when you pull it out and see the ground below there are quite a few emergency vehicles on the ground. getting somebody on the phone right now is not an easy task. our own eyes can serve us well as we watch this breaking out of windsor, new jersey as they try to do something with the bear. i have not seen this done before. one of our camera men asked why don t they let the sleeping bear live and leave them alone and let him go back to the woods. i don t have a great answer for that. it s right next to the freeway. maybe there is concern that he might go out into traffic. it s lunchtime on the turnpike and traffic is buzzing. jon: i m guessing that is the concern. you don t want a drowsy bear wandering out into the new jersey turnpike. jenna: a sedated bear, we can t have that.
you have a bear in the tree off the jersey turnpike. poor bear he just wants to be left alone. jenna: ted lee storm deadly stog through the nation s midsection killing two children and two elderly sisters. tphoerdz and violent storms are causing massive storms in several communities in eastern oklahoma and arkansas. ripping off roofs, and snapping roofs along the way. this is a terrifying scene? tushka, oklahoma. you see the twister taking shape in the distance there. the storms are moving across tennessee, louisiana and mississippi. they are not over yet. jaime colby is watching them. she is here with more. reporter: the stories are as dramatic as the pictures that you were showing. a 6-year-old boy in arkansas is one of those who died. a three six to eight feet in
and 12 on the ground. jenna: at least the bear stayed a sleep, can you imagine. jon: or he s being exceptionally cooperative. jenna: there you ve got it, bear rescue today. jon: no bouncing bear video. jenna: sometimes it works out that way. we are going a little bit of a turn and get back to news that is happening in d.c., important news at that. we are awaiting a vote on capitol hill on congressman paul ryan s 2012 budget. most republicans are in favor but the president and many democrats call the plan a nonstarter. that includes peter welch, as democrat, chief deputy whip and probably someone who has seen a few bears in your days since you re out in vermont. thank you for standing by with us for that. an impressive rescue. we need those folks to help us down here i tell you. jenna: we have to talk about what is happening with this economy. paul ryan s plan has been certainly devisive when it comes between parties. you say you re not going to vote yes on paul ryan s plan.
breathing room as the next few weeks tick by. jon: you just said the president needs republicans but he needs to be sticking his finger in their eye. chris thanks. chris stirewalt. you can get powered up every day with chris power play go to foxnews.com, click on the politics tab it is your front row seat to all things political at america s election headquarters. jenna: proving that we cover everything that is happening right now. there is a bear in a tree in new jersey and they are trying to get him out, and quite frankly it looks like it s been pretty challenging thus far. that bear is sedated that you re seeing. how far up do you think he is in the tree. jon: i think he s a good 40-feet up. the bear is winning the contest. jenna: so far. they ve taken out ropes. i think they are going for some sort of lift or harnass to get them out of here. harris said they did have a chainsaw and are trying to chop down to branches. there you go. it is a complicated situation out in new jersey.
carry him back to ground level and who knows what happens to him them. we presume they are going to cut him lose and let him go take a nap somewhere not next to the new jersey turnpike. jenna: the associated press is reporting. jon: high-fives all around. jenna: they deserve it. jon: i have done some tree trimming in my life and it s not fun to be 40 feet up in the air. jenna: these guys have been at it for a long type. they spotted this bear four and a half hours ago around 8:00 in the morning. this has been ongoing trying to get the bear out of this area because it s right along a major highway. it s been a project. this hasn t been no easy task here. jon: well they got yogi in the basket there. he s been taking a good, long nap. i guess he crawled up in the tree to take a nap earlier and that s where they saw him.