this is up with of the videos authorities say he posted on-line to brag about his connection to al-qaeda in iraq and downing a helicopter. court documents state he says he hates al-qaeda and was only trying to overthrow president assad s regime. gretchen: philadelphia man being called a hero for risking his own life to save a stranger who fell on the subway tracks. here is the guy about to go down. caught on camera. 63-year-old stepped off the platform. christopher saw what happened. he was the only person, a dozen witnesses there, folks. the only person who sprung into action. i can t imagine not helping someone in that situation. like i can t imagine that. gretchen: he stayed with the victim until help arrived. it s not clear why the man fell off the platform. but he saved his life. steve: both lucky to be alive. eric: group of police officers refused service at a virginia buffalo wild wings because their guns were showing.
option to designate one or several school employees to carry concealed weapons. it s a stimulus party for president obama. headlines a dnc fund-raiser at the home of mark heighten, a board member of scion tower, which received stimulus dough. eric: the program set up to help the farm industry, but could agricultural subsidies be placing a burden on our economy? according to the cbo, $16 billion were spent on farm subsidies last year alone. so could cutting those cost help bring down the deficit in let s ask the president of citizens against government waste. thank you for joining us. $16 billion, take us through some of the farm subsidies that we taxpayers are forking our money over to. sugar, peanuts, dairy, the big three in terms of subsidies that should be eliminated. they ve been around for decades
investigators say he sold the drugs between september 2011 and february 2013. he has pleaded not guilty. ready to retire? the 83-year-old going to call it quits next may after more than a half century in the business. actually may 2014. walters has been a trail blazer in the team of business for women and known for her high profile interviews. she has suffered health incidents recently. she says she s not going to be discussing it any time on the view. steve: she s been a legend. eric: looks great for 83. steve: she does. she s got a great work ethic. the president of the united states is back to campaigning. yesterday in the east room of the white house, he brought in a number of mothers of victims of sandy hook that essentially used them for used them optically, with them behind him to appeal to the country to come on, call your congressmen, call your senator. we ve got to get something done
steve: we ve got quick friday morning headlines. there are zombies among us. zombie homes, that is. a new realty track survey found more than 300,000 homes under foreclosure are abandoned by the owners, sitting empty. a marine who served in iraq hit with a citation for flying the american flag in his own yard. gregory shaft says he was told he needs a permit for the flagpole after a neighbor complained. eric: as the federal government prepares to crack down on gun owners in order to reduce gun violence, our next guest says he has a better way to stop crime. by giving out shotguns. a privately funded group in tucson, arizona, says it
in most cases. sugar programs has an import quota and artificially raises prices to 30 to 50% higher than they are in the rest of the world. costs consumers 3 1/2 billion dollars a year. save $1.2 billion in the first year. $6 billion over five years from reforming the sugar program. eric: what about peanuts? you could save 55 million in one year. 275 million over five years. another opportunity where if you grow peanuts, you re always going to grow them, in fact, the owners of those properties don t have to be actively growing them. they still get the subsidy. eric: the dairy? dairy, also causes huge problems in the economy. hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs lost because of that program. $1.1 billion over one year and 5.5 billion over five years. there you re talking about $12 billion in savings over five years. plus you reduce the cost for the