the officers even showed their badges to the server and were still denied. the restaurant manager is apologizing, saying the policy excludes police officers and they don t need no badges. steve: he s being hailed as a bridge builder for the new york police department. philip banks iii is named the topping ranking uniform position. he was previously the head of community affairs. he s also a guest patron and speaker for the ayles apprentice program, created by roger ayles to increase diversity in journalism. gretchen: here is a story you may scratch your head over because it s our daily edition of what sequester? feds are spending apparently $350 million for planned parenthood stale sex education programs in western states, including montana, idaho, oregon, alaska, for sex education programs start not
to the sweet 16. gretchen: great update. in the meantime let s talk about the sequester. this is the latest steve: what sequester? gretchen: exactly. joe biden, the vice president, apparently spent, he and his staff spent a lot of money on limo rides in paris. did you know they were this expensive? is it just paris or is it in general? $321,665, that comes aof last week s news that his hotel bill was half a million. is that true, guys? his hotel bill was half a million dollars? steve: yes, for one night in paris. that is the contract amount for the limousine service, $321,665. the vice president himself didn t even ride in any of those limos. they fly the vice president s limo over in an airplane. this was for staff. we re not going to let them drive cars over there, and they certainly would never take the metro. instead they hire cars to
i think it was a mistake for republicans to go along with it. and here is from the national review last july, romney s running mate, paul ryan, defending his vote yes for that sequestration deal. he said i support this reasonable, responsible effort to cut government spending, avoid a default and help create a better environment for job creation. chuck, what does this say that there is this open disagreement? well, this is about, i think romney s playing battleground state politics. i hate to say it. but that s what he does. right after the interview where did he go? went to virginia, where some of the cuts, if they take place people seem to have amnesia about the whole point of what sequester was. it was the fourth conversation, fourth new negotiations. nobody wants to sequester. the whole point was pick something that each party thought was something that a third rail in their in their conferences so that they would force them to have a new conversation, so the whole re-imagi
fox & friends starts right now. we hope you have a great day. gretchen: good morning. it is tuesday, march 26, 2013. i m gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. fox news alert: stunning decision. amanda knox, the american student will be tried once again for the murder of her roommate in italy. an italian court overturning her acquittal moments ago. all the breaking details. can they bring her back there? steve: what sequester? while the military gets pink slips our vice president is spending nearly $1 million a night in paris. is that just the cost of doing business over there? we report. you decide. brian: cinderella is having a ball at the florida gulf coast. i ve never been a part of anything like this. like, i m so happy for my team, like i can t really put it into words. brian: meet the team going from unknown to