news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- gretchen: i guess that's taylor swift. brian: it is. she's outside on the veranda. steve: that's how she opened her "c.m.a." appearance last night. we have some major news according to this hasan character. according to doctor who's queried him in 2008, i believe, some of the doctors who were overseeing him felt that he was psychotic and capable of killing american soldiers. in fact, at one point somebody said, you know, he is one guy you don't want in your foxhole. brian: disconnectedded, paranoid, belligerent and exitsoid. thank you. meanwhile, an unnamed army officer said if we had launched an investigation -- this is to your point, politically correct inside the military? is that the case? we would have been criticized. they feared a probe of hasan would have been viewed as a violation of his first amendment rights. gretchen: and here's the other big thing though. if these group of doctors warned that he was psychotic, they are handing the defense their excuse. you see, now his defense lawyer, who he interviewed on the show yesterday, will be able to go back to these reports. he's going to call these doctors to testify on the stand and they're going to say, yup, we thought he was sig c.i.a. could thetic. and there you go. that would be the snapped theory as opposed to the theory a lot of people believe in, that this was a terrorist attack. that will be the way in which the defense will be able to build a case now, by these doctors' testimonies. steve: they had a good excuse for it. it shows you the bureaucracy that is the army. they said, you know, firing a doctor is really hard. it's cumbersome and there are essentially a lot of forms to fill out so what they did ultimately at the end was they decided, considering we were a little worried about this guy, let's send him to fort hood to continue with his training and his work there because they felt that it was such a big base, there would be plenty of supervision, and if he stepped out of line, what they could do is document the trouble. gretchen: it's interesting. they're sort of providing a cover for him, a place for him to hide amongst a lot of other capable people. and the interesting thing is, right after this happened, we talked to judge napolitano about whether or not these families affected would be able to sue the army as a result. case in point, if you're trying to provide cover for somebody, allegedly, it's interesting to know that these people cannot sue the army. but it sounds like they might have a good case if they could. brian: the judge will be on later. on top of that, just as many people said he was psychotic, all of that, there's two doctors quoted saying deposit view him as a -- didn't view him as a threat at all. so on top of that, as well, when you talk about this hasan character, in the big picture i think a lot of people had trouble come down on him because it was a fear they would be labeled a bigot, discriminatory. steve: exactly right. also, there is information now about perhaps one of the guns that was used in the rampage. in august of 2009, apparently this guy walked into a store in killeen, texas, called guns galore, and he absolutely legally purchased one of these tactical handguns. here's the thing. he underwent, submitted himself, to an f.b.i. background check and he was cleared. think about that for a second. he went through an f.b.i. background check. wait a minute. wasn't the f.b.i. investigating him as early as a year earlier? the answer is yes. but because of the brady law, which is very limiting in how the f.b.i. can report gun sales, one part of the f.b.i. didn't alert the other part of the f.b.i. brian: the joint terrorist task force didn't tell the f.b.i. this investigation was going on. that would have stopped the gun sale from happening. or if the gun sale did go through immediately, there would be said, you know that guy we were looking at? yesterday he just bought a gun or 30 minutes ago he just bought a gun therefore they would have had to ask. gretchen: why am i taking off my shoes at the airport? that's the question i'm asking. why are we taking off our shoes when we go to the airport if people who are on the terrorist watch list can still buy guns? i don't get that. steve: meanwhile, about 60% you have think this should be handled as a terrorist attack. also, yesterday oprah winfrey sat down with two of the hero officers from fort hood. the first one you're going to hear from is sergeant kimberly monemunley. she is the cop who it is believed brought down hasan. here she is describing the scene. she had been getting her car washed when trouble broke out. >> you remember the whole thing? the whole incident? >> i do. i never lost consciousness. i refused -- i wanted to stay awake and know everything that was going on and control my breathing to make sure i was not going to fall into shock, wanted to know everything that was going on because it was pretty chaotic. >> is it true this was the first time you had ever had to use your weapon? i read that someplace. >> yes, it is. 25 years in law enforcement and prior military, i've been really fortunate not to have to pull my weapon before. once it happened, i relied on my training. like, ok, this is happening. you've been trained to do this, react. brian: here's what she was saying to herself, sergeant munley. "i just said, mark, calm down, relax, breathe and shoot." she got shot a couple of times, hit the ground, and then hasan kept walking and started putting another magazine in his gun at which time sergeant todd came on the other side and shot him and knocked him to the ground. evidently he would shoot him again or someone else would shoot him again because he would kick the gun away and then cuff him. now, she was shot three times. hasan was shot, we believe, four times. so other bullets were flying. but it's not so much the original story of just sergeant munley taking him down, and the partner, sergeant todd, finishing the job. maybe sergeant todd was doing most of the shooting. not that that matters much, the heroic acts is unbelievable. steve: one of those still frames we showed you is a fellow at her bedside. that was secretary of defense robert gates. he was one -- there he is right there. there he was visiting her in the hospital. she is now out of the hospital and would like to return to work as quickly as she can. gretchen: and the other guy that brian's talking about, sergeant todd, will be joining us live. now the rest of your headlines. you're look at new video now of secretary of state hillary clinton arriving in the philippines this morning. she's there to show support for the country in its fight against muslim extremists but not everyone is happy to see her. hundreds of demonstrators lined the streets protesting clinton's visit and the u.s. involvement in the wars in afghanistan. a maryland man is dead after being hit by vehicles that were part of vice president joe biden's motorcade. it happened between andrews air force base and washington. the secret service says an armed limousine being driven back to the garage in washington. vice president joe biden was not in either vehicle. the jury now considering the death penalty for the man they convicted of killing an arkansas television anchor. jurors found curtis vance guilty of capital murder, rape and burglary. anne pressley was found in her home, beaten so badly she never regained consciousness. he was forced to resign as the governor of new york after being involved in a high-priced prostitution scandal. but today, well, eliot spitzer has turned over a new leaf. he's talking to harvard students about ethics. a woman is outraged and wrote a letter protesting the event. but harvard -- a harvard professor hosting the event insists spitzer is there not to talk about ethics but rather speak on institutional corruption. those are your headlines. some people might argue those are still the same topics. anyway. steve: last night in terrytown, new york, roger al he s who invented the fox news channel -- there he is. what's around his neck? that's a neckerchief. he was awarded by the boy scouts of america. and what a night it was. brian: rush limbaugh flew in. there's gretchen. he flew in and introduced roger ailes before he got his award, an incredible speech. believe it or not, he didn't have to write it down. he was able to ad lib the entire thing. gretchen: he does do a three-hour radio show every day. it was a wonderful event. these young boys, one of them god up to speak and he had the whole crowd in his hand. he was very funny. brian: 12 years old. gretchen: 12 years old. it brought us all back to what we remembered growing up, traditional values. tsms a wonderful night -- it was a wonderful night. also our own bill hemmer was the host. he did a fantastic job. steve: so here he is, the good scout of 2009, roger ailes, last night. >> every generation gets called to meet a challenge. this generation will as well. i am heartened to know that what the enemies of america don't know is that some day they will meet the courage, resilience, dedication of these young americans we are so proud of, and they will keep america free. thank you. brian: and also his son zach was called up by rush. he's got unbelievable composure. he's got more composure at 9 than i have now, on stage. steve: it's appropriate roger was warded the good scout award. he always tells us here at fox news, "be prepared for anything." gretchen: coming up, is the administration withholding critical information related to the fort hood attack? congressman pete heokstra says yes. he'll be here to explain. brian: and another pilot pulled from the cockpit because he had too much to drink. how often does this happen? we're going to talk to a pilot who was convicted of flying drunk. steve: plus country's biggest stars come out for their big night at the country music award. details on who took home the hardware straight ahead. gretchen: 14 minutes after the top of the hour, accused murderer drew peterson giving the media first dibs on buying his house. the former police sergeant wants to sell the home to payoff legal bills. he says the media could use the place as base camp while covering his trial. peterson, currently in jail, charged with the killing of his third wife. we want to correct a story we told you about yesterday. virgin america, not virgin atlantic, is the airline that partnered with google to offer free wi-fi this holiday season in 47 airports in the u.s. steve? steve: there you go. the f.b.i. now admits it missed crucial red flags in the case of suspected fort hood shooter nidal hasan. and the -- and is the obama administration holding become key information? joining us live, michigan congressman pete heokstra, the ranking member on the house intelligence committee. good morning, sir. >> good morning. steve: i heard you say a couple of days ago that the -- essentially the government was withholding information from you. you're on a key committee. have they loosened up a bit now? >> they have. i asked for a briefing over the weekend. the intelligence community or the white house refused to give us that briefing. i didn't consider that an option for them. their requirement is to keep us fully and timely informed. they didn't do that. they finally opened up. i think things are better now. i'm hoping we're going to get all the information and transparency that we need to fully get to the bottom of what happened at fort hood. steve: you know, it looks like now somebody, perhaps at the f.b.i., should have been connecting some dots. we know back in december of last year, apparently, this hasan character was picked up by a terrorism task force, noticing that he was e-mailing that radicallizer imam over in yemen. then, you know, he bought a gun just a couple of months ago. he went through an f.b.i. check. and then apparently some of the doctors who were supervising him at walter reed, sir, said we think this guy's -- the quote was, "psychotic and capable of killing american soldiers" like that guy did in kuwait a couple of years ago. there should have been a whole bunch of red flags blown up here. >> it appears like that. we're going to have to wait until we get all of the information. the other question we're going to have to ask, steve is whether all of this information made it to a single point to a single individual or single investigative unit that they could have put all the dots together or were there some people intimidated because, you know, making these accusations could have been seen as being politically incorrect, so the information never moved through the organization and never got to where it should have gotten. steve: that's a horrible idea. also, apparently some of these doctors who were supervising him said, look, to fire a doctor, it's really complicated. there are a lot of forms to fill out. there could be a little challenge. -- a legal challenge. let's send him down to fort hood. well, we know what happened after that. when you look at the new poll, sir, that shows something like 60% of americans say that this should be pursued a terrorist act, that's what a lot of people are wondering right now. some suggested in the administration we'll go after this as a criminal act. is it an act of terrorism? >> from my perspective all the pieces start coming together. the outreach to the imam overseas, the power point presentation he put together, the information that you gave about some other docs, their analysis of him. i think those are all red flags. and i think the american people looked at this over the weekend and said, you know, this walks like terrorism, it talks like terrorism, it acts like terrorism. why is this administration calling it a crime or saying that this is an individual that broke? they're saying this threat from terrorism is real, and it appears that this administration is unwilling to recognize it. i think it hurts the credibility of the obama administration in their efforts to combat a very, very difficult problem. steve: we were chatting during the break. you told me that apparently the c.i.a. now, rather than looking for all the evildoers, some of them, are being asked to investigate the dangers of climate change. the c.i.a.! >> yeah. we've gone through in a couple of times. we went through it with the clinton administration when they had a program in place which we called bugs and bunnies where they dedicated c.i.a. resources to doing climate change investigation. the c.i.a. has now put back in place that department or that group of people. it's kind of like -- you know, the c.i.a., their business is stealing secrets. i thought climate change was pretty much open source information. we've got big enough problems here. we don't need to be stealing secrets on climate change. steve: congressman from michigan, pete heokstra. we thank you for joining us. >> thank you. steve: thank you, sir. oh boy. meanwhile, a united airlines pilot so strunk in the u.k. he locked himself in the cockpit for an hour. passengers were told he was sick. how often does that happen? coming up, the pilot who lost his license for flying drunk tells us what needs to change in the sky and on the ground. and he may be retired from the ring, but mike tyson is still throwing punches. how iron mike's latest victim got him a free ride in that police car. gretchen: a 51-year-old pilot arrested in london for allegedly being drunk minutes before he was supposed to take off from heathrow airport with more than 100 passengers on a flight to chicago. brian: they told the passengers, well, he's just sick. reports that irwin vermont washington barricaded himself inside the cockpit for over an hour before police talked him out of it. this is a new report from the federal aviation administration, reports that an average of 11 commercial pilots test positive for alcohol while attempting to fly each year. gretchen: a pilot was put in prison for being intoxicated while in the cockpit and then wrote a book about the experience. i guess that you can empathize with this pilot who was busted in the u.k. >> yes. i think probably people who are in this situation, more than likely, are probably suffering from one of three stages of alcoholism, i would assume. i don't think pilots are rule breakers. i don't think people set out to break rules. i think pilots are about flying safely. know i can speak for myself. when i was in this situation, i was humiliated and ashamed, very embarrassed. i had compromised my own personal value system. we study about airplanes. we try very hard to be safe. i found out myself after the flight that i had residual alcohol in my system. brian: let's say he admits, i'm drunk, that's it. what should happen to him? should he be banned for life? should he go to treatment? >> i think it's important that we address the issue, which is alcoholism. it would be a shame to ban someone for life in a situation like this, especially if they were going to go to treatment to vhave an open mind. i wrote the book to bring my face, a human face, to this number one issue in america, alcoholism. gretchen: and you were given a second chance. right? >> yes. which was a miracle because the company that hired me was a company other than the company that i had been working for before. so it was a nine-year, very difficult struggle. i had gone to federal prison. in fact, i went tie maximum -- to a maximum security prison for a while, quite shocking to me. gretchen: do you agree the airlines need these stringent policies to rout out the problem? >> i think education will rule out the problem. the more we know about it, the more crew members know about it, flight attendants know about it, then they're able to identify a situation. a policy isn't going to stop someone from drinking. gretchen: in this case identifying was key because the members of the crew noticed something was off. >> absolutely. that shows we're making progress. prior to 1972 pilots enabled one another. knowing your friend would lose his or her job for life, we would get them into the cockpit, get them from point a to point b, get them home to their families. this doesn't occur today, i don't believe, as freakily as it used to -- frequently as it used to because we have a program. brian: it's happening on the roads. and now it's happen in the skies. joe, your perspective is valuable. gretchen: he was given a second chance. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. gretchen: you're welcome. back to square one. president obama rejecting all the options in afghanistan. is that true? that's apparently a report that's coming out this morning now, rejecting all options. we will explore that. brian: and country music stars defending one of their own last night. listen. >> ♪ mama's don't let your babies grow up to be kanye ♪ brian: what you missed in last night's "c.m.a.'s." and -- gretchen: happy birthday as we do every morning. neil young's birthday, a young 64. happy birthday. brian: a young 64? gretchen: yeah. why not? ree r thevla wos inge o ats te dee s d foe t , ew cal thly% raeer swes ne llll ju caesac tuav thci usve n suyo rand tuswne swta™ ♪ steve: amazing. taylor swift last night became the youngest winner of c.m.a.'s. she won the best single, the best album -- no. entertainer of the year. female vocalist and music video as well. gretchen: this time she actually got to receive all of those awards on stage and not be booted off by kanye west. brian: let me tell you something, that was wrong for him to do. clearly it put his career in a tailspin. she's extremely talented. but in the long run it's going to help her. she hosts "saturday night live" because kanye west interrupted her. steve: and today we're talking about it again because last night at the