welcome back to fox & friends. news by the numbers. 43%. how many people between the ages 18 and 29. approve of president obama s performance according to a new poll. back in 2008. the president won 60% of the youth vote. next, 50. that s how many stores abercrombie is closing this year thanks to weak sales. the company plans to close 180 stores in the united states by 2018. what will all those shirtless male guys be able to do for employment? a $3 billion. how much money americans spent last year. the american pets products association says two thirds of that total went to food and vet care. american board of internal medicine says there are 135 medical procedures that
looks like we re going to need to order more agaves. ah! oh! ow! . and more bandages. that s powerful. sharble data plus unlimited talk and text. now save $50 on a droid razr maxx hd by motorola. gretchen: 44 minutes past the top of the hour. quick headlines now. smithfield packing company recalling 38,000 pounds of its pork sausage across 12 states. this after two customers complained it had small piece of plastic in it. smithfield says it likely came from the glove of its workers. so far no one has been hurt. 29 years later, los angeles has finally finished preparing for the 1984 olympics? yes, you heard that right. the city announced that all of its traffic lights are now synchronized to handle heavy traffic. the project apparently fell through the cracks. apparently it did. steve, doctor? steve: a startling report by the american board of internal
list of routine practices and they say they are wasteful and profit-driven including x-rays and ekgs an antibiotics, and as a patient, you want the stuff, but are you guys prescribing too much? first of all, yes. we have 30% more tests than we need to be ordering in treatment and this is called choosing wisely and comes from the american board of internal medicine, my board and actually consumer reports and putting together analysts in all specialties to decide whether the tests are overdone. on the surface it is a great idea and the problem comes in in actually doing it. i look over the tests in the american college of physicians, which i belong to and i don t agree with a lot of this. they say no routine chest x-ray before surgery, sometimes you go on a respirator you might need one and ekg for a regular visit, i like a baseline and back page, no imaging studies and that may be true, but, eric, we re in a world of liability and malpractice.
leon panetta has come to just that conclusion, there s a likelihood of an israeli strike. this surfaced in a column by the washington column. the news is breaking on a day that israel s defense minister warned that iran is building weapons under ground. in other words, a window of opportunity may be closing, and israeli forces could take action before it does. also today, senior israeli officials tell the new york times that the iranian guard are working on missiles that could reach the continental u.s. from iran. and also testimony that iran could answer growing pressure on it by attacks on american soil. this is playing out between u.s. war ships and gun boats in the strait of hormuz. it s also playing out on the diplomatic front with sanctions. the question, will israel give sanctions tyke to bite, and what will we do if they decide to act. there have also been a number of iranian nuclear scientists who have been assassinated in tay hahn by unknown assailants. first, the
washington column. the news is breaking on a day that israel s defense minister warned that iran is building weapons under ground. in other words, a window of opportunity may be closing, and israeli forces could take action before it does. also today, senior israeli officials tell the nooi new yor times that the iranian guard are working on missiles that could reach the continental u.s. from iran. and also testimony that iran could answer growing pressure on it by attacks on american soil. this is playing out between u.s. war ships and gun boats in the strait of hormuz. it s also playing out on the diplomatic front with sanctions. the question, will israel give sanctions tyke to bite, and what will we do if they decide to act. there have also been a number of iranian nuclear scientists who have been assassinated in tay hahn by unknown assailants. first, the latest from chris lawrence at the pentagon. what other details are your sources telling about this apparent growing lik