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speech only applies when you say what you want to here and not other people. if other people have believes i don't believe in," i'm not going to condemn you because of it. >> there's kind of a culture war going on and people aren't respecting each other and difference of opinion. there's no dialogue really taking place to get to the heart of like what we believe as a nation and what is truth. >> i believe what the bible said so i came out here to support chick-fil-a and the movement. >> they didn't want blacks coming to their restaurant, we didn't want us staying in their hotels and now they are saying because we take that position, they don't want us in their cities. we won't take it. >> i think i have to give credit to mayor bloomberg. he said don't include me in this. i'm not going to get involved in free enterprise. >> and mayors in other towns like boston and chicago, said things like they wanted to run chem out of town. and one mayor said they better not get any closer. what kind of threat is that? >> and dan cathy said this two weeks ago. >> i think we are inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. and i pray god's mercy on our generation that has such a pride full, arrogant attitude to think we have the audacity to define what marriage is all about. >> he's for the biblical definition of the family unit. he is not anti-gay and chick-fil-a has said that. they don't discriminate. he is simply against same-sex marriage. >> it was after that the governor mike huckabee decided the way people could voice their own opinions is to chick-fil-a appreciation day. he took to his show and radio show and he has about 2 million followers. he went to chick-fil-a. >> that was in florida yesterday. >> and he started quite a commotion basically. he started all of this and chick-fil-a has acknowledged he is not affiliated with them and they weren't behind this. governor huckabee will be on to talk about what he thinks of this ground swell. >> and we also will try to slide in a few political questions if we have the time. >> all right. not just food, culinary questions? >> i'm thinking we can. that's what governor huckabee looks like. >> he's coming up at 7:45 today. it wasn't people just supporting them for their christian values. >> are you pointing at our promises today? >> we have free stuff for breakfast today. people not even supporting their voice tan values, and they are closed on sunday, but also the ceo's right to say with a he thinks. a lot of people wound up going, i was reading in the new york post today about how a lot of people went over to new jersey to go to chick-fil-a and it wasn't to support the family values thing but to support his right to say something because so many on the left are so intolerant you have to be able to say in this country what you think without being punished. >> and the point is you can vote with your pocketbook or taste buds. >> rate. if you don't like it, don't go. >> and meanwhile let's see what else is happening. there's no video into the fox news room from tulsa, oklahoma of the holly frontier refinery that's on file. there was a louding bang and immediately flames shooting several feet in the air. no word on what caused it. we will continue to follow it as soon as information becomes available. a major scare at reagan international airport where three planes came within seconds of crashing in midair. a commuter jet carrying 192 people. traffic controllers became confused after bad weather caused several flights to be rerouted. they reportedly two planes to take off in the flight path of a third plan coming in for a landing. they are now investigating. we will have more in about 30 minutes. the nuclear complex in oak ridge, tennessee now shut down after three protesters managed to sneak in. one of the protesters is sister megan rice. she's an 82-year-old none from nevada. they were caught inside a high security area overnight. they were singing and hanging anti-nuclear weapons banners. all nuclear materials are safe but they are shutting down operationings and retraining security guards as a precaution. it is particularly around the august gust anniversary of the bombings. and the house approving a bill to renew all of the bush tax cuts after defeating a bill by democrats to raise taxes on some families which the senate already passed. the house speaker john boehner willing to work to prevent tax hikes, he said. >> and as to senator ried, if the senate were to vote to stop the looming tax headaches, and if the core of the senate were to vote to replace the sequester, that we would be willing to bring the house back in in august to deal with those issues. >> but democrats claim the republicans are creating uncertainty about the economy by not supporting a tax increase for the wealthiest americans. those are your headlines. >> all right. let me see. we are warning, we are warning, there were warning seens about the shooting suspect james holmes. were they in fact ignored in the long run? new questions are raised this morning after shocking reports claims that holmes' psychiatrist alerted colleagues at the university of colorado that he might be a threat. ainsley erhard has more on this story this morning. >> good morning, brian. it's pretty eerie. the world has been wondering, did anyone see seens from the shooting suspect, a seemingly ordinary ph.d. student of that he was cape of such a massacre? we are learning more about a bombshell reports that states six weeks before that attack that left twelve dead and 58 wounded. the suspect's psychiatrist became so concerned about his behavior, she did notify the university of colorado's threat team. dr. lynn fenton was the doctor who the person who reportedly received a notebook from him full of the disturbing images describing the massacre. she actually wrote their assessment on threat assessment. but despite her fierce, nothing was done and three days after he bought an assault weapon, the 24-year-old suddenly notified the university that he was dropping out of school. sources claim the threat team never had a formal meeting and never intervened because they thought they didn't have control over him once he left the school. later today the aurora school district will address the public as students return to campus next week. four victims are still in the hospital. one in critical condition and the other three in fair condition. holmes is now facing 142 charges, including 24 counts of first-degree murder. back to you in the studio. >> amazing, they gave a gag order to everybody at the university of colorado and all the information is still coming out. >> just like that. earlier we were talking about chick-fil-a. yesterday the gsa got grilled on capitol hill. gsa people, can you explain why the employees there are gobbling up 10% of all -- >> it's just building. >> gobbling up of 10% of all federal bonus checks. a number of people and people on capitol hill outraged. listen to this. >> gsa has 1% of the employees of the federal government. 1%. and they received 10% of the bonuses to show you how dramatically out of kilter this is. that's absolutely outrage us. >> is there a gsa employee in the presidential swute? >> i don't know. >> that's over $3,000 a night. you don't know? >> i do not. >> how about the junior suite. >> under our policies those rooms are not to be occupied by gsa employees. >> with the underutilization of assets, we found that gsa and the federal government have 14,000 properties or buildings across the nation that are either vacant or underutilized. >> the numbers are shocking. we've seen the pictures before of the lavish conference necessary the bathtub. you know, bubbles and all of the fun and the champagne. well now we know that $44 million were spent on these bonus checks. again, on an organization that is one percent. >> and why does everyone need overtime? if you have an $84,000 salary you have averaging 154,000 because you can get your job done in normal working hours. meanwhile we have a lot of show coming your way. especially this. could still tons in senator marco rubio's closet cost him the voice presidential nomination? they say he has some explaining to do and he's one of their biggest supporters. >> the irs guys are standing by to get his cut. details straight ahead as we roll out live from new york city. hello, joe! ♪ pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, whilen enbrel, you experice persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. 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[laughter] >> and he said michael phelps is the most decorated olympian but not the best olympian. but as a nation we aren't protesting like they did for mitt romney. >> who is better than michael phelps? >> that's a good follow-up question. i wasn't there to ask it. >> the problem is all of our wonderful americas -- >> stand by for this. taxed to the max. >> what were you saying? all right. if you win a gold medal, and i never this before, you have to pay taxes on it. and it's worth about $25,000, and that translates -- for a gold. and that translates to coming home and having to pay a tax fee of about $8,900. >> if you win a silver you take home 15,000, but the tax man takes $5,300. and if you get a bronze, that earns $10,000 in cash money, but irs's cut, $3,500.00. >> mr. norquist said to rubio, do you know about this? he said this is ridiculous. i'm going to take action. and marco rubio said this on his twitter feed. he said olympic champs should not have to pay tax on medals, and he forwarded this to president obama, who always checks his tweets. he believe they didn't earn them, someone else did that because that's a knock at the president's speech from two weeks ago. >> and although the other side is, you know, some people say, look, these guys and gals who win the olympic medals, they already have sponsors, they have income so since the irs considers in earned income internationally, why shouldn't they have to pay. >> noble peace prize get taxed on their trophies. and the nine-year-old children get taxed. >> if we have to pay taxes on our income regardless of where it comes from, why should they get a pass? >> because you haven't on the world stage made us proud yet. >> i know. >> or on this stage. let's be honest. >> so it's a performance thing. so you are saying to be patriotic, let's give them a tax pass. >> that's what marco rubio says. there's so much good feeling about how well america is doing, it does seem strange. >> let me interject. if you are a synchronized diver, you are not much money. and if you are kobe bryant you aren't doing it for the money. maybe those who declare themselves as amateurs and make less than $50,000, for example, the high school swimmer who keeps her amateur status, why should her parents be writing the check for that gold? maybe there's a threshold. >> it's a think tank. we are hashing this out. we are going to solve the world's problems. >> there are so many tax loopholes already, and if you win a gold medal in the olympics, you don't have to pay taxes. >> when brian comes up with an idea, then you hit your threshold. >> coming up we will have the olympian co-host for the final hour. >> we will ask her what she thinks about that and if she likes the idea of paying taxes on that. >> because she's had to do that in the past. >> a lot of times. >> in the meantime let's talk about the news. here are the headlines. beginning with a bombshell report from the fbi. a top official now admitting they had the american born muslim cleric anwr al-awlaki in custody in 2002 but let him go. he was flagged for an outstanding warrant but it's not clear why the fbi let him walk. he was eventually killed. he was one of the top recruiters for al-qaeda and tied to the 9/11 attacks. >> scary moments for a mother in georgia. after the airline and her ten-year-old daughter was flying on alone couldn't find her for several hours. her daughter was on there by herself. she was lost. young girl was scheduled to fly out of new york's laguardia airport on air tran. after several flight delays the airline called and told her her daughter wouldn't be flying out that day but when her aunt returned to pick her up, she was nowhere to be found. turns out she was actually onboard a flight home. >> it's not my job. and for you to just tell me for a second knowing that i don't know where was she. it was like, feel like my life was over. >> air tran blamed the miscommunication between staff for the mix-up. >> meanwhile, despite an ongoing push by the department of justice to prevent states from requiring an i.d. to vote, a new study said requiring an i.d. would help increase minority participation. according to a brand new study, blacks and the poor are the most common victims of voter fraud and would be protectedpy voter id laws. boris cooper, an adjunct fellow at the university said the criminals are more often than not violating the rights of people who tend to be black or seenor. and eric holder justice's department has sued to block voter id laws across the country saying they are unfit for minority voters. >> we all know you shouldn't drink and drive but one man in michigan shouldn't be allowed to drink and walk. after a night out he ended up going back to the wrong house and crawled into bed with his he will early neighbors. police say he left two small children home alone while he went out to party. he was aspread released on bond. no formal charges were filed. this is dangerous. >> hold on. so you climbed into bed with your elder will i neighbors? >> no. >> that's what you said. >> no, in my beach house in my 20s someone came in. a man who was drinking and walking and came in in the middle of the night while my roommate was sleeping and said scoot over. >> and? >> and they got married? >> it ends well. he went home. yeah. >> okay. look at this. years later you were able to tell the story from the beach house. take a look. we have a bunch of rain moving through portions of the central plains and upper great lakes states around the lower mississippi valley and the portion of florida. looks a little rainy right now. i wonder mike huckabee, is going to have rain in hisver veranda. let's take a look at the hot zone. it's going to be 110 in dallas today, 103 in san antonio, 99 in kansas city. look how hot it is and dry as well for all of those farmers suffering with the drought today. no relief. it will be 90 in raleigh durham and 90 in cleveland, ohio as well. and in tampa, where we are heading to the convention in a couple weeks, it will be 87. that's your fox travel cast. >> now to a potentially devastating collision averted at the dc national airport with just seconds to spare. we are live outside the terminal at the reagan airport and we have more. >> well, talk about a close call. we had one plane that was landing, two planes that were taking off, and at the last second that plane that was landing turned, avoiding a midair collision. this information is coming from the washington post this morning. it happened tuesday around 2:00 in the afternoon and involved three us airways commuter jets. regional air-traffic control center in the area wanted to change the landing direction at the airport because of shifting winds. apparently that information did not reach everyone in the control tower at the airport. as two planes were taking off, another plane was cleared to land from the wrong direction. based on the speed of those planes they came within 12 seconds. colliding. the air-traffic controller recognized his mistake with no time to spare ordered the landing plane to turn and brake off the approach. a federal official told the "post" this is a pretty big screw up for a major airport. the regional traffic control center in this case was also involved in last year's close call with first lady michelle obama's plane and in another mishap at reagan national last year an air-traffic controller fell asleep on the job. there were nearly 200 passengers and crew aboard those two planes, all of them reached third destination safely, but, boy, they narrowly missed a very dangerous situation. that's the latest at reagan national. back to you. >> scary. thanks. a factory owned by mitt romney's former firm bain capital is preparing to shut its doors and send jobs overseas and the town is calling on mitt romney to step in and save the day but there's a side to the story that the mainstream media has not reported. that's coming up next. >> that's what we are good at. hey, ladies, what do you think makes the ideal man? 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meanwhile, where did the jobs go in a factory in freeport, illinois, owned by mitt romney's former firm bain capital is preparing to shut its doors and send jobs to china. now the local mayor, a democrat, and the town council calling on governor romney to step in now, years after he left bain capital, and save those jobs. national media loves the story burr there's a side to it that they don't share generally. let's talk to ron vannedderhiden. he used to work for the company. he left and started his own small business. he joins us today from chicago. ron, thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. good morning. >> good morning to you. so let's start with where people peck it up. it has been announced that this particular town has appealed to mitt romney, who years ago left bain capital but nonetheless bain owns in company. now they are saying governor, come on in and save these jobs. why are they doing that, ron? >> well, they are trying to get publicity for their cause, which i understand. my issue with it, i guess, is that the focus of their efforts is pretty much just to demonize mitt romney, and i really think that's counterproductive to their cause. the outsourcing that's taking place was announced two years ago when a portion of honeywell -- honeywell is actually the company in freeport, illinois. they sold a portion of their businesses to a company owned by bain capital. so they are making a bit of a dubious connection to mitt romney, who hasn't, as we know, been in charge of bain capital for years. >> that's right. >> and i believe sinsata was purchased by bain in 2006. >> and mitt romney left a long, long time ago. and you wonder, and you wrote in your local newspaper, where is the outrage against president obama? i mean, it was on his watch that all these jobs are being outsourced. >> well, yeah. and in the time frame we are discussing here, you know, obama was in office and the first two years, of course, he had full control of the congress, both houses. you know, there was no efforts on their part to introduce any outsourcing legislation of any kind. that was one of the points that i made. >> sure. >> and the whole thing is the mainstream media is playing this up like, okay, this company owned by bain capital, the town is saying, hey, mitt romney, you used to be there, come on over. the mayor also is calling on president obama to come to that particular town, along with mitt romney, and essentially have a discussion or debate in the same place where they had the lincoln-douglas debates. there's a picture of the mayor right there. but you say this is all for publicity for him and it's all to make mitt romney look bad as we run up to the election? >> well, i think the mayor is noble in his cause to draw attention to the issue and, you know, if you can get a debate in freeport at the lincoln square, that would be wonderful. but i just don't think the way you go about it is to demonize one of the candidates that's running for president that would be participating in that debate, let alone the thought that he's going to come to obama's home state so close to his hometown and want to participate in something like that. >> sure. i understand you left the company a couple years ago to start your own company. you probably took, what, a buyout and now you started your own small business? >> i worked there from 1988 until 2002. after allied signal and honeywell merged in the late '9/11 #* 90s, i could see the handwriting on the wall for the freeport location. it was on the downhill slide and i wasn't happy with the way things were going and i had the entrepreneurial drive so i was fortunate to get the buyout and start my own business. >> congratulations on that and good luck to you. >> thanks so much. can i give a shout out to my beautiful wife lisa and my daughter, aaron. good morning, ladies. >> very nicely done. that's great. mr. romance. >> full disclosure, steve, i do have to say i enjoyed talking to you this morning but i'm still going to root for martha on culture quiz. >> all right. we've had enough of you. [laughter] >> and the culture quiz is tonight. thanks for joining us live from chicago and good luck with your small business. >> thanks. >> there's a side of the story you hadn't heard on the mainstream media. meanwhile straight ahead solyndra took $557 million in taxpayer-backed loans and then they went belly up. all worse, it could have been avoided. the warnings that were heard by the white house. you will hear them at the top of the hour. and it was a big moment of his life. proposing at a stadium but the girl on a beer run. they are both here next to tell us what happened that day in the bleachers. >> well, it was a marriage proposal that did not go exactly as planned. >> she missed the scoreboard proposal, as greg. >> that young man planned everything to a t. popping the question to his girlfriend of three years by, he hoped, putting a sign up on the big scoreboard at wrigley field in chicago. just one problem, she was on a beer run and missed it. but don't worry, he didn't completely strike out. joining us now is the newly engaged couple, greg and erica. hi, guys. good morning. >> hello. >> hi. >> greg, how long had you planned this proposal? >> for about two months. >> okay. so two months and your plan was to have erica go out on a beer run so that you could get your ducks in a row, get everyone around you in the stands in on the proposal, but then what went wrong? >> well, i didn't anticipate long lines, and then i didn't anticipate such a short inning. >> erica, what took you so long? >> when i got down there the lines were just long and i was just waiting, didn't know that anybody was waiting back for me to propose. >> greg, while erica is gone, you see the "will you marry me" proposal flashing on the scoreboard, and what was going through your head? >> well, actually right before that when there was two outs, i had sprinted -- trying to rip her out of the line and taking her back up so we could make the scoreboard. obviously that didn't happen. softer the scoreboard message had gone and passed, i had just sat in my chair and i'm pretty sure the video footage says it all how i was feeling. >> we can see you rubbing your head. but you quickly pivoted to figure out a new plan. so then what did you do when she came back? >> well, i just kind of -- everyone behind me that had my camera and my phone and was all kind of looking at me like what's plan b? so i just said at the end of this inning i'll take her out in the isle and i'll do it then. >> erica, what do you make of all of this no >> looking back i think that is turned out perfect. i felt bad for looking back and seeing the way he looked on the video. i knew that he was crushed. but after it all worked out, i'm very happy and i'm still kind of in shock about it. >> i bet you are. well, hey, at least it was memorable. what do you guys plan to do to make your wedding similarly memorable? >> hopefully nothing this close to memorable. [laughter] >> that's great. congratulations, guys. your ring is beautiful there this that closeup, erica. >> thank you. >> and we are glad that it worked out and you used a little creativity and you got the girl anyway. greg, erica, good luck. thanks so much for telling us your story. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> all right. thousands across the country flock to go support chick-fil-a and it's message of free speech, they say. lines were out the door, cars down the block. michelle malkin said this is a sign of the times. she's here at the top of the hour to explain. then from the battlefield to the football field, this purple heart recipient living out his american dream and keeping a promise to his fallen comrades. >> there's greg. finally in person he proposed to erica. apparently she said -- [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity... to drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use 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that. dara torres here with reaction to the olympics and so much more. and we're going to start the second hour of "fox & friends" right now. >> brian: it was a huge night yesterday in the olympics. also you got this bad manipulaten scandal -- badminton scandal where some players threw their matches for favorable -- >> steve: i don't get it, they were trying to lose. >> brian: anti-olympic moment. >> steve: now a lot of them have quit the sport because they have been punished. >> brian: right. there's a lot going on. who better to host the third hour than olympic legend, one of the most decorated in american history. >> steve: plus, we know a lot of you went to chick-fil-a yesterday. we've got some of your pictures and michelle malkin was at a location in colorado springs. we'll talk about the great success they had yesterday right after the headlines. >> ali: we have a fox news alert. this new video from tulsa, oklahoma, of the holly frontier oil refinery on fire. witnesses say around 2:30 this morning, they heard a loud bang and they saw flames shooting several feet in the air. we're told firefighters are on the scene and working to get this under control. no word of any injuries. new congressional investigation revealing the president was warned that saving solyndra could cost more than letting it fail. a white house budget analyst calculated the millions of dollars, taxpayer dollars might be saved by cutting the government's losses, shutting down the company immediately and selling its assets. despite this, the white house moved forward to bail out the company, leaving taxpayers on the hook for a federal loan. solyndra still went belly up. one of our nation's bravest heros will get the chance to live out his dreams. daniel rodriguez cleared to join clemson football team. he served in both iraq and afghanistan. taliban attacked his outpost in afghanistan, killing eight of his fellow soldiers. he was wounded and one of the victims was a friend who just days before, made rodriguez promise he would pursue his dream. rodriguez hoping to truly make a difference. >> if i can help mold some of these guys to have the same perspective i have on life, it's not only going to benefit us on the field, but in their life as well. >> ali: he will be a walk on receiver. those are your headlines. >> steve: all right. she walked over to the chick-fil-a in her town, colorado spring, michelle malkin joins us live. hello, michelle. >> hi, good morning. >> steve: so many people, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people, showed up at chick-fil-as across the country, not only to support the ceo, who a couple of weeks ago said he was against same sex marriage. he didn't say he was antigay, but he was against same sex marriage. but they showed up to support this crazy concept called freedom of speech. >> those whacky, radical thug, activists in america. i think this was a huge social media triumph, not just for the right on-line. i mean, of course, all of the biased, real reporters and lap doggies in the main stream media will cast that thank as quote, unquote, antigay, as you said. but this was much larger than that. that's why i think it was so huge, the volume, the speed, the mass with which this movement arose in the last ten days. it was about the first amendment. it was about free enterprise. it was about the right of any business owner to voice his personal opinions and not feel like he would be targeted by a witch hunt of government officials. of course, former arkansas governor mike huckabee played a huge role in organizing this. but i think that he tapped into something much larger. i think this is an extension of the kind of activism facilitated by social media, facebook, twitter, that we saw with the tea party movement. i think it bodes well for not just social conservative activists, but people who want to push back against the culture. this is really a counter cultural moment for america. >> steve: indeed. >> ali: we know that you went to chick-fil-a yesterday. did you have some photos from that and how long was the line? >> i certainly did. traffic was blocked for three blocks all around the chick-fil-a location in our town. this was at 7:30, 8:00 o'clock at night, after a full day of the national chick-fil-a appreciation day. at twitchy.com, our social media curator, we amosed a huge photo album of people who were tweeting from dusk 'til down when many of these outlets ran out of food. it was remarkable. and rick warren, the evangelical pastor in california tweeted late last night that he had received a call from dan cathy that they set some sort of world record. i mean, i think all of these people who tweeted their photos and facebooked and shared with their friends really served as a crowd sourcing mechanism to get around the information blockade that the main stream media represented for so long. >> brian: yeah, it seemed to be one story early on. but even i saw some editorials in the "new york times" where they think this was over the line. mayor bloomberg, who wants to tell us how much soda to have, where we can breast-feed and not breast-feed, he also says this is out of line and over the top. governor huckabee, who helped fuel this craze, push back, he'll be joining us live later this hour. let's talk about what it's like to start a business in this country. that's such a passion of yours. you focus on buckie balls. >> i do. >> brian: what are buckie balls and what's the problem? >> you know, for the geeks among us and i am a self-confessed geek. buckie balls are very famous. an adult desk top toy, a bunch of magnets, tiny magnets that you can put together and form into cubes or all sorts of creative things. this company has been around for three years. they're based in new york. they're very popular, innovative. they've helped spur a lot of entrepreneurship and ideas and creativity. so what does the federal government come along and do? well, a nanny state agency known as the consumer product safety commission, basically wants to run them out of business and announced last week that they are filing what they call an administrative complaint to get them to stop selling their products. and as a result of this thug move, there are many retails that have already pulled these products from the shelfs, even though they have extensive warning labels. it's clear that these things are for adults, not children. >> ali: so the viewers know, the reason the cpsc says it's doing it is that there have been 12 incidents, as far as we know, of children having swallowed them and ending up in the emergency room. >> that's according to the cpsc. because of the reporting that i've done on this particular agency over the last several years, i take all of that information with a grain of salt. i think you also have to compare it. compare to what? there are tens of thousands of hospitalizations of kids who swallow government minted coins, pennies, dimes and quarters, every single year and you don't see the cpsc trying to put itself out of business. this is outrageous. i think what's remarkable is that this company is finally fighting back. they are urging people to support them and they're waging their own social media campaign to fight this kind of tyranny. in a time when the economy is so dire, why is the obama administration cpsc trying to kill businesses, the nanny state is a serial job killer for sure. >> steve: excellent questions. all right. it sounds, however, though, as if the obama administration is trying to push people into, for instance, the chevy volt. we told this story yesterday, where this sustainable village of sorts is going to be built outside of austin, texas. they're trying to figure out how little energy people can use in their daily lives. what they've done is apparently they made 100 chevy volts available to people who live there, 'cause apparently they're hard to get. yeah, right. but only 55 residents took them up on the offer. this despite thousands and thousands of dollars of refunds and tax subsidies. >> brian: it's a partnership with orstand, general motors. what do you think? >> good luck with that. i have hope this voltville village, revoltingville, in my opinion, is equipped with multiple fire extinguishers. they're going to immediate it given the safety record of these volts. i think it's a perfect segway from the previous two stories where you have government officials who are trying to drive successful businesses built on their own, yes, built to last, that people choose to subsidize with their own hard earned money, versus this green boondoggle that would not survive but for the crony venture socialism of this government and these demonstration projects and all of these enviro enterprises have proven to be not only waste of taxpayer dollars, but, of course, dangers to public safety, the true dangers to public safety. >> brian: i want to get to you weigh in on ted cruz's victory. what do you think it says for the tea party that everyone is saying has been dead, especially if you look at what happened in indiana against senator lugar. what is your feeling about what happened in texas? >> i think it's always good to be underestimated and the tea party has been since the very beginning. i think this is another nice theme of this entire segment of the use of social media because, of course, the tea party movement that gave rise to the victories of richard murdoch and ted cruz really was rooted in takes book and twitter and across the internet. the right is adescendant in that ideological battle space and bodes very well for limited government and constitutionalistsists who haven sick of both parties that. have been an underestimated and underplayed theme by the clueless main stream media overt last three years. >> steve: the main stream media over the last year has said repeatedly tea party dead. but texas proves that ain't the case. >> i like how dead looks. >> steve: michelle malkin joining us live from colorado springs. by the way characters what did you have at chick-fil-a yesterday? i think they've turned off her -- or she's fixing her hair. >> ali: she's done with you. >> brian: we could have asked that, she would have answered. not with you. she's fed up. >> ali: one of the most controversial parts of obamacare is now in effect. all employers must offer free birth control. the white house claims this will reduce costs. we'll run the numbers. >> brian: then harry reid says mitt romney hasn't paid taxes in ten years. does he really know what he's talk about or is it based on bad rumor as soon as should you as majority leader be making things up from an anonymous guy who we never met? juan williams and andrea tan tore ross will take opposing views. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent 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"fox business" network's own liz mcdonald is here to break it down. they have to offer free contraception. some say this is an economic problem for them? >> yeah, that's right. in other words, this story is -- this health reform part of the bill is basically like a rubic's cube. every way you turn it, things pop out and create all sorts of problems for private companies. this is a big issue for private companies. the issue is, you got to basically cover birth control and also the morning after pill. if you don't, you're going to face fines of 100 bucks per day, per employee. so what happened was the roman catholic church said no way, no how. the obama administration said okay. churches, houses of worship are exempt, but not hospitals, not universities, not related charities. they got to comply within one year's time. the obama administration then went one step further and they said okay. you don't have to pay for this coverage. you, hospitals and universities, but your insurers must cover the cost of birth control. >> ali: we know there is this one company, hercules, in colorado, that won this preliminary injunction or lawsuit. so that's a precedent. >> that's right. this is the first court ruling of its kind. hercules makes air conditioners and heating systems and run by a roman catholic family. they said this is morally objectionable to us. this violates our religious liberties. so they won a preliminary injunction. now, this is a really interesting part. basically this is a company that sits in colorado. colorado is one of the 26 states that says look, insurers, you got to provide this coverage. you got it cover birth control. the obama administration went into court, hhs went into court against the family and said look, if you get this exemption, all sorts of companies will trio get one, too. there will be a cascading effect. but the judge said look, the obama administration is saying there is a compelling interest to provide this coverage, but you gave me all this loophole, then how is this all these loopholes if you're giving all these loopholes and exemptions? by their very act of accommodation, they undercut itself, the obama administration. >> ali: hercules sided with them. >> that's right. >> ali: that's interesting because there are other groups that say they will not comply. they'll face the punishment, whatever it is, one of such is priest for lifement they say whether or not the government decides to impose fines on us when our health insurance policy is renewed in a few months is not the issue. the issue is that as of today, as far as the government is concerned, we have to provide health insurance coverage for practices that are morally objectionable. we will disobey this mandate. so it started this week. but it sounds like there is still a lot left to be determined. >> the other issue, this fight is getting really heated. the one issue that's been raised with the family is that look, if you care so much about your employees' personal lives, hire only roman catholics. only hire roman catholics if you care so much about their personal lives. this is unfolding across the country and it's now a state's battle. it's played out at the state level because 26 states say look, insurers, you got to provide this coverage, birth control. >> ali: it's complicated. thanks for breaking it down. >> sure. >> ali: coming up, he was one of the first to tell viewers to ick-fil-cha and yesterday, the american people heard his call. they came out in droves. governor mike huckabee will join us with his reaction. and then senate majority leader harry reid says he's heard rumors about mitt romney's taxes. is that a sign of desperation? a fair and balanced debate ahead on that [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. 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well, i'm not certain. but obviously he can't release those tax returns. how would it look? is reid spreading rumors about romney just to hurt his reelection bid and is this appropriate for somebody in his position to be gossipping? our political panel is here for a fair and balanced debate. the co-host of "the five," juan williams and andrea tantaros. you say he has jumped the shark on this, juan? >> it's below the belt and i think it's not what i would expect of a man who is the senate majority leader. it is a rumor basically there is no way to prove it. he won't reveal the identity of the person who said it to him and, of course, mitt romney won't say anything now. i will say that there is lots of questions about mitt romney's taxes. the senate majority leader said romney couldn't be approved for a cabinet post because of the opaqueness of his tax situation and i think you've got a situation here where romney refuses to meet the standards actually set by his dad, releasing ten years of your tax returns, which is why washington is abuzz about it, thinking there is something terrible in there and he's willing to take the heat for not releasing it rather than take the heat from releasing it. >> steve: well, he is releasing two years and i do believe, andrea, that ronald reagan only released one year and jimmy carter released one year, so there is precedent for doing just one. so i get what juan is trying to inject. but you think he not only made this up, andrea, but he also brought in the governor's father, george romney, saying, oh, he would really be embarrassed of his son. come on. that is cuckoo. >> it's cuckoo, slanderous, it reminds me when i was in the sorority house and everybody would gossip when running for sorority p. this is president of the united states and the difficult thing here now is you can't prove it. harry reid can go out and make a statement and if it's true, he should back it up. but he says no, i talked to a guy on the phone and journalism, like the huffington post, and i put that in quotes, journalism, runs with a story. the reason it's a story is not because he doesn't release his tax. he's going to release two years. it's because the left has made it an issue and democrats make an issue. frankly, if mitt romney paid less than 13% taxes, i don't want him as my president. i want him as my accountant 'cause the man is really, really good with money and that's something that i think we might need in washington. >> steve: yeah. juan? >> i disagree there. i think when you get somebody who says that they've made a lot of money and have offshore accounts and all kinds of special ways that they are filing in order to avoid paying tax, i think american people say, we want everybody on the up and up here. don't forget that on the other side, i want to point out, on the other side, you have people saying, oh, you know, the obama administration wants to take away your guns, or the obama administration is not supporting -- where is the evidence? why are you spreading these conspiracy theories. >> steve: let's come back to what we were talk being and that is that now it looks to some on the right that the left feels the only way they can win is to make stuff up. harry reid is doing just that with these comments. >> well, i don't think it's only making stuff up. i think it's pretty clear, he won't release a long-term list of his tax returns, which is now customary in american politics. it's spreading rumors. this is spreading rumors 'cause he's got no evidence, no proof. >> it's desperate. it's so desperate to try and paint him first as a bully, now he's doing something sinister. this is a man who gave all of his inheritance to charity and continues to be very charitable and is very good with his money which is something president obama has not been good with ours. but i want to put out something, juan, speak much rumors, i hear a rumor that you're a granddad to twin little girls. and i can prove this! >> wait a minute. where is steve to help here? that was very kind. yesterday, pepper and wesley came into my world. >> so cute. >> steve: you've got proof that you're a grandfather, unlike harry reid who has no proof. congratulations, grand pappy. >> thanks. and andrea, thank you. you got me good. >> i couldn't think of a better grandfather. they're lucky little girls. >> thanks. >> steve: check out these two on "the five." thanks very much. next up, medicaid providers cheating the federal government out of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax dollars. that's not the worst part. they're still getting paid. how does that happen? we'll tell what you they're doing. and 12 time olympic medalist dara torres has already shown she rules the pool, but now has her sights set on -- i hope he can't hear us -- brian's job. come on in. she's coming up, she's co-hosting today. hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, whilen enbrel, you experice persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. 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>> ali: it makes get aways hard. >> steve: it did. let's look at the weather. as you can see, we got thunderstorms moving through the state of nebraska overnight. right now it looks like they're situated between topeka and kansas city. that storms extends through the great lakes. also action in the ozarks, through the lower mississippi valley. we've also had some rain showers overnight in portions of western florida. let's find out what the temperatures are as you head out the door on this wednesday. another hot one today. already getting hot in the central plains, almost 80 in kansas city. past that in dallas. here in the northeast, 60s and 70s. 70s and 80s down south. some 60s in southern california. here is the bad news. hot and dry and no relief for the drought in the central plains. 99 in kansas city today. 103 in old el paso. 103 in san antonio as well. look at that. dallas, 110. in memphis, tennessee, home of the king, 97. it is going to be a hot one. >> ali: meanwhile, let's go over to brian and his special guest in sports. >> brian: "fox & friends" will have you helping with the final hour, fresh back from london. we have so much to discuss. >> let's start with missy franklin. >> brian: you're talking sports? >> isn't that what you wanted me to do? >> this is swimming. 12 olympic gold medals. >> i'll start again. missy franklin, who trains and goes to school in aurora, colorado, winning another gold medal in honor of the victims in a movie theater shooting. won by two seconds. allison schmidt winning her second gold and fourth medal total. >> brian: you know these people. >> i know these people, brian. and a thrilling photo finish in the 100-meter olympic free style. >> trying to get to the wall first! down in lane 7 is hayden! gold for the u.s. >> brian: winning by one, 100th of a second. he beat australia's representative. >> brian: was that a surprise? >> that was not a surprise. a first time the u.s. won the event since 1988. take another look. it could not have been closer win for adrien. china, south korea, and indonesia all having badminton players tossed from olympic competition for trying to lose. eight players kicked out in total after trying to score an easier opponent in the following round. fans chanting, off, off, off, as it became obvious they were violating the most sacred stage in sports. [ applause ] >> brian: very good. by the way, until you take your heels off, i'm going to be standing like this, or sitting down on the side. now i feel like i belong. real quick, how weird is this to be reading about these people that you swim with all the time, right? >> yeah, it's a little heart wrenching 'cause i wish i was there with them. >> brian: but you swam well in the trials. >> not bad for a 45-year-old lady. >> brian: what does that say? >> dara walks over to couch. >> steve: over here. good morning. >> good morning. >> ali: come on down. >> steve: we should point out that long ago, over ten years ago, brian and dara did a show here on fox news channel, they did fox on sports. >> brian: we admit that. dara won't because she got on three more olympics after that, correct? at the time we thought you were retired. you kept coming back. >> anchoring with you is more of a highlight. >> brian: i was wondering when that was going to come out. i saw you do so many interviews with that matt lauer guy. >> you're better look. >> brian: does it hurt to give a compliment every once in a while? the oldest swimmer to ever win a medal. >> steve: you have to bring that up? >> yeah. >> brian: it's actually badger. >> ali: it's wonderful. you also competed in like minutes after giving birth. >> i wouldn't say minutes. >> brian: her water broke and she jumped in! >> it was about three weeks. >> ali: that's incredible! >> steve: how many different olympics -- you've got a dozen medals at home. >> yes. >> steve: but how many olympics is that over? like four or five? >> it's over actually seven olympics. my first one was in 1984. that was yesterday, i posed before i came here. that was actually a couple years ago. >> steve: so over seven olympics? >> yes. >> steve: that's amazing. nobody has that kind of trajectory, coo they? >> i was fortunate enough to be able to take some time off 'cause if i had swum the whole entire time, i probably still wouldn't be doing it. >> ali: it's fascinating to hear you broke your first record at 12? >> no. i don't know where you're getting your facts! no. i broke my first world record at 15. >> brian: so you are right. >> ali: in other words, this was in your blood and you've been doing this since you were a child. did you drive it or your parents? >> i have four older brothers and so i was very competitive growing up and my dad is pretty competitive in his work and i think it was sort of a genetic thing. >> steve: the reason ali got the record thing wrong is the only record she 'til has is donnie osmond. >> ali: "one bad apple." >> brian: i asked you, you said you swam very well in the trials. you go to anyway for the opening ceremonies for your sponsors. but you said that your time was excellent. everyone was getting faster. after all these olympics, it still breaks your heart not to be in london competing. >> it does. my time at these trials were faster than what i won at trials in '88, 92 and 2000. the kids are getting faster. i got out of the pool. i was disappointed, but i couldn't have gone any faster. >> steve: we're not going to disappoint folks 'cause in 20 minute, you're going to take like a baton relay. ali will give you the co-hosting assignment. take off the heels first. >> ali: great to have you. here is one of the first to tell viewers to support their chick-fil-a. yesterday the american people heard his call. governor mike huckabee will join us live to tell us his reaction to chick-fil-a appreciation day. >> brian: first, time for your aflac trivia question. born on this day in 1959, this comedian is best known for her time on snl and for her passion for politics. who is she? 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>> well, because it was just getting out of hand, the hate speech and the incredible language that was being hurled at dan cathy, the ceo, because in an intervow with a christian interviewer, he stack a stand, which is what barak obama had until a few months ago, and for that, he was just being bullied, economic bullying, was the way this was going down. people trying to put him out of business. look, in america, the company's ceo has a right to an opinion, as do the ceo's of apple, amazon, all of whom are on the other side of that issue. but you know what? when i do business with starbucks or apple or amazon, i'm not buying their politics. i'm buying their products. i believe in free speech. believe that people ought to have a right to their views. i thought, let's show appreciation not just for chickens, actually i don't think the chickens were too happy about the day. they really gave their lives in mass numbers. but let's show that people are still americans and that they even christians can take a stand for what they believe in without being punished economically. >> brian: would you do any^ favor and furnish down the ocean? it's overwhelming this interview. never mind. we'll go on anyway. did you expect this type of support for your mission? >> it's gone beyond anything i could have imagined. we've had over 21 million views to my facebook page. every chick-fil-a store, there are over 1600 of them, every one of them that i know have reported record, historic sales yesterday. people stood in line for lengthy times. lot of the stores ran out of chicken before the end of the day. let me make clear, the chick-fil-a company, nor its executives, they didn't propose this. they didn't promote it. i've had no personal contact with any of the people from chick-fil-a since the time i first mentioned it on my fox news show just less than two weeks ago. it just went viral. people like billy graham, concerned women for america, rick santorum, people all over the country got involved and started talking to their constituents and there was no organized pr effort, no public relations chain involved in making it happen. it just happened spontaneously. it was the american people. >> ali: sort of, but it does suggest you are pretty powerful. what's the next cause you're going to pick up? >> be sure and watch my show every weekend on fox. that would be -- you know, seriously. i'll tell what you this is about. this is about making sure we all play to the same rules. i think what made this go overt top is when you have mayors like the chicago mayor saying it didn't represent chicago values. the very day he said that in his city where same sex marriage is illegal, by the way, he h his arm around louis farrakhan, who has had some of the most anti-semitic, antifemale and antigay remarks ever. so my question is, why is it okay if you're a muslim, to say things about whether it's gays or whoever, but if dan cathy, the ceo of a privately held business expresses his personal view, not at the company's cash register, not at the counter where they serve customer, but in his own personal life, why is that somehow such an offense that boston, washington, chicago would try to throw them out of their cities? that's illegal and unconstitutional for government to censor speech. >> steve: absolutely. and it begs the question, where is the tolerance from some on the left? it's just not there. tomorrow we understand that apparently they're going to try to have some members of the gay and lesbian community, or try to have a kiss in at chick-fil-a's all across the country. >> ali: will you be taking part in that? >> probably i won't be there for that. but so what? that's america. and i think people, as long as they're orderly, as long as they don't disrupt the flow of customers and traffic, then if they believe that that will help their cause to put people of the same sex kissing each another a public place in front of families, if they believe that will encourage people to be more sympathetic, then the more power to them. in america, i think people have a right to do things that i might not agree with. what i want them to do is shut down the voices of christians because they don't like those voices. >> ali: the fact that it was so peaceful. hundreds of thousands of people torpedo there were long lines. there was traffic, but there weren't any incidents as far as we know of. >> brian: we also know about the secret sauce now thanks to our producers. >> steve: 'cause you started the appreciation day and it was yesterday, we wound up with chick-fil-a on the set. can you stick around a little business, governor? >> you bet. >> steve: all right. >> brian: he's going to be body surfing on the break. a brand-new report this morning, mitt romney short list for vice president just got shorter. we're naming names next. it looks like steve is hungry. >> ali: first on this day in history in 1990, vision of love by mariah carey was the number one song. >> steve: delicious. >> brian: quiet down. i want to listen. ♪ wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> steve: victoria jackson is the answer to our aflac trivia question. >> ali: i didn't know that. >> steve: the winner is jeff of georgia. congratulations. >> ali: i thought it was julia louis-dreyfus. >> steve: that would be wrong. >> ali: after weeks of speculation, new reports say mitt romney's short list for the vice presidential nomination is down to three top choices. with just a few weeks until the republican national convention, who is his best bet for a white house win? we're back with governor mike huckabee. let's talk about the three choices. apparently, according to a report we believe on abc, tim pawlenty, rob portman, and paul ryan. we all know, obviously the campaign has not confirmed this. what do you think of these three choices? >> i think any one of the three would be good. i'm disappointed that brian kilmeade is not on the list. he was my personal pick. i know he was leading the running up until this week. that's a big shock to awful us. who knew you were such a panderer. i think the fact is, nobody knows. one of the things i admire about the romney team is they run a tight ship. beth myers, heading up the search, has i think been terrific in keeping all the speculation tamped down. so whether or not these are the three finalists, frankly i don't think we know. but if those are the three finalist, all of them have extraordinarily strong credentials and there is some specific things each bring. tim pawlenty, the experience of having been a governor. strong in his own personal background, a great american story. rob portman served at every level of the government, state, federal, inside the white house. he's someone who understands how things work. paul ryan is probably one of the smartest, most cerebral republicans we have and bright, articulate leader of our party. any of them are good. >> brian: i got to bring it to somebody else that's not on the list. i think you're a supporter. i know jeb bush is. he believes rubio should be on there. my personal selection, if i'm not going to be on the list, would be governor chris christie. if you want to rock this race, that's the guy to do it. >> well, chris christie would be. my guess is that the romney people are a little concerned that chris christie is so independent that they never know what he might say. the romney strategy is to be very meticulous in controlling the message, being very almost corporate minded, very thoughtful, very planned and organized. i'm not sure that chris christie fits into that. he's more like a spontaneous combustion than a controlled burn. >> steve: mike huckabee joining us live with the view that they wakes up to every morning. thank you, governor. >> brian: we have yet to be invited over and i'm very shocked by that. that story is next hour. ali, you got to get going. >> yes, i have a loft breakfast eating to go down. >> steve: thank you very much. >> brian: great job. >> ali: great to see you guys. she stole the show in beijing and about to steal our show. dara torres hosting our next hour. >> brian: then bo, then tebow. who is better? the mash-up taking the internet by storm. what is bo derek think about that? is it tebow or bo? you make the call. 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"fox & friends" starts right now >> brian: are we all yet? that sounds like the worse dive ever. >> steve: dara torres, ladies and gentlemen! she's won a dozen medals in the olympics! >> brian: and she's been taxed to the hilt. 12 silver and four bronze. you paid a lot of tax. >> dara: first of all. i didn't swim in the '96 olympics and i think that's when athletes and swimmers started to get money for their medals. in the previous one, we unfortunate got paid n. 2000, that was the first time where i had to pay on moguled, silver and bronzes. >> brian: are you outraged? >> dara: i don't think it's right. people have to understand that. >> steve: neither does marco rubio. >> dara: i know. you have to understand that athletes basically usually struggle just to stay alive to be able to do what they love to do and be able to compete and represent the united states. so not everyone is a michael phelps or ryan lochte who makes a lot of money. so to get taxed on what they win, i think, is a little bit of an outrage. >> brian: we should am -- >> steve: dara and brian is a history together, long ago in the early '90s. they hosted fox on sports when we used to do a sports show. >> brian: yes. three hour show on sunday. soda a can be a broadcaster. that's where you were heading, then went back into the pool. >> steve: the last time you were here, brian and i were in wet suits. >> dara: i cheered you on swimming. it was so cold that day. >> brian: out of all the moments you want to relive, did you think you wanted to relive this one? >> dara: i should be asking you that question. >> steve: brian beat you, if i remember. >> steve: by a mile. you were promoting a lotion and i put it on my feet and i couldn't actually stand up in the swimming pool. >> dara: you're not supposed to stand when you swim. >> brian: as you know, you're very close to being in london, competing again. people look up to you for many reason, one which have is for nonswimmers. you show the 40s is not a death sentence. they look to you to say look at what we can accomplish in our 40s. correct? >> dara: i'm honored about that. a lot of people say they thought they were too old to do things and put off because of age and stuff like that. so it's nice when people tell me those stories. it inspires me. >> brian: it's one of the times you can bring up with a woman her age without getting slapped or hit. >> steve: we got four commercials coming up. >> brian: that's true. a showdown over the first amendment rights is in full swing. at the center of it all, chick-fil-a. record crowds coming out to support the fast food chain dara. >> dara: joining us with the latest is heather. >> good morning. you saw the lines out the door yesterday. people from across the country. in fact, thousands and thousands of them going to chick-fil-a yesterday to support the ceo of that company examine his stance on traditional marriage. a lot of people voting with their wallets. it was two weeks ago you may remember that chick-fil-a's ceo set off a real firestorm. in a radio interview, he said he supported the idea of traditional marriage and then within hours of that, mayors of chicago, boston and washington, d.c. started saying that chick-fil-a is not welcome in their towns. listen to this. >> i think tree dom of speech only apply when is it's saying what you want to hear. if other people have beliefs i don't believe it, i'm not gog condemn you. >> there is a culture war going on. people aren't really respecting each other and difference of opinion. >> that's what folks are saying at chick-fil-a yesterday n. response to the protest, governor mike huckabee declared august 1 chick-fil-a appreciation day. to protest that, same sex marriage supporters are holding a kiss in tomorrow. we asked governor huckabee about his feelings about that. here is what he had to say. >> i think people, as long as they're orderly, as long as they don't disrupt the flow of customers and traffic, then if they believe that that will help their cause to put people of the same sex kissing each other in a public place in front of families, if they believe that will encourage people to be more sympathetic, than more power to them. in america, i think people have a right to do things that i might not agree with. >> more than half a million people signed up for the facebook page that supported chick-fil-a. back to you. >> steve: heather, we thank you very much. i just had a chick-fil-a. it was delicious. >> brian: i know. still in your teeth. >> steve: stunning new report this morning just released about solyndra. did the white house investing in the company was a losing bet? let's find out right now, dara torres. >> brian: peter doocy has been scrambled to tell us this story, right? >> steve: right. >> the latest estimates are taxpayers are only going to be able to recover about $24 million of the $527 million they loaned solyndra. that's loss of $503 million. there is a report in the "washington post" based on excerpts from an 18-month-long congressional investigation suggesting that some staffers in the white house's office of management and budget were sending e-mails around a few years ago as soon as solyndra's financials got dicey, warning about the risk of restructuring their loan to favor private investors over taxpayers when it came to repayment. with one analyst even urging his bosses to just cut their losses and sell off the government's stake in solyndra, as others wondered if the money they were giving them was even enough, writing, quote, with increasing competition from china and other low cost competitor, it isn't clear how solyndra would be able to achieve the scaleup and margins needed. but the omb director at the time, jack lieu, who is presently the white house chief of staff, allowed the loan to solyndra to get refinanced despite the objections of some in his office and the energy department says that was the right move at the time. writing issues quote, the record clearly shows that decisions related to this loan were made solely on the merits after careful review by experts in our loan program. that includes the shared determination by our career lawyers and outside legal experts that the decision to permit the restructuring of the loan agreement was legal. remember, last week there was another report that a big bundler for the obama campaign, steve wesley, who attended a california fund-raiser with the president in july, issued a similar warning about solyndra's loan in 2010 because he believed also that it would be hard for solyndra to survive long-term and he wanted to protect the president. back to you in new york. >> steve: all right. thank you very much for the news from dc. >> brian: we'll talk more in just a second. dara, you have the headlines. >> dara: we start with a fox news alert. you're looking at new video of an oil refinery on fire in tulsa, oklahoma. this is the holy frontier refinery. witnesses heard a loud bang around 2:30 this morning and saw flames shoot several feet in the air. the fire is now being contained and no one has been hurt. an investigation is underway to figure out how this happened. at it again, holding a lavish bash in nashville as the house committee holds a hearing on the agency wasting taxpayer money. the hearing revealing shocking amounts of bonuses being dished out. >> an employee with a base salary of $84,000, listen to this, got $150,000 in overtime pay. >> there is something wrong in gsa when you have to pay an employee $115,000 in overtime. >> dara: the agency is paying $44 million last year in bonuses. the gsa just 1% of the federal work force, but it made up 10% of all government bonuses. >> brian: outrageous. >> dara: republicans delivering on their promise to prevent tax increases. the house still approving a bill to renew all of the bush tax cuts. after defeating a bill by democrats to raise taxes on some families. house speaker john boehner willing to work with the senate majority leader to prehave not tax hikes. take a listen. >> this morning we sent a letter to senator reid outlining that if the senate were to vote to stop the looming tax hikes and/or if the senate were to vote to replace the sequester that we'd be willing to bring the house back in in august to deal with those issues. >> dara: democrats, however, claim republicans are creating uncertainty about the economy. not supporting a tax increase for families making over $250,000 a year. baseball ejection like no other. take a look. public address announcer derek dye getting kicked out from the daytona-cubs minor league baseball game. he played "three blind mice" after a questionable call. just as amazing, the crowd's very loud booing. >> he was ejected from the game! wow! that is so cool! that is unbelievable! >> dara: that was kind of funny. the same umpire will be calling tonight's game and derek planning to be there. >> brian: so what happened is they didn't like the call, they started playing "three blind mice" and they tossed the organist from the game. i never heard that before. that was fantastic. >> steve: you're out of here! >> brian: chris chulo found out this morning. >> steve: on another channel, they've got the london 2012 olympics and kara torres returned from there. this really has turned into the quitter olympics, hasn't it? >> dara: it has. bitter wasn't as popular in 08. but they warned you, the u.s. swim team, they did talk to us about sort of etiquette of tweeting and what -- >> steve: don't say anything stupid. >> dara: exactly. you know, these athletes are there representing their country. they should know what's proper etiquette. >> brian: it's true. but you feel like you're in a conversation and two people sent home because of this. look who is doing it. you got ten million mentions of olympics. 3.35 million mentions in the first weekend alone. what we wanted to hear from the athletes, dara, so if you can't get bob costas to talk to dara torres, you can follow her on twitter. you come back and say something that's not proper, do you think it's right to get tossed from the games? >> dara: you know, there is always freedom of speech, but i guess when you're an olympic athlete, you have to watch what you say. >> brian: so you have no sympathy for the -- if you tweet the wrong thing? >> dara: of course i have sympathy. but their federations should have done a better job of educating them on what to say and not to say. >> steve: one thing i think they cracked down on us because there are so many taped delays, don't twitter that you won nine hours before nbc runs it like it's live. >> dara: i did that yesterday and i was congratulating mason adrien and my fellow teammates and i had people say, i'm going to unfollow you now until it's over. sorry. >> brian: people get ticked off. >> dara: they do. i'm sorry, everyone. >> brian: i shouldn't be sorry. i am so confused. i never know what i'm watching. if something happened already. >> steve: i've been following you for a while. >> dara: am i funny? >> steve: yeah, funny enough. i know what she eight for breakfast -- ate for breakfast every day this week. what if you could slash money off your mortgage payment every month? bob massi found a way. >> dara: they won the gold medal and made their country proud. but they won't be getting a warm welcome home. the tax man will be waiting at their door. >> u.s. swimming star ryan lochte sparked a controversy by wearing a grill designed by a rapper. not only that, lochte times his races with a big clock around his neck. 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[♪...] >> brian: americans across the country try to recover from their housing crisis that you may northbound right now, many people are finding it hard to refinance and pay down their mortgage. but our next guest says there is indeed help. here is real estate guru, regular guest, bob massi. help is on the way? >> good morning, brian. yep. if you have an fm a loan that you maybe got five, six years ago, it's almost impossible, as you know, brian, to refinance homes. there is what's called a streamline fha, nva, by the way. it's very important that you always contact the mortgage broker to learn about it. but essentially what they could do, they being the fha, is they could streamline your mortgage down, not your reduction, not principle reduction, but your interest rate from where it was when you got it and they could streamline it down now to around present interest rates or maybe a little above. it's a great program that i wanted our viewers to know about. >> brian: now, you say streamline. what's unique about this, this is the layman talking here, is that you don't have to say, i want a new short go through the refinancing property, you can go through your current mortgage and make it work? >> you got it right. because you qualified, brian, originally for the fha, there is no qualification necessary. you literally could be unemployed, believe it or not. there is no credit reporting whatsoever. i actually just had it done for my son and in 30 days, the streamline fha was approved saved almost $300 a month and it's something not many people know about. if you got the fha, go after it. >> brian: anything we should know about the guidelines? >> yeah. real quick, brian. first of all, no appraisal is necessary. that's very, very important. and you really are look at a situation right now where if you just get the necessary information to the mortgage broker, the lender that you're dealing with, they will look at this. they don't have to pull that credit report like i said. it's a no lose situation for the homeowner. it gives -- the most important thing, brian, it doesn't matter if your house is under water because they're going from the original purchase price, taking it down to some present interest rate competitive numbers and saving the homeowner money. of course, you must be current on your payments. you can not be behind. you got to be current on the payment. >> brian: so that's an important note. you could save $300 a month so that will help. >> or more. >> brian: this is also interesting real quick that, if you are lucky now have a job, be able to make your payments, this is also an opportunity for you to get ahead of the game. correct? >> it is. yes. number one. the other thing, brian, again, i just can't stress that we're living in a time where homeowners have to almost treat this whole thing like a poker game. you got to find out what's going on out there in the lending market today. we heard yesterday that big controversy about the head of fannie and fred yeah that said they're going to principal reduce. that caused a lot of controversy amongst everyone. but the bottom line is homeowner, be aggressive, ask questions. go to lenders. particularly if you're current, and as weeks go on we'll continue to cover subjects to build their dreams to get them back on track in different areas. >> brian: he is bob massi. if you have questions for him, do it right now. get in touch with him. click on the shattered dreams tab on our web site. thanks, bob. >> thanks. >> brian: coming up, do you ever shop on-line? chances are it's cheaper because taxes don't come into play. now the government wants to change that, charging everybody to make things fair. is that really the answer? legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. is here and he went to law school. one of the most iconic images of a bathing suit ever. bo derek on the beach. did you know she has something in common with dara torres? cho. you do what you do... because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream. to create. to work. if you're going to do something. make it matter. >> dara: time for your news by the numbers. the olympic edition. first, one, 100th of a second, that's how much time separated the united states mason adrien from australia in the 100-meter free style. this is the first time the u.s. has won this event since 1988. next, 13, that's how many gold medals the u.s. has won so far. the latest one by the woman's rowing team. they took home the gold. finally, 33 feet. that's how high the mayor of london was left hanging. he got stuck on a zip line. a ground crew valley pulled him the rest of of the way down. >> brian: i believe that's mitt romney's revenge. >> steve: meanwhile, this famous scene, remember this? turned her into a hollywood superstar. iconic actress bo derek played the perfect 10 in the movie that came out in 1979. now bo has taken on a new role, politics. so who does she think will be the perfect presidential pick? >> dara: joining us live from los angeles, actress bo derek. hey, good morning. >> good morning. >> steve: who do you like? >> i like you guys, all three. i'm waiting. in politics right now at my age, it's all about me. so it's been how they vote on stopping horse slaughter, or a wonderful project in the amazon in ecuador to preserve it, or wildlife trafficking. i have a whole slew. >> steve: you too. but in the past, i remember you did support george herbert walker bush and his son, george bush as well. >> yes. >> steve: so you lean to the conservative side generally, right? >> i do. i do. in fact, didn't we meet, dara, in a bus? >> dara: i think we did actually, yes. >> steve: greyhound? >> dara: i think it was for bush, right? >> yeah. for the inaugural parade. we were freezing. >> dara: yes. it was cold. i remember that. i actually want to know what your secret is to being a strong, beautiful woman. >> i can't believe you're asking me this. of all the people, no. in the opposite, when i get older, when i get younger, i want to be you, dara. incredible. i admire you so much and i'm a swimmer. >> dara: i know. i remember you telling me that. >> brian: you still swim now? >> i do swim now. i'm working my way up to get better and better. but it's interesting because the older i get, the more i love swimming. i think it does the most for a feminine body, i think. >> steve: there you go. that would explain why brian likes it so much. so bo, have you seen this video? it's gone viral. it's kind of a split screen between tim tebow and you, bo derek. there you are both running in slow motion. >> brian: i don't know if off monitor there, but check this out. tim tebow, he took his shirt off and shocked it caused such an uproar. who is hotter? >> well, he's definitely hot. yeah. it's raining, let me take my top off. >> dara: i would personally give him a 10. >> i would definitely. i would definitely. it's just he's pretty good at running in slow motion. i think i'm still better. >> brian: yes, i go with you, if you don't mind. i'm going to counter balance the couch. >> steve: speaking of rain and rain forest, what are you doing to help protect things down in the amazon rain forest? >> it's a fascinating project. there is a part of the rain forest in ecuador that is completely untouched. it didn't freeze in the last ice age, so you can imagine the biodiversity. where we spent so many billions to reforest something that's been ruined, here we have an opportunity, the world, to contribute to this project, to save something that's so pristine where we'll probably find cures to so many diseases. i'm just of the opinion that even if you are a drill baby, drill person, i think that we can all say, okay. but let's take some places off the map and off the list for drilling and just as we have our wonderful national parks, i think we could say yeah. yosemite, let's never touch that. i think we need to do that on an international scale in some places and this is the most spectacular place. >> steve: we know you're very passionate about this examine you'll be back in our after the show show to talk about that. >> right. >> steve: bo derek joining us today from the city of angels, los angeles. thank you. >> thank you. >> steve: all right. up next, a brand-new update on the economy any moment now. the labor department about to release the latest jobless numbers. eric bolling's analysis, he's analyzing one of our floor crew right there right now. >> brian: he's certaining instruction. >> dara: plus, they're bringing their olympic gold medals back to the usa. but wait until you hear who is waiting to welcome them home. the tax man, standing by to collect his cut. >> steve: great wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. strumming♪ isn't it time you visited the places where time stops? and where the good ole days include today? then you belong at bass pro shops' fall hunting classic, our biggest hunting event ever. your adventure starts here. >> brian: fox business alert now. the labor department just releasing brand-new weekly jobless numbers. pay attention to the white house. 365,000 first-time unemployment claims were filed last week. that's up from 353 the week before and less than expected. eric bolling, you are here analyzing those numbers as you see them for the first time. >> i'm watching some other things going on. 360, jobless numbers, initial jobless claims. 365, analysts were expecting 370,000. again, new people walking into the office for the very first time, continuing claims continue to be almost 3 million people, so people on unemployment looking for unemployment help. job picture not great. number was a little better than they expected. 370 is what they were expecting. also news coming out. the european central bank -- i don't want to get wonky, but is announcing measures to try and shore up what they're going to do in europe and maybe that's what -- the market is reacting a little bit right now. >> brian: positive? what about the market glitch yesterday? what was wrong with that? people not working this right? >> it's al goh rhythms d, algorithms. the machines took over. it literally wiped out a whole industry. >> steve: speak of that, you had car figures. >> numbers released late yesterday, car sales, u.s. auto sales, gm down 6.4%. ford down a little bit. less than 4%. chrysler up 13%. but japanese car makers are doing really well. honda, up 45%. toyota, 26. nissan, 16. there was a hurricane and tsunami last year, a little bit earlier than last year at this time. so it's recovering off that. but the good news is for the economy, 14 million units is a projected estimate. that's the best in five years. >> steve: 14 million, my daughter bought a jeep yesterday. got it at ramsey jeep. >> brian: the italian people must be happy 'cause they own a lot of chrysler. >> steve: we'll be watching you today on "the five." >> thank you. >> steve: very good. brian? >> brian: what? >> steve: headlines. >> brian: beginning with the bombshell f.b.i. report, top official admitting something we've heard before, the agency had the american born muslim cleric anwar al-awlaki, in custody in 2002. they let him go. it happened in new york's jfk airport where al-awlaki was flagged for an outstanding warrant. turns out an islamic extremist is something you shouldn't be. why they let him walk is unclear. he was eventually killed in a c.i.a.-led drone strike in his car in 2011. he was one of al-qaeda's top recruiters with ailed ties to the 9-11 hijackers. and major nidal malik hasan, the army psychiatrist accuse of murdering 13 people at fort hood, he was one person that inspired him. >> steve: a major scare at reagan national airport in dc where three airplanes reportedly came within seconds of crashing midair. crisis there. the near crisis, we should say, involving three u.s. airways commuter jets carrying 192 people in total. word is air traffic controllers became confused after bad weather caused several flights to be rerouted. that's when they reportedly signaled two planes to take off in the flight path of a third plane that was coming in for a landing. the faa now investigating. >> dara: we all know you shouldn't drink and drive. but the guy we're about to tell but shouldn't be allowed to drink and walk. after a night out in michigan, he strayed into the wrong home, crawled into bed with a couple, and passed out. the couple took off and called the cops. when the 27-year-old intruder woke up, he mumbled, this isn't my house. he's right. he lives a few doors away. >> steve: oopsy daisy. >> brian: it will make me scared to sleep tonight. was a marriage proposal that did not go as planned. a man thought he had the perfect way to ask his girlfriend of three years to marry him. so he put it down on the yum bow tron in wrigley field in chicago. one problem. she was not there. she was on a beer run. she missed the sign. but they did end up together. eventually, though, they did actually -- she did return with the beer, good news. that's when he got down on one knee. she said yes. they both ended up on "fox & friends" and talked about that memorable moment. >> when i got down there, the lines were just long and i was just waiting and look back and seeing the way he looked on the video. i knew that he was crushed. but after it all worked out, i'm very happy and i'm still kind of in shock about it. >> brian: no wedding date just yet. the good news is, the cubs aren't going to be in the playoffs. the couple says they hope the day isn't as problematic as their proposal. i'm sure it won't. >> dara: you felt so bad with the guy when you saw his reaction. >> brian: i know. it ended up better in the long run. it goes to she you, don't make a big deal out of getting engaged. >> steve: let's look at the day ahead weather wise. let's start, dara, youfully florida. currently, it's nice and dry there. not the case in the great lakes, back through portion of kansas and also in the lower mississippi valley. some rain showers at this hour. current readings, going to be another hot one. then again, it is summer. if it wasn't hot, we'd be complaining. 82 now in tampa. and in dallas. but watch the temperatures for the central plains as we look at the temperatures. this will be about 4:00 o'clock this afternoon. it will be 110 in dallas. going to be 103 in san antonio and el paso. approaching the century mark in kansas city. 97 today in memphis. that's a look at your hot and dry weather. >> brian: even olympic victory comes with a price. america's athletes will be forced to pay thousands of dollars in taxes on their winnings once they return from the games. one law maker, at least, along with senator rubio, hope to change that. >> dara: texas congressman blake ferran at all is the author of the bill that would make olympic winners like me exempt from income taxes. good morning and welcome. what do you think about that? >> listen, i think we need to say thank you to our athletes who do so much for our country and we need to highlight the fact that we're one of the few countries in the world that taxes income world wide. this income is being earned in england. >> steve: sure. it's international income. dara would like to know if she can get the money back she already paid. >> dara: please. >> steve: because it's a lot of money. congressman, we're going to show the sort of tax penalty if they're taxed at the 35% rate. for instance, bronze medalist take home cash award of 10,000 would have to pay the tax man 3500. silver medalist would owe 5300. if you won a gold, after working your heart out for your country and being the best athlete you could possibly be, congressman, the irs wants close to $9,000. >> every time you see somebody getting a medal, just think which ching, we need tax reform. >> brian: you say beginning when you started your olympic quest, no tax. >> dara: yes, we didn't get money for winning. the first olympics we got money for winning medals was in 2000. yep, the irs came and took some money out from my medals. >> it's not just the money that you win that they're after. they're actually after the value of the medal. >> dara: you know, i don't think the medal is that expensive. everyone asks me is it gold and it's not gold. it's gold plated. >> it's several hundred dollars for a gold medal. >> it is. >> steve: marco rubio is also interested in doing something about this. what's the difference between your two proposals? >> i think we both have very similar proposals. we'll work out differences, assuming they get passed, in conference committee. i think this is something everybody can get hyped and we can pass. >> brian: what about people who say, the nobel peace prize, you actually get taxed on that. what about people that say, super bowl winnings, you get taxed on that. >> i think there's a difference here, specifically with the super bowl 'cause these are professional athletes who, it's their job and they're work within the united states. nobel prize winners in the united states, that money was again, earned in the united states. it's not just a thank you to the olympic athletes. it's an illustration of how absurd our tax system is and how out of sync we are with the rest of the world. we need a fairer, flatter, simpler tax and need to get rid of taxes of income earned overseas. it hurts our businesses and causes businesses to go overseas. >> dara: i say on behalf of the athletes, thank you for fighting for this. >> you're very welcome. thank you for all you did. >> steve: congressman of texas, thank you for joining us today. >> brian: if you shop on-line, which the congressman might be doing, you know it's cheaper. that's usually because taxes don't come into play. but the federal government might change that to help close its own budget gap. is that fair? peter johnson, jr. up next. >> dara: then he brought home the gold medal after one of the biggest olympic upsets of all time. world champion ron gardner is here. you never know what might happen when you put steve and brian -- not me -- in the ring. >> brian: we'll learn thousand wrestle today. >> steve: oh, oh >> you've probably heard a lot about reverse mortgages lately and frankly, it may all seem just a little confusing. and if you're anything like me, you want to have all the facts before you make any big decision. that's why i want to send you this free dvd about reverse mortgages. it'll walk you through the process, from qualification to counseling to closing and also, answer some important questions. what are the costs and how do they compare to a traditional mortgage? how is the government involved? and what is your responsibility after you get your reverse mortgage? the answers are all in this free dvd. a reverse mortgage could be a smart, safe and secure option that could help you pay off your original mortgage, manage your health care costs or just cover your day-to-day expenses. so call this toll-free number and let me send you your free video right now. [♪...] >> dara: welcome back. look at these photos of olympic athletes making some great funny faces. check out the face on angie of britain as she struggles with an opponent during a woman's water polo match. look at daniel of italy diving for a ball during a beach volleyball match. and last but not least, russia, snapped in the middle of the big dive. >> steve: that's what it looks like? >> dara: whoa. >> steve: all right. thank you very much. meanwhile, if you shop on-line, and everybody i know does -- you know it's cheaper. that's usually because in part, taxes don't come into play. now the federal government might change that to help close the budget gap. is that fair to you? fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. is here with more. peter, it's those senators on capitol hill. >> a lot of us consumers may be looking like some of those olympic athletes making faces when they really understand this. they're calling it the marketplace fairness act. what they want to do is require on-line retailers to collect sales tax from the state to which a product is being sent to. so if i'm buying something in california and the retailer is in new jersey, but i'm sending it to wyoming or new york, then i've got to pay the new york sales tax 'cause that's where it's going to wind up. and so people like senator jim demint ask a couple of others -- and a couple of others are saying, listen, this is really in-- had is in effect the ability of states to tax people in other states. this is taxation without representation. and this is the state government going wild trying to close their budget gaps on the backs of consumers that are going on-line. so now, if the company you're buying from is from new jersey and you live in new jersey, then you got to pay the sales tax. >> steve: that makes sense. >> okay. and a lot of on-line retailers do, in fact, collect sales tax. now they want to set up this gigantic enormous machine by which the state capitols and washington gets together and says, no, we're watching you. you better pay those sales tax. >> steve: why is the senate doing this? it's because that's where people shop these days and it's a gigantic loophole they feel and they need money to fund washington. peter, i'm going to quote the supreme court. the supreme court ruled in quill versus north dakota in 1992 that retailers can be required to collect state sales taxes only in states where they have a physical presence. that proved your point. >> it does prove my point, but also you can pass a law that overrules the supreme court. and that's what they're trying to do. they say the internet has become explosive, that this is a terrible loophole. it's helping all of us. the critical question becomes, how do we balance states' interests on bloated budgets versus economic growth? do we want to stop people from buying on the internet? is that what we want to do? they say we want to protect the small business person in america who are getting beat up by these on-line sales. but the numbers don't really show that, in my view. >> steve: very good. they just want a piece of the pie because a lot of people are shopping on-line. >> tax, tax, tax. representation counts, though. >> steve: there you go. thank you, peter. interesting. all right. meanwhile, you saw what happened the last time brian and i got lessons from an olympic gold medalist. data torres got -- dara torres got us soaked. this is what's going to happen next. this is rulon gardner. that's just embarrassing. that is live. brian will lose a day. there is dara giggling. that was funny. bill hemmer, would you get into the ring with rulon gardner? >> no chance. he was like that far from losing his neck there, steve. >> steve: he was indeed. >> who knew that chick-fil-a would become a national issue on freedom of speech? more on that today. what happens when all these franchises across the country and herman cain is here to react. breaking news on the economy, if you missed it. the jobless number is just out. what does it tell about the american economy? what to do about the almighty issue of taxes, live from the hill on that. we'll see you in ten minutes on "america's newsroom" as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> brian: one of the most talked about moments in olympic history when rulon gardner took home the gold in the 2000 u.s. olympic games. he beat russia, who was undefeated for 13 years. whatever happened to that guy? who cares? we got you here. >> dara: that's right. he kept winning the wins, coming in the 2004 olympics, taking home the bronze. then he stepped out of the spotlight. welcome. now he's back fighting here on "fox & friends." you try out for the olympics team and missed it by four pounds. i never heard of that before. >> after i retired, i got on the biggest loser, i lost a total of 205 pounds. at the olympic weigh ins, i was exactly where i was eight years ago when i won the olympic bronze medal. >> steve: you were as high as how much? >> as high as 474 pounds. >> dara: wow. >> so i lost 205 pounds. i was exactly where i was eight years ago. the difference was my body had not been in traininfor eight years, so i got to the point where i was unhealthy and decided my life was more important than the olympic games. >> steve: how did you lose 200 pounds? >> treadmill, bikes, ellipticals. >> steve: that boring stuff? >> it is. that's one thing about it. the nutrition, the dedication, the workouts, all the practice attention. for me, i got off the biggest loser, i had lost so much strength. so i started lifting weights again. got back to where i could physically push these guys around. these last two months, i got to spend the time training with the olympic team, getting these guys over. they're in london now getting ready to win medals. >> dara: is it harder being an older athlete? >> it isn't. the coaches are like, oh, he doesn't have it. then i show them in a workout. >> brian: you still got it. >> steve: here is dara torres. >> brian: here is the thing, i think you're pretty strong of the i think you're shot and you're through and i want to take you on. >> dara: i can't wait to watch this. >> steve: start your tivos. >> brian: here is the deal. >> i can't compare with these. >> brian: nobody can. >> i'm going to put my clothes on. >> steve: dara, come over here for commentary. >> brian: my legs are free? >> i can grab your leg, but there is three styles. high school wrestling, you can attack the legs. i want to talk about basic stance. if i'm in a basic stance position, like any sport, i get to attack you. what you want to do to win gold is to attack and come after the legs and execute. >> brian: he's looking at me and sizing me up. the difference between us is -- >> probably how weak you are. [ laughter ] >> steve: oh, my goodness! >> brian: how many points? >> steve: brian, come on! why aren't you trying. >> brian: ho is winning? >> steve: oh, my goodness! rulon, how much do you weigh? >> 310 pounds. >> brian: what's the score? >> steve: easy on his chest, please. brian, you're not doing well. while you're here -- >> what we're doing now -- easy now. i'm the official whisk master. in the old days, it's ring around the collar. now i'm going to -- every day at practice, i'll lose six to ten pounds of sweat. >> dara: he's like a gnat. >> steve: like a wish bone! he's going to make a wish! brian, just give up, okay? are you tickleish? >> brian: this is my last match. >> steve: we'll be right back. >> brian: i'm retiring. steve, take your shoes off building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ? thank you so much. i'm stoked. you stoked ? totally. ... and he says, "under the mattress." souse le matelas. ( laughter ) why's the new guy sending me emails from paris ? paris, france ? verizon's 4g lte devices are global-ready. plus, global data for just $25. only from verizon. >> dara: tomorrow the "fox & friends" all american summer concert series continues with country trio gloriana. >> brian: that's going to be great. catch us between nine and noon. speaker boehner and marco rubio are among the guests. >> dara: thankou so much for having me on. i brought you t-shirts back from london. >> brian: fantastic. >> dara: enjoyed it and i really appreciate it. it was a lot of fun. >> steve: rulon gardner in the after the show show! >> brian: i take him on. this time i win! that rematch. good morning, everyone. a fox news alert on the chick-fil-a story that swept acrosses country. folks waiting in long line to get their chicken fix. this really caught fire. i'm bill hemmer. 's we enter day two of this. you how are you doing, patti ann? patti ann: i'm in for martha maccallum. ceo, dan cathay create ad firestorm said he was against same-sex marriage. supporters of cathay flocked to the stores what was dubbed chick-fil-a. >> people standing up first amendment rights. >> if other beliefs i don't belief in, i won't condemn you. >> there is kind of a culture war. people aren't respecting each other and difference of opinion. there is no dialogue really takes place to get to the heart of what we belief as a nation and what is truth. bill: some of these lines went around the building and down the sidewalk and across the street. the crowds of supporters yesterday, a counter protest, is set now for tomorrow. our senior national correspondent is john roberts live in atlanta. you were out there yesterday, john. what did you find out? >> reporter: i was out there, yesterday, bill. what we found out this is about so much more than just a chicken sandwich. this is at the intersection of religion, politics, civil rights and first amendment rights. thousands upon thousands of people showed solidarity with chik-fil-a ceo dan cathay coming out to vote with their wallets. this wasn't just in the south which is the home of chick-fil-a. it was in new york, massachusetts, illinois, in california. here in the bible belt a lot of people did show up to express solidarity with dan cathay's traditional or biblical views of marriage. after the mayors of chicago, rahm emanuel, and mayor of boston, tom menino said to chick-fil-a you're not welcome here, you don't share our values that was a free speech

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