louisiana. 126 workers were aboard that platform. no deaths have been reported. meantime, crews continue to battle a fire on the platform. the cause of exactly what happened here unknown at this time. airspace throughout northern and central europe gradually reopening this morning. ash from iceland s erupting volcano falling to insignificant levels. more than 95,000 flights were canceled in the last week alone because of all that ash. it s still a rough ride, though, for passengers. it could take weeks before all of those stranded travelers can be brought home. 48 hours of no sleep. have to go somewhere to wash our clothes. chaos, we can t find a way back home. meanwhile, scientists warn that the eruption could trigger an even larger eruption at another nearby volcano which would mean even more disruptions, the ash from the volcano is estimated to have cost the airline industry $1.7 billion. so far. the house of representatives
pledge that says no matter what, hell or high water, i will not vote for another tax increase during my two years in congress and as we go through some of these republican primaries this spring, it s terribly important that people access that list. go to the web site and click it. and see which of the candidates running in your district have taken that pledge because that is the be all and end all of our economy, whether we raise taxes or cut spending next year. i think most democrats will tell you, maybe off camera, off mike, listen, we re going to a a hit in the election coming up in november, how big a hit. now, republicans, they say, could be hurting themselves by splitting the party with the so-called moderate democrat getting trounced by the conservative democrat but then but moderate republican getting trounced by the conservative republican and then not being and then losing to a democrat in november. do you buy that? that s the conventional theory and it certainly is a
by the folks on facebook and as soon as i was able to verify where he was on easter sunday, i mean, it only took three hours, i provided that information to the captain of the north precinct and said, hey, here s your guy. go get him. this is an amazing thing because you say it only took you three hours to find out where this guy was and the police had been looking for him for three years? that s correct. that s correct. so when you contacted the police, what was their response? the captain of the north precinct was like let s go get him. and they did. they immediately mobilized. they missed him on easter sunday and were able to, based on the information, i provided them track him down in jackson at that daycare center. so he was obviously in the company of children. he s a registered sex offender. what are your feelings? take your reporter hat off for a moment. what are your feelings about the fact that this guy was so easily to be found but nobody was looking for him? i t
jim in texas. i always get up early and get the coffee brewing, to turn on weekend fox & friends to see how the word s doing. we hope he s watching the weekday show, too. hi, this is joan rivers and you re watching fox & friends. that s good. we just started working out with professional athlete so we should promote the weekend show as well. they do a good job. i was reminded of that, i see my reflection while you were talking, they say brian, while steve was interviewing one of the people yesterday, they go we could see you sitting there staring at him drinking coffee. see the reflection is truly, you can see me through the reflection? yeah. what wasn t anyone telling me that? waiting you to sink yourself. i didn t know. just for 10 years, that s all. fine. always a cue whenever you have a live mike on or anything like that, pay attention. i guess i m in the background. let s start with a fox news alert. the coast guard searching for missing workers aft
manhattan courtroom yesterday. but to no avail. the 31-year-old was arrested last summer at a new york city hotel after he tried to smuggle large amounts of methamphetamine from california to new york. gretchen? thank you, steve. for nearly three years, this convicted child sex offender, adrian hill was a fugitive and couldn t be found by michigan state police. but the man wasn t running at all. he was hanging out with his wife at her daycare center and had a facebook profile. that s how our next guest tracked him down and eventually helped police arrest him. with us now is that guy, michigan messenger reporter todd haywood. good morning to you. good morning, gretchen. it s kind of a complicated story but this guy, adrian hill was supposed to be registered as a sex offender. he was not. people in the community realized that he was helping out his wife at a daycare center no less with children all over the place and they contacted you, is that correct? that s correct. what did