Always love those stories. Staff Sergeant William delay greetingc his fiveyearold daughter at school after coming home from afghanistan. The bad, a cleaning truck slamming into the side into a plane in miami. The driver hit the gas stphefd brakes. The ugly. Ranger fans and fire fans in a big brawl. Thats it. Fox friends starts right now. Bye. Hey everybody. Good morning. It is wednesday, the 30th of april, 2014. Im anna kooiman in for Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Calling it the smoking email. Proof this morning on who really told susan rice to say this. It was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. Yeah, but thats not true. And talk about a double standard, one democratic
hold everyone accountable for their words. But who is policing that guy . Theres [inaudible] clarence thomas. Unfortunately for him that is not all he had to say. There is a reunion in a galaxy far away. The new star wars has its cast and some of the original faces are making a return. All right. Mornings are better with friends. c its time for fox friends. Welcome aboard, folks. Live from studio e live in midtown manhattan where it is raining. But april showers bring may pneumonia. Its freezing out there. 434 43 degrees. I heard tulips decided
not to come out of the earth. It is too cold. Joining us is anna kooiman for elisabeth who has taken the day off. Thats allowed. We have a live camera with elisabeth. Well be dipping into her life throughout the day. Lets talk about benghazi. Judicial watches put in a freedom of information request to find out about memos and emails transferred during the time of the benghazi attacks a couple of years ago. It turns out if you ask the right way, if you try hard enough, you eidc up getting those memos and they turn out not redacted. The key is you have to sue them. Weve done a lot of stories on benghazi but this is the one youve really got to Pay Attention to. Because of this. As it turns out the white house had these documents they turned over to the House Oversight committee. About 100 pages . How would you know because so much stuff was blacked out they were useless. Judicial watch sued them under the freedom of information act. They went to court and
wound up with these unredacted things. Who told susan rice to go on the sunday talk shows and say it was a video. Now weve got these unredacted things from ben rhodes, Barack Obamas assistant and the Deputy National security advisor, one of them entitled prep call for susan rice the day before she was on tv. It said the goal was to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video and not a broader failure of policy. It does not mention, according to sharyl atkissson who has written a blog, does not relate to terrorism. The National Security council is basically saying the email referring to protests going on around the region in cairo and benghazi, they were talking more about the flavor of thec region. That statement did not
address what fox news asked, which is where did you get this information about protesting sparked by the video, the attacks on benghazi on innocent americans, where did you get this information from . Snorkelly ayotte was on with grate at that senator kelly ayotte was on with greta last night. We asked where the video reference came from. Now we know it came from the white house. This is a dynamic where the president in the election was claiming he had been a good Foreign Policy president , had al qaeda on thec run. The other thing in this email here that is very troubling is this reference to make sure you mention that al qaeda has been destroyed. Then you saw ambassador rice on every single sunday show saying al qaeda has been decimated. Blame it on the video, not on the president s strategies. It reads more like a p. R. Strategy than it does trying to get the proper intelligence to the american people. Remember it was seven weeks before the election,
and at that point the talking point for the administration was bin laden is dead and al qaeda is on the run, weve got them on the heels. What happened there proved that wasnt true. But Sharyl Attkisson who worked at cbs she resigned because she couldnt do what she wanted to do, specifically benghazi. Ben rhodes, the president sc assistant, his brother is president of cbs news. Sharyl noted that in her blog. But jason chafits said the government tried to keep the email secret because they initially had it declassified but then they classified, pwhrabgdz it out and sent blacked it out, sent it over and there was nothing there. I would say too they are
brothers. Lindsey graham said this is the smoking gun that points to the whitec houses efforts to shape the story of what was going on in benghazi. Asked about whether this call actually happened, we havent had an answer for that either. The subject line of the email in the 4 p. M. Prep call with susan rice and it didnt go out to just one or two people. It went out to a dozen of the president s closest confidantes including white house spokesperson jay carney. Lindsey graham does say it is the smoking gun. Charles krauthammer says it is the smoking document. He also went on to say, charles, he does not believe america will pay enough attention. Because of the mainstream media. The main story yesterday has to be what was happening with Donald Sterling. It was up to the nba commissioner to step up and he did. He banned him for life and will force him to sell the team. Then comes out opinions and almost universally people Basketball Association for
taking the proper steps but not everyone was pushing that. One congressman thompson said weve got to give the players more power and owners more power to oust this guy and have more control over what happens in this league because you need a twothirds vote to get rid of a guy like Donald Sterling in this case. Meanwhile, you have to wonder if congressman thompson is asking for a double standard when it comes to freedom of speech and saying things that are flatout in my mind offensive. He was on nation of islam radio. This is a democrat congresseao great state of mississippi. He says that clarence thomas, the africanamerican justice on the u. S. Supreme court, is an uncle tom. He says mitch commonly is a a Mitch Mcconnell is a racist. He says republicans are antiobamacare because hes black. That is not true. Any way, here is the congressman from
mississippi. Mitch mcconnell will have the audacity to [inaudible] but the commander in chief that i dont care what you come up with, were going to be against it. Now, if thats not a racist statement, i dont know what is. There is uncle tom clarence thomas, this man doesnt even like black people. He doesnt likec being black because every decision where color has something to do with it, he went against it. He also said he worked under three president s, and they were never treated like this. Really . George bushs intellect was slapped around every day. The majority leader called him a loser. Bill clinton in particular was impeached. You saw the way bill clinton was treated in many respects. Forget the way theyre look at now. I dont think any of them had an easy time. He went on to say this antigovernment attitude is
completely newc just because we have an africanamerican president. We did reach out to his office and havent heard back for a comment. Weve got lots more news to tell you about. Once again we turn to Heather Nauert. Got news now to bring you at nine minutes after the hour. We break in with breaking news that came in overnight. Prison officials try a new drug cocktail to kill an inmate but the execution is botched. The inmate died more than 43 minutes later of a heart attack. Now all executions in the state of oklahoma are on hold. The man exploded after the first of three injections and then the execution stopped. Some witnesses say the convicted murderer then tried to get up and talk. Pretty gruesome description there. Witnesses say he looked likec rambo. A guy with a shotgun came in. He shot the guard in the
belly and then he went inside and started shooting. Police identified the gunman pwho shot up a fedex warehouse in georgia. He is a 19yearold, a package handler for the company. Etches armed with a knife, molotov cocktails and had bullets strapped to his chest. He shot six people before he turned the gun on himself. Three are in critical condition. Police not releasing a motive yet. Amanda knox and her roommate fought over money before knoxc allegedly n knife, her off with a according to Italian Court documents that were just unsealed in that case. A Court Informant claimed convicted knox and her former boyfriend of murdering kirchner. Knox was first convicted of murder about five years ago but the verdicts were overturned on appeal in 2011. In january a federal Appeals Court overturned the conviction. Knox now in seattle was
sentenced to 28 1 2 years in prison. It is an allstar reunion in a galaxy far away. Star wars episode 7 had its cast and there are plenty of familiar faces. Harrison ford is back along with mark hamill, and then there is newcomers to the task. Oscar isaac, best known for his role inc inside lou ellen days. Adam driver, we hear hellen hell be playing a villain. The highly anticipated sequel hits december 2015. Those are your headlines. Maybe brian would actually like a movie. I saw one of them, didnt get through it, never saw the rest. Probably fighting words for a lot of our viewers. You didnt like gravity either . Too few people in thec
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regulation. Now a liberal blogger is attacking the move saying, quote, this represents an utterly stupid and useless case of corporate welfare. Rick perry is engaged in domestic financial terrorism. Is rick perry probusiness . He sure is. Hes probusiness and antiamerican. Strong words there. But is bringing jobs to your state really financial terrorism . Here to weigh in is Stuart Varney. Good morning. Are you kidding me . Isc there any validity to that argument . Do you think tax breaks to steal business from another state, does this hold water at all . Sheer nonsense. Actually it is sour grapes. Toyota goes from california to texas lured by less regulation and much lower taxes. That is not financial terrorism. That is a legitimate inducement to get money and jobs out of a hightax, highregulation, bigunion state like california and bring them to a goahead, lowtax, lowregulation
state like texas. It is sour grapes from the left. Isnt the whole idea when youre in business like toyota is and we should point out the big three were all in california once upon a time. One of them has gone to tennessee, the other now in texas as well. When youre in business, isnt the idea to make as much money as possible . And if your federal and state bureaucracies are charging you high taxes, figure out a way to payc less. In this case its move to texas. Its good business. Toyota wanted to build a brandnew headquarters. You cant build anything in california. They regulate you to death. Theres rules and regulations for everything. What do they do . They listened to governor rick perry of texas, and went to texas where they can build a whopping great big new Headquarters Building just like that. You know what theyre doing is saving the u. S. What concerns me, even though it is allowed, maximize profit if that is your goal for shareholders and make it more desirable for consumers. Bow do you think overall wec are chase but do you
think overall we are chasing money out of the country and this is a good story because it keeps money in the country . Nobody is higher with taxes than abu dhabi at 55 . Were keeping 2 trillion of money outside of america. It doesnt come back here because of those high taxes. And were chasing corporations out like pfizer. Pfizer is going to be domiciled overseas because of our high taxes here. Its on the big level, a country level which is exactly the same as the state level within the United States. Right. And all these energy jobs in texas as well. Unemployment rate lower than a lot of others. What can other states learn from governor rick perry . Low tax, low regulation pulls in the jobs, pulls in the money. High tax, big unions, youre chasing money out of your state. c thats what you can learn. Fantastic. Rick perry wins. Stuart varney were going to watch your show today. Yeah, im fired up. 11 to 1. Are you going to be there . You take attendance every day. Its like romper room. Romper room . Yeah, you dont remember that . You hold up a mirror and saeup i see and say i see annc and i see steve. Stuart didnt grow up in our nation, but welcome. 19 minutes after the hour kofplgt coming up, a country about to beat us as the numberone economy in the world. Great. Then good news. Two guys came up with an idea to save the Postal Service. Bad news . The post office said no thanks. The reason why, its going to blow your mind. vo oh. My. Tongue. Finally. announcer allnew friskies saucesations. A taste experience like no other. In cheesy, creamy, homestyle, or garden sauce. Friskies. Feed the senses. Natural energy from tea packed with real juice from delicious fruits and veggies. Its what you need for that extra boost oh and did we mention its only 50 calories . Need a lift . Couldve had a v8. In t juice aisle. Lets get up, lets get moving. Quick headlines now. Happening today, iraqis head to the polls to elect their First Parliament since u. S. Forces left the country in 2011. Soldiers and police are manning check points. Terrorists vowed to disrupt the vote with violence. China could surpass the United States as the number one economy a lot sooner than you think. Weve been told it will happen in another decade or so. Thats when you compare the total value of each country. But new data from the World Bank Says if you compare them by purchasing power, china will surpass america this year. Brian, over to you. Thankc you. 38 million is the u. S. Postal Service Total net loss in the past years. Considering it only earns services from selling stamps and shipping services, you would think the agency would think of ways to save money and keep up with the times; right . According to our next guest the idea was shot down. Here with their story, evan bair and will davis. Cofounders of outbox. Congratulations, outbox is up and running. And is doing great. Describe what your service does. It enabled our users to check their postal mail from anywhere so you didnt have to go to your mailbox ever again. You could check it from your ipad and iphone. We were trying to bringc the Postal Service into the 21st century and had a fabulous following in San Francisco and texas. You were up and running,
doing good. Then what happened . We got a call from the postmaster general. Will and i used to work in washington, d. C. We put on our suits, go to washington, met with the postmaster and its senior team. We go into this intimidating board room and gave a pitch. We said were just a few guys trying to help build a Great Technology product that our customers love. We would love to find a way to work together. A few great linesc ensued. The chief Digital Innovation officer from the post office said no one is going to want it because digital is a fad. That was a doozy but the next one was better. The postmaster said those arent our customers. He said our customers are a few hundred volume mailers and the product is junk mail on to the tables of america. They feel an allegiance to junk mailers who pay nothing to go into the
postal system. You were astounded by having said that so y