brian: then what happened? steve: glad you asked. he thought it would be really cool if they represented a boat and went out on a little island. brian: and then? steve: and had lunch and they did that. brian: that sounds like fun. steve: until it turned out to be low tide and the boat got stuck and she s kind of in the middle there of our control room and then he hadn t planned on doing it right then brian: what are you talking about? steve: he asked her to marry him. he popped the question! congratulations, lauren and jarrett. gretchen: i thought i saw an amazing sparkling thing coming off that hand on top of his shoulder. put up the hand, lauren. steve: talk to the hand. there she is. brian: so she said yes is what you re saying? gretchen: even though she was stranded on a boat, i guess. she still said yes. many more moments. brian: i remember in happy days when they wanted a romantic moment, they would go to another area.
steve: suddenly she went down under. if it s been over a month since four americans were murdered in libya and still many questions unanswered. i want to know, mr. president, were you doing your job? were you following the deteriorating situation in benghazi? and if you didn t, why? steve: and why is the president dodging the details? a fair and balanced debate coming up next. brian: don t try this at home. a kid attempts to do a cannon ball through the front steve: oh! that s going to leave a mark. gretchen: oh, my gosh. steve: nice swimming suit. steve: i need an advil just watching it. brian: just watching him if a speedo. macaroni & cheese without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then.it wouldn t be stouffer s mac & cheese.
this dave devil thought he would break through the ice in the pool, but clearly that didn t happen. brian: oh, my goodness. gretchen: no word on his injuries, if any. i love how the teleprompter says, if any. this guy has a huge bruise on his tukus. steve: backside. gretchen: he probably did some damage to his ego, if that is his girlfriend. i don t think following that was a proposal. steve: unless it was from the emergency room. brian: did a rod get benched because he tried pick up a woman after he was benched during the alcs? the yankees insist he had been out of the line - up anyway because he stinks. he struggles. growing speculation is that the yankees were livid that he was flirting while he was in the dugout and the yankees were trailing. arod not happy. i m not happy about it. obviously you come to the ballpark, seeing how you can help the team win. when you see your name is not in the line - up, you re disappointed. brian: word is, he s done with the yankees.
steve: lauren areas mother is absolutely delighted. one other thing i left out, right after she said yes, i ll marry you, she gave him a rap. congratulations. brian: by the way, i have reports, i m looking for a second source, that he likes soccer. that s all i know. steve: he likes her. that s positive. gretchen: sure. put yourself in the middle of the two of them, brian. brian: i want to know if they have anything in common. we should have been able to screen this whole thing. i feel as though we should have been brought into the process. gretchen: she spends enough time with us, doesn t she? she s entitled to have an outside life. congratulations. now we want to move on to the political scenario. brand-new poll out showing mitt romney s momentum still in full swing. peter doocy here. good morning. mitt romney is up six points right now over the president with likely voters in the latest gallup poll based on a seven-day rolling average.
gas 3.74? no, gas went up in price because of the arab oil embargo in 1973 and iranian revolution. when ronald reagan came in, and the economy boomed, the price of gas went down. it s a direct opposite. steve: well, the president was kind of in a jam because mitt romney said look, the only reason gas production has gone up is because people on private lands have drilled more, whereas, mr. president, while you ve been in office, production has gone down 14%. that s not true. brian: he never ends the question of it s not my job to keep gas prices low and it would be better if they were european rates. all the facts, he wanted $5 a gallon of gas so we would use other things. steve: some people say he still wants that. stewart talks about all things money at 9:20 eastern on his