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an egyptian paper reporting that. others claiming he's in a hospital. he has been sick in recent months. u.s. believes he's still at his retreat. hundreds of egyptian state workers now are back on the streets of cairo demanding better pay and working conditions. >> new york city man accused of going on a deadly stabbing spree will answer to a judge today. maxim gelman will be appointed on an attorney. on his way out of the police precinct, he yelled to the crowd he was set up. he's accused of stabbing four people to death including his own stepfather and a girl that rejected his love advances. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is reportedly mouthing the words on "twinkle, twinkle little star." she's been briefed on what's happening in egypt and on john kyle's decision not to run for re-election. she spoke by phone to her brother-in-law when is on the international space station and her husband is soon to go up there as well. those are your headlines. >> sounds like she's making progress, that's great. let's talk a little bit about this morning and you'll see it live. president obama's 2012 budget will be released on capitol hill and then the president himself will take to the airways to explain what's in. we have a little bit of idea of what's in it. $1.1 trillion in cuts over the next decade. 2/3 of those are budget cuts and 1/3 are tax hikes on the most successful people in america. >> of course, one of the problems with maybe people say that's good, we're cutting the budget. when you consider the fact that we have a $1.5 trillion deficit this year alone over 10 years, what is $1.1 trillion add up to? that means maybe cuts but maybe not the painful cuts we are poised and thought we had to endure. >> let's take a look at some of the things that apparently will be getting cut under the president's plan. clean water program. >> we don't need that. >> home heating assistance. >> nah. >> pell grants for college. a lot of those are summer programs, though. some of the pell grants would exist for the regular school year. and defense that has been a hot topic for democrats and republicans as they move forward. >> they're talking about how $1.1 trillion, they'll be reducing the amount we spend by $1.1 trillion. the republicans announced last friday they would be saving $100 billion a year over the next 10 years. essentially it's a wash. here's the problem, if the president of the united states is going to save all that money, he's going to save it, right? no, he's going to take that money and he's going to spend it on other stuff. it doesn't really reduce the deficit. nonetheless, he's able to advance his agenda and some of the things he's going to spend more money on, high speed rail. joe biden loves that. more on education. more on bridges and tunnels. he wants to extend the internet to places where they don't have it right now. and he wants to have a two-year doctor fix and what that will do it is there's this hole in the new budget regarding health care and unless the federal government props up with a bunch of dough, a bunch of doctors aren't going to be able to accept any more medicare patients. >> the guy that's trying to be the spokesman for the president on the budget, let's hear from him and we'll hear from paul ryan, a republican as well. >> our budget will get us over the next several years to point where we can look at the american people in the eye and say we're not adding to the debt anymore. we're spending the money we have each other and to work on bringing down our national debt. if he's talking about coming and having new spending, so-called investments were that's not where we're going. >> yeah, and hoping is when he puts together a deficit commission and come up with the tough conclusions and you sponsor it and take anything you brought up, you have to wonder. we're going to talk to jack in about 90 minutes, he's going to be kind enough to join us to bring us inside the budget and inside the numbers and maybe give us -- shed some additional light. at 6 minutes after the top of the hour, as egypt transitions to post-mubarak rule, there's unrest throughout the middle east. the palestinian prime minister has dissolved his desire cabinet and massive anti-government protests are being planned in iran, in algeria, so did egypt start a domino effect of reform and could it be spreading to libya and iran? joining us from london for a fox news exclusive is the former prime minister and part of the middle east quartet, tony blair. thanks so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> first off, can you take any pride in what's taking place in the middle east. along with president george w. bush, you talked about freedom as early as 2004 coming to the middle east. a lot of people said you're crazy, you don't understand the culture. what do you say to those people now? >> what i say is it's very obvious that democracy and countrys that are predominantly muslim are not in conflict with one another. it is possible to have both. and that's very exciting. so there's a moment of huge possibility for the whole region. >> yeah, mr. prime minister, i always thought that twitter was kind of stupid until i saw what happened in egypt. >> well, this social media is transformative. of course, you know, bringing down a regime is not the same thing as replacing it with some things that is stable and democratic and functions effectively so there's going to be a long process in egypt that basically will be handled by the military council in the runup to what should be free and fair and democratic elections. so, you know, we're not past the point of uncertainty and instability. but on the other hand, i think what this is showing is there's a huge desire for people in the region to have the same type of freedoms that we have and take for granted ooch. >> i guess we can look at turkey as an islamic nation that has democracy and we can look at iraq moving in that direction. there's an interesting editorial in "the new york times" today, sir, by thomas friedman and it says up until now, democracy movement in arab world is largely confined to the u.s. led liberation of iraq that because it was u.s. led will not serve as a model for emulation. do you agree with that? is it this much anti-american, anti-british feeling there? >> well, there is and there isn't. when you spend as much time as i do out in the region, you realize that there's a kind of conflicted position about america and about, therefore, the u.k. and europe. on the one hand, people love to go out and denounce us. on the other hand, as i always say to people, it's a best test of a country, are people trying to get into it or out of it? basically, most people want to get into it. so i think this is a situation of which we've got to be very strong and very clear. we've got to partner those people in the region who are modernizing forces because what you've got in the region, this is what makes them a little different from eastern europe. you have basically three elements. you've got regimes that have often been in power a long time somewhat out of touch but they can be allies of the west. you've then got this great democratic modernizing movement but you also have islamic force that would take instability to a different and negative direction. our task will be to stand up for those modernizing forces and partner the regimes who are interested in making that change in a revolutionary way. i think it's possible to do but it's a moment where we have to be quite strong about ourselves, too, not beat up on ourselves too much but actually realize a lot of people protecting out there. in the end, whatever they say about us, what they actually want are the types of freedoms that we have. >> exactly. tony blair, a lot of focus will be on other regime, could they fall? egypt didn't so therefore, they were. jordan won't more than likely. but syria and iran, regimes we'd love to see turn over have said to everyone, look, if you try this, it's going to cost you your life. what can we do there? >> well, i think what is important especially if this starts in iran because let's be absolutely clear, a changed regime in iran. if the people of iran were able to elect their government properly and you had a change in iran, i simply cannot overstate the importance that would have to peace and stability within the region as a whole. and so i think if this starts as a movement in iran, we've got to put the maximum pressure we can on the iranian authorities and the region will expect us to, by the way. >> they tried last year, do you remember? and the united states' response from president obama was timid. i mean, and very, you know, you didn't really support it as he appeared to support the one in egypt. >> i think the change of circumstance now as a result of what happened in tunisia and then in egypt. this time, it will be very important for us to stand with people in iran and say to the iranians, look, you have been -- after all, the iranians were welcoming the protests in egypt, iranian regime. i think we should be saying it, you've welcomed it in egypt and you should welcome it on your own street and if the egyptians are moving towards a proper free and fair and independent elections maybe you should be doing the same in iran, too. >> let's shift gears for a moment. david cameron, the guy that's the prime minister who used to have your chair at 10 downing street made some comments last week about multiculturalism and said, you know what? it doesn't work. you've said similar things in the past. >> yeah, i think the point is this. it's a very strong feeling in europe right now because, you know, you've got a widespread immigration into europe and you've got some aspects of society and some people who are integrating very well. and so, for example, in britain, there's not a problem with hindus integrating into british society. there is a problem with a part, not all by any means but a part of the muslim community here. what many people are saying and many moderate muslims are saying the same is look, we all have our differences. we have our different face and traditions and people have free to practice them here but there has been a common space, a common identity which is about values, which is about treating men and women equally, which is about respect for the rule of law, freedom and democracy. and in that common space, we've all got to congregate. that's what we share together. and this is what's really being said. >> if we're really being candid, is this to the islamic community a blend in and stop trying to segment yourselves out? >> well, some parts of the muslim community are doing that. making sure they keep their faith but integrated into free society. other parts, you know, in the past there was a setback that were in countries like this you couldn't say to people, look, i'm sorry. that's not on. you know, so if you've got clerics who came in and were preaching wild stuff in mosques and so on, we would kind of feel, well, maybe it's their right to do that. i think the feeling now in societies like ours is no, let's be clear about this. everyone's got their different faith and traditions but when it comes to certain shared values, we all stand together. >> tony blair. >> always great to speak with you. thank you so much, especially on this very interesting day as developments are happening in the mideast. thank you, mr. prime minister. >> thank you. >> what a great way to start your week. we'll be right back. 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? >> all right, welcome back. president obama later today will propose $1.1 trillion in cuts over 10 years but even the head of obama's deficit commission says the cuts aren't enough. so is the president's budget just a weak attempt to appear fiscally responsible while he continues to write checks that the government can't handle? >> stuart varney is here to weigh in. that's one way to set it up. >> that's what i was going to say. >> is it true? is what he's doing? >> let me quote erskine bowles, he says this president's budget goes nowhere that's needed to avoid a nature mayor. pretty strong language. >> none of the top three things are in budget that calls for raising the social security retirement age, charging wealthy seniors for medicare and limiting the popular tax break of the mortgage interest deduction. >> neither side, republican nor democrat, the president doesn't make any difference, neither side has yet come out and said this is the entitlement we're going to cut and here's how we're going to cut it. nobody has yet come up with a formal proposal on social security and medicare. >> people have their own lives going a million miles direction. $1.1 trillion in cuts over the next decade. 2/3 of those are budget cuts. show that president obama got the message. tell me the truth. >> what? what? >> i'm just saying these are the things that they're going to be leading with. >> wait a minute, the president only proposes to freeze spending at already very high levels and he proposes to spend a lot more on education, 11%, roads, high speed rail, etc., etc., etc. all the way down the way. >> there's a headline here and that is you looked at some of the numbers and there's a new number that wasn't there a couple of days ago. >> try this for size $1.6 trillion. that is the new white house expectation for the deficit this year. the year we are in. last month, the estimate was $1.48 trillion. now it's $120 billion more in about five or six weeks. >> at 9:20 eastern time, you'll lead with -- >> $1.6 trillion, the deficit for this budget year. that's huge. >> super bowl for conservatives. next on the rundown, what shining stars have the best chance of winning the republican presidential nomination in 2012? >> then hugh heffner's people commenting on an outbreak at the playboy mansion. what they're telling guests who went home with a dangerous parting gift. >> do i really want to know what that is? 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for an answer, we turn to the washington insiders, former secretary of -- commerce secretary nominee and fox news contributor and crystal ball, a democratic strategist, good morning, ladies. >> good morning, happy valentine's day. >> thank you very much. let's start with you. wou when you look at the people that did well and could be contenders to obama, according to the poll at cpac it would be ron paul but he's not one of the faces that you like to actually win? >> i don't think so. ron paul, first of all, has a very, very enthusiastic group of supporters. they're the kind of people that show up at organizations like cpac so that's why he won the straw poll but i think romney, mitt romney is still the lead in terms of the pac on the republican side. republicans have very traditional. they go with a guy who is waiting in line and who is taking his turn. and i think mitt romney who did fight well against john mccain last time around has been -- has been holding his place and i think he gave a great speech and i think he helped himself a lot at cpac. >> you think that mitch daniels and newt gingrich is a couple of winners. for your selections, you picked two people not in attendance, mike huckabee, mitt romney and sarah palin. only mitt showed up this weekend. >> that's right. i think the key this year with such a crowded field is going to be existing name recognition. mike huckabee still polls atop everyone and this is the guy that won iowa last time around so even though he doesn't have the fundraising prowess of mitt romney i think he could do -- i think he could do very well and end up being the republican nominee. >> linda, the president is going to unveil his budget later on today and he's got some cuts and he's also going to raise some taxes and stuff like that. that really will be one of the defining issues of 2012, won't it? >> well, the economy in 2012 is going to determine who wins the election and also going to probably determine who gets the nomination on the republican side and that's why i think both mitt romney and mitch daniels show up well. mitch daniels has one of the best resumes of anyone running. he's been a governor of the state, very successful. it's an important state, indiana. he's worked in the private sector. he's been head of omb. and he really did give a terrific speech talking about the problem with the debt and the hole that we've dug ourselves into. i think that's going to be a big, big asset come 2012. >> of course, in 2012, that's when the president has to defend what he did and i -- you know, to a lot of people they say that the message of november was time to cut up the credit cards. he's not cutting up the credit cards. >> well, you know what we're seeing, though, is his approval ratings are continuing to rise. he's around 49% right now. he's still strongly surpasses any of the potential republican contenders in terms of polling. so i think he's in a very strong position. as linda said, i think the economy will continue to be very important and we're also seeing some positive signs in that direction. so i think the president's got a great shot of getting re-elected. >> crystal ball and linda chavez, thank you so much for joining us on this valentine's day morning. >> thank you very much. >> gretchen, brian, what's coming up? 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>> got a new study published in the journal of pediatrics saying that caffeinated beverage drinks like red bull could cause seizures, racing heart rates and death for teens who consume too many of the drinks. popular drinks do not provide an energy boost and improved concentration and performance. they should avoid consuming that. that's a jolt to a big business. >> playboy hauncho hugh heffner is shooting down reports that a fog machine used during a recent party at his mansion caused a virus outbreak. the fog machine? nearly 100 people reportedly came down with a mild strain of legionairre's disease. the los angeles health department is investigating. i can't imagine that's the only thing they've investigated there when it comes to the health department. >> good thing is, gretchen, thanks to our giving up some of our money, we have a fog expert on staff. steve. when there is fog, do you look at fog as dangerous? do you ever link it with legioniarre's disease? >> no. a lot of people think london fog. >> a lot of energy has been put into dew but take some of that money and look into fog. >> fine. president's budget comes out in a couple of hours. you can make some phone calls and maybe make it all happen. >> fine. >> i doubt it. speaking of fog and dew points and stuff like that, let's take a look at the weather today and look, we've got a little bit of precipitation through portions of the northeast where currently it is balmy compared to the way it's been. also from about the middle part of california on up through puget sound we have some rain. otherwise, the balance of the country is nice and dry on this monday morning. next map shows you what it feels like when you walk out the door. it feels like it is 30 in minneapolis. it feels like it's 9 in caribou but look at new york city, right now, it feels like it's 40 actual air temperature here, midtown, 46 but there is a breezy condition. meanwhile, it feels like it's breezing in raleigh. another map shows you what the temperatures look like for the day ahead. look at that. rapid city. i told you to hang on. 57 later today. 55 for denver. 52 for kansas city. 70 in raleigh and it will be 461 in memphis. also, 70 in the dallas/fort worth metroplex where they don't have much fog. all right, mr. kilmeade, gretch back to you. >> i'll take it. we'll talk a little bit of sports. in the nba, it's where they're leading but a regular season game. i'm talking about lebron yajame and the miami heat trying to make a statement as they play in boston. would they win this time? no. celtics player glenn big baby davis that happens to be my name that joel gave me in the early 1970's, he blows the easy dunk but the celtics would overcome that and reclaim the best record in the east. rajohn rhondo would end up with a triple-double. less than a week to go for the daytona 500 and the drivers were out for the qualifying round on the brand new track service. dale earnhardt jr. won the pole position for the first time in his career. good news for earnhardt who spent the entire week answering questions about the 10 year anniversary about the death of his father at daytona. some are calling this one of the best soccer goals ever so let's share it. manchester united's wayne rooney that has some problems of late but not here. the fight to go kick into the back of the net. it gave manchester united a stunning 2-1 win over the up and coming manchester city squad. tremendous! unbelievable. you have to appreciate that. coming up on radio, we'll review that for an hour and then talk about other stuff like the world changing with bret baier. peter brooks of the c.i.a. james who used to run the c.i.a. and gerald tommy francs about the relationship that he had with these egyptian generals that are now in charge of the country all coming up between 9:00 and noon on kilmeade and friends. >> you're connected to get those guests. you know who else is connected? the people in hollywood last night. >> i watched! >> it was the grammys and the stars of the music industry took to the stage for the 53rd annual grammy awards. with us now to recap the big night in music is laura ingle. what i thought was a great show. >> it really was. this was a night of over the top performances. lady gaga hatched out of an egg on stage for example. some dressed like a peacock and others strutted like one, hello mick jagger and there were the big wins and try for a comeback for one. >> as christina is once again the post-show talker looking to put her super bowl debacle to rest belting out an aretha franklin tribute alongside jennifer hudson, martina mcbride and more. lady gaga lived up to her reputation by pulling out all the stops with her egg-cellent performance and taking home best pop vocal album for "the fame monster." >> in the rock category, news took over the grammy stage performing uprising as well as winning best rock album and the front man made sure to give a special shout voout to his girlfriend kate hudson. >> i'd like to give a special thanks to my pregnant girlfriend over there. >> new kid on the block won for best new artist. >> eminem took the stage with his mentor, dr. dre saying i need a doctor as well as picking up a trophy for best rap album. >> and the country artists were not left behind when it came to taking home the grammy gold. superstar miranda lambert not only gave her first performance but won her first award for best country female vocal while lady antebellum took home two gramaphones for song of the year and record of the year. and the biggest surprise win of the night came from arcade fire taking home the coveted album of the year. one of the big upsets of the night was that justin bieber did not win the best new artist category. breaking the hearts all over the place. >> maybe that's good news for him, though, laura. sometimes, you know, overwhelming fame leads to a lot of problems for these young kids. >> i know i wrestled with it. >> and the other thing that people are talking about today, there was a teeny thing that happened at the end of christina's big opening number with all the ladies with the tribute to aretha franklin. she slipped. all these ladies in these super high heels. everybody is always on pins and needles to see if they're going to be all right and at the very end of her performance, she did lose her balance. her lady friends helped her back up on her feet. >> she was pitch perfect. >> right. >> laura ingle, thank you very much. and remembered all the words. >> i heard that she was supposed to open on the red carpet with lady gaga in it and the latch was stuff and therefore, they had to open it on the inside. can you confirm the hatching latch problem? 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>> the problem that we have in wisconsin is we have a lot of community banks and our community banks have been treated like the wall street banks after this financial crisis and the problem is we don't have the ability to have teams of regulators and compliance officers and lawyers to deal with the regulators that are clamping down on our small banks and it's costing more money to get dollars out the door for small businesses who truly need this money to keep a business going or that guy that has the great idea for his next business. he can't access capital or the capital that he accesses in wisconsin is so much more expensive than potentially out here in the bigger cities and that's a problem for smaller rural communities. and our small businesses are the lifeblood of our jobs. >> and they're supporting our families in wisconsin and so there's a great connection between jobs, our families and our banking industry. and we see far too many regulations coming from washington in a group that had nothing to do with a financial crisis. >> i want to get rachel on the discussion as well. you have six kids together. you have been very busy raising a family. how are you trying to manage your six children with your husband now in washington? >> well, it's not easy. i won't lie but we have a good support system, friends and family and i'm living in wisconsin. i'm an at-home mom so i don't have any other outside employment. so that makes it easier. >> except you are doing some writing. and i know that you're writing columns at parentsdish.com. what i find interesting is your most recent one is on reality tv. let's keep in mind that you met on a reality show and yet, you're not a big fan of reality tv. >> thank you for reminding us of that. i appreciate that. >> i met on a blind date. you have to tell the facts. why are you not a fan? >> i wouldn't say i'm not a fan. it's changed a lot in the 15 years since sean and i were on. that said, i think that there's a lot of stuff out there. i think that parents need to be very discriminating with what they allow their children to see. and i wrote a column, i spend a lot of time complaining what's out there. that's true. but this column is actually about what we can do as parents to make our kids' world bigger and more interesting so that the influence of pop culture actually becomes smaller in their lives. because the culture has become very raunchy. >> i love your tips in this column because what you say is that snooki maybe shouldn't be the role model for our young children to look up to or the new tv show "skins." you say that honor the dignity of children and to elevate the conversation so if they actually are asking you something about the news torques have that discussion with them. you say arm them with the classics. how do you go about doing that? >> well, you know, books should be in your house that you think are the kind of books that will elevate their minds, elevate their worlds, open up their worlds to different ideas. you'd be surprised, i mean, they're the classics for a reason, because they stood the test of time. i don't think snooki will be much thought of in a few years. so i think that what's important for us to do as parents is to be aware but also to offer our kids alternatives. there's so many beautiful and wonderful things out there in life. discussions to be had. books to be read. and also, i talk a lot about using technology. using tee ball and d.v.r.'s to be selective with what you watch. that's one of the advantages right now. >> don't forget about the family dinner that will be tougher for you as a couple. so nice having a conversation with you today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. very good. meanwhile, straight ahead. breaking news just released on the royal wedding. prince william and kate middleton picked their best man and maid of honor. who are they? 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so what's the point of the whole deal? jack from the budget office joining us live. >> in 30 minutes. meanwhile, should tony blair get credit for the democratic uprisings in the middle east. the former prime minister of britain will answer that question in a "fox & friends" exclusive. >> meanwhile, a night of upsets for the stars of the music industry. >> ♪ forget you >> ♪ change in my pocket wasn't enough i might forget you ♪ >> gwyneth paltrow came and stood -- we'll take you to the 53rd annual grammy awards straight ahead. you're watching "fox & friends" on valentine's day. >> oh, dogs in space. >> look at that. >> you know why i'm nervous. that dog is by the clouds and in the basket. >> i hope my daughter is not watching. she's desperate for a puppy and she has to wait two more years. >> don't let her watch -- >> if you don't have to wait, that's the dog for you. if you would like to adopt that adorable puppy, you can go to foxandfriends.com to find out how. that's a rescue dog from the north shore animal league. that dog is available this morning, wouldn't you love to see that? >> give some advice, if you're looking for a dog to blend in with your family and kind of be one, get 115 pound bernese mountain dog. you don't even sense he's around. >> until you come home from work and he's on top of you. >> everybody! he's a little clumsy. but in a good way. >> indeed. meanwhile in one hour, president obama will roll out his $3.7 trillion budget blue print for 2012. out of hundreds federal programs, what's getting the axe? let's ask kelly wright live in washington with the details. hi, kelly. >> good morning to you, steve. parkview middle school and central technology in baltimore will be the site where president obama will unveil his new budget. why a school you might ask? the president wants to set the stage on his budget and make investments in education and other programs. here in washington, republicans say those investments actually stand for more spending. >> we're broke! what's really dangerous is if we continue to do nothing and allow the status quo to stay in place. when are we going to get serious about cutting spending? >> but the president believes his budget will put the nailings on a path towards fiscal sustainability. his budget includes more than $1 trillion in deficit reduction. 2/3 of it from cuts. the white house budget chief is on the white house web site this morning explaining the united states has to start living within its means. >> and you can see we're running very deep deficits. deficits that if we don't get them under control will cripple our country. >> the president's budget will slash funding to the states, health programs and home energy assistance for the poor. they want the president to make deeper cuts in spending and they're debating among themselves what to do in controlling spending to reduce the debt. >> if he's talking about coming and having new spending, so-called investmeninvestments. that's not where we're going. we're debating how much to cut spending, not how much to increase spending. >> and you can see right there the battle lines are being drawn between republicans and the white house. republicans would like the president to adopt their plans for decreasing the debt by decreasing spending. we'll continue to follow the developments and, of course, it all becomes known today when the president unveils that plan over in baltimore. back to you guys. >> that's right, kelly. speaking of jack who is going to be on our program in a half-hour and i believe the actual budget itself will be delivered to the capitol hill offices of the budget committee about an hour or so and we'll see that live right here on the fox newschannel! >> if you look at it on its face, here's the problem. you hear 2/3 cuts in the president's plan and you say wow, that sounds really wonderful. what you don't see is the additional spending. so let's take a look at what -- what the discretionary spending actually is in the budget vs. entitlement spending. so you see here that 60% of the budget is entitlements so i'm talking about social security. >> already spent. >> already spent automatically and there's nothing in the president's proposal to talk about how do we reduce that entitlement spend sng and to be fair, the republicans have not really come up with their plan on that yet either. >> they're waiting for the president because he's the president. they're saying hey, put your budget, we're working on ours. in the meantime, republicans have put out something to cut the current budget before march 5th so put $100 billion in cuts. first thing is first. when it comes to this budget, it only addresses the 15% of discretionary spending. >> which is just a little piece of the pie. >> but it has a lot of spending in it which is relatively intriguing. >> right, so the big question is if the only way to get us out of this hole is to go after entitlements, why haven't we done this? the president convened a budget deficit commission and they suggested $4 trillion in cuts. from what we've seen so far, we'll ask jack about it in 15 or 20 minutes, the president hasn't addressed that. he does not want to touch it in politics such as medicare, social security. >> that means raising the age to social security. what if it went up to 70? what about charging wealthy seniors for medicare. they're not popular at all. when you think of some of the programs that will be cut in the meantime, are those popular cuts? it's a double edged sword. nothing is popular. >> as you cut programs, are we ready to spend $53 billion on high speed rail? it winds up not actually being high speed and there's high speed rail throughout the northeastern corridor and how many americans actually use it? not many. they estimate that by the time it's all done, if they were to follow the president's plan, we would have to spend $120 billion on high speed rail so 80% of the country would have at their discretion. >> paul ryan was on and said i have $100 billion worth of cuts and they are working it out in front of the cameras to cut the spending. a lot of it isn't going to be easy cuts. aren't we all educated enough to know when you cut the budget and tighten your belt, it's not going to be easy or people going to be using it to hammer the other party. >> that's what millions of americans do at their own kitchen table every day. >> we have to start spending less than we take in. this year, it's not going to happen. fox news alert, the situation in egypt triggering a wave of protests spreading across the middle east. opposition leaders are planning a major protest despite warnings from the government not to do that. then you go over to yemen where thousands of demonstrators are also taking to the streets. anti-government protests also expected again in bahrain. the military has fired tear gas there and rubber bullets into the crowd and the cabinet of the palestinian authority has now been dissolved. the government says it will hold general elections later this year. there are reports this morning that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak is in a coma? an egyptian paper is claiming that. another paper, though, reporting he's at a hospital in germany. state media quickly shooting that down. he has been sick in recent months and the u.s. believes he's still at his retreat. hundreds of egyptian state workers, meantime, are back on the streets of cairo demanding better pay and working conditions and the army has met with many of the internet activests to help launch those protests in egypt. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is mouthing the words to "twinkle, twinkle, little star". we hear she's been briefed on what's happening in egypt and for john kyle's decision not to run for re-election in her home state. she spoke to her brother-in-law at the international space station. there's word about the upcoming royal wedding. prince william has asked his brother prince harry to be the best man at the wedding and the bride has asked her sister pipa is her nickname to be her maid of honor. the wedding is april 29th at london's westminster abbey and we'll cover it live here on "fox & friends." >> he has a game with the l.a. galaxy, david beckham, what will he do? we'll discuss that later for a whole hour. >> memorable night for lady antebellum at the 53rd grammy awards. the group took home the most trophies and performed the song of the year "need you now." >> ♪ it's a quarter after one i'm all alone and i need you now ♪ >> but lady gaga, as usual, stole the grammy spotlight when she arrived on the red carpet encased in a plastic egg. >> she's stuck in the egg. >> she later crawled out of it and performed her new single "born this way." gaga won three grammys. >> she is a character. if you bet she was going to come out of an egg and bet big money on, it you won a lot today. >> she had her own touch of how she looked, too. >> if you thought lady antebellum was going to be the big winner, you'd be rich. >> that's a lot of antebellum. let's talk about the guy that joined us at the top of the hour. right after 9/11, right before the iraq war, the president of the united states talked about the need to bring freedom to the middle east, to give these people a sense of hope and they have some control of the their own destinies. tony blair was at his side during that period and as we see the transformation happening in egypt right now, you have to wonder what tony blair is thinking. in fact, we asked him. >> when you spend as much time as i do out in the region, you realize that there's a kind of conflicted position about america. and about, therefore, the u.k. and europe. on the one hand, people love to go out and denounce us. on the other hand, it's the great test of a country like america. are people trying to get into it or out of it? and basically, most people want to get into it. >> they do. also, we talked a little bit with the former prime minister about the fact that david cameron, the guy that's prime minister right now talked a little bit about multiculturalism which they've been trying to do in the u.k. and cameron said this past week, it doesn't work. here's tony blair's response for that. >> there is a problem with the part, not all by any means but a part of the muslim community here. and i think that what people are really saying and by the way, many moderate muslims are saying the same is look, we all have our differences. we have our different faiths and traditions and people are free to practice them here. but there is, then, a common space. a common identity which is about values. which is about treating men and women equally. which is about respect for the rule of law or freedom and democracy. and in that common space, we've all got to congregate. >> that's like if you decide to move to america or great britain, there's certain things you have to change in your world to assimilate. i mean, that's just the way that it works and now we're seeing, you know, europe is way ahead of us as far as this multiculturalism. we're starting to see shades of that here in america and i'm thinking about that case in oklahoma where they're trying to pass sharia law, can we learn lessons from what's happening in europe with regard to multiculturalism? >> we've talked about this before. it's so encouraging for people to come out and stop worrying about being so politically correct and you heard sarkozy say it, merkle say it, tony blair say it, everybody is saying it. what do you do to change it? >> not saying it here. >> we're not nearly as bad. i'll give you an example. as an irish and italian person, mayor bloomberg came out and made a comment to the irish -- about the irish drinking. on behalf of the irish people, i don't care. i'm over it. i don't care. can we please get over it? >> i'm with you. we're too lawsuit happy. that's the problem. >> too politically correct. >> uh-huh. >> all right. what do you think about that? e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. there's no doubt these politicians are weighing a run for the white house. but is there really any truth to the latest poll from cpac? a political scientist breaks down the numbers. >> he's got a crystal ball. >> straight from gitmo to the subur suburbs? one town's decision to welcome former terrorist suspects with open arms. a look at rhianna's after opinions at last night's grammys. know the stain. after an alpaca? 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"never say never" is the name of his. that made $700,000. gretch? >> thanks, brian. natalie monroe may lose her job because of her personal blog. the pennsylvania schoolteacher ranted on line about students, co-workers and parents posting this quote, "my students are out of control, they're lazy whiners, curse, discuss drugs, complain about everything. fancy themselves, entitled to whatever they desire and are generally annoying." right now, she's currently suspended without pay while the school investigates. has the school crossed the line? natalie and her attorney are with me now. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> this was an anonymous blog. you have nine or 10 followers. why did you set it up? >> i was just setting it up to keep in touch with friends and as a place for my day-to-day musings like a diary kind of thing but in the 21st century style. >> so you decided to tell your true feeling abouts what your work life was like. why did you want to rant about some of the students' behaviors? >> i didn't start it with the intention of going on there every day and ranting about work and that's, in fact, not what i did. i wrote about 84 blogs in -- under, you know, under two years and only, you know, 60 of them were not about work at all so if it's just like every other person who has a bad day at work or has some frustrations, it was me having an outlet for that and sharing it with friends. anonymously. >> many people watching this could probably understand how a teacher could get frustrated in this day and age, right? >> yeah. >> legally, where does she stand? is there any internet policy for her as a teacher? could she have a blog? >> she can have a blog. her school district does not have an internet policy. they tell teachers everywhere, to be careful, to be safe. if you put anything that you put on the internet, people can see. people can find. natalie did it as carefully as possible. she made a fake name. she didn't mention students or school district. there's no possible way to tie this together except the school actually was contacted by the press from a student that found it and sent the entire blog to the student population via facebook and natalie was escorted on of the building that same day. >> do you think there was a vendetta against you? how would somebody even find this blog? it's anonymous and you didn't mention any of the students? >> i do sort of think it was a vendetta. i think there was some discontent over possibly grades or anything, the same way that students don't like teachers for whatever reason. i think they went in search of it. because it was -- it was anonymous. and it's really hard to find. >> let me get in the school statement here. here's what they say. central bucks east in no way reflects and condones the sentiments this teacher posted. that's short and sweet. what's going to happen to her job? >> right now, she's suspended with pay which happened on wednesday. the school has made it clear they do not want natalie back. based on what happened locally, i don't know about any school district that would want natalie to work with them. she has a first amendment case with the school district if they ultimately terminate her. >> would you do it differently around the next time if you could? >> you know, i think it's regrettable that it was -- that it was searched out and brought to the media like this. my words were true and honest many i stand by them. it was for friends, it was for myself. it wasn't for the world at large. >> natalie monroe, steve robner, very interesting case. thanks so much for being our guest. >> thank you for having us here. >> let us know what you think about that. friends at foxnews.com. brian, steve? >> thanks, very much. president obama's brand new budget is headed to capitol hill right now. there's one problem. it's filled with new spending. how will that new spending help our country from going broke? we're going to ask the man behind the budget in a couple of minutes. >> that should be fun. meanwhile, former terrorism suspects released into the suburbs while one u.s. town is asking former gitmo detainees to move there. >> they turn cold harded breakups into cold harded cash. we'll talk to two entrepreneurs who got rich only after getting dumped. first, a look at usher's performance last night with justin bieber at the grammys. the smell of home made chili whatever scents fill your household, purina tidy cats scoop helps neutralize odors in multiple cat homes... keeping your house smelling like it should. purina tidy cats scoop. keep your home smelling like home. for just $29.99 at red lobster. with fresh salads and biscuits. your choice of entrees. and an appetizer or a dessert to share. ends soon, at red lobster. >> we've got a fox news alert for you on this monday morning. egyptian workers are taking to the streets to demand better pay and working conditions as the egyptian army meets with internet activists who helped spark the protests to discuss rewriting egypt's constitution. joining us from cairo is leland vittert. hey, leland. >> hey, steve. it's an unbelievable scene here in cairo. just about 72 hours after the revolution, things are in many ways back to normal. there's a whole lot of traffic out there. the square has traffic and no protesters in it. very different place than it was on friday night, of course, when president mubarak left. however, there's still a lot of things going on in this country. most predominantly trying to figure out how they're going to move on and have this free and fair election and this democracy that everybody gave so much for. we had an interview this morning with one of the men involved in trying to rewrite the constitution and he was actually drawing on a lot of the lessons learned in the united states. he said he wanted to have checks and balances. didn't want too much power consolidated with the president and i asked him, all right, the army has now moved in. the army has taken over. they say they're going to only rule for six months. president mubarak came from military. he was here for 30 years. what's the guarantee that's not to happen? basically, if that happens, the people are going to take to the streets yet again, so he feels as though really, egypt has changed. steve? >> leland live from cairo, thank you, sir, for the live report. >> gretch? >> the rest of the headlines for your monday. an american jihadist who helped al-qaida train the london subway bombers has reportedly been released from prison after serving just four years behind bars. muhammad babar who grew up in new york and admitted to setting up a training camp. after his arrest, he became a government informant who testified at several terror trials. >> gretch, the new york city man accused of going on a deadly stabbing spree will answer to a jury today. on his way out of the police precinct, he yelled to the crowd he was set up. he's accused of stabbing four people to death including his own stepfather and a girl who rejected his love advances. coming up next year, we'll talk to joe risotto, the man who was injured as he foughted him off on a subway train savoring many, many lives. he credits his loyalty to ufc and wrestling for him being able to implement the moves that kept himself alive. >> that came in handy. >> by the way, would you want gitmo detainees as neighbors? tomorrow, the city council in berkeley, california is voting on a plan to invite two former gitmo bay detainees to resettle there. they're the kind of people that we would love to live next door to you or dating your cousin? is this a joke? the former detainees have been cleared of terror charges were one councilman who is against the idea says the city has enough problems. they don't want military recruiters but them some released gitmo people. they're misunderstood! just in the wrong battlefield at the wrong time. we've all been there. >> there go property values! boom. >> they could be misunderstood as if you give a gift to somebody that you work with. so today is valentine's day. now, will you give your work spouse if you have one, will you give that person a gift? if you're a man, will you bring flowers to your work spouse wife? >> here's the thing. >> yeah. >> you should first -- if you're going to do something like that, you have to get permission from your real life spouse. that's the problem. >> should your wife help you shop for your work spouse? >> most wives don't know that some guys have work spouses and if you're not familiar, a work spouse is somebody at your place of employment, a member of the opposite sex who you have lunch with, you chitchat with and share your secrets and stuff like that and the worry is that while there is no -- >> there is no relationship in the beginning, there could be down the road ooch. >> that is the problem. i spend more time with you than i do my actual husband. he knows about it. >> maybe you should ask for permission to get him a gift. >> let me know. >> do you think it's appropriate to give your work spouse something? e-mail us right now, friends at foxnews.com or crossing the line? >> next year, can we do this on the day before so we have a chance to get something? >> president obama's 2012 budget on its way to capitol hill right now. he plans to cut $1.1 trillion from the deficit over the next 10 years. some say it won't be the solution to our fiscal crisis right now, we are joined by the white house budget director, jack liu. good morning to you, jack. >> good morning. >> we see you have this big budget proposed. in the next year, will we spend less than we take in? >> well, this is a budget that over the -- the next several years brings the deficit down and makes it so it will stop adding to our debt so in the middle of the decade, we're paying our bills and we're on a path towards fiscal stability? in the next five years, discretion spending which means $400 billion of savings. that means real cuts. what we're doing in this budget is making cuts but we're also by living within our means able to invest in our future so we can create jobs and have a strong economy in the future. >> talking a little bit about spending cuts but it's, in looking at what we know so far, of the spending cuts, you take the money you save and then you turn around and spend it. >> well -- >> jack, that i i thought the n the november elections was for you to cut up the credit cards. >> we are making cuts here. that means real tough choices and real sacrifices. we have scores of programs where in good times, in times when you didn't have to worry about the deficit, you wouldn't be looking to make cuts. we do it in programs that affect people's lives, that affect our communities. and there are real cuts here. but we do also invest. so that we're making those tradeoffs like every family does around its kitchen table. >> right. >> you can't afford everything. you have to pay for the things that you need to have a stronger future. that's what we did on this budget. >> sure. when you say invest, you'll invest in things like high speed rail and things like that. that means spending whereas if you're saving the money, why turn around and spend it and we'll ultimately spend more than we're saving. >> this will cut the deficit that the president inherited in half. it will take it from 10% of the economy down to 3% of the economy. that's a huge amount of deficit reduction. it is the most deficit reduction we've ever achieved in history. >> right. >> and i think that it's important to focus on the fact that we've agreed, there's a consensus that we need to tighten our belts and reduce spending. we also need to reduce the deficit because that's the way we get ourselves back to fiscal health. this budget does both. >> one thing this budget doesn't do, though, is address entitlements and we know of the federal dollar pie and we're putting it up on the screen right now. discretionary spending is just 15% whereas entitlement spending is 60%. i know the president's own deficit commission recommended $4 trillion worth of savings and cuts and stuff like that. you aren't doing anything on that? why not? >> we have a budget that takes on every aspect of the budget. you're totally correct. you cannot fix our fiscal position just by cutting domestic discretionary spending. it's not big enough. we have to tighten our belt and we need to make savings there but need to move beyond it. this budget has savings in defense, $78 billion of savings compared to last year's budget over five years. it has savings in entitlement programs. we have $62 billion of savings in health programs to pay for medicare spending. so this budget takes on a lot of tough challenges. >> but, you know, you talk about entitlement spending and that's really where ultimately, we're going to dig ourselves out of this hole and while the white house is not taking the first step, are you waiting for the republicans to do that? is it a game of political chicken? >> the president's budget is a comprehensive budget. it puts us on a fiscal path. a path of fiscal sustainability. we are starting the process with our plan. we look forward to engaging with the congress. there will be a lot of xeelth ideas coming from the congress. we hope those ideas achieve a kind of deficit reduction that we achieve. we look forward to working together. you got to start somewhere and this budget does it. it puts us on the path so we have $1.3 trillion reduction in the coming years and 2/3 from reduced spending. we think it's the right balance. we've made a tradeoff and still have savings. we think that's the right way and responsible way to pursue it. >> it's a big day, the director of the omb, jack lew, thank you very much for joining us from the white house. >> thank you very much for having me. >> you bet. >> coming up next, steve forbes will react to what jack lew just said about the president's plans to cut the budget back. >> and how about a woman who fought off a tiger using a wooden spoon? 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[ male announcer ] there's aflac and there's everything else. visit aflac.com for an agent or quote. aflac! >> quick headlines for you. how do you stop a tiger attack? with a wooden soup ladle, of course. we have a woman who saved her husband from being mauled by a tiger by clubbing the tiger on the head and chasing it away. the man is still in the hospital being treated for injuries. now, if you want a gas guzzler, you can be paying more in the lone star state. they are considering adding $100 surcharge on new vehicles that fall short of federal fuel efficiency standards. this recommendation is among several that could help cover texas' $15 billion budget shortfall. steve? >> fill er up. thanks. president obama's budget director jack lew on the program touting the administration's $2012 budget proposal and joining us for reaction of what mr. lew had to say about the plan is the president and ceo of forbes, steve forbes. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> my first question was will we in the next year spend less than we are -- rather, save more than we spend and the answer was no. >> no. and it's a budget to nowhere and the savings, $1.1 trillion over 10 years? that's 2 or $0.03 on the dollar. and the spending increases, trains, what they're proposing really a bridge to the 19th century and surprised they didn't propose -- >> high speed rail isn't really high speed. >> we have to look to the future, not this past junk. >> as we look to the future, we look at people who are retiring. they need social security benefits and the question of entitlements, this administration is punting with this particular budget. >> the president should take a lead on that because the president does not, republicans know from the past that any time they raise their hand, the democrats are there to shoot it off so the president has to go and put proposals on the table. if not, not serious. >> the republicans haven't made any, you know, substantive proposals on cutting entitlements either. >> well, congressman -- well, congressman paul ryan has put some ideas on the table for which the democrats fiercely attacked him so again, the president is the president. let him take the lead. george bush did. we know what happened to him. maybe this president can have more success. >> if you were running the country right now, what would you do? >> i would start by stablizing the dollar so we didn't get hit in the future by massive increases in interest rates. two, put in a flat tax so people can work and not have the government take it all away. and real spending cuts and have real reform on social security and health care and on social security, how about personal accounts for younger people? the washington politicians don't control it. you have control of it. there are rules about diversification and everything like that. on health care, more free enterprise, steve, get more -- more production of health care. that's the answer. >> sure,>> i understand, two of the things -- two ways you're going to raise revenue, one, for high earners are going to get rid of itemized deductions or limit them by home mortgage and stuff like that and the george bush era tax rates, they will allow to go away at the conclusion of 2012. which is funny because just a week or two ago, the president of the united states took credit to too that. >> idea, right. that's politics. and it shows the idea if they could put tax increases in this budget, they know they're not going to get them. it shows they're not really serious about getting this thing under control and as for inheriting deficits they're the ones that enact the deficit that does nothing for this economy and now we have a big mess. >> we have a big mess. we'll find out what happens later today on capitol hill. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. straight ahead on this monday morning, turning your breakup into a successful business. two entrepreneurs who made money after getting dumped. you've got to hear their story. but first on this date in 1985, the number one song in america was "i want to know what love is." by foreigner. ♪ it's a new day i'm loving weight watchers new pointsplus program and the edge it's giving me. ♪ and i'm feeling good go on, join for free. weight watchers new pointsplus. because it works. >> answer to the question of the day, of course, it's florence henderson, the winner dave brunson from pennsylvania. congrats. valentine's day can be a tough time if you're unlucky in love. if anyone knows how to turn lemons into lemonade, it's your next guest. they both suffered heartbreaks but turned their bad breakups into business ventures that have brought them success and happiness. david is the founder of my jewelry box .com and joins us from montreal and here in the studio is josh opperman founder of i do now, i don't.com. good morning, gentlemen. happy valentine's day. >> good morning. >> i can say that to you now because you eventually found love after you had bad breakups. david, let me start with you. i understand that your before girlfriend wanted a really expensive ring and what happened? >> well, we thought the right thing -- we had been dating for a long time and we thought the right thing was to get engaged. i recently quit my job and wanted to start a new company and was exploring what to do, was a little bit lost and confused but she was quite demanding in her request and i don't think i was able to satisfy that request and i was on my own spiritual journey of getting away from money from materials so in doing the investigation in engagement rings, i discovered that thashz just tremendous markups out and we could be -- that basically doing competitive analysis, i discovered that not only could we compete out there, we could actually beat the competition by not having -- by having the cost savings of the internet. >> so you started your own company. you broke up with your girlfriend. i want to bring josh back in. you also had a breakup. you were actually engaged. what happened to you? >> yes, i was engaged around eight years ago and i come home and, you know, the engaugement ring was left on the table. she's gone and i'm totally devastated over this. and trying to sell my ring back afterwards i was only getting around 35% back to what i paid for and it was just a disaster of trying to get rid of it so by saying this must be a better way to get rid of the ring. >> all right. so david, you started my jewelrybox .com. what you do is you give consumers rings that aren't as expensive as other places. how do you do that? >> well, we don't have the same overhead as the brick and mortar traditional retailers. we're able to pass on the savings. they have high rent, a big sales force and obviously by doing it on line, we're able to obviously the economy is there. not to mention that we've grown significantly. and we're able to be able to pass on that savings to the customer so we'll take various affordable, accessible styles and make them affordable and accessible to the masses really. >> $15 million sales last year and you have 22 employees. i call that a success. josh, you decided to start a company, then, called "i do now, i don't" dot-com. what do you offer consumers? >> we offer consumers a way to better recoup sales on their ring or if they want to -- either from a divorce or broken engagement or if they want to upgrade a ring. we authenticate all rings after the sale. once the sale is made, the ring comes to us. the money is held in escrow and we have gemologists to verify the details of the ring for the buyer. >> not only were the two of you successful in business after being dumped, you were successful in love, too. you proposed to your girlfriend who is a canadian model. you're married and your wife is to be induce the with your first child tomorrow. >> i'm really excited. we're going to the hospital tonight. she'll be induced then and the baby will definitely come tomorrow. >> congratulations to both of you. happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day. >> thank you very much. >> all right. >> coming up on our show, this man accused of a wild killing spree that left four people dead and three more slashed and stabbed. including this last victim who survived and says he was glad the mad man picked him. he's here live to tell his story. then the president's new budget promises cuts but new spending. introducing legislation to stop overspending and will join us live. ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? 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"fox & friends" states right now -- starts right now. >> gretchen: happy halle valents day, everybody. look how cute, that puppy. you can adopt that, the north shore animal league has that puppy up for adoption. head over there if you live in the new york area and you would love to have that cute little guy join you. >> steve: there are a number of republicans who say the president's budget, which is being delivered right now on capitol hill, is a dog because it simply does not attack what really has gotten news big trouble and that, of course, is the entitlement programs. those are live pictures in the senate. >> gretchen: i've never seen so much excitement for boxes. >> steve: it's the dirt in office buildings. i believe what they're doing is they're going to distribute it to the senate staff coming up shortly. that's on the 6th floor of the building adjacent to the u.s. capitol. >> gretchen: i wonder how many page social security -- pages is in that thing. two-thirds of those are budget cuts and one third are tax hikes. that's a simple way of saying what's in that. >> brian: they talk about a five-year freeze on current levels. the problem is, as many people agree, speaker boehner said it, they were freezing at levels that are way too high because right now we're running at a definite sit. if you freeze those levels and continue to spend, you'll go over the top. here is what they are going to cut, clean water projects, home heating assistance, pell grants will still be in existence, but more people do qualify because of the economic down turn. lockic plays into that. but that basically is not enough when you consider that the president commissioned a definite sit commission, a bipartisan deficit commission to come up with some answers for the long-term problem with the huge budget deficit we have. the president's ignored it. >> steve: right. and his own commission said we've got a list, mr. president, of $4 trillion, but the president punted on that, but then again so did the republicans. what's interesting, as we look at the stuff where he's going to take a bunch of that money that he saves and then spend it on this, like high speed rail, yes, back to the future. he's going to spend is a lot on education, infrastructure, extending the internet to places where they apparently don't have it or pay too much, and fixing two years of the health care thing, called the doctor fix. >> gretchen: so in the last couple of days, we've heard about -- there are is for 2012. we heard the republicans want to cut as much as $100 billion for 2011 because remember, they really don't have is a budget set for 2011 yet. remember when that came to a crashing halt before the end of the year? so the republicans want to cut that much out of just discretionary spending. if you take a look at the pie chart that we have -- we don't have it. imagine a pie chart in your head of 60% of that, a majority, is entitlement spending. that's why we get ourselves into difficulty, like social security and medicare. not that they aren't great programs, but do we have the money to continue at the rates we are? 12% is discretionary spending and so that's where the $100 billion would come out of. do we need to be talking about that 60% instead? >> steve: yeah. we talked to jack lew about that. here is what he said. >> this said budget will cut the deficit that the president inherited when he took office two years ago in half. it will take it from 10% of the economy down to 3% of the economy. that is a huge amount of deficit reduction. it is the most deficit reduction we've ever achieved in history. and i think that it's important to focus on the fact that we've agreed -- the consensus we need to tighten our belts and reduce spending. we also need to reduce the deficit because that's the way we get ourselves back to fiscal health. this budget does both. >> steve: maybe the white house did hear the november elections and so they are taking a step in the right direction. but still in the next year, we're going to be operating at a definite sit. john cornyn is going to sit down with us and we'll talk to him about the president's big budget, which is on his desk. >> brian: think about this, this year we're running a $1.5 trillion deficit in one year in 2011. this proposed budget will cut the deficit by $1.1 trillion over ten years. just logic plays in this is nowhere approaching where our economic problems are. >> steve: you got to mess with entitlements. >> brian: we'll see what happens because now the republicans have to come up with theirs. >> gretchen: let's move to a hot topic we'll discuss, which is the middle east situation. we all know what happened in egypt on friday and then into the weekend. so will democracy come to egypt? it won't happen overnight. but maybe it will. so what is the domino effect now? you're having problems in yemen. you also have a scheduled protest coming up in iran. remember last year when that happened, the obama administration really sat back and did not have the same stance with the protesters there speaking of freedoms as they did with egypt. so now if there is another protest in iran, what will happen there? >> steve: because the opposition leaders there have accused of iranian leadership of saying, hey, wait a minute, you were supportive of the protesters in the country of egypt, but when we say we want to go out, you say, stop and you can't do it. >> brian: the reason why egypt worked is because the army didn't turn its guns on its people. iran does shoot their own people. so what would tony blair do? we asked him. >> let's be absolutely clear, a changed regime in iran, if you had a change in iran, i simply cannot overstate the importance that would have to peace and stability within the region as a whole. and so i think if this starts as a movement in iran, we've got to put the maximum pressure we can on the iranian authorities, indeed. the region -- >> brian: according to people inside the cabinet said the president sees this as an opportunity to force the type of change. one thing they have done and it may seem like a minority point, but it could be a major point, is they put farsi twitter together so now you can immediately understand in twitter and 140 characters or less. i think the president sees this as an opportunity. we put together a worm to bring down their nuclear program. why weren't we aggressive enough to fuel change in their society. >> steve: if you watched 60 minutes last night, the guy who was the google executive in egypt, you realize, wait a minute, that whole uprising really did start on the internet. it started with him. he was posting -- he had a web page and a facebook page talking about some guy who was killed by the government and people just became outraged. and now you look at what's going on. today in the palestinian region, apparently they have -- what they have decided is they're going to dismiss their cabinet and that's a step. >> gretchen: it goes to show you that you can't clamp down now on every possible aspect of information. in the world we live in -- >> steve: you can try. >> gretchen: but you can't. that's an amazing story that one guy twittered something and the whole egypt thing happened. so what's going to happen today in egypt, iran, yemen, and there are a whole slew of countries nervous and dumping their entire cabinets to try to stop the protests. >> brian: we'd like to see syria and iran, but they have a history of steam rolling their own people that actually rise up. so in bahrain, kuwait, jordan, libya, maybe they're vulnerable. libya perhaps will do the same thing. but in other nations, yet to see people have guns. >> steve: we had tony blair on the program earlier and he talked a little bit about multi culturallism. they've really tried to do that in the united kingdom and the current prime minister, david ram con, a couple of days ago said, you know what, it doesn't work, but we knew that. >> brian: france agrees. >> not all by any means, but a part of the muslim community here, and i think that what people really are saying and by the way, many moderate muslims are saying the same, is that, look, we all have our differences. we have our different faiths and traditions. people are free to practice them here. but there has been a common space, a common identity which is about values, which is about treating men and women equally, which is about respect for the rule of law, freedom and democracy. and in that common space, we've all got to congregate. >> steve: there you go. >> gretchen: it was a very interesting thought from him. glad we could get him. let's do some headlines now. they are red lighted to what we've been discussing. more developments out of egypt. hosni mubarak may be in bad health. this comes as two cairo papers report he is depressed, refusing to take medicines and repeatedly passing out at his retreat. there were earlier reports that he was in a coma or at a hospital in germany. those reports have been denied by egyptian media. a developing story out of florida where a charter bus to disney world has crashed. the disney magical express slammed into a tractor-trailer. five people have been taken to the hospital. minor injuries reported. the accident caused 150 gallons of diesel fuel to spill onto the highway. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is now reportedly mouthing the words to twinkle, twinkle little star. we also hear she's been briefed op what's happening in egypt and on senator jon kyl's decision not to run for reelection. she also spoke by phone to her brother-in-law who is on the international space station and soon her husband will be going up in the space shuttle as well. brand-new details about britain's royal wedding. the word, prince william asked his brother, hundreds harry, to be the best man. kate middleton asked her sister to be her maid of honor. the wedding is april 29, right around the corner. it will be at london's westminster abbey, and we will cover it live right here on "fox & friends." the ceremony will be during our show. very exciting. >> steve: today is valentine's day and if you are a person who has an office spouse, if you're a guy who goes to his office and there is a woman there who you regard as kind of your office wife where you go out to lunch with her, you talk to her, you share a lot, what do you do on valentine's day? remember, this is a day of romance. technically office spouses should not be romantic. >> gretchen: okay. some people apparently do buy gifts for their office spouse. here is what kathy said when we asked for your thoughts on it. absolutely not. not a good idea. no gifts for a work spouse. i am sure most people don't even appreciate that title for their husband or wife. >> steve: yeah. >> brian: joanne in newton says this, that's pennsylvania: my husband has a work wife and i help him get a good gift for her. she puts up with his idiosynchrasies for a longer period of time than i do. >> steve: at least he's honest. >> brian: that's mini big love. >> gretchen: a work husband, could you read the tease. >> steve: sure. coming up this blurry photograph that has police on high alert. somebody is stalking young girls, but detectives can't seem to catch him. details straight ahead. >> brian: a man accused of murdering four people and nearly killing several more, including this guy. but he survived. he says he's glad the psycho attacked him. joe lazido here to tell his story. but first, while joe waits, let joe take in this. a look at lady gaga's performance from last night's grammy awards. she's flamboyant. ♪ [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >> brian: a live look at president obama's 2012 budget arriving on capitol hill. they should have put it in an attachment in an e-mail. proposing $1.1 trillion reduction in deficit over the next ten years. some republicans say it doesn't go far enough. >> gretchen: joining us now on the curvy could you have is texas republican senator john cornyn. so great to see you in person. >> good morning. good to be with all of you. >> brian: so you were at the super bowl? >> yeah. >> brian: no neck tie, having a good time. >> occasionally i take my tie off. >> gretchen: we're talking about the budget. what are your first thoughts when you see just the first few details of president obama's budget? >> i worry that it's too timid. it takes on 12% of spending. a third of it is tax increases and he seems to walk away rather than embrace the findings of his own fiscal commission. these are extraordinary times and i think it calls for extraordinary action. the president said in the state of the union, we need to be bold, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the national debt is our single largest national security issue. so i was a little disappointed, to be honest with you, that the president seems to have made such a half hearted effort, not even touching entitlements, with the fiscal commission -- what they said is the biggest challenge ahead of us. >> brian: let's look what bartlet said. he said the fiscal times, i think it's an incredibly dopey idea, a balanced budget amendment would force the federal government to make economic recessions worse. so if you go ahead and cut and balance, he thinks you would send the wrong message. >> i disagree. >> gretchen: it's your plan. right? >> yeah. the fact of the matter is, every family, every business in 49 states have other responsibilities to spend less when less money is coming in and all we're saying is the federal government ought to play by those same rules. but it's not just about cutting. part of the reason why we have such a huge deficit is because there is less revenue coming in because we're in a recession. people are out of work. so we need to take our foot off the neck of the private sector and not discourage job creation and job growth, but encourage it and spending cuts and other reforms will be able to close that gap and put us on a balanced budget. >> steve: you mentioned entitlements. the president isn't touching them and not looking at what the deficit commission had suggested. but you suggest that if he would propose something, you would meet him halfway. it's not an issue of political chicken in this case. >> on social security, they made recommendation this if on a bipartisan basis we were able to work together and one side would not kick the living daylights out of the other by just making a proposal, it would be able to regain the public's confidence that we're serious about addressing the problem. i think we need to do that and i'm sorry the president has not taken the lead. if he doesn't, we will and hopefully we'll get there. >> gretchen: all right. you say he has to go first, though. we'll wait and see how that all plays out. senator, great to see you. >> thank you. >> steve: have a safe trip home. >> gretchen: we'll see you in washington. coming up next, he picked on the wrong guy. the hero who stopped an accused murderer in his tracks and ended his reign of terror. he will join us live next. >> steve: ann coulter says there is only one republican who can win the white house in 2012. one problem? he's not running. who is he? details ahead it's pain relief without the pills. 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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why not 73? >> that's the amount of matches i had when i won the undisputed championship. so there is a little trivia there. >> brian: what's the message in your story that people should take from it? >> the thing is, this is my second book and when i was a kid, i wanted to be a wrestler r and a rock star. they both seemed like pipe dreams. for better or for worse, i actually was able to achieve both those dreams. so this is kind of a, if you want to do something, you can do it. and b, what happens when you actually achieve that dream. is it all you thought it was going to be? when i first got to the wwe, it wasn't the most easy time. you have to kind of reinvent yourself and even though you're there, you made it, here on fox news, now we have to do something that's entertain to go keep people into it. it really is a double sided message. >> steve: obviously there are a lot of fans. we've got the story this morning about this guy who is on the subway and he simply has been a fan of the usc and wrestling for 20 years. that's the guy right there. we're going to have him on shortly, he helped take down this guy who murdered some people. >> if you're a subway slasher, don't attack guys that size. i wouldn't go after that guy. that just goes to show -- >> gretchen: apparently he was a huge fan of wrestling. >> literally huge. the thing is, you don't take the subway. like today, the subway was packed, so i took lady gaga's egg. >> gretchen: very good. tell us a little bit about your rock band. >> it's fozzy. we've been doing it 11 years now. once again, i had this dream of being a musician much longer than i've been wrestling and it was kind of funny because when i first started in the wwe in 1999, i made it to the top of the ladder and yet still playing in an outhouse somewhere with my band. you're at the top of the peak in one place and at the bottom of the other and you have to work your way up. it's been great. we've been doing really well. we've toured the world five times. if you have a dream and you want to go for it, then go for it. the only people who tell you you can't do it are the ones who failed. >> brian: what to do when you get it. >> exactly. it's good. like i said, it's fun to write about it. like once you get a chance to put all this stuff into a book and get it all encapsulated and read it, it's like, wow, i got two books about my life! tom, what's his name? tom sawyer, huck finn and chris jericho. >> gretchen: i got to ask you, what's this tattoo? >> it's my wife's name right here. i lost my wedding ring like three or four times, so instead of getting beaten down over and over again, you think the subway slasher is bad, try telling your wife you lost your wedding ring. >> gretchen: it's valentine's day. are you romantic? >> yeah, i guess so. that's the thing about being on the road, you kind of have to adapt because i have this whole tour. >> steve: she's probably watching right now. >> i hope she is. happy valentine's day here on camera 3. i love you. >> brian: chris, guess what you get? you can bring home flowers from our set to your lovely wife. >> brian: stands on the side of the road. >> gretchen: good luck -- >> i'm not giving these back, by the way. i'm taking them. >> steve: go. >> gretchen: good luck on your book. >> steve: it's called undisputed. >> thank you very much. always a pleasure. >> gretchen: next, you can see him on camera stalking women, so why can't cops cam this lunatic? 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she's very good at being famous. >> gretchen: let's talk about somebody who may not have is a a -- a paycheck, this teacher in pennsylvania. she was on our show live earlier. she's been suspended for writing this anonymous blog that had nine or ten followers where she said things about her students like, they're lazy. they speak back to me. it's frustrating, but it was anonymous. somebody found this blog and now she has been suspended. here is what she had to say. >> so if it's just like every other person who has a bad day at work or has frustration, it was me having an outlet for that and sharing with friends anonymously. >> steve: we asked you for e-mail. mary said, natalie monroe had it exactly right in her blog about students. that is the exact reason why i retired. students feel entitled to everything without having to put an ounce of effort into their own education. it is truly frustrating. >> brian: another one, teachers -- the teacher did nothing wrong. she vented on-line. who doesn't do that these days? she didn't say any names. the school is out of line. debbie from new york. >> gretchen: the interesting thing is, apparently there is no policy at that school about using internet if you're a teacher. so we'll have to see how that turns out. >> brian: he came eye to eye with an accused killer with a knife over the squeaked decided he did not want to die. joseph fought off the man on a subway train who earlier allegedly murdered four people. joins us, joe, recovering after that attack in which you were treated immediately and a good samaritan helped keep you alive. thank you for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> brian: i see you're there in times square. joe, tell us when you first saw this mad man walk by you. what were you thinking? >> you know, like i have been telling everybody else, i didn't see the paper, i didn't know that he was wanted or what he had done the night before. he just kind of had a shady look about him and he just looked like trouble, whether it was a shady look that he was going to try to carve me like a turkey or just spray paint something, i don't know. but it was something about him that made me take notice. >> brian: he came back to your car, he challenges you. what do you think? did you see his weapon right away? >> yeah. basically he was in the car with me the whole time and he came back at me and he told me, you're going to die, you're going to die. then he took the weapon out and lunged at me. as far as what i was thinking, was oh, my god. i got to do something or else he's going to kill me. >> brian: the way i understand it, he got you under the eye, you're bruised, back of the head you're cut. you got another cut. you're bleeding. but you end up saying to yourself, i'm a ufc fan. i know you watch it so much, you go for the single leg take down. you got to neutralize him, so you shot in. >> yeah. if you watch fighting or you watch football, you know the easiest way to try to get somebody down, you go for the waist and legs and take them down. maybe i learned all that from osmosis because i've never trained in martial arts. you were there and -- i knew i had to do something if -- or you guys would be doing a different story on me. >> brian: you got him down you and feel like -- he looks like a strong guy. when you grabbed him, did you feel like you were the stronger guy? >> i think it was he was probably hopped up on something. i was probably just on adrenaline and i outweigh him by a bit, so he went down and thankfully when we were scuffling, a police officer on the train actually came out there in the nick of time and saved my life. >> brian: chris jericho, heard about this story. he knows you're a fan of wrestling. here is what he said about, as he read the incident what he thought. let's listen together. >> subway slasher, don't attack guys that size. i wouldn't go after that guy. that just goes to show -- >> brian: don't go after a guy like you and you said ironically, you were glad if he was going to go after someone in that car, he went after you because there were women and children on that car. >> yeah. i don't like to say it 'cause i'm not that way, but basically i said it after i got stitched up. i can say it now since i survived, but there was plenty of opportunity for him to go after a smaller person or woman or something, and if it had to be someone and now that i know i'm alive, i'm glad it was me. like i said, i'm grateful for all the police and emt's down there to save me or else i wouldn't be here right now. >> brian: a good samaritan came up and stopped the bleeding, and you said don't let me die here. why? >> yeah. that's my hero. i never saw his face and he just came up to me with napkins and applied pressure to the deepest wound on the back of my head. keep in mind, all the wounds are behind me and i can't see where they are and i just feel blood pouring out of me like a waterfall. this gentleman, who i wish i knew who he was, stayed with me the whole time, applied the pressure and i'm begging the cops to get me to the station. they were doing all they could, but that guy, the police, those are the heros. i think you might be talking to the wrong person. >> brian: i think i'm talking to the right person and i think when you said to him, hey, i have a wife and i have two young sons, you don't want to die. >> yeah. i live for my family. that's why i do the commute that i do and i live for my family. that's it. the beginning and the end is my family. if i'm going to go out, i don't want to go out in a subway train in the middle of a tunnel. >> brian: you didn't. joe, do you want to show us what you went through, i mean, what he did to you? did he cut you in the back of your head? >> yeah. he got me good. >> brian: wow! >> he got me back there and he got me on my thumb here. he got me in the thumb. he got me up here in the tricep and on the head and everything. he had his way with me for sure. >> brian: no, he didn't. he's in jail, you're out here talking to us. you had your way. your sons must be so proud. i know everyone else is. he's under arrest right now and hopefully won't be around to hurt anybody else. joe, i can't thank you enough for sharing your story and i'm glad you watch the ufc. >> i love it. when you were there, i was happy to talk to you. it's great stuff, man, i appreciate it. >> brian: i did the first four. thanks a lot. >> i was right there with you, man. >> brian: all right, joe. i appreciate it and thanks for sharing your story. hope to get you in studio. >> whatever, any time. anything for you. >> brian: okay. thanks, joe. what a great story. >> steve: excellent! >> gretchen: you wrestled? >> bri: no. i did the first four on pay per view when people didn't know what it was. i did the play by play and the ring reporting to see if anyone was going to survive. and they ended up, the sumo guy ended up losing a lot. >> steve: those shows had an impact on that guy. >> gretchen: ann coulter is on deck. she says there is only one conservative who can win the white house in 2012 and the only problem is, he's not running. >> steve: romantic and healthy. the author of "eat this, not that" here for a special valentine's day edition. first, a look at cleo's performance at last night's grammy's. losing weight clicked for me when i lost weight right away. that weight tracker continued to go down and down and down. weight watchers online has some great tools. i just love the chinese buffet cheat sheet -- if you like the chicken and vegetables you can put a little serving here and you actually make your plate. it just blows my mind to even think i've lost 100 pounds and i have weight watchers online to thank. the fun, funkier me has come out to play. 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>> he's manly enough to be president. >> gretchen: what about women candidates? >> there is only like two -- >> gretchen: michelle bachman, sarah palin. >> i love these candidates. we have to say, a congressman isn't going to be a presidential candidate. i'm guilty of it, i support duncan hunter because i thought he had the best positions. but it's silly. you may as well talk about something on your town council. well, he's good on all the issues. that's fantastic, but you're not going to run a congressman. palin i think would be a step down. >> brian: tell me what the think about the straw poll. ron paul won, he packed the plates place. mitt romney, then chris christie. what's lacking for mitt romney? >> well, i started saying this last year. if there isn't a star that emerges and chris christie is a star, it's going to be romney because apparently republican primary voters vote for any candidate they've heard the name of before. they voted for mccain. oh, i remember that name. >> gretchen: didn't he do the health care plan in massachusetts? >> i think that's a big problem. with chris christie, every 20 years you have a politician come along that every other one is afraid to say. he speaks the truth, he speaks about the unions that are strangling the unions. amazingly, the people like to hear it. oh, a politician speaks the truth and speaks it directly and doesn't sugar coat it and that takes courage and articulate. >> brian: i look forward to reading your new book. always great to see you. >> good to see you. >> steve: thanks. want a sweet treat this valentine's day? you have to say this. one of these desserts has 250 calories. the other has 1,000. we'll chill you which one to eat. right now bill hemmer, who always is watching his waistline, joins us with a preview. >> it looks delicious. >> steve: what's on your menu today? >> valentine's day. how are you doing, steve? >> fine, thank you. on a monday morning. >> it's mountain of debt higher than any other period in human kind? what will the president do about it? what will republicans do about it? the leading republican in the house and in the senate both are here to react to that. states are facing huge demands to pay for health care retirees. the latest ideas on how to manage that and john bolten on the spreading protests in the middle east with egypt the last stop. martha and i will see you in about ten minutes on a monday morning. see you then. 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? >> steve: it's valentine's day. you can have two options. you can either overindulge or make the right food choices so you stay hot and healthy when it comes to eating stuff today. >> gretchen: we're not talking about staying hot as in temperature. clint carter is an associate editor of men's health and contributing editor for eat this, not that. he's here with simple food swaps to make. let's start with the chocolate. >> all right. let's do it. you have to get something a little sweet for your valentine. you go with a box like this, one of these heart shaped box, they're cheap, really cheap sugar, a lot of milk chocolate, 4 or 500 calories in something like this. if you punch on that, you'll feel worn out. >> steve: you like the hershey bar better? >> go with dark chocolate. it's really good for you, but you got to have dark chocolate. that's where the get the compounds that mimic the feelings of love. you have to get dark chocolate. >> steve: something else that mimics the feeling of love is alcohol. when it comes to cocktail choices, you say drink this, not that. >> you got to pick a good love potion. couple bad things you can do, drink too much, you'll be in trouble quick. go request a margarita. a lot are made with premade mixes. >> steve: 100 calories. >> 5 to 700, depends on where you go. a lot of times they run specials on them. >> brian: cosmo metropolitan. >> you have cranberry, it's got 150 calories. >> gretchen: we got to eat dinner. appetizer. >> oysters, like nature's most famous aphrodisiac. you scrip out on the crab cakes. 400 calories. >> gretchen: for the main course? >> we've all seen lady and the tramp, we have this idea that pasta is this romantic food. >> steve: sure. >> but you see vegetables and you think more so. that's got sick alfredo sauce. >> steve: 900-calorie? 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