The not so smooth criminal arrived at the San Francisco court in a stolen car and was promptly arrested by police once again. We appreciate you joining us today. Thank you so much. Have a great day. Fox friends starts now. Bye. Good morning everyone. It is thursday, thec first of may, 2014. Im anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. We begin with a fox news alert. Torrential rains soaking the country. One sink hole the size of a city block and more water on the day. We have tips you need to survive a flash flood. Tension in the white house has the administration scrambeling emails linking the white house to a benghazi coverup. Why did it take a court case for you to release this . I can say this again and again, this document was not about tkpwepbgz. Not about benghazi . Then why was the email titled benghazi, mr. Carney. Russiac pushing back on sanctions saying that bear on a trampoline is now your own only ticket to space. Wow. Shepherd must be happy. Mornings, according to everyone we talk to, are better with friends. Welcome back to fox friends. Gabe kaplan. I will miss those guys. What did they say . Put a rubber hose up your nose . c mr. Carter funny what people remember. Thats horseshack. He passed away. Anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. Shell be back tomorrow. There was epstein, washington and barberino. You tune to a news channel for the news, and for that we turn to Heather Nauert. Weve got breaking news from the south. Parts of it were talking about could be weather related. We begin with a fox news alert. There was a gas explosion and it hit a florida jail leaving two inmates dead this morning. More than 100 prisoners and Corrections Officers have been hurt. This happened in pensacola, florida. The explosion inside the jail central booking area caused part of it to collapse. No word on what causedc the blast but that area has been hit with heavy flooding. Well keep you posted. Millions of folks across the east coast are in the grip of a storm that just wont quit. Relentless rain in pensacola, florida, causing this road to collapse, swallowing a truck. The driver inside that truck managed to make it out believe. Mobile, alabama, an elderly woman was one of those who had to be rescued. Fire fighters carried her to safety after her car was stranded on a flooded street. A little girl in a kayak in her family livingc room. Her family was trapped in their home in two feet of water. The only way to try to keep that little girl dry. In a botched execution of an oklahoma inmate, sparking a lot of outrage this morning and now calls for moratoriums on legal injections. Witnesses at the execution report a grizzly scene after one of his veins ruptured when he was injected with an experimental cocktail of lethal drugs. He was trying to move his head up from the gurney, trying to move his shoulders from the gurney and moving his legs. This is when they closed the curtain because it became very clear that
whatever was happening was too dramatic for the media to see. The guy died 45 minutes later of a heart attack. A boat washed ashore in Washington State and it could be from that deadly trenami two years ago. Boat was covered in vegetation and shells. Police say there are some sort of asian symbols on the hull of the boat leading to speculation it was from the tsunami. Those are your headlines. Ill be back with more later. Heather, thank you very much. Brian, lets talk little bit about benghazi. At fox, weve been telling you this is a story we personally have talked to people who were there. We have heard stories about whats gone on. Now it has starteduz hit the fan. With that email that was released by the white house to Judicial Watch after they sued them, we now know that the white house had a conspiracy where essentially what they were trying to do was change the
story. Lets blame that video; right, on what happened over in libya, in benghazi on that night where four brave americans died. Well, now we know that there was a coverup as well because they had redacted, they crossed out all the stuff. Then finally we got to see it. Yesterday the White House Press corps had it up to here. They realized they had been lied to for over a year and it even came down to where jay carney, who apparently is not paid enough because he tries to do a good job for the administration, he said that the benghazi memo that they prepared for susan rice before she went out on the sundayc shows, it wasnt about benghazi, even though at the top of it it said benghazi. Heres jonathan carl. You knew full well what susan rice primarily was going to be asked about was the attack, terrorist attack on a u. S. Consolate. Ambassador rice went on those shows and said the
attack in benghazi was rooted in protests over an internet video. We now know that was not true. I would point you to what mike morrell said repeatedly in testimony about the . X aqpaion of the talking points. Morrell said last month, when he heard that he said that is not something our analysts said. It came from the white house; right . Youre wrong. If you look at that document, that document that were talking about today was about the overall environment in the muslim world. The topic was a prep call, prep with susan, meaning susan rice. It was sent at 4 00 saturday for sunday appearances. What i think is so exasperating, they rolled it in delayed on our channel, i think what is exasperating is youre trying to write a story, trying to follow through and youre trying to wonder if the guy talking to you
and explaining it has read into the reality of it. But youve got to go with what he says. Jay carney was on that email when itc seems ben rhodes whose goal was to take this incident that blew up and try to find a way to spin it in which the administration doesnt look back and makes it look like theyre tough on terror. Bin laden is dead and al qaeda is on the run. You cant say that and beat mitt romney if that is not true. If the truth came out about tkpwepbgz on september 14 about benghazi on september 14 that in fact would not have been true. How different would that debate have been if they had been able to look at the situation and sayc guys you mean how would the debate have been if the white house told the truth . It looks like they did know the truth and was trying to spin it behind the scenes. The Mainstream Media didnt cover it in prime time, newspapers didnt cover it on the front page,
although we did see it in usa today but it does appear the Mainstream Media is having a hard time covering it anymore. Are they trying to protect Hillary Clinton in the next general election . Is that it . Or do they think this is a fox story that is tired and the American People are sick of hearing it. It proves fnc has been right all along and we should have been covering it. Lindsey graham said last night this certainly is a smoking gun. This is Proof Positive that right after the attack, three days after the attack,c they did not give a damn about the intelligence. They wanted to create a political narrative to protect the president and i think most americans find that offensive and im not going to stop until somebody is held accountable for allowing it to be a death trap, somebody be fired for not coming to the aid of these people for at least nine and a half hours and somebody be fired for not protecting the American People. And i dont believe ben rhodes did this by himself. Somebody in the white house higher up than this concocted this story because they were worried about the reelection. When susan rice said i have no regrets, i gave the American People thec best evidence available, that is a baldfaced lie. Id like to see jay carney wired up to a lie detector. Im kidding. Jay carney said that particular prep memo was not about benghazi. Yet the top line says benghazi. The other part, Lindsey Graham spoke about this last night, in it it says this, quote, the investigation is ongoing and the u. S. Government is working with libyan authorities to bring to justice those responsible for the death of u. S. Citizens. Jay carney had been suggesting that was about the unrest at all the other embassies on 9 11 because of the video. But this particular thing that was circulated by ben rhodes and hes probably just the messenger, carney
suggesting it was general unrest. And yetc specifically in the document it talked about americans who died, only died i. Jay carney, if he, if it wasnt about benghazi, it sure looks like it. If it was ed henry, he would have taken a shot at fox. Instead it was jonathan carl. You saw jay carneys wheels spinning thinking, rather than answering the question, he paused and said i have no answer to your question. There were four other guys that asked questions about it. Lets go toc gentlemans quarterly magazine. They are the ones who generally tell you how to get rid of that pimple real fast. Also pull out the cologne and rub it on yourself and prepare tend you bought the bottle. Yesterday they were talking about who should buy the l. A. Clippers. They talked a little bit about Donald Sterling. What they wound up doing was they said essentially, they insinuated that if you are a conservative you are a racist. This tweet went out and said good luck to Donald Sterling with whatever show he ends up hosting on fox news probably. How does that make us feel as fox news employees . Are you kidding me . How does it make you feel as a Fox News Channel viewer . What do you think about this . Email us at fox news. Com. Does that mean if youre a conservative, youre a racist . Its interesting. In whatever blog we saw fellow, or gal wrote this, g. Q. Magazine you continue to insult half of your readers who are conservatives by assuming they are racists. Hash tag unprofessional. Heres another. Im glad i no longer get you. G. Q. , maybe you ought to
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now more than 18 billion in debt. And last year the budget deficit hit 380 million. But theyre not alone. Outside of detroit ten other American Cities have filed for bankruptcy since 2008. So is this trend sure to continue . And what can other cities do to avoid these fiscal pitfalls . Here with us now to weigh in is the author of a brandnew book so much to do. Richard ravage. c richard, good morning to you. Pleased to be here. We see this all across the country. Its not just detroit. Its a lot of towns and states that borrow way more money than they could possibly pay back. That unfortunately is the case. The reason new york city almost went bankrupt in 1975 is for the previous seven or eight years it borrowed to cover its deficits, just as it is perfectly okay to borrow to buy a home. But it doesnt work if you have to keep borrowing to pay for your dinner. Thats what got new york into trouble and thats whats getting a lot of other cities into trouble. But the fundamental underlying reason for it is that theres an enormous fiscal squeeze. Retirement expenditures and Health Care Expenditures are rising a lot faster than revenues. And federal budget cuts add states face. In the last year or so there have been some cities, including detroit and i know you cant specifically talk about the detroit situation because youre helping them out. But there have been other states that have suggested we need to turn to the federal government. And they need to bail us out. Back in 1975 essentially new york city got kind of a federal bailout. We we, the federal government lent new york city a whole bunch of dough to dig themselves out of the hole. What about Going Forward now . Youve got to figure in the back of some peoples mind, like california, illinois,
theyre all thinking if things get reallyc bad, we can turn to the feds. The feds have turned down california at a point a couple of years ago when they were in the most serious shape. I dont think thats forthcoming. What happened in new york in 1975 was the crisis started in may, at least thats when it became visible. The state of new york stepped forth, did a lot of things to help the city of new york, took over a lot of functions, paid a lot of costs. We had a governor who was brilliant politically and brilliant financially. And as a consequence, even though jerry ford in october said what the daily news characterized as ford to city drop dead. A very famous line which sort of rattled the white; c house. And a month later gerry ford agreed to a loan. And that was a loan that never cost the federal government a dime. They charged 100 basis points more than their cost of money and they were paid back immediately. Spaeup thats good. Of course the country is in much different financial straits. We have a debt of trillions. Check out his book so much to bear. Coming up, a story weve been following. Dozens of veteransc died waiting for care at a v. A. Hospital. Captain pete hegseth is here to talk about denying those deadly secrets. He got a d in biology. His parents say its the schools fault. Now theyre suing the school. What . That story is coming up. [ male announcer ] v8 vfusion plus energy. 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. Its progressive pain. First you have that, that feeling of numbness. Then you get the hot pins. It got to the point where i felt like, almost like lightning bolts, hot strikes into my feet. The pain was, it was. I just couldnt handle it, so my doctor prescribed lyrica. The pain has been reduced and i feel better than i did before. [ male announcer ] its known that diabetes damages nerves. Lyrica is fdaapproved to treat diabetic nerve pain. Lyrica is not for everyone. It may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. Or, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, changes in eyesight, including blurry vision, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or skin sores from diabetes. Common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. [ karen ] having less pain, that means everything to me. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about lyrica today. Its specific treatment for diabetic nerve pain. To hear more of karens story, visit lyrica. Com. Students forced to pay to attendc their own graduation . U. C. Berkeley grads have to fork over ten bucks for their commencement address delivered by nancy pelosi. The Administration Says the money pays for food, flowers, snacks. A maryland family suing their kids school saying it is their fault he got a d because teachers didnt give him enough attention. The family says their son cant get into college now. Thanks, teachers. Its been more than a week since the disturbing report, 40 veterans may have died while on a secret waiting list for primary care appointments at ac phoenix v. A. Now lawmakers are demanding
answers, but the hospital director denies knowing anything saying no secret waiting list has been identified internally. We still have not seen the list of the 40 deaths. We have not seen these documents. Veterans groups now demanding action. And here to explain is c. E. O. Of concerned veterans for america and Fox News Contributor pete hegseth. Good morning, pete. Is this just another scandal similar to nose in the Obama Administration where you investigate yourself and then you of course dont find anything . Or are you buying the argument there . The good old internal investigation. They dusted that one off again. That is exactly what this is. The folks that have identified this have multiple sources. Weve seen emails between the directors and others referring to this second list. There is a real investigation,c i. G. Investigation, g. A. O. Found similar problems. This is going to come to light. When it does, i dont know if it is going to be exactly 40 veterans that died waiting on a secret list but there are going to
be names and it is going to be specific and it will be clear. If we waited for o. J. Simpson to cough up the old bloody glove we would have waited forever. This is their example. They are going to block as long as they can and hope we stop paying attention. Allegations are quite startling involves screen grabs, printing those out, sending that information to washington, the paper copy, shredding documents, not ever hittingc save so appointments were never made. Those are the allegations. The physician there, who is retired now, is saying im standing by what i said the first go round. So what are we going to see from Sharon Helman . Should she lose her job to this . This is not the first time shes been under fire. She should lose he