In private. Thanks to everyone who responded. We appreciate, as always. We will see you tomorrow. We will. Fox friends starts right now. Bye. Good morning. Its tuesday, may 20. Im elisabeth hasselbeck. Happening now, he played a cop on the hit show the shield, but this morning he is the one in cuffs. The shows star arrested after his wife was found shot dead. This developing story and details straight ahead. Veterans across the country left to die while waiting for care they were promised but how did the president of the United States, commander in chief, find out about the scandal . I believe that we learned about this through the reports. I will double check if thats not the case. But thats when we learned about them. Oh, he saw it on tv . If it wasnt for the press, what would he know is going on in his own
administration . Maybe nothing. Good thing he gets cable or does he have the dish network . He walked on stage to speak, then revealed his disability. As a person who stutters, i could be no more certain that in this room and in this hall are thousands of people who are far more talented at Public Speaking than i am. It is the commencement speech that has everybody talking. And he will join us live. By the way, ive talked to everyone i know. Mornings are better with these friends. Aww this is christie yamaguchi. Youre watching fox friends, the best show on ice. You were skating on thin ice yesterday. We didnt know where you were. You have been gone for a good reason. Yeah. My mom turned 80. Should i have said that . Not really. She had a big birthday. We had a huge party
sunday and thought i woulding useless on monday if i showed up at 4 in the morning. We had the grandkids host her reflective tape. My moms graduating to 80 so we did a little tape. We did it when they were 9, 8, 7 and 6. What do we do 80 . They hosted and did interviews. Where did they get that from . I have no idea. We know shes watching right now. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Probably not at 6. Maybe at 7. Lets talk about whats going on today. Later on today the house of representatives is going to vote on the v. A. Management accountability act. Its going to let the secretary of the v. A. Fire the bureaucrats responsible for the scandal. Unlike a lot of legislation on capitol hill, this is actually bipartisan. There are 118 cosponsors, 5 of them are democrats. Lets face it, people are hearing about this scandal for the first time in the
last couple of weeks. A lot of people have known theres red tape at the v. A. , long waits. We had no idea people were dying. Apparently the president either. Hes been finding out through watching the news, as the white house has indicated. Never leave a man behind. You hear that expression often in the military. It should also be something that the president should know quite wellbeing the commander in chief. When you look at this map, 19 states right now that are being looked at, at least this is just the beginning here in terms of mismanagement when it comes to the v. A. And wait times for our veterans when they come home just to get the care that they deserve. As these stories broke, more whistleblowers are coming forward. One of the biggest yesterday you guys had on the show, Peter Johnson jr. Contacted, you have 19 states, at least 7 cities and more to come. The question is where is the president on this since it broke . And think about what he said since 2008. And how odd is it that the
president again, his spokesperson, jay carney, was asked how the president found out about it. He found out it in a similar way he found out about fast and furious, the i. R. S. Through the news. Listen. When you say there are problems, the fact that there have been bureaucracy. Give me specific allegations that i think were reported first by your network out of phoenix, i believe. We learned about them through the reports. I will double check if that is not the case. That is when we learned about it and that is when, as i understand, secretary shinseki learned about them. For jay carney to say we learned about it, maybe he found out about it, jay carney did. But that is a lie about the obama and biden Transition Team. Remember back in 2008, yesterday cbs produced a memo that showed that they were briefed by the bush team, look, all sorts of problems; there are
problems associated with scheduling, wait times and waiting lists. Essentially the bush people said at the v. A. There are problems. Theyve got these fake waiting lists. The obamabiden team knew about it in 2008. For jay carney yesterday to say we heard about it on the news, that is a flatout lie, but that is a pattern. How many times have we heard the president say stuff like that . The fast and Furious Program when in fact everyone knows the president did not know about this tactic until he heard about it on, through the media. Let me take the i. R. S. Situation first. I first learned about it from the same news reports that i think most people learned about this. I think it was on friday. As i said yesterday in my statement, other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the associated press. Do you know when he first knew that there was a problem . Well, i think; ,b ,b ,b ,b1e clear fairly early on, the first couple of days. But not before that,
though . Not before october . So the president of the United States, the commander in chief, is same way my uncle bruce does . This is not acceptable. Its absolutely not acceptable. And you certainly cant do you not care . Do you not want to care and know . Do you know that youre the president of the United States . Charles krauthammer asking this. The administration cannot hide the president reported to be madder than hell which i suppose is an improvement over secretary shinseki who apparently was only mad as hell, he is now even madder than hell. He acts as if and this is the same with the i. R. S. , with all these other scandals, with the obamacare launch as if he stumbled upon the presidency and discovered all this horrible stuff is happening. Hes in charge of these departments. At some point youve got to ask where has he been and where is he competence, the elementary competence he promised when he ran in
2008 . Heres the big difference. I remember the next day after the i. R. S. Scandal broke in those press reports, at least the president spoke. After fast and furious broke, he spoke the next day. Now the spokesperson is trying to spin his way out of this saying hes so mad, going to get to the bottom of it. I dont understand why the president is delaying. It doesnt make sense. Cbs noted a major allegation as fraud was confirmed. Just last year, yet nothing was done. Did you not know . Did you know and do nothing . That seems to be the case as far as looking at these 19plus states. You look at what cbs reported last night that the Transition Team, the obamabiden team knew back in 2008 that there was a problem with these waiting lists. They knew back then. So whats the president going to say . Yeah, i knew about it. I just didnt do anything about it. Meanwhile, while youve got this brewing, on the other side of the house what theyre trying to do is get these, the House Select Committee on benghazi going. And it sounded like yesterday nancy pelosi might actually announce whether or not theyre going to take part. Meanwhile online and also with a couple of leftie groups, theyre trying to get one particular democrat to be essentially the whole squadron. Theyve got one attack dog theyre interested in, and its this guy. The Republican Health care plan is this die quickly. Thats right. The republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick. They say that he was really strong on iraq and accountability. He was also strong, they say, with the bank finance system, that he doesnt use his time just to blow v. A. ,
that he comes directly at it. If he feels there is something there he can kick out of the park, lets hear it. Lets have a legitimate hearing. If hes going to be direct and not pontificate, put him out there. They have the ability to make it a legitimate investigation by sending more than one democrat on to this investigation committee. You have trey gowdy who said this should transcend politics. This should not be political. Our people died. We want to get to the bottom and understand why. For the very least, for their families to understand why and get to the truth. You have him to be a spoke in the wheel. And to disarm and completely dismantle any republican argument, this isnt about republican or democrat. This is to find out the truth and find out why americans died in benghazi. A spoke in the wheel or like putting a playing card in there, making noise. According to moveon. Org, they would like to see it turned into a Kangaroo Court at the washington post, greg sergeant, who is a lefty guy, he writes if republicans are doing a
fullon freak show, why not send a proven master of playing by the freak shows rule. What theyre going to do, rather than send a prosecutor or something great as an investigator or interrogator, theyre going to show that guy the door. You be our representative and try to blow things up. That wasnt dick sergeant, which for my money, was the better one on bewitched which of the darrins was he . The second darrin. He had the smaller face. Hey, heather childers. Speaking of television shows, have you ever seen the shield . Breaking overnice, michael jace who stars in the hit show detained by police in los angeles suspected of shooting and killing his wife. According to tmz jace called the police himself. He admitted to pulling the
trigger with his kids inside the house. Detectives are questioning the actor right now. He still has not been placed under arrest. Happening today, it is the primarys version of super tuesday. Six States Holding elections. The spotlight on a couple of key race force you. In georgia, businessman david purdue, cousin of the former governor, in a tight race to replace retiring senator saxby chambliss. If no one gets the majority it will take a runoff to decide who will face democrats, michelle nunn, in the fall. In kentucky, incumbent republican leader Mitch Mcconnell leads the polls against matt bevin, he was caught giving a speech at a cock fighting rally. In pennsylvania, idaho, and oregon, also hosting primaries today. Tensions mounting between the u. S. And china over unprecedented cyber spying. Charges that china
summoning the u. S. Ambassador to complain about it. Five Chinese Military officials working from shanghai, they are accused of stealing information like product designs and confidential legal strategies to give Chinese Companies the advantage, kofgs costing jobs in the u. S. The victims, six pittsburghbased companies. Finally, it is a race to the top at the Naval Academy in annapolis, maryland. The class of 2017 taking part in a 50yearold tradition known as herdon monument climb. Students build a human pyramid tall enough to reach a dixie cup at the top and replace it with an official navy cup. It symbolizes students moving up from first year students to fourth class midshipmen. Looks like they made it. Back to you. They always make it. It takes a little while but they make it. Coming up, did you see this . As a person who stut tkers, i could as a person who stutters, i could be no more certain that in this room and in this hall are far people far more talented at Public Speaking than i am. It has everyone speaking this morning and he is going to join us live next. Plus, why is an elephant taking a dip in the ocean in florida . You got to hear this. Moving and a grooving
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stage and shocks the 17,000 people in attendance. Take a look. As a person who stutters, i could be no more certain that in this room and in this hall are thousands of people who are far more talented at Public Speaking than i am. At the same time, however, i could be no more certain that the message i have to share is one that must be heard. Doubt, as has observed, kills more dreams than failure ever will. Yet, if that were to be a disease, its cure would be confidence. Joining us with more on his inspirational and motivational message is that university of eup eup graduate university of indiana graduate, parker mantell, joins us from memphis. Good morning to you, parker. Good morning, sir. Thank you very much. Congratulations on your graduation from a great university. I understand that when you
were at indiana, when you were in college, you kept your stuttering challenge pretty much a secret; right . I did to the point that you can. And so why did you choose graduation in front of 17,000 people as the time to announce it . Because i pursued this opportunity because of the emails that i have received since that day. These are emails from moms and dads who have children that have a vast array of challenges, and they have told me that for the seven and a half minutes that they watched me talk, their children were in tears because they for that time did not doubt themselves. They dared themselves. Surely. The amount of courage it
took you is unbelievable. Well, i cannot thank you enough for saying that. But in the end this is not about me or anything that ive done. This is about people and what i believe that they can become. Excellent. For the people who were not in attendance, parker, what was your message . Its a very easy thing. It is encapsulated by three very simple words. It is possible. Whatever it is, whatever challenge you have. I issued a challenge of my own, which is not to doubt yourself but to dare yourself. All right. Wise words. Well, congratulations on graduating. What do you want to do now that youve got some free time ahead of you . I could tell you that my end goal is to help out the people of this great country in whatever capacity i possibly can. I dont know if thats going to be through politics or law. But what i can say is that i will not while my speech disorder certainly keeps me from saying some words perfectly, it will not keep me from pursuing my goal. Well, your goals are clear. And it was clear that you were inspiring to so many people at your graduation. Hats off to you, parker mantell. We wish you the best whatever you do. Thank you so much, sir. Very well done. If you havent seen it, go online. He is absolutely terrific. Still ahead, a home knocked down in seconds after Mother Nature unleashes her fury. Just look at that. Listen to this. Ten thousand babies under the age of three are being given adhd drugs. And your doctor, it might be his or her idea. What you need to know as we roll on live from new york city. Ything else that costs money. Like shoes, textiles, foreign investments, ything else that costs money. Spatulas, bounty hunters, javelins. Just take a closer look. It works how you want to work. With a Fidelity Investment professional. Or managing your investments on your own. Helping you find new ways to plan for retirement. And save on taxes where you can. So you can invest in the life that you want today. Tap into the full power of your fidelity greenline. Call or come in today for a free oneonone review. Ive got a todo list and five acres of fresh air. Top three tools hammer, screwdriver, front loader. Happiness is a driveover mower deck. A john deere dealer can teach tractors to anybody. [ don ] in the right hands, an imatch quickhitch could probably cure most of the worlds problems. [ male announcer ] thats how we run, and nothing runs like a deere. Visit your dealer or johndeere. Com 1family. Quick headlines now. News around the globe. More than 90 people have been arrested for their connection to creep wear. Thats a software that lets hackers overtake victims computers activated in their web cams. It has affected half a Million People including miss teen u. S. A. She shared her story on the show. Caught on camera, the moment a threestory home just collapses. It happened during a
landslide in bosnia. The area hit by the worst floods in more than a century. No one was inside at the time or else we would not have shown that. Heres elisabeth. A shocking new study, more than 10,000 toddlers are be prescribed drugs for adhd and a. D. D. Despite pediatric guidelines stating children who are younger than four years old should not be taking the medication. Who is to blame here . Your childs pediatrician . Dr. Ned joins us this morning. This is alarming. More than 10,000 toddlers, they are still in diapers and they are being prescribed medicine like what . Aderrol . Sure. People are looking for a solution to an age old problem, rambunctious toddlers. The solution is not to give them medication. The solution is to play
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