Think is the key to a successful marriage . Trust, open communication, listening, respect, faith in each other and remembering your vows to one another. Mary wrote successful marriage, an element of mystery mixed with a sense of dependability keeps your partner intrigued and interested. Finally, you have to play the game. You have to give a little and take a little. Thanks to everyone who responded. Ive been married almost 13 years. You have to resolve to work through things no matter how ugly things can get. A little bit of laughter goes a long way. Fox friends starts right now. Have a great day. Gretchen good morning. It is february 7, 2013. Thursday. Im gretchen carlson. A president ial flipflop. President obama will allow congress to access classified drone documents after all. But why . Is it to get his top spy guy confirmed later today or quiet complaints that hes stepping on the constitution. From his own party now. Steve while the president defends his secret drone war, our military is about to get gutted in some measure. From pay cuts for our troops to slashing our fleet. What does the future of our National Security look like Going Forward . Brian how many times have we said the military makes way too much money . Next time youre late for work try this. Sorry boss, my angry wife stole my truck keys, dropped them in a glass of water and wut them in the freezer. Really . Most memorable excuses as fox friends starts right now. Steve what did you tell us . Gretchen good morning. Talking about the blues brothers. Im intrigued. Brian on the blues brother when they had the excuse my car had a flat tire, whatever they said real quick. But everyone has an excuse but rarely do people put all the excuses together. Steve until today. Gretchen each week we get hundreds of real estate questions from you asking how we can help you rebuild our dreams. This week our real estate expert bob hitting the road to try to answer. He is in fort myers, florida, where hes holding a free seminar. Good morning to you, bob. What do you have for us today . Im in fort myers. Terrific cloud. They have been wonderful down here. Love fox friends. Love fox news. Were going to be talking about how we got here, where were going, what the future is from lending to the real estate industry. The future of real estate in america. How the present situation is going to get worse and maybe better at times. Well cover all those issues, take questions from the audience. The next three hours to try to inform everybody viewing this as to what is going on. Steve bob, huge crowd behind you. All goodlooking people. This place is spectacular. This yacht club has been wonderful. The people are great. The hospitality is great. Really were very, very fortunate for being here. We thank the people for coming out so early. We have a lot to cover but we have a lot to talk about that help us understand this disaster of the past few years. Gretchen bob will answer all your questions every hour. The seminar goes from 6 a. M. To 9 a. M. Eastern. Well be back in touch with you in about 27 minutes, bob. We could learn more today about what took so long for help to arrive in benghazi, libya. Outgoing secretary of defense leon panetta expected to testify at 10 on capitol hill. Last week panetta said the u. S. Didnt have enough time to respond. Federal employees got a nice pay raise but the military maybe not. Sources say leon panetta will recommend to Congress Military salaries be limited to a 1 increase next year. The decision comes as the secretary steps up the rhetoric about dire cuts at the pentagon if sequestration goes into effect march 1. The man accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve in new york expected to plead guilty to terror charges. Officials say he tried to blow up the van with 1,000 pounds of explosives outside the buildings, but the explosives were fake. He is charged with trying to use weapons of mass destruction and trying to thwart al qaeda. There are thousands of reasons why people are late to work. Traffic . The most common culprit. But not all employees blame jammed roads. A new survey reveals some of the most memorable excuses like good ideas for you. My car wouldnt start because the breathalyzer showed i was intoxicated. My car was attacked by a bear. Heres the photo of proof. Are we going to see it . Steve we heard it. Gretchen last but not least, my angry wife froze my keys in a glass of water in the freezer. Come on. Out of those three, that is the most logical one. Brian really . I tell you what, i think there is a long line of misdeeds if she is going to that extent to freeze your keys. Steve im sure youve used good excuses with your boss. Email one of your favorites. Brian how about this excuse . I killed an american today with a hellfire missile thanks to a u. S. Drone. Why did we do that . Because he was trying to kill us and plot against us. That is the overview. But today we get the details on how the president , president of the United States, and his Justice Department combined to put together a white paper that justified that attack against anwr al alawaki. Steve the white house is relenting. They were going to keep classified, keep secret from the lawmakers on capitol hill exactly what went into the 2010 legal opinion written by the department of justice on the kill of alalawaki. There was a brew brouhaha. At the 11th hour what was released is that two committees the house and Senate Intel Committees will be allowed to sit in a room and read the paper. They cant take notes. They can bring an aide with them so they can see what went into the decision. Gretchen im wondering why this is suddenly a topic of discussion. Brian John Brennan Gretchen i get that. But they killed alalawaki three years ago now. I dont remember lawmakers making a humongous stink about this. Some libertarians did. To me, it is two issues. Is the president being hypocritical because he complained about george bush and his tactics with the war on terror . Yes, but that is a separate issue from president obama is fighting the war on terror. Are you against actually killing terrorists . Yesterday ed henry from fox news grilled the president s spokesperson on that. Why are you dancing around the question of whether or not we killed civilians . Why cant the government admit that i dont think im dancing around it. I didnt dispute it. What i cant do or what im not i dont disagree with that. Do you think this is going to imperil John Brennans nomination . The president believes he is uniquely qualified as a 25year veteran of intelligence work, 25year veteran at the c. I. A. To lead that agency. And as the president s top counterterrorism advisor these past four years, he has done extraordinary work in the effort to combat al qaeda. Steve it is mr. Brennans appearance before this committee today for his confirmation that lawmakers feel if were ever going to get answers regarding the program, its now. Thats why it is extraordinary and probably a little coincidental that they would go ahead and relent and release it to the lawmakers today. Brian heres whats good about it. Were going to get real questions from both sides rather than what a great guy you are, what a horrible person you are, and speech making. Wur going to get both sides probing john brennan in a respectful way, i believe, to legitimize some of the tactics when he was working counterterror for the center. Charles krauthammer looks at constitutional hurdles and why in some ways this could be challenging. They want to pretend you can only hit an american al qaeda operative who is an imminent threat and define him in a threat out of existence by saying al qaeda is continually hatching plots, so hes always, all day and all night, an imminent threat, i. E. , that criteria is meaningless. I think we really have to have an effort in the congress, in the executive and in the country to have an argument about what are the guidelines. Who is the soldier and who is who loses all rights in this kind of shadow war. Gretchen Charles Krauthammer said he doesnt understand the hysteria over the idea of killing americans who have taken up arms against the United States. Im not against killing americans who decide that they want to follow al qaeda. I mean, is anyone really against the idea that al alawaki is now dead. Maybe some people would have wanted him captured and maybe he would have given up more information if we put him to gitmo. Brian some people want him captured, read his right and brought criminal charges gretchen i guess im trying to figure out the exact criticism other than the hypocrisy, do we really have criticism about the president taking out members of al qaeda . On the one hand, he was criticized for not believing in the war on terror. Now he actually is doing something about the war on terror and thats problematic. Brian when we stormed the breaches of normandy, krauthammer went on to say, any german americans in here . We shot them all. That is the type of war youre in if you boil down to how this started. Steve it comes down to and this is why some lawmakers are upset were talking about american citizens denied due process. At what stage do they become enemy combatants . Thats probably contained in the super secret documents going to be released to the congressmen. Meanwhile senator ron wyden, a democrat from oregon, said this i want it understood because this is such a central issue, you have an individual with enormous influence, the architect of the counterterror policy in the United States. Im going to pull out all the stops to get the actual legal analysis because without it in effect the administration is practicing secret law. There will be, as brian you said, there will be a grilling from both sides. Speaking from both sides, where have they been . Finally the left, certain members of the left finally coming out of their quiet stage and now being critical of the president s program. The memo says that the federal government can use drones to attack people in terrorist organizations including individuals who are involved with that terrorist organization. However, and this is an important point, however you do not have to have Operational Intelligence that this person is involved in or planning an attack on the United States. An attack on the United States. You dont like this program in any way its constitutionally corrupt. Theyre clearly hypocrites. They dont care about human rights. They only care if it helps them politically. There is no way you can argue that you can kill an american without due process and hes not being held accountable by the media. He has not even addressed this memo. Could you imagine if this was bush . Gretchen my question is are the democrats upset because innocent civilians are killed in the drone strikes or are they upset because alleged terrorists are being killed . There is a difference there. Steve due process for americans is what it comes down to. Gretchen i dont agree with that. I believe if somebody is a member of al qaeda and hes plotting to kill he or she americans, i dont have a problem with a drone taking them out. Sorry, i dont. Brian were going to have it again. Adam gadon, an american, hell be dead soon. Who is going to be outraged about it . 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To jumpstart a homegrown cleanenergy industry. Gretchen remember when president obama touted the future of green energy and pumped billions of tax dollars into solar energy. Today the future looks dim as investments in green energy are beginning to dry up. Steve as the subsidies dry up, so does the business. Because . Theres tons of jobs and the entire industry is relying upon these billions of dollars, and we know where those billions have gotten up. According to my research,. 1 of the grid comes from solar power. You think about the money thats gone in, billions, and the output. Almost nothing; right . Now wall street this is a big business issue, and what everybody is talking about is whats going to happen with the shraor industry . Going to happen with the Solar Industry . What is going to happen with those jobs he said would be created and clearly the country needs jobs. Gretchen if we look at subsidized solar companies. Unfortunately, there are a lot of them. This is not a good track record here. We know what the checkered past has been for president obama and his statements about the Solar Industry and what the subsidies are providing. The one thing i want to make mention, subsidies in and of themselves are not a bad thing. Weve seen it happen in the technology industry. It happened with nuclear. It happened with the oil industry. The problem is that the Solar Industry has never proved that it can take the training wheels off of Additional Fund and run on its own. Now people are saying, well, solar may be dead in the water. Whats going to happen with nat gas. You guys know this very well. Weve got 100 years of energy. Its cleaner than coal, producing 50 less co2. Theres lots of great reasons. And jobs frankly. So many people are talking about on wall street and the business industry, okay, lets take our focus off the solar. Lets move it to nat gas and lets get this economy going because its about time. Thats what we have a lot of. The United States hasnt figured out how to do solar effectively and cheaply. You look at the country of germany, its working out great for them. It is working out great for them. We have to figure out where we want to be as a nation. The problem is also with the Solar Industry, you have the chinese coming in and undercutting the markets. Thats what the subsidies were doing. It was making us more competitive with the chinese. Then they start to cut prices again, and we start to throw more money. That is not a viable business solution. Gretchen what was germany doing correct . Are they just a smaller country and they are a smaller country and theyve got lots of sun, a lot more sun than we do. The problem is its a cloudy day and its raining and youre not going to have it. This nation is vast, beautiful in its makeup. In california it is a great solution. On the east coast it is not going to work. You have to have a little bit more of a mixed solution. Nat gas is part of that too. 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The move still has to pass the state house of representatives. And should you be compensated for scanning emails and answering phone calls from your boss on your blackberry after work hours . Cops in chicago think so and they are suing. A lawsuit claims officers were pressured to answer workrelated phones without filing for overtime. The city fired back saying officers are specifically told to ask for o. T. Brian do we pay back if we do personal things during Business Hours . Meanwhile, it has all the makings of a great military novel. An angry mob claiming to be upset over a video storms a consolate and kills an american ambassador. Meanwhile cops try to cover it up. That is not fiction. It is nonfiction and it happened in benghazi. What does this man who writes novels think of this . Lets ask lieutenant brad taylor, author of this book enemy of mine. Brad, when you saw this go down, did you say to yourself, this is almost like reading a novel . I did. I was tracking it beforehand. I didnt think we should have gone in to remove qaddafi in the first place. Then the attack itself, as soon as i saw opensource news pieces, i thought that is not a mob. That is a phraepbd assault. That is a planned salt. Brian there were mobs and they were angry on 9 11. We should have been prepared for that. What question would you ask leon panetta today and Martin Dempsey if you had a chance to . I dont think theres a big conspiracy. We didnt do what we could have. The military did not do something, they didnt fire whatever. My question would be why was there no plan . Its like if you close down your Fire Department and somebody calls and says my house is on fire. It would take awhile to get everybody back in there and get the fire trucks moving. On the other hand, if you had the Fire Department standing by, which is what we should have standing by we could have reacted. Brian when this book is written, you take your real life and connections and put them into novel concepts so they come out looking like real stories, one of which was syria. You put a call in to your friends and said what is going on there, im going to go research this. What happened . I try to be as current as i can. I want Current Events to be as realistic as i can be. Current events are current, and i have a buddy of mine who is much smarter than i am on this type of stuff. I was heading over there to do research and it went up in flames. He was dealing with car bombs and other stuff. I couldnt get over there. Brian lets talk about your book. When you did a book tour last time, you noticed everybody thinks all terrorists are the same. Same objectives, same way of operating but they dont. You spell that out in this book. The first group was al qaeda. We look at a them over here. But they are not a monolithic enemy. Brian hezbollah is supporting with syria and assad. Hamas is against assad but getting financing all from iran. Hezbollah. One day you have an enemy and the next day hes your friend. If we are the common enemy which is america we leave. Then they turn on each other. Thats what were seeing in iraq, in syria, all through the middle east. The biggest enemy hamas had was mubarak. Now the Muslim Brotherhood is head of egypt and they say now i hate syria. I dont like you any more. Brian if you want to get the terrorists down and understand their objectives, get brads book. Enemy of mine. Brad, thanks for your service. Thanks for your time this morning. 27 minutes now after the hour. Coming up, go to college, get a sex change. One university now covering that under an insurance plan. Wait until you hear why. Struggling with your mortgage. Questions about your home . Bob massi is giving out free advice all morning long. First happy birthday to garth brooks. Hes 51 and likes country music. [ woman ] ring. Ring. Progresso. 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Brian i have a great mailman but i have an invisible fence so my dog is allowed to stay out front. My mail actually goes in my tree now. Gretchen thats why i cut off my invisible fence ahead of mailbox. Brian i wish i thought of that. Steve gretchen, you could take half of your friday mail, set it aside and look at it on saturday. Gretchen somehow not the same. I dont mind not getting junk mail ever again. But ill miss those little letters. Sometimes my mom send me something because i like mail. Brian you may have won 10,000 got to wait till monday. You dont have to wait much longer for the headlines. Steve a kofrl new addition to a krofrt r r a controversial new addition to a Students Health plan. Starting in august students at brown university, students who want to change genders will be covered under the Health Insurance plan. It will cover more than a dozen sex reassignment surgeries. Staff, youre not covered. Just the kids are. The school says quote an important benefit for students to have. Brian forget another grammy fashion moment. Cbs news issued an email preventing all attendees from flashing their butts on camera. In addition to body parts, the network says it will not be thrilled with political statements. The grammys are this sunday. Put something on. Put on a shawl. Gretchen theyre going to have to cancel it. A kindergartner getting a memorable story time surprise. Yay gretchen Master Sergeant tim colusa of the air force. Hes been away for the past eight months serving in afghanistan. One of his many deployments. He and his family plan on spending quiet time together over the next few days while he is home. Fantastic. Brian turbo tax tim geithner taking his reason for bailing out wall street to the books. He will be meeting with publishers in order to put the financial crisis on paper in book form. You may remember geithner owed tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes before he was confirmed. No word on when we can expect to see this book hit the shelves, but we want to know what you think the title should be. Send us your suggestions. We want to help him. Friends at fox news. Com or tweet us at fox friends. Brian ray lewis is a happy man. First he wins the super bowl, the second of his career and his last nfl game. Now he gets to watch his son play at his alma mater. Take a look at him with his son, scheduled to play at the university of miami next year. Lewis says his parents may have supported his school of choice but the same cannot be said about alex collins. The recruit wants to attend the university of arkansas but his phopb is refusing to but his mom is refusing to sign the letter of intent. She reportedly wants him to stay closer to home and attend the university of miami. No word on what the school is planning to do about this. Lets talk soccer. Switching gears, a miserable showing for team u. S. A. , last qualifying round of the world cup. The men give up a goal in the 79th minute to honduras, a terrible defensive effort. Honduras the eventual winner. The next match is costa rica. They lose the game 21. They started with four defenders who never played before. The best american player decides he doesnt want to play anymore. Hes 30 years old. He says i dont think i want to play. Gretchen you are crushed. Brian i also feel bad for fox. Fox sports bought the world cup for the next two thousand years. Whats it going to be like without america in it if we dont get our act together . Steve on to an extreme weather alert. The northeast getting ready for a winter wallop. One of the worst snowstorm in years is expected to hit portions of new england dumping as much as two feet of snow in some places. Where are those places . Janice dean joins us now. Im excited about this. I dont know about you guys. Gretchen excited . Were just glad youre here to bring us the weather. Thank you, gretchen. Were looking at a snowstorm that is going to cripple travel in some places tomorrow. Stay tuned. Well keep you updated. We could see some significant snow. This could be an historic snowstorm for parts of new england. What are we dealing with . Rain and wind for the midatlantic. A deepening coastal low. This is two systems coming together, one across the northern tier, one across the south. And this is going to be our noreaster. The worst of the conditions overnight friday into saturday. But were going to see things start to go downhill this time tomorrow morning. We have blizzard watches in effect for parts of certainly boston providence, connecticut as well. So rhode island, massachusetts, winds in excess of 70 miles per hour. And we could see two feet in some cases three feet of snow in new england. Well keep you posted. Steve thanks, j. D. Brian the state of florida has the highest foreclosure rate in the United States of america. There were over two million foreclosure feetings in foreclosure filings in the country last year. Gretchen bob massi is in fort myers where hes conducting a seminar for free. Good morning, bob. Weve got names for the book with geithner except it could be my last day of broadcasting if i throw a few out. Were going to stay away from that now. Weve got a lot of questions here, a lot of good information. Were going to ask linda to come up. What is your question . My question is i have a lot of customers that ive dealt with short sales and its over. But they want to know how long does it take to get their credit back. Were going to cover this towards the end of the show. When you have a short sale, the impact of credit is not as extensive as if it was a foreclosure. There is ways to repair your credit. One of the biggest problems is theyre reporting it incorrectly on credit reports. Not as bad as a foreclosure but it still is impacted in the future. Thanks, linda. Lets take john. Come here real quick. Its don. I can only go with whats on the card. I need to sell a completed mountain development. Are you looking for bidders on tv this morning . Not at all. I need help. The bank is leaning on me real hard. Banks lien and they have rights. If youre saying you only have a few months. That means if there is a default on the payment they are going to go through some sort of foreclosure. You need to see if legalities on the loan you have to get a real estate lawyer to look at the paper work, examine if there was any kind of lending problems, predatory lending or otherwise and make a determination if you can stop that foreclosure to give you time for purpose of saving the property. Thanks, buddy. Come in over here. Gina, nice to see you. We have a condo here in florida and were upside down on it. We refinanced in 2010. We dont qualify for any of the newest. I wanted to get an interesting reduction and was turned down. Is there any help . She wants to know if there is any help for refinancing. There are programs that are out there. Theres over 150 programs out there right now, gretchen, for lending. But the question is, do you fit within that grid. That becomes more difficult because if its upside down in value, if youre looking for any type of principal reduction or even interest, it is a complicated process, which is one of the reasons why at some point the homeowners in america, the American Family ends up losing things, losing their home because they hit a wall. Theres only certain things we can do. Thats exactly what were going through right now. Were just going to be starting the short sale process in my presentation, going all the way through to rebilling your dreams. But rebuilding your dreams. No matter where we go in america with rebuilding your dreams, the questions and frustrations are exactly the same, what people have experienced in america. Steve especially important where they have the highest foreclosure rate. Last night in fort myers, the mayor of the city gave you the key to the town, didnt he . If this keeps going on, im going to have like 100 keys. The mayor was wonderful, opening their arms. They declared it fox news day. They gave me a beautiful plaque. Phra bg. It is all about teaching and educating people so we have a level Playing Field. That is what the problems have been, no level Playing Field. Thats what we hope to accomplish today. Gretchen bob is going to answer questions every hour. The seminar goes from now until 10 a. M. Eastern time. Brian did you know theres one day of the week you should not get gas because prices are the highest . That secret revealed if you promise not to tell anyone. Steve back to fiction. You could be having a heart attack right now and not have a clue. Dr. Mark segal is here to test how much you know test how much you know about your health really. Im lorenzo. 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Nearly one million americans suffer a heart attack each year and Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. How much do you know about your heart . Dr. Marc siegel is here to put us to the test. February is heart health month. Were going to separate fact from fiction today. Good morning, dr. Siegel. No chest pain means no heart attack. True or false . That is fiction and ill tell you why. Its not one size fits all for heart attacks. It comes in many different varieties. In tv and movies, it always looks like, and they had red foxx on sanford and son grabbing his chest and saying im coming, elizabeth. The fact is thats not the way it happens. Especially for women. Women have totally different ways of presenting with heart attacks. They can have shortness of breath. It can be an arm symptom. You can feel fatigue, be nauseous. You just dont feel right. If youre not feeling right, see your doctor. Gretchen number two, trans fat are enemy number one . Fact or fiction . Trans fats are bad. It is enemy number one. It definitely is associated with Heart Disease. A lot of restaurants have gotten trans fats and put butter in. Trans fats is high in food. Gretchen number three, its not a heart attack. Its stress. Fact or fiction . Stress is bad, but thats fiction because people dont know. If youre worried and feeling stress and your heart is racing, it may be racing because something is going on with your heart. Again, get checked. You could have an arrhythmia, irregular heartbeat. Stress may be the reason youre feeling bad but it may be because youre somethings going on there. Gretchen even fit people may have problems . Men between the ages of 35 and 44, the numbertwo cause of death after Car Accidents is heart attacks. So that is true. You may be young, but what are your risk factors . Are you overweight . Are you smoking . Do you have high Blood Pressure . Is your cholesterol high . Get checked even if youre young. Gretchen aspreupb, omega 3 fatty acids are all good. It is good but it is fiction. Aspirin is good for you over the age of 50 but can cause bleeding. Especially omega 3s, individual is an individual. Go to your doctor and say is this going to be good for me or bad for me . Dont go to the pharmacy and start taking aspirin. I say fiction on that. Gretchen great advice, as you mentioned, its such a big killer. Especially for women, i think its the numberone killer. 60 of the time women come in with a heart attack without having any symptom beforehand. Theyve got to be on the lookout. Not just men. Women too. Gretchen great to see you. Coming up, a stunning new study. Major universities are failing to teach u. S. History as a whole. What theyre teaching instead. Well tell you next. Bruce willis is hitting gun control with a vengeance. Well tell you what he had well tell you what he had to say. Hey did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol . And it tastes good . Sure does wow. Its the honey, it makes it taste so. Well, would you look at the time. Whats the rush . Be happy. Be healthy. Steve heres a question for you. Are some Texas Universities rewriting American History . A new study shows two major colleges in that state the university of texas at austin and texas a m university are paying less attention to their history courses and instead teachers are focusing more on race, class and gender. Here po explain is peter wood, the president of the National Association of scholars, the Organization Behind the study. Good morning to you. You would think history would just be about history, but apparently its not. History has many different parts. You can talk about economics, politics, religion, intellectual history, military history. But we can also talk about social history race, class and gender are tops on that list. Steve so you looked at these two universities down in texas by the way, why did you pick texas and those two schools . Texas handed us the opportunity. In 1971 it passed a law saying students had to take a europe American History and then in 2009 passed another law saying that the universities had to make the syllabi of their courses publicly available within three clicks of their main page. Steve so you could do investigating on your own. You did this study and you determined the instructors there are placing an awful lot of emphasis on race, class and gender. Why . Why . We think that is because they have been trained to do that, that the students coming out of the graduate schools in overwhelming numbers specialize in those areas, and also because they think theyre doing good. They think that there is something wrong with america that needs to be fixed, and one of the places to fix it is in history courses. Steve are they right . There probably are some pretty significant things wrong with america. But are they right that the right way to teach history is to focus on race, class and gender to the point of excluding all these other subjects . No, theyre not right about that. Steve we put up a graphic that showed between the two schools, a m and u. T. , it looks like u. T. , 78 , focused more on race, class and gender. Whats the baseline here . We dont really know. We would think that race, class and gender are a very important part of American History. If you compare them with the other areas, maybe 15 or 20 of the curriculum should focus on race, class and gender. But when its 75 , something in that range, that seems a little out of whack. Steve if its 75 , what are they leaving out . Theyre leaving out military history, for example. That is almost completely gone at these two universities. Intellectual History History of ideas they dont have a single faculty member in those areas who specializes in that and teaches these courses. Steve earlier you said one of the reasons you felt they were doing it was because they were trying to adjust a wrong right a wrong that has through time built up. Youve made some recommendations. At the back of your report youve got at least ten of them. Give us your favorite. What could schools do . I think the most important thing that it could do is take a good look at themselves and decide that theres a problem here to be fixed. We have some very specific suggestions. We found that key documents in American History just arent being taught. Things like lincolns second inaugural doesnt show up in any of the 85 courses we looked at. So they need to start listing Important Documents that every american Student Needs to know in order to know our history. Steve it is history, after all. We should learn history. Peter wood, we thank you very much for coming in today. Straight ahead, parents, what will you do to get your kids off of facebook . Would you pay them . If so, how much . One dad was willing to do. We showed you this video yesterday. A train are we going to ride the train . Yes look at how it goes to us steve that adorable little girl who dreamed of riding the train is here live with her parents on this episode of fox this episode of fox friends. Eat good fats. Avoid bad. Dont go over 2000. 1200 calories a day. Carbs are bad. Carbs are good. The story keeps changing. So im not listening. To anyone but myself. I know better nutrition when i see it great grains. Great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. See the seam . More processed flakes look nothing like naturalrains. You cant argue with nutrition you can see. Great grains. Search great grains and see for yourself. 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President obamas secret drone war has been revealed. But why is it coming out now . Is it to help the top spy guy get confirmed or to quiet complaints from his own party that have started to perculate . Brian bruce willis hitting gun control with a vengeance. Steve we showed you the video yesterday. A train are we gonna ride the train . Yeah. Look how it goes, dad steve that little girl who dreamed of riding a train is gonna join us live. Shes moved on to a new dream as well. What is it . Youll find out. Fox friends hour two for thursday. All aboard, here we go. Gretchen good morning, everybody. Hope youre gonna have a good thursday. If you live on the east coast, get ready to hunker down cause a huge blizzard is moving your way. Well tell you about that in a little bit. Brian i have to say one thing, daveda Health Technologies decided to reach out, when you talk about home and devastation after sandy, they said whats going on in mass peca . We found a family that got wiped out and in turn they also the mom had a recurrence of cancer at the same time. So they got all their employees together and gave a huge financial package to them. Steve thats terrific. Brian just by reaching out and helping out. I wanted to point that out. Its unbelievable. Steve daveda . Brian they do a lot of dialysis. We just found out that they did that. I thought it was fantastic. Steve hats off to them. Gretchen each week get hundreds of real estate questions from you asking how we can help rebuild your dreams. This morning bob massi hitting the road to answer your questions. He joins us live in fort myers, florida, where hes holding his free housing seminar. Youre a good deal. Were in fort myers. Gretchen, were into the first hour and honestly, whats amazing is when you Start Talking about the issues, weve talked about this for a couple of years. It just doesnt seem to go away. The truth is although there has been some learning curves for everybody, there is still this frustration that you see on peoples faces as to why is it that homeowners, why is it the American Family, why is it that moms and dads, husbands and wives, why did they have to go through this torture . Why hasnt there been more resolution . Its frustrating. Thats why the rebuilding your dreams tumor we try to give them hope. The second part of the seminar will be heart to rebuild, how to get your credit back, how to forget your assets and how to do things to make you feel whole again. Even if some of these people werent directly affected, their friends and family were. So thats what were trying to accomplish here today. Brian are you having the seminar in between your hits with us . I am. Ive been talking for a while there, brian. Its very going through the Different Things. We just finished short sales. Were going to go into foreclares and hoas and the Different Things people are faced with. Towards the last shower a half well get into the rebuilding concept to give people tools to help them and give them a sense of direction. Because the problem is, brian, without information, without teaching and educating, as i said earlier, there is no Playing Field here thats level. Just isnt. Because the people in the industry know much more than you and i as homeowners and how we got beat up. They know whats going on. They know homeowners are desperate. Well do our best to educate them and continue to educate the people on fox friends. Steve really it is the bob massi school of real estate convening in fort myers and hes going to be answering questions every hour. It goes until 9 00 oclock eastern time. Bob will be back with you shortly. Thank you. Thank you. Gretchen lets get to your headlines. Were hearing that a nato helicopter has crashed in afghanistan. Officials are not revealing where it went down. A taliban spokesman claims it crashed in the kapisa province. Nato says all crew members survived. No word what caused the crash. We could learn more about what took so long for help to arrival in benghazi on the day of the terrorist attack that left four americans dead. Leon panetta and general Martin Dempsey affect to do testify this morning on capitol hill. Last were panetta said the u. S. Didnt have enough time to respond. The man accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve in new york city expected to plead guilty today to terror charges. Officials say he tried to blow up a van with 1,000 pounds of explosives outside of that building, but luckily the explosives were fake. Part of an f. B. I. Sting. He is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and trying to support alqaeda. Hollywoods hottest raising awareness for Heart Disease. Thats megyn kelly strutting her stuff at the red dress fashion show. Gabby douglas and Jillian Michaels and others came out for the cause. Women and young girls need to stay active, follow Healthy Eating plan and be healthy. Heart disease, number one killer of women. 80 preventible. Raise awareness, get people talking, they can make strong choices that will be life changers. Gretchen it has become the kickoff to new yorks fashion week. Those are your headlines this morning. Steve fantastic. Its on the cover today of the new york times. Congress to get classified memo on drone strike ordered by the white house. This is a complete 180. They kept this thing secret for the last two or three years. Now because john brennan wants to be the c. I. A. Guy and hes the guy who has been the architect of the president s Drone Program, its going to hes going to get grilled later today, theyre going to release to some select members of congress, members of the house and Senate Intel Committee the document. They cant take a picture of it. They cant really take it out of the room. But theyll be able to read it. Brian i just wond whenever they nominated john brennan to c. I. A. Director, they said this could lead to this. Gretchen probably not. Brian so now theyre in the situation where theyre going to, for the first time, be nominating someone thats going to get challenging questions from democrats and republicans. Personally, im prokilling terrorists with drones if they are american citizen and turn on us and go to yemen to think up different ways to turn on us and inspire people like hassan, as well as the underwear bomber, i think they should die. Gretchen me, too. I totally agree with this Drone Program and im guessing that they didnt think john brennan was going to face all of these questions because there really hasnt been, nobody was really drumming the beat over the last two years of this program. Maybe a couple people said, hey, like the aclu and a couple other libertarians said maybe we shouldnt be doing this. What about innocent civilians . What about reading people their rights . This is not how we treat americans. For the most part there wasnt controversy about this. Im suspecting the president didnt suspect this to rise to the level it has right now. Including questions like this now for a spokesperson on a daily basis. Why are you dancing around the question of whether or not we kill civilians . Why cant the government admit i dont think that im dancing around it. I didnt dispute it. Im just what i cant do or right . I dont disagree with that. Do you think this will imperil John Brennans nomination . The president believes hes uniquely qualified as a 25 year veteran of the c. I. A. To lead that agency and as the president s top counterterrorism advisor these past four years, hes done extraordinary work in the effort to combat alqaeda. Steve okay. So perhaps that, the fact that mr. Brennan will sit in the chair later today is the reason the white house has released it. Now theyre going to be able to look with their own two eyes, the congressmen and senators will be able to look and figure out what gives the president the authority. Remember, we read in one of those books, the president personally approves every name on that kill list. Gretchen to me, its two separate issues. You can argue that there is hypocrisy here, that this president did not agree with president bushs use of interrogation techniques. So you can say yes, thats being hypocritical now that hes killing americans with drones. But to me, its two separate issues because he actually is doing something about the war on terror and now some people have a problem with that. People were criticizing the president , hey, he doesnt believe in the war on terror. No, he actually is killing terrorists and yet hes facing criticism. Steve they want to know where in the law he gets authority to kill americans. Brian lets see if this happens, please dont hold your breath. Imagine if the president said when i was senator, i really condemned the president for taking extraordinary actions in the war against alqaeda. But until i sat in that chair, i realized to keep america safe, sometimes you have to do things that are uncomfortable and i like to apologize to president bush. What are the chances of that happening . Gretchen zero. Brian okay. I thought about it for a second. Anybody else . Gretchen zero due to the fact that military folks are going to get about a zero percent pay raise as well. Theyll got 1 . Is that a good or bad thing . Let us know what you think about that. More on that later in the show. Brian you got to be kidding me . Steve meanwhile, bruce willis has new movie coming out a week from today and he sat down with the Associated Press. It was just a junket to promote a good day to die hard, the new movie. The conversation turned to guns and he is strongly strident defender of the Second Amendment. Here is what he said. I think that you cant start to pick apart anything out of the bill of rights without thinking that its all going to become undone. If you can take out or change one law, then why wouldnt they take away all your rights from you . I feel really bad for those families, but i dont know how you legislate insanity. That is such a good point at the end. How do you legislate insanity . Brian absolutely. If you look at adam lanza, jarrett loughner, the lunatic who thought he was batman who killed all those people in aurora, what do they have in common . Theyre all crazy and had no business with firearms. Gretchen i do think that this is why its a comprehensive problem. I do think we could be looking into the Mental Health aspect of this and we could be looking at the laws that are on the books and the rights that we have given to figure out whether or not thats affecting the general population more so than just the people who are suffering that, like trying to get them to take their medication. Brian lot of pressure on bruce willis. We saw that Arnold Schwarzeneggers movie bombed and stallones movie bombed. Steve it looks like its going to be good. Opens on valentines day. Straight ahead. Brian a nice heart warming date movie. Steve forget sharing the wealth. Coming up, weve got four simple ways to narrow the class divide, like getting rid of the unpaid internship perhaps. Gretchen then take close look at this dog. Hes taking the internet by storm. Because he looks like a human. Brian he might be. Gretchen the story behind the picture ahead. Im nervous. This is kind of disturbing. Its being reported that the Justice Department has concluded that the president can order drone strikes on american citizens. And today Rush Limbaugh came out in favor of obamacare, said its the greatest thing since sliced bread. Everybody sign up gretchen as americans weve always been considered a melting pot of coming together of those from Different Countries and cultures. With common beliefs and behaviors. Is it possible that america is actually coming apart now . Our next guest believes the answer is yes. Charles murray is a scholar at the American Enterprise institute and author of coming apart, the state of white america, 1960 to 2010 which is out in paperback. Good morning to you. Good morning. Gretchen its hard to review an entire back. But whats your thesis . That weve got classes different in kind from the ones we used to have. Weve always had rich and poor people. Nothing new. We have in particular a new upper class thats increasingly segregated from and ignorant of the rest of the way america lives and that is leading to lots of problems. Gretchen so when your book came out initially, you admit you got blowback because you maybe didnt offer solutions in the book and thats what were going to do today. Youve written an op ed piece offering solution, starting with getting rid of the unpaid internship. Why . Affirmative action for rich kids. Who can afford to take an unpaid internship . Parents can pay for their summer. What parents really need, rich parents really need is have their kids get jobs that they can get fired from, or they have to earn a paycheck and it would be really nice if there was a body part hurt at the end of the day. If you dont hold a job like that at some time in your life, you dont have a clue about how most of the world lives. Gretchen thats so true. Weve been talking a lot on the show about going through adversity as a kid and that helps you succeed later in life. Also you say drop the sat for college. Kids absolutely screamed their lungs out. Why . Im talking about the reasoning test, the verbal and math reasoning test. Look, those are affirmative action for smart kids who dont work hard in school because just pure i. K. Will let orgeat really high score on them. We know for a fact that the achievement tests do just as good a job as predicting success in college and they do it for kids from disadvantaged schools, too. So why not have achievement tests . You got a chemistry test, it helps to be smart, but you also got to study chemistry. And by switching away from the reasoning test, we get away from this idea you can ace the test because go to a test prep school. Gretchen wow. Why wasnt that idea around when i was taking the s. A. T. . Number three, replace affirmative action. This is going to be a big one. Why . You know what . Schools should still say we are going to set aside a certain number of seats in our incoming class for kids who dont have test scores quite as high as the rest of our students. But dont make those kids based on race. The president s daughters dont need affirmative action and neither does a latino Orthopedic Surgeon need affirmative action for his kids. Lets have those slots set aside for working class kids or kids whose parents dont have any jobs at all. That is what they will have in common. Not their race. Gretchen okay. Number 4, prick the b. A. Bubble. I assume this has to do with your college degree, which is b. A. , right . Yeah. Its a meaningless piece of paper. Gretchen really . Come on. Gretchen it cost people tons and tons of dough yeah, i know. If you have an applicant come for a job, you know from your own experience you dont know that person can even write a complete sentence just because they have a b. A. You have to know where they got it and what they studied. Look, we have used the b. A. As this dividing line between first and second class citizenship, costs a lot of money. It doesnt mean anything substantively. Lets give people a chance to show what they know. Not where they learned it and how long it took them. So you dont have to spend four years in a resident i cant tell college to get this per knishes thing a is dividing americans needlessly. Gretchen so you say the b. A. Is b. S. All right, very interesting discussion. Check out his book now in paperback. Thanks for being here. My pleasure. Gretchen we showed you the video yesterday. A train are we gonna ride the train . Yeah. Look at how it goes gretchen got to love that. This morning that little girl who dreamed of riding a train so genuinely, here live. Then, parents, what would do you to get your were kids off facebook . Would you pay them . How much . How about never letting them on it . 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For the contract you see here, she would have all of the money by june. Good luck. Steve . Steve indeed. Do you remember what you wanted tore your third birthday . Well, this little tennessee girl wanted to ride on that train. Whats coming . A train are we gonna ride the train . Yeah. Look at how it goes oh, my goodness here it comes. Here it comes we got to be safe. Stand back. Whoa steve that is a big train. That video now has gone viral with over 500,000 hits and joining us right now is that little girls father who taped her reaction, daniel dubois, her mom, sarah, and the star herself, madeline. Good morning to all of you. Thank you for joining us from nashville. Good to be here. Good morning. Steve sarah, lets start with you. She wanted a special birthday present on her third birthday. Why was it at the train station . Well, we live close to some Railroad Tracks and when went across the train tracks every day. She had a fascination with trains. So we planned for a while to take her on a train trip for her birthday. Steve okay. And daniel, you being the good father, had the video camera, or phone right there. Were you surprised at her reaction . Yeah. With little kids, you never know what youre going to get, right . So i thought this could be terror or it could be really sweet. It turned out to be the latter. It was a cool moment to get on camera. Steve it was fantastic. Madeline, do you remember the day you went on your third steve what was it like . Was it fun . Yeah. What else do you remember about it . I dont know. [ laughter ] steve i understand that while she absolutely was so full of life and so excited to see the train at her third birthday, now shes kind of moved on, hasnt she, sarah . She has. Yes. Shes into drawing and leggos and things like that now. Shes hoping to take her first airplane trip soon. Steve that will be great. Daniel, make sure you have the video camera. Id like to see that. Yeah, exactly. Part 2. Steve i know that you posted this online for friends and family to see back in 2011. But it wasnt until what, this past week when somebody did something that it suddenly went viral. Yeah. 48 hours ago, yeah. It was crazy. It just sat out there for almost a year and a half and then woke up Tuesday Morning to 52 email messages from people make comments on youtube. I dont even know youtube had that ability to email me. But i thought something is up. So then as the day progressed, the view count just continued to skyrocket and were up around a little over 800,000 now, 48 hours later. Steve thats fantastic. Sarah, have you been able to figure out what it is about madelines expression that has captivated the nation . I think that innocence and the pure joy of childhood. I think we all remember that a little bit and we long to feel the same way. It reminds us of our own children and the joy of those childhood moments, too. Steve i think you put it exactly right. All right. Madeline, thank you very much for joining us. You are the internets big star. Nice to meet you, madeline. Say thank you. Thank you. Can you wave at him . Steve there you go. Shes got good manners as well. Madeline and daniel and sarah, thank you very much. Adorable. Next up, have you got some questions about your house . Real estate expert bob massi is giving out free advice down in fort myers right now in florida and hes next. Then did you know there is one day of the week we should never, ever get gas. Its because prices are the highest. That day of the week revealed next. A train are we gonna ride the train . Yeah. Look at how it goes oh, my goodness this isnt good. Just revealed the Federal Reserve was hacked on sunday. Pretty serious. In fact, theyre saying the hackers could have made off with as much as negative 14 trillion. We dont have anything. We dont have anything in there. Go ahead. Steve yeah, hackers. The cupboard is bare. Theyd have to put money in to take money out. Brian thats true. If you want economic news, jimmy fallon, one stop shopping. Here are your headlines. Rihanna making a real show of support in court for her rumored boyfriend, chris brown. Yep. That chris brown. The singer sat next to browns mom in the front row as a judge ordered a followup probe of whether he really did his community service. Can you believe this, for beating her up back in 2009. Gretchen crazy. Brian did he 581 hours in los angeles, but then allowed to do the rest of his time in his native virginia, at which time he doesnt seem to have done any time. Prosecutors say there is no proof he did the work. But there is proof when he said he did the work, he was in other states. Gretchen there was proof he have beat her up, which is a really, really sad story. Steve there she is standing by her man yesterday. Brian what a message that is. Steve meanwhile, affordable education may sound far fetched these days, but it soon could be a reality. Governor rick scott announcing that 23 staterun schools in florida will soon roll out 10,000 bachelor degrees. Excellent. The plan being echoed in texas and wisconsin by rick perry and scott walker. The plan to give kids affordable education was originally a challenge for microsoft ceo bill gates. The proposals come as Student Loan Debt has topped 1 trillion nationwide. Gretchen with gas price jumping 18 cents in the past week, you need all the help you can get, right . So listen up. If youre headed out today, dont go there. Try and avoid the pump. Thats because experts say thursday, thursday is the day when gas prices are the highest. Gas station owners tend to raise prices today ahead of the weekend when demand is high. With this huge storm coming, a budge of people will go today. Theyre not going to have any other choice. Brian smartest thing gas stations do is electronic. Why did it take so long . Four Legged Friend turns into an internet sensation for his unique features. Meet tonic, the dog man. Hes got a people face. Believe it or not, he needs a moment the twoyearold poodle shih tzu, i apologize to those wake up, was rescued and did i say that wrong . Steve no, that was right. Gretchen the swear word was in the dog name. Brian how about this . The mutt needs a home. I do not need another fine. Gretchen the wardrobe malfunction, you had one of those . Brian no, it looks like i might have offended somebody. Gretchen its tough to say that dog breed name. Brian how does caesar handle shih tzus. Steve the northeast, portions of new england getting ready for a big woll lop. Could be one of the worst snow storms up north in years starting tomorrow, dumping as many as two feet of snow. Say it aint so, janis dean. Its so. We think boston is going to take the brunt of the storm. We could be talking about a top five storm for boston and what were talk being over two feet of snow the last time we saw that was ten years ago. Yes, we could certainly get two feet of snow in some cases, three feet of snow. So this is quite a system thats going to get together. Weve got two systems really. One across the north is the clipper system. And then weve got a system across the gulf coast. Both of these combined will bring us our energy for the noreaster thats going to come, the worst of it, friday into saturday. Look at some of these storm totals. This is just one of our computer models. New york city, close to ten inches for you. Over a foot for albany. Look at boston. If we get 27. 3 inches, that would be number two, the top five storms that would be number two for boston. Looks like close to 26 inches for providence. New england, thats our bulls eye. But certainly new york city northward and west of the city, we could see some impresssive storm totals. Some totals we have not seen in years. So just want to make mention where we have our Winter Weather advisories for much of the northeast, but the red shaded here is blizzard watches. That means we could see Hurricane Force winds along the coast, could see easily one to two feet of snow with blowing snow. People are urged, if you dont have to travel on friday, hunker down friday afternoon, friday evening and saturday. Thats when the worst of the conditions are going to come because well have certainly cancellations across the airlines and road travel along i95 corridor will be crippled, crippled starting tomorrow afternoon. Of course, well keep you posted, bring you the very latest from the fox news extreme weather center. Gretchen all right. Thank you. Steve the boston blizzard. Gretchen i was going to go skiing on saturday. Maybe have to wait until sunday. Steve you can go skiing at your house. Gretchen well, yes. If i fix the hole in my roof. Anyway, time to check back in with real estate expert bob massi. I need you, bob. Hes at rebuilding your dreams seminar in fort myers flax fellow, one of the hardest hit cities affected by the housing crisis. Whats going on down there now . At the Royal Palm Yacht Club where its 81 degrees, i hate to tell you that. We have questions from our audience. I asked my hairdresser to come and ask a couple of questions. [ laughter ] see what im talking about. Gretchen very cute. First question is, who does your hair . You do. [ laughter ] thats mr. Bud. Second question, if i inherit a property thats underwater, can i negotiate with the lender prior to probate . The problem is until youre appointed a personal representative of the estate, until youre appointed an executor of the estate, you have no standing, bud, to talk to anybody about that property. So you usually will be appointed, for example, special administrator gives you authority to talk about the property and ultimately you have to negotiate a new loan for that property. The question is, why would you want something under water . Thats the deal. I got scissors for you, well talk later. Take care. Okay. Lets talk to susan. Come on over here. Thank you for being here. Hi, bob. The lenders have their back room deals that theyve made with the government. The government has made these back room deals and were kept in the dark as homeowners. Is there any type of Advocacy Group that we can bond together and have a fair shot in this war . One of the things we try to do rebuilding your dreams is sort of put this force together and educate and put pressure on them. I know that there are groups throughout the country which we could talk about after that are forming together to try to put pressure on the government. I got to tell you, just like the mortgage debt relief act when we asked the people to put pressure on representatives to extend it, there is nothing stronger than people power. If go to your representatives and show them how angry you are about whats going on, the fact that you still cant get from under water, thats about the but there is strength in numbers. Thats basically what were trying to do. We will talk cause i know there are groups doing that. Thank you so much. Come on over here, sir. Bill, nice to see you. Good morning. Thank you. Id like to know in light of the federal govnm comes to the government right now. Look, these lawsuits were inevitable. Weve seen the government suing bank of america. We see other lawsuits coming down the line. Whats happening is a lot of the injustice thats been uncovered seems to be now coming to the surface. So your question is well taken. The point is going to be since theyre the ones that were coconspirators, what right do they have notwithstanding. They have the right to do it. But i think youll see interesting issues come out in these cases as it progresses. Thank you, sir. Okay. Lets take our last one. Linda, we got a couple seconds. Is there a certain length of time that once you get a foreclosure notice, if it goes on for four or five years, that there is an end to it before it kind of is thrown out . We talked a couple weeks ago about zombie foreclosures which we talked about this morning. Ultimately its up to the lender to take that house back. One of the things im telling people, and i told them this morning, if you want to get out of your house and you cant get any cooperation from the lender, they wont deal with you, get a quick claim deed and deed it back to the servicer of your loan. Go record it in a Recorders Office and say im out of here. It only takes your name off the title, not the debt. But thats exactly what we have to do to take control of it because people are frustrated. Lenders are not cooperating. Not a surprise. Thank you so much. Here we are again and thank you very much. Well see you in about a half hour. Steve very nice. It was nice to finally meet your stunt double, if you ever do action stuff, you got a guy in fort myers to stand in for you. We are franchising the barber shop. Well let you know what the name is. [ laughter ] brian super cuts is taken. Gretchen thank you. Brian were spending more and more money on education. But student performance is flat. Whats up with that . That sounds like an snl skit. John stossel knows why and has a plan to fix it. Gretchen nascar rolling out a brand new race car that goes faster than ever before. Racing legend Walter Waltrip here to show it off. Whats he doing . Hes looking up at our photos there [ male announcer ] this is anna, her long day teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. Take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. Or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. Good eye. They hatin patrolling ey tryin to catch me ridin dirty tryin to catch me ridin dirty tryin to [ woman ] hi there. Why do we always have to take your moms car . [ male announcer ] the security of an iihs top safety pick, the 2013 volkswagen tiguan. Thats the power of german engineering. Right now lease a 2013 tiguan for 219 a month. Gretchen American Airlines and u. S. Airways could soon combine to create the Worlds Largest airline. The two companies are close to announcing a merger that would save american from bankruptcy. The new company would reportedly keep the name American Airlines. Thats interesting. And be worth over 10 billion. Who is the most stressed in america . A new survey says young adults. 39 of 18 to 33yearolds say their stress increased in the past year. 52 say its kept them awake at night in the past month. Maybe because a lot of those folks are looking for jobs. That would be my guess. Brian drink a lot of red bull. Steve meanwhile, since 1970, education spending in this country has skyrocketed from 43,000 per student to close to 150,000 per kid and yet, test scores have remained stagnant. Brian whats the reason for the lack of progress . John stossel has the answer. The bureaucracy is whats wrong. The blob. Its the blob. It is. Its like the reformers are up against jabba the hut. Its the unions and the paper pushers. City schools are terrible because of unions like yours. Our test scores are not what we choose to focus on. How do you know if theyre learning anything . I know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. Give me a break. Gretchen there he is. Thats a clip from his special that airs tonight on Fox Business Network. Joining us now, john stossel. Give me a break, right. Give may break. We shouldnt laugh. This is just so unfortunate that the kids that are stuck. Gretchen i dont think i was laughing, but go ahead. He was laughing. People think, were just not putting the money in. Brian we do. More than triple the money. That line goes straight up, test scores are flat because its a government monopoly. We should have learned from the soviet union, they just dont do anything well. Not that universal testing is the answer. The answer is competition and choice, which makes everything better. Steve so in a perfect world, if you were running the department of education what, would you do . In a perfect world, i would just abolish these departments and let people pay for their schooling and charities would help poor people. Not going to happen. But its an experiment. Instead of giving it to Central Planning we gave the 15,000 per student we spend now to each kid. Its attached to your kids back. You can take it to any school. Suddenly that kid is worth a lot of money. 300,000 for a classroom good teachers will be making 200, 300,000 a year. Gretchen the heads of the union passed out at that suggestion. Its not just the unions thats the problem. Its the educators, bureaucracy. Nobody likes change. We dont like it here, but were forced to by competition. And its not that the Charter Schools are so perfect. Some of them stink. But the beauty of it is when they stink, the parents figure it out. They go out of business. Brian do you have an answer . If you live in new york city in a run down area and you really dont have the same choice as an affluent person on long island or new jersey, how would you balance that out . Already in poor neighborhoods now we at least are allowed some charters where the parents are clamoring to get in. They wont allow more of them. But ive been to those schools and those kids were sharp. I would say school is boring, right . They would say no, they make it interesting here yes, its hard work, but im excited to come to school. Steve he might save new jersey some of the inner city schools, they actually am spend 25, 30,000 per kid and yet, the achievement is not there. Half a million per classroom think how many good teachers you could hire for that. Brian 9 00 oclock, Fox Business Network, were watching stossel. Is that okay with you . It is. Gretchen not that john is stupid brian thats the name of your show. Stupid in america. Gretchen its a headline. I like it. Thanks, john. Coming up next, nascar rolling out a new race car. Its the fastest one ever. Michael waltrip here to roll it out. Brian im coming. Steve meanwhile, back in 1973, crocodile rock, elton john, numero uno [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness . By the armful . By the barrelful . E carful . How about. By the bowlful . Campbells soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. Campbells. Its amazing what soup can do. Campbells. Sometimes life can be well, a little uncomfortable. But when its hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, theres dulcolax stool softener. Dulcolax stool softener doesnt make you go, it just makes it easier to go. Dulcolax stool softener. Make yourself comfortable. Brian its got the along and speed to match. Were talking about the latest rollout, the race car. With me right now, Michael Waltrip, the same one from Michael Waltrip racing is here to tell bus this Upcoming Season, the daytona 500 and your brandnew car. Welcome back. Good to be here. Brian you know how big you are. How do you get in this thing . Its tight when i squeeze in. But its got se ducktive lines. Brian the fancy camera there, that is dales car, right . You like him, but youre racing against him. But hes a great guy, lot of fun. This is the car that finished second in the championship last year with clint boyar driving. If it wasnt for this guy, we would be champions. But this car is really fast . Brian youre all excited about the daytona 500. You were excited to lead a group. Its Michael Waltrip racing, right . Its a great feeling. My inspiration came from dale earnhardt. I always wanted to be like dale. I really enjoyed and appreciated the way he ran his team. Thats the way im trying to run mine. Brian ray lewis, captain of his team, i got his role. When youre captain of your racing team, what is your role, because its an individual sport burks yet a team sport. I raced for 30 years, over 1,000 nascar races. Passion. I want people to see how much i care and how much i want to win and be part of this team. I think people feed on that. Brian mark martin is the veteran, right . Brian pickers, the new guy. He lives here in town somewhere. Lets go see him. Brian i saw you looking around before. And clint buyer is the up and coming star and he finished second place. What id like to do is i hear about your gen 6. Id like to sit in it. Is that possible . Yeah. Come on over. Here is what you do. Go in feet first. That makes it easier. Both feet first. Now grab the crowbar and slide in. Brian dont you have to go in with attitude . Yeah. Lets see what you got. Brian whats my motivation . To kick everybodys butt. Brian you heard him i smiled by mistake. Oh, jeez. A little tight. Yeah. You can do it. Brian im actually not in the seat. I think you can respect and appreciate how tough it is for me to get in. Hes in how does it feel . Brian like i need a steering wheel. And my coat is stuck on the back. Okay. We can fix that. Brian i just stick this on . Yeah. Brian now ive lost all communication. No you havent. Brian joe will have to tell me when to wrap it up. Michael, what is your prediction for this Upcoming Season . I think this clint boyar ride can win the championship. They came close last year. More importantly, we want to lend the daytona 500, its february 24 on fox. Great american race. Brian we just got the wrap. Can you toss it in to steve and gretchen. Steve and gretchen, its cold out here. Were ready to roll. Gretchen michael, you come back in here and finish out the rest of the show. Steve good job, brian. Now you got to get out. 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President obamas secret drone war revealed, but why now . Is it to help his top spy guy get confirmed or quiet the complaints that are now coming from his own party . Steve meanwhile, should you support president obama on gun control because president obama is like your dad . The president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and the dad of the country. When your dad says something, you listen. Steve really . Okay. Michelle malkin will react on that, coming up next. Brian arent they the same age . Turbo tax tim geithner has a new gig. The man who didnt pay his taxes wants to write a book. What should he call it . Your emails are pouring in. Well read them and share them with tell him if hell call back. Fox friends starts now. Steve that was tight squeeze. Brian it was so tight. Now he gets in is unbelievable. Steve how did you get out so fast . Brian joel dragged me out by my hair. Gretchen thats why he has won two. He knows how to get in and out and drive it. Steve each week we get hundreds of real estate questions from you asking how we can help you rebuild your dreams. This week real estate expert and Fox News Contributor bob massi is hitting the road to answer your questions. He joins us live right now from, as you can see, youre there at the yacht club and i can see the yachts behind you, bob. It is beautiful. Its the Royal Palm Yacht Club in fort myers. Theyve been wonderful. Steve, what were talking about right now, this part of the presentation here, is what we call wealth preservation, which is a fancy word for saying Asset Protection because one of the things weve seen in the last couple of years, people are concerned about whatever they have saved, how do they protect it . How they cant use it so they could at least have something to look forward to the future. This is part of the rebuilding part of the seminar to try to show them how to set things up legally that they are protected. There are certain things you can and cannot do. You cant fraudulently convey things. There are Certain Properties that are exempt and forgetted. Were gotting into that. Its important part of the presentation and its a common problem where people are so desperate, they just dump out and transfer things and that could cause a problem for them. Steve very good. Youre going to take more questions at the bottom of this half hour. Yes, sir. Steve live from fort myers. Gretchen we start with a fox news alert. A look at riverside, california, where a manhunt is underway for a former los angeles manufacturer who shot ask killed one cop and injured two others. Y wanted for two other murders. Its been revealed the father of one of dorn weres victims was his attorney when he was kicked off the police force for making false statements. We could learn today more about what took so long for help to arrive in benghazi, libya on the day of the terrorist attack that left four americans dead. Outgoing defense secretary leon panetta and Martin Dempsey affected to testify 10 00 a. M. Eastern time on capitol hill. Last week panetta said the u. S. Did not have enough time to respond. Speaking of panetta, federal employees got a nice pay raise, but the military maybe not. Sources say panetta will recommend to congress that military salaries be limited to a 1 increase next year. The decision comes as the secretary steps up the rhetoric about dire cuts at the pentagon if sequestration goes into effect. The cuts are being felt. Plans to send the uss Harry Trueman to the persian gulf scrapped. Looking live now, this is washington, d. C president obama expected to speak any moment at the National Prayer breakfast. Around 3,000 religious and Community Leaders from 140 countries are in attendance, as well as Vice President joe biden and first Lady Michelle obama. Every president since eisenhower has attended this event. Well keep you posted on what is said there. Turbo tax tim taking his reasons for bailing out wall street to the book. He will meet with publishers in order to put the financial crisis on paper. Earlier in the show, we asked you to send us your thoughts on what the man who didnt pay his taxes should call his book. Im scared to read some of these. Robert from the village of florida suggests turbo turmoil. Thats hard to say. John from tampa bay says, call it tax cheating for dummies. Zinger. And ronald e mailed us, he says call it math is hard. Steve good titles. All right. Michelle malkin has written a couple of books and joins us live now from colorado springs. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Steve last couple of days weve been talking about the hypocrisy from the left. They were on the war path against george w. Bush about his interrogation techniques and now theyre largely ignoring president obamas assassination from the sky with the drones. Theyre quiet on this. They made a lot of racket with the last president. Maybe they shouldnt have made such a big deal about it with george w. Bush because they both ultimately were just simply doing what they thought was right to keep the country safe. Yeah. This is the Mount Everest of hypocrisy and the obama left has scaled it and is standing on top of that mountain, plugging its ears saying, la, la, la, we cant hear you. They dont want to be exposed. They dont want to have their double standards highlighted so much because i think what it underscores is just how trivial they treat National Security. It always has been a matter of political expedience and political exploitation. Thats what i think i find so disturbing. I mean, there are principled people on beth sides that can argue about drone policy and the scope of president ial authority in war time. But the fact that its so blatant and its not just among the architects of these policies, but particularly among the media, which has acted in such a blatantly partisan manner in its double standards of treating bush and his Homeland Security team who were doing the right thing and now, of course, obama, who has adopted so many of those policies, just like its a campaign, my goodness. What was it that the media was focusing on . Romney being a murderer of big bird and these false stories that he was responsible for the deaths of the wife of a steelworker who was affected by bank cuts. Here we have a man we knew during the campaign that he had these policies in place. Shhh. Gretchen thats kinds of the point, michelle, is that im wondering why is everyone making a big deal about it now. I know john brennan will be nominated potentially as the director of the c. I. A. So thats why people are talking about it, because he was the architect of this drone policy. But to me, its two issues and im wondering if we can separate them, if you believe that you can. The hypocrisy issue. But then also shouldnt we be glad that the president is actually in favor of a war on terror and trying to get rid of members of alqaeda . Yes. Let me address the second point. Im on record on this. When the drone attack killed alawlaki and his 16yearold son, american citizens, i actually applauded obama. People ask me, is there anything that you agree with him on that . And yeah, im not shedding any tears. The one mistake that i see a lot of conservatives and republicans who are trying to take advantage of this make is treating the 16yearold as if he was some innocent. These were jihadi plotters. Alawlaki is the spiritual leader in so many ways, the same way that the blind sheik, specifically called for the murder of american troops. The problem, of course, is the incoherence and inconsistency of obamas socalled war on terror. Remember, this is the administration that didnt even want to call it that. This is the administration that has been mocked because of overseas contingency operations, which screams islam afebruary every time its opponents champion the same sorts of Homeland Security policies they now are responsible for. Brian do you remember that bush 43 and bill clinton 42 were getting along while president bush was still in office. You remember how nixon helped out everyone, from clinton to ford. This would be a great opportunity for president obama at some point, maybe even on tuesday, to say, a lot of the policies i was critical of as a senator, now that im in that seat, i can support and my respect goes out to george bush that. Would go a long way to getting something done in washington. Am i dreaming . Yeah. This guy has never actually taken the olive branch and used it the way it should be. He wields it like a club and i dont think well have that moment. Youre right, brian. This would be a time to say, you know what . I inherited these policies from bush and im actually glad. Thats not going to happen. Steve hes adopted so many of george w. Bushs policies, ironically, things he ran against and now he supports them. Listen, lets talk a little bit about gun control. There was a rally recently and a very famous comedian was there and chris rock said this. President of the United States is, you know, our boss. Hes also, you know, the president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and the dad of the country. When your dad says something, you listen. Steve okay. Is that true . Well, first of all, that was a bizarre little appearance there. He didnt mention gun control policy at all. It looked like a hostage video to me. Maybe its dawning on him in some sector of his brain that this is not good for his career. And secondly, i dont know a dad that wears mom jeans. Okay . Steve stop it. More importantly, we have chris rock treating obama as his father. Sandra fluke treating obama as her boyfriend. And jamie fox, who said during the campaign that obama was our lord and savior. These people need group therapy, is what they need. Steve thats one opinion from a hollywood guy. Did you see what bruce willis said to the Associated Press . He was supporting gun rights. He said, quote, i think that you cant start picking apart anything out of the bill of rights without thinking its all going to become undone. If you take one part of it out or change one law, then why wouldnt they take all your rights away . That from bruce willis. Little common sense from tinseltown. Glad to hear it. Gretchen yeah. I think most americans develop their own opinions on stuff from within themselves, maybe not from hollywood. But thats just my personal opinion. Brian allall right. Miss twitchy. Com. Thanks so much for joining us. Thank you dot com. Steve well see you next week dot org. Remember when the president said this . If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Steve sounds great. Turns out there is a glitch in the Health Care Bill and youre going to pay for it. Peter johnson, jr. Explains coming up next. Brian then. Gretchen leave the stress at home of the there is about to be a ban on showing too much skin. Brian thank goodness. Oh progressoh [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying progressoh share your progressoh story on facebook. I need you. I feel so alone. But youre not alone. I knew youd come. Like i could stay away. You know i cant do this without you. Youll never have to. Youre always there for me. Shh ill get you a rental car. I could also use an umbrella. Fall in love with progressives claims service. Its a challenge to balance work and family. Thats why i love adt. I can see whats happening at my business from anywhere. 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Steve that sounds terrific, but it turns out keeping your coverage might not be as affordable as the Affordable Care act promised. There is a glitch in the system. Fox to us legal analyst peter johnson, jr. Joins us now. What glitch . There is a few of them. Theyre kind of disturbing and lets look at them quickly and understand them as they go forward. One is a glitch in what families are going to actual lea be paying in their premiums. Steve whoa 15,700. Thats about based on average family premium. What the federal government is now saying is were going to be calculating what is Affordable Care based only on the individual coverage that you pay. So what it costs for your family to insure your wife, to insure your children, thats not going to be part of the caps that weve imposed under obamacare. So a lot of americans are saying, wow. This is a sticker shock. Were going to get hit big, big time. The second piece of that is that talking sticker shock, Health Care Premiums may rise about 190 . Steve wait a minute. 190 . Steve this is exactly we were told would not happen for healthy young people. According to the American Action forum who can dea survey looking at cities like chicago and phoenix and other areas. They say if you are a healthy young male and youre not being subsidized, that there is a risk that your premium, once things start kick not guilty in 2014, might rise as much as 190 . People whose premiums are being subsidized will have the government help pay for that big increase. Older americans may pay less. Sicker americans may pay less in terms of the way theyre calculating things. But Young Healthy americans who are paying for their own insurance, not government subsidized, may take the biggest hit and maybe financing the decreases for everybody else. Steve youve got a third and funnel glitch. The third and final glitch is from the government itself. Congressional Budget Office says that 7 million 7 million workers could lose employeebased coverage based on the new obamacare. Because employers cannot afford it . Theyre saying well pay the federal government rather than pay these premiums. Weve seen more and more companies saying were going to go to parttime rather than full time. More and more companies saying were not going to go over 49 employees and make the obamacare limits. Now unions are even saying, we want to have those subsidies on top of our private coverage. So the people who were behind obamacare from the beginning are saying, wow. Were getting hit with this government. What are you going to do for us . We took care of you on this. Now step in and give us subsidies. Unions looking for subsidies, according to the wall street journal. A lot of unforeseen consequences. Well keep an eye on it. The numbers seem to skyrocket every day. Steve nancy pelosi said we had to pass it before we found out about it. Now after two elections, we found out about it. Hold on to your wallet. Steve peter johnson, jr. , thank you very much. Great. Meanwhile, want to make sure your kids are in good hands . Then leave them with lieutenant nanny. Former vets now being recruited for babysitting duty. That story coming up next. And is hollywood bud bruce wily list is hitting gun control with a vengeance a hybrid . Most are just no fun to drive. Now, heres one that will make you feel alive. Meet the fivepassenger ford cmax hybrid. Cmax says ha. Cmax says wheeee. Which is what you get, dont you see . Cause cmax has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that cmax also bests in mpg. Say hi to the allnew 47 combined mpg cmax hybrid. Hes going to apply testosterone to his underarm. Axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone levels back to normal in most men. Axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. Axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. 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It was run last night in iranian tv. Iran says it shows aerials of a u. S. Drone base, among other things. U. S. Officials have confirmed the drone was monitoring Irans Nuclear project when it was captureed. Cops in chicago are suing. Claimed officers were pressured to answer their work issued phones without filing for overtime. The city fired back, saying officers specifically told to ask for overtime. Well follow that story. Gretchen for many returning veteran, finding a job can be difficult. Now a new Employment Opportunity has surfaced, becoming a nanny. Lets call them lieutenant nanny. Its great for parents looking to protect their kids as well. Former Navy Seal Jonathan Gilliam came up with this idea. Hes the president and ceo of United States continued service. Joining him is nanny candidate, melissa. Good morning to both of you. Thank you. Gretchen jonathan, i know this idea came about because of a tragic event that happened here in manhattan in new york city with a nanny. Right . Yes. My attorney and i were having lunch shortly after that event and i just mentioned in passing that so many people, they have these nannies that they dont screen or think they get screened and then tragic incidents like this happened. It just dawned on me, because our Company Takes veterans and we place them into the public sector, building projects. This would be a great its too bad somebody hadnt done this. My attorney, robert, looks over at me and says, we have to go with this. This is something good. Gretchen of course, in that situation, the nanny is alleged to have killed two of the children in her care. Melissa, you are an Army Reservist and now add to your resume list nanny candidate. Why would you want to do Something Like this . What skills would you bring to the table . Well, most of my military training also allows me to not only be very careful of my surroundings and be aware of whats going on, but i also love children. I love working with children. Im a very big family oriented person. So i think its the best idea ive ever heard. Gretchen fantastic. So jonathan, tell me what you would do as far as a background check to check out somebody like melissa. The interesting thing about melissa and many of these women are theyre reservist or just got off active duty, which means they have a secret clearance already. We can then, with the company that i associate with, crossroads investigation services, we can then go further into their background. We can pull up the stuff that theyve done since their service. In her case, she still has a current security clearance, so her background check is basically done for you. We just have to augment that with further investigations that we can actually do on the outside. Gretchen so melissa, i guess other than having a love for children and doing well in that capacity for the job of being a care taker, you would also be able to provide something that maybe many nannies cannot provide, which is knowing how to protect children. Is that correct . Yes. We do a lot of training through the military, you know, noticing the smallest little differences in any of our surroundings, whether its a tree that wasnt there before, any little detail, we notice it quicker. We are able to assess the situation and continue on with what needs to be done instead of not being able to tell what to do in a situation and kind of freaking out and were able to keep a calm demeanor, make sure that the children are also safe and arent afraid or anything and make sure they stay safe. Gretchen jonathan, i understand that this would be a high end situation, right . If you want a candidate like this, it might cost awe little bit more . We are a for Profit Company of the the reason were for profit is that we saw a need for veterans that are returning from service to be able to be paid what theyre worth. They have a service. They have a skill that American Public needs and were here to give that to them and in this case, were bringing females into the home that are crisis empty trained already and in the case that you seen over the weekend with the kidnapping, that family really needed a crisis manager there with them. In this case, melissa, who is incredible care taker and just a very calm and level headed person who has done this real world, she could be a great asset to the family as well as the children. Gretchen its a great idea. Jonathan is the man behind it, melissa is somebody looking for a job in that capacity. If you want more information, find it on www. Foxandfriends. Com. Thanks to the both of you. Continued success. Thank you. Thank you. Steve meanwhile, straight ahead, last weeks unemployment numbers showed a major jump in jobless claims. Whats in store for this week in the brandnew numbers coming up next. Youll see it live here. Then, go to college, get a sex change. One university, a prominent one at that, now covering that in its insurance plan. Wait until you hear why. Youre watching fox friends. Well be right back. Steve fox business alert. Jobless numbers just out. Nicole petallides is live at the New York Stock Exchange with the latest. Lets break down the numbers. The weekly jobless claims claim in at 366,000 filed. That was more than that were expected. We continue to have the Unemployment Rate here at 7. 9 . Dont forget, that ticked up from 7. 8 . Obviously these weekly numbers continue to disappoint. You still have millions of americans, 12 1 2 million americans who are still unemployed and we still continue to get these weekly numbers that are more than expected, like last week. Steve do we have any idea why its a larger number . No. They come out each week with the estimates. However, you continue to find that you have all these folks who are unemployed. You have the u 6 number that is even more so. Thats over 14 . These are the americans who have taken jobs, which theyre really too qualified for. They have taken parttime jobs, temporary jobs and they really want their fulltime job back. Thats well above 14 mark. Gretchen nicole, lets talk about some good news. Companies that are actually hiring right now, try and help some folks out. We have home depot. Theyre hiring 80,000 seasonal workers, right . Thats right. During the spring selling season, this is the hot time for housing and such. So home depot here is one of the names that has come out. They said theyre going to be hiring 80,000 temporary workers. Thats up 10,000 from a year ago. These will be cashiers, loaders and such. Obviously this will be all over the nation. Steve very nice. One of the other big box retailers, lowes, is looking for a few actual through ins of thousands of new employees. They are, too. Thats exactly right. They are the second largest do it yourself big box improve your home retailer. Theyre going to be hiring not only temporary, but also permanent parttime workers. Im seeing the numbers there for 45,000 seasonal workers, plus 9,000 permanent parttime store workers. So that is up obviously from a year ago as well. So people are get notting in th, beefing up their home. Obviously 1078 good news. Brian when youre not updating us and not on camera in the business network, what do you do . Do you have a desk or couch . No. We have a very little booth here on the floor of the exchange and we update on the Fox Business Network every 15 minutes all day long. From now until 4 30. Yep. A lot of action here. Now 14,000. We hit that last week. Steve were on the verge of it again. Were you expect hearing to say yeah, i go to the ibm booth and trade . Brian cant i be curious . I dont know what she does. Steve we should take road trip down there. You should that would be exciting to do it live from the floor t. Gets very busy. I know it looks like a ghost town, but wait until the traders pile in. Steve 9 30 is when things kick off. Thank you very much. Brian time for your headlines. Controversial new addition to the Students Health plan at one ivy league school. Starting in august, if youre with me, its with time, students at browning university who decide they want to change genders after getting in will be covered under the Schools Health plan. First you have to satisfy their deductible. Insurance plan will pay for more than a dozen different sex reassignment surgeries. But bad news for the staff. Youre not covered. So start saving. The school says the procedures are, quote, an important benefit for students to have. Gretchen for six of them . Steve a dozen different surgeries, yeah. Meanwhile, sounds like the grammies will be a bit of a snore this year. Call them grannies. You can forget about seeing another moment like this when tony braxton showing off a little leg. Brian are they done with that dress . Steve what dress . It looks like drapes. Remember jlos shear green dress . Somebody at cbs issued an email putting the coo bash on too much skin. It reads in part, thong type costumes are problematic. Please avoid exposing bare fleshy, undercurves of the buttocks and buttock crack. Gretchen it says that in a memo . Steve yeah. Brian on all nominees or the people . Steve i think they shut it out to all the performers and the performers handlers. Brian artists usually follow instructions so well. Gretchen i want to hear steve read the rest of it. Steve continuing that, bare sides or undercurvature of the breast is almost problematic as well. It is almost problematic. Brian do you not want to overemphasize curves. I just want to focus on the music. Gretchen i wanted to hear him say that. Steve curvy. Gretchen they would not have any stars show up. I think the memo is a good idea, but stars are going to come in turtle neck . I guess somebody did that one year. Steve that all she wore . Brian thats not what i was thinking about with sharon stone. Gretchen from that to this, meet americas longest married couple. John and ann tied the knot more than 80 years ago back in 1932. Hes 101. Shes 97. Look at that great photo. They used to be neighbors. He drove her to school in his ford roadster and the rest is history. Whats the secret to their everlasting love . Just be content with what you have. Devote your time to understanding one another. Really, thats the whole thing. Gretchen wow, hes spry for 101. By the way, they have five children, 1 grandchildren and 16 great grand children. Steve thats mr. And mrs. Happy. Brian all right. Lets move on. There are thousands reasons why people are late to work. Traffic is the most common culprit. Not all employees blame roads. New survey reveals some of the most memorable excuses like my car wouldnt start because the breathalyzer showed i was intoxicated. Steve this from your personal history . Brian yeah. This is from my personal email. My car was attacked by a bear. Here is the photo proof. And last but not least, my angry wife froze my keys in a glass of water in the freezer. Gretchen see, ive had a couple house problems the last couple of days. You notice that i did not use one of those excuses. Brian you did not. Gretchen no, i have a hole in my roof. Oopsy daisy. A dead bird in my attic. Brian suicide . Gretchen no heat, no hot water and my new washing machine doesnt work. Steve and you were able to make it to work on time. Gretchen no excuses there. Janis dean never has an excuse either. Shes here because we have extreme weather coming. That will be an excuse that will go over well tomorrow at the office. All right. Piano you live in the boston area where we could get two feet of snow, i think youre off the hook for work tomorrow. Steve maybe. Maybe. Steve as long as it snows. It will. Were pretty confident about boston. New york, still a spread in those computer models. We could really get anywhere from two inches to a foot of snow in new york because were right on that snow, rain, sleet line. Well have to watch that carefully. Boston, providence, two feet or more, more than likely. Lets take a look at our future radar. Weve clipper system across the north. A system across the south. And both of those combining to make what could be an epic noreaster. Could be historic. So there is friday morning. As we head into work, unfortunately, i95 corridor will be tricky. Be extra careful if you have to travel. Again, there is that rain, sleet, freezing rain line that were talking about. That could actually bring back totals in new york. Boston, up toward portland, interior sections of the northeast, you could easily get 12 inches, 24 inches, in some cases, three feet of snow. All the computer models, we put them together. This is our best estimation. Portions of philadelphia, one to three. Up toward new york city, back through southern new york, three to six. Six to 12 for upstate new york. Parts of vermont. New hampshire, southern new hampshire, massachusetts, a wee bit of providence, rhode island area, could get two feet or more. So there is the bulls eye. Yes, it could be top five storms for boston. So they might have an excuse to get out of work friday. Steve all right. Thank you very much. All right, in the wake of sandy hook, there have been a number of people, a lot of people out in hollywood have come out and said, we need more gun control. We need to crack down on the guns. This is Bruce Willis Brian is that his daughter on the left . Steve it looks like it. Gretchen and his wife. Steve he is a big believer in the Second Amendment and when talking to the Associated Press this past week, promoting his new movie a good day to die hard another in the die hard series, we found out exactly how much he is not behind gun control. Brian he says this, i think you cant start to pick apart anything in the bill of rights. Thinking its all going to become undone. If you take out or change one law, then why wouldnt they take all the rights away from you . I feel really bad for those families, but i dont know how you legislate insanity. Thats where we always said we should start, Mental Health and work your way backwards. Steve he also dismissed any link between hollywood shootouts and real life gun violence. He said there is no proof that that really happens. Brian i sense it might be some violence in die hard. Gretchen probably why he would say that. But does he bring autopsy good point that its a comprehensive issue. Do you have questions about your home . 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Steve quick headlines now. Gun owners in arkansas a step closer to keeping their privacy. The senate there passed a bill making it illegal to publish the names and zip codes of people with concealed carry permits. The move still has to pass in the house there. Also in other news, kindergartener getting a story with a bigtime surprise. Clifford was barking. Daddy daddy steve daddy is tim of the air force. This is the first time he has seen his daughter in eight months. And that is beautiful. Brian looks like hes got his hands full. Two daughters. Steve thats great. Gretchen hope they have family time before he has to go back. Lets check in with bob massi one more time. Hes at the rebuilding your dreams tour in fort myers, florida, being one of the hardest hit states by the housing crisis. Do you have more guests for us now, bob . We do. Here at the Royal Palm Yacht Club, we have a lot of questions. A little bit of time. Eddie, whats your question real quick . Filing for bankruptcy l it help you save your home from foreclosure . When you file for bankruptcy, youre asking the court to discharge your debt. The question is, are you going to continue to make the payments on the house . If you continue to make the payments on the house, as long as you continue to make the payments, you can keep the home. But if you default, the lender will take it back. The good news is, your debt has been discharged, youll have no deficiency. Come on over. Jamie. How are you . Hi there. Question today, is it still true that when youre facing foreclosure by an hoa or bank that the sheriff can come to the door and post a note and you have to be out in three days . What happens, ladies and gentlemen, is whenever there is a foreclosure, whether it be an hoa or whatever, notice has to be given to the homeowner. Now, usually they tonight allow it to go that way. There is specific laws on the books, so they have to give you a reasonable amount of time to get out. Some states vary on that. Generally they do a cash for keys. Where the property manager gives you cash to move out quickly and generally speaking, you can always get more time. If you get served with a threeday notice to vacate, grab a lawyer because they can negotiate that with the property manager. Keep the lawyers in business. Oh, yes. Okay. Brenda, real quick. I testified for dry wall victims and theyre dealing with homeowners having problems with their banks. The banks are not working with them. Nobody wants these homes because theyre toxic. What did he do . There is stock and dont know what to do with these homes and theyre totally upside down and the home is worth zero . N this is a major problem. Unfortunately, i dont have enough time to answer all the questions. We have basically toxic homes and what are they going to do . Nobody will deal with them. Then you have People Living in these toxic homes also. So its an issue that when were over with the show, well be able to talk about it and give you guidelines what to do. Thank you. Dorothy, got a couple seconds here. If i sell my house at a short sale, do i have any tax relief with the federal income tax . Primary residence, original debt, acquisition debt, even if you refinance, if you went to approve your home, the mortgage debt relief act says if you get a 1099 c, cancellation of debt, you have no Tax Liability whatsoever. If you get the 1099 c, you give it to your cpa. Theyll know what to do. If orgeat 1099 a, which is an abandonment, thats different. Thats not a cancellation. That comes also. So make sure you get the if you get the document, take it to your cpa. Generally speaking, primary residence, original acquisition debt, short sale waived, youre good to go. Thank you very much for being here. Its interesting that you have these array of questions and again, like i said at the beginning of the show, no matter where you go in the country, the same types of issues people are faced with every day. Thats been going on for a couple of years. You know what that says . It says the industry has not dealt with the problems. Theyve not tried to reach out to the homeowners the way they should to give them the kind of just explanation that the truth is this. This is what we can do, this is what we cant do. This is whats going to happen. Everything is clan disdestine. So many things have been hidden. Thats why we do these seminars. Steve there are so many people in that room you have helped today and by extension watching the show, i think you helped a lot of people across the country. Bob massi. I hope so, thank you for the opportunity. Steve great to have you. [ applause ] job well done. Thanks to everybody who showed up down there. Brian including your hair body double. Gretchen we he went to can did in search of polar bears and didnt expect to find many. But he found more than ever before. Hell share his story coming up next. Brian first, lets check in with rick folbaum playing the role of bill hemmer, along with martha mccallum. Hi. Were tracking a massive manhunt in southern california. Miss are trying to track down a former cop who is wanted for murder. He has republican a manifesto and promised to kill police officers. Also the outgoing defense secretary leon panetta set to testify on the bill on the benghazi terrorist attack. Well have that for you. Cutting our fleet in the persian gulf because of budget worries. Are we spending less on defense when our enemies are spending more . Thats coming up at the top of the hour. Back to you [ male announcer ] pain not sitting too well . Burning to feel better . Itching for relief . Preparation h offers the most maximum Strength Solutions for all hemorrhoid symptoms. From the brand doctors recommend most. Preparation h. Dont stand for hemorrhoids. With multiple lacerations to the wing and a fractured beak. Surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly sever months. So, if the duck isnt able to work, how will he pay for his Living Expenses . Aflac. Like his rent and car paymets . Aflac. What about ga and groceries . Aflac. Cell phone . Aflac, but i doubtell be using his phone for quite a while cause like i said, he has a fractured beak. [ male announcer ] send the lac duck a getwell card at getwellduck. Com. The polar bears world is melting. Climate change is causing their hunting grounds to disappear right from under their feet. Pushing them to the brink of extinction. Brian wow, inspired by the extinction status of the polar bear, zach decided he wanted to see their plight for himself. Gretchen so he packed up his family and moved to the canadian arctic to move to the polar bear capital of the world. It turns out that the population is larger than ever before. Steve the author of never look a polar bear in the eye, zach joins us now from san francisco. Good morning to you. Good morning. Steve okay. Why should you never look a polar bear in the eye . This was a piece of advice that my son got from a fiveyearold who lives threw in polar bear country. If you look a polar bear in the eye, that pretty much means that you want to fight. And my kids are pretty tough, but i dont want them fighting foalar bears until at least theyre done with college. Brian but you did find polar bears. You did not find a polar bear that was heading towards extinction, did you . You know what . Its kinds of a funny story. Polar bears are there are more alive now than 40 years ago. And thats because there was a Global Hunting ban in the early 70s. Polar bear populations exploded after that. And thats not to say that Global Warming isnt real or that polar bears arent going to have some trouble with that Going Forward. But whats interesting to me is that this is essentially a heartening, cheerful piece of information that somehow hasnt managed to pierce the public conclusionness. Gretchen you found out, they were 5,000 to 20,000. 2013, 20 to 25. Were you surprised that you found more polar bears . You know, those early numbers were probably low and estimates from 50 years ago arent great. But it is true that we cant look at one specific population of polar bears. You got to look at them world wide. Some populations are doing well and some are doing poorly. Every kind of polar bear in different place also have to adapt their lifestyle to the realities of Global Warming. At the moment, there are many populations that are stable. Steve yeah. Speaking of adapting your lifestyle, halloween threw where you live, the kids have to go out with armed guards because you never know. There could be in the dark, a polar bear. Right. Halloween is kind of a tricky time in polar bear country. You take these kids who are basically like bite sized individually wrapped snacks for a bear. And then you put them out in the dark and stuff their pockets full of candy. Its not really a recipe for a safe halloween. Every able body person goes out and has your back. There is one rule for halloween in churchill, you cant dress up as a princess or bride or anything white because there is a bunch of guys looking for polar bears in the dark. Gretchen makes sense. Thanks for your thoughts. More fox friends three minutes away [ male announcer ] you like who you are. And you learned something along the way. This is the age of knowing what youre made of. So, why ltion get in your way . Talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. Ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. 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