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Lets see if its up there. for the win! [ cheering ] >> do another question? >> steve: why not? >> all right. >> i like both of you so much. ready? thank you, steve. >> gretchen: im nervous. >> are you? name something people try to get out of. who got it? go ahead, ainsley. >> a date? >> a date. lets see if its up here. (buzzer). >> you got it again. >> gretchen: homework. >> lets see if its up there. >> yes! >> does that count?

Youve had three or four jail breaks. theyre being let out of prison. these are the bad ones. the really bad ones. its a very serious situation. as far as closing the embassies, probably you have to do it. probably its better to err on the side of caution. you could send military, but i look at your screen and i see so many places and there are those asking why do we even have embassies in certain of these places? we have no relationships with the people. we have no nothing. what do we have embas...

Chatter we heard before 9/11 is being picked up by intelligence analysts. the president has been getting regular updates as the embassies were under heavy guard yesterday. sources tell fox news al qaeda is planning something big with a public relations plan to maximize the impact after the fact. they also say theres concern about a surgically implanted device possibly being used and they say this is not a dress rehearsal as some other white house warnings have been in the past. there is no speci...

The joint chiefs of staff. patti ann: so how specifically is the state department handling this threat? >> reporter: well, they had the 22 embassies closed yesterday, on sunday. then they announced that 19 of them are going to remain closed right on through the week until saturday. the state department explains the extended closures are not a response to any new threat but result only from an abundance of caution. at the same time, a travel alert has been issued for americans overseas. now, sour...

Expecting a lot of that across the center of the country and some of that rain can come in the form of strong to severe thunderstorms. well keep an eye on that anywhere from parts of montana, north dakota all the way down into sections of kansas. we had extreme weather in sections of kansas with up to six inches of rain. current temperatures in the 50s in chicago and cleveland. 62 now in new york city. across parts of texas, on the hot side, feeling very much like august out there. triple digits...

Heavy downpours. several more inches could be possible today and tomorrow. were not just talking about flooding being a concern, but also severe weather. damaging winds in excess of 60 miles an hour and large hail anywhere across that area shaded in yellow, from parts of north dakota down into sections of kansas. temperature wise, a little bit feeling like fall out across sections of the great lakes into the northeast. right now only in the upper 50s, in chicago and cleveland. a little unusual f...

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Yourself. thats the big problem i see here. its not just the technology. my kids are older. they all have smart phones. i think were great. but i think its how we use them and parent with them. >> steve: thats good point. none of my kids got phones until they were junior high. what about the fact -- betsy kind of alludes to this -- a lot of parents out there who these days, unfortunately, they give a smart phone to a kid much as parents of years gone by would just plop their kids in front of the...

White house, and he has more for us. good morning, steve. what are we hearing there? >> reporter: well, good morning. the presidents being updated on a regular basis about this terrorist threat, in fact, he should be holding his daily briefing right now inside the white house, and you can bet that threat is going to top the agenda at that briefing. now, the president spent saturday night at camp david, arrived back here yesterday afternoon on his 52nd birthday. tomorrow he headses to phoenix for...

>>steve: a quarter before the top of the hour. quick headlines from "fox & friends." a trial date set for sally struthers. she will set to court september 23 to face a d.u.i. charge. the actress was arrested in maine last fall. piglets running loose on a road in china. keeping cops running in circles. a truck carrying several dozen of them overturned. they went running. the road had to be shut down until the pigs were put back in their pigpen. gretch, over to you and tucker. >>gretchen: rememb...