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>> something will get swollen. >> speaking of hazardous, going through the airport with these tsa agents they're looking for trouble. that's their job. jean webber, a guest in florida, however, is filing a complaint with the feds because of what happened to her mother. last weekend she was taking her 95-year-old mother through northwest florida regional airport, her mother, 95 in the final stages of her fight against leukemia. she's in a wheelchair. so they had to do a patdown. they took her to a private room and had the daughter stand outside the room and then extraordinarily, the tsa told this woman who is suffering from leukemia, you're not going to be able to get on that airplane unless you take off your adult diaper. and she wanted to go see her family in michigan and she did. but to have to be degraded to that level, the daughter is horrified. >> she was in tears. >> yeah. the tsa said we didn't do anything wrong. >> this is outrageous. let's face it, this is an
SomethingJobMotherTsaTroubleFloridaJean-webberAgentsComplaintAirportHazardousFedsof the agreement. >> ok. of course, the republicans control the house and don't really need the democrats. >> meanwhile, for the most offensive story of the day, prepare yourself for this next one, how outrageous it is, there was a woman who was 95 years old and she was flying out of northwest florida regional airport. she was flying to be with her family. this was this last weekend. she was going to michigan because she wanted to -- she was very ill and she needed to receive some treatment. this was her final stages of leukemia. so obviously, she's in a wheelchair, she can't stand. she has to go through security and tsa did something that is so shocking in how they handled and treated this woman. >> yeah, she couldn't stand because she was in the wheelchair and they did the extensive and intrusive search and at one point, they took her into a private room and they told her, her daughter, a woman by the name of jean webber was
DaughterAgreementJust-don-tCourseStoryRepublicanHouseDemocrats95OneFamilyPure-michigan >> some later. let's get to your news. let's start with your headlines and a new video overnight. crews battling a massive fire a mile from disney world. the fire at the vacation lodge hotel in kissimmee, florida started in the attic and spread and caused the entire roof to collapse. no word yet on any injuries. 15 children recovering from broken bones and bruises this morning after the school bus, oh, my goshgs, they were riding in flipped over. the bus was headed to a church camp when a 79-year-old man driving a cadillac on interstate 81 in pennsylvania swerved into. it he was trying to pass another car when he lost control. everyone, we're happy to report, survived and the pastor of the church said the lord protected us. a small sliver of hope in minot, north dakota. swollen river is said to be receding and more than 4,000 homes have been damaged as water breached the levees over the past few days. it is not affecting nuclear plant near brownsville. measures are in place to keep it protected from the flooding. a judge will decide this week if taxpayers will have to foot the bill for a court appointed attorney for the mobster james whitey bulger. bulger and his girlfriend were busted with $800,000 cash in their santa monica apartment last week. since the f.b.i. confiscated that money, he claims he cannot afford a lawyer. he's charged in connection with 19 murders. update on a penguin who took a wrong turn and ended up 4,000 miles off course on a beach in new zealand. the emperor penguin had surgery over the weekend, to have rocks, twigs and sand removed from inside his stomach. he's recovering in a special icebox while wildlife officials figure the safest way to get him back to antarctica. that's a detour. they like it cold. he probably saw that stuff that he was unfamiliar with because he was from 4,000 miles away and ate it. that's why they had to take it out of his gut. >> makes sense. >> best thing about election season is when the candidates emerge from nowhere. i mean, maybe herman cain for a month. he's hanging in there as well. and mitt romney has been the frontrunner for a while. we expected that. michelle bachmann didn't really make it official. i thought when she said it in the middle of the debates, and the cnn debates, this is it. she's in. it wasn't official yet. today it's going to be official and she's got a little mo behind her. >> she does. she wound up -- she had a very busy yesterday. late yesterday, she had a welcome home party at the electric park ballroom in waterloo, iowa. 700 people in attendance. before that, though, she got good news when she sat down with chris wallace and talked about her agenda. and we'll talk about the poll in just a moment. she has made it very clear and brian, you're absolutely right. is she in it yet? she will be at 9:00 this morning. she sounded like it yesterday, too. >> i am a fighter for the cause. as long as i've been in washington, d.c., i have taken that voice of the people who sent me here from minnesota, from iowa, very common sense voice and it's finally been heard in the halls of congress. my goal, chris, is to take that voice to the white house where it hasn't been heard for a very long time. >> here's what's interesting. she is now officially statistically tied with the frontrunner, mitt romney. this is in the first iowa poll for the 2012 season. so she is right -- speaking of a little mo, she has a lot of mo because look at this, romney, this is "the des moines register" poll romney has 23% which a statistical dead heat with bachmann at 22%. herman cain is back there in the double digits but still far behind the first two at 10% and then gingrich, ron paul, pawlenty is disappointed, you imagine, he only has 6% but he spent a lot of money to run ads in des moines. this poll was taken before those ads. >> and he's been there, you know, he spent a lot of time there as well. he's from neighboring minnesota. how this really helps michelle bachmann is the fact that she's able now to go to -- to her fundraising events and say you know what? we're number one in the polls. we're in a statistical dead heat with mitt romney. we could usually use your help if you could write a check and people would be more help to write a check for somebody way up front than somebody in the back. >> she's somebody who is very comfortable in front of the audiences and like herman cain doesn't really read her speeches verbatim and when she does, they're not on a teleprompter. how do i know that? if you look at congressman bachmann yesterday, she let everyone know when she gets to the white house, she'll have a new approach to the speech giving business. >> president bachmann may be retiring that thing, by the way, when i get to the white house. we may not have that. a teleprompter in chief. >> she bragged that she had not been using a teleprompter that she had there and people seemed to enjoy that joke. >> apparently, we are told she uses that terminology, president bachmann from time to time to great success when she's in front of the crowd. >> to get people used to the ring of it, you know? if you're running. >> yeah. >> 6 minutes after the hour. big story this week will be the president is finally going to engage directly and tell joe biden, i'll take it from here, joe. >> great job so far. >> broke down and called it a day. he's going to be directly involved in the -- in the debt ceiling talks with republican leadership and amongst the things that he is going to try to get done is have, along with $2 trillion in cuts minimum, he's going to try to convince the g.o.p. to include some tax increases but he uses the term revenue increases and the g.o.p.'s retort, i found reportedly, i found relatively disturbing. >> why is that? >> why? >> cut military spending in a time where we're engaged in three separate conflicts for a quick way in which to come -- >> this is the thing. this is what they're talking about. you have to cut something and all of the previously sacred cows of medicare. this is why they're at an impasse because as you know, republicans want -- they don't want any tax hikes. they want massive spending cuts. democrats want tax hikes and minimal spending cuts so they're at an impasse, right? so it broke down last week. so now they have to do something and it seems as though the one place of compromise, brian, is that both democrats and republicans might agree on defense spending cuts. >> we're already spending less than we have since world war ii in relation to our gdp which is low at 3.5%. >> and while this would have been unthinkable five years ago, apparently there are a number of republicans who think this is probably a good idea. there's a freshman congressman from the great state of illinois by the name of adam kinsinger, apparently he -- there he is right there, he's a poster boy for the new breed of conservatives who is out to cut government waste and one of the things, he's an active duty air national guard pilot. and apparently, one of the things he successfully fought for was the air force wanted $100 million worth of air flight suits, right? he said, the old ones are just fine. do we need to spend $100 million on new suits when the other ones are just fine? he won on that. >> that's common sense cuts and the people want to see, you know, everybody remembers that the pentagon spending was out of control with toilet seats, i don't know, tens of thousands of dollars or whatever, so it's -- >> $500 in hammers. those days are gone. one other congressman from virginia said i would never support anything that would reduce the safety of the troops on the ground but bureaucracy is bureaucracy and there are ways to get it, get at it. >> but no one says i'm pro bureaucracy because the waste of accountability is really enticing. i'm saying that's a little bit different. the pentagon is supposed to cut programs in need of missile systems would be disasterous for our system. >> nancy pelosi is demanding a seat at the table for these debt talks. she has not been involved but she very much wants to be involved basically because she says -- she and democrats were cut out of the latest -- remember the continuing resolution, the house democrats, remember the continuing resolution that was going to decide whether or not the government was going to shut down or be continued through 2011? well, she was not there for those discussions so basically, the house democrats had to hold their nose and vote for something that they had not taken part in negotiating, they don't want that to happen again. >> she thinks she can hold the democratic caucus tight enough, if there were two party defectors like there was last time and you need democrats, she thinks she can hold her caucus together and not give any votes unless she gets her voice heard at the table. not only present but heard. she still dreams of becoming speaker again and she's had 129 fundraisers in 24 cities since losing that speakership. she wants it back. >> and she wants to make sure that this time, with this big piece of the pie at stake, she wants to be at the table and doesn't want the president giving away the store again. here she is yesterday. >> well, let me just say this. there won't be any agreement for such an agreement unless the house democrats are part of that. if they expect democrats to vote for the agreement, then democrats will have to be part of the agreement. >> ok. of course, the republicans control the house and don't really need the democrats. >> meanwhile, for the most offensive story of the day, prepare yourself for this next one, how outrageous it is, there was a woman who was 95 years old and she was flying out of northwest florida regional airport. she was flying to be with her family. this was this last weekend. she was going to michigan because she wanted to -- she was very ill and she needed to receive some treatment. this was her final stages of leukemia. so obviously, she's in a wheelchair, she can't stand. she has to go through security and tsa did something that is so shocking in how they handled and treated this woman. >> yeah, she couldn't stand because she was in the wheelchair and they did the extensive and intrusive search and at one point, they took her into a private room and they told her, her daughter, a woman by the name of jean webber was outside. they told this woman she had to take off her adult diaper because she needed to pat her down completely. >> and the tsa has come back with this. so the mom -- the daughter is extremely upset. they can't believe they would take her 95-year-old mother who is 105 pounds and look at her as a potential threat but the tsa says this. while every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive way. we've reviews the circumstances involving the screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure. the tsa cannot exempt any group from screening. we know there are terrorists out there that would exploit that vulnerability. >> that's right. nobody is expecting them to exempt the screening, not to go to that level of humiliation and embarrassment. is that really necessary for a 95-year-old woman? i mean, it's just -- this is a mind blower. particularly after they got in trouble with patting down the 6-year-old. it could extend in both directions the age spectrum. >> what do you think? send us an e-mail or twitter.com/fox and friends. thank you very much. >> i just got out on twitter early so i was able to do that and sometimes able to keep gretchen's tweet schedule alive. the judge in the casey anthony trial mysteriously cancels court this morning. why it could mean a deal is on the way! >> she's going down with a dozen people on board. frantic rescue effort to save this ship's crew before it's too late. >> oh, boy. yotake any surce, and place it between the earth's justice down upon it. oh. please sign that card for carl. ♪call 1-800-steemer. took some wild risks when i was young. but i was still taking a risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol, stop. along with diet, lipitor has been shown to lower bad cholesterol to 60 percent. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patits who have heart diase or risk factors for heart disease. 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isn't it pretty clear that something seriously criminal happened here at the hands of casey anthony that caused the death of her child? may or may not have been first degree premeditated murder but something about this case cries out for a plea deal. >> it does. when you listen -- when people listen to the mother on thursday and she said blame me for the chloroform. i looked it up 84 times. i wasn't counting. suddenly it looks like are they all on the same page trying to save her life? >> i think that's what the family is concerned about at this point. at one point, they were wondering what happened but realistically a mother going on the stand to say her kid, you know, has an alibi of some sort isn't the most persuasive thing there is. >> could it be the family pushing for a plea deal? look, you've seen the case so far. maybe you should take it. >> i think the family has to be concerned about it. right now, there is plenty of circumstantial evidence and plenty of forensic evidence to support the state's theory. there's some holes in it. the state theory of motive isn't all that strong. maybe that's one reason the state would think about a plea. the problem is these attorneys haven't been able to agree on anything. not even literally the time of day. so how do they come together at a plea deal? it's still to me is something that may be remote but it's something that should be discussed between the parties. >> obviously the plea deal is speculation at this point. we won't know until 8:30 when the trial resumes. will the judge explain what has happened? >> i'm sure he knows the whole world is watching every minute of this case and i'm sure we're going to get a pretty good idea at 8:30. you're absolutely right. probably nothing to do with a plea deal. once again, another question of whether defense evidence is supposed to be excluded. we've seen the scenario many times and defense doesn't comply with orders. prosecution claims surprise. judge tries to sort the whole thing out in a way that doesn't punish the defendant and doesn't create issues for appeal. >> nor punish the jury. they could be a little hacked off. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> watching about two hours from right now. >> yeah. riveting for everybody. so we'll keep you posted. take a close look at this video. group of surfers enjoying the ocean. what's that? >> what is that? >> flew out of the water over the shoulder of one of the surfers. it was a shark. >> land shark. >> in the ocean. michelle bachmann inching up to the top of the presidential pack in iowa. is she stealing the former frontrunner's thunder? our panel with what might happen to governors romney and pawlenty if bachmann's hot streak continues. inside all of us is a compass and it always points true north. toward mountains of sand. townew sights and sensations. toward the true bounty of nure so let's set our compass for traverse city and find ourselves. in the magic, and the moments of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. maybe you don't think you're at risk for heart attack or stroke but if you've been diagnosed with p.a.d., or have pain or heaviness in your legs, i want to talk to you. you may have heard of poor leg circulation, which could be peripheral artery disease, or p.a.d. with p.a.d., if you have poor circulation in your legs, you may also have poor circulation in your heart or in your brain, your risk for heart attack or stroke is more than doubled with p.a.d. now, ask yourself: am i at risk? 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we're joined by our political insiders, matt kkeland is the political strategist and president of the group. and president of the new heights communications. matt, looking at it from the republican perspective, who is bachmann's surge hurting most? >> definitely pawlenty. when i grew up, there's a great movie called "the field of dreams "the tag line is if you build it, they will come. if pawlenty loses in iowa, he is done. so he really has to win there. >> and from the democratic perspective when you gain this out, i imagine some dems are surprised that bachmann has been received so positively. >> yeah, well, i mean one thing is clear which is that michelle bachmann is just on fire in iowa right now but i think the problem is that most of america is starting to see her as more pants on fire than just on fire. she's had a lot of problems with playing fast and loose with the truth whether it's saying that members of congress hold anti-american views or whether questioning that the founding fathers actually tried to end slavery. so much so that, in fact, fox news's own chris wallace yesterday had to ask her whether or not she was a flake. so that's the kind of thing that's going to dog her during the campaign and a big problem with mainstream voters. >> i think what's also important, too, is her response to that. i'm a tax attorney, i'm a state congresswoman. i'm a u.s. congresswoman. look what she's done with her resume, matt and her answer is pretty strong. >> right now, i think what's going on inside the republican field is people are looking for an answer to a mitt romney nomination and bachmann is the person that's caught fire right nowment a lot of people are talking about rick perry in texas. i think he's a better alternative as far as someone who cannot only win the nomination but win the white house. that's what most republicans want is someone that can beat barack obama. >> do you get the sense, matt, i get the sense from listening to you and looking at your tone, you're not sold. >> i'm not sold yet. i think the closer the scrutiny gets to congresswoman bachmann, the more she's going to be seen as a candidate from the far right. >> and the fact that she's within one point in iowa, do democrats pick up anything off that? >> yeah, sure. what it shows is there's a real anti-establishment sentiment right now in the republican primary field which is that whether there's support for michelle bachmann or whether it's herman cain or even rick santorum and ron paul, it means that that really spells disaster for more traditional candidates like mitt romney and especially tim pawlenty. >> i think if fiscal issues matter, they're showing you one thing that michelle bachmann stands for is fiscal responsibility. she won't be voting for a debt ceiling raise. good debate. thanks. >> thanks so much. >> you'll be interested to know coming up later in this show, congresswoman michelle bachmann, tomorrow michelle bachmann and tim pawlenty both on "fox & friends." in a little while, governor christie. meanwhile, straight ahead, on-line attacks against fox news courtesy of you the taxpayer. wait until you see what we've found out so far. then an entire crew seconds away from going down with their ship. the incredible rescue caught on camera. we'll share. president obama says we can't cut our ways to prosperity but can we spend our way there? 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[ male announcer ]et the venture card from capital one and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capilone.com. what's in your wallet? >> now to your shot of the morning. >> it's scary. >> it's scary, yeah. it's almost like a scene out of "jaws". >> we need the music, then. >> let's do it. >> we need a bigger boat. >> take a close look at this video. that's a shark right there jumping out of the water over a surfer. >> i thought that was an otter. >> that's crazy. >> who jumps the shark here? >> photographer for the orlando sentinel caught this whole thing on camera. he did not realize the four foot spinner shark aptly named was there until he watched footage at home. apparently a good time to avoid the waters off new smyrna beach, florida. the surfer turns around and goes like what was that? >> i don't think it was a bull shark. it was a spinner. >> i'll tell you what -- >> you know your bull. >> thank you. >> do you need anymore evidence that surfing is dangerous? i don't. my kids when they saw this video were like -- they said there are sharks in the ocean? i said yes, actually. >> good job exposing your children to the world. >> they live in the ocean. >> flip over to discovery once and a while? >> the problem is i was trying to not let them know there are horrible dangers in the ocean because we swim in the ocean in the summer. >> there's no sharks on "sponge bob squarepants." >> yeah. never even saturates. >> the cat's out of the bag with the shark out of the water. >> let's talk a little bit about this. last week, we told you about how media matters which is a -- it started out as a watchdog group for all media. >> was supposed to help america. >> that was what they told the irs to get 5013c tax exempt status and what's amazing is now the fact that they have -- they're pretty much solely dedicated to destroying the fox news channel. >> i hadn't noticed that. >> here's the thing about it is because they've got tax exempt status, they are -- the federal government and you, the taxpayer, are subsidizing their attack on the fox newschannel and an attack on a privately held corporation that is simply exercising its first amendment rights. >> right. so since most of you probably don't know what media matters is and don't read it regularly, we thought that we would bring you some of their quotes so that you, because you are a taxpayer are a little educated about their mission. here's about their mission statement and how it's changed. the strategy we had had towards fox was basically the strategy of containment. the new strategy is a war on fox. that's from david brock, the chairman and founder of media matters. >> so there's a lot of wiggle room there. very -- it's shaded gray. so that's exactly it. so on a daily basis, if someone on fox exhales too loud, that becomes a blaring news headline. forget the other nonprofit status that's supposed to benefit america through the tax breaks. >> you said shades of gray, the former white house -- former white house counsel said that their tax exempt status should be revoked. clearly, this is a violation. here's something else, one of the top dogs over there said. media matters is conducting opposition research on a dozen or so mid and senior level execs and producers. >> look at that. can you believe that? >> why would you do that? >> to scare them and to send a shiver down the spine so that they know that they're being watched and that maybe they've put so much pressure on them they don't feel like working here anymore. that's the purpose, right? >> this is america. does that sound kosher to you? does that sound like something -- remember, keep in mind, they are a 5013c and they get the tax exempt status. if they were using private funds, that would be one thing but the fact that they get the break, does that seem legal? i'm sure one of these days mb is going to file something with the irs to make sure that they get that revoked. >> that's crazy. >> feel free to e-mail us and e-mail media matters, by the way, and let them know your thoughts. >> they're very open and recepti receptive. >> or e-mail the irs. >> we have some headlines for you. the semi truck that plowed into that amtrak train in nevada killing at least six people is being linked to a company with very questionable past. federal records show john davis trucking had been cited repeatedly for crashes and unsafe driving. train was heading from chicago to california with more than 200 passengers on board. five of those people still unaccounted for. >> last person to admit seeing missing college student laura spierer alive has reportedly stopped talking and hired a big time defense lawyer. "new york post" reports 21-year-old jason rosenbaum is not talking anymore. he's also reportedly ditched his condo in bloomington, indiana, and he is now considered a person of interest. >> crew members from two ships had to be rescued off the coast of china. their boats slammed by rough seas from a tropical storm. two men on a fishing boat were stranded for eight hours because seas were too rough for rescuers to get to them. but they're ok right now. >> is your preschooler -- if your preschooler is having trouble sleeping, just turn off the television. a new study in the pediatric journal found that kids who tuned in after 7:00 p.m. and watched shows with violence had more nightmares and were sleepier during the day. makes sense. >> yeah, no kidding. although that cartoon is -- >> it is to me. >> meanwhile, let's take a look. we got some rather substantial thunderstorms traveling between missouri and mississippi valley at this hour through portions of missouri and illinois and iowa as well. could be a rain shower or two later on this morning as michelle bachmann makes her announcement in waterloo. widely scattered showers from the mid atlantic to portions of dixieland, the panhandle of florida in particular. current temperatures as we head out the door on this first monday in the summer. 73 in raleigh. it's going to be 70 in atlanta. a little warmer in memphis, tennessee, approaching 80. past 80 in dallas and el paso and phoenix. look at that. currently, they are above 90 degrees. meanwhile, later today, on this monday, it's going to be 114 in phoenix, arizona. 108 in el paso and 101 in dallas. temperatures in the upper 70's and lower 80's. mid 90's across much of dixieland. let's talk soccer with the king of soccer. >> yeah, you know what? the u.s. is up 2-0 on mexico. they lost 4-2 and their defense was horrible. that's not the real story saturday night. we're talking about game that was in los angeles at the rose bowl which is located in america. american soil put the entire post match ceremony conducted in spanish. i thought it was on the wrong channel. team u.s. goalie tim howard, one of the best in the business not pleased saying "it's a disgrace that the entire post-match ceremony was in spanish. you can bet that if we were in mexico city, it wouldn't all be in english. they were like an away game because most of the crowd was for mexico. howard said mexico deserves to win the game. let's talk about auto racing. kurt bush won yesterday's race. here's brian vickers running very close to tony stewart and gives him a little bump in the back. that sends stewart flying down the track and he finally lands on a stack of tires. the nudge was payback for stewart bumping vickers earlier in the race. neither guy seemed that upset about it of afterwards. i guess they have collision and a deductible that was satisfied in the earlier wreck. that's a quick look at what's happening in the world of sports. >> on to the world of money and politics and in his weekly address, the president outlined his strategies to tackle the mounting u.s. debt and says tax cuts and spending cuts are not the way to go. >> i'm committed to working with both parties to cut our deficits and debt but we can't simply cut our way to prosperity. we need to do what's necessary to grow our economy. create good, middle class jobs and make it possible for all americans to pursue their dreams. >> can the country spend its way to lower deficits and debts? stu varney says -- >> no. >> thank you. good night. >> is he right when he says he can cut you out of prosperity? >> we've tried this, haven't we? we had a near trillion dollar spending plan and massive increases in government spending the last two years and we've se enned up with massive debt and a very slow economy. what we've already done has not worked. the president proposes to double down or do more of what we've already done. and he's supposed that it's going to be a success. i don't know how you get to that place, a success from a policy which has already failed. i don't get it. >> what kind of investment? >> well, investment actually -- >> it's code for spending. >> it's code. it's code for spending. he wants to spend more in education. "give our kids the best education in the world." >> that's a bailout for teachers union? >> it's not specific. he wants to spend more on education. infrastructure, rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges and runways, ok, we tried that. it didn't get off the ground. shovel ready wasn't always shovel ready. >> the shovel ready, as he learned was not shovel ready didn't work. but what about existing bridges and roads? don't we need to invest in those things? >> well, do we need to spend a great deal more government money now? money which we do not have on projects which will use union scale labor very expensive, in which have already been delayed forever? i mean, is that your policy to get america back on track to prosperity? if it is, i'll make the value judgment, that does not work. >> right, and i will say this, if you look at bridges and tunnels just in new york, bridges. we earned $60 million in revenue in tolls. a portion of that money is going to rebuild the roads in our city and now we're asking the federal government to fix it? >> the president wants to double down and do more of what we've already been doing. >> it's a nonstarter, don't you agree? >> in my opinion, the a nonstarter. the president isn't leading here. you're going into debt reduction plans today, where is his plan? what is the new plan? we don't have a new plan. we got more same old, same old and i don't think that's good enough but that's an opinion, of course. there you have it. >> varney & company coming up at 9:20. >> oh, yes. delta airlines has an agreement with saudi arabian airlines. does that mean excludeing people carrying bibles? very interesting. >> and we're going to talk about that. also, we have senator mark kirk to talk about that on our show as well. >> we did? we have father jonathan morris on the morality. >> i see your father morris and raise you a senator. >> good one. >> we'll be watching. >> next on the rundown, busted a g.i. joe wannabe pretending to be a member of the u.s. military. wait until you hear why. >> then getting a job is a whole lot harder. companies ready to dig up your on-line history for the past seven years. sorry, varney. you won't believe the access they'll have now. are you happy about that? stay tuned. 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"the new york post" reports his cover was blown when a customs official asked him his rank and all he could offer was a bogus pay grade. he's reportedly pulled this stunt before. steve? >> probably won't do it again. meanwhile, didn't get the job you just applied for? maybe it was because of your facebook postings. federal trade commission just approved a company called social intelligence, it sells background checks that include activity on social networking sites and personal on-line history to employers. so what can you do to protect yourself? well, we are joined right now by michael fertech, founder and ceo of reputation.com that provides services to internet users to minimize impact of information posted on these sites and max drucker is the ceo of social intelligence and he joins us live in our studio here in new york. max, what -- for people watching, what does this mean? does this mean that companies will be able to sell information that they find about you on line for seven years? >> no. what this really does is represent for job applicants a fair and consistent way of applying for a job. more than 80% of employers are doing some form of a google search today and exposing themselves to all kinds that are things that aren't legally allowable or frankly not relevant for the hiring process. >> so if somebody does a google search on me and finds something bad, you know, if i'm up for a job, that might be held against me. >> well, absolutely. however, as an employee of an existing company, don't you want your employer to do some form of background screening ahead of you then bringing in new people? >> all right. michael, what do you think? >> well, i think it's not really new. so we know that employers are looking on line including on social media for information about candidates. i think social intelligence is starting to formalize that process and got ftc approval for it. apparently, social intelligence is using humans to review the concept they find which in some ways is encouraging because human judgments are being made about what's relevant and what's real, what's really about you. what i'm worried about is number one, are they hiring highly paid people or hiring the lowest bidder employer to do human judgments and what i'm especially worried about is all the competitors that are coming in to compete with social intelligence who are trying to do this in an automated fashion and relying on machines to make judgments about candidates instead of humans who might have that nuance in how they evaluate the content. >> that's a great point. what would happen, though, if, for instance, i've got a picture of me on line, on my facebook or twitter or something like that and i'm pictured with one of my friends and it turns out one mif friends five years from now becomes a felon so i'm pictured with a felon. am i going to lose a job because i was pictured with the guy? >> no. probably not. >> but maybe. >> well, the thing is that what we do is we only conduct searches on employer predefined criteria and none of that cr criteria that we search are is having association with a felon. we look into clearly drug activity, explicit videos, displays of weapons or bombs. those are the things that we look for. we don't look for associations. >> so anthony weiner would have a trouble getting a job in the future. i'm going to give you, michael, the final word. >> here's what i'll say. if you want to prevent social intelligence or anyone else from being able to do this kind of research, we make a free plug-in, literally free plug-in call you protected. it encrypts all your social media posts and photographs so that not even facebook has access to them. you can make sure no one gets to see them and you can delete them and fully encrypt even from your friends after one or two years. you can have a lockdown nuclear option so nobody gets to see the stuff you posted years ago. >> something to think about. thank you both for joining us from both coasts today. >> thank you. >> thank you as well. >> all right. what do you think? 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"fox & friends" hour deuce for a monday starts right now. >> good morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us. so it's a big day on capitol hill. as you know, the debt talks weren't going so well last week. >> what was your first indicator? >> the republicans walked out. so the -- >> the fact that nobody was budging. >> yeah and the fact that they didn't have a deal though they've been negotiating for weeks and months now so the president today is going to tackle it head on and he's going to be meeting with the heads of the republican party and the democratic party and try to insert himself and get this done. >> so what the democrats are saying is let's start raising -- if you want us to cut, let's start raising revenue which means raise taxes. senator kyle came back and said something kind of interesting and he says we have not refused any new revenue. in fact, we discussed fee increases that would generate some revenue. the dems are talking about targeting ethanol subsidies and oil and gas subsidies and see how that goes over. so far, the republicans feel as though they were had in many cases in the spring and when the government almost shut down and that's a side note. and ends up the cuts they thought they had weren't the cuts at all. now they refuse to budge. this is a time in which they might have all the leverage. >> you know what? i forgot that we worked that saturday and i didn't put in for overtime. >> now you're angry as well. >> oh, boy. >> there's a story out this morning that says while the republicans have said absolutely no revenue increases in the form of tax increases upon the job earners, job creators in this country, now there's a story out there that says there are a growing number of republicans who are saying, you know what? we're willing to cut at the pentagon level because that is a great big taker of u.s. dollars. ultimately, though, you got to figure the reason they're now looking at the pentagon is because the last thing you want to do is go over there and touch social security or medicare or medicaid, something like that. that's a hot potato. i'm not going to do that. let's go over there and start looking at the pentagon. problem is unless they address, the politicians all of them in washington including the guys having the big talk tonight. unless they address these entitlements in social security and medicare and change them so they can go forward, the country will be going belly up and that's just a fact. but for the republicans to touch the military and recommend that going forward, you lean out, you cut the bureaucracy. that goes without saying. of course, that will benefit in good times and in bad. when you go to the core of the military, and also, by the way, still have troops in afghanistan doing -- what are we doing in libya? just aggravating them. >> kinetic military -- >> fantastic and iraq where we've lost 11 soldiers this month already, we're going to start cutting back. that makes sense. >> here's the thing, that's their one point of compromise, they're at an impasse, democrats and republicans are at an impasse, one wants to raise taxes, the democrats and one says in no circumstances will we raise taxes. >> because it comes down to philosophy. republicans say washington has got a spending problem. we've got enough money. but we're just spending too much. >> but that speaks to the same problem with the defense which is that they think the pentagon also has a spending problem. the pentagon in the past, brian, has spent money on some frivolous things. >> are you talking about $500 hammers? >> 30 years ago. >> fine, but all of that -- obviously, if you enforce spending cuts, then you force everybody to go through their line item and make sure that they are not spending anything that needlessly and that's the one point of compromise, by the way, so they need something out on the table that they can work with. otherwise, they've got nothing in common. >> take a look at what's going on in the pentagon. ultimately, they have to readdress themselves to the issue at hand, social security, medicare and medicaid and stuff like that. they have to figure a way to make it work going forward. >> nancy pelosi felt she was cut out, she and democrats were cut out during the month. because this is during the continuing resolution to remember whether or not to keep the government running or whether or not there was going to be a government shutdown so nancy pelosi was not at the table and then she -- >> wasn't invited. >> and democrats had to vote for this continuing resolution that they had no hand in crafting. so they were very discontentious about that. this time, nancy pelosi doesn't want to make that mistake and she's basically trying to infiltrate these talks and she wants a seat at the table. >> it's up to the president to say i want nancy pelosi there. >> who's the pit boss in this picture? you have uncle sam. >> sadly, harry reid said on thursday, sadly, i have to go back and do some work so he's going to have to go in there. >> you have those four people at the table and there she is trying to nudge her way up to the table. >> right. >> we've actually superseded them for -- normally the dogs are playing poker shot. >> we've substituted them. >> meanwhile, governor chris christie of the great state of new jersey where i live is going to be with us about an hour from right now and he says, you know, we've got all these major problems on our plate right now. and there's a big problem. with the equation. and that is the president is waiting for other people to solve our problems. listen to this. >> i think if the president has made a mistake here, it's this laid back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem. some people say it's a political strategy. no matter what it is, it's not effective in solving problems. >> and meanwhile, chris christie will be coming up at 8:00 and the president -- and this governor gets involved and gets his hands dirty on about every issue and speaks in town halls wherever he can and does as many public appearances as possible to get his philosophy across. the president has been doing a lot of fundraisers of late. he's done nine fundraisers and at the same time, he's only met with timothy geitner for 90 minutes. you would think it would be the total inverse. >> with all those fundraisers he'll have trouble to find time with golf. >> 75 times already in this term. >> we'll talk to governor christie about all of this and so much more this morning at 8:00 a.m. meanwhile, at 9:00 a.m. in iowa today, michelle bachmann is going to make it official. >> again. >> i think during the g.o.p. debate and this is what you're talking about when she announced her intention, i believe, to run, she announced that she had filed papers which set her up to run so today is the official announcement that she is actually running and she's going to her childhood home in waterloo, iowa, to make this announcement. iowa, obviously, being pivotal and critical in the presidential race. >> she's got incredible experience. she has a very diverse background. she's run two private mental health clinics we know about. she's a tax attorney. she's a successful congresswoman and she founded the tea party caucus in the house and she speaks on a bunch of issues. >> she has 8,000 children. >> right, 23. five kids that she had. >> biological. >> biological. >> how do you say it again? >> and 23 foster kids. here's a little of michelle bachmann and chris wallace just talking. >> i am a fighter for the cause. as long as i've been in washington, d.c., i have taken that voice of the people who sent me here from minnesota, from iowa, very common sense voice and has finally been heard now in the halls of congress. my goal, chris, is to take that voice to the white house where it hasn't been heard for a very long time. >> so she had a very busy day yesterday. she started with chris wallace yesterday and then she flew to waterloo, iowa, where she had a welcome back reception, 700 people giving her a standing ovation and she got some great news in the form of a new poll from "the des moines register" which is the big newspaper out there in iowa. >> preannounced des moines by people who live there. >> we never pronounce it that way. here's the headline and that is mitt romney, the national front rushe ru runner, look at this, she's giving him a run for his money. romney and bachmann are pretty much statistically tied. she was born in iowa. she's currently serving for minnesota. that's a big number that shows a lot of people in iowa likes what she stands for. >> i'll tell you what, my margin of error personally is much higher. herman cain also is noteworthy, too, to be a strong third in iowa even if he needs to double that to win it is something. >> tim pawlenty is the other noteworthy thing. what happened to him? he's devoted so much time and effort into that and for him to be limping along. >> they make the point that he has spent more money on ads since that poll was taken. we shall see. more news to tell you about. here's your headlines. you have to see these incredible images in kissimmee florida where crews are balthszing a massive fire, a mile from disney world and at least 12 people are in the hospital right now for smoke inhalation, the fire at the vacation lodge hotel apparently started in the attic and then spread and caused the entire roof to collapse. 150 people had to evacuate. keep an eye on that and bring you developments. 16 children rofecovering from broken bones and bruises after the school bus they were riding in flipped over. they were headed to a church camp when a 79-year-old man driving a cadillac on interstate 81 in pennsylvania swerved into the bus. he trying to pass another car when he lost control. everyone survived. the pastor of the church said "the lord protected us." jared loughner's lawyers are fighting to not be given anti-psychotic drugs in prison. he's accused of shooting gabrielle giffords and he's ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial. a judge has previously denied his lawyers advance notice if he's drugged. he's been ruled a danger to himself. charlie sheen godlessness? tmz reporting that the final goddess has moved out of his los angeles mansion. what could she be thinking? the 45-year-old apparently was not hurt by the split. but still demanded that she return the pricey mercedes he bought her. >> yeah, doesn't have a regular job now. >> why? he's not on some sort of tour? >> yeah, it went so well the first time. there was such a fervor. what about that energy drink he was coming up with tiger blood or something like that? >> it's a shame, steve. seemed to fall by the wayside. >> lot of possibilities. >> sorry, charlie. straight ahead on this monday telecast, a judge in the casey anthony trial suddenly sending everyone home over the weekend. was he afraid of what the defense would do next? closer look at the case when we come back and try to figure out what's going on in orlando. >> he went to war for our country and came home a hero. he's not breaking any laws. this veteran could face charges for flying. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. >> the casey anthony murder trial resumes today after an unexpected halt on saturday. >> both sides concur that a legal issue has arisen unrelated to the issue that we talked about. first thing this morning dealing with dr. fernd that would necessity us recessing for today. >> jon leiber man is the host of "true facts" radio show. good to see you. >> good to see you, too. so much speculation about what is the legal issue that the judge is referring to that would warrant a recess? >> here's the thing, there's been so much legal wrangling in this case between the two sides. they're at each other's throats at every single step. this could have to do with the fact that it appears that some cell phone records of the lead detective says that the cell phone records of the person who found little caylee's body weren't completely turned over to the defense. this could be a major, major issue. if that's true and if these cell phone records are somehow exculpatory, a plea deal would be in the works. as far as a plea deal, we're much too far along in my opinion to see a plea deal here. >> i was thinking when i was watching casey watching the videos of caylee, that maybe she's starting to crack. >> well, here's the thing about a plea deal. for one, and here's the problem for the prosecution. cindy anthony, the little girl's grandmother is the most sympathetic figure in this whole case, we can all agree. she's the only one that anybody really likes. if you believe everything that she says which is what the prosecution wants you to believe, then you also have to believe that she searched chloroform on the computer that actually hurts the prosecution's case. that could lead itself to a plea deal because if the prosecution thinks that they're never going to get first-degree premeditated murder right now, they may say ok, let's get what we can get because the defense has done a good job of raising reasonable doubt. >> let's listen to that moment where she talks about that search for chloroform. >> were you on that web site 84 times? >> i was on it several times. >> were you on that web site 84 times? >> i don't know. i don't know. they need to look up how many times i was on the web site and compare it to the chloroform web site. >> did she explain why she was searching for chloroform? >> she explained her dog was sick, she was looking for chlorophyll to see if her dog would get sick from eating plants. i think she would do everything she could to save her daughter's life and she may well have done it right there. >> in just an hour from now, we can see when court resumes what happens today. thanks for coming in. when rehab says no, this church says yes. should pastors be allowed to break the law to help drug addicts? one pastor who is doing just that is live with us next. is it a he or she? let's call it an it. one school trying to get rid of gender so students don't become biased. wait until we tell you about this one. inside all of us is a compass and it always points true north. toward mountains of sand. townew sights and sensations. toward the true bounty of nure so let's set our compass for traverse city and find ourselves. in the magic, and the moments of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. and i can have a proposal to you within half an hour. we're a small business. with 27 of us always in the field, we have to stay connected. we use verizon tablets, smartphones. we're more responsive. there are no delays. delays cost money. with verizon, we do things quicker and more effectively. more small businesses choose verizon wireless than any other wireless carrier because they know the small business with the best technology rules. >> time for the news by the numbers. first, 7500 miles. that's how close an asteroid will zip above the earth's surface over the atlantic ocean today. nasa says there's no need to worry. this happens about every six years. next, 2700 miles. that's how far a flight crew testing a boeing jumbo jet travelled just to get some grub. they flew to pittsburgh from seattle to eat the monte brothers signature fry and slaw filled sandwich. i can tell you that is delicious. i'd fly that far. and finally, 68 million dollars zooming past the competition taking home the number one spot at the box office this weekend. the disney pixar film beat "bad teach teacher" and "green lantern." >> baltimore, maryland. a city riddled with crime. one of the reasons -- drug abuse. officials estimate that over 40,000 heroin addicts are living there right now. >> who are not in programs. now, one pastor is taking the problem into his own hands. reverend milton williams is opening a clinic that promises to give addicts methadone within 15 minutes. he doesn't have the governor's a approval to open that clinic and he joins us from baltimore. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> you have a terrible problem there. i've read that 80% of all the crime in baltimore is related to heroin addicts trying to get money to feed their addiction. >> absolutely. >> ok, you got a big problem there. what would your solution be with your clinic? >> with the clinic that i have called turning point, we are rolling out brand new concept when it comes to fighting and beating drug addiction. we're saying to the heroin addicts in baltimore city that if you show up at turning point on july 5th, we're going to get you on your way to a brand new life. >> and by doing that, you'll be giving them methadone? >> methadone is an f.d.a. approved drug that's going to allow the heroin addict to immediately stop going through withdrawal symptoms, the pain that they're feeling that causes them to commit a crime to get the money to buy the drug. >> so if you are able to serve 100, 150 addicts a night and there are 40,000 in your town alone, you know, ultimately, you'd like to put a big dent in it. how do you do that? >> first of all, there's going to be more than 40,000 addicts in baltimore city. those numbers, i truly believe, are untrue. those are numbers that i believe are terribly conservative. we've got a huge, huge problem in baltimore city and turning point is going to roll out a concept that's going to change the face of treating drug addiction across america. >> how does the governor feel about this? >> well, right now, the governor has sent us a citation congratulating us on what we're doing. however, there's a problem with that. he's also saying he's not endorsing our program. like most politicians, the governor is speaking out of both sides of his mouth. and what the governor needs to do is stand up and support us or get out of the way. >> there you go. let me ask you this, reverend. if addicts come and say look, i need your methadone and you give it to him, how does that get them off heroin ultimately? >> well, what is going to happen is we are going to medically and professionally treat these folks who have an illness. and when we treat them, the first thing that's going to happen is their lives are going to begin to stablize. and we're saying if we can get the addict off the street committing criminal acts in baltimore by default, we are going to change what's happening in baltimore when it comes to the crime situation which is absolutely out of control in our area. >> who's going -- >> if we're able to stablize the addict, we're able to get this addict into a traditional program, get this addict rebuilding his life without criminal activity. >> and reverend, where do you get the money to buy the methadone? >> we have the capital in hand to handle the operations of our clinic. it's not a question of getting methadone. we have methadone to medicate the entire city of baltimore. what we need and what we want is the governor to stand up and say i'm on board! >> let's hope it comes because you got a terrible problem there. reverend milton williams joining us today from baltimore city. sir, thank you very much and good luck to you. >> thank you. >> ok. coming up straight ahead, he's a guy who knows how to get things done. he's governor chris christie with advice for the president on how to fix the national debt. he's here live on the curvy couch at the top of the hour for two blocks at least. >> excellent. then did the tsa finally go too far? it's standing by a controversial decision to treat an elderly woman more like a terrorist than an american. we're reading your e-mails and tweets and let me tell you, you're outraged. >> and he's a model citizen who served our nation during war. but this veteran could get dragged into court unless he takes down his stars and stripes. >> don't tread on me. 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"the new york post" reports that the 21-year-old jason rosenbaum is no longer cooperateding with authorities and he's reportedly ditched his condo in bloomington, indiana. rosenbaum considered now a person of interest in her disappearance. >> and check out this surveillance video of a flash mob robbery at a sears near philadelphia. a group of 40 teenagers, one suspect, only 11 years old, barged into the store and made off with thousands of dollars in merchandise. sneakers, socks, watches, whatever they could grab. they apparently planned the mass shoplifti shoplifting spree on a social networking site. police have rounded up 16 suspects so far. he served our country in honor and in vietnam and korea but the retired army lieutenant colonel is not allowed to fly the american flag on a pole outside his own home. the homeowners association says the 15 foot pole is against the rules at the retirement community. but he says state law is on his side. >> they can't do that with the state law. state law says that an association cannot -- cannot e prohibit the placing of a flag on a pole. >> homeowners association is threatening a lawsuit but he's vowing to fight for his right to fly the flag. >> let's find out where we have good weather for flag flying. i'll tell you what, it is a rainy day as you can see between kansas city and st. louis at this hour, some heavy thunderstorms extending up through portions of wisconsin and minnesota. also we got the rumble of thunder an hour or two ago in portions of georgia, in coastal georgia but for the most part, it's moving out to sea. current readings as you head out on this monday morning, if you're in caribou, maine, it's beautiful. almost 60 degrees right now. almost 70 in new york city. got almost 80 in new orleans. 80 in dallas/ft. worth and right now, 64 in kansas city. later on today, mid atlantic, temperatures, it's going to be kind of sticky and hottish. 92 humid degrees today in raleigh and atlanta. warmer yet in memphis. they'll hit 100 in san antonio and dallas and el paso. close to 110. and in phoenix, close to 115! is that a temperature or zip code? >> all right. meanwhile, let's talk gold medals with brian kilmeade. >> yeah, you know what? the gold cup finals over the weekend, they have over 90,000 over in los angeles. the u.s. team lost 2-0 despite having a 2-0 lead but the controversy really happened after the ceremony. the team faced off in the rose bowl but the entire post match ceremony conducted in spanish. i was banging my flat screen. the goalie not pleased saying "i think it was a disgrace the entire post-match ceremony was in spanish. you can bet if we were in mexico it wouldn't all be in english." howard did say mexico deserved to win the game. no kidding. we have a television, too. former new york yankee joe torre returned home for the first time since he left the home, he got a huge ovation. listen. >> mr. joe torre! it lasted an extremely long time. he got the biggest ovation of the day at the classic yankee old timers day. bombers fans showing their appreciation because he went on to win six pennants and four world championships and you saw torre got really choked up. first time since he left and went to the dodgeers and have since retired. wide receiver terrell owens recovering from off season knee surgery. some reports say he was hurt during a tv taping on vh1 and others say it was during a personal workout six months ago and speaking of workouts we have some footage of the workout that took place. this is t.o. tearing up his knee with alisyn camerota doing crunches. for more on this story, let me go to my colleague, alisyn. what can tub i will me -- >> i can tell you he has a rigorous workout. >> look at that. >> what's that? >> are you riding his back? >> a little bit, yeah. >> a little bit. >> what can you tell me to move this story forward? >> that he has great biceps and abs fortunate abs, incredible abs as well. he has a rigorous workout that he attempted to put me through. >> you were unwilling? >> no, i tried. i tried. he thought a lot of it was funny. >> so do we. >> all right. >> but i do feel very badly that he's injured and i wish him well. >> i'm not responsible. and i'm not responsible as far as i know though working out with me is hazardous as anybody can tell. at the gym. >> something will get swollen. >> speaking of hazardous, going through the airport with these tsa agents they're looking for trouble. that's their job. jean webber, a guest in florida, however, is filing a complaint with the feds because of what happened to her mother. last weekend she was taking her 95-year-old mother through northwest florida regional airport, her mother, 95 in the final stages of her fight against leukemia. she's in a wheelchair. so they had to do a patdown. they took her to a private room and had the daughter stand outside the room and then extraordinarily, the tsa told this woman who is suffering from leukemia, you're not going to be able to get on that airplane unless you take off your adult diaper. and she wanted to go see her family in michigan and she did. but to have to be degraded to that level, the daughter is horrified. >> she was in tears. >> yeah. the tsa said we didn't do anything wrong. >> this is outrageous. let's face it, this is an outrageous story of making somebody so humiliated. she's 95 years old and in a wheelchair. she's going to be the one that takes down the airplane. this is what is so absurd about our airline policy and the tsa's policies right now. while somebody in yemen without any luggage can buy a one-way ticket with cash and get on the plane fine, this is what we're putting 95-year-old people in wheelchairs through. >> let's see what the tsa said. this should be fun. while every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive way. we have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our nation -- that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure, really? >> they absolutely have to figure out if there's a bomb -- somebody is carrying, but still, common sense. the lady is 95 years old. you know. does that mean the daughter is working as a terrorist and trying to -- >> it's absurd. >> here's what james says. i was appalled by the tsa story this morning. if this was my mother, i would be fighting mad. it is time for everyone to boycott flying. >> i'm not sure that's the most practical, james, but thank you for writing in. this is from joe in poughkeepsie, new york, i can't believe all the negative publicity regarding the tsa doing what they're supposed to do. vanity plays a role here. they need to be 100% prudent to checking out every person. i don't think it's vanity. it's humiliation. putting a 95-year-old woman through something that invasive? >> another tweet. >> from twitter, the tsa needs to come up with another means of screening while protecting the dignity of elderly travelers. that's a great idea. making that old woman take off her diaper is outrageous. what happened to common sense? do the unions take over the tsa? >> while they work out this tsa thing, one thing could stop this problem. you know the answer. >> what is it? >> behavioral profiling. >> do you know? >> two words. jet packs. this way we can make our own rules and fly around when we want where we want. >> i think behavioral profiling would help so they know that 95-year-old women in wheelchairs aren't usually the ones you have to worry about on the plane. >> is jet pack two words or one? let's talk about these words. him and her. you're not going to see them at one swedish preschool in stockholm. apparently, the pronoun police have said if you use his or hers essentially what you're doing is you're building up gender bias. so we're not going to use those words, we're going to use a neutral word instead. other thing about this particular school that's interesting, nearly all the children's books deal with gay couples, single parents or adopted children. the emphasis is on fostering an environment tolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. they don't read snow white at this school. >> or sinncinderella, there's a waiting list to get in. is this just in sweden? >> no, it's not just in sweden. i'm glad you asked that. this reminds me of a story that i covered 10 years ago here, i reported on it. i went to massachusetts and this was here, obviously, in the u.s. at a college which is an all women's school and they were doing away with the pronoun "her" and "she" in their school constitution and handbook. they found they were too restrictive like this school but this is a preschool teaching kids this because they don't want to be boxed in. male or female. that's too limiting. >> the theory is that this particular swedii particular swedish school, by using pronouns it gives boys aun fair advantage. >> i wonder if they separate bathrooms. you never know. what's the difference? >> right. they're fighting against -- they're trying to fight against gender bias and it's called the egalia school. they're for those principles. but let's face it, boys and girls are actually different. you know how different boys and girls are. we're not programming them that way. they come out of the womb that way. >> right. >> but the problem is, you know, you can -- ok, do that at school. what about if they leave school and hear him, her, it's confu confusing for the kids. little boys naturally without prompting picks up the stick and turns it into a gun. >> my son has sword fights all the time. my girls never did that. they are different. even if you want to make them devoid of any gender bias, it's hard to do naturally. >> a child psychologist looked at this and said gender neutrality at its worse is emasculating maleness. >> let me tell you what's coming up next. the cops found $800,000 in whitey bulger's apartment but guess who could end up paying for the mobster's defense? 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>> one warrior freedom team set up races through the whole country for wounded warriors to get back in their feet and back to doing something positive like trying to push forward with their recovery. and have some kind of positive effect on their life. also deals with disabled people all together. but specifically, i was here with achilles international. >> you met with the yankees people before the game, right? you were at the game and in a great seat and you see a foul ball hit in your direction, what do you say? >> i say get up and get it and sure enough, he got up. >> and he did. what did you do? >> initially when i jumped up, i looked at the ball and i thought it was coming closer and i saw it kind of stop moving. and i was like that's not even going anywhere near me. so i wanted to go sit back down and i heard the ball crack like that crack off the pavement. my eyes got all big and all i kept thinking is i got to get that ball for my nephew and i just reached as far as i could and i knew i couldn't grab it in my hand. took the hat off and reached as far as i could and then i thought itself going to go over the glass and i had a quick moment of either a, i'm going to miss the ball, b, i'm going to catch the ball or c, either way i'm going over this glass. >> what did you do? sit right next to him and he turns around and hands you -- puts the cap in your direction and you take that ball out of cap. >> i was ecstatic. i honestly didn't think he had it either. when he showed me the ball, it was amazing. >> and can i ask you, what was it like? what was the crowd's reception for you? >> i'll tell you, back in 2009 i was at yankee stadium for game one. they brought us out on the field and the ovation was unbelievable. i think this one the crowd blew that 2009 world series out of the water. yeah, it was just amazing, the uproar was just ungodly. >> how did it make you feel? >> like i was on top of the world. so i mean, there's honestly like no greater feeling than what it was. we were joking about how the whole team, how i was going to be on the top 10 plays and this, that and the third. and it was just -- in my head realistically, you know, nothing is going to come of it and all of a sudden, he wanted to go to times square so around midnight, my phone started blowing up and the next morning, all my phone is blowing up with you're number five. no, i'm number nine. i turned on "sportscenter" and i got bumped up from number nine to number four or five. >> thanks so much for what you gave for the country and i'm so glad you had that experience. good advice. listen to this kid. >> thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> your taxpayer money going to attack fox news. and governor chris christie directing straight talk at the president. the new jersey governor live on the curvy couch at the top of the hour. but first, on this day in history in 1967, the young rascals had the number one song "grooving." you weren't around for this so take it in. funny thing about vegetables... they fill you up without filling you out. yes! v8 juice gives you three of your five daily servings of vegetables. that's what i'm talking about! v8. what's your number? 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[ob ] squak. >> alisyn: good morning, everyone. daddy monday, june 27. i'm alisyn in for gretchen today. joe couldn't get the job done. now the president tackles the debt one on one. can he convince congress to make a deal? we're live at the white house. >> steve: washington wastes time, new jersey makes history saving billions of tax dollars. how did governor chris christie convince his state's politicians to go along with it? he sits down on the curvy couch in two minutes. >> brian: when an amtrak train exploded, the screams for help were immediate. is there a doctor on board? you're going to meet the 75-year-old dentist who answered the call and went into the flames to help. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> you're watching "fox & friends"! that's a great way to begin your day. >> steve: thanks very much, don king. a great way to start this hour, we have governor chris christie who made a woman named gail very famous last week. we'll be talking to him about all sorts of stuff and the leadership the president should be showing right now in two minutes. >> alisyn: first we want to get to your headlines. moments ago, the international criminal court at the hague issued an arrest warrant for libyan leader moammar gadhafi, his son, and his brother-in-law. they're accused of crimes against humanity for their violent crackdown on antigovernment protesters. and the flames are still burning bright orange at this hour. crews in kissimmee, florida battling this florida at this hotel a mile from disney world. the fire at the vacation lodge hotel apparently started in the attic and then spread and caused the entire roof to collapse. 16 kids recovering from broken bones and bruises after the school bus they were riding in flipped over. the bus was heading to a church camp when a 79-year-old man driving a cadillac on interstate 81 in pennsylvania swerved into it. police say he was trying to pass another car when he lost control. everyone survived. the obama administration recruit ago team of secret shoppers to pose as patients. according to a report in the "new york times," the stealth survey in doctors offices hopes to address the increasing shortage of primary care physicians and trying to figure out whether doctors are accepting those patients who have private insurance while turning away those in government health programs that pay lower reimbursement rates. an update on the penguin who took a wrong turn and ended up 4,000 miles offcourse. on a beach in new zealand. this penguin had surgery over the weekend to have rocks, twigs and sand removed from inside his stomach. he is now recovering in a special icebox while wildlife officials figure out the safe west way -- safest way to antarctica. >> brian: obviously the penguins could be anybody, they look ache like. >> alisyn: not to his friends and relatives. >> steve: as america's deficit grows, president obama today will finally get directly involved in stalled budget talks. >> brian: wendell goler live at the with white house. the president is getting his hands dirty today. >> it's probably a measure of how far apart the two sides are that the president's meeting separately this morning with senate majority leader harry reid and this afternoon with mitch mcconnell. the buck stopped in the oval office after the talks being led by the vice president broke down last week over the democrats' demand that higher taxes be part of reducing the budget deficit. the republicans' price for raising the debt ceiling. there is no indication either side moved much in the past few days. in ohio over the weekend, vice president biden said just cutting social programs and not corporate tax breaks, oil subsidies and other examples of what the white house calls spending through the tax code would punish the poor and middle class. biden said we're never going to get this done. we're never going to solve our debt problem if we ask only those who are struggle not guilty this economy to bear the burden and let the less fortunate off -- the most fortunate off the hook. senator mcconnell maintains that the problem is spending. not revenue collection. >> i think we've gotten to the point where we ought to put aside our talking points and get to what will pass. the whole business of raising taxes regardless of how you go about it, is something that this congress is not likely to do. >> there is some indication that defense spending cuts may figure into this equation. republicans have traditionally resisted that, but some are joining democrats, pushing for defense spending cuts by ending the war in afghanistan and other measures, which they maintain are actually holding back the economic recovery. steve, brian, alisyn? >> steve: wendell goler, we thank you. now live, the governor of new jersey chris christie. >> good to see you. >> steve: the president will sit down with the top guys from the congress because they couldn't figure it out. the republicans have a plan. where is the president's plan? >> it's about time the president gets in the room. that's what i've been saying less than vast week is that you can't fix these things -- he's not a prime minister. okay? you have a president of the united states. so get in the room and get to work. >> steve: why hasn't he done that so far? >> i don't know. you have to ask him. >> steve: what do you think? >> i don't know. i'm not a mind reader. i know he took this job and this job is about making things happen. and hopefully now he'll make it happen. when i negotiated this pension benefits deal with the democratic leadership in my legislature, i didn't send my lieutenant governor to do it. >> alisyn: how did you do it? you are part of a state that has a democratically controlled state legislature. >> steve: blue state. >> alisyn: and you have done what so many other governors have been unable or had such a hard time doing. you have radically cut into pension plans. what did you say? >> first, i came out with a plan first. i took risk first and angered the public sector unions first. back in september of last year. then i did 30 town hall meetings. steve was at one. across the state to sell the plan, to make sure the public understood, $54 billion in pension debt and $67 billion in health insurance debt couldn't be sustained. that put public pressure on democratic leaders and also to be fair, the democratic senate president sweeney has been advocating this for five years as a moderate democrat. so i had a partner to work with. the assembly partner came forward and said she understood how great the problem was. i have to give credit to them because i wouldn't have been able to do if without them. at the end, there were a lot of differences between our plans. three of us got in a room for the better part of two months on and off and hammered it out until we all gave a little bit more than we thought we would to get a deal that's not going to save -- now going to save $132 billion over two years. >> brian: you did say, i didn't get everything i wanted? >> of course not. you never did, especially in divided government. they're a quo equal branch of government. there are some things they wanted that i didn't want. but they accepted things they didn't want. that's compromise. what we didn't ask each other to do was compromise our principals. that's the difference and that's where the president has to get to today. republicans have certain principles they'll want to stand on. the president has to find a way to get around that. >> brian: especially if there is a history. i think republicans feel as though that $38 billion that they thought they cut turned into $357 million and feel like they were burned last time. how much does past negotiations deal into future negotiations? >> a lot. especially if there are the same characters sitting around the table, which there will be. past scars tend to make future agreements more difficult. what i would say to mirin friends, these -- my republican friends, these problems are too big. trust but verify. >> steve: the president is a little late to the party. do you think there are a lot of people looking in on what's going on thinking, this is the number one thing, we're teetering on bankruptcy? it looks like he's not interested. >> you know, listen, i think it's a concern. that's why i said last friday, publicly and repeated again yesterday, i don't think there is any substitute for presidential leadership, no matter who the president is, whether i agree with him or n. he is the number one person in the country. he's the person who has to define the debate and get in there and bring the parties together. and if you're unwilling to do that, then you don't believe there in the job. >> steve: he's been awfully busy running for reelection. >> i hear you. >> alisyn: and can we talk about the conversation that you had with the woman caller when you were on the radio show who called in about and questioned -- >> you many gail? >> alisyn: questioned your rationale for cutting public schools, spending, when your kids go to private school? isn't it fair for constituents to ask their leaders why they made the education choices they made? >> no. it's not. that's my decision. me and my wife deciding for our children. and it's nobody's business but mine and my wife's why we made those judgments and that we made those judgments. so no, i don't think it is. it doesn't a make me any less able to make decisions of the schools in new jersey. i'm a product of those schools. every one of those schools in new jersey is my responsibility. that was a nasty, bitter question and i say this to people all the time f you're nasty and bitter to me, you'll get the same treatment back. >> brian: here is what happened. it was a question to you, presented to you on video. you watched it and you responded. let's listen. >> you don't send your children to public schools. you send them to private schools. so i was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public schools? >> you know what, first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you why you send your kids to school. don't bother me about where i send mine. i as governor am responsible for every child in this state. not just my own. >> steve: what sort of reaction have you gotten o that answer? >> a lot more reaction across the country than i thought i would get because i would think after 17 months and fairly high profile months that people know that's who i am. i am not going to mince words. the fact of the matter is, you saw the tone she asked that question with. this was not like -- she had a point of view. fine, so do i. now the people in jersey know my point of view. >> brian: stay right here if that's what you choose to do. next on the rundown, governor sticks around. everyone is asking if chris christie is actually running for president or not and who he supports if he isn't going to and who he might choose for a vice president and who might be the number two -- who he would choose. >> steve: what about him? >> the answers will be short. >> steve: brian, it's none of your business. >> alisyn: maybe the donald can help cut the debt. what is he saying about the deals being cut in washington? who would he hire, who would he fire? s s s ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ whistle ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ ting! ] [ male announcer ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage you need and the discounts you deserve? for an agent or quote, call 800-my-coverage or visit travelers.com. >> steve: we continue the conversation here on the curvy couch with the governor of new jersey, chris christie. within the last month or so, there were headlines made because this group of powerful people from iowa came to new jersey to try to talk you into running for president because they said they weren't happy with the current field. >> yeah. they did come. my wife and i hosted them at the governor's residence. we had a great dinner. we exchanged a lot of really interesting views and discussions and i told them i'm not running for president. >> brian: one thing you always say is you don't feel like you're ready. what about your skill set you don't think is ready for the white house? >> it's not any particular skill, brian. it is a feeling inside as to whether you're ready to take on the challenge of running and the challenge of governing. and if you don't feel it in your heart, you have no business running. >> alisyn: so of the current crop of candidates, who do you like best? >> nobody yet. >> alisyn: there is no one in the entire field that appeals to you? >> there is no one that i'm ready to support yet. there's a number of people who i really like, who i know and like. i like governor romney, he came and campaigned for me in 2009. i got to know him well. i know governor pawlenty well. so those two guys are people i know personally. i have great respect for both of them. my point is campaigns matter. i want to watch how these folks perform in the campaign, get to know a little more about them under fire before i make a decision about whether i'm going to endorse anybody. >> steve: michelle bachman is going to officially get in today in iowa. someone who may or may not get in is rick perry, who you talked to yesterday. do you think he's going to get in? >> i'm not sure. i'm not sure. i don't think he's sure. >> steve: which way is he leaning? >> he didn't tell me. if he told me, i wouldn't tell you either. listen, governor perry has great enthusiasm. he's a very articulate spokesman for important issues in our country and if he decided to run, he would be a very credible candidate. i know he also loves being governor of texas. we have to wait and see. these decisions, and i think sometimes what people forget are these decisions are intensely personal. you're essentially giving up your life to this -- >> steve: for a year and a half. >> at least. if you win, for a lot longer. we got to give people the time and space to make those decisions because we don't want them to jump into it without really knowing the importance of it. >> alisyn: if someone asked you to be their vice president, would you consider it? >> no chance. look at my personality. i don't think i'm suited to be like the number two guy in the room, you know. i just don't see it. so i think there is a lot of other ways that i could be much move helpful to a republican president. >> brian: i loss know that you're going to go to iowa to some mogul fest which obviously we have not gotten an invitation. >> that's in idaho. it's going to be in idaho. i am going to iowa on -- >> brian: that's the type of exposure you would need for a national run. >> yeah, but i'm not doing one. i'm going because i want to talk about what we've done in new jersey and how to manage the states in difficult fiscal times. that's what i'm going out there to do. they invited me to come out and speak about that. >> brian: not to brag burks we do twitter -- brack, but we do twitter. some twitter, trump and christy ticket, wouldn't that be something? >> yes, it would. >> what would that tell the world? who was one and who was two? don't give donald that idea, he may want to do a pay per view. >> alisyn: what have been your biggest accomplishment and what has been your biggest failure? >> biggest accomplishment is what i'm doing tomorrow, signing that bill on pension and health benefit reform. i think the biggest failure is just getting myself comfortable with the job and at times, even though i'm very blunt and i'm happy to be blunt, at times i probably -- probably some things some things i'm happy to take back. >> brian: governor cuomo, i know you don't agree with the same sex marriage act, overall, are you surprised some of the things he's done? he's acted some would say, like a republican. >> i'm not surprised because i've spoken to him. we speak on a regular basis. i think what he's doing is taking a hard headed practical look at the problems and wants to solve them. i have to tell you, i've been extraordinarily impressed with what he's doing. and we found a way i think to show people around the country that a lot of these issues are not red or blue issues. they're black and white issues. the math doesn't work. we have to fix it. i think governor cuomo is doing a great job. >> steve: in the new york daily news this morning it says come 2016, it will be governor cuomo on the democrat side versus governor christie on the republican side. >> i think governor cuomo and i have enough to do in our day jobs right now than to be worrying about what's going to half five years from now. >> steve: but you'll need a job. >> of course, i have four young kids. maybe i'll sit on the curvy couch. >> alisyn: his audition has gone well. >> thank you very much. >> brian: i think if you're on the curvy couch, we wouldn't be allowed to talk. >> come on, brian. i would let you talk. >> steve: it's none of your business. governor, thank you very much. >> great to see you. >> steve: straight ahead, the donald takes on the debt if we put him in washington. who would he hire to reduce our massive budget problems? the donald live at the bottom of the hour. >> alisyn: they called for a doctor, but a dentist would have to do. meet the 75-year-old man who jumped into action when this amtrak train exploded into flames. inside all of us is a compass and it always points true north. toward mountains of sand. townew sights and sensations. toward the true bounty of nure so let's set our compass for traverse city and find ourselves. 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jfk airport. the suspect wore an army uniform, military buzz cut, booked on an american airlines flight. his cover was blown in a customs official asked him what's his rank? all he could offer was a bogus pay grade. he pulled this stunt before. alisyn? >> alisyn: thank you. there were terrifying moments on the tracks in nevada when a speeding semi truck skidded and slammed into an amtrak passenger train, killing at least six people. >> steve: as bad as it was, the incident could have been even worse if it wasn't for our next guest. eugene roe and a fellow passenger rushed in quickly to help some people on board. eugene joins us right now from san francisco. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> steve: i understand you were on the observation deck of the train. you were playing cards with your wife when what happened? >> then we heard a big bang. the train lifted a little bit to the right. then some smoke came out of the left side of the train, followed by a big ball of fire. it felt like we were very -- very frightening. we felt like we were in a combat zone. >> alisyn: oh, my gosh. >> the kids -- there was some young mennonites in front of us. they went to the window to pull the emergency cord and i thought she was going to try to jump out. so we tried to calm her down and they finally settled down and the train was slowing down and stopped. the attendant came out. he said is there a doctor in the house? i said, i'm a dentist, but i can help. he said, go to the front of the train. >> alisyn: i just want to let our viewers know that it wasn't easy too get to the front of the train. there was smoke pouring out of it and you had to get on all fours and crawl to find the woman who was trapped there. then what happened? >> i met a man, he said there is a lady in there and i said, well, i'll go with you, and so we got on all fours and crawled to about the front of the coach. there we found a korean woman, elderly korean woman who had lacerations below the knee. i thought she had a broken leg. we picked her up. he picked one side and we crawled and pushed her and we pulled and i carried -- i have trouble lifting things at home, but the adrenaline must have worked because we pulled her up. then we had to go down -- we were on the second floor of the train. we had to go down a spiral staircase. i got my watch was ripped off my hand going down that staircase. and it's amazing that then we finally got her down on the coach and the door was opened and the train was stopped. the door was open and people came up and we put her on the side of the train. people came around and opened some emergency kits and i dressed both of her legs and even using some packing tape to secure the bandages. >> steve: very resourceful. >> a woman came by with her blanket and we put the lady on the blanket and got a whole bunch of people and moved her to the back of the train. >> alisyn: she's going to be okay. sorry to interrupt you. she's going to be okay. 28 people are still missing from that horrible crash. but thank goodness for your help. i know that woman is so grateful that you were able to get to her out of that smoky train. >> steve: eugene, joining us from san francisco. he and his wife were on their 50th anniversary trip when this happened. sir, thank you very much and thanks for helping that lady when you had the chance. >> i was happy to do it. >> steve: i bet you were. thank you. >> alisyn: 50th anniversary. michelle bachman running for president officially. first order of business, shutting down the white house tv studio, she says. >> president bachman may be retiring that thing, by the way, when i get to the white house. we may not have that. a teleprompter in chief. >> alisyn: the former long shot now shooting to the top of at least one major poll. >> steve: then we're asking donald trump whose move is it in washington? the debt talks are stalled, the american people are the ones who will pay if something doesn't get done. the donald coming up. >> alisyn: check these out. they thought it was safe until the shark showed up. that one. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. >> steve: we just took a little vote between the three of us. it's now time for your shot of the morning. right? >> brian: we chose the water. >> steve: indeed. in fact, it almost looks like a scene out of jaws. take a close look at the video. a shark, that's not a dolphin -- that's a shark, jumping out of the water over a surfer. a photographer for the sentinel newspaper caught it. he didn't realize the four foot spinner shark, which apparently also does flying from time to time, was even there until he watched the footage at home. apparently a good time to avoid the waters off new smyrna beach, florida. >> brian: this is not a good sign. we did not warn your children to walk away from the television because you have not told your children about sharks. >> alisyn: last night they did see the story and it concerned them to learn that sharks are in the ocean. i have tried to keep that from them because i want them to go in the ocean this summer and enjoy it. >> brian: nemo didn't look threatening until now. >> steve: orange fish don't scare me. gold fish. >> alisyn: tough guy. >> steve: meanwhile, tox news alert, pakinstani intelligence officials say gunmen killed a senior taliban commander. he was a senior commander in charge of the group's suicide bombers. no group has claimed responsibility. this as pakistan also reports u.s. drones fired several missiles today taking out eight suspected militants in the southern waziristan tribal region of that country. >> brian: it's really calming down there. the last person to admit seeing missing college student lauren spier stopped talking and hired a lawyer. the 21-year-old named jason rosenbalm is no longer cooperating with investigators. he also is reportedly ditched his condo in indiana. he's considered a person of interest. >> alisyn: new video from italy where amanda knox' appeal is underway. the first woman convicted -- knox is serving a 26 year sentence for her part in her roommate's death. >> brian: injured war vet makes the grab of the game. sitting on the first few rows, he reached out with a hat in his hand and amazingly snagged a foul ball. look at that. he only had one arm. he joined us earlier and told us what was going through his mind during it all. >> took the hat off and just reached as far as i could and i thought i was going to go over the glass and i had a quick moment of either i'm going to miss the ball, b, i'm going to catch the ball, or c, either way i'm going over the glass. >> brian: he later gave that lucky ball to his nephew, whose idea it was for him to go home and grab for it. he has a prosthesis. >> alisyn: fantastic. >> steve: in 90 minutes, minnesota congresswoman michelle bachman officially enters the race for president. peter doocy with the latest from washington. >> good morning. congresswoman bachman is from iowa. her announcement will be in her hometown of waterloo. she was there yesterday talking about her roots and how she used to go to the dairy queen and says the fact that she's from there will help her out and she might be right because the new iowa caucus poll has her basically tied for the lead with former massachusetts governor mitt romney. and the two of them are way ahead of the rest of the pack. romney, 23%. bachman, 22. only one other candidate there in double digits, herman cain, 10%. so expect bachman to keep highlighting her iowa upbringing. also expect her to keep taking shots at the white house and the president whose public speaking skills were questioned yesterday as the congresswoman pointed out that she does not use a teleprompter. >> may be retiring that thing, by the way, when i get to the white house. we may not have that. a teleprompter in chief. >> so don't expect to see her reading from a teleprompter at a big announcement this morning. guys. >> alisyn: we will be tuning in for that. peter, thanks so much. >> steve: all right. meanwhile, donald trump joins us each and every monday at this time. he's joining us from somewhere in his vast empire. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: later today the president is going to sit down separately with harry reid and mitch mcconnell because push has come to shove and somebody has got to do something about this debt thing. >> you're absolutely right. and it's a mess and it's about time that he does sit down. you can't delegate it. i was listening to chris christie who is a friend of mine and a great guy. he got in there and he did it himself. you have to get in and just roll up your sleeves and do it yourself and maybe really absolutely stop campaigning for a little while. >> brian: you think it's a bad signal to send out to people when you have more fund-raisers in this month and golfing 72 times in two years? >> he's doing a lot of campaign and in the meantime, we have the debt coming up and it will be interesting, nobody really know what is will happen. it could be explosive. nobody knows what's going to happen, but it would be good if we didn't have to try it. >> alisyn: and as you can imagine, donald, nancy pelosi doesn't like this. she has been basically cut out of these talks. the president is going to meet with top senate leaders and nancy pelosi is feeling though her caucus is being ignored and she wants a seat at the table. should she be a part of this? >> well, you know, she's not controlling congress anymore, but she could certainly be at the table, but the most important person at the table is going to be the president and then he needs the various republican leaders. they have to get down to brass tacks and they have to come up with a solution. the country is being laughed at. we don't know what we're doing. we really need somebody to get in there and come up with a solution and as chris said before, the president has to lead. he's not leading. >> steve: there is a story we've been talking about this morning, mr. trump, about how now some republicans are saying, you know what? let's go ahead and look at big cuts at the pentagon. of course, the reason they're talking about the pentagon now is because politicians in washington are desperate not to address the real issue. people have got to do something with social security, medicare, medicaid going forward so they can work because the way we're going right now, we're going to be bankrupt and belly up before you know it. >> steve, i heard my friend, brian, say before, he doesn't like talking about the military and i agree with him. we are despised throughout the world. we're a target for everybody. and we're talking about cutting the military. we shouldn't be cutting the military. we should be building the military up. now, that doesn't mean we have to waste money because there is tremendous waste. but we should be increasing the military and building our military up, having the best systems, the best weapon systems. we have to be building our military up. >> alisyn: then where do you cut? obviously where do you cut if not in defense? >> there are so many things when you look at the waste, when you look at the corruption going on. and the big thing, without a question, the biggest thing is just get the economy going again. if you got the economy going again, everything we're talking about is relatively peanuts. >> brian: when you talk to your guys, when you talk to your men and women who do investing and take the risk, what's holding them back? >> it's the uncertainty. nobody knows what the tax rates are going to be. nobody knows about obamacare, is it going -- i have friends that are going to shut down their small businesses, they're going to shut them down over obamacare. they can't afford it. nobody knows is it going to happen? is it not going to happen? they should allow it immediately to go to the supreme court. they're going through the intermediate courts, but ultimately, the supreme court is going to make the decision. so why not skip the intermediate courts, because these people need certainty. they don't want to invest because they don't know if they'll have any money to invest in two years. >> alisyn: donald, we want to ask you about a story that's gotten a lot of attention, a lot of controversy over the past week. we had senator mark kirk on from illinois earlier o talk about this. personally delta airlines has formed an alliance with saudi arabia airlines, that they're part of one big airline. alliance. there was a lot of talk that this would mean that delta had to basically bend to saudi arabia's rules, which has been very strict and -- >> brian: anti-israeli. >> alisyn: they often don't let jewish passengers land in saudi arabia and if they do, they're not allowed to bring certain things with them. so he is calling on the faa to investigate this. what do you think of this story? >> i think that's great and we've been bending to saudi arabia for many years now and they've been making fortunes, hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars sitting in their treasury and we have nothing. they've been ripping up this country. what they've been doing to this country, them and opec and it's time that somebody maybe does look at saudi arabia, but not only that, we have to protect israel. we have to make sure israel is strong. the middle east is a total disaster. we have to make sure that israel is strong. so i'm all for that. >> brian: how do you feel about us tapping the strategic oil reserve and what has happened to the price of gas since? >> i don't love it because of the fact that that's supposed to be for an emergency. we don't have an emergency. if we had a super war all of a sudden, when you look at what's happening in the world, it can happen. that's really supposed to be for serious emergencies. this is not a serious emergency, other than opec and others are ripping us off and the price of fuel in oil. >> steve: don't you think, mr. trump, the real emergency is the president poll numbers, because they're going down, down, down. you look at the number of people unemployed, you look at the price of gas, it's like, we got to do something. let's not expand production of oil. let's just tap the keg. >> well, i've been saying for a long time, i just don't see how he wins if this economy stays bad and i think it will, i just don't know how he wins. a lot of people say, you must be kidding. if the republicans choose the right candidate, which is a big if, to be honest with you. but if they choose the right candidate, obama will not be president for long. >> brian: do you know anyone out there right now running that was on the stage on the last debate that you would not support? >> well, i don't know all of the candidates. i know some. i actually know michelle bachman. she came to new york and visited me and she's a terrific woman. she's really a nice woman. but i don't know most of the candidates. >> steve: what do you think of rick perry? ing. >> he looks good. i met him once briefly. he looks pretty good. pretty dynamic, looks pretty good. >> alisyn: all right. so obviously we shall see what unfolds over the next couple of weeks. donald trump, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> alisyn: great to talk to you. do you know in to donald trump every monday, 8:30 a.m. eastern time right here on "fox & friends." >> steve: it's a date of this is a fox news alert. you're looking at live pictures of the casey anthony trial. there is a courtroom. this weekend the judge in the trial mysteriously canceled court. and we expect a major announcement moments from now? peter johnson, jr. is coming up to tell us what we can expect in the day ahead. >> alisyn: then he's hot and cold. sergeant james shriddle is here. the hottest military dad in the world comes from the north pole? >> steve: with santa? >> alisyn: huh? ♪ [ male announcer ] you like who you are... the man you've become. and you learned something along the way. about the world. and yourself. ♪ this is the age of knowing what you're made of. and knowing how to get things done. so, why would you let something like erectile dysfunction get in your way? isn't it time you talked to your doctor about viagra? 20 million men already have. wih every age comes responsibility. ask your doctor if your heart is heahy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects may include headache, flushing, upset smach, and abnormal vision. to avoid ong-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four 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into a panic really. a lot of americans were saying, we're interested in this trial. they're interested because it's a great test of what the american criminal justice system is. some people are saying that this judge is bending over for the prosecution. other people are saying that obviously casey anthony is guilty and that we get this trial over with as soon as possible, get her convicted and then executed. the truth is somewhere in the middle. in terms of the decisions in this case, they've been very pro-prosecution by this judge. so we need to keep in mind that a trial is about proving someone's guilt or not guilt. >> brian: i keep seeing this analysis. this, to me, this is a woman who lies over and over again. >> pathological, serial liar, no doubt. >> brian: having said that, now all of a sudden i'm seeing the prosecution beat up all weekend, saying there are so many holes in this case that the defense is really looking good. >> they're moving on the pr front in a strong way. the issue is a low burden, reasonable doubt, create reasonable doubt. issue about computer testimony, issue about chloroform testimony, who typed what, the child on the ladder. so there is a lot of different issues. we heard for many weeks the prosecution case go in. so it's just common and to be expected that when you hear the case go in, you say, oh, that sounds like a good case for the prosecution. we're going to find out now is there a plea in the offing? it doesn't look like it? is there some conduct or misconduct issues? what's going on? we're going to know very, very soon. the judge is trying to rush this trial, get it through so these juries go home. we're going to keep an eye on it day after day here on fox. >> brian: thanks, peter johnson, jr., for the latest. we will have a full day to talk about it. next, he was voted the hottest military dad and he's in our studio next. there he is. in fact, he's here now. first let's check in with martha mccallum to see what's going on on the top of her hour. >> we'll be tune not guilty to see that, brian. thank you very much. he says no way to the vp slot. but chris christie is fired up about something else this morning and you're going to want to hear what that is. tune in for that. the administration has a plan to send stealth patient noose doctor's offices to see if they're accepting government health care. dr. siegle with why that is too big brother for him and michelle bachman coming up at the top of the hour.n frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. 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VietnamRepublic-ofNevadaUnited-statesBloomingtonIndianaSan-franciscoCaliforniaMexicoArizonaMassachusettsIowa biden will meet separately with senate majority leader harry reid an senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. talks broke down last week after republicans refused tax hikes in any plan. here's what the president had to say about the impasse in his weekly address. >> of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut. i'm committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt. >> the talks are also dealing with the u.s. debt ceiling and a looming deadline. the u.s. treasury department says congress has until august 2nd to raise the ceiling or the u.s. will start defaulting on its loans. the democrats and republicans are not seeing eye to eye on how to avoid this issue in the future by reducing the deficit. >> you cannot achieve what you set out to do if you say it's just about cutting. it has to be about increasing the revenue stream as well. there are many things you can do in terms of, again, special interest tax loopholes. the tax code is rampant, just full of. >> you don't want to pile taxes on at a time when companies don't have the ability to invest and hire people. that's the primary reason we're opposed to raising taxes now. >> throwing more tax revenue into the mix is simply not going to produce a desirable result. it won't pass. putting aside the fact republicans don't like to raise taxes, democrats don't like to either. >> senator mcconnell also says he hopes president obama will take tax hikes and stimulus spending off the table when the two meet tomorrow. the water is as high as it's going to get in minot, north dakota. now everyone is just waiting for the floodwaters to recede so that they can see if there's going to be anything to salvage of their homes. that includes allison and brandon hendrickson. they're joining us right now from minot. give me an idea, when did you leave? at what point did you get notice it was time to pack things up and leave? >> father's day. we got kind of notification on father's day that there was going to be some increase and had to start packing up and preparing for the worst. >> what did you pack up? what were you able to take out? >> we were able to take out pretty much our whole home. >> we cleaned it out. everything out of the basement. got almost all of our furniture out. kids' clothing, kids' bedding, pretty much everything out of the house. just left a few things that kind of put some things up high that we thought maybe would be safe from the water. >> i think a moment ago we were looking at your home where it appeared water was maybe at the windows or so, kind of midway. your kids are safe. you all are safe. where are you staying? >> we're staying at my mom and dad's house up on south hill right now. yep. >> it seems as though this is a very tight-knit community. there are a lot of extended families in that vicinity. it seems as though that is kind of the best recourse that people have. we heard from our reporter jim spellman earlier that very few people are actually staying in shelters. >> yeah. very few. i think there's a couple hundred people there in shelters. it's kind of amazing. we evacuated almost a third of our city and everybody's been able to find friends and family to take them in. a pretty phenomenal community here. >> what are you hearing about, you know, when the waters might recede enough for you to actually go to your home? are you anxious to go to your home to see what kind of damage is done? >> very anxious. especially after today. >> just as we stood here over the last hour, it's receded a couple feet. it needs to recede a lot more for us to be able to get to our home. but they're expecting a week or two weeks here before it recedes and gets back into its channels. >> brandon and allison, you all seem awfully jovial and kind of relaxed about it all. it's a difficult situation for everyone. you two seem to be taking it in stride. do i have that read right? >> at times. at times we take it in stride. i guess we have to laugh a little and have to enjoy what we have out of our home and our kids are safe. we're safe. it can be a lot worse. so just got to maintain a positive attitude and, you know, we'll rebuild it. we'll be back in our home. >> did you all have flood insurance? >> no, we didn't. we had it for a few years. i decided to cancel it a couple months ago. we never really have been in a position where we thought we would need it. >> oh, my goodness. >> unfortunately one of those things that got taken. we let it lapse, i guess, in march. one of those poor decisions that we made. you know, can't do anything about it now. >> you know, it doesn't seem like you're kicking yourself about that. not angry. yes, disappointed. but not very angry? >> disappointed. not angry. just disappointed. >> you never know what it would have covered anyway. we'll get through it. just what we do. >> all the best, allison and brandon hendrickson. we wish you the best, you and your neighbors. thanks so much. >> thank you. today also marks a gay pride weekend in new york city and many other cities. today pretty sizable parade taking place there in the big apple. it came just two days after governor abdrew cuomo signed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in new york july 24th. governor cuomo was cheered. he says new york's same-sex marriage law should be a model for the rest of the country. thousands of people turned out in birmingham last night to protest alabama's new immigration law. organizers said they were pleased by the size and diversity of the crowd. the alabama statute is considered the toughest immigration law in the country. >> we believe that there should be a national uniform immigration reform to affect all states. >> the laws they're trying to pass in alabama are just not right. we need to show solidarity with our brothers. we shouldn't be splitting up families. it's just not the right law. it's setting alabama back, not forward. >> critics say the law could criminalize basic activity just as providing food, transportation or housing assistance to the needy if they are in the country illegally. authorities now say at least six people died when an 18-wheeler smashed into an amtrak train in nevada. that number could rise. some people listed as passengers still have not been located. listen to people from the train trying to get fellow passengers to safety. >> she's out there. tell her to hang and jump! tell her to hang and jump! >> pretty frightening, harrowing moment there. amtrak's california zefer was on its way from chicago to the san francisco area friday when it was hit by a tractor trailer at a crossing near reno. a man hunt is under way for a triple murder suspect in oklahoma. authorities say he overpowered deputies earlier today and then escaped from a jail. shaun bosse was behind bars charged with the killing of a woman and her two children. bosse allegedly stole one of the deputy's cars and used it to get away. a new flap over those tsa patdowns. this time a 95-year-old woman who was in a wheelchair is asked to remove her adult diaper. her daughter is very upset, and she's going to be joining us this half hour to talk about it. and a competition where ugly is the new pretty. yes, this is for real. and it's in our chat room. from sprint. the t its powerful tools help you work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it lets you access business forms on the go, fire off e-mails with the qwerty keypad, and work securely around the world so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it's the android-powered phone that mixes business with pleasure. so let's get our work done, america, so we can all get back to playing "angry birds." the motorola expert from sprint. trouble hearing on the phone? 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>> that's right. whether cute or not. >> i like that. ugly is the new pretty. >> i like that, too. >> i kind of feel bad for the dog people are calling it ugly. >> not that one. >> they have their own special look. there was a contest going on about this. >> that's right. in california. the $1,000 winner was this abandoned dog. he was abandoned. the owner found him behind the building. actually thought it was a rat at the outset. it ended up winning this ugly dog contest. last year a one-eyed chihuahua won. the bar was low. >> appropriately, the dog's name was yoda. i don't know what's going on with that leg going up there. that worries me on that shot. let's keep it clean right now. >> you win $1,000 if your dog wins the ugly pooch contest. and as we understand it, this type of breed of chihuahua, this, you know, nearly hairless or something, apparently they retail somewhere between $600 and $1,000. you win the prize and you kind of get a return on what you invested. >> i think grooming is probably at a minimum with that thing. >> grooming helps all of us, doesn't it? but the cute little pooch won. >> this is an interesting one. in the vein of michael jackson and his two-year anniversary death, everyone -- i've seen this a lot. everyone tries to imitate kind of the "thriller" video. in this case it was a very sizable high school. >> yeah. in chile. what they were doing is protesting. what they're looking like is the zombie metaphor for the education system saying the education system is dead here in chile. this is a zombie metaphor. it was kind of interesting. behind each zombie, they say, is a family and a deeper meaning of really what this means for each family infeint independently an country as a whole. >> this took a long time to get this flash mob together. oh, my goodness. then, you know, recently on auction the "thriller" jacket. >> we talked about that a couple chatrooms ago. >> $1.3 million. $1.8 million. >> the expectation was much less than that. the expectation for the white glove before that paled in comparison to the actual money spent for it. remember, we talked about it being a good investment. >> that's right. never know. let's talk about -- speaking of investment, you invest in our youth. when they get that piece of paper whether it's high school or college, they're able to kind of do all things. what happens if there's a misspelling or two on that certificate? >> that's right. north plymouth high school in massachusetts, unbelievable. in the first few installments of the diplomas that were given, the word "for" and the word "and" were misspelled. the company who did the printing took the onus and burden upon them and said, you know, we're sorry. >> the 263 diplomas handed out at graduation, all of them had to be turned right back in for a little fix. a little makeover. >> i think when i was looking to see what the words were that were spelled wrong, it wasn't a bigger word. a "for" and "and" wasn't really a misspelling, per se. a little typo. >> they're going to get the diplomas. they will return to being very happy graduates. i'm sure the misspelling did not dampen the occasion. a lot of fun. thanks so much, alexandra. back to the newsroom now, up next, some say it's rather outrageous. a 95-year-old woman who is wheelchair bound asked to remove her adult diaper for a tsa search. her daughter is very upset, and she joins us to tell us their side of the story. 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>> well, they had taken my mother into a glassed-in area and did the patdown. and they said they felt something suspicious on her leg. and they couldn't determine what it was. so they took her into a closed room that was private. i was left outside. they came out and told me that it had something to do with her depends. that it was wet and it was firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly. she would have to remove it. and i was -- i said, i don't have an extra one with me. normally this isn't a problem. she said that she could not complete the security check without the depends off. i had to leave the security area and take her to a public restroom there at the airport and take it off of her. and then -- >> so along the way, were you able to, you know, dispute or share with them, here's the situation, this is my mom's condition. did you express, you know, your opinion about whether this was appropriate or not? >> yes, i did. because my mother is very ill. she has a form of leukemia. and she's 95, very weak. she'd had a blood transfusion the week before just to, you know, bolster up her strength for this travel. i explained to them she was going back to michigan probably to die. and this is the last time we'll be here. she's very ill. could we just, you know, get on with it. and that was not their procedures. >> now your mom, how is she doing and how did she do through all of this? was she feeling very humiliated as i imagine you were? >> my mother is a trouper. she's with -- she was a nurse for 65 years. and she was very calm. she can't hear well. they were -- if they were explaining things to her, i do not know if they were able to make her understand or not. but that, you know, i was not present. so i don't know. but she was calm through it all and, you know, she was upset about not being able to have any underwear on. and i said, i don't know what else to do, mom. i really don't. >> ms. weber, this is what the tsa has said to our inquiries about how this was handled. this was what they said, quoting now. every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area. tsa works with passengers to resolved security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner. we have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure. what's your response to their statement? >> my response is, if this is your procedures, which i do understand following procedure, i also feel maybe the procedures need to be changed. i was crying, and that triggered another procedure. they felt like i was a security risk because i had unusual behavior. and they took my purse from me and took everything out of it and swabbed it for testing and then patted me down all over and swabbed me for testing for whatever -- whatever their machine tests for. i don't know, whether it be explosives or drugs or whatever. >> and then you finally made it to your destination, but i imagine that just that journey, just that encounter certainly got in the way of any pleasant travel. >> i didn't go with my mother. i was unable to accompany her to the plane. her plane was due to leave in two minutes. and i said, please get my mother to the plane. and they took her away. i was still not cleared at that point. >> okay. your mom, how is she doing right now. >> she is fine. she's fine. she's with my cousin, her niece and her husband. they are treating her like royalty because they love her so much. and we all do. and she's going to be going into assisted living up there in michigan. and i hope to be able to get free to go visit her very soon. >> jean weber, thanks so much. we wish you and your mom and the rest of the family all the best. >> thank you so much. this week one state will host the president. a presidential hopeful. and a big movie premiere. find out where that is, after this. at 190 miles per hour, the wind will literally lift ordinary windshield wipers off the glass. so, did we build a slower car? 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>> no. >> she will talk about how she was sterilized against her will. as you heard, it's a very emotional story. i want to hear what she has to say live. and, fred, don't know if you caught this my interview -- we can call him the intrepid joe jackson. >> i did. i did catch some of it. so elaborate. >> you're like -- well, he talked about the relationship with his son and the lingering questions about michael jackson's death. >> i know you said you believe -- i guess some people conspired to kill him. is that correct? >> michael told his mother and he told his manager, who is writing a book now, the truth about michael jackson. he told them they were were going to kill him for his publishing. >> he talks more about that. i asked him about abuse claims by the jacksons, even michael himself, saying he pushed him a little too hard. he said, listen, you didn't spare the rod then. if you do it now -- if you do not spare the rod now, it's called child abuse. he said this wasn't child abuse. he goes into that, where they are with the executors in the will. all of that. the new product, he has a couple products including a cologne and amusement park. >> did he respond at all to latoya jackson's book? >> no, he didn't. i didn't go into it with him. piers had done a great job on that, and that had been explored. i wanted to find out about him, how he was two years later. do you remember our live conversation on the red carpet three days after michael's death, at the b.e.t. awards, some people thought it was contentious. they said it was disrespectful for him to be selling a dvd, two days, three days after his son died. responded to that as well. >> we look forward to all that. don lemon, we'll see you at the top of the hour. all right. i know you have an iphone. >> i have two, actually. >> gosh, yeah. we can't just have one. these are some apps that you just might want to put on. i know you're also, you know, into fitness. >> sort of. >> and these apps -- >> sort of. he's being so shy right now. >> flex those muscles. all right. our gaming and gadgets guy, mark salzman tells us about some interesting iphone apps pertaining to fitness and diet. >> reporter: this is a french technology company best known for a wifi bathroom scale that came out two years ago. now they got $129 gadget that plugs into an iphone, ipod touch or an ipad that automatically downloads a free app, and it is for hypertension monitoring. it is, for all intents and purposes, a blood pressure monitor. you unvelcro that cuff, close it up. and simply plug in the -- if you can see that that 30-pin connector. press start. it gives you your blood pressure and your heart rate. you can chart this. you can see it in graph format, synchronize it with google health and other online tools. it's a neat device. >> very neat. perhaps you want to lose weight. what do you have there to assist? the second app is called lose it it's a free app. as the name suggests, you set a goal. hey, i want to lose five pounds over six weeks. it will give you a calculation what your calorie intake should be on a daily basis. every time you eat something, it's divided into meals and snacks, you type in what you had. h it has a database of thousands of brand names, a piece of cake, ice sing, it will give you all that readings and set that goal for you. if you exercise it subtracts some of the calories so you're allowed to have more that day. it is called lose it. it's a great and freew way to monitor what you're eating and reach those goals. >> all right. let's check the weather picture, beginning of the work week. >> i like that, a calorie count. >> isn't that neat? no excuses. >> darn it. >> you don't have to count any calories. >> thank you, fredricka. we are seeing a few storms bubbling up, in the northern plains, minot continuing to see some rain, just south and east of. there big storms yesterday exacerbating the troubles, especially pooling the areas where fire officials are trying to get to where the flooding is. not a good scenario there. memphis, atlanta, birmingham, severe thunderstorm watches posted until about 9:00 tonight. that atmosphere bubbling up. typically these high clouds develop in the sky, thunderstorms erupting out of that today. tomorrow and tuesday, a bigger threat for severe weather. overall picture today, the steam is on in the south that will continue. we'll talk more about where we will see that severe weather tomorrow coming up in a bit. >> thank you very much. i'm fredricka whitfield, much more of the newsroom straight ahead with my buddy, don lemon. have a great week. my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. hello, everyone. i'm don
AlabamaUnited-statesNevadaNorth-plymouthMassachusettsMinnesotaCaliforniaSan-franciscoMexicoArizonaSouth-hillNew-york of damage. just take a look around here. it goes on for blocks and block. we're right at the edge, so these houses only have water up to about their first floor line. even just a few houses down the block, it's higher and higher. it just goes on and on for blocks and blocks. fredricka, this is what you need to get around this neighborhood right now is a boat. it's really the only way to get around. we just went out for a little trip on this boat a few blocks away. some neighbors are here saying can you check on my house and giving us their address. we make it down there and have to bring them back bad news. everyone somehow hopes theirs is the one house that somehow made it. but it just goes on and on with this devastation. it's really heartbreaking for these people who are coming back here to try to get peace. fre fredric fredricka. >> where are the majority of people staying since so many folks can't be in their homes right now? >> this is a really close-knit neighborhood. people say that all the time about their communities. there's 12,000 people evacuated and less than 300 people at the shelter here. everyone's been taken in by neighbors, family members, wherever they can find a place. people have been so welcoming. just in this neighborhood people are coming up here and they're staying with a friend a block or two away. they know if things were a little different it could be them that needs help. you see the best of people so often in these kind of disasters. so they're making due. fred? >> you mentioned fema is already very much present there, the national guard has made its presence known, even the red cross. in what ways are a lot of these agencies able to come to the aid of people? >> reporter: well, the most important thing short term is making sure everybody's fed, has water and shelter. fortunately, like i said, most people have just been absorbed with their friends and neighbors. the next real step is going to be what's going to happen to all these houses. most people here don't have flood insurance. they were told they're not on a floodplain. this is what they call a 500-year flood. which sounds impressive. if you're living in one of those years, every 500 years, it's bad. fema's here. they've been approved to give direct assistance to people. that's a long way off before they start receding. it's going to be at least a week before the water is down below the historic flood level and months before the city is really bouncing back. >> jim spellman, appreciate that. across the southern u.s. now, quite the opposite. it's hot and dry and wildfires are burning. in arizona, the monument fire is about 75% contained. it has been burning for two weeks now. north dakota's governor has declared a state of emergency in 29 counties there. wildfires there have burned more than 70,000 acres. then on the alabama, a fire burning in gulf state park is nearly contained. as a precaution, the governor has banned outdoor burning everywhere in the state until further notice. alexandra steele, meteorologist, is right now in the weather center. extreme. oh, my good ness. can't get any further apart. >> the untri has been so divided weatherwise really for about a year and a half now. northern tier of the country has incredible rain and snow pack. that's how we got to this flooding scenario. of course, what we saw, last spring's rain, this spring's rain, of course, also, the record snow we had through the winter as well. southern tier of the country parched and dry. temperatures even know about 10 to 15 degrees above average and they're in a drought situation. so the dichotomy in the country is really quite vast. all right. back to north dakota and the flooding. i just got word that the last four straight hours we've taken readings of the water, and it has slowly, the numbers, albeit 1/100 of an inch, we've seen those numbers begin to fall. it did reach 1,561.72 feet. four feet above the record. it was two feet below their earlier projections. weeks before, though, it will be weeks until we really see this begin to recede. even as we head into the july fourth holiday it's really going to be quite a long time until that muddy debris kind of lowers and you see what's left. unfortunately, really no rest for the weary. more rain coming in. we're going to see the rain today and tonight. tomorrow minot begins to dry out with sunshine. take a look at the radar. heaviest rain to the east and south. as we put this into motion and show you the forecast for the rain, this timestamped until tomorrow. then tuesday at 4:00 in the afternoon, minot. one big look at the big picture for today. of course, here's where the storms will be. biggest storms isolated tornado, perhaps, but wind. especially tomorrow and tuesday. we'll talk about the severe potential. it is steamy across the south. there again, fred, lies that dichotomy in the country weatherwise we have seen and continue to see. >> thanks so much. appreciate that. now to the federal budget. drama unfolding in washington. president obama and vice president biden meet separately tomorrow with senate leaders from both parties. their goal to get negotiations on the debt ceiling back on track. the u.s. treasury department says congress has until august 2nd to raid the ceiling or the u.s. will start defaulting on its loans. bipartisan talks to address the growing deficit broke down last week after republicans refused to consider tax hikes. as u.s. congress debates ways to reduce the deficit, many members are giving their staff bonuses. the checks are as high as $17,000. cnn's lisa day jar dan discovers the payments after taking a hard look at congressional expense reports. >> reporter: remember the government shutdown debate? >> let them shut the government down. shut it down! >> reporter: behind all that drama, the news conferences, the federal workers scare, was a battle over spending cuts. >> washington needs to cut spending. >> that's congressman steve austria. he called for spending cuts, and as he and others debated a government shutdown, cnn has discovered both of them and dozen of other house members reported giving bonuses to their staff. our three-week long analysis of the latest house expense reports shows up to 6$6.1 million in house staff bonuses. >> $6 million in the big scheme of things isn't a lot of money. at the same token these are congressional staff, they're going to need bonuses. while a lot of the constituents of the lawmakers are looking for jobs much less not getting bonuses. >> reporter: those bonuses were not easy to find. inside this house expense report we found items called other compensation. a broad term that could be a bonus or not. so we contacted over 115 offices to ask. then we weeded out anything that looked like vacation or sick pay. the result? up to $6.1 million in bonuses reported between january and march. $908,000 by republicans. $3.1 million by democrats. the rest from committees. >> congressional staffers earn significantly less than their peers in the private sector. >> in a statement, my staff worked extremely hard including all nighters and weekends. i rewarded them with an end of the year bonus. these bonuses come at a time when budget cuts involve debate. dennis ross of florida actually held a hearing on it. >> our taxpayers can no long be asked to foot the bill for these federal employees while watching their own salaries remain flat and their benefits erode. >> reporter: that same month congressman ross gave his staff a documented $8,750 that looks like bonuses. his staff did not return our request for a clarification. those bonuses came even from the budget focused tea party caucus and also from some in the liberal progressive kcaucus. >> thanks so much. thousands of people turned out in birmingham last night to protest alabama's new immigration law. 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bill like the one that was in new york. >> under the new law gays and lesbians will be able to get married in nye thew york state starting july 24th. the passage of the new law last week added to the enthusiasm at today's annual gay pride parade in new york city. david, have you seen a lot of people dressed as -- dressed getting ready for what could be a big ceremony? >> reporter: that seems to be the driving theme here, fred. lots of costumes. lots of flamboyant behavior here. but people need to be reminded from what some analysts describe to us, this is not only just a parade here. this comes on the heels of what is very ironic in terms of what happened friday. that was the passage of this same-sex bill in terms of providing legislation. we spoke to individuals that talked about more in terms of the civil rights context. >> the point of civil rights laws is to protect everybody. but the people who look like us and who we relate to and the people who don't. and the point of a parade that celebrates gay pride is to make room for all people who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. >> reporter: we're getting quite a bit of revelry here in terms of what we see on the streets here. there was some opposition as well. religious leaders and others have provided argument that this might, indeed, cause unintended consequences. arch bishop timothy dolan addressed an audience just this morning. >> i was sad. i'm just sad because i think it's not good for the -- it's not good for the monogocommon g. that's what we've been arguing. i think it's a society of cultures at its peril. if we presume to tamper with what has been settled and given and taught us and cherished throughout the history of civilization. >> reporter: what's important to keep in mind here is that new york is the most -- take in effect in about 30 days. that actually, in fact, doubles the amount of americans who are said to be living under same-sex laws. fred? >> thanks so much from new york. appreciate that. all right. june is gay pride month. and there were other pride celebrations this weekend. take a look. so this is what it looked like at a street fair in san francisco's civil plaza yesterday. today's events included san francisco's 41st annual parade. another parade in st. petersburg, florida. said to be the largest gay pride celebration in florida. anything you write or post online just might be used against you. especially if it pertains to a job search. we brought in an expert to get you in the know on new internet dos and don'ts. and if you are already in the job market as many people are, here's a question for you. which of these four traits can help turn a temporary job into a permanent one? rework your resume to be detailed oriented? get to know every area at your job? be specific about what you want to be paid? overqualified? talk about it with your boss. after a break, we'll tell you which three out of the four tips actually work. the motorola 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according to fortune.com the federal trade commission is now allowing a background check company to screen job applicants based oen their behr ninternet postings. not only does it monitor online activities but reportedly saving these records for up to seven years. be careful what you post. let's review the social media dos and don'ts. all right. you don't want to post embarrassing photos. don't post offensive comments and don't trash previous employers or co-work rs. in today's reclaim your career, we thought we should look at the dos and how they might be able to help you. valori burton is author of "where will you go from here?" joining us from d.c. today on your national book tour, out with yet another book. i've lost count of how many you have. you're amazing. >> this is number six. i'm excited. >> oh, just so coy. just six. one of the things you can do because everyone is on social media, everyone is on facebook or twitter and they may be looking for a job, but they don't want to put something on there that may eventually come back to haunt them. what's allowed? >> well, you know what, you can follow a very simple rule of thumb. if you wouldn't want to see it broadcast on cnn tomorrow, don't post-it. that's really, really easy. there are a lot of people out there that have lost their jobs and somehow ended up on the news with something they thought was just going to their friends. that's the easy rule for what you shouldn't put on social immedia media. what shouldn't you put? a lot of people know what they shouldn't do. number one, use it as a pr tool. if you think about it, everybody today is a public figure. it's very different than it was even ten years ago. you need to manage your profile like a public figure. you want to think about what's the image i'm trying to project? what do the photos say about me? what does all the stuff i'm putting online say about my communication skills? that's really important and one of the biggest things your online profile shows to an employer or potential employer. >> and then you say stay abreast of industry trends. you actually want to talk about that while you're at these social sites, social networking sites? >> depending on what your goal is. if you're looking for a job or you're looking to transition career or transition into a new job, you want to be able to show that you're on top of trends within your industry. that you have knowledge. so every once in a while if you see articles that are interesting, retweet those articles or put them on facebook or on linkedin. you don't have to do it with every post but you may do it every so often. >> then you say be intentional about who you let into your network. >> that's right. especially if you're networking specifically for your career, you don't want to let everybody in. first of all, you've got some really important contacts that are in there. if you don't know people you're letting into your network, you don't know what they're going to say or who they're going to try to reach out to that's in your network. be very protective. a lot of people don't like to have certain people within a network because they will tag photos that end up showing up. maybe you were doing something personal and didn't want it in your online profile. be willing to ask people to untag those or untag them yourself. if people continue to be disrespectful don't be shy about unfriending people or not letting certain people into your network. >> this goes along with being selective about photos you're going to put on there. you say you really need to think about your social presence just like you do your credit report. >> that's right. when you think about this ruling, that they really can keep your social media profile for up to seven years even if you scrub your online presence and it looks good now, you want to make sure that that report, whatever that report looks like to an employer, is the best possible recommendatipresentati. it's about judgment. they're looking at what kind of a risk you are. are you a good risk or bad risk? if you're going to be online with social media you want to be sure your profile that shows up when employers are looking at you show you to be a good risk. >> valori burton, thanks so much. always making us smarter as we try to reclaim our careers. thank you. >> thanks, fredricka. their house is gone. their families, who knows where they might be. dogs and cats, hundred of them, are homeless after tornadoes tore through the town. well, lots of people are going into new homes this weekend. we'll explain. restrained driver... sir, can you hear me? just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. nascar drivers joe low ghani a know and loeffler are used to answering questions. >> i've got a couple questions coming from viewers. and one is, what do the drivers today know of its heritage? >> i think a lot of them do. i think it's come up more recently since the hall of fame opened up and you pay more attention to it. it's easy to have television and focus on exactly what you're doing. but it's, you know, i was a fan of the sport before i was a driver. you like to know the heritage and where it started and how it started and hear all the stories. it's really cool to see. >> jason? >> same here. i'm a fan of auto racing. so i like to think i know a lot about the history of all types of racing. especially nascar. so to come here to the hall of fame and check these cars out, it's pretty cool. every fan should come here and look at where it all began. >> it is a beautiful place. it's so inspiring, too. jason, you first. how do you condition yourself to drive that many laps, and how do you maintain and stay in the right lane when cars are turning? >> on the racetrack? >> yeah. >> you just react. but condition, i workout every day at home. i got a trainer. work out hard. there's really no conditioning for racing other than driving, it's the best conditioning. but, you know, as far as staying in the lane, i don't know. i didn't know there was a proper lane. some guys you just got to watch out for. some guys you've got to expect the unexpected. >> maybe they mean not wiping out. staying on the track. what would be your thought on physical training? do you have a routine or do you try to maintain that same kind of stamina? >> same with jason here. you work out every time you're home. being in the car is the most important thing. you can't do that every day. there's no way it's possible. it costs so much money to go test with these cars these days. you have tires and flying your teams to a racetrack and spending a day there testing, renting the track out. it's not possible to be able to do that. that's why you do all this other stuff to mentally prepare yourself and try to prepare yourself for as much as you possibly can for when you get to the racetrack. like i said, you can't drive a race car every single day. something i do a lot, i have a simulator. i feel like that's the closest thing i can do to do that. every once in a while you get the bug. i'll go to the go-cart track and mess around with my friends. you want to go racing and stuff like that. i think all that actually helps, i really think. >> face to face, jason leffler and joey low logano. in the next hour, they tell me the keys to their success. fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums a look at our top stories right now. people in minot, north dakota, are hoping the floodwaters start dropping in just a few hours. the river that runs through the city is cresting at the highest level ever. between 3,000 and 4,000 homes have been flooded. steve nab who had to evacuate calls it disheartening. there was extra cause for celebration at new york city's annual gay pride parade today. the event came just two days after governor andrew cuomo signed a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in new york, effective july 24th. cuomo talked about the new law during today's celebration. >> i believe new york has sent a message to this nation loud and clear. it is time for marriage equality all across this country. new york for many years -- new york for many, many years has served as the progressive beacon for this country. and passing marriage equality, i think, advances the entire discussion in term of social justice. and i was so proud and honored to be the governor of this state signing this law into effect. >> comedian margaret cho is an outspoken supporter of gay rights. face to face she told me her thoughts on the new york law. >> i think it's time. i think it's time that people realize -- people realize now, i think conservatives realize that they cannot legislate morality. and they cannot continue to discriminate against a group of people in order to kind of fulfill their political agenda. that discrimination can no longer be part of your political agenda. i think this is what conservatives now are getting. and that's why things are changing. >> and do you suppose that with gay marriage, with same-sex marriage being allowed in new yorking with being the sixth state now, that this is going to be much more impassable than the previous five and the district of columbia's? >> i feel like new york is -- new york culturally, politically, it's really -- it's really something that affects the rest of the world. not just the rest of the country. >> more face to face with the star of "drop dead diva" on lifetime, actress, author, margaret cho next month in the "newsroom." are you a saver or a spender? coming up in today's financial fix, find out why it's important to figure out which one you are. all right. cnn has been shining a spotlight on modern day slavery this week. oscar winning actress mira sorvino is a u.s. goodwill ambassador fighting trafficking. she talks about her work now in impact your world. >> a lot of what i've learned about human trafficking has been through direct conversations with victim. i've interviewed many, many victims in several different countries in different situations, different age ranges. almost all the victims i've spoken to have been women. most of them have been in sexual exploitation. some of it is so shocking it almost, like, ruins you for a few weeks. like, you can't actually escape the horrendousness of what people are telling you and the pain that they have lived through. i met a little girl at a shelter and she was showing me her homework. it was her addiction and subtraction. she was very proud. then they took me aside and said her father murdered her mother in front of her and then she dropped her off with some relatives in cancun and they sold her to a brothel at age 4. 4 to 7 she was working in a brothel doing things that she did not even know how to describe except that she knew they were incorrecto. incorrect. wrong. then somehow she was liberated and ended up in this shelter. to think that there is a sex tourism demand for children of the age of 4 is one of the most stomach turning things that i could possibly imagine as a mother. if all of us rise up and all of us fight this, it will end. this is going to change. because it is morally intolerable. >> there are many ways to impact your world. go to cnn.com/impact and see the various organizations that will accept your donations. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning hotel bids to find where you can save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. some experts say your adult spending habits were probably shaped by your childhood. if your spending habits need to be fixed, you must first figure out if you are a spender or a saver. financial planner karen li explains in today's financial fix. >> on the one side we've got people who are the big spender. they are typically living way beyond their means. possibly drowning in debt. fred, we've got a whole other side of the spectrum there. people who are fearful that there'll never be enough money. either way it's a dysfunctional relationship with money. it can cause problems in relationships. if a spender is married to a saver, it can be very contentious. ask yourself the first question. most people can answer this. are you a spender or a saver. i'm a saver. >> everyone knows. >> how about you? >> i think i'm both. >> do you get help with wroyour money or do you keep it private? the next question would be, what does money really mean to you? what does it do for you? the next time you're about to make a purchase, if you're a spender or you've got debt, ask yourself, how am i going to feel? why am i doing this? >> i guess what constitutes the spending? because what you have to spend on your day-to-day living, does that count? >> i call it luxury versus necessity. >> okay. >> wants versus needs. there are certain things that we must have. >> right. >> but do we always have to have the most expensive one of those? that's how you can sort of look at speing and is it realistic spending that needs to happen, or is it overspending. >> okay. then once you have that understanding about, you know, money or you're a spender or a saver, you know, how do you need to -- i guess, how do you begin that kind of reform? >> right. it's just the first step. you make a great point. it's not just going to transform you to understand. deep-seeded thoughts and processes. like most great life challenges, if you're an overeater and trying to lose weight, maybe you drink too much and you're trying to stop drinking, it helps if you ask yourself why do i take that drink? 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hospital. the president of afghanistan spoke to cnn's fareed zakaria. he says the key to his country's success is money. lots of it. but it must be focused on projects that will help afghans in the long run. >> the money where it was invested -- the united states has been -- the united states has been -- but the united states has not invested in major infrastructure for us like dams and electricity that we can produce. we have an argument about that. afghanistan has made its point of view very, very clear. for example, a project in kandahar for the production of electricity where the u.s. government spent $250 million on providing generators, we disagree with. we felt this money could be spent better by building a dam in this region. that will give a lasting sustainable economic environment to the people of the region. >> this week the president of the united states and france both announced troop numbers and timetables for their military withdrawals from afghanistan. that makes a refugee group working there even more worried about the fate of thousands of afghan people too afraid to go home. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr reports. >> reporter: so many afghan children still in terrible poverty. living conditions clearly show the despair. and as the u.s. military prepares to wind down its troop presence in afghanistan, these are the people left behind. during a recent tour of afghan camps housing a growing number of displaced persons, the advocacy group refugees international shot this video. >> this year in the first five months of 2011 we have more than 91,000 people fleeing their homes. this is in comparison for last year over the same time period where there were 42,000. so we're talking about double. >> reporter: refugees international says afghans continue to be driven out by coalition air strikes and special forces raids. general david petraeus has long said the military tries to be as careful as it can. but there are growing questions if often corrupt afghan security forces, including local police, are now driving afghans from their homes. >> we talked to displaced people who said the afghan local police which are supported by u.s. military through an afghan government program are extorting money from people, demanding taxes, using their power to abuse civilians. they've also been implicated in allegations of murder and torture as well in these communities. >> reporter: providing afghan security village by village has always been key to the u.s. strategy for leaving afghanistan. >> we have been involved very closely with the afghans in this local sort of a neighborhood watch program, if you will. and much of the focus of our effort with the afghans has been involved in ensuring good human rights standards, anti-corruption standards, good identification, good connections to other security elements, you know, the more formal police structures and military structures. >> reporter: afghan government officials have often said 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there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ a few stories we're watching this hour. a proposed license plate is dividing communities in texas. the state is yet to approve this specialty plate design. it features the confederate flag. the texas sons of confederate veterans designed it. they say it honors texans who died in the civil war. there are many people who've expressed they are offended by the symbol. in joplin, missouri, it's a pet adoption drive like no other. about 600 cats and dogs were left without homes and families when tornadoes ripped apart the joplin area last month. the humane society there says some people drove hundreds of miles to give these tornado pets a new home this weekend. all the animals were spade, neutered and/or microchipped for free. it's now three weeks since lauren speier disappeared. she's a 20-year-old indiana university student last seen leaving a bar in bloomington. yesterday was find lauren day with hundreds of volunteers fanning out in the area that she was last seen. so what had been planned as an extended weekend of testimony in the casey anthony murder trial ended before it even began saturday morning. after meeting with attorneys from both sides yesterday, the judge abruptly recessed the trial citing an unspecified legal issue. >> as both sides concur that a legal issue has arisen unrelated to the issue that we talked about first thing this morning dealing with the doctor, that would necessitate us recessing for today. >> yesterday i talked with our legal guys. i asked them why they thought the judge, judge perry, decided to cancel saturday's session. >> that's is $64,000 question. my belief is there was certain evidence that the prosecution could have turned over. it goes to a material question of what the expert was about to say. and, therefore, because it's a legal issue, we'll never know until the case goes to an appeal which it will. the bottom line is i've heard wild ideas about incompetence on the part of counsel, a whole bunch of different reasons on why the judge stopped it today. the bottom line, fredricka, is that it probably had something to do with the failure to turn over some evidence in an effort to rectify. the case will proceed 8:30 a.m. monday. >> it also means it could be anything froma
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