east. can we survive? let's hope our kids have school. that's all i care about. >> it is about 50 now, though. it's warm. >> i got the sense maybe i should rip off my sleeves and we should go with a sleeveless -- >> another storm moving into the northeast and gretch, guess what? another storm after that on tuesday. >> oh! >> it's winter, folks. >> ok. >> meanwhile in washington, d.c., the u.s. house of representatives succeeding in its vote to repeal president obama's health care overhaul bill setting the stage for a battle on capitol hill over possible alternatives to the president's plan. doug lazader joins us live in washington with details on the big vote last night. good morning to you, douglas. >> good morning, guys. the conventional wisdom has been this was just a symbolic vote and would go nowhere beyond the house. we're hearing from republicans this will somehow come to a vote in the senate. if so, republicans will need to convince some democrats to get on board. and looking at yesterday's house vote, it's not going to be easy. republicans there were able to pass the repeal 245-189. no problems there but one of the things we were waiting to see, how many democrats would cross over and vote for the full repeal. in the end, just three of them did and here they are. oklahoma's dan born, north carolina's mike mcentire and mike ross of arkansas. but 10 house democrats who voted against the original bill would not sign on for this repeal and that shows it could be pretty tough for republicans in the senate to win over just a handful of democrats they would need to get something passed there. back to you guys. >> all right. yeah, it's going to be interesting to see where this goes from here, doug, we'll check in with you again. not a surprise the vote came out where it did. last time around, gretchen, as you know, 10 democrats said i'm not voting for this health care package, that vice president biden called the big bleeping deal and this time, only three. you have to wonder what's going to happen in the senate because there's a plan and it's not necessarily a one shot plan. >> mitch mcconnell says he has a way of trying to make this happen. do we have mitch mcconnell? yeah. >> anyway, there's -- as you know, there's 53 democrats in the senate. so that's the problem that the republicans have, that democrats have the majority. and it will be really difficult if not impossible because mitch mcconnell has something up his sleeve. that's what we don't know yet. he sent out a press release yesterday alluding to the fact he may have a way in which he can compel people to not only take it up in the senate but vote for a repeal? >> yeah and maybe what he's got up his sleeve is the fact that jim demint, the senator from south carolina, what he is going to do is next week, he will introduce a bill which pretty much is identical to what the house passed and while harry reid says no way i'll ever bring that up for a vote, the republicans are energized. and it's -- john boehner, the speaker of the house made a good point yesterday. he said -- and, you know, there are democrats who agree with some republicans that say there are parts of this thing that just aren't good. >> president said that. >> exactly right, brian. the president would like to see, apparently, removing a tax on business. but anyway, john boehner yesterday said if we agree the law needs improving, why keep it on the books? he's right. >> yeah, and here's his thing. i think frank pointed out something important. if republicans and democrats want to be successful in two years, independents are the key. if it looks as though one side is digging in and not listening to the other side and not showing any give, that will be a negative because right now, the independents belong to the republicans so it's a two-year campaign essentially republicans are looking at to wear down this bill and wear down the democrats whether it's denying funding or fighting every step of the way or further defining what we're in the middle of and i saw this poll, this thompson poll that said 65% of physicians believe the quality of care will drop. you don't have to be a republican or democrat to be against that and places like blue shield say 59% of those who have blue shield and blue shield says this, that they believe that their rates will go up. >> here's two other important things, though, the republicans need to come up with another plan because if this repeal thing doesn't go through the senate which it probably won't. if it did, the president will veto it anyway. they need to come up with a concrete plan of what their health care bill will look like. number two, this whole thing may be decided in the supreme court. you got to wonder about that timing, about whether or not the supreme court would get that particular case, about whether or not having to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. how that timing works with the election. because if that ruling comes before the election, that could change the entire thing. i don't know if it will. >> right, and also, will that ruling by the courts, and remember, a majority of the united states has actually sued the federal government saying that mandate thing is unconstitutional. meanwhile, yesterday on our program, we talked a little bit about how there were the tone during the first seven hours seemed to be so much better. remember the president called for a toning down of the rhetoric not too long ago. here's the president right here. >> at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who happen to think differently than we do. it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure we're talking with each other in a way that heals. not in a way that wounds. >> so tone it down, he said. >> you know what? >> his tone was a little bit down. >> well, there must have been no tv's available in tennessee for that particular speech, although least if you're steve cohen, the democrat from tennessee because yesterday, he compared the g.o.p. health law claim to nazi lies. >> i know you're kidding. >> no, i'm not. i think we have it. >> they say it's a government takeover of health care. a big lie. just like gerbels. you say it enough, youry pete the lie. you repeat the lie. you repeat the lie and eventually people believe it like blood libel, that's the same kind of thing. the germans said enough about the the jews and the people believed it. and you had the hobble caslocau. >> ok, thank you for toning it down. he was asked later about the appropriateness of evoking the nazis and apparently, he back tracked a little bit and he said yesterday, there are no nazis in congress. there are some liars but no nazis. >> but i will say -- >> thank you, steve! >> if you look at the tone and retone of the comment, don't have all day to watch c span but you did notice people kind of nice. this is an intensive issue that divided the country for two years and they were being somewhat civil until those comments. >> they were. >> and it's going to continue at the state of the union. we heard yesterday that -- who is going to sit together? chuck schumer has picked out a seat mate. >> durbin is going to sit with kirk? >> i don't know. they just got to learn the words to kumbaya, i don't know. >> is there only one word? they wouldn't be able on say lord. they could say kumbaya my -- >> they're going to mix it up. chuck schumer has picked two people to sit with that aren't democrats. >> which one do you sit on? they want to go to the democrat side. it will wind up democrats vs. republicans. >> i ponder the headlines. let's do a couple for you now. more amazing progress for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she's able to stand up and expected to leave the hospital as early as tomorrow. >> today, we stood her up and she was able to stand her own without assistance. we put her in some of the windows so she could see the mountains. >> after being released from the hospital, giffords will be transferred to a rehab center. that's going to be in houston where her astronaut husband mark kelly is based. giffords expected to stay in rehab for five to eight weeks. meantime, late yesterday, a federal grand jury indicted shooting suspect jared loughner for giffords' attempted assassination and the attempted murders of two of her staff members. more indictments are expected in this case. >> developing overnight, the obama administration getting ready to increase the use of military commissions to prosecute gitmo detainees. defense secretary robert gates reportedly going to list in order blocking the initiation of new cases against detainees. and acknowledgment that the prison remains open for business! among the first cases to be considered by a military commission would be the saudi accused of planning the bombing of the uss kohl. the chinese leader will hear about that himself in a meeting with senate leaders this morning. later he's going to give a policy address at a luncheon hosted by u.s.-china business groups. jackie chan headed the list of prominent chinese americans at last night's dinner. >> vera wang, too. >> incredible reunion making headlines in new york city. a baby girl that was snatched by a fake nurse when she was 19 days old being reunited with her parents after 23 years. she claims she knew the woman raising her was not her real mother. eventually, she did some internet research and contacted the center for missing and exploited children and found her realh@ this week. ite's family and friends overwhelmed by the great news. >> we have gotten her back in the name of jesus! halleleujah! halleleujah! i never gave up hope. i thought my niece was coming back. >> hard to believe this happened after all them years and my daughter, joy, she had so much. >> police are now trying to track down the woman who actually kidnapped her as well as the man who pretended to be her father. and those are your headlines. it's an amazing story. when you think they would know exactly who that person is since she played the role of mom for all those years but they don't really. >> i imagine she's on the lam. did not treat her nice. beat her a few times. was not a fun childhood for her. 10 minutes after the hour. i watched looil last night. could not watch the whole time. instead of four judges, three judges. no simon. >> that's right. and that's what everybody said, could the show survive without simon? well, you got steven tyler. you can see the guy third from the left. >> j.lo, as much make-up on as j. lo. >> he's got more make-up than anybody on. if you miss it, here's a taste of what happened last night. >> it's true, they all start somewhere. why not here, right? that's what i'm saying, baby. let's go, let's do this! >> i'm going to be honest, this wasn't the best audition you can give. >> we are a letter in the door, water that flower, it's going to grow. i think you got it. i think you just need to -- you need to redirect it. >> definitely. >> how do i say this? >> don't. >> i wasn't feeling that pizazz. you sang beautiful. but i just wasn't feeling that. >> you got so much of this and the drama and all that but you got no notes. >> oh, baby. whatever happens here it doesn't define who you are. you're going to be fine. >> come on! >> this young girl's fate lies in your hands. >> that was delicious. >> thank you. that was a dessert to the lunch. it was it! that was nice. >> thank you. >> think you really sing beautiful. i say yes. >> it's a yes for me. >> wow! is that a no? >> well, there you go. >> she got a yes. >> she did. >> that last part was my biggest problem with. you can't please your way to getting to hollywood. this girl is a little out there, on the ground, weeping and they finally gave in. you can't give in! >> she had some potential and steven tyler said that was a little weird but i'm going to say yes, you're going to hollywood. i thought it was fantastic. i thought the whole panel was great. i think this is a great season. >> what do you think? "daily news" was totally down on it. >> hated it. >> i miss simon, that's what i'm going to say. if you're a judge, you have to be able to say yes or no, ok? yes or no. i don't know. >> a little bit later, steven tyler had a chance to talk to him. we are very similar in our dress and hair style and background as you can see. >> wait until he finds out you got the bigger head shot and he's a pinhead there with the small head shot. >> dream on, pal. >> also, we'll continue to talk about politics. harry reid in trouble over how he described the chinese president. and now he's back tracking. we'll tell you what he said the first time and what he said afterwards. >> then nancy pelosi is celebrating. she thinks anything under 16% unemployment is a great deal! a great accomplishment! do american voters agree? stuart varney knows some. that's him. the challenge jobs. don't tell me about a dog. a day care full of kids, house chickens. call a day's work. call 1-800-steemer can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties have sixty calories or less per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed. try green giant frozen vegetables with uce. no pills, no pain. how can you get pain relief without taking pills around the clock? try thermacare heatwraps, for all day relief without pills. i was surprised, thermacare worked all day. you feel the heat. and it relaxes and unlocks the muscle. you've got to try it. 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what does that mean? five more years? we got five more years on this guy, right? >> panda day. >> what are you guys talking about? >> panda, but evidently it's a year to year contract. >> two of them. >> if the pandas aren't treated well, if they're not happy, or president hu is upset, wants them back, he can take them back at any time. >> it started, i believe, when president nixon went to china and the first two pandas we got were ling-ling and pandemonium would break out when we thought the panda was pregnant. >> for much you don't like doing stories on animals, you seem to have a vast knowledge of it. >> you're right, gretchen. two stories i don't like, rich people that go around the world in balloons and crash in the middle and the other is panda stories. we never tire of pandas, trying to make them pro create. >> they're so darn cute. >> somebody else at the state dinner was one of the world's greatest pianists, a fellow by the name of lan-lan. peter doocy chatted with him outside of the white house where he performed last night. you'll see that interview at 7:20 this morning eastern time on "fox & friends." >> wow. >> ok. >> speaking of alwow. >> ok. speaking of also the chinese dinner and the state dinner, harry reid, well, he spoke before the dinner and he actually called hu a dictator but then it might have been a double oops because nevada's casino industry earns a large chunk of income from china. you don't want to dis the guy that might be providing a lot of money to your state. >> harry reid was a president and he wanted to dis the president of china when he's the midst of getting the ultimate state dinner from your party's president and country's president. >> not helpful. here's harry reid with his faux pas. >> washington tomorrow meets with president jintao. he's a dictator. >> so then harry thought about it a little while and was thinking about it all those nevada corporations with casinos in china. he said this. >> yes, he's a dictator but they have a different type that's an understatement. >> that's an understatement. >> in other words, he can do a lot of things. in other words, if you make progress with a dictator, what he says goes. you make progress with a president, he brings it to congress and people vote on it. you get approval ratings and do tests. >> it was a really good press conference yesterday, too. i like the way the president of china forgot to answer some of the questions. >> that, yeah, he said he didn't hear it correctly the first time. >> and didn't say anything. >> when he was asked about human rights violations in china and was asked a second time. >> he said we're making tremendous progress but we have a ways to go. keep in mind, in deference to him, it's chinese. it's tough to understand. >> come on. it was tough to watch because you had to listen to alternative translation. >> for a while, we didn't have translation which was interesting. >> voice of translator. >> meanwhile, straight ahead, we got some news for you on this thursday morning. the federal bureau of investigation working with authorities now in canada to extradite a man from alberta who has been accused and arrested of helping plan the deaths of five american soldiers in iraq. 38-year-old was picked up on a u.s. warrant. he's connected to an april 2009 truck bombing that left five americans dead. he's quoted as saying he wants to kill the americans himself. he faces life in prison if he's convicted of that. >> all right. a sickening new report revealed today supports the claim the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks personally beheaded journalist daniel pearl. in a military hearing, khali shaikh mohammed confessed to murdering pearl in 2002 in pakistan. analysis of forensic analysis of matching shows a vein shown in the hanging was of khali shaikh mohammed. it was led by a team from georgetown university. >> brand new research flipping the switch on fluorescent light bulbs. according to california's main utility service, fluorescent bulbs like this lasts six years max. that's a far cry from the 10-year life span many promised. results are especially disappointing for california. they have spent millions of dollars encouraging people to use the bulbs in hopes they would save bake on energy costs, biggest strain on their life -- switching them on and off. >> good job, al gore. thanks a million. talk about blinding snow. take a look at this video. snow plow clearing the upper deck of a parking lot in georgia. apparently there was a giant hole in the ground but the driver couldn't see it because it was covered with snow. it happens when it snows. the driver was not hurt but took a crane to get the plow out of the hole. if you're bringing a crane, also help to bring a crowe. >> ok. >> to get out of the hole. >> all right. let's head over -- steve has some very special friends. >> i do. that's quite a pothole there. what's black and white with paint all over? painting penguins, of course, did you realize that today is national penguin awareness day? and we're getting creative with, we have a penguin in there named cookie and another named cream from the turtle back zoo in essex county, new jersey, also joining us, some people -- turtle back zoo, general curator brent spencer and bird keeper kelly lauer, thank you very much for joining us on this very special day, penguin awareness day. >> correct. >> are the banks closed today for this? >> not yet. we're working on that. next year's event. >> all right. what do we have -- we've got cookies and cream and it looks as if you have -- you've painted their feet? what's going on here? >> well, one of the things we do at the zoo with a lot of our animals is enrichment and this is an opportunity for the animals to be provided with extra stimulation in their exhibit. in this case, the penguins are social animals so the painting is an opportunity for them to interact with their keepers and it's a social interaction. the painting is actually sort of a byproduct. that gives us something we can use to generate funds at the zoo to buy more enrichment products. >> what you do is you put like that piece of paper right there, you're going to take out and you're going to sell and somebody who is a supporter of the zoo is going to have that on that on their wall. >> correct. >> that's very, very nice. do you think the penguins like doing this? >> yes, they do. if they didn't like it, we wouldn't make them do it. >> i read somewhere, somebody said it provides mental stimulation for the animals. >> yes. it does. well -- >> do you think they know they're painting? >> probably not. >> all right. very good. it would probably be a bad idea for us to let the penguins out of their enclosure here because we would have the penguin tracks. >> footprints all over. you would know you had a visitor. >> that's right. when bill o'reilly comes in tonight, he'd go what the heck is that? what do we need to know about penguins on this special day? >> well, penguins awareness day is to generate a lot of information out there so people understand the plight of penguins and penguins are endangered by lots of things that affect other animals. oil spills, overfishing in the seas, habitat destruction, environmental changes. what we're trying to do is raise awareness, let people understand these are an animal that's in great risk out there. >> well, they are adorable and we appreciate it so much that you would bring them by on this very special thursday, penguin appreciation day. >> we appreciate youtime. thank you. >> thank you very much and kelly as well. very, very nice and cookies and cream, thank you very much. >> she's all yours. look. >> uh-oh. >> he likes my tie. >> very good. >> all right. >> thanks. >> very cute. >> fascinating research when you see an actor smoking on screen, it can trigger major changes in your brain. medical a team here to explain how that works. >> we don't see that anymore. then tough on the outside. softy on the inside. i find out what makes steven tyler cry. grab your tissues. male announr ] while othe are content to imitate, we'll continue to innovate. the lexus rx. why settle for a copy when you can own the original? 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in the study of the journal of neuroscience, it only works than people who are already smokers. if you're a smoker and you see somebody else smoking, you want to lift that cigarette up to your mouth. >> all right. i guess smokers, if you're trying to quit, should not watch movies where people are smoking. >> exactly right. it reinforces you doing the bad behavior. >> it's about men and antioxidants and becoming more fertile, right? there's a new study out saying antioxidants may boost baby making from the male side. men should be eating things like blueberries. >> i don't think there's anything wrong with men eating some blueberries. this was a study looking at many other studies and the data is not clear that antioxidants are doing anything. >> so antioxidants are found in certain found. >> they're found in certain foods, blueberries, lots of healthy foods. eating healthy, feeling well, exercising. all those things are good for your body. in terms of truly helping infertility, there are so many reasons behind male infertility and female infertility and what i wouldn't want is for this to prevent somebody from going to get the right advice and medical attention in regards to their inf infi infertili infertility. >> if you get your wife pregnant, go see a doctor, don't eat blueberries. >> thanks for that medical advice. >> or do both. >> china accused of manipulating their money in order to take more of theirs. we'll ask donald trump what that really means. he knows a lot about money. what makes steven tyler cry? 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i mean, you knew what you were getting into. you told your management, hey, you know what? get me something like this. turns out it opens up. a lot like you thought snoo auto i look at these kids and i can tell that some of them are over, some can sing and some can't. hard judgment call. i look for that something that i the last 40 years have hit on myself or heard in someone else. you know, that janis joplin, that someone who is so free that they can lay it out and have no -- when they're standing in front of us, you go where have you been? that's what i'm looking for. >> i want to talk about what's happening in the last few months. not only do you join idol. but you have a chance to go the white house and perform beatle songs in front of paul mccartney, a guy you idolize. what was that like and compare it to going to vegas with these up and comers, so to speak, these "idol" people and doing beatle songs. >> first of all, i had no idea that these kids, you know, they didn't know these beatles songs. they never heard of the beatles before and it was like i had just come from the white house and sang to paul mccartney who, you know, for the last 40 years every album they came out with mostly in the 1970's, 60's and 70's made me cry. >> ♪ carry that way >> if you watch it, you can see it was a moment for me, too, i got so miffed. >> so when these kids get up there and they sang, most of the ones that have known the beatles before, when they knew the beatles songs, it was unreal. at first, it was unbelievable. >> ♪ keeps in a jar by the door ♪ >> i hear that also, in the big picture, that out of all the music, you're more apt to pick somebody in country. you love country music, mr. rock 'n' roll. >> it's not like that other guy that says i hate country. come on. you know, that'she one thing that turned me off about the show when simon passed on this kid because he goes, besides which, i hate country. oh! not my cup of tea. if i'm judging music, you don't judge the genre. sorry. >> now, you have this number one show in the country. that's what you have in this franchise but the ratings have been coming down. do you feel pressure to keep it up, bring something new? bring it back? >> i'm not in this for the money or the prestige. i'm in to see if i can bring something to it and find some kids alodge with ng with j.lo a with randy. i won't allow myself to be under that pressure, can i bring that -- this one and that one that used to be on the show to that. no, it's just about me being honest, open and having fun up there. when you see the comraderie, that was never in "idol" and i'm taking a risk in saying that. i haven't seen them all but i don't think there was. >> between the last ones or between you three? >> between us three. the whole thing is so fairy tale again. that's why i took the "american idol" thing. i knew not what i was getting into and it's been good, thank god. >> can i jump to conclusions and say it's good to be you? >> it's good to be me. it's so good to be me. >> good guy. and he said -- a lot of the questions, asked the same three questions, so i just wanted to ask him different questions. but thing is clear, back with aerosmith, they start this weekend cutting a new album. him and joe perry haven't been talking but will be talking soon. joe perry and kid rock were critical of him for taking this job. he'll come around. >> he took on simon in that statement and said look, you can't criticize somebody for the genre of music. >> i didn't know that his dad caught at juilliard. he's a classical -- his house was full of music, you know, he can appreciate it all. >> and we're sure that last night's premiere will have a gigantic rating. if you saw, what do you think? 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we got a look at the good, the bad and the ugly from last night's "american idol" premiere. you're watching "fox & friends" on this thursday. >> thing about "american idol" last night, there were so many kids that were younger, 15, 16 years old. could be a first. >> changed the rules to allow 15-year-olds and a bunch of them are going off to hollywood. >> changed the rules, you can bring a band in and choreograph your whole act. it will be a little different. you know what's different about our show? we have great guests again but i think a very unique line-up. take a look. >> start, screen left. the donald will be joining us very, very shortly. to talk about what's happening with china. >> and we have kristen powers and andrea tantaros. one dem, one republican. they'll debate that issue that happened in tucson after the shooting. >> john stossel will be joining us. he's got an animal, perhaps, with him. emphasize something important. and it's not a penguin. >> senator joe lieberman will be talking to you. >> he's -- and listening, everybody should listen, apparently he's running out of joe-mentum and he's quitting the senate. >> richard dreyfuss, the great actor will be here later on in our 8:00 east coast hour. >> he was great in "jaws". >> he was great. >> in many, many movies. now he's trying to make us smarter when it comes to civics. we don't know enough about history and stuff. >> he's right. >> he is right. >> let's learn something about the news with the headlines. doctors in tucson, arizona will hold a news conference later today to give an update on the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords who they say is able to stand up for the first time. >> today, we stood her up. she was able to stand on her own with assistance and able to put her in the chair and put her in front of the window so she can seat mountains. >> giffords is expected to leave the hospital as early as tomorrow and transferred to a rehab center in houston. she's expected to stay there for five to eight weeks. meanti meantime, late yesterday, a federal jury indicted jared loughner forgi giffords' attempd assassination and attempted assassination of two of her staff members. they are getting ready to introduce commissions to prosecute gitmo detainees. robert gates going to lift an order blocking new cases against detainees, acknowledgment that the prison remains open for business even though the first executive order of president obama was to shut it down. >> and stop khali shaikh mohammed's trial. >> one of the first cases to be considered by a military commission, the saudi accused of planning the body of the uss cole in yemen. blastoff set today in california for the delta 4 rocket. residents who live nine miles from the launch site are bracing for what might sound or feel like a window rattling earthquake this afternoon. the rocket is believed to be carrying a u.s. spy satellite. and those are your headlines. >> all right. the house is voting to repeal president obama's health care law. now the state is set for a battle on capitol hill over plans to change that plan in the senate. doug joins us live from washington with the details. doug? >> good morning, guys. this was a clear win in the house for republicans and a fulfillment, they say, of a campaign promise. let's take a quick look at the vote tally from late yesterday. republican ranks held pretty strong and they were able to pass the full repeal by a decisive margin, 245-189 and three democrats even crossed over and voted to claw back what has been the president's signature achievement so far. republicans, though, are not going to spend much time celebrating. first order of business today, no less than coming up with a new way to structure the nation's health care system. >> on the house floor, we'll consider h-res 9 that calls for replacement. >> that means attacking almost every provision of the president's plan including one of the most least popular aspects, the requirement that everyone goes out and purchases health insurance. something the supreme court will have to weigh in on. the democrats will have to sit through one uncomfortable vote after another. >> they will seek to defund. we will work to defend. we believe that defending this piece of legislation is one of the most important things we can do. >> and we'll see. all along, we've talked about how anything the house does is dead in the water because democrats still control the senate. back to you guys. >> live in our d.c. bureau. thank you very much. last time he was on our program, he talked about china. we had to have him with some reaction to the big state dinner and the visit by hu jintao. who am i talking about? i'm talking about donald trump. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> behind the scenes president obama talked about human rights with china. one thing to work on, how the chinese has devalued their money and stacked the deck in their favor. >> first of all, china is not our friend. i mean, this is a group of leaders that are just taking advantage of our leaders. they're smarter, they're sharper and they're laughing at us all the way to the bank. so for us to be holding state dinners for people that are just totally manipulating their currency as you know and as has been fairly well reported. not well enough, obviously, it's hard to believe. it's hard to believe you'd give -- you don't give dinners to the enemy and that's what they're doing. >> especially since hu jintao, their leader didn't answer the human rights question. he was asked it twice at that very long press conference. if you were president right now, you would not have had this state dinner. >> no, i would say get off your plane, come to my office and let's talk. and -- >> george bush did. >> as i said, jokingly before, i would have, you know, sent him to a mcdonald's if we didn't make a deal and say go home, just forget it. because the fact is they're laughing at our leadership. we're letting them get away with murder. absolute murder, what they're doing to us. it's almost impossible to do business in china. and the manipulation of their currency makes it very hard for us. you know, they talk about jobs. our companies can't compete because of what they've done with their currency. and we make better products. i'd buy many chinese products, unfortunately, i almost apologized for it. but i have no choice because they make so much product, that you can hardly buy product now made in the u.s.a. and our product is better but they manipulate their currency to a point where you're forced economically to buy their product. >> hey, donald, do you know what it's like to have somebody that you have to be tough with but that owns some of your debt. they own 11% of our debt, $900 billion. can you still be tough when they have that hammer? >> we have all of the cards. i understand the world of banking probably better than anybody and we have -- i've been through it and i've done very, very well. i guess i've done pretty better than anybody. and we have all of the cards. all we have to do is seriously tell them, we're not buying your products anymore or we're going to tax your products as they come into this country. they will drop to their knees and make a deal with us because they have no choice. frankly if they didn't, we'd be better off. we don't need their products or don't have to have their products. >> as we look at some of these pictures from the state dining room west part of the mansion from last night, the president's approval ratings are on the rise according to "the washington post"/abc poll. his approval rating is at 54%. it had been much lower than that not too long ago. what's going on? >> well, i'm surprised because frankly, if you look at the economy, we really have a real number of unemployment of 17% or 18%. that's the real number. it could be higher than that. so i'm a little bit surprised but i will say this, i'm a republican. but the republicans totally let him back into the game during the lame duck session. i mean, he was jimmy carter and all of a sudden, he's this rising phoenix. it was amazing that the republicans absolutely allowed him to get back into the game. >> what should they have done? >> well, as an example in the tax cut, i would have let it go through. i would have let the increase go through initially and then come back on january 1st and give a bigger decrease. in other words, give you better -- and taking the credit ourselves. >> right. lot of the things -- >> really what they was very, excuse me, half ass so i would have said let it expire and go back and get a better one, you'll be in control on january 1st. you would have gotten the credit instead of giving it to the president. >> that's kind of what i was going to say, not using that exact term. >> i know. you don't talk that way, gretchen. >> at least not on televisinati. >> by the way, brian's interview was excellent. >> you were espousing to the fact that you would handle things differently if you were in the white house. you wouldn't do that half what you said. so let me ask about this. the debt ceiling is going to be coming up. a vote on that. which way would you vote on that? >> i would very, very strongly want to keep the debt ceiling. there are certain problems with that and i would certainly have certain flexibility but i would very, very much want to have no more increases in the debt ceiling. >> all right. donald, i got to get you to two more major issues in 90 seconds. one of which, gas is going up $3.11. the president seems to be getting a pass on this. this bothers you more than anything else? >> it bothers me because i predicted it and predicted it in your show. it will go up higher and higher because opec is getting away with murder because this country, our representatives are letting opec get away with this murder. opec is raising the price, it's going to get up to $150 a barrel. you'll be paying $5 a gallon of gas. they're destroying this country. >> if gas is $5 a gallon, donald, president obama doesn't get re-elected. >> i don't think so. it's 12 people sitting around a table and essentially, illegally raising the price of oil that rises the price of gas. gas is going to go up consistently. nobody is talking to these 12 very smart men that do not respect our country anymore. without us, they don't survive. >> celebrity apprentice is right arnold the corner again and i want to ask you about a report out regarding lindsay lohan. that apparently she wanted to be on the show and you said no. >> i said no for now. i think she's wonderful. i think her mother is wonderful. and i actually like the father, i know the family but i said no for now. the show comes out very soon. amazing cast. i want her to take care of herself. much more important. >> how close are you to deciding to jump into this race by june? >> for president. >> i want the country to be respected. i'm going to make a decision sometime after celebrity apprentice ends. >> what will be the ultimate decision maker? what has to be -- if it's right now, if it is june 1st right now, would you say you're in? >> yoo >> i don't want to comment. i'm not allowed to. laws don't allow me to do this. this country is not respected and if i made the decision to do it, we will have a respected country again. that i can tell you. >> all right. donald trump joining us by the phone. thank you very much, sir. i think mit romney will make the same decision after "celebrity apprentice." >> which is weird. i think he's trying to trump, trump. i think that's wrong. >> slogan for trump. half and not half. >> ass, you can say it. >> he's accused of threatening to kill a tea party leader. you may not have heard about it. >> he looks so normal. >> skroin us to debate that. >> and too much texting landed this woman face first in a fountain. alley oop. might think it's funny but she says wipe that smirk off your face, america, she wants to sue. >> i heard that, too. ever wish vegetables didn't taste so vegetably? well, v8 v-fusion juice gives you a full serving of vegetables, plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? >> he was wunounded in the arizona shooting massacre. but now he's in trouble himself for allegedly threatening to kill two tea party leaders at a meeting. is the mainstream media ignoring this arrest? for a fair and balanced debate, we're joined by two of our fox news contributors, andrea tantaros and kristen powers. andrea, is the mainstream media ignoring this part of the story? >> absolutely. this guy, eric fuller, made the threat during a town hall that was hosted by christian armapour. abc was covering the town hall and has yet to report it. this guy threatened the arizona tea party leader and now he's been committed for psychiatric evaluation and he screamed out a death threat. the media has yet to cover the story and i got to say, the tucson massacre had to be one of the most unbelievable examples of media malpractice that we've seen and it just continues on and on because this guy as a tea party member does not fit into their story line. the mainstream media wants you to believe that the tea party is the one doing all the bad things. and now there's actually proof. and they turn the other way. >> isn't this hypocrisy at its best because the accusations were actually that the tea party was instrumental in causing loughner to do the shooting and now you have somebody actually putting out death threats against a member of the tea party and we see no coverage. >> well, to say there's no coverage, i don't agree with because i have -- i've heard about this. i know other places, you know, other than fox so there has been references to it. and i know that the huffington post posted the interview that o'reilly referenced recently where he said a lot of very deranged things, i would say, he seems to clearly be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or, perhaps, was mentally unstable prior. >> you're talking about fuller, not o'reilly, right? >> yeah. >> i want to be clear. >> exactly. >> ok. not in the same way, have we seen the coverage that we did with the initial attacks against members of the tea party and sarah palin and glenn beck, etc., that they may have been responsible for the tucson tragedy. >> but what i'm saying is i think this guy -- look, he was shot twice in a horrible, you know, massacre basically. it's not unreasonable to assume that he's having a bad reaction to it and i think to -- to say, you know, to read too much into it, i think, would be ultimately -- is dangerous as it was when people were reading too much into the idea that, you know, sarah palin was responsible for the shooting. >> bad reaction? he screamed out a death threat. i mean, tea party members are accused of doing things that they didn't even do. remember the times square bomber. mayor bloomberg came out and said maybe it's someone upset about the health care bill. i mean, the media and elected officials need to check themselves nowadays because they go after tea party members. they go after people on the right that are baseless and they been they -- >> when it's one of their own. >> i have to check it right there. we're out of time. always great to speak with both of you. thanks so much. >> family members in shock after the little girl surfaces after being kidnapped 23 years ago. >> in the name of jesus! halleleujah! halleleujah! >> we will tell you about that reunion straight ahead. >> then, he's a world renowned piano player who circles the globe performing for heads of state including president obama last night. peter doocy sat down and strolled the lawn one on one after the break. 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[ male anuncer ] to keep doing what you love, take re of your heart with cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so yo can do what you love. >> time for the news by the numbers now. $10 million. would you believe that is what these thieves made off with simply by backing their truck up to an electronics company? the heist caught on tape in orlando. no arrests yet. $10 million. wow. next, 9400 years, the age of the world's oldest dog bone. it was unearthed in texas and scientists think it was a domesticated dog and finally, 2012, the year that "star wars" creator george lucas supposedly says the world is going to end. comedian seth rogan says that what lucas told him in a conversation he had with him. lucas said he was joking with that joker. mr. kilmeade and gretch? >> what was that about? he's regarded as one of the greatest classical musicians in the world performing at such venue as the beijing olympics in china and at last night's state dinner not in china. >> how did he develop his skills? peter doocy joins us live from washington with a profile on him. >> hey, gretchen. last night, guests at the state dinner were treated to performances by some of the world's best artists but the white house hasn't released a whole lot of video from the event and since none of us were invited i met up with him a few hours before he played and got a special preview of his big set. >> meet 28-year-old lang-lang. born in china, he now lives in the u.s. and "the new york times" called him the hottest artist on the classical music planet making him the perfect person to perform for the president. >> it's going to be quite exciting. >> for this state dinner, he performs with an american jazz legend. >> two months ago, i got a letter inviting me to play with my great friend, herbie hancock, at the state dinner and i was really overwhelmed by the invitation. >> this week, lang lang is appearing in washington and in times square where this billboard at the crossroads of the world introduces him as an international ambassador of chinese culture. lang lang's life has always been filled with classical music. it's mom listened to it while she was pregnant and dad bought him his first piano at age 2. he started young. >> i don't remember when i was in my mother's stomach, you know, i really don't remember it. but i do remember since i was born, all this music. >> is it safe to say, then, that you would be like the justin bieber of beethoven? >> fine way to put it. >> when he's not performing for heads of state or for five billion people watching the beijing olympics, lang lang uses his international foundation it prove to kids around the world that classical music can be cool. >> i believe that music moved me and changed my life. and i really believe that music will change other kids' lives. >> where would you be without music? >> i don't know. i mean, that's a really hard question but i mean, i'm sure without music, i will not live happily. >> while he is a true professional, there's one thing this piano player has never done in public until, perhaps, now. >> you're going to be performing for the presidents of the two largest economies in the world. is there any way that the secret service would let you put like a tip jar up on the piano? >> actually never tried that. maybe i should. >> just saying. you never know when joe biden will want to drop a 20 in there. >> so a very big thanks to lang lang for giving us a glimpse into his world and a very big thanks to the hey adams hotel, we were right across the street from the white house for that interview. they have a brand new venue on the top floor called "top of the hay" that opens later this month. they let us in before anybody else. thanks again for that. >> great job, peter. very nice. >> amazing talent from lang lang. let's go to steve. >> thank you much. gretchen, brian prchlt sti-- th president making a major announcement about border security. hear from that woman and why she's now planning to sue the people who own the fountain. and viewers got fired up at john stossel and his story on politicians gone wrong. well, today, he's here to let those critics fire back with the help of his little friend, an alpacka. gotta get that bacon! dog: yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. bacon. there, in that bag! mom: who wants a beggin' strip? dog: me! i'd get it myself but i don't have thumbs! yum, yum, yum... it's beggin'! hm... i love you! beggin' strips! there's no time like beggin' time! 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[ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪ the all-new cadillac cts-v coupe. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs. >> the republicans voted today to repeal health care reform and democrats warn this could make it harder, rather, for older americans to get proper health care to which hugh heffner's new fiancee said, good. >> that's a zinger. now we have to do a couple of news headlines for you because we have new pictures that have been released now of that backpack bomb that could have killed a lot of people at a martin luther king jr. day parade in spokane, washington. inside the backpack were t-shirts, a small pipe filled with powder and pieces of metal that would have acted as shrapnel and a remote detonator. the feds are still looking for the person who planted that bomb in the backpack. >> potential now evidence in the death of 10-year-old zahara baker. loggers discovered a briefcase in the same woods where a a bone was found. it's being tested. she went missing in october. remains were discovered a month later. no one has officially been charged in the case. her stepmother was indicted on separate charges on tuesday. the obama administration announcing plans to crack down on companies employing illegal immigrants. they'll create an audit office to verify companies hiring records with a specialist look at i-9 employee forms. the new employment compliance inspection center will fall under the umbrella of homeland security. >> check out this video, the woman in the video falls into a mall fountain. watch this. oopsy daisy, because she's texting. guess what? if you laughed at home. i laughed when i first saw this. that woman doesn't think it's very funny. in fact, kathy cruz morerro is considering suing and has hired a lawyer in the you tube video, you can supposedly hear security guards laughing as she falls at the berkshire mall in pennsylvania. john still thinks it's funny. she's shocked instead of helping, they mocked her. >> i can't believe it. i started calling and i call my husband and i said, they got me on you tube. when i went to work, and saw how they laughed and the comment that they made, i didn't think that was funny. >> why wouldn't she text her dad? >> i'm laughing. the head of the mall security says they're investigating the incident. keep you posted of any new legal developments. what grounds would she have to sue on? she's texting and fell into the pond. >> steve used to watch "paper chase" in the 1970's. what grounds? you watched the law classics on television. what grounds are they suing? >> there was no fence around it. >> thank you. lack of fence. >> ok. so stand by for that. in the meantime, outside our world headquarters. by way, for people who are waking up in new york city right now, that large yellow thing coming up out of the ground in the east, that is the sun! it's actually going to be a beautiful sunshiny day today but tonight, the snow will be flying. let's go ahead and take a look at the radar and the doppler and the snow that's going to be flying here. right now, it's moving through portions of ohio where i just got an e-mail from my friend tom in cincinnati and it could be a snow day there, he says, maybe just wishful thinking but as you can see, the storm extends in the form of snow back through portions of the missouri and mississippi valley and then some rain in oklahoma and texas. next map shows you what the temperatures are going to be like when you head out the door on this thursday. it's only 2 in minneapolis. we got 4 in caribou, maine, 31, sunshiny degrees now in new york city. 33 in atlanta and 50 in new orleans. real quick, the daytime highs look something like this. look for where you're at. look for the big number nearest, that's probably what you're going to have. any questions? brian kilmeade? >> no, no questions, steve. good to see the sun again. i remember the bradies sang about the sun but last time i've heard about a sun. those were the days. let me tell you what's happening in sports. reports out of new england say patriots quarterback tom brady will have surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot today. giselle bunch on was quoted as saying i didn't buy into this. this is not what i paid for. he was nursing the injury all season long and that's why he struggled so much. that's a quick look at what happened in new england. now he can golf or swim. after beating the patriots this past weekend, jets coach rex ryan asked the pilot of the team's plane to get as close to the empire state building as possible before they landed at newark airport because it was glowing green because of their hometown team. the pilot radioed for special permission, take a listen. >> is the empire state building still lit up right now? i've had an unusual request, if it's green and white, these guys want us to get as close as we can to see it. >> advise that it is lit up. you fly 190 and wait for visual approach. >> you guys are awesome! and i'll tell you later who said that. 190 heading to see the building. >> so the jets with the empire state building was lit in all green. there it is. go, jets. fair and balanced. you have the go steelers sign. i didn't think so. the faa says no other flights were affected and the jets say it was a special sight. see if it will be lit again as they come back from pittsburgh. lot of steelers fans don't think so including rush limbaugh. let's go to a man with a pet. >> yes and one that i'm staying a little bit away from. anyway, viewers got fired up after john stossel did a show last month on politicians favoring certain businesses and promises gone wrong so this week, he turns the tables and lets his critics actually criticize him. >> is this your critic? is he going to start chewing on you, john stossel, host of the stossel show on fox business? >> this is one of them. the llama owners association is upset with me because i said we have stupid tax breaks for livestock like llamas and the name is helping family farm. congress passed all these breaks that now people have llamas in their backyard. >> do you remember when you had that haircut? >> yes, it does. it brings back a lot of memories when i was in the b-52's. >> why does the alpaca like me? i'm nervous about it. >> like petting a blanket. >> this one doesn't. >> let's go back to the farm subsidies. those have been in effect for many, many years. >> right. this is not a subsidy. these are special tax breaks. our socialist probably says we have to help the family farm. they create all these special breaks for alpaca farming. >> it's right on so many issues. this is a shocker to see him off base on this one. >> let's hear from your angry viewers, right? >> this is -- >> more important. >> ok. >> there are so many tax benefits for livestock breeding that one web site even advertises, have uncle sam help you buy your alpacas. >> so who ends up paying for your alpacas? uncle sam. >> i'll be honest, the reason i got in, i was looking for a tax shelter. >> so was this woman. >> the tax benefits are great. >> ok. so that was on your program, got a lot of people cranky. >> that got people cranky and they also -- the cash for clunkers supporters with this belief that spending more money, giving it from peter to paul, somehow you can create wealth and -- >> destroying perfectly good cars. that was the other part. >> not just foolish stimulus but the idea that you can create wealth by destroying perfectly good cars. >> let's go to that greatest hit from the stossel show. >> ok. >> let's destroy some cars! does that this make sense? sure, it will stimulate the auto business. that was the idea behind cash for clunkers. >> cash for clunkers. >> democrats and some republicans voted for it. >> we're thrilled to be a part of jump-starting the economy. >> that program was good for automakers. it was good for consumers. >> gee, i guess i should destroy more stuff. >> it's everything that -- it's everything that's wrong with trying to help the economy. >> yes. not everything, there's not long enough of a day to explain all the things that politicians do wrong. but, you know, on my show, i can give the critics a chance to fight back. >> what would happen if we let him go? >> you saw what might happen. >> actually, the alpaca listens -- brian, the alpaca listens to cues. done with the segment and the alpaca is leaving. >> there he goes. >> he goes to his real owner. >> i don't blame him or her. >> all right. we'll watch the show, if that's all right with you. >> you better or the alpaca will bite you. that's the show. family members in shock after their little girl surfaces after being missing for 23 years. >> in the name of jesus, halleleujah! halleleuj halleleujah! >> how they were reunited. 30 years since the story broke. hostages in iran have been freed. there's a story from that crisis you might not know. a survivor here next. witthe venture card from capital one, we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a trip to vegas twice as fast! 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"american idol" kicking off its 10th season already on some high notes and, of course, low ones. >> ♪ my love >> ♪ left a good job in the city ♪ >> ♪ it's what you do to me oh it's what you do to me ♪ >> you can catch more "idol" auditions tonight at 8:00 eastern. it's on fox. >> it's been 30 years since 52 americans were freed in the iranian hostage crisis but a little known side story called the canadian caper took place 31 years ago when six american diplomats who avoided being captured and sought sanctuary at the canadian embassy in tehran. they were smuggled out of iran with the help of former c.i.a. in january of 1981. joining us right now is one of the six americans who escaped from iran and the former ambassador to iran whose story is told in this book, you're seeing it, our man in iran. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so mark, what would happen to you had the ambassador not stepped up? >> well, likely we would have ended up in the embassy with the rest of the hostages. i mean, we were on the street for six days by ourselves and we were running out of options. so if the canadians hadn't come along, it's pretty clear we wouldn't have been able to do it on our own. >> ambassador, the hostages were taken by a bunch of students. they take it over and they hold 66 and they release 14. you're down to 52. when did you realize this was really serious? >> well, the u.s. embassy had been taken over in february of that same year. and it had been resolved within a day or two. the initial feeling in tehran was that give a day or two, three or four days and the embassy would be restored. but then after five, six days, it didn't look like an early solution was coming. >> and he actually -- if you look at it, mark, he risked his life in trying to save yours and five others. >> of course. not just his but the entire canadian embassy staff. was at risk in helping us. >> and the story, the harrowing escape, the story being held and avoiding being captured is all chronicled here. but in the big picture, are you amazed all these years later? they're still our number one enemy in the world behind so much terror and so many of our problems in such a vital area. >> i'm absolutely astounded. after i left just at the same time as mark, i thought there would be a period where the government in iran consolidated itself. and then it would be more open, more engaged. instead of that, 30 years later there we are. if anything, even more antagonistic relationship. >> do you think about how your life might have been changed had this man not come to your side? >> honestly, no. i can't imagine what the hostages went through and, you know, for us, it was a big adventure with a happy ending but to try to conceive of what they -- i mean, i talked with many of them and i know the pain and torture and everything they experienced and honestly, but -- to imagine myself there, no. >> to get the details, set the table. the name of the book and the true story behind the secret mission to save six americans, you're one of them. thanks very much, ambassador and thank you very much, mark. >> pleasure. >> coming up straight ahead, joe lieberman making the announcement he's bowing out of the next race. the independent who frequently gave democrats a hand joining us after the break and a hard time, i should say. and today is january 20, 2011. on this day in history, 1981, ronald reagan, sworn in as president. that worked out. in 1988, george harrison has the number one hit, got my mind set on you. george, can you sing us out? 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is that a goal? >> steve: that's right, brian. then the trouble with schools. oscar winner richard dreyfuss says our kids don't know enough about history and civics and he will be here live. you're watching "fox & friends." it's january 20th. >> gretchen: hope you're having a great thursday as we look forward to another weekend just around the corner. in the meantime, we have to start off with headlines because doctors in tucson will hold a news conference later today to give an update on the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords who they say is now able to stand up. >> today we stood her up. she was able to stand on her own with assistance. we were able to put her in a chair. we put her in front of a window to see the mountains. >> gretchen: giffords is expected to leave the tucson hospital as early as tomorrow. she will then be transferred to a rehab center in houston. she's expected to stay in rehab for about five to eight weeks. late yesterday, a federal grand jury indicted jared loughner for giffords' attempted assassination and two of her staff members. new pictures have been released of that backpack bomb that could have killed a lot of people at a martin luther king, junior day parade in spokane, washington. inside were t-shirts, small pipe filled with powder, and pieces of metal that would have acted as shrapnel, as well as a remote detonator. the feds looking for the person who planted it. congressional leaders declined invitations to the state dinner for the chinese president, citing their human rights record. the leader will hear about that himself in a meeting with senate leaders this morning. later he'll give a policy address at a luncheon hosted by u.s.-china business groups. jackie chan headed the list at the dinner. a bullet proof vest does its job, saving the life of a los angeles school police officer. jeffrey was looking for a car thief when he was shot by the suspect. nine schools were locked down during the search and the gunman has not been found. emergency room doctors say the officer had a bruise on his chest, but is otherwise a lucky man. those are your headlines. >> steve: meanwhile, the house voting to repeal the health care law yesterday. now the stage is set for a battle over possible changes to president obama's signature plan. mike emmanuel joins us live from outside the white house right now where they're cleaning up from the big state dinner last night. >> good morning. house republicans say they kept the campaign pledge by voting to repeal health care. the measure now heads to the united states senate where i should point out that democrats still have the majority, but here is the latest from both sides in the house on this effort to repeal health care. >> it's time to listen to the american people and to do this the right way. the congress can do better in terms of replacing obamacare with common sense reforms while bringing down the cost of health insurance and expand access to more americans. >> they will seek to defund. we will work to defend. we believe that defending this piece of legislation is one of the most important things we can do. >> cliburn, no relation, the senate will work on this issue. we expect spirited debate on both sides of the issue. bottom line, sounds like the house will try to defund as opposed to believing that a democratic president would sign a repeal into law. steve? >> steve: speaking of president, what does the white house have to say about all this stuff? >> well, obviously the president signed it into law and he holds the veto pen, if you will. so he is not believed to want to repeal the law. he's been a strong supporter, but he has signaled since the day after the midterm elections, i asked him about the threat of repeal and he said that he was willing to do improvements to the law if republicans had ideas on how to improve it, he would be for that. but he did not want to obviously strip away what he considers his signature piece of legislation for his first two years. >> steve: mike. by the way, there are a couple of guys climbing up the pillars in front of the white house right now. >> should i check them out, make sure they have i.d.? >> steve: not a bad idea. >> gretchen: have a great day. let's bring in michelle malkin 'cause we want some of her thoughts. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: let's talk about harry reid, he's out in your neck of the woods, including nevada. he's in the senate and he does not want to bring up that repealing obamacare vote at all, even though the house passed it overwhelmingly yesterday. your thoughts? >> yeah. well, he certainly seems to be worried about something that the democrats keep telling us is empty and symbolic. judging from all of the frantic e-mails that i'm getting from democrat partisan organizations, this is nothing but real legislative pressure on the democrats to defend themselves. if it's true as he claims that the american people want obamacare and if it's true that this is getting nowhere in the senate, where is he investing so much in trying to tamp down enthusiasm and support for this repeal that took place yesterday? >> brian: it's very interesting because tom coburn was saying yesterday, this is like a two-year process. we're going to little by little expose this plan and wear down this plan and see where it goes in two years and who can make something happen. are you surprised the president has shown willing to give on this, saying, hey, i'm open to new ideas to make it better? >> well, i'm surprised that finally he acknowledges that the midterm elections have consequences and i think that he threw down the gauntlet in a matter talking about the need for regulatory reform. well, look, the house republicans delivered it yesterday and as obama once said before the midterms about the american people, maybe he should be thanking the republicans. he's done them a favor now. as the house republicans have stressed all along with this repeal, this is really just the first step. now they move on to things like getting rid of the regulatory burden with regard to the tax filing, the 1099 issue. that's going to be brought up, it's hr 4. then talking about some of the necessary reforms that the republicans had supported all along. i think this is what the democrats forget. the american people rejected not only the overall policy, but the process by which this was rammed down their throats. >> steve: absolutely. hr 3 they're working on has to do with abortion. we heard the president in the last week talk about addressing all of the country essentially and washington in particular, let's bring down the rhetoric level. listen to steven cohen, a democrat from tennessee talking about republicans and nazis. >> they say it's a government takeover of health care, a big lie, just like gerbils. you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie and eventually people believe it. like blood libel. that's the same kind of thing. the germans said enough about the jews and the people believed it and you had the holocaust. >> brian: as long as you don't blow it out of proportion, i think it's fine. what do you think, michelle? >> well, i guess he considers himself the heir to alan grayson and he certainly knows about libel. he's practiced it there on the house floor. and apparently he has doubled down now in the past he has smeared tea party activists and likened them to the kkk. one wonders where the civility patrol is when things like this happen. i doubt that we'll be getting statements from nancy pelosi and the white house condemning this act of blatant incivility. but of course, republicans and conservatives, all of us on the right have come to expect this and we know that if the left is not calling you a nazi, you really haven't done your job yet. >> gretchen: speaking of that, you've deemed an article the hate speech inquisition and there seems to be a clamp down after the tucson massacre on radio host, specifically republican or conservative radio hosts. jim cliburn, a democrat from south carolina, on the fairness doctrine. he said free speech is as free speech does. you can not yell fire in a crowded heater and call it free speech and some of what i hear and what is being called free speech is worse than that. so are you surprised at the effort to try and clamp down now on free speech after the massacre? >> no. they've been doing this for a long time, gretchen, and i think that the phrase that troubled me the most from representative cliburn after the tucson massacre was his call to, quote, rethink the parameters of free speech, unquote. and now there are some of these mvvens in the main street media saying work about the fairness doctrine is ridiculous and accusing conservative talk show hosts who are taking these threats seriously as having a persecution complex. as i pointed out, this is the tactic they used against sarah palin. they attack the right and when the right defends itself, they attack the right for weighing in and responding. these are the people that tell us that words matter and it matters to me when, in the aftermath of a tragedy that had nothing to do with broadcast media and conservatives on broadcast media, their first instinct is to go to the fcc and ask how can we regulate their speech. >> steve: what's interesting about it, isn't cliburn's daughter commissioner on the fcc? she doesn't think the fairness doctrine is a good idea. and once upon a time when there were just a handful of radio stations and three tv networks, maybe. but now you got the internet, you got 500 channels on cable. you don't need it. you can hear all the voices. >> yes. that's right. but, of course, a free market and communications and political speech is not what many of these people who supposedly pose for quote unquote, media justice are for. and while i'm somewhat comforted that cliburn's daughter stated she doesn't want the fairness doctrine and the same thing with fcc chairman, i think you have to look at their actions and the people that they consort with. in the past, they have said things that are comforting to the left and to these media justice types. i would say media justices basically a corollary to social justice. they want a redistribution of political speech. and that is a dangerous thing and it is not persecution complex for the right to be wary of it and vigilant against it. i understand that mike pence in the past, the congressman from indiana, has proposed a broadcast freedom act and may reintroduce it in the session. >> brian: he's getting poised to get his candidacy for president. thanks very much. >> thanks. >> brian: coming up, ever hear of a reverse mortgage? lawyer and real estate expert bob massi here next to explain what they are and how they work. and don't work. >> gretchen: this woman fought until the bitter end to save her purse. look at that. she want to do save her purse. what would you do? >> gretchen: thousands of new foreclosures may be about to hit the u.s. housing market. according to a new report, more and more senior citizens with reverse mortgages could be facing foreclosure. here to explain what a reverse mortgage is and why the risky is fox news analyst, bob massi. good morning. >> good morning. >> gretchen: what is a reverse mortgage? >> in a nutshell, a reverse mortgage means, let's assume you own your house free and clear. many seniors do. you need more money. you go to the lender, the lender puts a value on the home. you have to be 62 years or older and they will give you a certain amount of money against that home. so for example, you can take a lump sum. let's say it's worth 400,000. it appraises at 300. they will give you a certain amount of money every month or a lump sum for you to live on to supplement your social security or other expenses. they have a mortgage on your home. in other words, they are entitled upon your death to be paid that money back. and that in essence is -- i'm not crazy about reverse mortgages because in essence, the lender is betting that you're going to die before all that money runs out. but it is a prominent feature that many seniors are use not guilty our country. >> gretchen: how does that affect their children, because millions of people watching this program right now could be in that situation? >> well, there is two things that concern me. a couple things. first, understand when you do a reverse mortgage, we would be responsible, if we fit that category, of paying the property taxes and paying the homeowner's policies insurance. here is what's happening on that level. many seniors don't have the money, gretchen. so one of the reasons, one of the concerns that we have is that lenders, if you don't pay the property taxes and you don't pay the insurance, they have the right then, that being the lender, to foreclose on your property because you actually sign a contract with the lenders of what your responsibilities are. so that is something. so what's happening is fha and other agencies and servicers are literally advancing some money right now to stop some of this because there is a concern of what's going to happen if all these seniors can't make the payments. the other thing is the generation behind it, children, younger baby boomers, when mom or dad dies, and this is what i want to bring to our viewers' attention, many people think if you have a reverse mortgage that you can still pass your home on to your children. >> gretchen: right. >> well, here is the problem, a lot of reverse mortgages basically say that that home reverts back to the lender and there is no rights of the children if they inherit the home. so it's very important that you get very sound legal advice when you get a reverse mortgage and have somebody review what your responsibilities on taxes, what are your responsibilities on king homeowners payments, insurance, andho does it revert to upon your demise? very important. so important. >> gretchen: it's a classic case of when something looks too good to be true, it could be and you need to make sure to look at the fine prison always enjoy your segments. great information. >> thanks. take care. >> gretchen: let's go to steve and brian. >> steve: thanks. >> brian: great job. nancy pelosi celebrating because unemployment is under 16%! since when was that an accomplishment to be proud of? eric bolling for the "fox business" network weighs in. >> steve: oscar winner richard dreyfuss standing by in washington. he says our kids don't know enough about history and civics and that's not all. but he has a plan to change that when he joins us live next on "fox & friends." he'll tell us. 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>> we're not in a housing recovery and certainly not in a labor recovery yet. yet. but they tell us we're out of recession. in other words, the economy may be growing a little bit, but the people aren't hiring. businesses are saying, i've gotten by over the last two years with less 'cause i've had to. i'm not sure what the tax structure was going to be, the health care structure was going to be what, it's going to cost, so they've cut back. my problem is as things get better, we may not see a 5%, 4 1/2% george bush unemployment rate. we may see an 8% and go wow, it's only 8%. >> gretchen: we said before we may never go back to that. is this somewhat encouraging? they were expecting 420. it's not? >> no. >> gretchen: do the tax cuts help at all in hiring? >> it will, but that will take a long time. it will take more than just this week or next week. remember the 388 a couple weeks ago? maybe we're on the right track? bottom line is we are 405 and then 445. we're 404 this week. so again, the four week moving average still needs to get down to 350. >> steve: that's the hard number of people seeking unemployment insurance for the first time. the big number, unemployment in this country is, what, 9.8%? >> yes. >> steve: while that is a gigantic number, it could have been worse. nancy pelosi was talking to the u.a.w. and said, the stimulus really helped. it could have been 16%. where does she get that number, 'cause that's something new? >> you're talking about -- by the way, my seven favorite words are former speaker of the house nancy pelosi. she said food stamps and unemployment benefits are job creators. no one should listen to a thing nancy pelosi says about the economy. she doesn't get it. never has gotten it. talking to the uaw, all they want to see is more spending. she say, go ahead. continue to spend from the white house. that's great for us because the bottom line is eventually those dollars will trickle in to uaw pockets. >> gretchen: as well as not cutting their pensions, which is currently -- >> that's we did. we floated them their pensions going forward. they said they would take concessions up front, in other words, cut their hourly wage to the people who are working hard right now, they didn't touch the retirees' benefits. that's what they need to do do. they need to do slash them, but didn't. they have a structured bankruptcy and it's costing every taxpayer dearly. >> brian: it's amazing politically, you have a democratic governor in new york getting support from the conservative republican party for what he is doing in going in and taking on the unions and not raising taxes. >> you're talking about cuomo. we'll see. he's talk about an across the board cut. bloomberg said he's staying on the pensions as well. bottom line, is chris christie is bleeding over into new york state. hopefully the whole country gets on board with it. >> steve: last night they had a state dinner at the white house. now we understand the white house is teaming up with wal-mart? >> this is very interesting. in an hour, wal-mart and michelle obama, first lady michelle obama, will make an announcement that wal-mart will go further into healthier foods. wal-mart already, number one grocer in the world. they sell more grocery than anybody. for them to push into healthier foods, i scratched my head when i read it this morning. >> brian: wal-mart -- they are the perfect retailer. they sell what people want. now, i'm not sure why they want to go into this healthier foods world unless there is something on the backside for them. conspiracy theories. a deal. look, i'll do this, i'll get on your healthy food band wagon, but when the unions come breathing down our back, which they always do, 'cause wal-mart is a nonunion shop, do us a favor, give us a little support here. >> brian: we'll put out the tangerines if we can keep the charleston chews. >> just keep the siu outside our stores. >> gretchen: could it be that they want to be able to charge more for some of the foods if they just call them healthy? >> whole foods does that business. they do it pretty well. i don't really get it. doesn't make sense for wal-mart. it's like wal-mart starting to sell upscale designer clothes, taking on nieman marcus. doesn't make a lot of sense. unless there is something on the backside. >> steve: wal-mart is all about the price. >> wal-mart became number one in retail on the planet for a reason. they did it the wal-mart way. >> brian: you're always looking at the backside. >> pardon me? >> gretchen: let's look at the front side right there. your show? >> tonight at 10:00 o'clock. >> steve: thanks very much. now to your headlines on this thursday morning. right now authorities arresting more than 100 suspected mobsters in a series of raids in the new york city area. the f.b.i. says it's targeting members of all five of new york's so-called mafia families, making it the biggest mafia sweep in the state's history. charges include murder, extortion, and drug trafficking. attorney general eric holder is expected to discuss the cases during a news conference later today. but right now a big mob sweep right here in new york. >> brian: wow, i didn't know there was mob here. >> gretchen: and a new poll, a republican and gop leaning voters shows mike huckabee as the party favorite for president in 2012. huckabee, a fox news host, leads fox news contributor, sarah palin, by two points. meantime, mitt romney is two points behind palin. but the margin of error suggests too close to call. >> brian: joe lieberman says he won't seek reelection and retiring after more than 20 years? the senate. earlier on "fox & friends," he explained his decision. >> i just decided that it was time to turn the page and try something different. i feel good and while i do feel good, i thought it was time for one more good chapter. >> brian: that chapter was on our show. he says while it's not easy to be a moderate in washington right now, they play an important role. only he said it with a deeper voice. >> gretchen: check out this video of a 78-year-old woman being dragged several feet trying to stop a purse snatcher in florida. she's now hospitalized with head injuries and broken ankle. two women are accused of stealing the elderly woman's purse. that is horrible. oh, my goodness. >> talk about idol chatter, the tenth season of "american idol" debuted last night on fox. besides the auditions, all eyes were on the judges. jennifer lopez, steven tyler. i sat down with the aerosmith front man who has a very good voice to see how he's handling the new gig. >> i look at these kids and i can tell that some of them are overly entitled. some of them can't sing. some can. it's a hard judgment call. again, i look for that something that the last 40 years i heard in someone else. >> brian: there you go. you can catch steven tyler and more "idol" auditions on fox tonight. >> steve: i looked at the e-mail, how do you like the new judges? let's take a look at what is going on weather wise. we got a big storm brewing right now through portions of the ohio and tennessee valley, back through the mid missouri valley and the mississippi valley as well. this snow storm, which is moving toward the northeast, will be impacting folks all the way from phillies on north tonight into tomorrow. the northeast will wind up with a couple of inches, maybe as many as six. that's what they're getting right now in portions of the tennessee and ohio valley. meanwhile, current temperatures as you head out, freezing in new york city. although the sun is out. 30 in raleigh. 33 in atlanta. if you're down in florida, temperatures in the 50s for the most part. same thing for south texas, although there are some 30s in north texas. later today, the high in dallas, only 38 degrees. chicagoland, daytime high there, 21. for our friends in cleveland, ohio, 23 later on today. if you're out in los angeles, 73. it will be the high. same as phoenix in arizona. that's a look at your fox travel cast for this thursday. >> brian: and still ahead,. >> gretchen: knewly formed senate tea party caucus about to hold its first meeting on capitol hill. senator mike me of utah will tell us why he joined. he's one of only three members. >> brian: and? 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[ laughter ] they stick their noses in flowers to get the pollen and the nectar and he mistakes your ear for a flower. >> brian: you have an animated series, so you try to teach kids in a fun way what these animals are like. >> yeah, exactly. never before seen things. things you just can't film in real life. >> gretchen: hopefully the owl is not going to lick our ears. >> no, he won't. >> brian: what can you tell us about these animals? he loves my ear. it's incredible. i wonder if that will be animated. >> in the show, we have creature power suits that we can get the abilities of the different animals that we see because they have amazing abilities in the wild. we got to keep these two a little separate. owls eat these. so we have to watch out. >> brian: no wonder he got a little jumpy! now, tell me about this. something i don't know about this owl. >> what do you know about owls? [ laughter ] they have special wing feathers that allow them to fly silently. >> gretchen: this porcupine is so cool, i've never seen one. >> these are african crested porcupines. they're huge. >> brian: give him a hug. >> gretchen: no. >> they like the trees. they're on the ground. if they're attacked by a lion or something, they will run backwards and try to escape. >> brian: that's a great idea. but i like to know the courageous man who put the leash on him. he must be bleed not guilty a corner. the main thing is you're fun and we have a final entry into the what makes the kratt brothers show so special? you try to teach in a fun way. >> these are kind of like the foxes of africa. they're super smart lizard and can go anything and do anything. they're related to the kimoto dragon. >> brian: looks like he's trying to french kiss something. >> all these animals were shown in never before seen moments. >> brian: you guys are awesome. we'll see you in the after the show show. we start with a look at the ear. go ahead. >> gretchen: no, no, no. >> brian: coming up next, mike lee of utah, one of only three members of the new tea party caucus. they're about to gather for the first time on capitol hill. what's the agenda going to be? let's find out about the agenda of the mccallum show. that's what they call it now. right? >> yeah, well, that might be a problem with my friend, bill hemmer when we join you at the top of the hour, we're glad to be together and bringing you this great show this morning. gop is saying that it is just beginning in terms of the repeal of health care. michelle bachman joins us, all that coming up on "america's newsroom." when did you get smart about your digestive health? when i found something delicious for my digestion. when my stomach couldn't wait 14 days for slow acting yogurt. when i chose a safe, more natural solution for my family, instead of pills and powders. plumsmart is clinically proven to help regulate your digestion with a unique blend of prebiotic fiber, magnesium and potassium. i feel better already! get the clinically proven solution for digestive health, plumsmart and plumsmart light from sunsweet. >> steve: taking a cue from congresswoman michelle bachman, rand paul formed a tea party caucus in the senate. she started it in the house. so far there are ohm three members. what kind of influence will they have? one of the three inaugural members, senator mike lee of utah joins us live from gorgeous, salt lake city. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. >> steve: okay. so you've got three members right now, you, rand paul and jim demint. although i know that it's been rumored that maybe marco rubio might join, ron johnson, what do you know? >> look, the important thing is that we have some mechanism by which we can communicate to the american people and in particular, those who identify with the tea party movement. tea party movement is about the idea that the federal government has grown too big and too expensive and we need to do something about it and a few of us in the senate have decided to open the lines of communication and that's what this caucus is all about. >> steve: but so far with only three members, how much influence could you have? >> well, again, the idea is to open the lines of communication. i'm confident over time, we'll have other senators join with us. but it's got to start somewhere and the three of us are happy to do that. >> steve: sure. absolutely. and of course, because you are a member of the tea party caucus, one of the things that tea party members and people across the country are very concerned with is bringing down the cost of government and bringing down taxes and stuff like that. the balanced budget amendment is something that really interests you as it goes forward. >> yes, it is. i think it's the centerpiece of what needs to happen right now. look, we're approaching $15 trillion debt, which is a lot of money. and we can't continue to spend at the same rate we've been spending and as we're talking about possibly raising the debt ceiling, i don't think we can have a serious discussion about doing that unless or until we take congress' authority to engage in perpetual deficit spending away from congress. we need to limit that and severely restrict it. the only way to do that effectively is through a balanced budget amendment. >> steve: we were looking at a live picture of the dome of the u.s. capitol where yesterday house republicans voted to repeal the president's health care reform. you're over in the senate. it sounds like harry reid has no intention of ever allowing that kind of bill, the bill apparently that jim demanipulate is going to cook up an identical one in the house, for a vote. what do you think about that? >> well, i support and applaud the move made by the house of representatives yesterday to repeal that measure and i will wholeheartedly support it in the (as you point out, there are some procedural reasons why maybe difficult for us to get this to a vote in the senate. on the other hand, the american people support this in very, very large numbers and some of the same people on the democratic side of the aisle and the senate who are vowing to block it are some of the same people who have opposed the filibuster rule. so it will put some of them in an interesting position to say the least. >> steve: stay tuned, as we say in tv land. senator mike lee, we thank you for joining us again from salt lake city. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> steve: we're going to take a time out and be back in two minutes. to go heart healthy for. who's your someone? campbell's healthy request can help. low cholesterol, zero grams trans fat, and a healthy level of sodium. it's amazing what soup can do. which beneful prepared meals. tonight? 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