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after the bear tore through his tent while he was sleeping at a campground in montana. another victim described how she managed to escape the same fate. >> something inside me just said i want to live and i just told myself play dead. and i went totally limp. and as soon as i went limp, i could feel his jaws get loose and then he let me go and he went away. >> oh, my gosh. a third victim was bitten on the leg. wildlife officials are confident they have the right bear now because it returned to the same site where the man was killed but they will use d.n.a. tests to confirm. at dawn in california, firefighters will launch an aggressive attack by air against this fast moving wildfire. you can see orange flames and literally exploding they are in the dry brush. 1500 families ordered to evacuate their homes in los angeles county. right now, there is zero containment of this fire. it's already burned more than seven square miles. three buildings have burned to the ground. three u.s. soldiers have died in explosions in afghanistan according to nato, the troops were killed in separate bombings in the south where u.s. pressure on the taliban continues to grow. the fatalities bring july's death toll so 63 making it the deadliest month for american troops in the nine-year war. the deaths this month include navy petty officers jared newlove and justin mcnealy. they went missing and it's believed they were ambushed by the taliban. a devastating blow to the first responders of the 9/11 attacks. a bill to provide them with health care just failed in the house. it would have paid up to $7.4 billion in medical aid for people who got sick after working at ground zero. lawmakers defended their votes on the floor. >> the legislation has been paired with a fundamentally flawed and job destroying tax increase and therefore, i will vote against it. >> it's republicans wrapping their arms around republicans rather than doing the right thing on behalf of the heroes. it is a shame, a shame. if you believe this is a bad idea to provide health care, then vote no. but don't give me the cowardly view that it was a different procedure. the gentleman will observe regular order and sit down! i will not. >> wow. the bill's sponsors say they're confident it will get passed when congress returns from its summer recess in september. those are your headlines. >> all right. meanwhile, president obama is taking what looks like a victory lap for the auto bailout today as he heads to detroit to tour a chrysler and general motors plant. but maybe the president should be addressing michigan's soaring unemployment rate instead of patting himself on the back. maybe. >> malini wilkes live in d.c. with the very latest. what's happening today? >> the president is going to michigan to visit two auto plants and push the message that the industry bailout have helped to turn around the auto industry. the president will first visit a chrysler plant where they make jeep grand cherokees and a g.m. plant where the volt electric car will be produced. yesterday on "the view", they said they are showing a profit and they've rehired 50,000 workers and we're going to get back the money we invested in the industry. however, the white house says that refers only to the $60 billion spent by the obama administration, not an additional $25 billion the industry received in 2008 under the bush administration. and the most recent government estimates show that taxpayers will end up losing about $24 billion for the bailout. now, as far as government involvement in running the auto companies, the white house says it has stepped back and its role is diminished. >> we recognize people don't us to own the company. we don't want to own the company but to do it at a fire sale, i think is irresponsible for the taxpayers so it's a careful walk and we're going to walk it carefully. >> and the white house plans to continue pushing this message that helped to save the auto industry. the president is next week going to visit a ford facility in chicago. back to you. >> thanks so much. we'll have robert gibbs from the white house on later to talk about all that. >> yeah. how about this photo, huh? >> here it is, the cover of the "new york post" "washed up" is the headline and as you see that guy in some tropical location is charlie rangel. the senior democrat for the new york democrat delegation. and yesterday, the house ethics committee threw the book at him. and they have alleged that he broke 13 different charges in a 42 page report. even democrats are saying this is bad. here's one right here. >> i think the appropriate thing for him to do would be to retire and save his colleagues and himself. the pain associated with going through the trial process. >> that would be painful because the trial would start in september. it would lead up to the november midter midterms. some say it could really hurt the entire democratic party leading into november. i'm not so certain it would hurt the whole party. if you're out in california, are you going to worry about what's happening in new york? you're right. it can't be good for him in terms of that during the swamp concept that nancy pelosi was trying to lead. >> here's what's so interesting, ethics committee says they gave him multiple chances to resolve this behind the scenes, behind the scenes, they were negotiating with him. and they say that he is the one who wanted to go through a public forum on this. you'd think that he would want to save himself the humiliation, even if he's not guilty, the pain and humiliation of having to go through this. he's the one, they say, who didn't accept any deals. we don't know what those deals were. they were spelled out. they say he's actually defiant is the word they use so here you go. forget as the congressman said, spare us the pain of this. it makes sense. this is obviously all money that could be going to something else rather than airing all this dirty laundry. >> sure. >> and regarding the whole plea deal, there were stories circulating that we've reached a deal. it sounds like something has been hammered out and yet, at the end, a democrat from california, the top one on that particular committee, she said i needed to have everybody unanimously vote for this and she didn't get a single republican vote. apparently, one of the republicans, i think, from texas yesterday said look, it's too late. charlie had his chance and he is blowing it. here's a little bit from mr. rangel or strangle which is one of the headlines today in the paper here this new york yesterday on his predicament. >> years ago, i survived a chinese attack in north korea and as a result, i say having survived that, i haven't had a bad day since. today, i have to reassess that. statement. >> it's strange because he's been fairly upbeat throughout this process. this is a two-year investigation. clearly now looks a bit beat up by everything he's facing so here is a violation and the real serious one is that he abused his office, that he solicited donations on behalf of, you know, for this university school in his name. some of the accusations say he had people -- he had businesses and lobbyist who's had business before the ways and means committee and he was submitting for donations from the very same people. he was asking for money from these people that he could help in the tax cases and that's very ugly. >> that's exactly what blagojevich went to trial on. but what's interesting is that his primary race, rangel's is coming up mid september and this may all start mid september but, you know, some people say that he owns his district. that he doesn't have a serious challenger in the primary right now but that may change as some of the more information leaks out. >> look, this is not some low level guy. this is one of the top democrats in the house of representatives. this is an embarrassment for his party. it is an embarrassment for congress. if charlie is smart, he will just say you know what? i had a good run. good-bye. i gotta go. i've done wrong. e mall is right now. what do you think charlie rangel should do? should he go ahead and have his day in court or cut his losses and get out now? e-mail us now at foxnews.com. >> it looks like he's going to go down fighting. the fight over the immigration law continues to heat up. protests on thursday despite the fact that a judge shot down the most controversial part of the arizona immigration law. those in support of the immigration law will meet on saturday in arizona to try to drum up some public support but yesterday, it was ugly from those who say yesterday's ruling or the day before's ruling was not enough. jan brewer, the governor in arizona was on greta last night to talk about where they go from here. they have appealed the judge's decision. >> they got their injunction but we still have a long ways to go. if need be, like i say, we can tweak it and move forward and, you know, i said yesterday, you know, if they're not -- if the feds aren't going to do their job, well, i'm up to suing the feds to make them do their job. i mean, they sued arizona, you know, we can sue them back. i mean, they're not -- they're not enforcing the laws. >> she's right. >> later on, we'll have one of the sheriffs in arizona on about how this changes their life. what happened yesterday, how does it change the way they do business in law enforcement there? because the law is interesting. it was really a mixed message. a mixed bag. they said that they do away with sanctuary cities so how does that change in those cities? >> seems typical. >> they said they still can ask people about their status but they're not mandated to ask people about them. >> they are required to carry your papers so what's the sense in asking? the sheriff who we all know says he's still going to do his job as he did before this ruling. >> yeah, and in fact, he had a sweep yesterday and a bunch of people got arrested because they tried to impede justice in the words of the sheriff. in the meantime, commonwealth of virginia could be next. the head of supervise or for prince william county, he has got similar legislation in the commonwealth that would do essentially the same thing and even given the fact that there's trouble down in arizona with the legislation, he's going full speed ahead. listen. >> 60% and 70% of virginians and americans support this type of legislation. by the time the general assembly comes in january, they're gonna have no choice but to adopt this legislation. >> to do this to the state of virginia, you're gonna have places boycotting virginia. you're gonna have businesses staying away. >> and as well, there is legislation in texas that's also going full speed ahead even though there's trouble and now it's tied up in the courts down in arizona. >> many states. it's not just texas. nebraska, at least a dozen states. let's talk about "american idol. "there's huge news. ellen degeneres is not coming back next season and it's so strange because, you know, she said she loved it. she was so excited to be on it. people seemed to love her. so nobody knows exactly what the real story is as to why she is now bowing out. >> also, kara apparently got fired, according to tmz. so you got two people out. now the latest roundup looks like since simon is gone, kara is gone. it looks like it will be randy jackson. >> year left. >> that's all we know. >> that's all we know for sure. it sounds like j.lo and steven tyler from aerosmith according to tmz. >> i would watch that! i'm setting the d.v.r. right now, baby. >> you would watch that once. would you watch it for an entire season? i love steven tyler. but i just can't -- i can't see this keeping the audience together the entire season. >> well, let's -- >> how can you replace the personality and the judge's talent. >> last season was terrible. it was awful. this has got to be better. >> i thought it was entertaining. >> i don't know. let us know what you think if this is in fact the panel, we got -- so steven tyler, j.lo and, of course, randy. that would be it. just a three judge panel. >> all right. coming up, even the white house is now saying oops! because the woman picked to stand next to the president when he was laying out his latest jobs plan has apparently a criminal background. stuart varney is here to weigh in on that. >> and go -- hi, stuart. one airline is letting passengers self-board. i'm assuming it's while the plane is still on the ground but is that really a safe idea? 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[ male announcer ] right now, get 0% apr on 2010 models, excluding tdi. or get a great price on a certified pre-owned volkswagen. >> biden said that just yesterday. listen. >> there's never enough until we restore the eight million jobs lost in the bush recession. until that happens, it doesn't matter. i mean, it matters but it's not enough. >> did he say the bush recession? stuart varney is laughing off camera and he's on camera to tell us what's going on here. now, forget about just blaming bush. now, mr. bush has got a recession named after him. >> let me get my line in here. the president is on a summer recovery tour. the vice president seems to be on a summer comic relief tour. he says it's bush's recession. looking back two years ago. i think that's inaccurate. president bush fixed the financial panic. the economy fell off a cliff on president obama's watch. and president obama's policies have not fixed that ongoing recession. there's a lot of things that the vice president has come out with which really do offer little comic relief. three million jobs saved or created because of the stimulus plan. >> given that it does not exist. >> you can't prove that. you can laugh at it but you can't prove it. it is working better than anyone had hoped for. really? i think come on. >> can we vote on that? stuart, just imagine, if you were in the white house, what are you gonna do? are you gonna say we're story that we're stinking up the place when it comes to job creation. let's blame the last guy. >> you have got to defend the policies which you put in place. so you go back to the last guy and say it's his fault. we're cleaning up the mess. >> let's talk about something that happened earlier this month in the white house in the rose garden, the president was making his case before congress, you have to extend unemployment benefits. the woman to the right right there is leslie macco from charlottesville, virginia and her story was she had been laid off. she had worked at a health club or something like that. now as it turns out, she had been a convicted prescription drug fraud person. she had -- she had been convicted of prescription drug fraud abuse. >> that's why she lost her job as an estetician. i don't know what that is. she lost her job and did a year's probation. that probation ended weeks before she appeared with our president in the rose garden. >> doesn't anybody look at these guys anymore? >> this is a case of gross incompetence. it would be funny and part of the summer comic relief tour if it weren't all so tragic because this was an occasion where you're pushing for relief for the unemployed and you come up with a bogus unemployed lady and put her out in front of the cameras. i mean, heads should roll for this. >> yeah, she can't -- who did this? >> who did it? anybody would -- >> we have robert gibbs on the show this morning. we'll ask him. two hours from now or an hour from right now. >> you gotta do that. stuart, thank you very much. have a fantastic weekend. >> i shall. >> straight ahead, one airline telling passengers go board yourself. board yourself. that's right. is this really a good idea especially in terms of security in we'll debate that next. come on, kid, keep it rolling. police have never seen criminals with so much talent. we're on the case of the dancing robbers. >> here's a quick check of the headlines. we have raging floods in pakistan and they've left thousands of people homeless and hundreds dead. this man you see there was holding on for dear life. it's been raining for days there making it hard for rescue workers and helicopters to reach the victims. and a spanish tourist still missing this morning after a fire broke out on board this turkish ship in the mediterranean sea. 18 others on board the ship as well as the crew jumped overboard and waited for rescue ships to arrive. let's go over to dave. >> thank you, ali. continental airlines is about to tell passengers go ahead, board yourself. the airline testing out new technology to let you swipe your own boarding pass at the gate. but is this convenience worth all the potential safety risks? joining us now for a fair and balanced debate, michael hoffman, former homeland security analyst on airport security systems and kate hanai is an executive director of flyers rights.org. good morning to both of you. as we were reminded on christmas day, we are a target for international terrorists so any mention of less security makes flyers more nervous. why should they not worry about self-boarding? >> well, we've seen this proven to be very functional in the international airports, frankfort has been doing this, munich has been doing this for several years. it works. you don't remove the safety precautions of the tsa, the actual getting through on the normal safety procedures and i would argue that the ramp check-in isn't about safety, it's about efficiency, productivity and turning the passengers over as quickly as possible. >> yeah, my assumption is this is about cost effectiveness for the airlines as well. we have an example of what this would look like with luftsana airlines and essentially they would do away with the agents there before they board the plane. let me ask you, the implication here being these agents are merely robotic in what they do, they take your boarding pass and shove it in. are they doing more than that? does this pose a safety risk? >> they actually have a huge level of responsibility in terms of identifying people who are intoxicated who may be ready to get on a plane that could provide a safety problem in the air. they have an obligation to look at unaccompanied minors that may not have the appropriate accompaniment at the gate. we have an example of an 8-year-old that was sent off a plane by a flight attendant by herself. and the gate agent was the person that ended up caring for that child until they found the child's mother. so there are a lot of situations where we can see this could create a problem and in general, the airlines have been reducing the number of employees over the last few years so save money in all kinds of ways. so there's a lot less accountability inside the airport and, you know, a lot of things can happen after security in an airport where someone can get a knife in an airport, restaurant or arm themselves in a variety of different ways between security and when they get on the aircraft. so i am very concerned about the minimumization of the gate agents and the idea that they can self-board. >> the other idea is the unaccompanied minors and the people that go through security and say they switchboarding passes at that point once they're past security. does that not present some sort of risk for us? >> one, i don't think you get the switching of boarding passes that frequently. two, the gate agents are going to be there. they're just not going to be collecting tickets. the technology that's being used is not just a simple bar coding. you're actually inputting more information into your ticket. and so i would suggest to you that the gate agents aren't actually a significant level of our security. that the tsa checkpoint, unaccompanied minors are still not going to be board or exit a plane without the handoff and none of that is going to change and if you can introduce productivity, i don't think we should scare the american traveler with the idea that people are getting into the ramp side of the airport, going into the restaurant and taking the utensils and they're now going to try to hijack the plane with a knife. >> thank you for the debate this morning. this is coming it a hub at a continental airlines in houston, texas. thank you both. >> thank you. >> coming up on the show, the incredible new way to make your home completely hurricane proof. we'll go live to the gulf coast and show you what we're talking about. plus we're awaiting the beginning of shark week. a sneak preview of the amazing pictures and video coming into your home this year. but first, happy birthday to hillary swank. the oscar winning actress is 36 today. is this the year you go catch more than a movie? 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[ indistinct shouting ] what's in your wallet? >> that's it. that's perfect! >> i don't go tanning anymore because obama put a 10% tax on tanning and i feel like he did that intentionally for us. >> yeah, that's what he was thinking about. >> he was just punishing "the jersey shore" crew. the season two premiered last night. >> we missed it. it was 10:00, a little late for us. >> i saw a little snippet of it. it looks just as good as last season. >> you know, it has been a long standing tradition during these many years of "fox & friends" on the final day of an intern's internship they get to either do the weather or the sports. >> no sports today. >> nope. today, let me introduce you to brielle kolbe. hello. now, she is a student at penn state university. right? >> yes. >> when you grow up, what do you want to too? >> i want to travel the world and make documentaries. >> and make documentaries. do you want to be on tv? >> no. >> some day you could be the boss of somebody on tv. >> of you. >> of me. great. so i should be nice to her. ok. so brielle, we want to you go ahead and describe what's going on with the weather map, all rig right? we're going to start out with the precipitation of where it's raining across the great land of ours. action! >> in the west, it is raining. and then in the east, there is absolutely gorgeous weather today. >> very nice. very nice. >> all right. now we've got the current temperatures -- i should point out, brielle, i know her family. her father is a distinguished new york city police officer and her mother a teacher's aide as well. >> we should be nice? >> we should be nice. >> you don't have to be nice. >> you have to be nice. she might be our boss some day. tell us about the current temperatures coast to coast. >> 66 in new york and 74 in north carolina where i grew up actually. >> did you have a nice, happy childhood? >> the best. the best. >> you live in jersey. are you bothered by the -- i've seen "the jersey shore" and that must be what it's like there. >> i love that show. >> it's not like where we live. >> not at all. it's good tv. >> it is good tv like this is. and brielle, tell us about the hot day ahead weatherwise. >> it will be 84 in new york and 92 in north carolina. >> how great was that? on her final day. >> thank you. >> you have a bright future. what steve doesn't know, she was actually bribing people with money in the green room to do this for her. she did not want to do this. >> my hands are sweating. >> you did a great job. >> did you figure out how to bribe people from your father? i'm kidding. hey, go back to sleep. your jobs are safe. >> that's right. >> thank you, brielle. >> and to her father, i'm just kidding. he's the head of the knights of columbus in a big church in new jersey. >> yes. >> all right. very good. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> how about some headlines on this friday? >> how about it? let me bring them to you right now. the u.s. embassy is now closing its consulate in the mexican border city of juarez. that's pending an updated security inspection. the embassy is not saying what prompted the inspection but you may recall that last march, three employees of the consulate were murdered outside of a children's party. two of those victims were americans. >> ousted b.p. c.e.o. tony hayward breaking his silence. in his first interview since stepping down, he's defending his response to the oil spill. hayward tells "the wall street journal" he did everything he could including taking responsibility for the spill and spending billions of dollars to clean up the mess. hayward officially stepping down in october. >> the senate is expected to vote today on new airline regulations to help keep you safer. the move prompted by last year's commuter plane crash just outside of buffalo, new york, the house approved the measure late last night and it set higher training standards for pilots. the opponents argue that the bill doesn't do enough to monitor air traffic controllers. the deadly crash in buffalo blamed on inexperienced pilots who did not get enough sleep. >> this you gotta see, a robbery takes an unusual turn to say the least when the bandits begin to bust a move during their heist. a man and a woman tried to rob the 7-eleven in texas when the woman started to dance on the counter! >> huh. this is an interesting -- >> police believe the couple were strung out on drugs. safe bet. the clerk -- and the clerk protected himself with the stick and cops say even though the crooks were not armed, the victim was terrified by their behavior. this is the second time these dancing robbers have struck the area. >> you know how -- >> here's how you stop these robbers, turn off the music. ok? that's a simple fix. all right? that's what i suggest. meanwhile, imagine a home that could withstand a category 5 hurricane. packing winds more than 155 miles per hour. well, one company in florida is constructing cement dwellings that can do just that. >> orlando salinas is live in miami with more. very interesting. good morning to you. >> hey, dave, very interesting. turn off the music, alisyn. that was good. we are now into the third month of hurricane season and look, around here in florida, whenever you talk about hurricane anything, folks do listen up. when we heard that somebody out there is making 100% concrete homes that they say are resistant to just about anything. not everything but just about anything, we had to go take a look. here you go. >> swing left. >> boom down. good. good. >> making concrete homes is messy business in florida. royal concrete concepts is building 250 of these modular homes on site. and then hauling them off to mississippi where they'll be put back together, an entire community of lego-like homes. >> the model is called the sante fe. >> the company is shipping to texas and georgia building the super heavy structures using a secret process. >> we build the walls and the roof is -- we put as much concrete as we have to to make it strong hurricane resistant. >> the homes range in price from about $55,000 to $200,000. tested to withstand monster category 5 hurricane winds. all 100% concrete. walls, floors and, yes, the roof, too. >> the floor is concrete. >> three months ago, they decided they wanted a concrete castle in the florida keys. >> anybody that lives down here, i don't think it would surprise them that somebody wants to do a house like this because they've been here during a storm, they know what it can do. >> concrete concepts has built about 4,000 of these concrete classrooms in the state of florida in about 34 of the state's 67 counties and finally that company got smart and said you know what? so many people like our concrete buildings here, we might as well start making some homes and they have. back to you. >> orlando salinas, thank you very much. it is friday and you know what that means. that means it's free breakfast at "fox & friends." right? >> i was amazed when -- >> rebecca is from massachusetts, one of the people who has already lined up, as you can see here. every friday, not only do we have a concert and today it will be uncle kracker in two hours but the pita pit makes breakfast for all of us. peter riggs the vice president of corporate development. last week, they cleaned you out, didn't they? >> they really did clean us out. over 300 pitas served down here. >> they make pita for breakfast and you can have all kinds of things. ham, cheese. >> not just for breakfast. we serve all day long and late into the night. >> if somebody is out there and hungry, you'll make them a pita and i mention this all the time. i love the fact that you put hash browns on the pita. since you've started appearing on "fox & friends", this will be the month of pita pit. a bufnch of people are calling and saying how can i get a franchise and stuff like that? >> a lot of people especially in these economic times are look for different possible career options and, you know, for the pita pit over the last 15 years, one of the keys to our success has been our proximity to colleges and universities. that's why -- >> you're across the street from a lot of them. >> we are and that's one of the things that's really helped us grow to the size and scope that we are all across the country and that's why, you know, here i wanted to say for a limited time, we're offering a major college and university incentive development package where for a select number of colleges and universities, we'll offer a $10,000 rebate on the franchise fee. >> sweet! >> to open a new pita pit. there's hundreds of major colleges and universities across the country and every one of them needs a pita pit. i'm just saying. >> that's right. all right. thank you very much, peter. and we'll see you next week. very nice. so if you are coming down to midtown manhattan today for the uncle kracker concert, free food. 48th and sixth avenue, let's run him out of business. >> come try a pita. it will be the best thing you've had all day. >> ali and dave, take your order for a pita during the commercial, ok? >> pita pit peter, say that 10 times fast. >> not on live television, i will not. thank you. a very, very troubling story. there's been more deaths along the u.s.-mexico border than soldiers killed in iraq. so does the judge's order to block parts of the arizona illegal immigration law leave the people there in danger? we have an arizona sheriff to weigh in most. >> it's the most watched cable series every year, year in and year out. this time, shark week is even better. it will literally take you into the shark jaws and show you how to survive. yikes. that's straight ahead. >> a whiny tony hayward, did you hear him? just shut up this guy. he says life is not fair. and that sometimes you step off a curb and get hit by a bus. yeah, if life was fair, that bus would have been driven by an unemployed louisiana shrimp boat operator. that would have been exactly. that would have been fair. ♪ [ male announcer ] like summer, it's here, but not forever. the lexus golden opportunity sales event. see your lexus dealer. we created our college of business and management... after collaborating with business leaders. we wanted our curriculum to match market needs, preparing you for today's most sought-after careers. in fact, we have not one but five specialized colleges, offering you bachelor's degree programs that... are both relevant and highly marketable. devry university. discover education working at devry.edu. and get this year's colors up on the wall...this year. let's get better prices... and better paint. let's break out the drop cloths, rollers, brushes, and tape. let's start small. then go big. no matter what the budget. and when we're done, let's take a bow. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. behr premium plus ultra. the only interior paint and primer in one that's rated number one. the only interior paint and primer in one desperate for nighttime heartburn relief? 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>> if you say so. meanwhile, it's that time of the year again. shark week is back with more bite than ever. take a look at this re-enactment of a navy seal being attacked by a shark. >> i was contemplating the pros and cons of having my hands down by my side or hands across my chest as if i got attacked by a shark, where would i be better off having them? i left them by my side. i was just on the point of turning back and continuing my swim when i felt this great big whack in the leg. >> suddenly, he's locked in the enormous jaws of a bull shark. >> scary! >> that's my fear when i go swimming in the ocean. that is only a taste of what the discovery channel has coming up this week and joining us right now is shark advisor to discovery channel and the director of the biological programs of the national aquarium in washington, andy heart. good morning to you, andy. >> good morning. happy shark week. >> what's interesting about it -- shark week has really become a phenomenon. people love to watch that stuff. it's one of our primal fears. what's new this year is you have some technology that makes it possible to get so close to the shark and see them like we've never seen them before. >> this is our 23rd year. every year, we have to do something new. this year, we're taking the technology route. we have a super slow mo camera, we're going to south africa and looking at breaching behavior. we're able to take a one second attack and break it down. >> that is a great shark attacking a seal decoy and they're hitting the water at 20 miles an hour and this is a 1,000 pound shark flying out of the water. >> oh, my gosh. you highlight six people who survived shark attacks. is there a common theme that they feel afterwards? >> lucky. >> it airs monday night which is a show that i helped with, we look at six shark attack survivors, what led up to those cases. the good thing is that sharks are not out to eat humans and the one thing that you talk to these folks about, they don't hold the shark at fault. they know they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. avoid dusk and dawn when you're swimming at the beach. >> if a shark were to grab a hold of me, i'm not going to blame you. i'm going to blame the shark. >> you're swimming in the shark's ocean. it's their realm. there's certain things to avoid a shark attack. don't swim at dusk or dawn. the one australian navy seal that was bitten was bitten at dawn. he was using sonar equipment that might have brought in the sharks. >> we've heard some sharks off massachusetts recently. tell me about that. i think even a great white shark. >> there's been several great white shark sightings in massachusetts. they've actually been tagging those animals. we know that they went south in the winter and they're coming back in the summer. now, it's nothing to be alarmed about. you've probably been closer to sharks than you ever realized. >> what are you supposed to do if you find yourself in the vicinity of a shark? >> if you're scuba diving, put a smile on your face and enjoy the experience. if you're swimming, get out of the water. if you get a bumping encounter, make sure you pop him in the nose. they're very sensitive. >> pop them in the nose. >> ok. i'll remember that. >> take that. don't panic and like most of us would. >> all right. andy, thank you very much. >> starts sunday? >> starts sunday at 9:00. >> we'll be tube side. straight ahead on this friday "fox & friends" -- >> there have been more deaths along the u.s.-mexican border than soldiers killed in iraq. does the judge's decision leave people in danger? >> and one of the only tough questions on "the view" yesterday came from elizabeth hasselbeck. how president obama responded to her question about jobs created or saved. my wife thinks we stay at quali hotels to sle in their big comfy bs. [ giggles ] tell her it's for the hi-speed internet. ♪ [ female announcer ] free hot breakfast. big comfyeds. free high-speed internet. quality hotels. a lot. for a little. >> judge susan bolton putting much of arizona's tough new immigration law on hold and many in law enforcement say their hands are essentially tied when it comes to trying to crack down on illegal immigrants. but our next guest is not so sure. joining us now is rafael coyozo, the national director of democracy incorporated. thanks for joining us. let me show the audience, if we have it, the parts of the law that did take effect on thursday. apparently, there's now a ban on so-called sanctuary cities. the ones where they do not prosecute illegal immigrants even if they're detected and the criminalization of hiring day laborers who are in the country illegally. do you object to either of those? >> we object to states overstepping their boundaries and i think judge bolton's decision the other day while not a complete decision, i think gives an -- we agree it's a strong indication that the federal government has addressed this issue and not in the purview of states rights. >> yet, so many arizonians who say the federal government has been remiss and not addressed this issue in any sort of adequate way, certainly not in arizona where people feel that they're, you know, under siege so what's the answer? >> hispanic activists around the country would agree with that. we want to work with law enforcement and many people in the community to demand the federal government to address this issue. >> look, here's a poll. our most recent fox news dynamics poll, is the federal government enforcing existing laws? 72% of respondents say no. so the federal government has fallen down on the job. isn't it -- doesn't it behoove arizona to take up the charge to protect their own citizens. >> let me tell you the other side of the story. we have an office in tucson where we've registered nearly 5,000 hispanics this year and what americans, these voters are telling us, is that this law, even in -- not even in full implementation is creating a spectrum of fear. people are leaving their children home or they're going shopping. they're not traveling. they're taking all these family trips on arizona's great highways because they feel this wall is being created between hispanics that are doing the right things, working hard, paying taxes in law enforcement and we need to be knocking down those barriers for -- to not only lessen crime in arizona but call on the federal government to act on this issue immediately. >> president obama says he is sending more boots to the ground. more national guards people along the border there and it's going to start, i think, august 1st. is that the answer? will you -- will you be comfortable with more law enforcement types along the boa border? >> we'll be comfortable when the congress act to address the totality of this reform. we need a comprehensive solution to this problem and i think that's something that the hispanic community and law enforcement can agree on. >> you're not against having law enforcement at the border stopping people from coming over the border illegally, are you? >> no, we're actually for all americans including latinos working with law enforcement to enforce it regardless of status. we need to not create legislation that builds barriers and division between the citizens and the people that law enforcement wants to serve. >> i should let the audience know, we had a sheriff booked to debate this with you. he's had a very long night. he's been obviously talking about the law. thanks so much for coming on, rafael, and telling us your organization's position on this. obviously, the debate continues. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, he's accused of killing 13 people on a military base and major nadal hasan is still collecting a government check? how can that be possible? we'll find out who is making it very hard for the accused fort hood killer to cash in and the president facing a tough crowd today. he's in michigan that has the second highest unemployment rate. how can he spin this in his favor? joining us in the next hour is robert gibbs to talk about what the president will be saying and doing today. 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congressman charlie rangel says no deal. he'll take a trial. so the committee served him with 13 ethics violations. >> i survived a chinese attack in north korea. i haven't had a bad day since. today, i have to reassess that. >> tough day. will this affect democrats in november? >> meanwhile, we're hearing from elizabeth hasselbeck this morning after being the only one to ask the president a challenging question on "the view." >> i have to tell you, though, this isn't just my standard, elizabeth, or my administration's standard. >> really? all right. find out more about her reaction to his answer straight ahead. hour two for a friday "fox & friends" starts right now! >> ♪ you make me smile like the sun fall out of bed sing like a bird dizzy in my head spin like a record crazy on a sunday night ♪ >> good morning, everybody. it's friday and, of course, that means our all american summer concert series brought to you by progressive. >> who is going to be at that microphone today? >> uncle kracker who you're listening to right now. a protege of kid rock, he says. >> kid rock helped name him as a young man. uncle kracker will be here in a bit and food out on the plaza, steve. >> that's right. every friday when we do the summer concert series brought to you by progressive, pita pit is in attendance and they're ready to serve. >> you're mid pita. >> i'm having one right now. it's delicious. there's cheese, eggs in there, some healthy stuff and not healthy stuff. >> that's the way to start the day, uncle kracker and pitas. anyway, we'll tell you about -- the big news is about charlie rangel. the clock struck 13 yesterday for him. 13 counts. 13 charges. that in just a moment. right now, some headlines. >> here are the headlines. tell you what's happening at this hour. for the first time, we're hearing the 911 call that deadly bear attack at a campground in montana. >> 911 emergency. what's the location of your emergency? >> my daughter's boyfriend got bit by a bear a little bit ago and there's another lady down there that's screaming. i don't know if she got bit or not. >> it was a bear. >> it was a bear. >> man, one man was killed and two other people were injured. a mother grizzly believed to be responsible for that attack has been captured along with two of her cubs. wildlife officials say that they will use d.n.a. tests to confirm if they have the right bear. three more american troops have been killed in afghanistan making july the deadliest month for u.s. forces in the nine year war. the soldiers died in separate bombings in southern afghanistan. earlier this month, u.s. sailors jared newlove and justin mcnenely were killed. both men were noncombatants and shot deep in taliban territory south of kabul. the pair went off on their own for reasons that remain a mystery. accused fort hood shooter nidal hasan is still getting a paycheck from the military while he sits in jail. >> what? >> but now, he does not have a bank to put the money into. bank of america recently notified him that it's terminating his account. hasan's legal team is searching for a new bank. so far, six banks in central texas have refused. given hasan's rank and seniority, he's believed to be making about $6,000 a month still. a bill that provides september 11th first responders with health care just failed in the house. it would have paid up to $7.4 billion in medical aid for people who got sick after working at ground zero. lawmakers defended their votes on the floor. >> the bill before us would reimburse hospitals in new york at 140% of medicare. we think that's not fair to the rest of the country. >> these heroes deserve better than they are receiving here tonight. >> instead of standing up and defending your colleagues and voting no on this humane bill, you should urge them to vote yes. something the gentleman has not done! >> very passionate about that. yeah, the bill's sponsors say they're confident it will get passed when congress returns from its summer recess. those are your headlines. >> all right. well, in just a few hours, president obama takes to detroit taking what looks like a victory lap for the auto bailout but should the president pat himself on the back as michigan faces skyrocketing unemployment? malini wilkes live in d.c. with the very latest. good morning. >> well, good morning. the president plans to argue that in the case of the auto industry at least, a government bailout has worked to save jobs and keep plants open. today, he'll visit two plants in michigan. first, a chrysler plant that makes the jeep grand cherokee and a g.m. facility that will assemble the electric car, the chevy volt. both companies have shown signs of improvement since their bankruptcies and restructuring last year. on "the view" yesterday, president obama said the companies have rehired 55,000 workers and taxpayers will get all their money back. but the government still has ownership stakes in both companies. critics don't like that. rush limbaugh calls g.m. obama motors. here's the white house response. >> rush limbaugh and others wanted to walk away. rush limbaugh and others saw a million people that worked at these factories, that worked at these part suppliers, that had supported -- had supported communities. and thought we should all just walk away. the president didn't think that walking away from a million jobs in these communities made a lot of economic sense. >> and ron bloom, an administration advisor on the auto industry says the white house recognizes that people don't want the government to run car companies and that they have very consciously stepped back their involvement since the bankruptcies. back to you. >> malini, thank you so much. >> ok. they've threw the book at charlie rangel yesterday. it's interesting, you have to wonder why they would set this up. you know, nancy pelosi controls things that go on in the house. why would they open this potential can of worms before the midterms? could have waited until afterwards probably because they thought he would just say oh, there's a lot here. i'll have to step out. i'll have to say i did the wrong thing and she can say look, we drained the swamp. told ya. nonetheless, 13 charges against charlie rangel and they are damning. for instance, he failed to pay taxes on a villa in the dominican republic. how did charlie rangel get out of this? he failed it report nearly $600,000 in income. >> that's from the rental properties, right? >> no. it was not. it was from some investments and stuff like that. i think the rental property was on the order of $7,000 or $8,000. big one is he solicited fund illegally for the charlie rangel center, a school named after him and that one really could sink his legacy. also, improperly used four rent stablized apartments as office space and keep in mind, he was the chairman of the ways and means committee. those in charge of writing tax law when he made tax violations or apparent tax slipups. hard to believe he didn't know the law. >> not only that, this has been going on for two years at least that the ethics committee has been looking into it. they apparently have been doing some behind-the-scenes dealing negotiating with him and they said that finally they just reached their breaking point because he wasn't that willing to negotiate so they decided that they -- they said he wanted to air this in a public forum. they called him defiant. actually, i don't know if we have this, but even democrats are saying it's time for him. listen to what democrats said yesterday about how it may be time for charlie to go. >> i think that the appropriate thing for him to do would be to retire and save his colleagues and himself the pain associated with going through the trial process. >> we asked you an hour ago whether or not you thought that charlie rangel should just have said, you know what? i'm gonna quit because i don't want to face expulsion and drag my democratic compatriots through the mud. overwhelmingly, you say that he should quit. but what is he going to do? don't know. trial might start in a couple of weeks. couple of months. who knows the exact timetable would be. nonetheless, this is an embarrassment for his party. it's an embarrassment for him. and you wonder why congress only has an 11% approval rating. ladies and gentlemen, exhibit a. >> exhibit a. the trial could start in september, lead right into the november midterms. you all know the democrats are in jeopardy of losing the house. stay tuned to that. the new york delegation will meet on these ethics charges today. meanwhile, let's head to arizona where the immigration battle is not dying down despite that judge striking down the most controversial aspects of the immigration bill. on one side, susan bolton, that judge is getting death threats now about her decision. on the other side, protests in arizona. not the folks who are against the ruling. the people in support of it came out to protest in arizona. they just want to continue to make their voices heard and say, we're not going away. we want to continue to push the issue even though they received a favorable ruling. >> so people feel so conflicted about this issue. you can hear things on all sides. the polls reflect support and people against it. i mean, people even in arizona are all over the map on how best to tackle this. they know there's a problem. they're not happy with what's going on in arizona. but they don't exactly know how to tackle it. here is governor brewer last night on how she plans to go forward now. >> they got their injunction but we have -- we still have a long ways to go and if need be, we can, like i say, we can tweak it and move forward. and, you know, i said yesterday, you know, if they're not -- if the feds aren't going to do their job, well, i'm up to suing the feds to make them do t thei job. i mean, they sued arizona. you know, we can sue them back. i mean, they're not -- they're not enforcing the laws. >> so that's what she's done. she's countersuing the -- the bolton who had the injunction a couple of days ago. while that's going on, while they're bickering, sheriff joe will have one of his crime sweeps which he has had a number of and it turns out a couple of hundred people while he's going out trying to find illegals or people who are breaking the law. couple hundred people showed up at the county jail and started banging on the metal door and then suddenly he had to divert a bunch of his men over to the jail. they were pounding on the doors saying sheriff joe, we are here. we will not live in fear. a bunch of them got arrested for breaking some laws. >> it's interesting, now what the law says will happen as of yesterday, no more sanctuary cities so i don't know if there were sanctuary cities in arizona and also now it is illegal for employers to hire illegal immigrants. but day laborers which is also a different category than, you know, full-time workers. so it's still very confusing about how they're going to implement it. >> and ultimately, this thing will get decided in front of the supreme court. it goes to the ninth circuit. it will go to the supreme court and that's where it will be decided. meanwhile, you all know the president was on "the view" yesterday and i found it surprising, guys, joy was on the radio after this interview. the thing she said is it's my job to be there to support the president which shocked me. that's how she sees it. it's joy's job to support him. not to hold his feet to the fire and ask him tough questions. fortunately, elizabeth hasselbeck is there. >> yeah, it's not a news show. >> it's not. >> it's entertaining. there's a lot of news shows. she's not a journalist and she has always been the big syste r supporter and booster of the president. >> so elizabeth hasselbeck took the president to task over the whole save jobs number. and then the president responded this way to her criticism. >> i have to tell you, though, this isn't just my standard, elizabeth, or my administration's standard, there was a report that came out by a couple of economists just today including john mccain's former economist that said that had we not taken the steps that we took, you would have actually seen millions of more jobs lost and we would be in a great depression. so i know that's not satisfying and it's not good enough. >> ok, so hannity then last night asked elizabeth about that answer. >> i thought the answer was crafty. and i thought it sounded good. but it sounded as though someone was on their heels. like i said before, if you're answering the question with it could have been worse, it's not good enough for the american people. >> and people want answers and that's one of the reasons we've got robert gibbs going to be joining us in about 10 minutes to talk about jobs out in michigan of all places where they're having a lot of trouble. >> ok. meanwhile, coming up, no deal. new york congressman charlie rangel looking at a public hearing now for ethics charges and now it's creating tension among democrats in the house. we have our political panel to weigh in on that next. here they are. cue it up. >> big shakeup among "american idol" judges. ellen calls it quits. rumors of yet another judge being fired. who will replace them and can the show survive? the shakeup. come on, panel. >> come on in! i'm chef michael, and my dog bailey and i love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. >> we got a fox news alert to give you right now. coming into us from paris. reports suggest that three employees at the u.s. embassy there have been poisoned after opening their mail. we don't know exactly what kind of poison. they are being treated. but their conditions have not yet been released to the public. we will keep you posted as more information comes into our fox newsroom about what's going on at the embassy in paris. meanwhile, what's going on here? congressman charlie rangel slapped with 13 ethics violations yesterday as he slips further into political and legal trouble. how will these charges and possible trial impact his fellow democrats heading to the november election? joining us for a fair and balanced debate, senior fellow at project 21 and fox news contributor. immigration attorney michael wilds and ann marie mcevoy, former law professor at fordham university. good morning to all of you. ann marie, let me start with you. looking at these charges against charlie rangel, he could go to prison. >> he could. after this is all over, there's a good possibility there may be a criminal investigation that follows. he doesn't have any prior arrests or convictions so they may work out some sort of a deal where he wouldn't go to prison even if he's found guilty of the charges criminally but there's a possibility. >> sure. michael, you're a democrat. he's bad news for your party. >> up a former mayor and i have to tell you, i remember almost 30 years ago being on capitol hill meeting him personally. a distinguished dean, what happened to the presumption of innocence? why is it all the democrats are retreating right now and nobody is stepping up -- >> you think he might be innocent? >> i'm not saying ease innocent. this gentlemen -- >> these charges came from his peers! this is not a criminal court. these are his pals who said -- >> i'm not pleased with my colleagues after what they did to senator lieberman, what they're doing to this gentleman and a lot of other distinguished gentle ladies and gentlemen after this. >> charlie rangel gives a whole new meaning to public service. he wants the public to serve him. he's been in office for 40 years. it's ridiculous. >> but the trust he's had in his community, the delivery to his constituents. >> where's the trust? harlem is in horrible condition! >> i disagee with that. i have to tell you that the connection that the businesses -- you can't undermine a gentleman's service. >> how do you forget to pay -- how do you forget to report $600,000? i forgot! >> give the gentleman a day in court. give him a day there. >> but the day in court will destroy your party in the midterm. >> what do we do? put him on the barber's chair and let him roast. >> a lot of people say you know what? this will be bad for my legacy. it's going to be bad for my party. i'm going on vacation. good-bye, everybody. >> i believe on principle before, you know, politics. i believe ultimately that the democrats here have to at least give this diminished gentleman a day in court. >> he writes the tax laws. he is the first person who should be -- >> so he's got to be -- >> ann marie, going back to the first question. how much time could he spend in prison? >> it depends. they have to figure out the sentencing guidelines and exactly what he would be charged with so it's kind of hard to say but certainly quite a few years, i would think. it's a lot of money involved. >> think he's above the law. >> all right, the panel is off to a good start right now. good debate. we'll continue in a moment. polls show what most americans want on everything from jobs to immigration. but it appears the president keeps doing the opposite. will voters return fire in november? and the president heads to detroit this morning to promote his car bailout claiming it reshaped the city but michigan has the second highest unemployment rate in the country. we'll talk to his press secretary robert gibbs in a couple of minutes. put down the clicker. 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[ male announcer ] the autobahn for all event. lease the jetta limited edition for $199 a month or get 0% apr. ♪ >> welcome back. is president obama really listening to the american people? >> i have heard intelligent people on the left say he's past all these things and then they say and he still has sliding poll ratings. i mean, it's almost funny. he passed all those things and that's why he has lower and lower poll ratings. it's a direct relationship. it's not enough on simply pass things. you have to pass things that the american people want you to pass. >> good point. so will president obama's decision to go after arizona over its immigration law cost democrats votes in the midterms? we continue the conversation with our panel. what do you think? he's passed a bunch --ing he's gotten congress to do a bunch of stuff. you look at the polls and think maybe people didn't want that. >> congressional approval of, what, 11%. the will of the people are already speaking and they're not even voting yet. obama is only listening to himself. he's not listening to the american people. obama care, there's still the prospect of cap and trade legislation and an overwhelming majority of americans don't want these policies that are taking place. >> michael, with arizona, it looks to a lot of people when you look at the polls, 60% to 70% of the american people like what arizona is doing. it looks like the president is standing in the way of a state doing what they feel is right to uphold the law while the federal government will not. >> i think a lot of people like the moxy of the governor, when the federal government is not doing their job. they say the governor is doing something in line with what the federal government should be doing. the problem is no matter what and no matter how well intended the governor is, it's still a federal job to do it. >> but the federal government is not doing it. >> that doesn't give the state the right to take it into their hands. they don't have the forensic capacity to investigate documents. >> why isn't the government doing? >> the federal government isn't doing it for one reason, political expediency. the truth is that if they talk effectively on immigration, they look weak in their constituents' minds because of the media and because of the two minute campaigns that everybody can run on the war on terrorism and that's a shame. i came back from europe. we looked like the laughingstock of the world. we are a nation of immigrants and yet, we can't even fix our immigration issue. >> ann marie, we are a nation of laws and there is a law where we should protect our sovereign borders and the federal government ain't doing it for us. >> it's a real problem because especially for these border states, we have a huge problem with violence. you have the kidnappings. you have the -- they have murders going on and also the cost. you have all these illegal immigrants who are using the services of these states and they just can't afford it and something has to be done to close the borders and people realize that. and people even outside the border states realize that and i think obama will take a big hit on this. >> you're a former federal prosecutor. do you get -- michael is a former federal prosecutor in the same office and today, they're prosecuting each other. >> we're friends. >> we are. >> but ann marie, you look at what she is doing down there, and i say the governor and the legislature down there, do you get why they're so frustrated if the federal government is not going to do it, we'll have to -- and now she's suing the government. >> absolutely. and you have about two dozen states that are looking to do the same thing so i think there's no question this will wind up in the supreme court because you're going to have the -- i don't think all the courts will agree with what happened in arizona. that's only a preliminary decision. it may wind up going in favor of arizona and what they've done and i think it should in the long run. >> it doesn't belong in the courts. i'm sorry, it doesn't belong in the courts. this should be in the chambers of congress, not in the federal courthouse. it should be in the white house. >> they have been able to do it for years and they've chosen not to. >> and they have to. that doesn't mean we're going to let everybody else get a pass on this by saying it's in the courts. >> it's the will of the american people. nationwide, you have people who are spending money to support arizona's legal fund. so overall, the majority of americans are in favor with this law. >> and people are frustrated. >> and our federal government is not doing their job. >> i wish we had more time. this is a great debate today. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hey, what do you think? e-mail us right now. coming up in 15 minutes to respond to that story and so much more, press secretary to the president of the united states, robert gibbs will be with us shortly. meanwhile, the secretary of education wants kids to stay in school, what, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 hours a day, is that really what's needed? we'll talk to a president of the school already using that model who says yes. major shakeup on "american idol"'s panel. ellen, kara out. some big names are reportedly in to replace them. we'll give you the names when we return. >> one of the things that the president revealed this morning was that he was not invited to chelsea clinton's wedding this weekend. which before anyone thinks it's a personal slight for hillary, it's like $80 a head. you can't invite everybody. security is very tight. the faa ordered a no-fly zone and the secret service has been ordered it shoot if bill gets within 15 feet of a bridesmaid. >> isn't that funny stuff? >> yesterday morning, about 9:30, we had a spirited debate in the war room here at fox news where we were talking about today's program. we're talking about this weekend is going to be chelsea's wedding. what should we do about it? and everybody had an opinion in the room whether they felt it was extravagant, leave the girl alone. she gets her day. why are they restricting the airspace? even -- dave, i remember you were talking about this. whether or not the president was really invited or did he decline? >> it looked like he was snubed a little bit. i'm coming around on this. >> you don't think he was invited? >> i think he was not invited. he would have declined saying i would ruin the occasion for chelsea. i think he's right about that. i'm baffled at all attention. i don't understand why so much buzz about this wedding. >> because we love weddings. remember princess diana's wedding? we all love to watch big, extravagant weddings. lot more fun to watch it than have your own. our question of the day -- are you interested or irritated by this wedding? let us know. please send us an e-mail at friends at foxnews.com. if you're irritated, all i can say is don't blame the clintons. they have tried to be tight lipped as hillary said about this. >> doing a great job. it is so extravagantly expensive, they're saying at least $6,000 a person. >> that's ridiculous! >> it is their money. i'll tell you why there's such a big fuss on it. to the mainstream media of america, the clintons are one of our royal families. >> presidential daughter's we goes are big deals. >> tomorrow in rhinebeck, new york. >> e-mail us right now. here are your headlines and fill you in on this update to the story. quicked beltway sniper say there were three other additional assassins besides himself and john muhammad. he's making the claims to william shatner on a cable tv special and he also said there are 42 other victims that police are unaware of. he is serving a life sentence after convicted of killing 10 people from the back of a car in 2002. they have no idea to back up his claims and they say he's repeatedly changed his story. shatner did the exclusive interview for his new tv series ooc ooc . >> one of the top three leaders of mexico's most powerful drug cartels killed in a raid at his hideout. he was gunned down while trying to escape soldiers. he's considered a founder of the country's massive methamphetamine trade. >> meanwhile, at dawn in california, firefighters will launch an aggressive attack by air against a third, fast moving wildfi wildfire. it's burned 5,000 acres. burning not far from where 1500 families were forced from their homes in l.a. county. that evacuation order has since been lifted. three buildings have burned to the ground. it's smokey on the left coast. >> listen up, we have breaking "american idol" news this morning. kara and ellen are apparently, reportedly both out. so who would replace them? well, the thinking is it's j. lo and stephen tiefrl of aerosmith. that would be fantastic! >> betty white. >> another great choice. >> betty white and stephen tyler. stephen tyler could carry the show by himself. >> when betty white dated stephen tyler, he was a blast! ok? >> they are the same age. >> according to tmz, kara has been fired from the show. i can't imagine why. she's lovely. no word yet on why. it could be contract related. ellen mysteriously announced she was quitting the show saying she didn't feel it was the right fit for her. come on, all she does is dance and sing. tmz reports the show is going back to a three judge panel. so confusing all of this news this morning. >> it's now "survivor". "american idol" is now "survi r "survivor." >> they've been voted off the eye lan. we'll see if it really is j. lo. > >> you need chemistry and the permane perm personality of simon. >> it's a long-standing tradition on the "fox & friends" program on their last day of working hard for us, sometimes 12 to 18 hours a day, we allow the interns to be on television and ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce you to sam winstrom. come over here. he has been working for us. you actually have the opposite schedule of me. i come in 3:00 in the morning. you come in at what time? >> 3:00 to 11:00 every day. >> we've never met. no, actually i've met him a couple of times. now, sam goes to loyola down in new orleans, right? >> you want to be in television? >> i could be. i've been thinking about it. >> sky is the limit. would you like to talk about the weather? i'm getting out of way. do some pointing, that's what roker told me. >> ok. you got to be on camera, though. >> oh, jesus. i'm sorry, i've never done this before. >> neither have i. >> there's -- does that mean there's a little rain coming in? the blue means rain in the heartland to the north up here. >> widely scattered showers. >> ok. and things are looking hot down in the southeast. 80 degrees down in new orleans right at my school. 67 here in new york. >> actually helping you. helping him do some pointing. >> the hard part about this is everything is backwards. >> oh. >> east coast winds up being the west coast. give them the current conditions and sam, these are the daytime highs. >> 10 in 1 phoenix. that's going to be rough. 68 in san francisco. that's beautiful! it's a beautiful place to be right now. >> uh-huh. >> 94 in new orleans. i'm not looking forward to facing that again in august. that should be good. >> turn around. this way, you can look at the east coast and there are the temperatures right there. >> and over in new york, you see you've got 84 degrees right here in the city. >> nice day. >> down in the tennessee area, 96. north carolina, 92. it will be hot today but beautiful day. why not? >> you know hot because you go to school in new orleans. >> i do. >> sam, very nicely done. round of applause for sam! >> all right. now, do you mind going to get alis alisyn's dry cleaning? >> again. >> work is never done. >> and dave wants a triple mocha latte. >> of course. you know just how i like it. >> i know it! over to you guys. >> thanks, guys. longer school days, longer school weeks and school during the summer? that's what education secretary arnie duncan is indeed pushing for. >> about levelling the playing field so in all seriousness, i think schools should be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day and should be open six days a week, 11 to 12 months ought of the year. it's not the same. whole variety of academic programs will be at the heart of that. >> students this morning are cringing. is this a good idea? let's ask the president of the eagle academy foundation, an organization that already uses a similar plan. good morning to you. let's see what you've done in terms of extending hours and extending the school year itself. >> i was the founding principal of the eagle americans high school for men. we've more than doubled the city graduation rates for young men and the reason for that is because we keep our young men in school an additional 12 hours a week. they spend an additional two hours each day and another three to four hours on saturday. it's important to note it's not just additional time. >> saturdays? >> including saturdays. but dave, the thing about it is the kids don't really resist because we're not doing the traditional thing that you do. we engage them in a host of divots including chess, robotics and district attorney bait. those programs are a big part of this. is this a coop joult? mr. banks, let's be honest, it's the quality of education that's important right now. i don't know if it's the quantity. the teachers aren't doing a good enough job. isn't that a big problem? >> that's a huge amount of the problem. you can't increase more time if the time that you're spending is mediocrity. you really have to make sure that it's increased quality time and those are the things that are the most important. you got to enhance the level of instruction. kids have to be engaged. if it's the same old thing they've been doing and they're going to be bored to death, you don't want to continue that. >> my kids are already in school enough. i want sometime with them in the summer. has there been a group of parents saying wait, our kids are going to school enough>> one of the things we found because been able to help parents to understand. not only is this a national race to the top, this is a glaebl race to the top. the united states is not winning that competition. >> you're right. >> we're not even in the top 10 in producing math and science scholars anymore. we are losing so our parents who are really concerned about their children's future and on the center, they'll need jobs. in this global economy, we have to do a much better job. >> david banks, thank you for being here. interesting theory from your yourself and mr. duncan. >> what's up? >> president obama headed to michigan to tout the success about the auto bailout. what about the lack of jobs there? we'll be talking to the white house press secretary in a few moments. >> he really is man's best friend. this pup was trying to kill an american soldier. we are talking to him in just a moment. >> trivia question of the day -- you've got to try it, hey, it's great to see you're back after that accident. well...i couldn't have gotten by without aflac! is that different from health insurance? well yeah... ...aflac pays you cash to help with the bills that health insurance doesn't cover. really? well, if you're hurt and can't work, who's going to help pay for gas? ..the mortgage, all kinds of expenses? aflacccccccccc! it's the protection you need to stay ahead of the game... exactly! aflac. we've got you under our wing. aflac, aflac, aflac... aflac, aflac, aflac and get this year's colors up on the wall...this year. let's get better prices... and better paint. let's break out the drop cloths, rollers, brushes, and tape. let's start small. then go big. no matter what the budget. and when we're done, let's take a bow. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. behr premium plus ultra. the only interior paint and primer in one that's rated number one. >> welcome back, everybody. there's a new memo out this morning that appears to show the white house has an amnesty plan. let's ask white house press secretary robert gibbs about that. and he joins us live. good morning, robert. >> good morning, guys, how are you? >> we're doing well. robert, i want to ask you on a similar note, there's a new poll out this week by the arizona republic that shows 62% of arizonians actually believe in letting illegal immigrants stay in the state if they have a job and no criminal record. is that the type of amnesty that the white house supports? >> the white house doesn't support amnesty and i think people who support comprehensive immigration reform don't support amnesty either. what we need to do is again, figure out how we're going to secure our borders. deal with those that are here. but do it in a comprehensive way and do it at a federal level because as frustrated as arizonians are and we understand that, we can't have a patchwork of immigration laws throughout each of the 50 states. >> all right. well, robert, how about this? let's not use the word amnesty. let's talk about a road to citizenship. there are some memos circulat g circulating, i'm sure you know, up on capitol hill and probably at the white house as well about how the administration is exploring the way to get around congress by using discretionary authority to allow people who are in the country illegally to stay in the country. >> well, steve, you'd be surprised. i have not seen those memos. i don't think they've circulated a lot through this white house. >> if you haven't seen the memos -- if you haven't seen the memo, do you know whether or not there is that talk, to use discretionary authority on the part of the administration to get around congress to allow people who are in the country now illegally to stay? >> this administration believes that the only way to deal with immigration is to do it comprehensively. to do it through congress with democrats and republicans working together. we've done it before with members like john mccain. members like lindsay graham, working with democrats like barack obama when he was in the u.s. senate. we can do that again. we can solve this problem once and for all. we can deal with securing our borders as the president has talked about moving 1,200 national guardsmen to secure the borders and i think we can deal with this comprehensively if we'll all just take a step back to deal with the problem. >> and robert, just to dig in a little bit on this, when you say the comprehensive immigration reform involves dealing with those 11 million that are already here, what does that look like? >> well, look, the legislation, again, that was supported by democrats and republicans in the past creates a pathway to citizenship but only after they go to the back of the line, pay a fine, learn english. that's all part of this process. the first part is obviously securing our borders. making sure that employers are not hiring illegals. that's all that's -- that is all that's in the comprehensive immigration reform and that's what has to be dealt with. again, it's been done on the federal level before with people that disagree or agree with this president, and i think we can do that again. >> later today, your boss, the president will go out to michigan and talk about jobs and also, the auto bailout as well. and how it has worked and how, apparently, we could get the money back, right? >> we believe that we will get the money that this administration invested in the auto industry, that required the auto industry to make some very tough restructuring decisions, ask for sacrifices from both the companies and the workers. look, it is a good news story. the year before this president came in, we were shedding more than 300,000 jobs a year in the auto destroy. -- industry. since g.m. came out of bankruptcy, we've added jobs. the three big auto companies that manufacture their cars here in america are actually reporting profits so there's good news because the auto companies made some very tough decisions and we made an investment that prevented a million people from losing their jobs. >> and yet, robert, the unemployment numbers in michigan are fairly grim. i think they're upwards of 13%. what will the president say to the folks there who doubt his jobs strategy? >> well, look, we're going to a plant today that is adding a shift to meet the consumer demand of the products that they're making. that's good news. again, we made a tough decision to invest in the auto industry and to save a million people in the midwest and in the manufacturing belts of this country from walking out of a plant and never return to their job. we have to keep making improvements and keep investing in small business. i think the best thing that congress can do right now is put aside the partisan differences that we have with republicans blocking a small business bill that would cut capital gains taxes on small businesses to zero. and provide money through community banks to lend to small businesses. that's an issue that shouldn't be a partisan issue. it shouldn't be blocked by republicans. that's what happened yesterday. >> you know, i'm sure the people of michigan will be interested in hearing the president's message because in michigan, as you know. >> in detroit. >> in detroit specifically, the unemployment rate is 14%. it's one of the highest spots in the country and michigan, the state itself is north of 13%. so for those people, they're going, hey, where's my job? >> well, look, steve, if the president hadn't made some of those decisions, their job would have left town. i don't think anybody can imagine detroit and quite frankly, steve, detroit's unemployment rate is higher than 14%. but nobody can imagine detroit coming back without a strong auto industry. we know that's the heart and soul of the auto industry. there's a lot of things that have to happen. we have to offer educational opportunities. we have to create jobs. we have to invest in our small businesses despite what republicans are doing on capitol hill. but nobody can imagine detroit coming back to the city we all know and hope it could be without a strong auto industry. the president will visit a plant both, a g.m. and chrysler plant today. places where jobs are being added. we're protecting and saving the middle class. lots of families who have worked in these plants for generations and made a good living. >> before you go, i have to ask you the really hard question. you know, it's -- >> i'm ready. >> it's the gotcha question. it sounds as if ellen is out at "american idol." kara is out. how do you think j. lo and stephen tyler will do as judges if it is true as reported on tmz on "american idol"? >> actually, i want to tell you guys exclusively that i'm leaving the white house briefing room to be a judge on "american idol." >> wow. we had not heard that before. >> i know. i know. >> what will you bring to the cast? >> no discernable musical talent. i don't think that will hold me back, though. i really don't. i can tap my foot when you play that intro music. other than that, i have no discernable musical talent. >> you're retiring from the white house to go into show business. >> i can think of no better training ground for "american idol" than a room of 49 seats and people all wanting to ask you, as you said, the hard gotcha questions. so i think i'm -- i think i'm now ready. >> all right. >> you heard it here first, folks. robert gibbs, thanks so much for coming on to talk to us. >> thanks, guys. >> i think he's pulling our leg. >> you do? >> yep. >> i was going to take that one to the bank. >> a little. all right. i think it's the white house. a fox news alert, the u.s. embassy in paris is confirming that a suspicious envelope was received there and two security employees have been exposed to material inside one envelope that arrived there and now they've been rushed to the hospital and are being evaluated by doctors for apparent poisoning. one of the envelopes is being analyzed by a laboratory but preliminary results indicate that it is not harmful. so you wonder whether or not it is anthrax or what could it possibly be? more details later as it comes into the fox newsroom. all right. >> they were not at the hospital, i understand. they were diagnosed right there. >> ok. good to know. meanwhile, man's best friend is helping out american soldiers on the front lines in afghanistan. this past february, a suicide bomber nearly killed a group of americans by exploding a bomb inside a u.s. army base. in the province in afghanistan. luckily, three dogs attacked the bomber and thwarted a major loss of american life including the life of sergeant chris duke. now, back in the u.s., sergeant duke is returning the favor and adopting one of those dogs. with us now is sergeant chris duke and his dog rufus. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you. great to be here. >> tell us what happened exactly back in february of this year and how 50 american lives were saved by -- by rufus there. >> well, like any other night, we're kind of hanging around our living quarters. when a suspected taliban terrorist attempted to gain entry. he was wearing explosive vest. we had three dogs that were just kind of random strays that we had been raising and taking care of. and they wouldn't let him in. they were, you know, barking at him and growling and biting at him and stuff like that and he got -- he got the door open, got just outside the doorway and unable to make it all the way inside the building when he detonated himself. >> as we understand it, one of the dogs even bit the terrorist's ankle. >> yes, ma'am. >> did you know after -- after the chaos of that event, did you know whatever became of rufus? >> i did not at the time. as a matter of fact, i returned back to the compound about four days later and we found that he had -- he had had some pretty severe injuries to his -- to his back. and myself along with some of my medics have had to doctor them up every day. >> tell us how you reunited with rufus. >> well, we have left the compound about a month later and came in and heard the story about them. they didn't luckily kick the dogs off the compound and one of the soldiers who replaced us told the story to his fiancee anna cannon who then in turn started an organization of puppy rescue mission to help get the dogs out of afghanistan and i've kind of stayed out of touch -- in touch through rufus and checking on them and receiving photos and stuff like that. >> wow, it's a great story. we're so glad you've adopted rufus and you guys are reasunit for people who are there, they can go to your web site. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, a stunning new fox poll says nearly 50% of americans think the president is leaping too far to the left. 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"fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ free my soul, i want get along in rock'n'roll and drift away ♪ ♪ . >> steve: we've got perfect weather today on our plaza. there is uncle kracker and company. our all american concert series continues brought to you by progressive. also it's free breakfast, 48th and 6th avenue. stop by. >> alisyn: that is a great way to start your weekend. >> steve: free music and free food and now, ladies and gentlemen, look at who is with us today, brian and gretchen are off and dave and ali are joining us for this great friday. great to have you. >> good to be here. >> alisyn: let's get right to your headlines. we've just learned that there are reports that two employees at the u.s. embassy in paris, france are being treated for handling a suspicious envelope. the envelope's apparently not poisonous. we will keep you posted as more information comes into this developing story into our news room. meanwhile, new video of a burnt out charter bus that burst into flames this morning. this happened on i-95 outside of orlando, florida. 42 people were on board, most of them children. everyone escaped without suffering injuries. the kids were headed to virginia. for the first time we're hearing the 911 call of a deadly bear attack in montana. >> my daughter's boyfriend got bit by a bear a little bit ago. there is another lady down there that's screaming. it was a bear. >> alisyn: one man was killed and two other people were injured. another grizzly believed to be responsible for that attack has been captured along with her two cubs. wild life officials say they'll use dna tests to confirm if they have the right bear. a bill to revise first responders of 9-11 with health care failed in the house. it would have provided medical aid for people who got sick after working at ground zero. lawmakers defended their votes on both sides of the floor. >> the investigation has been paired with a fundamentally flawed and job destroying tax increase and, therefore, i will vote against it. >> if republicans wrapping their arms around republicans, rather than doing the right thing on behalf of the heros, it is a shame, a shame! if you believe this is a bad idea to provide health care, then vote no! but don't give me the cowardly view that oh, if it was a different procedure! the gentleman will observe regular order and sit down! i will not! >> alisyn: passions very high. both sides say they'll confident it will get passed when congress returns in september. >> steve: look who is here, geraldo rivera joins us every friday. how are you doing? >> good. >> steve: here are the headline, new york post, charlie rangel, who has been in congress from the area for 40 years washed up, is the headline. there he is. they threw the book at him. >> i've known charlie over 40 years. labor day will be my 40th anniversary in the news business. i knew adam clayton powell who was his predecessor. he's a wonderful, charismatic guy. but he got himself in hot water. the problem is they stay so long, they begin to feel entitled. >> steve: is he a crook? >> maybe in the way tim geithner was a crook. they forget or conveniently postpone or feel themselves above it. whether or not he's guilty of a crime is much more problematic. i think that's what he's fighting now. he's afraid these admissions will make him more vulnerable to criminal action. that's what he's trying to do is negotiate. >> steve: isn't the big one the misuse, the abuse of his office? the "new york times" tells the story of an oil man who wrote a $100,000 check to charlie rangel's school that he named after himself after charlie rangel's ways and means committee gave him a tax break? >> even in washington, d.c., see -- remember the clinton library and all the various libraries? there are all of these deals that are made one way or the other. it's awful to say it. it is a harshly realistic view of washington. >> alisyn: this is what blagojevich is son trial for right now. >> blagojevich is innocent, i've been saying it all along. they've never spelled out a crime. it's a bunch of bs. >> alisyn: it sounds like charlie rangel did not do himself any favors by not engaging more seriously in the negotiations behind the scenes. apparently they offered him some deal. we do know what that was. they said he was defiant. now it becomes public. >> defiance is the first stage of first comes denial and then defiance and then you go through the various stage until finally you come to the fact that i don't want to go to jail. i think in his case, he's worried very much about legacy. after four decades in congress, you don't want to leave with your tail between your legs going out the back door. it's very disheartening and melancholy for him. >> steve: there are all the stories with how democrats are disappointed. you're going to cost us big in the midterms. >> at some point you have to watch your own behind. >> steve: i wonder if perhaps in some way, some democrats might be going -- not necessarily in congress, but maybe in the administration -- if charlie lingers for a little while, if we lose big in the midterms, we can blame charlie and not the president. >> much too -- that's way too thinking ahead. i think they really are worried. they want to get charlie off the center stage and get going and get on with a very, very tough midterm election. charlie will gunk up the works. >> steve: he will. >> i don't know how you spin this as being any way positive. >> steve: i forget doesn't work. >> eric: no, no. >> i really believe there is a direct relationship between tenure and congress and malignant corruption. it starts a little here, a little there, favor here, favor there, come to the country club, come to the vacation, you don't declare it and by the time 40 years is over, rather exalting the service, you look at all the little petty crimes you committed along the way. >> alisyn: let's talk about a new fox news. >> not immigration? i've been yelling at the television screen for a week. >> alisyn: let's talk about immigration. >> if you saw geraldo at large two weeks ago, this judge basically read the decision that i wrote two weeks ago. this was a no brainer. i really believe that legal eagles who suggested that this bill had a chance of standing the test of constitutionality were wishful thinking. that it had no chance, it was a slam dunk. the fact that 18 other states wanted to pass the same law was the death knell for this bill. iowa declaring war on mexico next? or south carolina creating its own treaty with mexico? you can't do it. there is one federal government. it was clearly a violation of the supremacy clause and governor brewer, i told you, all you had to do was postpone the implementation of that bill. the judge would have had enjoined it. it was the great geraldo compromise. >> alisyn: i wonder what geraldo is like at home. >> i've got five children. >> steve: there is great frustration about that. let's talk a little about this, ali started to and you took over the show. >> sorry. >> steve: almost half of all voters think the president is too liberal. >> that poll sounds right to me. it really does sound right to me. >> for the guy who campaigned as a centrist, right? >> in my view, i think obama is governing from the center, aside from health care which is a giant step to the left. health care skewed the argument quite a bit, allowed the right to be energized in birth of the tea party and all the rest, but i think that's probably true and he has to work hard to convince americans that he's not a radical. >> steve: i think part of it is the stimulus. they sold us this bill of goods, you spend this close to a trillion dollars, unemployment not going to get above 8. >> a funny stimulus story. my 22-year-old is driving around new jersey yesterday and we go to the george washington headquarters after the defeat of fort lee and stayed in this mansion, retreating before he crossed the delaware and started winning the war. but here we are at the museum of george washington slept here and it's recovery.gov. you look and there is a big yellow extension cord with the lights on the walkway. they didn't bury it, a great big fat yellow extension chord, my son said, there is our tax dollars at work. they never buried it. >> let's get back to the president and what happened the other day is he's standing up talking about why we should pass unemployment benefits legislation. >> steve: 99 weeks. >> right. the woman standing beside him, as it ounce out, was there was on welfare because prescription drug fraud. she was convicted of this. again, it's not that the president should vet this -- >> is this woman from the real housewives of washington? >> the -- >> who is really in charge of these things? it's silly. i for the life of me, given the fact that they are so concerned about safety and image, how do they not vet? >> alisyn: not only that, you touch on safety, somebody with a criminal record, wouldn't you think the white house would flag that? >> did you say gibbs was leaving? i missed that. >> steve: according to robert gibbs, he's leaving the white house. >> it should be a fox news alert. >> steve: okay. ding. >> alisyn: he's moving to go be a judge on "american idol." >> we'll all be under the same fox umbrella here. >> the maintenance level on that show is going to go up. >> steve: the story is, according to tmz, cara is out and ellen quit. >> i never quite caught on. >> steve: i didn't like ellen and ellen said she wasn't comfortable being mean to people. so j.lo and steven tyler. >> he's a cool guy. >> would you watch him for an entire season? do you need some chemistry? >> i would watch him 24 hours a day. >> the kids don't know who tyler is. >> liv tyler's daddy. >> steve: just imagine that guy with a red coke glass in front of him and that's how he really looks like. coca-cola. i had to clarify the coke comment. geraldo, thank you. >> thank you. >> alisyn: coming up, these are live pictures we're looking at. wild fires, they're picking up speed in california. firefighters are planning on a full on assault on the flames this morning. more than 1,000 people have now been order to do evacuate their homes. >> a federal judge appointed by president clinton struck down key parts of arizona's new illegal immigration law. is it a step in the right direction? we know how geraldo feels. or is this a political power play? republicans and democrats from that state weigh in next. >> steve: plus, you think the kracker joins us next as part of the american concert series singing. ♪ i'm not worried about the ring you wear ♪ ♪ just as long as no one knows and nobody could care ♪ ♪ i'm well away that you don't look ashamed ♪ ♪ >> alisyn: a u.s. federal judge has stripped a controversial arizona immigration law of its key provisions. part of the law that's been blocked, at least for now, is the part that would have forcefully questioned suspect's immigration status upon arrest. the governor is taking it to the court of appeals. we're joined by j.d. hayworth who is running for senate in you said you said. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. >> alisyn: let me show the audience the parts of the law that will be implemented as of yesterday. number one, there is a ban on the so-called sanctuary city, i guess in arizona only. and the criminalization of hiring day laborers who are illegal immigrants. j.d., let me start with you. how does that change life as you know it in arizona? >> well, the fact is, and there is no way to sugar coat it, when judge bolton decided to carve out the heart of this law, the real enforcement provision, it creates a problem and quite properly the governor promptly appealed it. and we welcome jorge and so many who have come to arizona so much for the boycott as sheriff arpaio pointed out, it seems that the boycott has gone away as interest has intensified here. but in all sincerity, geraldo, pseudo pride of authorship notwithstanding, we heard in the previous segment, the fact is, that the judge made a very curious decision. our friend andy mccarthy at national review on-line pointed out that the judge dealt not with federal law, but with federal law enforcement. and reasoning which suggests if the feds aren't gog enforce the law, then arizona doesn't have the right to enforce the law. it's absurd and sad. but the judge has received her andy warhol type 15 minutes of same. >> alisyn: jorge, what's your response to some of the things he said? >> you can not have an immigration law in arizona and another one in texas and one in florida for hispanics and immigrants, what susan bolton decided is a step in the right direction. nothing has changed. we are not finding a long-term solution. and obviously this has to go to washington, but not the supreme court. it has to go to congress. but the problem is president obama broke a promise. he promised he would have a immigration bill during his time in office. nothing has been done. democrats don't want to push for immigration reform in congress. they're afraid of losing in november and honestly, republicans are missing in action. where are the 11 senators who voted for immigration reform three years ago? this is not a republican or democratic issue. this is an american issue and has to be resolved by legalizing 11 million people in this country. >> alisyn: we don't have much time left, but i want to know what you think the future of this law is now. j.d., as you know, governor jan brewer says she's considering a counter suit against the federal government. do you think that the arizona law 1070 will actually be in place? >> i believe we will move forward. it will go to supreme court and eventually be implemented. but let me have a point of commonnallity with jorge, he is correct when he says ultimately the people decide through the political process one of the senator's so-called missing in action is my opponent, john mccain. you read the blogs in washington, everyone is waiting for john mccain to come back and embrace amnesty. that's why i'm going to beat john mccain and i will reintroduce the enforcement first act because this notion of amnesty is ill advised, wrong headed and with cost us $2.6 trillion in retirement benefits alone. >> alisyn: jorge, i apologize to you. i'm gog owe you a response. the computer will cut off. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. coming up, he claims there is a good chance president obama will face a democratic challenger in 2012. >> pennsylvania governor ed rendell, former chairman of the democratic national committee will join us next to explain that. police have never seen criminals with so much dancing talent. we're on the case with the dancing robbers. >> dave: we're back with a fox news alert. you're looking at live pictures of wild fires in california. firefighters are preparing to launch an aggressive air attack against the fast moving flames. officials are hoping for calmer weather to help crews fight the blaze. it's burned 5,000-acres. three buildings have burned to the ground. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. 1500 families forced from their homes. also a robbery takes a rather unusual turn when the bandits began to bust a move much like we've sinusal san do on this -- alisyn do on the couch. a man and woman tried to rob this 7-11 in texas when the woman started to dance on the counter. police believe they were strung out on drugs. >> steve: you think? >> dave: the clerk protected himself with a stick and cops say he was terrified by their behavior. this is the second time these dancing robbers have struck in the area. >> steve: meanwhile, president obama is dealing with dissent from house democrats. despite passing a bill to fund the rock in iraq and afghanistan, over 100 voted against it, that's three times more than voted against it last time. it shows the president may be losing support in his own party and our next guest says this may lead to perhaps a challenge of the president in 2012? >> alisyn: pennsylvania governor ed rendell joins us now. good morning, governor. >> good morning, how are you. >> alisyn: i'm doing well. but i am alisyn this morning. i'm playing the role of alisyn. >> i'm sorry. i can't see you guys. >> alisyn: i know. but let's talk about -- >> steve: let's call him governor christy. >> dave: let's not. >> he's hot right now. >> alisyn: that's right. >> i wouldn't mind that at all. >> alisyn: moving on, you introduced a prospect that not anyone else had spoken of previously and that was that president obama may face not just a republican challenger, but a democratic one. where would this person come from? >> well, it would come from the extreme left wing of the party. look, there is dissatisfaction, not so much with the president, but with the war in afghanistan among many democrats. many democrats say look, where is this going to end? if it ends five years from now, will it be any better? ten years from now? but there won't be a real challenge. the reason is, a, the president has accomplished a lot. national health insurance, stimulus plan that's worked better than it gets credit for, financial responsibility, a bailout plan that although it was unpopular at the beginning, really saved the economic structure of this country. so the president it's done an enormous amount of things that are good pluses for the base. in afghanistan, he's talked about getting out. that target keeps shifting. but as long as he's committed to an end in sight, i don't think there will be a serious challenge because all of us believe we can't just leave. we owe it to the people there, to the women of afghanistan, to stick around until the afghans are trained. but the president at least recognizes there has to be an end in sight. i think that will keep the base fairly much under wraps. if there is a challenge, it won't president bush a major political figure. >> steve: come on! governor, you know that hillary clinton, who wanted to have the job that barak obama has right now, she's thinking oh, look at these poll numbers. i really could have a chance. and you know this weekend at that wedding, there are going to be people who are going to be saying, are you going to be in? and there will be some buzz about if she's really weak on that, maybe she will get it. you know that conversation is going to take place this weekend. >> first of all, let me point out, number one, secretary clinton, i think she's done a great job and been loyal to the president. number two, as to the general's comments to rolling stone indicated, the military is very pleased with the stance that she has taken. so i don't think this is an issue she could use. but she's not going to run against the president. she's fond of the president. >> steve: you want to bet a dollar? >> i'll bet a dollar. i bet she runs in 2016. >> steve: would you run? >> will i run? no. absolutely not. but i think hillary clinton will be a detainee in 2016 and given what she's done as secretary of state, she should be the next president after president obama. >> steve: i think we got a headline right there. >> i know you would love to see that race. >> steve: you have been a supporter of hers. you would love to see that. >> no, no. i'm for the president. i think the president under the circumstances he's inherited, he's done a terrific job under incredibly excruciating circumstances. people got to give him credit for the context of what he's had to deal with. i know you don't like to hear that, but it's true. >> steve: that's your opinion and that's why we ask you on because you're so good. governor chris christy joining us from new jersey. just kidding. ed rendell from pennsylvania. >> dave: coming up, a memo leaked this morning. it appears to describe how to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants without permission from congress. >> alisyn: she foils a robbery through face. how this employee helped a suspected criminal find jesus. >> steve: country superstar uncle kracker joining us live. he's back from iraq where he entertained the troops. he's entertaining our fans live from "fox & friends" in midtown manhattan in a couple of minutes. ♪ >> steve: we want to wish a happy 10th birthday to patrick lindley of charlotte, north carolina. comes from a family of patriots. you know what? he's one of the only ten-year-olds we know of who loves fox news. his whole family loves it. >> dave: you would be surprised how many people we meet where the kids love the show. >> steve: happy birthday. >> alisyn: meanwhile, tomorrow, former first daughter, chelsea clinton, is set to walk down the aisle to marry her long-time boyfriend and fox news correspondent courtney friel has the story that's been in secrecy, other than the details we've already heard. >> i got to tell you, the wedding of the year has become one of the toughest stories of the year to get any details on. that's because the extremely private bride is being super tight lipped and the vendors, they all signed confidentiality agreements not to talk or even confirm their involvement. i reached out to the rumored florist, photographer and wedding planner and they just aren't allowed to comment. at first, we were wondering if the wedding location was a decoy, that they really pulled a fast one on us and get hitched on martha's vineyard instead. but all week, trucks have been dropping off supplies and air conditioned tent went up and the biggest clue, the faa instituted a no fly zone for saturday. media attention, extra visitors are bringing business to the town, but some people feel out of the loop and don't want the traffic. the supreme court will be very tight. $2,500 being taken out of the city budget to pay for the police patrol. hey, that's church change to what the clintons are dishes out for the big day. 2 to $5 million and the guest list, 500 people. potential celebrities include oprah winfrey, barbra streisand. they've been asked to wear country chic or cocktail apparel. the bride will likely be donning a vera warning dress. she asked hillary to grow out hire hair and bill to lose 15 pounds. i'm headed up there to get more scoop. i'll be back here -- i'll be there live tomorrow on "fox & friends" saturday. and on a completely different topic, this "american idol" drama, i want to send you to the web site 'cause we're all over that. >> steve: it's big. cara is out. >> dave: robert gibbs? that's the breaking news. thank you. >> steve: thank you very much. one thing that politico mentions recording chelsea clinton's wedding is the family is going to be using perhaps a mansion up in the area that is called glennburn, which apparently is owned by, according to politico, the daughter of billionaire and long-time clinton supporter, george saros. >> alisyn: must be nice. >> steve: a fox news alert, 24 minutes before the hour. gdp report is out, dipped 2.4%. that's what experts predicted down from the first quarter of 2010 where the gdp was 2.7. what does that mean? fewer goods and services are being produced across the country and the economy remains sluggish as we know. also a new poll out finds florida governor charlie crist continuing to lead a three-way tie. 24% would vote for crist. 32% would go for republican nominee marco rubio. only 17% would vote for likely democratic nominee jeff green. meanwhile, the governor race, a squeaker republican rick scott, 29%. democrat alex sink gets 27%. independent with 14%. if the mccolumn is the nominee, he gets 26. 14% for bud. >> alisyn: in florida, robbery was foiled by faith. a woman working alone in this cell phone store says she knew exactly how to react when a man walked in with a gun demanding the cash. she wasn't nervous, but agreed to hand over the money so long as he would listen to her talk about jesus. the man actually ended up feeling inspired. he confessed. this is actually a bb gun, and he left without taking the cash. he even said, god bless. that's beautiful. >> steve: that is a great story. >> dave: very warm. there is a new memo out this morning that appears to show the white house has a back door amnesty plan. we spoke to the white house press secretary, robert gibbs about that. malini wilkes here to break this down. it all concern has memo that chuck grassley got his hands on. >> this comes to light through the office of republican senator chuck grassley. he and some other senators apparently written to top administration officials asking if there is some kind of large scale plan underway for this sort of diaphake toe, nonlegislative version of amnesty. this is a draft document addressed to director at the u.s. customs and immigration services from four different staffers. we have a quote here to show you memory dumb offers administrative relief efforts to provide family unit, foster economic growth, achieve significant process. again, republicans are saying this is defacto amnesty. they've written two letters to homeland security napolitano asking for information about how this has been used, this discretion authority to keep somebody in the country. as you mentioned, white house press secretary was asked about this earlier. he says he has not seen this document, but here is his response. >> the white house doesn't support amnesty and i think people that support comprehensive immigration reform don't support amnesty either. what we need to do is, again, figure out how we're going to secure our borders, deal with those that are here, but do it in a comprehensive way and do it in a federal level. >> again, republican senator chuck grassley says this is the way the administration is exploreing around congress. we need to authenticate this document. again, apparently some tools being explore explored to prevee removal of the illegal immigrants from this chrism back to you. >> steve: this is interesting because according to the information that we received, as malini set up right there, reportedly secretary napolitano has asked, hey, how many times has the administration used discretionary authority? that's what it comes down to. so they could effectively do an end around congress, 'cause if they're going to go through congress for some sort of amnesty or robert gibbs would not use the word amnesty or some sort of a track to citizenship for the 10, 11, 25 million illegals in this country, that would be an end around from congress. and we asked him specifically if the administration was involved and he sure sounded like he still wanted to go up to capitol hill and involve the congress. listen. >> this administration believes that the only way to deal with immigration is to do it comprehensively, to do it through congress with democrats and republicans working together. we've done it before with members like john mccain, members like lindsey graham, working with democrats like barak obama when he was in the u.s. senate. we can do that again. we can solve this problem once and for all. >> alisyn: it's interesting. there is this new poll out in the arizona republic where they polled people there and found 62% actually support allowing illegal immigrants to stay if they have a job and have no criminal record. 62%. that's in arizona where the biggest problem is. so obviously people do crave some sort of path to citizenship or some sort of answer for the 11 million illegal immigrants who are here because people understand there is no way to put them in jail or no way to send them back. we have to do something. but comprehensive immigration reform is a catch phrase that they rarely spell out the specifics of what that is. >> dave: nobody wants to use the word amnesty. nobody on either side of the aisle and the right is saying this is a way to buy off the votes to get the hispanics and illegals voting in these midterm elections in november. that's the political spin. >> steve: i get where congress doesn't want to get involved because you look at the statistics, 67% of the country likes what arizona is doing. for it to be out on the floor of the congress, that could be a problem. if they could use discretionary authority to do just that, maybe they would. more later. >> alisyn: he's been topping the charts for years, and lately taking his sound overseas. uncle kracker will play live for us as part of our "fox & friends" all american summer concert series. ♪ >> dave: welcome back. he sold millions of records, he's a double platinum artist and he's also kid rock's best friend, even with all the success, uncle kracker has stayed true to his michigan's roots. >> alisyn: his latest cd is "happy hour." >> steve: my favorite hour. >> alisyn: we're joined by uncle kracker. great to see you. >> how is everybody this morning? >> alisyn: everybody is doing well. we had kid rock on the show once. >> you did? >> alisyn: yep. and he seemed groggery. you seem more alert than he was when he was here. >> i get way more rest. >> steve: you were the kid in the back of the bus when kid rock was first starting out. right? >> absolutely. wish i was still in the back on some days. >> dave: one of your recent concerts is different than this group. you performed in iraq for our troops. how nerve racking was that? >> a little nerve racking, but all in all, it was a privilege and an honor to play for thousands and thousands of heros, the guys and gals, they're in good spirits over there. this is a -- they're great people. >> steve: you have to be careful 'cause they are armed. is it true that your daughter said to you, hey, dad, could you write some songs that are a little perkier? >> pretty much. my daughter and i -- she was about eight at the time. we were talking about records that her and her friends listened to. there was the taylor swift record and there was a hannah montana in there. >> steve: she wanted to dance. >> she said, your records are no fun. we can't dance to those songs. >> alisyn: why don't you change it up? >> i started writing a new record. made it a point to have more fun doing what i was doing. it made me realize i wasn't having much fun. >> dave: how does being a dad of three daughters change that rock star persona? >> i've never been a rock star. i've been a dad for a while. they do a good job of changing it without even anybody knowing you're changing. >> steve: you're a big star to this crowd. you guys want to hear him? [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: uncle kracker performing for us live when we come back. >> alisyn: let's go to bill hemmer for a look at what's up in the top of the hour. >> we've got a big morning here. big food fight on the floor of the house. you don't see many like these. we'll play the tape and both members of congress, anthony wiener, a democrat, peter king, a republican, join us live today karl rove is shear today. what's up with charlie rangel? the woman who played dead and survived a bear attack tells her story live. we'll have all that for you in 11 minutes here on a busy friday. see you then. >> dave: we are back with our all american concert series, brought to you by progressive. uncle kracker is here, bringing you a song that's number 3 on the adult contemporary chart. it's a song that will make you -- ali? >> alisyn: smile. >> dave: good girl. ♪ you're better than the best ♪ your life on the best side of my pillow ♪ ♪ that's right ♪ completely unaware ♪ yeah, it's okay in the moments when my good times start to fade ♪ ♪ you make me smile like the sun ♪ ♪ sing like a bird ♪ dancing in my head ♪ you make me dance like a fool ♪ ♪ shine like song ♪ float like a bee ♪ you drive me wild ♪ oh, you make me smile ♪ even when you're gone ♪ somehow you come along just like a flower poking through the sidewalk crack ♪ ♪ hey just like that ♪ you steal away the rain and just like that ♪ ♪ you make me smile like the sun ♪ ♪ fall out of bed ♪ sing like a bird ♪ dizzy in my head ♪ spin like a record ♪ you make me dance like a fool ♪ ♪ forget how to breathe ♪ shine like gold ♪ float like a bee ♪ thoughts of how you drive me wild ♪ ♪ oh, you make me ♪ i don't know know how i can live without you ♪ ♪ 'cause every time that i get around you ♪ ♪ i see the best in me ♪ you make me smile ♪ you make me smile like the sun ♪ ♪ fall out of bed ♪ sing like a bird ♪ dizzy in my head ♪ spin like a record ♪ crazy on a sunday night ♪ you make me dance like a fool ♪ ♪ forget how to breathe ♪ shine like gold ♪ float like a bee ♪ just the thought of you can drive me wild ♪ ♪ oh, you make me smile [ cheers and applause ] >> dave: we're back with more uncle kracker in just a moment. >> steve: very nice! [ cheers and applause ] >> alisyn: welcome back. we're still here with uncle kracker. >> steve: brought to you by progressive. he has another number in the after the show show. log on right now. >> alisyn: your new cd is "happy hour." are your daughters happy with it, that you made more upkaty songs? >> they're very happy. they still don't listen to this, but they're ecstatic. >> dave: how do you define your genre? >> country seems to be a better market for me,

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