he was the longest serving republican senator ever. meanwhile, some stunning new research this morning claims that baseball legend lou gehrig probably didn t die from lou gehrig s disease. that s right. the disease also known as als was named after the yankee first baseman. scientists say it s more likely he developed a different deadly brain disorder after playing baseball while nursing a concussion. study claims many people, many athletes as well, develop brain disorders just like gehrig s disease after getting concussions. back in the 1930 s, they might have been lumped simply into the same category. almost everything about this picture of xavier alvarez is a lie. the ribbons, badges. he claims to have won the medal of honour but the u.s. court of appeals in california say that s ok because the stolen valor act of 2005 violates the first amendment and the court says lying about such things does not harm anyone.
gotten worse or stayed the same on obama s watch. a huge factor making americans more worried, of course, this summer is the unemployment rate which continues to hover near 10%. this morning, obama will hold a kitchen table chat. you mentioned that. with a family in their columbus home. they ll talk about their very real work and money issues. the same ones facing many americans. money will also be the focus later today when the president headlines a fundraiser for ohio democrat. he then flies to miami for yet another fundraising event. he was in seattle last night. back to you guys. all right. a lot of flight miles getting racked up there. julie, thanks very much for that update. all right. let s do the post-game show. it was primary day in two states. the great state of washington and the great state as well of washington. and wyoming as well and let s take a look at the winners on the democrat side, not a surprise. senator patty murray, three time incumbent is going to
a fox news alert, stunning new poll numbers showing a solid majority of new yorkers are against the development of an islamic center near ground zero. according to the latest poll, 63% registered new york state voters oppose the plan while 27% say they support it. that also comes as we re getting breaking news from the office of governor david paterson. he says the people building that mosque have rejected his latest request for a meeting. the goal of that meeting was going to be about finding a location for this project. the debate also rocking washington again today, house speaker nancy pelosi touching off a new round of controversy when she demanded some kind of investigation into who s funding not the mosque, but opposition to the mosque. take a listen. i look to my colleagues in new york, some of them have different views on the subject. it s up to them to work it out. but there is no question that there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some, and
ureport@foxnews.com. thanks. martha: all right, let s look at the atlas-5 rocket. that is about to take off and will be a little bit delayed, we re told. not until at least 11:00 a.m., they are dealing with some sort of peripheral weather issues there. in florida. and we ll keep an eye on that and when it gets up there it will take incredible pictures of the sun, never before seen images of sunspots and a look at the sun that will tell us what it really looks like up close. which is fascinating and we ll update you on that. martha: he broke the law by lying about being a war hero and there s a chance he may get away with it. this is xavier alvarez, an imposter busted for living a lie as a decorated marine and claimed that he earned the highest military tribute. none other than the medal of honor and he was convicted for those lies in 2007. but now he and his lawyer are testing the limits of the first
this part of xavier alvarez and we ll keep on top of the case and thank you for sharing your legal expertise and your own personal experience with the military to bring that to the table in this disturbing case. thank you very much, sir. good to have you with us today. gregg: all right, the iranian government now preparing a major anniversary celebration, tomorrow. opposition protesters, well, are planning to crash the party. they have something else in mind. a revolution in the making? or a brutal crack down waiting to happen? what do expect on the streets of tehran. martha: and boy, this is a sign of the times, a ritz carlton hotel in las vegas going out of business. why one of the classiest hotels in the nation is closing its doors. ck it out, gas prices blowing up sky high