ironman world champion. i asked if lance was at the starting line, how would he have done? he said, realistically could have won the race. he has that type of talent, at the age of 40. gretchen: bob babbitt, appreciate your thoughts on the whole situation this morning. any time. thank you for your time. gretchen: he was locked up in a mexican prison on bogus gun charges. this morning, jon hammmar describes what happened. eric: then is he paying your bills with your credit card? the president thinks so, but not stuart varney [ male announcer ] this is joe woods first day of work. and his new boss told him twongs cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn t know it yet, but he ll wk his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and me from the great northwest.
steve: plus, he was lock up in a mexican prison on trumped up gun charges. this morning marine veteran jon hammmar describes how the bible helped get him through. fox & friends hour two for this tuesday starts right now. steve: welcome aboard, eric bowl not guilty for brian kilmeade. eric: good to be here. gretchen: you can see him on the five every day. so he s doing double duty today. you ll probably be talk being this, the president and his press conference yesterday when he was talking about the debt ceiling. he seemed to change his tune when he was senator and chastised president bush for asking congress to raise the debt ceiling back then. he said it would be irresponsible. this time he said the opposite, that it would be a responsible for irresponsible for members
. they go it could be me, it could be you. ainsley: emotional vigil held last night in webster for two volunteer firefighters. they were killed when they responded to that fire. it was set by a convicted killer who opened fire on them and two other firefighters were injured as well. 62-year-old william senler. he then killed himself. he spent 17 years in prison for beating his grandmother to death in 1980. he was living with his sister. she is unaccounted for this morning. no word yet on a motive for this attack. a marine veteran spending christmas with his family after he spent four months behind bars in mexico. fox news was there when jon hammmar arrived back home in florida. turned this christmas into something spectacular. you guys have really made it happen and we re really grateful. this is great right now. i m glad to be talking to you about that it s over with. ainsley: back in august, he
those so-called green on blue attacks. marine veteran recently released from a mexican jail expected home today after being hospitalized. jon hammmar and his father driving back when he had to be taken to an emergency room in louisiana. his mom says he was suffering from the stomach flu. the 27-year-old was locked up for four months on a weapons charge in a mexican prison. he tried to legally bring an antique gun across the border, but clear to do that was cleared to travel with him on the u.s. side. when he reached mexico, he was handcuffed and whisk to do prison. he had been rumored to be president obama s top pick for defense secretary. but former nebraska senator chuck hagel, republican, drawing strong criticism from both sides of the aisle for his views on israel, iraq and gay rights. earlier on fox & friends, a ceo for concerned veterans for america says picking him would send a wrong message to the men and women bravely serving our nation. iraq war veteran myself, he
it s all because of the mayan calendar predicted the end of the world today. we did not get the memo. these schools said it was easier to close than deal with all of the distraction. retired marine who remains chained to a bed in in amex cannes prison cell could find out his fate. there will be a hearing in mexico a judge could decide to free jon hammmar or send him to prison for up to 15 years. he fought for our country in iraq and afghanistan and has been locked up since august for carrying an antique gun across the mexican border. lawmakers calling for a travel boycott to mexico. try bring more attention and go down to the jail if we have to. this guy is an american patriot and i would call on all americans, cancel your trips to mexico. if a product says made in mexico, don t guy bye it. we need to bring attention to this. alisyn: 150,000 americans cross the border every day. heartwarming return home for a soldier that spent 11 months in afghanistan.