[ laughter ] steve: funny line. this morning, his campaign has a new plan to turn things around and it relies on one person. insider dana perino here to explain. pete: and the nascar sprint cup spinning out of control. champ triggering a massive pileup at talladega. see this, believe it on fox & friends right now. steve: that was the last lap and amazingly, even though cars were flying all over place, nobody seriously hurt. pete: thank god. gretchen: 15 cars involved. more in later. peter is in for brian today. good morning to you. some head lines now, how should the world view america? in a few hours, we ll find out what mitt romney believes. he s going to give a major foreign policy address in virginia. he is expected to criticize the obama administration s response to the benghazi, libya terrorist attack. he ll also likely focus on how
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all the pomp but none of the pressure. want to know the best job in the country? we ll have one comedian s take. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. thank you for starting your morning with us. we begin in syria where rebels are braces for what could be a final showdown with the government military. the government troops are advancing on the city of aleppo. warplanes and tanks have been pounding the commercial hub relentlessly. opposition fighters say they have surrounded aleppo s highest point, where regime forces are already holed up. senior international correspondent ben wideman is in syria. reporter: clearly, the syrians far outgun the rebels. and the concern is that we are really on the verge of a major government counteroffensive to win back control of aleppo, syria s biggest city, and its commercial hub. of course the concern among syrian officials in damascus is that if aleppo falls, that s really the end of the game the fighting is forcing a surprise move
and new documents in the case of the man charged with killing trayvon martin. could shed some light on whether or not race played a role. want to get right to it. u.s. military judge held a hearing at ft. hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan s murder trial is set to begin august 20th. florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the school s board of directors going to hold a meeting today on rather monday. president james eamons announced his resignation yesterday. he stepped down more than seven months after a student was beaten to death. robert champion. he was a drum major. he died during an apparent hazing incident on a bus