he's hopeful. >> secretary salazar and secretary chiou visited our office where the efforts to contain and stop the flow are underway. they reference that this is the best scientific minds in the world working on this. the best engineers. so i think we're trying to find everything we can do to apply the best technology and the best thinking possible. >> gretchen: at 11:00 o'clock this morning, the president will meet with top advisors to see what more can be done. he's then going to share his thoughts with reporters. afghan president karzai will visit fort campbell, kentucky today to meet thousands of soldiers getting ready to head to his country. yesterday karzai met with secretary of state hillary clinton and joined defense secretary robert gates at arlington national cemetery. pictures coming from bangkok, tieland where the sun has gone down and the violence seems to be quieting down. this was the scene just a few hours ago as clashes between anti--government protesters and government troops got out of control. the latest round of violence was kicked off after troops tried to assassinate an anti--government general. more live pictures, kennedy space center. today the space shuttle atlantis will blast off for the final time. the crew gets ready to suit up as we speak. the 12 day mission on schedule to lift off 2:20 p.m. east coast time. there are three remaining shuttle missions, including today's launch before the program officially ends. no rookies today. only veterans for this final flight. those are your quick headlines for friday. >> steve: excellent. the terror probe into the botched times square bombing getting bigger. arrests were made yesterday. the suspects accused of helping faisal shahzad. remember in the beginning he was considered a lone wolf to some. not anymore. rick leventhal joins us with the very latest. the f.b.i. had a very busy day yesterday. >> absolutely. about a half dozen raids across the northeast. investigators say now that the men taken into custody may have supplied piles of cash to faisal shahzad, money he needed to finance his unsuccessful attack. what isn't clear is if the men knew what he was using the money for. in a series of raids across the northeast, from new jersey to long island, to the boston area and beyond, the f.b.i. arresting three men, seizing what it calls a lot of good evidence, evidence allegedly linking faisal shahzad a 30-year-old pakinstani who became a u.s. citizen last year, who now admits loading an suv with gasoline, fireworks, propane tanks and other materials, driving it to times square and trying to detonate it two weeks ago. outside boston, agents seized computers, sealed exits with yellow tape and searched a vehicle in the parking lot. another man was arrested in maine, all being held on immigration violations, but may soon face much more serious charges. long long island, more raids after investigators determined shahzad may have met with a man at a dunkin' donuts to collect thousands of dollars in cash. >> very scarey. to think they were here. >> i heard an f.b.i. agent scream, don't move automatic put your hands up. i thought i was dreaming actually. >> much of the information that investigators collected is coming from good police work, but some of it is coming from shahzad himself who has apparently been talking to investigators since soon after his arrest. he has waived his right to a speedy trial, waived his right to remain silent and prosecutors are in no hurry to bring this guy into a courtroom. >> steve: thanks, rick. >> brian: he has read his right, chooses not to get an attorney. dana is back with us. welcome back. where are you? >> i'm in dallas. >> brian: all right. first off, we have a lot going on in new york about what is happening with this investigation, but yesterday there was big news and that is that in a month in which we're supposed to have a ton of money flooding into the treasury, it looks like we're still at a definite sit here in 2010. >> yeah. the danger of thinking that the economy is going to bounce right back and it's going to take a little bit of time. i heard economist yesterday say we had better be careful in thinking too far ahead. obviously we all want the economy to get better, but we shouldn't have false hope asks one of the things people are concerned about is all the uncertainty that comes from a lot of what's going on in washington. >> steve: and when you look at the numbers, the new york papers have been filled with this, the administration is slashing $53 million in homeland security money to protect new york. the ports and stuff like that over last year. the white house says they're going to make it up. we'll give you some stimulus money, don't you worry about that. but still, the message is crazy, especially in the day when the president comes here. >> yeah. i think that that was politically tone deaf. one thing i would point out is that we do need to start weaning some of these states off of terrorism funds and in a segment that you had last hour, i think that was clear. there are some states that clearly are not big terrorism targets. they do need to take precaution, but new york needs these funds. >> gretchen: the president was here yesterday thanking the new york police officers for their involvement in the times square bomber. then he went down to this very high dollar fund-raiser for the dnc where it was $30,000 per couple to go. interesting thing is is that a lot of the wall street cash cows, they did not intend this time around, this dinner. but what do you make of that, because a lot of them voted for president obama? >> not only did they vote, but they opened their -- they didn't just open up their checkbooks, they opened up their bank accounts and sent it to democrats and now they're getting what they deserve, frankly. and i cannot believe for a second that the administration has the audacity to trash wall street, be in the middle of a debate where they're trying to pass financial services reform and come up to new york and say, come to our fund-raiser. it's just about like extortion. if you can imagine, what if george bush was in office right now and there was a big oil spill and he said, i'm going to nail you guys down in houston, you oil industry, and then went down there and had a fund-raiser , we would have been crucified. >> brian: we'll see what happens in november if they are indeed in support 'cause jpmorgan and others are being investigated. the attorney general had a bad day on capitol hill, i would say. you might not. but the attorney general, number one, he made it clear he does not want to identify our enemy or doesn't know who our enemy is and number two, he has not read the arizona law that's only 12 pages long. let's listen. >> i understand that you may file a lawsuit against the law. seems to me the administration ought to be enforcing border security and immigration laws and not challenge them and that the administration is on the wrong side of the american people. have you read the arizona law? >> i have not had a chance to. i've glanced at it, i have not read it. >> it's ten pages, it's a lot shorter than the health care bill which was 2,000 pages long. i'll give you my copy of it if you would like to have a copy. even though you haven't read the law, do you have an opinion as to whether it's constitutional? >> i have not been briefed yet. >> steve: really? he didn't have an opinion yesterday, dana on capitol hill under oath. however, that hasn't stopped him in the past. one more little thing. >> i think that that law is an unfortunate one. i think that it is, i fear, subject to potential abuse. >> arizona, what is specifically wrong with the anti--immigration law that has been passed there? >> the concern i have about the law that they have passed is that i think it has the possibility of leading to racial profiling. >> do you think the arizona immigration law is racist? >> i don't think it's necessarily a good idea. >> steve: that's embarrassing. >> gretchen: dana, the satellite window went down, so we can't get a reaction to the attorney general not having read the ten page bill. but i think it speaks volumes about how the american public develops their opinion. if you have the attorney general who hasn't read the ten pages but giving an opinion on something, then that's very dangerous to have a predisposed thought process about something before you've actually read it. >> brian: then threaten to bring the state essentially up on charges to declare it unconstitutional before it goes into law in july. if you do print out this law and it's virtually incomprehensible. but one element which i was looking for and found, is can a cop walk up to you and say, you look mexican, you look like on a you're here illegal, come with me. no. it says specifically, for any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or agency of the state or county, whatever, town, subdivision, all that stuff, the state with where reasonable sus -- you have to have lawful contact. did you knock off that liquor store? you seem to be running away with that television, come with me. then you can say, by the way, you got to show me you belong here. that's what it says. people are getting so upset that they're going to be profiled should as john mccain said, read the ten pages. >> steve: the problem is, eric holder exhibited just that, how many times have we had people who are pushing the bills and say, have you read the bill? no. >> gretchen: this is ten pages of. >> steve: that makes the point, maybe he should have been briefed. more on that throughout the weekend, i am sure. illegal to pray? a city council has been praying before meetings for 20 years. now the aclu wants to shut them down. we'll talk to the mayor of that town next. >> gretchen: plus uncle sam wants to track how fat or skinny your kids are. don't they have bigger problems to tackle right now? we'll explain that straight ahead. >> your word says you are good and rich and mercy to all that call upon your name. we call upon your name now and ask that you would bless this meeting with your presence, with your peace. >> brian: it's been happening for years, but now prayer at city council meetings in lancaster, california are under attack. those bimonthly prayers are under scrutiny from the aclu and others and are now the subject of a lawsuit filed against the city of lancaster. >> steve: the mayor of that city joins us live now from california. good morning to you, mayor. >> good morning. how are you? >> steve: i'm fine, thank you very much. you guys out there have been opening your meetings with a prayer for many, many years and i understand there was a referendum, 75% of the voters in your town support it. who filed this lawsuit against your town saying you shouldn't do that? >> initially it was the aclu that is writing us letters and threatening to sue us. so i put it on the ballot and asked the people what they thought. 75% of the people think we should begin our meetings with a prayer. then a miss ruben, who i understand is the president of the jewish defense league, has actually filed the lawsuit. interestingly enough, the attorney she uses is also the attorney for the pornography industry. i don't think that's an accident. >> brian: where do you go from here? are you allowed to say prayers up until this ruling? >> well, until they arrest me, that's what we're going to continue to do. i say that a little facetiously. yes, we're going to fight it and we're going to continue to do it and there is nothing that's going to stop us. >> steve: mayor, here is a statement from the attorney filing the lawsuit, may clients filed the lawsuit because mixing government and politics and religion is bad for religion. it undermines religious beliefs in our society. prayers believe in church, synagogues and mosques mosques t and do not belong to government officials. we are confident we will prevail in court. here is the problem with that argument. that is the fact that the u.s. house of representatives opens every session with a prayer. so it's not like you guys are doing something nobody else is doing. >> it's a little more involved than that. what they want to prohibit us from doing is using the name, jesus christ, in our prayers. so we specifically put that on the ballot and what our belief is is that who ever is praying at that particular meeting should pray to whatever god they believe in. last week we had a sica minister praying. the important thing is to recognize the humility we should have in seeking guidance and in leading a city and in leading our nation and the further we get away from that, as anybody -- is anybody happy with the results? >> brian: mayor of lancaster, california, point made. fighting hard to get his way and just doing what everybody else, the 75% of your constituents want. thank you very much. >> thank you for having us. >> steve: straight ahead on this friday, plans to build a mosque at ground zero sparking controversy. are the plans a slap in the face to september 11 victims? congressman peter king here next. >> brian: a basketball team banned from a tournament in arizona because of the immigration law. now sarah palin is speaking out. >> he promised the nation >> gretchen: two weeks after a failed bomb attempt in times square, the obama administration slashed new york city's security funding by some $53 million. a move our next guest calls dangerous. peter king is a republican congressman from new york and he joins us now. good morning to you, congressman. >> good morning, gretchen. >> gretchen: immediately after we were reporting these numbers, this 47 to $53 million slashing from homeland security for new york city for sports transit yesterday, the dnc responded right away to your claim, saying this, if congressman peter king is really worried about security funding for new york, he shouldn't have voted against the recovery act. stimulus, which provided $100 million in federal funding fort city to protect its ports and transit lines. i know you voted against the stimulus plan, but do you agree with their assessment that that meant you took money away from new york? >> absolutely not. first of all, it's disgraceful that the democrats are using a political wing to deal with a homeland security issue. they're trying to politicize this issue which is a matter of life and death for new york. they want to hold new york city hostage to getting its homeland security funding unless someone like myself voted for the stimulus bill. whatever new york gets for homeland security fund something money it needs and it has to have. it should not be held hostage to a stimulus bill. if the president does not believe that new york deserved the homeland security funding, it shouldn't have gotten it and not have depended on how voted. that's political blackmail and shows how they're turning this into a political issue when it should not be. it should not be partisan. when president bush was wrong, i criticized him. president obama is wrong. >> gretchen: immediately you wanted to meet with the department of homeland security secretary, napolitano. i understand you had that meeting yesterday. what happened? >> the meeting was prescheduled, a regularly scheduled meeting we had. she basically said that the reason the money wasn't there was because this is different argument -- congress hasn't appropriated enough money. actually congress had -- democratic congress had appropriated even more money than president obama wanted and yet, president obama still did not send the money that new york needed. so again, they have a mixed message. you have the secretary and the department saying there wasn't enough money there and then you have the white house or the democratic national committee saying that i was somehow against it because i didn't vote for the stimulus bill. they should treat this as a life and death issue it is and forget the politics. >> gretchen: another message coming from the attorney general yesterday, eric holder, when he was questioned about radical islam and that role in terror. listen to this. >> radical islam one of them? >> there are a variety of reasons why people do these things. some of them are potentially religious. >> all i'm asking is if you think among those variety of reasons, radical islam might have been one of the reasons that the individuals took the steps they did. >> radical islam, those people who espouse a version of islam that is not -- >> are you uncomfortable attributing any of their actions to radical islam? it sounds like it. >> i don't want to say anything negative about a religion that is -- >> no, no, i'm not talk being religion. i'm talking about radical islam. >> gretchen: we thought that there had been a 180-degree turn. congressman? >> this is absolutely amazing. this is attorney general who doesn't get it. earlier in the week he was saying he was going to consider changing the miranda warnings, which i think he certainly should and he should be drastic on that. but an attorney general who 8 1/2 years after september 11 does not realize that our enemy is radical islam is either so politically correct or so out of touch that he doesn't deserve to be attorney general. this is why he wants to have the 9-11 trial, the trial of khalid shaikh mohammed in lower manhattan, does not get it and he's afraid to stand up and say that our enemy today is radical islam. the enemy overseas is the enemy here at home and he has to realize that. if not, he's putting all americans at danger. >> gretchen: another hot topic, some people want to build this mosque now right at the same site as where the world trade center towers fell down. so many people outraged by this. they say it's a slap in the face. where do you come in on this? >> i believe it is very offensive and it's wrong. i don't believe that legally it can be stopped however, because the first amendment. but having said that, the mosque will be there and it will be within walking distance of where so many americans were killed by radical muslims and obviously we can not blame all of islam for what a handful of terrorists did, but what bothers me is since then, so many muslim leaders have failed to speak out against radical islam, against the attacks. we have mosques here on long island who are blaming the attacks on the jews and the c.i.a. and f.b.i so that's why this is particularly offensive. >> gretchen: and we should mention that we have had on at least one muslim community in the last week who is speaking out and hoping that others do. congressman peter king, always great to get your thoughts. thanks for being our guest. >> gretchen, thank you. >> gretchen: steve, brian? they're not in the green room. it's me. developing story coming up. we learned this former governor rod blagojevich is going after harry reid. a subpoena is on the way. sarah palin speaking out about the basketball team banned from playing in arizona because of immigration. then larry burke head live, he's auctions off that stuff right there. some of anna's stuff. >> steve: we've got a fox news alert n. a couple of hours, british petroleum, bpl try plan c, another attempt to suck up millions of gallons of oil with a small tube. today the president is getting involved. molly henneberg has been dispatched to the north lawn of the white house with the very latest. what are they up to? my, steve, there will be a meeting of the minds today in the roosevelt room here at the white house. president obama, some members of his cabinet and other members of the administration will be meeting to figure out, as the white house says, the next step in the ongoing effort to stop the bp oil spill. after that, the president will make some public remarks on it and on bp's efforts to stop the oil from spilling into the gulf of mexico at a rate of 210,000 gallons a day, although some scientists estimate it's much higher than that. today bp is trying to thread a tube surrounded by a stopper into a 21-inch pipe that's gushing the crude oil. the hope is to direct that oil to a tanker about a mile up. the chief operating officer of bp said everyone wants to know how this happened, but he says his role right now is to, quote, bring this to an end quickly. >> wove mounted the largest response in the world ever. we already spent over $450 million. we're throwing every resource required at this problem. i think i'd just ask people to judge us on what we're doing. we're not talking about limits on liability. we're talking about doing what needs to be done. >> we'll be watching the president's tone today when he makes his public remarks on the oil spill to get a sense of how patient he's going to be with bp. the white house has said bp will pay all the costs associated with this spill. but the administration is also asking congress for $10 million to help fight any potential lawsuits by or against the government related to this oil spill. back to you guys in new york. >> steve: busy day there at the white house. thanks very much. have a great weekend. >> brian: the whole box that they made is sitting on the ocean floor, i understand, and if it doesn't work, then they'll try to slide that on. >> gretchen: that's plan c, i think. couple other headline, former illinois governor rod blagojevich subpoenaed senate majority leader harry reid. reid's office confirms it. it doesn't say what blagojevich wants from him. blagojevich is going on trial for corruption. illinois prosecutors say he bought and sold favors like commodity. the former governor has also subpoenaed illinois senator dick durbin. a subpoena for president obama was rejected. >> brian: retail sales are up, four tenths of a% percent for april. economists say it shows americans are starting to spend again. that's good. >> gretchen: young boy survived the plane crash in libya may be able to go home to the netherlands this weekend. right now his aunt and uncle are at his side at the hospital. he's awake and beginning to talk, even asking for food. the nine-year-old is apparently unaware that his parents and brother were killed in the crash, along with everyone else on board. >> steve: meanwhile, let's look on this friday, your get away weekend weather for this friday, as you can see, widely scattered showers from portions of new england through the ohio valley, heavier stuff from portions of the missouri and mississippi valley. a line of thunderstorms developing there. for more information on your weather, go to foxnews.com/weather. >> brian: horse racing fans are descending on baltimore as the nation gets ready for the second leg of the triple crown. the preakness stakes. joining us is holly morris of our affiliate wttg. i'll tell you what, a lot of people looking forward to this and hopefully we'll get better weather than the kentucky derby. right? >> reporter: you might be hoping for better weather, but remember, the derby winner did pretty well in that sloppy track. the trainer says he wasn't complaining about the overcast skies. but there is a lot of buzz, a lot of excitement here at the stakes barns where we are live this morning as we've seen all the horse racing superstars out this morning and super saver was out himself getting his morning bath. he's on the other side there. of course, super saver is the favorite to win the triple crown. that being said, there is a lot of other trainers here, jockeys and owners that are hoping that he won't take the second gem of the triple crown. remember, the big story here, the jockey that will be riding super saver has won three of the last four triple crown races. after he won the derby last week, he said this was the year that he was hoping he would win the triple crown on super saver. we haven't had a triple crown winner in 32 years. only 11 horses in the history of horse racing to ever win the triple crown. it's a coveted award indeed to get. it's a million dollars race here in terms of the preakness. this year, what everyone is really talking about is getting your break on. that's the campaign. get your preak on because they're trying to get younger people to come out to the preakness. last year for the first time they banned alcohol, bringing your own alcohol in the infield, only 77,000 people came. the last eight years before that, over 100,000. they're hoping this year with the get your preak on campaign and the mug club, which is for 20 bucks, you get unlimited refills on beer, the attendance will be back up. >> brian: one way to get people there, you'll sign autographs throughout the race. that's how popular you are in that area. >> oh, stop it. i mean go on, stop it. >> gretchen: let's talk about sarah palin because she's getting involved in this whole immigration battle and how it relates to that girls basketball team in illinois. here they are. for the first time in 26 years, they won a championship. the reward was to go to arizona to play in a tournament until they were slapped down by their own superintendent who said it's not a political decision, but the immigration law, you can't go to the tournament. what's palin saying? >> steve: she was in illinois last night. i think we've got a little snip pet of some of her remarks to the people there. >> okay. illinois, we got an issue here that we need to help take care of. highland park high school, girls basketball, keeping the girls basketball team off the court for political reasons, them are fighting words. they've been selling cookies. let's do something for that basketball team and even if they kind of have to do this on their own, if they have to kind of go rogue, girls, let's help them get there! >> steve: so go, rogue. go ahead. my interpretation is, she is suggesting they should go anyway. maybe some of the parents get together, do a vacation. let's go to arizona and not let the school do that. >> brian: you talk about controversial. can you imagine if they go on their own with parental support and go to a tournament, where they might have to miss school perhaps or they -- >> steve: that might be hard. >> brian: they could not wear the uniforms of the high school, would that be a sanctioned event? she really upgraded this fight. >> gretchen: this goes to show why the school should have not stuck their business in politics to begin with, 'cause the only result is nasty. let's talk a little about something else that you may have to participate in if you're a parent out there of a child between the ages of 2 and 18. that's pretty much every kid. they're now going to want to test the bmi of your child to track the body mass index to see if kids are getting too fat. >> steve: it's all part of the healthy choices act which was introduced by a democrat congressman, ron kind, democrat from wisconsin. and when you look at it, it's all about cutting down childhood obesity. but then you look in section 101 and it talks about what gretchen was saying, that apparently they're going to have people to measure your kid's bmi and if the bmi is considered big, they're going to report it to the state government, then the state government reports it to the federal government. i got news for the government, i don't want them to know how big my butt is. that is not information they need to be tracking. >> brian: unless you choose to tell them. >> gretchen: i think you're over 18. >> steve: that's my point. there is no reason that the federal government should be tracking the size of anybody's butt or gut. >> gretchen: 'cause i'm thinking thank goodness i am over 18. they can't come after to get my butt measurement. >> brian: is that going too far? people thought smoking in restaurants being banned was going to far. they thought putting calories on a meny was going too far. maybe. meanwhile, the father of the late anna nicole smith's little girl here live, larry birkhead is auctioning off her items from anna's estate. that will be next. and the crooners sing a song coming up live. >> gretchen: let's check out what's coming on "fox & friends" this weekend. >> coming up this weekend, english is now the law for one town and the move it stirring up controversy. we'll meet the man behind the english only bill. >> parents, this will send a shiver down your spine, if you thought your days of being graded were over, there is a new push to grade parents on how much they volunteer at their kids' school. this could become mandatory for as many as 30 hours. is this fair? >> i think we need to get you on that plan. he trains the world's top models. oscar smith will be here to kick us into shape. that's this weekend on "fox & friends." the question is -- >> we can look like that? >> will he bring models with him? if he does, that's how we'll really learn. >> you're motivated. >> make a call on that, young man. let's find out. >> steve: it has been three years since anna nicole smith's untimely and tragic death. now items from her estate are about to go up for auction for charity and help.for her daughter's future. joining us is larry birkhead. standing next to him is darren julian, the president and ceo of julian's auctions. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> steve: so larry, why did you decide to put the stuff up for sale? >> life around the house is starting to look like a museum. we had so many things and it seemed like it was the right time to kind of share some of the things with some of anna's fans and collectors. >> steve: you got a house full of stuff. how did you decide, i'm going to sell this and keep that? >> it was a hard decision, but i try to put in piles of things that danny lynn would appreciate versus -- >> steve: you're saving stuff for her? >> quite healthy collection. her mom never threw anything away. she spanned several waist sizes back and forth. there is a lot to share. >> steve: let's take a look at some of the stuff. do we have the fur coat? >> it's over there. >> steve: so there is a fur coat. it's right there. they're estimating it could go for between 1500 and $2,000. i had seen her photographed in that a couple of times. >> that was given to her by her late husband, howard j. marshall. sell that off. >> that was a gift from marshall. it was something that she actually talked to peta and agreed not to wear it anymore in public. she was storing it and it was hanging around the house. we thought that would be appropriate to share. >> steve: the richie rich dress, there is a story behind that. i know that will go for 5, 6, 700 bucks. what's the story? >> the dress was worn in fashion week and it was something that was custom made for her and to showcase her new figure, her weight loss transformation that she made and she was in good spirits that night and heavily photographed and made the cover of lots of magazines. it's a special collector's piece. >> steve: now people have seen that jacket right there, the leather jacket and the guilty t-shirt underneath. is that a two for? are those going together? >> it is. >> that was a jacket that she wore, she was photographed in the gates of graceland and she loved elvis. not nearly as much as she loved marilyn monroe. she had a special time there and people remember that jacket. >> steve: tell us about this thing right here. >> anna painted for therapy and she was kind of a -- she didn't call herself picasso, but she had fun with it. this is a picture and it seems like she's having a party. >> steve: smoke ago cigarette. >> and her eyes are bloodshot. she might be having a party. >> steve: you're having a big garage sale of stuff. where are you going to sell it? >> las vegas, june 26. and it's fine art, decorative art, statues, car. so it's more than just memorabilia. >> steve: can people participate on-line? >> they can bid on-line at julians auction.com and bid in real time if they're not able to attend the auction. >> steve: very good. larry, how is your daughter? >> she's doing great. she's healthy and happy and keeps me busy. >> steve: i bet she does. does she get what all has happened to your family in the last couple of years? >> no. she knows people take pictures of us and she doesn't understand why. but she is starting to stick her tongue out and have a little fun with it. she's a toddler now and enjoying life and just a normal kid. >> steve: all right. beautiful girl. larry, we thank you very much. the auction takes place. >> june 26 in las vegas. >> steve: i was in vegas two days ago. i didn't lose any money. thank you very much. meanwhile, on the other side of the studio, former combat vets known as four troops is here live and they are going to sing a track off their next cd. you guys ready? gals? coming up next. right now let's check in with private first class bill hemmer. >> they're still talking about you in vegas, by the way. >> steve: i bet. >> more on that later. karl rove this morning on the politics of terror and the politics of the arizona immigration law. fascinating developments. as it trickles across the country, we'll talk to a law maker out of oklahoma, says he likes what's happening in arizona and make the case for his home state. the wounded warrior project continues in colorado springs. this is inspiring stuff. we'll talk about that and the police chief at the -- down at the university of virginia, the latest on what is happening there on that murder investigation for that lacrosse case. we'll see you at the top of the hour with martha and me right here on america's newsroom. >> brian: their musical talent and military experience brought them together. four troops are a quartet of former combat vets who served in iraq, afghanistan. good news, they have a cd out, just released, self titled, four troops, and here to perform for us, first let's meet these guys and meredith. here you go, daniel. this is daniel, 36 years old. how long you been out? >> a few months. >> brian: a few months. you kept singing all the way through. right? yes. >> brian: ron, how long you been out? >> since 2008. >> brian: meredith, 29, you just got out? >> four years ago. >> brian: finally we have david, 30 years old. when did you get out? >> october 2008. >> brian: and what brought you together? >> we all knew one gentleman named victor who knew daniel through america's got talent. he brought us all together. we presented ourselves to sony and it was great. >> brian: you've got a special song already here. right? >> all right there. >> brian: now i'm going over there so you can sing. ♪ going on the road from a lonely hotel room just to hear him say i love you one more time ♪ ♪ but when she heard the sound of the kids laughing in the background ♪ she had to wipe away a tear from her eye ♪ her little voice came on the phone and said, mommy, when you coming home ♪ she said the first thing that came to her mind ♪ i'm already there, take a look around ♪ i'm the sunshine in your hair, i'm the shadow on the ground ♪ i'm the whisper in the wind, i'm your imaginary friend. ♪ and i know i'm in your prayers. ♪ oh, i'm already there. ♪ got back on the phone, said, i really miss you darling ♪ but don't worry about the kids, they'll be all right ♪ wish i were in your arms lying right there beside you. ♪ but i know i'll be in your dreams tonight ♪ and i'll gently kiss your lips, touch you with my fingertips. ♪ so turn out the light and close your eyes. ♪ i'm already there don't make a sound ♪ i'm the beat in your heart ♪ i'm the moon line shining down ♪ i'm the whisper in the wind ♪ and i'll be there 'til the end ♪ can you feel the love that we share ♪ oh, i'm already there ♪ we may be 1,000 miles apart ♪ but i'll be with you wherever you are ♪ i'm already there, take a look around ♪ i'm the sunshine in your hair ♪ i'm the shadow on the ground ♪ i'm the whisper in the wind ♪ and i'll be there 'til the end >> brian: four troops is phenomenal. how do we get your cd?

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