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>> steve: welcome back. today crews in florida plan to finish demolishing this house nearly swallowed by a sink hole last week while one man believed to be dead somewhere underneath, he may never be found. 36-year-old jeff bush was swallowed by the earth as he slept in his bed on friday and now the rest of his family is homeless. >> gretchen: joining us to explain what the crews next steps need to be, sink hole repair expert, billy fernandez. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> gretc...

Youve got to be earnest about it and youve got to have a sustained commitment to it. on the earnest side, the president is doing nothing but fin pwer pointing -- finger pointing, creating straw men and knocking them down. as far as sustained commitment, he had 18 months to take this on. he waited until the last 18 days to start scaring people. that is a recipe for getting nothing done. hes the commander in chief. hes the president. if he wants to put people in a room -- i know he says im the pre...

Arent that unusual after all. they happen regularly. a new congressional report shows taxpayers picked up the tab for at least 894 conferences in 2012 to the tune of $340 million. how were they able to get away with this kind of waste and how does congress plan to stop it? lets talk to the congressman who chairs the subcommittee on oversight. is this law a colossal waste of money or is there vital business being done? >> for the most part, a good conference is worth the money. but when you see s...

>>gretchen: 47 minutes past the top of the hour. quick headlines for you: white house officials say the president will appoint three new people to his administration today. first up urbgs m.i.t. -- first up m.i.t. scientist to head the energy department. wal-mart foundation president as his budget director. heidi klum and howard stern are getting together? kind of. the model said to be the fourth judge on americas got talent. shell join howie mandel and a former spice girl. brian? >>brian: gre...

Thought if i put her through the paces, that might be the perfect set-up for tonight. >> definitely, should be a good warm-up, get me all ready and prepared to fight tonight. >> brian: its always a tough match with her. you beat her when you were 19. now youre 23 and now every time go out, its a heck of a match the lets play a little bit. it will be fun tonight. you like playing in new york? >> i love new york. its my favorite city. >> brian: all right. good. victoria. >> okay. do we keep score?...

>>steve: the part theyre not showing is at one point joel was actually dancing with me. >>brian: is that true, joel? >> stop it! >>brian: wait a second. what is the after-the-show show? what happened? gretchen left and i left, and you started dancing? >>steve: pretty much. >>gretchen: that was thursday or friday? >>steve: i think it was tuesday. >>gretchen: see what we missed? i think we went up to do radio. >>brian: that was the quad box. very impressive. >>gretchen: here are other headlines. s...

>> gretchen: they wont officially set the date for the conclave until all 115 cardinals are actually in rome. bobby rogers, original member of the motown group, the miracles, passed away. ♪ he helped found the group and had hits including "i second that devotion." in statement, smoky robinson, questioned, he was my brother and a good friend. im going to miss him. he was 73 years old. those are your headlines for a monday. >> brian: the white house now playing doom and gloom warnings about ...

Comments. have a great day. "fox & friends" starts now. >>gretchen: nice comments from our viewers. good morning. today is monday. it is march 4. now off to the work week. that florida home where a massive sink hole swallowed a man whole now kphaoetly gone. officials being careful in case hes in there somewhere but not good news. >>steve: remember the vice president when he recently said this. >> if there is ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here. walk out, put that double-barrel shot...

Absolutely, you know, had to take the chance. >>gretchen: working with silberman was one of 37 kickers trying out. >>steve: her history is she has only been a club soccer team kicker? >>brian: i think she went to the tryout hurt. that could only explain the fact that it looked like she never cooked -- kicked a football before. i understand theres other women kicking a real football that are a lot better than her. >>steve: next thing you know, men will want to join the lingerie football league. >...

>> gretchen: good morning, everybody. today is monday, march 4, 2013. im gretchen carlson. glad you decided to tune in and watch us this morning. thanks very much. the florida home where a massive sunk hole swallowed that man, now almost completely gone. theyre taking it away. officials being careful just in case hes in there somewhere. but not good news this morning. a big update moments away. >> brian: the president makes the sequester cuts official today and already backing away from his scar...