opportunity to do the pledge when you walk through the gate. chandler went ahead, got people together. he had a petition, he got the towns folk involved and got the administration involved. and today they do the pledge of allegiance at least once a week. steve: once a week. what you would like to do with your house bill 3014 would be to have kids have the opportunity to say it once a day, plus flags for classroom, which i thought all classrooms had flags any way. most of them do, but there are some schools most schools do pledge. but there are some schools that do not do pledges. there are some schools that have no flags whatsoever. the flags are actually free with organizations around, the v.f.w., d.a.r., so on, so forth. it s not a cost. we have one particular school down in southern oregon that refuses to fly an american flag on their
eat more. steve: we ve got 49 feet of it. was that hardy? brian: yes. i think hardy is at another station and that s the noise he does make there. steve: by the way, we re going to go outside and start chewing on the sub at 7:30 eastern time. so if you are hungry, stop on by after 7:30 we want one more shot and then be our guest. put our giant sub to the test. gretchen: let s do some headlines. he wanted his cable turned back on, so he held four firefighters hostage, then paid for his actions with his life. the man called 911 faking a heart attack. five firefighters responded to his home in georgia. when they arrived, he took them hostage. he let one go only to move the truck. the swat team outside made a split second decision when it looked like the firefighters were about to be killed. gretchen: they stormed the home, exchanging fire with the
anniversary of blimpie and since it s national submarine day, we wanted to commemorate that. blimpy got its start not too far from here in hoboken, new jersey. steve: they re called subs. exactly. we got the name blimpie, they were trying to find a name that s appropriate. if you look at these things, they re more like a blimp. steve: they re blimpish indeed. exactly. and delicious looking. steve: you have a subway shop where? i have a shop on long island. steve: what seems to be the number within sub that people order? blimpie s best. steve: is that what we have? that s the italian sub. steve: just a little bite right here. italian is my favorite. steve: by the way, if you re in the area, 48th and 6th avenue, stop by and you can have free breakfast on us. thank you very much, mark.
gretchen: he is fishing in hawaii when the shark jumped out of the water, took his fish. the 37-year-old s reaction? priceless. steve: why is it everybody seems to be taping themselves whatever they do these days. gretchen: it seems like he s alone in the world. brian: while we sit here in front of five cameras, steve, how dare you be so judgmental. the boston red sox do something they have not done in almost ten years, and that s not selling out at home. ben affleck, they need you there. dennis leary, wake up. the red sox are abandoned. last night s game against the orioles the first time since may 2003 the sox didn t pack the house. by the way, they re off to a very good start. now wrestling, sean my kals will be behind the wheel in a nascar race this week
debt sieve and fiscal policies. brian: it is budget. the president was saying in the rose garden that he showed some give in that he s looking at social security and he has cuts to medicare. was that a starting point for you, to show this charm offensive is working? i m glad that you mentioned that because that was a step forward by the president. i want to make a point here. we re talking about saving social security and saving medicare. we re not talking about cutting it. we are talking about reforming the way in which they re calculated. but if we do nothing, by 2037, payments will did gown automatically because of depletion of the trust fund. we re trying to save the benefit for our children and grandchildren by reforming the process by which it s determined. brian: i m sure the president wants to save social security as well. when you got into it, you said he was listening the whole time. do you feel like you got through to him that what your objectives are and where the w