burger lovers don't forget today is national hamburger day. we have free burgers out on the plaza. and if you have live near a white castle, you can get a free burger there. >> good idea. >> "fox & friends" starts now. >> bye. good morning. it's wednesday, may 28. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. finally the v.a. making moves to help cut veteran wait times immediately. we're going to tell you how you can get help fast. >> and some people call edward snowden a hero. others say he's a traitor. but he says he was a spy working for america. >> i lived and worked under cover, and they say i'm a systems administrator, that i don't know what i'm talking about. i'd say it is somewhat misleading. >> more from the n.s.a. leaker straight ahead from moscow. >> you think you're

stressed? [inaudible] >> what's on this kid's mind will have you laughing all the way to work. in fact, steve's laughing already. mornings are better with friends. watch us. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm so excited >> we're so excited because we just found out today is elisabeth hasselbeck's birthday. happy birthday! >> thank goodness wikipedia. >> this is our first birthday together. >> how do you feel today? >> it's hard to be one. >> be thankful.

>> eventually i will be. >> it is a matter of time. on this special day we've got something special for you to start our three-hour telecast. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to present to you a video that is about to go viral that shows some pint-size pretenders who kind of look like the three of us. >> good morning. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck, and today is may 28, 2014. >> hi. i'm steve doocy. >> hi. i'm brian kilmeade. >> guys, we just heard from heather about the news update and from maria about the weather forecast. >> i know today is going to be a great birthday because -- >> mornings are better with friends! happy birthday, mommy! >> i love you guys. thank you. they even got the hash tag right. >> it's unbelievable. >> here i am, i was so excited to talk about the new update to the v.a. scandal and what they're

offering, i'm literally shaking right now. >> who put the teleprompter in the house? >> those are elisabeth's kids. your husband was running the camera. >> you know what? he was acting really strange yesterday and a little stressed out. tim, i love you. thanks. good job being steve doocy and brian kilmeade. >> how about you in the wig? >> knock it out of the park, honey. >> you have a wig in your house? >> yes. doesn't everybody? >> go and host for another hour. >> the federal trade commission and the n.s.a. already knew that. thank you, guys. that was a surprise. i love you. >> that's why we're so excited. >> i'm going to get my composure now. >> you're so excited. you said you were so ready to talk about the v.a., so tell us what's going on.

>> when i heard this yesterday -- because today a big hearing is set to take place right there on capitol hill. shinseki, who has been asked to resign both from congressional democrats and republicans, is set to give the president information in terms of what was behind all the delays and paper work that was set to the side as it relates to veterans' health. the v.a., in a move to put forth an olive branch, said they're going to be making some changes finally for the veterans who deserve the best care. they said if you've been waiting longer than 30 days, you as a veteran now will have the great option of private health care. you can go seek private care. >> right. >> you have to make three attempts. >> they will actually call three times. they now are going to step it up and attempt three calls to you to try to get you in sooner than 30 days. if that doesn't happen with the extended hours they're pushing, they will allow the veterans to go outside the system. >> you're going to hear that news and you're going

to go, well, the v.a. is listening to people. jeff miller himself is going to run the committee hearing tonight at 7:30. he has suggested unless you do something, i'm going to come up with a bill to do this. as it turns out, the v.a. has been able to do this since the clinton administration in 1999. then there was another bill in 2008. so they could have done this all along. but because there is going to be this big hearing on capitol hill, the v.a. had to do something, and so they did this, essentially put a band-aid on it by saying you have the private option. they had it all along. rush limbaugh says that is the way to go any way. listen in. >> i think there have been problems with the v.a. that you can probably chronicle since the beginning of the v.a. and the overriding problem is that this is something government just can't do. despite the best intentions, despite the best efforts, it's something that a bureaucracy just can't handle. and i think the ultimate solution to this is going to be farming out part of it or maybe all of it to

the private sector. and the v.a., i think the depth of this scandal, the lesson of this scandal is just that. if you want to know where we're headed as a country with health care, take a look at the v.a., because this is the course that has been charted if we don't change it. >> jennifer griffin was telling us yesterday, this was on the books. it could have been implemented any time. as officer luttrell said to us last week, if you just handed us a card when we got out and say this is what you use, you can go wherever you want to go especially if you're in a rural area, not near a v.a. facility, this whole thing could have been alleviated to the point where at least the backlogs wouldn't be as overwhelming as they are right now. now they are getting word of a program that has been around since the late 1990's. >> how much can you take for granted, those with the most patient hearts,

sacrificial beings fighting for our freedom and put them into what really has been more of a prison rather than a free health system for them that has choices. that card could be a ticket to have some control of their health when they come back and at the very least be seen. some are asking is this too little too late? >> there is a great op-ed on the pages of the "wall street journal" written by a guy who used to be a v.a. doctor. he says it never worbgt effectively -- worked effectively. they would stop surgery at 3:00 in the hospital so everybody could go home. they need to wind down the v.a. hospital system and go to the private choice. >> they're unionized. on a different note, brian williams sat down for five hours with edward snowden who, by the way, has illegally downloaded 1.7 million documents from -- it was a private contractor working for booz allen hamilton, among others. he thought it was important in this excerpt to release

today to bring up his true job description and his true background. i actually think in a way this makes the n.s.a. look a little bit better than it does right now. because we look at edward snowden as a low-level analyst. he says don't look at me that way. listen. >> i lived and worked under cover overseas, pretending to work in a job that i'm not. and even being assigned a name that was not mine. but i am a technical specialist. i am a technical expert. i don't work with people. i don't recruit agents. what i do is i put systems to work for the united states. i've worked for the central intelligence agency under cover overseas. i've worked for the national security agency undercover overseas and i worked for the defense intelligence agency as a lecturer at the joint training academy where i developed sources and

information for keeping people secure in the most hostile and dangerous environments around the world. when they say i'm a low-level systems administrator, i don't know what i'm talking about, i'd say it is a little misleading. >> i think that is a shot at the president of the united states who referred to him as some 29-year-old hacker. nbc is going to run a one-hour special on it. you can hear about it tonight on that channel. >> i'm sure the administration many times wished they could brush off the significance of this individual -- >> and maybe some people lose their lives because of it. >> absolutely. does the n.s.a. know as much about you as the federal trade commission? forget the government spying on you, commercial groups are collecting all your info, analyzing you, whether you're a financially strapped mother who smokes, or a spanish speaking professional with allergies to dogs and a collection of elvis eight tracks. >> they are able to categorize by -- and it is a little more intrusive

than we thought before. they use government records. they use your magazine subscriptions to come and the things you look at on-line. then they categorize you. bible lifestyle, affluent baby boomer, urban scramble, things like that. then what they're able to do is these -- they use these billions of data points on all the americans to come up with a marketing scheme so that when you're on-line and let's say you're behind on your payments for something, suddenly up in the corner there is a little ad for subprime mortgage. or if you do a lot of searching for luxury vacations, you might see a phaz -- mazaratti ad. it is targeted to get more money. the point is the computers and people behind them, they know so much about us it is scary. >> you didn't know they were discovering your love

of quisp cereal. >> the f.c.c. is calling for transparency to this operation. normally these are things you share with your tivo. now you have to share them with everybody else. >> they're taking this information to use in advertising so you then buy. it is taking your information so you are going to hand over -- >> aren't they helping you, though? aren't they helping you? i don't want women's products or feminine products. >> that's good. >> thank you. i want to be targeted with things i'm interested in. >> that's because you have clean interests. what if you don't? what if there are people out there who may not want everybody to know what their interests are. >> when you're looking anonomously on the computer, isn't there an expectation of privacy? there is one but you don't have it. big brother in the form of the computer, and of course our federal government is watching. >> he's watching right now. >> on camera two.

on camera four you can see heather nauert who has the news. >> happy birthday, elisabeth. i've got news, this coming out of north dakota. you know the oil region there where people have moved to work in that industry? we have stunning video of a tornado that hit in north dakota. take a look at this tornado spins its way closer to where a man shooting video is standing on his porch. >> oh my [bleep]. >> dude, where do we go? we've got nowhere to go. >> we were watching this in the news room this morning. we have never seen video like this. continue to watch this. this guy and his neighbor run for cover in a truck. nine people were hurt in this tornado, including a 15-year-old girl. and look at that right there. you can see that funnel. 15 trailers as they camp for oil workers destroyed.

americans in libya are now being told get out of that country. the state department is warning all u.s. citizens to leave that country immediately saying the security situation is unpredictable and unstable and that americans may be kidnapped, killed, or attacked. the u.s. s. baton is standing by to evacuate americans. spo*eupl -- former president bush on the mend after having a partial knee replacement. that surgery coming weeks after he hosted that 100 kilometer bike race to support our wounded warrior, those are your headlines. >> coming up on this wednesday that feels like a tuesday, t.s.a. officers have no problems patting down kids so how did clips for ammunition get past

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>> iphone users listen up. hackers are cracking into apple devices and holding them for ransom like this user from australia who reported in on apple's forum. it said this, i was using my ipad when it locked itself. there is a message on the screen saying the phone had been hacked and they demanded $100 to return them to me. what is going on and what can you do to protect yourself? joining us now. good morning, clayton morris. you're coming to save the day because i didn't realize this can happen when the device is still in your hand. >> absolutely. this was only happening in

australia, although we heard a report in the u.k. the hackers exploit the find my iphone feature, which helps you find it if you left it in the couch. you launch the tpo*eup feature -- the iphone feature to track it down. the users didn't have their passwords on. if you found the device, you would be able to go through the photos, whatever. they didn't have the password on and that is what allowed them to start hacking the device. if this happened to you, all tough do is take it to -- all you have to do is take it into an apple store or plug it into your own computer and reload it with i tunes, a little bit of a work around but you don't need to send them money. it is not an i cloud problem. not a data breach of i cloud. >> what do you do? >> you don't want to reuse

passwords. we saw this data breach with e bay a short time ago. so many people use the same password across all of these accounts. don't reuse your passwords. set a pass code on all of your devices. i know you trust your family members but you don't know when you'll accidentally leave it in a restaurant. >> and a different one for each device? >> rice. use two factor -- right. use two factor authentication. >> how do you find that? >> simple to do the. when you launch the device, you can back it up so you have -- and your bank will probably do this. you want to take money out, they'll send a text message to your phone to confirm you're the user of that account. that is two-factor authentication. another layer. you launched into your bank account, they'll send a text message to the phone you registered on file. it is one extra layer of security. >> clay top morris, thank

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party-backed candidate. >> duck dynasty pate remark will kick -- patriarch will kick off opening day at the r.l.c. >> the marine one fleet of helicopters transported our nations leaders for over 50 years and now a former pilot is taking us inside the cockpit in his book "inside marine one. "joining us is retired marine one pilot colonel ray larue. what a career used. let's start with george w. bush. we've got a shot of you and he. at the end of your book you talk about how in addition to flying him around, you did a lot of mountain biking. >> did indeed. >> when you weren't flying him, you were able to hang out with him after. mountain biking, how did

that go? >> at first pretty rough. i was a pretty decent athlete but if you never mountain biked before, you take on the challenge the president put forth. there was no messing around. that first ride was about two hours of pain. >> what kind of bond do you get with the president as opposed to flying him around? >> a surreal bond. you kind of pinch yourself. am i really riding a mountain bike with the president of the united states and sometimes even on the ranch in texas. it would be a lonely morning and you're out there mountain biking. >> what was the transition like when george w. bush was leaving office and barack obama was coming in. i know you flew the entire bush family in marine one. >> that was extremely -- that's historical, first of all. if you get to witness that transfer of power, it's amazing. it is not only amazing to see, it is a very historic flight where you leave the east coast, or the east steps of the capitol and

fly the outgoing president back to andrews and looking down at the mall, everybody is looking at what's going on. >> so emotional. >> it is. >> historic indeed. you almost can't take your eyes off of it. i want to flash to another moment and ask your memory. maybe it was holy cow is what you're thinking as you were with the pope. what was on your mind there? >> very reverent. first of all, it is the pope. my grandmother being a boston blue-blooded catholic, she is all set for life, her grandson flew the pope. it was world youth day in denver 1994, and we spent about ten days taking the pope around. just an extremely gracious man. i mean, you can't imagine the feelings that you have, the crowds that he draws and especially if you're catholic and you get to have that interaction with the pope. >> is it called marine one when the -- >> it's called state one because he's the head of state. >> what a privilege. >> when we see bush 41

having trouble getting around now, you saw a much more vigorous man when he was head of the united states. you played walley ball with him. >> exactly. that is a fast-moving sport. you've got to imagine, he's a very competitive man. in fact, he would suffer nobody holding back. if you did hold back on that court, he'd find somebody else to play. >> even a marine. >> exactly. or secret service. whoever was on camp that week. >> how about bill clinton? >> very gracious actually. again, if you remember that transfer of party, went from one party to the next, they had been -- the republicans had been in power, what, 12 years from reagan into bush, their rhythm of travel, their rhythm of doing everything changed overnight. but he, him and the first lady extremely gracious as well. >> when you fly, it's always pressure, whether it's a delta airline or anything else. what is it like? do you ever get over the

nerves of flying the president of the united states? >> no. in fact, it's the same every time. the alan b. shepherd prayer, please, lord, don't let me screw this up. everything is very well rehearsed, very well thought out. you just do what you've done a hundred times before, and you're trained and it takes over. >> when you're flying, do you have conversations with the most extraordinary people or is it all business? >> it's all business. they're in the back, so they'll close that -- >> they don't holler at you if it's a little bumpy. >> he's hooked up to the headset we're wearing, if it is a little bumpy, can we do something, or it's getting a little cold back here or hot back here. >> and you'll say pipe down, i'm flying? >> absolutely. >> you never offer tourist advice like take a look down, there's the capitol building? >> never. the only time it did happen was at president bush's request coming off camp david and it was rolling

thunder weekend. this particular past weekend memorial day, all you saw was that sea of chrome in the pentagon and he really did want to take a lap around that, and we did that. >> anyone ask to fly? >> no. >> the book is great "inside marine one: for u.s. presidents, one proud marine and the world's most amazing helicopter." colonel ray l' heureux, thank you. >> straight ahead, read your way out -- >> incredible video of a baby being rescued after being kidnapped from a hospital. how amazing is this? the baby's family tracks down the kidnapper right to her front door. >> president obama set to speak at west point later today at their commencement address. is this the right backdrop in the wake of the troop withdrawals and that scandal at the v.a.? we're going to report. you will decide. >> happy birthday, one of the duck dynasty guys, he

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draw down troops significantly in afghanistan. doug luzader joins us from washington, d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the timing of this was a little bit of a surprise. we'll get into that in a moment. but the president did lay out his plans to by nearly all u.s. forces out of afghanistan by the time he leaves office. >> america's combat mission will be over by the end of this year. starting next year afghans will be fully responsiblcuring . >> the president oversaw a pretty big expansion of the war in afghanistan. there are still about 32,000 u.s. troops there. that number, according to the president, will go down to about 10,000 by 2015 and the resit wall force of about -- residual force of about 1,000 by the end of 2015. the criticism hasn't been so much about the numbers themselves, but the fact that the president needed to make this so public.

>> why would you need to let the enemy know that you're going to be leaving or how much of your force you're going to draw down? there's no need to do that unless the need is political in some way. other than that, strategically it makes no sense. tactically, it makes no sense. >> reporter: a quick record about the timing of all of this. we thought the president was going to announce this today during a commencement address at west point. instead they quickly announced they were going to have this rose garden announcement yesterday. what did that preempt? the white house briefing. and what would have come up during the white house briefing? that embarrassing event over the weekend where the white house inadvert'ntly released the name of the c.i.a. station chief in afghanistan. this way they didn't have to get into that yesterday, which buys them a little bit of time. but it is certain to come up again. >> doug, do we know who put out that embarrassing breach of protocol by

releasing the name? twos probably one -- it was probably one guy or gal. >> you could probably have put everybody in a room and said if you sent out an e-mail raise your hand. >> thank you very much, doug. why do they need an investigation? it is one guy. find out who it is and say how did we miss this? >> a military guy did say i did. it was double and triple checked. the big question is how did they miss it? it took a "washington post" reporter to alert the administration. again, he found out through the press, that they actually exposed this guy. >> and his family. >> compare this to the valerie plame situation. this is a lot worse because this person is in action in one of the most dangerous places in the world. >> she is in action, she is ready with the headlines. she is heather nauert. >> i have an incredible story coming out of quebec canada. an emotional moment for a mom in canada. police find her newborn

baby girl safe three hours after she was snatched from the hospital where she was born. she was taken by a woman who was posing as a nurse. [crying] >> this does have a good ending, though. the mom has facebook and four teenagers to thank. a photo of the suspect who took the baby went viral on facebook. this is the mom as she's reunited with her daughter. that facebook posting went viral. these teenagers recognized the woman. they drove to the woman's apartment. they called the police. within minutes the baby was found and the woman was arrested. the mom and her baby now reunited. what a story that is. thank goodness for those teenagers. this is one big miss at one of america's busiest airports. according to a new report in today's new york post, the t.s.a. missed a.k.-47

magazines hidden inside a guy's luggage. a yemini national and his friend were stopped and questioned about their one-way ticket to yemen. that is when the officials recognized the guys had more than $10,000 in their suitcases. that is not allowed. it wasn't until they missed the first flight and were about to board the second flight that customs officials reexamined the guys and found the ak-47 magazine clips. this is like the scene straight out of the movie "oceans 11." >> i don't understand. what happened to all that money? ♪ ♪ >> what happened to all that money? a pair of thieves making off with a lot of cash after they broke into planet hollywood. one used a power grinder and a two foot hole through

the wall that led directly to the cash room. it would hours later they broke into the safe and escaped with $4,000. they got to fight for their right to protect their music. ♪ you gotta fight ♪ for your right to party ♪ >> a couple of beastie boys taking a stand in a lawsuit against monster energy drinks. one of the band members said the band never sold its right for products. >> are you going to apply for the right to residuals. >> they are. talk to you later. >> it is a treat to watch a beastie boys video. it is national hamburger day and some are offering free burgers like white

castle. >> good morning, steve, elisabeth and brian. today is national burger day. we have about a dozen burgers on display. most of these are for steve doocy. i know he likes burgers. we have all the toppings out here. we have avocados, onions, lettuce, tomatoes. we are going to be giving out some of these burgers for free on the plaza. we're going to start right now handing out free burgers. go. we have already people standing by. there you go. your free burger for national burger day. i'm going to be tasting one myself coming up very, very shortly after we do weather, though. we want to take a look at the weather conditions across the country. what we do have, a flash flood threat in effect anywhere from eastern texas to parts of louisiana, mississippi and southwestern alabama. out here some areas have already picked up several inches of rainfall. take a look at the forecast. as much as eight inches still expected in some of these areas with some of these thunderstorms. this is a big concern out here. severe weather with large hail, damaging winds and

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court. >> but he's facing death threats, getting little help from his government as well. >> the mexican legal system is widely known for being unpredictable. but we know marine sergeant andrew tahmooressi will state his case before a judge in tijuana today. the mexican customs agent and soldiers who arrested him will make statements as well. a judge can continue to detain sergeant tahmooressi or let him go free and come home. >> the process in of itself is so unpredictable because it is up to each individual judge of when they want to hear certain pieces of evidence, which is very much a problem for the defendant, who in this case is just sitting in jail and, remember, greta, not waiting to be proven guilty but waiting to be proven innocent. >> sergeant tahmooressi was arrested two months ago after taking a wrong turn into mexico. when he got to the check point, he admitted to mexican authorities that he had three registered guns.

but they arrested him any way, accusing him of smuggling the guns into mexico. u.s. border officials tell fox news this entire ordeal could have been prevented if mexican authorities had used a little discretion and just made a few phone calls. today's hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. local time. we of course will immediately report the judge's decision here on fox news and give you the latest as this story continues to unfold. back to you, elisabeth, brian and steve. >> ainsley, thank you very much. all because he was in the wrong lane. he was in the wrong lane. >> complete accident. >> that's crazy. >> 11 minutes before the top of the hour. straight ahead, a free vacation for teachers on suspension in california. no more rubber rooms. instead teachers can workfast from home. we'll explain next. fast acting advil in the game fast. fast acting advil, faster on tough pain.

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you have probably heard about the controversy of the so-called rubber rooms, places where teachers accused of being trouble makers or misconduct, where they sit while they're being investigated. california is doing something about that. they've decided to let the teachers, rather than sit in a rubber room, go home and still collect a paycheck. it's true. tuck ran two school systems in california and is a candidate for state superintendent of public instruction and joins us from los angeles. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> okay. so they're not going to do the rubber rooms. they're going to let the teachers just go home and collect the paycheck for who knows, maybe years. what do you think about this idea? >> we got a big problem in our state. the taxpayers are paying money, they expect kids to get an education. not pay people to do nothing. in our state law, it makes it almost impossible to remove a teacher and you have principals and superintendents having to

make ridiculous decisions, paying people for a long period of time and the bottom line is it doesn't work for kids. >> where is the teachers union on this? do they like the idea? don't have the idea of the rubber room, just go home and collect the paycheck. >> i think the challenge is the teachers union has a substantial amount of influence over the state legislature and able to keep these protections in place and not surprisingly, they're pushing to not have the rooms. again, this conversation of rubber room or go home is about making sure we remove people that don't make sense for kids but not wasting money. >> the due process can take, what, we were talking earlier, takes three years to get rid of an inappropriate teacher and it costs the state $400,000. >> yeah. it's incredible. the protections in place are much teacher than any other employee class. in our state, 3 1/2 years, over 400 grand when you look at the process to remove people who are

doing bad things for kids. >> if you were in charge what, would you do? >> i think bottom line is we got to change the process. there are state laws that don't make sense for children that have to be changed. we have to change those as quick as possible. it has to be a faster time frame to remove people that don't make sense for kids. there is no question teachers need due process, but the fact is taking 3 1/2 years, this should be taking two, three months. we should not be in a situation we're spending tens of thousands of dollars on a simple process. >> especially if you have a teach who are has struck a kid, just fire them if that's appropriate. >> steve, i lived it. in our schools, we literally had multiple people who hit kids, said horrible things to children and i couldn't remove them. i had no choice but to put them into a rubber room because i wasn't putting them back in front of kids, that's for sure. >> they have to do something about the rubber rooms. you've got them out there and we have them here as well. we thank you very much for getting up so early in los angeles today. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> all right.

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good morning. it's wednesday, may 28. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. how close can you get to a tornado and live to tell about it? these guys found out. the jaw dropping video you have to see. the v.a. making moves to help cut veteran wait times immediately. we'll tell you how you can get help fast. yesterday we gave you advice for a long and lasting marriage. today the second installment. this time what women should never ask their man, like do i look fat in these pants? and do you think she's pretty? >> don't answer that. >> don't answer that. we'll tell you exactly what you should do on this wednesday that feels like a tuesday because mornings are better with

friends. >> it's time for "fox & friends" you know today is not just any day. >> it's national hamburger day. >> right. >> you just finished that burger almost. good for you. >> we've already celebrated that day. >> we also, one hour ago, we celebrated elisabeth hasselbeck's birthday. her husband, tim, and the children had made a beautiful video where they pretended they were the three of us here on the curvy couch. and joining us live right now from their suburban home, tim hasselbeck and elisabeth hasselbeck's children. good morning, everybody. >> good morning, guys. big good morning to mommy. >> hello. >> morning, mommy. >> hi. you did a great job on that video. thanks for my birthday wish. steve doocy and brian kilmeade and elisabeth hasselbeck. you were great. >> the kids were actually very good. it was the stage manager, camera man and director that had a

couple of retakes. >> good producing. way to load prompter, tim. right on the money. >> amazing, brian, i was able to find that curly hair somewhere. >> it's certainly not in your family. >> did you tie their ties? >> the ties were tied and there are a couple of outtakes with isiah. steve what? tell me steve what again. >> if you missed an hour ago, let's listen to what they sent in as the hasselbeck kids do "fox & friends." >> i know today is going to be a great birthday because mornings are better with friends. happy birthday, mommy. >> how adorable. >> i love you guys. are you dressed for school? >> yes. >> you could take the day off. am i right, mom? it's your birthday! >> why not? do you want to take the day off?

>> it's field day. >> that's the best day of the year. why would you say stay at home. >> that's right. go to school. >> they'll just make a video. by the way, tim, you realize what she does want for this birthday is the laminator, right? >> i heard about the laminator, but i was hoping you were going to expand on what you were teasing earlier about what a woman should not ask their husbands. >> what should i not ask you? >> tim, you should never -- when your wife says, does this make me look fat, do you notice anything different? do you want to come shopping with me? do you think she's pretty? you know why i'm mad, right? the correct answer is coming up in a half hour. you have to stick around. >> don't ask her those questions. >> isiah, taylor and grace, that was so thoughtful. i love you. you made my birthday so special. it's better with friends and better with family like you. i love you. >> happy birthday, mommy!

>> isn't that cute. >> have breakfast. i'll see you soon. did you catch it? long one! >> we got to send a camera to that house. tim and the children, thank you all. >> we should have edward snowden turn on your house camera. >> really exciting. i'm there laminating things. >> i don't want to put you on the spot, but how many birthdays do we have to be on the couch with you before we become uncles. >> uncle doocy, uncle kilmeade. they love you all. auntie heather. >> thanks. i don't know how you do it, those three beautiful kids and they're so young. big job. >> i got a good guy there. >> i got some news to bring you. this out of north dakota. this is some unbelievable video as we saw it this morning. we all gathered around the news

room and said oh, my gosh, can't believe this guy shot this video. a tornado hitting an oil community in north dakota and watch as the tornado spins closer to where one guy is standing on his porch. take a look here. >> dude, where do we go? we got nowhere to go. >> except the guy just kept shooting the video. the guy and his neighbor eventually running for cover in a truck. this happening 50 miles south of willisston, north dakota where thousands of people live in temporary trailers. nine people were hurt by the tornado. look at that right there. you can see the dust cloud and that funnel right there. a 15-year-old girl was hurt. 15 trailers were destroyed. oh, my. look at that right there. let's head oversees where americans are being told, get out of libya. the state department now warning all u.s. citizens to leave that country immediately. security situation is

unpredictable and unstable and that americans may be attacked, kidnapped or killed. the uss baton with 1,000 marines on board is standing by in the mediterranean to evacuate americans if that is necessary. former president george w. bush is on the mend this morning after having aç partial knee replacement. a spokesman says he's already up and walking around. that surgery coming weeks after he hosted that 100 kill meter bike race to support our wounded veterans. and this from actor bill murray. he crashed a bachelor party in charleston, south carolina, and listen to this. >> if you have someone that you think is the one, don't just start a thing and think, let's make a date. let's plan this and make a party and get married. buy a plane ticket for the two of to you travel all around the world. when you land in jfk, you're still in love with that person,

get married. >> okay. it will cost you a fortune and you probably will lose your job if you do that, but it sounds good. murray speaks from experience. he's been married twice. those are your headlines. got any marriage advice? >> if you really love a woman, you'll buy her a ma'am nateor on her birthday. >> that's right. >> i hope you get it. >> i got flash cards to make. >> i'm pulling for you. >> the last thing you want to do is go to the big desk at staples and charge 42 cents for each card. >> they do a good job. >> really? if you got patience. >> that's all. >> speaking of if you got patience, you've been hearing about the v.a. scandal at the veterans affairs hospitals where many american heros have died waiting for care. the v.a. has announced that if you are a veteran and you've been waiting something like 30 days, that you will now be given the private option of going outside the v.a. system. here is the thing, they made

this announcement the day before this big panel, this house panel is going to be meeting and asking the v.a. uncomfortable questions. they announced, okay, we're listening. you have the private option. you know what? people have had the private option since 1999, if you were able to qualify for it. also in 2008 with george bush, they had a similar program as well. so this is nothing new. this is simply a band-aid to try to gloss over the fact that they're doing something. nothing has changed. is it too little too late? is it an admission that the government can't handle health care on a broad scale? many asking those questions and more to come with the hearings set to take place. >> the president will have a busy day. he'll be in west point giving his commencement address, at which point you don't just inspire, you also set policy. he'll expand on what he did yesterday and talk about our way forward and our way out of afghanistan, we're really out of there within two years. from 9800 troops to zero in a

couple of years. and whoever is leading the afghans will pretty much be on their own. the president is giving a date certain to pull out so the taliban must be happy about that. they can get out their calendar and say, this is the day we move in. charles krauthammer reflected on that last night. >> i think it's worse than a political act to announce the leaving. it's a kind of act of personal narcissism. when this was talked about in the press, there was a mention of the fact that if the full withdrawal happened in 2016, that would allow obama to leave office having fulfilled the promise to liquidate the wars. i mean, is that how we're now setting the strategy of the united states of america in a war zone where so many have died and so much treasure and blood has been spent, so that a president can leave office looking good? >> no. it looks like the strategy for the united states military is

being ginned up by a hash tag campaign. there is special operators who are worried that -- you've seen a number of prominent americans hold up the thing that says #bring back our girls. there are commanders being told, be ready just in case the hash tag will bring us out. they're worried they're going to get sent to nigeria to try to spring the girls. >> or that they will get tweeted into combat here. ready to go as always. that's what our nation does so well and they're so willing to do that. but concern there as it relates to the girls and the hash tags that have been going around to bring them back. we want everybody safe and where they should be. but it is interesting the social media influence and the hash tag diplomacy set forth from right there, the first lady, michelle obama. >> it's not an episode of ironman, getting those girls out safely from an area and piece of terrain in africa that we're not familiar with would be anything but easy and i think the special

operators will be called on, there is high expectations for them and they're kind of concerned that popular opinion and politicians looking to take a bow are going to force them into a situation they can't win in. >> that was also the concern as it related to the president's announcement of this drawdown and this specific date. so as he said we're going to reduce the troops, people are wondering if it's more political than tactical. >> you're 100% right because we knew -- president bush said we need a surge in iraq and he got the person in charge and they said, what is the plan? then when president obama early on said we need a surge in afghanistan, he asked what is the plan? whose plan is this? >> the hash tag plan? >> is this tony saying i have an idea, mr. president. you can tell everyone at the end of your two terms you got everyone out of war. doesn't matter how. you could just leave and say there is no more combat operation. but meanwhile, the terrorists have a way of sticking arry abor political calendar.

>> the extraordinary thing is that the special operators who normally you never hear from, talk being how -- essentially the military is being pushed in, tweeted into a military conflict that they're not ready for. if this hash tag thing does work, i think what they should do next is launch one to get that u.s. marine sitting down in that mexican jail sprung. >> hash tamarisi, bring him home. i think this indicates that if you have your special ops concerned that a tweet could send them into a location of great danger, even with a noble purpose, that perhaps their commander in chief then is all too influenced by social media and opinion. >> that's a great point. >> coming up straight ahead, on our rundown, government's green agenda, fixing stoves in third world countries. are we paying for that? stuart varney, we asked him to walk in and talk about it. hopefully he agrees.

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kitchen stove in your house. >> how so? >> you ever get tired of being pushed around? >> yes. >> because i think bureaucrats are pushing us around already and they want to do it more. the shower head in your bathroom, your toilet flush, your top loaded dryer, your washing machine, your light bulbs, they're already dictated and regulated by the epa. now stoves. they've given out $9 million to six colleges to go study clean burning stoves. this is for third world countries, developing world people where they use cow dung and wood for cooking fires. apparently it's to help them. but i sense a back door regulation of cooking stoves here in america. can't you see it coming? a label required on your stove. it's got x degree of efficiency for burning this particular type of fuel. you need a new stove to conform with the new standards. you can see it coming a mile off. >> you're seeing the results of these studies. you're seeing long-term here, or

maybe not so long-term. could possibly affect how we purchase and what we want in our own homes? >> yes. what is the nature of this administration? this is a bureaucratic, all government, all the time administration that loves to push you around, tell you what to do because they know far better. >> sure. but if these particular grants are going to study the problem of cook stoves in the third world, okay, so they're going to come up with their reports. the people in the third world aren't going to stop burning dung or coal or wood. this is just to make us feel good like we're trying to do something. >> it's symbolic, but again, i think it opens that back door. the epa administrator, she says that this is a good use of $9 million. roll tape. >> i am so proud of the fact that while epa is pinched with dollars everywhere we see and we're making good use of what we

have, i am so proud that they have recognized that this is an initiative that is worthy of epa support. >> $17.6 trillion in debt, but we've got 9 million to study cooking stoves at several universities. >> how big a problem is it? >> the world health organization says that cooking stoves, smoky fires contribute to 4.3 million premature deaths per year. what does contribute mean? does it mean that cooking fires create 4.3 million premature deaths? no. a mere contribution to those deaths. so look, we're saying we're going to spend our money to study stoves for over there. i think it has legitimacy for here that they will start to regulate stoves here. >> if they're justifying this study and this funding to just prove their point and then just put a fist on your kitchen and what you can use, i mean --

>> they are there already. they love to push you around. >> right. >> as long as they don't start regulating laminators, we'll be fine. >> that's right. but don't mess with my pasta cooking time. >> stuart varney is on the "fox business" network each and every day. thank you. >> we'll be watching. their words every graduate needs to hear. take a listen. >> you will fail. you will likely fail often. it will be painful. it will be discouraging. >> the navy seal behind the bin laden raid with that advice thaç everyone needs to hear, graduate or not, when we come back. don't miss that. >> did you see this? brian made headlines for the way he talks to his woman. his wife, mrs. kilmeade. >> nine out of ten times you're right, this is the tenths time, baby cakes. >> we've got what women should never ask their man. you're going to have to see that as we roll on live from new york

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eating a second steak in nine minutes. that is meaty. steve could probably take her. >> you got to be careful, you might choke. all right. admiral william mcraven, u.s. navy seal commander who organized the bin laden raid taking center stage of his alma mater, sharing the lessons he acquired as a seal and how graduates can use them to lead a more successful life. so just what are some of those lessons? joining us now is author and town hall army veteran and father of two, colonel kit shlicta. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. how are you doing? >> thank you very much. you are the first person awake in los angeles today. god bless you for coming up. we've got -- >> there was still a traffic jam. >> i bet there was. we got some of the things that the admiral said at the commencement. we're going to play some sound bites and get your observations. here is lesson number one. >> if you make your bed every

morning -- >> okay. he didn't quite sound just like that at texas, but he said you make your bed every morning. what's the lesson with that? >> that's sounded a lot like my drill sergeant. why not start every day off with an achievement, even if it's a small one? when i went to basic training, then officer cad, i didn't know how to make a bed to military standards, but i learned. it's about detail. it's about meeting a tiny requirement. if do you that every day, you're already building a foundation for success. >> absolutely. you're accomplishing the first task of the day while you're still in your bedroom. all right. here is another lesson from the admiral, i hope. >> a circus was two hours of additional callous thencics, designed to wear you down, force you to quit. life is filled with circuses. you will fail. you will likely fail often. it will be painful.

it will be discouraging. if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses. >> what are the circuses? >> there are circuses all through life, everybody is going to face challenges. these grads are going to face a lot of challenges. in a lot of ways, they've been sheltered. we hear about the helicopter parents trying to smooth out the rough edges of life. well, you can't do that. you've got to stand up. you've got to face them and go smiling into adversity. >> you do. here is another morsel of wisdom >> one horse became two and two became three and before long, everyone in the class was singing. and somehow the mud seemed a little warmer and the wind a little tamer and the dawn not so far away. so if you want to change the world, start singing when you're up to your neck in mud. >> it's that simple. sing.

>> exactly. face that adversity. laugh in its face, steve. you got your buddy to your left, your buddy to the right. nobody can stop you. nobody can beat you if you stick together and never quit. >> all great advice. make your bed, sing, slide head first and don't be afraid of the circuses. colonel, thank you very much for getting up so early. by the way, there is a traffic jam on the way back to your house in l.a. right now. >> oh, great, thanks, steve. >> thank you very much for joining us live. 28 minutes after the top of the hour. imagine seeing a car drive right into the water with a baby. >> get out! she has a baby! >> hear from the fishermen who jumped in to action. that guy right there. the white house is supposed to keep secrets secret. so how did the c.i.a. officers, the station chief's name get leaked to reporters? 6,000 of them? the white house trying to explain that this morning. ♪

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>> all right. bad release. >> i give the camera man great credit. the ball was -- look at that. >> he loom took that other guy out. >> he's like, gosh, it's like a baseball. not a bazooka. >> didn't flinch at all. and with a smile. yesterday on this program, we generated quite a bit of chatter on line in the twitterverse and elsewhere where we were talking about the appropriate way to deal with your spouse. i had suggested that the way -- having written a book about marriage, just saying yes, dear always helps because my wife is always right anyway. brian generated some when he came up with this angle, which i think he was joking about. >> let's just say nine out of ten times you're right. this is the tenth time, baby

cakes. >> he was joking. >> right. they say always have a nickname for your wife like you're pleasant with her. it's impossible for a human being to be right all the time. >> you're doubling down. >> i am doubling down. >> it's not so much about us being right, it's about you admitting you're wrong. >> i actually think that if you have a good, honest, give and take relationship, we all have good days and bad days. we can acknowledge them, we'll pass them. but nobody can be right all the time. i think if you're equal, you can't say yes, you're right all the time. >> there are other things you can say. so there is this article in cafe mom. this writer said there are things if you want to have a good relationship, it's not about what you do, it's about what you don't. >> women should never ask their man these questions. >> because you don't want the answer. >> and the answer is never going to be enough, or maybe too much. >> women never ask your man that, never ask, do you notice anything different, because they

won't. also don't say, do you want to come shopping with me? don't ever say, do you think she's pretty? don't ever say, you know why i'm mad at you, right? here is the thing, you never should ask those questions of a man. that's the first thing. but if your woman does, simply don't answer them because thereç is no right answer. >> here is another one, if something was to happen to me, honey, this is a question a woman should ask, which one of my friends would you like to hook up with? never ask your man the question! >> don't ask, don't answer. >> the problem is -- >> they already know the answer! >> i hope not. >> the only answer that's acceptable is i don't know what you're talking about. >> here is the problem, elisabeth, when you ask us a question, we will answer. and there is no right answer. >> you can't answer. >> the questions are aimed to put new a position of arguing

because there is something else we want to get to and that's just the bridge there. >> ask me any of those questions. >> okay. does this dress make me look fat? >> no habla ingles. >> anyway, just not a lot of upside in that particular conversation. >> to me, this is the most practical list i've ever seen. instead of trying to give us good answers, we're saying don't even ask us. >> because there is no right answer. >> we know you'll try. >> please don't ask us. what other questions do you think a woman should not ask a man? and you can answer this whether you're woman or guy. tell me right now what other questions are up there and we'll get them on. >> what questions you wish you could take back? send us that. heather, you're laughing over there. >> you guys are so funny this morning. >> you have some questions we shouldn't ask. >> like why didn't you do blank? >> we might answer.

we don't like the answer. >> and then a fight ensued. >> right. >> good morning to you. i've got some headlines. disturbing story out of texas this morning. it was a dramatic scene, a woman drives her car into the bayou with her baby inside. >> get out! she has a baby! she has a baby! >> there was a group of teen-agers standing by. they were fishing. they jumped in to the water right there to save that woman and her baby. the woman actually tried to push the fishermen away, but they eventually got her and her six-month-old son out of that car and they are both okay this morning. this is the mother. she's now in jail facing drunk driving charges. the father of her child, who she ran over before this happened, is fighting for his life. thank goodness those teen-agers were there and so brave. the white house mistakenly i.d'd the top spy in afghanistan and now they say they're launching an investigation. but fox news senior political

analyst, brit hume, says that's not enough. >> obviously it was an i don't have sight, it was a mistake. but one wonders what kind of an operation you have where such a grieve ous mistake could be made. >> fox news not releasing that official's name in fear it could put his life and his family's life in danger. madonna taking a holiday from jury duty? ♪ ♪ >> hilarious. we used to dress like that, didn't we? >> i still do. >> all right. so here is the story. the material girl reportedly got a doctor's note to excuse her from having to show up for jury duty in new york. a day earlier, she tweeted this picture of herself, riding a horse while on vacation. i hope that judge really throws it at her. >> thank you very much.

thanks, heather. from material girl to material witness. meanwhile, it is a wednesday that even though it's wednesday, it feels like a tuesday because we all -- most of us had monday off. but it is science trivia day with maria molina. >> good morning, steve, elisabeth and brian. i'm going to call this the elisabeth birthday edition. >> fantastic. >> good idea, since it's her birthday. >> i'll try to get something right. >> so today's question is, how long does it take the moon to complete an orbit around the earth? if you think about the earth completing an orbit around the sun, that's 365 days. so here are your answer choices. i hope that helps. the first one is a, 14 days. b, 27 days. or c, 31 days, and the last choice d, 365 days. so how long does it take the moon to go around the earth? >> this really should be simple. but it's hard. >> depends how windy it is. >> what do you guys think? >> i think it's b or c. >> i think it's a or c.

>> b for birthday. >> way to go, elisabeth. you're the birthday girl and you got it correct. go with birthday when in doubt, or brian. >> by the way, the moon actually spin on its orbit at the same rate, 27 days. so that's really why all we -- always see the same size of the moon. you don't see the other half. >> there you go. now you know. >> wow. i would love to say i knew all that ahead of time. >> i'm going to go right from here to the hayden planetarium. i'm going to get an update. >> thanks for that birthday trivia, maria molina. we'll see you soon. coming up, problems at the v.a. hospitals are growing by the day. peter johnson, jr. joining us with the stories that you have been sending us. and giselle like you've never seen her before. the photos too hot for the american print. even too hot for tom brady to touch. >> not for us because it's sweeps. first, your trivia question of

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headline time on this wednesday morning from the entertainment world. posing nude on an inflatable dolphin. okay. elisabeth, over to you and peter johnson, jr. >> thank you. 19 months, the amount of time it takes the v.a. to deal with a single claim appeal. these waiting games are leaving older veterans without benefits for years. in many cases, hurting they're already fragile conditions. it's a new twist to the v.a. scandal and you the viewers have

been speaking out about it. here to join us with more is fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr., who has been on this from the start. >> thanks. happy birthday. this is a piece of the scandal that we had forgotten about. this was scandal number one in terms of people not being able to get their disability claims filed and approved by the federal government. now we see some statistics that are absolutely staggering. benefits appeal rulings take almost 19 months to resolve. that's a simple appeal they're talking about. at least 350,000 veterans of wars before iraq and afghanistan have outstanding appeal decisions. listen to this number, took an average of 1094 days for the board of veterans appeals to reach a decision after a veteran filed a claim, including appeals. so for each new piece of evidence, according to the v.a., it could tag another 200 days in terms of having an appeal. and we've seen e-mails that

people have gone on for years, ten years in terms of the types of appeals that they're having. >> right. you have one here that's come in. 74 yearly veteran who served in vietnam and suffers with ptsd. he says i applied to my v.a. about my disability and was told by veterans to expect the v.a. to use the three d's. deny, delay, death. i am nowhe second d of waiting on my appeal. i contacted the v.a. and was told that to ask about my claim would place at the bottom of the work pile and would further delay any additional two to three years additional there. it took me three years to obtain a ruling. too much time. >> and punitive measures. that's what i keep hearing in these e-mails that people are afraid if they squawk, they're going to go to the bottom of the pile. number two, the second e-mail that we've seen is from a brother who died in 2014 after overdosing on drugs prescribed by the v.a. his brother wrote, for many

years, the v.a. supplied him massive amounts of drugs. he became a danger to himself, yet they refused to listen. they just added more meds. they're basically dealers and make vets into addicts because they give them more drugs than they could ever get on their own. my brother's medical records can prove that he's gone and we can't get him back. so today i'm going to do right after this, we're going to get on the train with the producer and going down to the house of representatives. we're meeting with the democratic and the republican ranking members of the veterans affairs committee and we're going to put the hard questions to them. i interviewed jeff miller the other day. he's on this already. they're going to be look at the e-mails that i'm personally bringing down to congress today to see if we can get some action. >> peter johnson, jr., you have been on this from the beginning. really thanks to you, so many more e-mails have been pouring in. both of these original claims and no ones that we've been hearing as you head down -- >> we owe this to our friends and the american people. >> of course we do. thanks for being with us.

>> good to see you. >> keep us posted. >> i will. check this out, in one video, a man gets aggressive with the woman in public, in the other, it's the woman getting aggressive here. but the reaction from people nearby very different. dr. keith ablow here to break down the social experiment with potential double standard. first on this day in 1937, auto company volkswagen was founded. in 2002 the mars odyssey finds large deposits of ice on the red planet. in 1983, irene cara had the number one song in america with "flash dance what a feeling." ♪ what a feeling ç ♪ feeling's believing ♪ i can't have it all -- ...for all day relief. "start your engines"

the answer to the trivia question is rob ford. our winner is not rob ford. he came in third. dawn mattie from pennsylvania is the winner. congratulations. seven minutes before the top of the hour. what would you do if you saw a man beating up a woman in the street? >> take your hands off me. >> what's wrong with you? >> can someone call the police. >> in this social experiment, people stepped in to help the woman within seconds. but watch what happens when the woman is beating up the man. >> you think you're so manly! no, you can't be. stop! listen to me when i'm talking! get away from me! stop it! >> wow. people don't react the same way, even in england. let's ask dr. keith ablow.

dr. keith, does that surprise you, the video i just showed you? is that an anomaly or does that reflect what your studies show? >> brian, it is in no way an anomaly. this is the tip of the iceberg. remember lorena bobbit, she castrated her husband and people laughed and told jokes about it. can you imagine if a man did that to a woman for cheating? dismembered her and people told jokes about it on air? that person would lose his job. >> so you see this as a problem in our society, ability not to treat each thing equally, although they should be? >> let's be honest, do we not know that when men go to divorce court, that they prepare for the slaughter? they are in a wholesale fashion prejudiced against in that setting. do we not know that we think of it as crazy that a man would have the right, as i've suggested and save a second trimester of -- to block a --

yet if a woman donated an ovum and a man insisted, i'm going to use that with a surrogate and have my own child, we'd say, wait a second, that's hour genetic material. there is a huge double standard. of course there is. and i do deal with some men who are victims of domestic abuse. it's much rarer, but they have a tremendous amount of trouble. first of all, saying that it's happening and then coming out and asking for help and then being taken seriously. really it's the tip of the iceberg because these cultural problems. do you see a massive attempt to take the cancer industry and apply it to prostate cancer as opposed to the breast cancer world? >> dr. keith, very concise. thanks so much.

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call... and ask about all the ways you could save. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? good morning. it's wednesday, may 28. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. how close can you get to a tornado and live to tell about it? these guys, they found out. the jaw dropping individual quo you have got to see. >> they're under it. that's crazy. some people refer to edward snowden, the nsa leaker, as a hero. others call him a traitor. but he calls himself a spy for america. >> i lived and worked undercover. i'd say it's somewhat misleading. >> and moments ago, secretary of state john kerry reacting, wondering whether or not snowden is a patriot. we've got that coming up. really? and here is something you don't see every day.

the famous tenor player turning the tables on his ball boy. another great tennis video. mornings are better with friends >> it's sean hannity here. you're watching my good friends, elisabeth, steve and -- what's his name? brian. >> thanks a lot. >> there is sean just dissed me. it was two short ours ago when this happened. this breaking news exclusively to "fox & friends" came in revealing it was elisabeth's birthday. >> that's right. there was some point sized impersonators of us, her children. >> i'm elisabeth hasselbeck and today is may 28, 2014. >> hi, i'm steve doocy. >> hi, i'm brian kilmeade. >> guys, we just heard from heather about the news updates and from maria about the weather forecast. i know today will be a great birthday because mornings are better with friends. happy birthday, mommy.

>> that's fantastic. >> under pressure. >> grace, taylor, isiah, i love you so much. this is the first birthday that i haven't been right there at home with them in the morning 'cause i like to tack -- they like to tackle us. they were so excited that i was with my buddies here. you guya good job. i knew you were up to something yesterday. >> it was great to have the blond wig on. she had the ipad right there on her knee. >> she did? >> yes. >> grace, i was looking at the ties that the boys had for you guys. >> i guess tim tied the ties. no clip-ons. i had a clip on at that age. he had to do two tie. >> look at the knot. >> not's a little big, tim. i don't know if that works on espn, or not, but on "fox & friends" we tighten them up a little. >> you know what, elisabeth, on your special birthday, i wish we had another surprise for you, unless you would qualify this, one of your best friends, say hello, mystery guest.

>> lizzie, happy birthday, i love you so much, girl. >> sherry shepherd! >> i love you. thanks for calling. you're up early. >> i'm up early 'cause i always watch "fox & friends." >> i know you do. >> that is the truth, every day. we talk about that when we were together there. oh, my gosh. >> what did you think of those pint sized impersonators? >> i couldn't believe gracie in the middle -- everybody is a budding journalist. i loved it so much. >> of course you would have to have more children to do something on "the view." >> i know. i can't do that video. jeffrey and i watch you guys every morning while he's eating cheerios and we love you. >> for years -- give him a hug for me. i love you. i know hopefully we'll see each other soon. call me this morning. i know you have a lot going on. jeffrey, if you're back there, i love you so much. >> happy birthday, my friend. >> sherry, what was it like seeing elisabeth last week for the big reunion, or was it two

weeks ago? >> i was so excited to see my friend and she was so great and she was so graceful as she always is. >> i was separated for a little bit. they kept use all for the big surprise. they kept us separated. they knew sherry and i would cause trouble together. so they wouldn't let us share a room before hand. >> i'm telling you guys, you better take care of my friend or we'll take her back. >> oh, come on. she's ours now. >> i'm not going back there. >> we love you, and i love you especially. >> thanks for giving us love to my fellows here. they are such good friends. i'm blessed that you are such a good friend to me, too. >> all right. happy birthday. >> that was very nice. >> come on, you got three hours to get to work. >> she's a long-time fan of "fox & friends." long time. >> you notice, i watched the show for a couple of days for the first time in a long time. she's getting a bigger role on and on. >> she's full of such mercy and

grace and such a good listener and such a good mom. she is a dear, dear friend. i love you. i can't believe you guys have her up and on the phone this early. this is a good birthday already. it's special. it is so special. this is serious. >> now joining us on the phone, rosy o'donnel. how are you? just kidding. she's sleeping. >> steve doocy! >> she's got the number. >> we actually had a nice conversation. >> you and rosy? >> i wish her well. >> can we see that conversation? >> that one wasn't so pleasant, the one on tape. >> a conversation you'll be able to watch tonight, brian williams of nbc news sits down with edward snowden. he is the nsa leaker. he made it very clear in the part that nbc sent out yesterday, edward snowden wants to make sure people don't dismiss him as the president did as simply a 29-year-old hacker.

he was actually a spy and he worked for the federal government. here he is. >> i lived and worked undercover overseas, pretending to work in a job that i'm not and even being assigned a name that was not mine. but i am a technical specialist. i am a technical expert. i don't work with people. i don't recruit agents. what i do is i put systems to work for the united states. i've worked for the central intelligence agency, undercover, overseas. i've worked for the security agency undercover overseas. and i worked for the defense intelligence agency as a lecture you are at the joint counter intelligence training academy where i developed sources and methods for keeping our information on people secure in the most hostile and dangerous environments around the world. so when they say i'm a low level systems administrator, that i don't know what i'm talking about, i'd say it's somewhat

misleading. >> i don't think anyone thinks he's not competent. what he did is illegally take 1.7 million documents, many of which taken illegally, beyond his job description, onto flash drives and went to two other countries and he's now made that -- put that stuff public world wide and cost us billions of dollars. the last thing i would say is dismiss his intellect and ability. >> right. early on many in administration wanted to brush him off, is this some millenial messing around with all this info? john kerry moments ago weighing in on this. >> we'd be delighted for him to come back and he should come back and that's what a patriot would do. a patriot would not run away and look for refuge in russia or cuba or some other country. a patriot would stand up in the to the american people. but he's refused to do that. >> very cleverly, john kerry talking about if you were a patriot, because edward snowden said the reason he blew the

whistle is because he felt it was his patriotic duty to do just that. what mr. kerry didn't say was come on back, we won't throw you in jail. are there discussions going on? we don't know. nbc will do a full hour. they spent five hours with him in russia. we will know more tomorrow at this time. >> if you do anything but put him in jail, it will be a bad message to anybody else who has that access. hey, you can go to russia, become a rock star, become a best selling author, spend six months in a country club prison and come out again. there has to be hell to pay for what he did. >> then what is the incentive to come? they have to walk a careful walk. but no more potentially about using the government does. they're spying on you. these commercial groups quietly collecting your information knowing everything about you. >> that's right. they know when you're on the phone and they know what you look like on your smart phone or

laptop or anything else. what they do is they combine that with government records. they look at magazine subscriptions, things you shop for. then they're able to categorize each and every one of us and they do this every day using billions of data points into these different category, like the bible lifestyle or affluent baby boomer or the biker hell's angels or the urban scramble or the novelty elvis. and when they're able to do that, then they're able to target you with advertisements so that when you go on line and if you've been looking up health products or something like that, right in the corner therele be a ad from gnc, let's say, promoting whatever you've been looking for and you say hey, look at that. they've got what i'm looking for. how did they know that? they know everything about us. >> the ftc is doing something good. federal trade commission. they are calling for a transparency. if you're going to profile us, tell us. personally, i wasn't comfortable with santa knowing if we were naughty or nice. i'm definitely not comfortable

with these companies knowing. >> even the option when you're on line to maybe say sure, i don't mind if you have this information now. the control of your private information is something that's really up for grabs at this point. they can know it, sell it to companies and directly market you. >> they should tell us if they're profiling us. >> when you sign up for an e-mail program or the use of service agreement thing, in that boiler plate, it says that they're doing what they're doing. but nobody reads that stuff. just know whatever you look at on line, they are tracking you. the internet never forgets issues as edward snowden will tell us tonight. plus they're just trying to sell you cool stuff. >> right. if you're profiling me, i might need a trampoline. >> why? >> i might need another. we're going through the springs a little bit. so again, profile me. that will be great. i don't have to do anything. just go home and some salesperson will be at my door. >> you'll be jumping for joy. in the meantime, let's go to

heather. where they probably know everything about you as well. >> right. i'm bombarded with all the ads for gold bars. >> right. >> good morning to you. i've got some news this morning out of north dakota. did you see this video? a tornado hitting an oil worker community in that state. take a look at this as it's spinning its way closer to where one guy is standing on a porch. look at this. >> dude, where do we go? we've got nowhere to go. >> that's right. really nowhere to go there. that guy and a neighbor running for cover in a truck. this happened 50 miles south of willisson, north dakota region where thousands of people live in these temporary trailers, which is why you see the trailers in the background there. you can see the funnel cloud. amazing. all the dust spinning around. nine people were hurt, including a 15-year-old girl. 15 trailers completely destroyed. americans are now being told to get out of libya.

the state department warning all u.s. citizens to leave that country immediately, saying the security situation is unpredictable and unstable and that americans may be kidnapped, attacked or killed. the uss bataan with 1,000 marines on board is standing by in the mediterranean in order to evacuate americans if that should be necessary. happening later today, the u.s. marine jailed in mexico for nearly two months now is finally getting his day in court. the case of marine sergeant andrew tamarisi goes before a judge in tijuana. the 25-year-old says he made a wrong turn, accidentally driving to mexico with three guns that were legally owned by him and registered in the united states. the judge determined whether they want to continue detaining him or let him go. >> it's so unpredictable because it's up to each individual judge of when they want to hear certain pieces of evidence,

which is very much a problem for the defendant who, in this case, is just sitting in jail and remember, not waiting to be proven guilty, but waiting to be proven innocent. >> today's hearing is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. local time. we'll report the judge's decision on fox news and bring you the latest of that story. he may be the number two tennis player in the world, but that didn't stop him from making a new friend at the french open. during his rain delay, he invite add ball boy to hang out with him. he even traded an umbrella for his rain jacket. the two sharing a drink while they waited and he would go on to win the match before the rain stopped. we got a lot of tennis news lately. those are your headlines. >> he's also gluten free, by the way. >> he is. sports trivia there. thank you. >> thanks, heather. >> could the deadly delays at the v.a. be considered criminal?

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brand-new video in to "fox & friends." the president heading for marine one to air force one, going to west point to speak at graduation day at the big commencement address. this on the heels of the v.a. scandal and the announcement of the troop withdrawal after a surprise visit to afghanistan. joining to us react is a veteran and illinois congressman and he fought in iraq and afghanistan, adam kinzinger. welcome back. >> thanks. good to be here. >> congressman, are you concerned at all or is it noteworthy the president seems to be making major speeches in front of troops a lot lately?

>> i think it shows exactly what america and our allies are feeling, which is it's a president very detached from what's been going on in the world. a president that seems to be adrift on foreign policy. doesn't seem to have any real kind of center in terms of where he wants to take the united states of america. so no, i'm not surprised because it's being reflected in his polling numbers. it's being reflected in how people are talking about us. when secretary kerry has to go and say that no, no, america is not withdrawing from the world, that gives you an idea. so they're trying to do some damage control and they can keep trying. it's not until they get a real foreign policy that they're going to be able to fix that damage. >> the foreign policy is we're leaving two wars. one in two years. from 9800 troops, to no troops in a couple of years, so the president could say, i did what i told you i would do. >> here is what i don't understand. if counterterrorism, which means killing and capturing al-qaeda and training and advising the afghan military and government, if those are noteworthy goals

over the next two years, why aren't they noteworthy to do in january of 2017? i think we should be taking out al-qaeda and extremists that intend to do harm to the united states of america for as long as they exist. >> i would think so, too. as a guy like yourself who fights these wars, it wouldn't be for afghanistan's benefit primarily our benefit, because the islamic extremists aren't going to stop because we choose to stop going over there where they took down our towers towerd plotted and planned those attacks. now, to the v.a. situation. the president, general shinseki made a change. he's going to allow veterans who tried three times to get appointments to go to a private physician and maybe help them out financially. do you like this change, bringing the private sector in to the v.a. system? >> yeah. in fact, i had a bill to do this a year ago. i think this is good. i'm going to cautiously celebrate it. i think they have the ability to do this anyway, so why it's taken the public pressure that we have now to finally get them to realize that there is a huge

backlog and i think frankly, a level of criminality when it comes to the secret waiting lists and people dying, it takes this public pressure. the good thing is the public pressure is happening. we're seeing some changes. but it's taken six years to get here. it's taken longer, we get a back log. i think it's time to have real change at the v.a. and make some -- have some significant steps forward. this is a first step, but i think there is a lot we need to do. >> one of the first stories on fox right now is that the president is considering getting some aid and helping out a small section of opposition leaders in syria. get them some arms and some material. are you in support of that? >> i am, if they're vetted correctly. the free syrian army is the moderate opposition. they have actually been pulling troops off the line against assad, the government of syria, to actually fight the islamic state of iraq and syria and al-qaeda. so the free syrian army is actually now fighting al-qaeda as much as they're fighting the syrian government. i think it's important for the

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time for political headlines. in texas, tea party backed candidate john ratcliffe ousts the oldest member of the u.s. house of representatives, 91-year-old republican congressman ralph hall, all losing for the first time in 34 years. and former president george w. bush on the mend this morning he replacement. spokesperson says former president is doing great and he's already walking around. good for you.

elisabeth, over to you. >> that is great news. colombia's university students are creating fake voice mail messages for the future hoping to bring awareness to climate change and it's all paid for bay $5.7 million grant. but is the lesson accurate? robert bryce is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of "smaller, faster, lighter, cheaper, denser, how innovation proves the catastrophics wrong." thanks for being with us this morning. so i'm going to play some of the voice mails here, the $5.7 million went to columbia in a grant and this is how they're spreading awareness. this first one has to do with a hurricane. i'm sorry, earthquake and tsunami. >> i'm on top of diamond head and there is a earthquake about two hours ago and there is a tsunami warning going on. everyone is getting up as high as they can to avoid the wave and we're all pretty scared. if this tsunami doesn't get us, the heat might. like 115 degrees right now and it's going up. i was calling to say i love you and i miss you.

it might be the last time you hear my voice. >> kind of raising a little fear there. what's your reaction? >> what is interesting about this entire project and it's the columbia climate change education project. it's yet another example of this drum beat of fear, the climate catastrophes are beating this drum saying be worried, be worried, but there is no offer of any idea about what we actually do about it except be scared. >> so it wasn't beefed up with any sort of facts. this is another one, a hurricane, for 2020. >> i cannot come for thanksgiving because of what craig did to anna bell a couple of years ago. he suckered her in to buy in all of those used hurricane boots. he knows that nobody cares about going to those hurricane booths simulators because everybody has been in a gosh darned hurricane

now. >> your reaction there? >> again, it is remarkable that, again, this drum beat of fear from the catastrophes people. hurricane sandiy a couple years ago, but look at the work at the university of colorado, repeatedly debunked this idea that we're facing more extreme weather events and even the latest i. pc c. report makes the same point, that these claims of extended drought, extended hurricanes cannot be proved to be linked to climate change. >> here is one more i want you to listen to and take a look at. this has to do with carbon credits. >> out of co 2 credits. >> this one does leave me gob

smacked. i looked at the web site and saw this one. carbon credits? the e.u. instituted this carbon credit trading system and the whole system collapsed because it was so poorly designed. same thing is happening in australia. it's just again -- i talk about it in my new book saying, this drum beat of fear we hear over and over and over again, particularly in our universities, where is the message of optimism for our young people? instead it's just the same message, be scared. >> sure. you take $5.7 million, this isn't a fiction writing class here. this is one aimed at spreading awareness, i would assume based on their description, better way to spend the money, in your opinion, would be what? >> what are the possible solutions if we're facing climate change issues and we're going to have more extreme weather. okay? what are our options? in my book, i say the obvious answers are natural gas and nuclear. we need to be adopting and looking for local carbon solutions to the future. instead, this project, again,

the climate change education project, is just one more example of this continuing drum beat of fear that we hear in the media. there is only one message, which is be scared. i just think that's the wrong message. we need one that's more hopeful, optimism, how do we deal with this if we're facing more extreme weather. instead, it's just be scared. that's it. >> interesting point there. we want to thank you for being with us. you'd think with that money, they could afford some facts. we'll talk to you soon. >> thanks a little. coming up, incredible video of a baby being rescued after being kidnapped right from the hospital. more amazing is how the baby's family tracked down the kidnapper. you're going to want to see that. and the top questions you should never ask your wife, like do you think that girl over there is pretty? your e-mails are pouring in. your confessions as well. ♪

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on one hop. she went up and got it. she got it one handed. >> wow. your shot of the morning.

a woman in chicago makes a bare handed grab when the bat slips out of a white sox catcher's happened. the ball was headed straight for a woman holding her baby. the woman snatching the lumber just in time. >> hero. >> how about that guy ducking down. >> that was a grab! i've seen seen that before, have you? >> i saw that as -- that looks like an accident waiting to happen. when those bats go trying into the stand. remember jim rice jumped into the stand at fenway stand, when the person got hit with the ball? he came out with his shirt and wrapped it up and stopped the bleeding. >> usually the bat that goes flying into the stands is broken. >> two people get to make a catch. >> right. >> earlier we told you about these top ten questions that a woman should never ask a man because a man might answer and a man gets himself in trouble. so rather than get on the man for answering the questions, we're telling the woman not to

ask the questions. >> for instance, a woman should never ask, do i look fat in this? that's a no brainer. never say, honey, do you think that woman is pretty? also, over at elisabeth hasselbeck's house today, you should not say to your husband, tim, who made that video for you. you shouldn't say honey, do i look another year older? there is just no correct answer for them. >> there is no way to answer it, so don't. but we asked you to post some of us what are things we should not be asking. betty posted, honey, do you remember what day it is? never ask that question. >> you're not going to like the answer. >> that's always on the morning of your anniversary. >> yes. you could get it wrong. so don't answer. just say yes. >> robert tweeted, while he's driving, never ask, are you lost? because he's lost. >> yeah. >> by the way, with onstar and gps, we should not ever be lost again. which is probably the name of the gps.

so some of the other questions on here, do you think she's pretty is one of them. >> they just -- >> did you see the last one? >> i saw them all. >> here is the only answer to that. do you think that woman over there is pretty? you are only to say, what woman? >> that's right. >> here is another question never -- this is the last question here. joel, do you think i should say this? >> no. i wouldn't say that. >> no. >> i can't say it. >> forget it. you would have loved it. >> some of the things that people should not -- women should not ask their husbands. it is now 24 minutes the top of the hour. i'm for some headlines with that gal right there, heather nauert. >> good morning to you. this is an unbelievable story that is coming out of canada that you have got to hear. there was an emotional moment for a mom in canada. police finding her newborn baby girl safe three hours after she was snatched from the hospital by a woman who posed as a nurse.

you can see is police hand over the baby to her mother. the mom and that baby are now back together. you can see it right there. listen to this, the mom has facebook and these four teen-agers to thank. a photo of that suspect went viral. one of the teen-agers recognized the fake nurse who kidnapped the baby. they then drove to her apartment, called the cops, and within minutes, the baby was found and the woman, this woman, arrested. unbelievable. and one big myth at one of america's busiest airports. according to a report in today's new york post, the tsa missed ak 47 magazines that were hidden inside a guy's luggage. he was a yemeni national and his friend with him were stopped at

jfk airport and they were questioned about their one-way tickets that they had purchase to do yemen. and that's when screeners realized that the guys were carrying more than $10,000 in cash, which by the way, exceeds a traveler's limit, but it wasn't until the guys missed their flight and were about to board a second flight that customs officials decided to reexamine their bags and they found the magazine clips. the tsa says it doesn't require ammo or magazine clips to be declared and it doesn't actively search for them in checked bags. what do you think of that? straight out of the scene of "oceans 11", a pair of thieves using a power grinder to carve a two foot hole right into the cash room at planet hollywood in las vegas. they broke into a safe and escaped with $4,000. how about that? jessica simpson showing off her swimsuit body. check this out. she's a spokesperson for weight watchers and she just posted these new pictures on instagram. she has lost 60 pounds since having her baby last june. she looks great. those are your headlines.

>> she looks terrific. >> congratulations. >> is she an actress or singer? >> reality. >> she's worth a fortune. >> is she an actress? >> she's an actress and perform er. and a weight loser. >> "dukes of hazard." not starsky and hutch." >> it's the same era, am i right? they got roughly the same rating. >> with the remake. >> if you know the difference between starsky and hutch and dukes of hazard, e-mail us 'cause i don't know the difference. >> we'll read them. >> it's all about the cards. let's go out to the streets of new york city where maria molina is standing by. we hear you have a new hobby. >> yeah, that's right. and actually you know about it, steve, and also elisabeth. my new hobby is taking photographs and combining that with storm chasing. take a look at this weekend. we went out to new mexico.

i met up with dominate cars and headed out to texas and new mexico and we saw some amazing super cell storms. that one was in new mexico. this one as well. that's actually a plant down there. so that storm rotating and it did try to produce a tornado. that one in particular did not. you can see the storm starting to break apart just a little bit right there. that one also coming out of new mexico. so very fun stuff. storm chasing and taking photographs of it. so we'll see what else happens over the next several months as we continue to do that. we want to look at the weather conditions because today there is a risk to see more severe storms and we also have a flash flood risk in place, from eastern texas to parts of louisiana, mississippi, and also into the florida panhandle. a number of flash flood watches are in effect here. several inches of rain are possible and the risk for severe storms as well. so more of those super cell storms could form along parts of the gulf coast and also in the northern plains.

temperature wise, very warm along the center ofç the count. temperatures making it into the upper 80s in cities like rapid city, denver, and also in parts of new mexico. let's head back inside. >> all right. thanks, maria. 20 minutes before we're done. let's go over some sports. playoff time on the hardwood and on the ice. let's start with basketball. russell westbrook bring the thunder to all even with san antonio. he was phenomenal. dropped 40 points. mvp kevin durant, 31. the thunder are playing like the thunder finally. final score, 105-92. i give them a leg up in the series, but the next one to win two goes on to the finals. the rangers trying to close out the series. montreal would have none of it. canadians bourque score ago hat trick. the rangers still in control, though. they lead the best of seven. they head back to madison square

garden. baseball. fifty-cent, he had the honor of thoughing out the first pitch for the new york mets. let's watch. >> he's here to promote his concert coming up here in mid june. that was not a strike. >> a little wide. >> he is such an athlete, too. it's surprising. there he is, 50-cent has a concert coming up and that's a very kind play by play man saying that was not a strike. boy, was that not a strike. nobody was safe. by the way -- >> it's fitting. >> i made him change. 50 crept change. coming up -- that's my shot for the 1970s. coming up on radio from 9 to noon, buck mckuehn will be joining us and allen west. >> meanwhile, straight ahead on this show, president obama headed to west point later today. his second photo op with the troops this week. what could we expect him to say? we'll take you there live when we come back.

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♪ ♪ all right. beastie boys rapper took the stand in his band's lawsuit. they claim monster used songs without permission for a promo video. he says the group has never sold its music for products. i believe the boys. and the republican leadership conference welcomes phil robertson. he will kick off the opening day tomorrow in new orleans. they'll probably comb his beard. elisabeth? >> well, the president is set to give the commencement speech at west point. here is a live look from the military academy right now. just one take after announcing most american troops will be withdrawn from afghanistan by 2014. joining us live from the front lawn, senior white house

correspondent, wendell goler. certainly a big day today. >> reporter: it is, elisabeth. the president will unveil what amounts to america's first post-war foreign policy in more than a dozen years, which aides say will chart a middle ground between isolationism and what it considers the i don't have use of this country's military. it's the second time he's delivered the commencement address at west point and it follows sunday's surprise visit to bagram air base in afghanistan where he met with military commanders to finalize plans for withdrawing u.s. troops by the end of 2016. he announced yesterday that all but 10,000 will leave this year. half the remainder will go next year, and all but an embassy protection force the following year. >> what the united states can do, what we will do is secure our interests and help give the afghans a chance, an opportunity to seek a long overdue and hard

earned peace. >> reporter: afghanistan will not be a perfect place, but it's not america's responsibility to make it one. he says the training of afghan troops has been more successful than he expected, but his critics say he's pulling too many troops out too fast and that he's wrong to announce the timetable. republican senators kelly ayotte, john mccain and lindsey graham called the plan a monumental mistake and triumph of politics over strategy. bret kagan is a form professor at west point. >> i personally think that the minimum really responsible level is 30,000 at 2025 u.s., you can make up the difference with nato and be at a responsible figure. >> reporter: he says it's not bad for mr. obama to have a timetable. he just doesn't think it should be made public. elisabeth? >> live from the white house, we thank you for bringing us that. certainly questions about whether this is tactical or political. up next, hackers are taking control of unsuspecting iphone

s over the air. you can't get your phone back until you pay some money. ransom, that is. clayton morris is here to make sure you are not that victim. first, we'll check in with bill hemmer. what's coming up at the top of the hour? >> happy birthday to you. >> thank you. >> tell clayton to move. you caught that, right? elisabeth, your kids were so charming. so have a wonderful day. we got you, clayton. >> breaking news on the u.s. marine held in mexican jail, he may find out his fate today. we will take you there. would private health care solve the problems for our veterans? something new from google, you can drive with no steering wheel. i mean, this is novel. martha and i will see you at the top of the hour, ten minutes away right here.

iphone users, listen up. hackers are now crabbing into apple devices and apparently starting to hold them for ransom. like this user from australia who reported it on apple's forum. he said i was using my ipad a short while ago when suddenly it locked itself. there was a message on the screen that said, my device had been hacked by somebody called olegplez and they demanded 100 bucks to return them to me. so what's going on and what can you do to protect yourself? joining us, weekend co-host clayton morris has been looking into this. this is scary 'cause a lot of people have iphone, ipads, and now they're at risk. >> it was a simple hack. this guy managed to get into a phone if they didn't have a pass code set up. just set up a pass code. it was those individuals who didn't have a pass code. they were able to use an exploit called to find my ipad feature. and they were able to get into the phone and basically set autopsy password for you.

it was that simple. >> it's so interesting because -- there you have on my phone, the -- did you lose it? >> here you go. here is the find my iphone feature. this is one of the apps you would download and it tracks where your phone is or ipad if you've lost it. so if you lost it in the couch, so there is where steve iphone is. >> that's my exact address. so they hacked into that. >> they were basically able to wipe your phone clean and able to set up their own passcode and holding it for ransom. i would have to pay you $100 to get steve's iphone unlocked back again. >> i'm not going to give you 100 bucks. what can people do to make sure this doesn't happen to them? >> number one, one of the biggest issues is people always reuse their passwords if they have their target -- >> password 123. >> or go to ebay, they use the sameç one. if they break into ebay and they have your passwords for other accounts. also make sure you set pass codes on all of your devices. this is a big one. set pass codes -- i know you may

trust your family members, but you might leave it on a bus and that's going to be a big problem. make sure when you first set up your device it will give you the option of using two factor authentication. the simple way to make sure you have two ways of logging in. one way is not enough these days. >> and write it down 'cause when you lose it, you'll need to track it down. by the way, today redo all your passwords today. >> not a bad idea. clayton morris, thank you very much. >> now i know where you live, steve. >> i'm going to move. we'll be right back.

eating cake! >> happy birthday, elisabeth! bill: a u.s. marine set to face a mexican judge two months after he was thrown in a jail south of the border. for the first time he will tell his side of the story. good morning, i'm bill hemmer, welcome to america's newsroom. martha: he says this happened because of three registered guns and a wrong turn he took. he's facing the mexican authorities today. he claims it was all about a poorly marked sign that led him