i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and -- >> greg: greg gutfeld. >> dana: it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: yesterday was quite a day for america. the u.s. women's gymnastics team took the gold for the first time in 16 years and the competition didn't come close. the swimmers taking team gold themselves. among them was michael phelps who became the most decorated olympian of all time. get to the amazing accomplishments in moments. but first, i got home and i was walking the olympics and up popped a political ad. both sides taking shots at each other. take a look. >> president obama first term economically, $800 million stimulus. >> to create 3-4 million jobs. >> billions were spent in foreign countries. millions went to political insiders. millions more unaccounted for.

i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, andrea tantaros, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: for two weeks every other year, america put ace side politics, forget about the climbing gas prices, the job report and focuses the attention on the men and women representing this fine country. the olympics, a breath of fresh air in tough times. a moment to just enjoy good old-fashioned american pride. proud we are, where scott parsons, kayaker who lives in a friend's basement to survive or any of the 17 military men and women representing like wrestler and army sergeant

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what about bob beckel? the answer to that question next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if it wasn't for a little thing called the computer, we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now express lane finds your driving info with just one click, saving time to be nostalgic about the days before express lane. thank you, insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >> eric: welcome back. god, country, family, apple pie, baseball and l lynyrd skynyrd. i'm watching through, listening to great music on fox and friends. you're rocking it out. we hear you like "the five." >> you and the other ones, the ladies and mr. beckel. mr. beckel. >> yeah. we have fun on "the five." >> it's great. i watch that show. >> we have a lot of similar fans. "the five" fans, , is. what is your fan base like? >> they are hard-worki

i'm dana perino with andrea tantaros, bob beckel, brian kilmeade. this is "the five." the obama campaign thought they had it wrapped up when they heard paul ryan was romney's running mate. this week was supposed to be ryan versus medicare. but vice president biden screwed up chicago assault and american crossroad had fun with biden record of gaffes. >> in hard times, america needs smart, discipline leadership. a vice president americans can count on. >> three-letter word. jobs. j-o-b-s, jobs. >> improving race relations. >> going to put y'all back in chains. put y'all back in chains. >> helping small businesses. >> you cannot go to a 7-eleven or a dunkin' donuts unless you have a slight indian accent. >> using fiscally sane policies. >> you're telling me we have to spend money to keep from going bankrupt? that's what i'm telling you. >> some people say obama should be dropped from obama's ticket. we say joe should stay. >> dana: that is first take for congressman ryan. >> president obama and too many politicians in washington have been more worried about their next ele

bob beckel was the campaign manager for walter mondale. and cohost of the five. >> thank you for mentioning the mondale campaign. i appreciate it. >> shepard: you're welcome. democrats seem -- >> giddy. >> shepard: giddy. >> we don't get it. we were expecting marco rubio because it made so much sense. without florida, romney can't win. vice presidents don't usually continue states. in a state like, florida, which is so close rubio could have made a difference. this one i don't get. i mean i just. >> shepard: you mentioned florida. the narrative on medicare turning it into a voucher system that is something that i am guessing the democrats will use h heavily in a state with so many retirees, florida and a state you have to win. >> i would say use it so heavily -- i will give them credit. they had a nice opening day but the problem is that romney's whole pitch has been jobs and the economy. now, the argument is going to be paul ryan's plan and that includes some ver didn't versil things and gives us an opening to keep going at that and keep

next week, bob beckel will be on the cover. kidding. coming up, though, jose feliciano ha -- michaelphelps h. will he return in four years to add to that total? the answer coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if it wasn't for a little thing called the computer, we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now express lane finds your driving info with just one click, saving time to be nostalgic about the days before express lane. thank you, insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: welcome back to "the five." a little over halfway through the olympics and the chinese lead in the medal count over the united states by three medals but now the real sports begin. we're out of synchronizeed diving and have to do things, lift weights. more difficult. shot putt. the discus. track and field. we'll see the united

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next week, bob beckel will be on the cover. kidding. coming up, though, jose feliciano ha -- michaelphelps h. will he return in four years to add to that total? the answer coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: welcome back to "the five." a little over halfway through the olympics and the chinese lead in the medal count over the united states by three medals but now the real sports begin. we're out of synchronizeed diving and have to do things, lift weights. more difficult. shot putt. the discus. track and field. we'll see the united states pull ahead substantially. now michael phelps said yesterday that he is now after winning 22 medals and holing the record by far of most won by an athlete is getting out of the olympics. no more for him. do you believe that, eric? >> eric: i hope so. one can only hope. >> dana: that is like brett favre. >> eric: i've had enough. >> dana: brett favre of swimming. >> eric: didn't he take pictures of his -- >> andrea: yes, he did. i'm waiting for him to party after his medal and you'll rub it in our

>> greg: setting me up to say bob beckel. >> dana: he has no friends. >> kimberly: bob has friends. >> greg: joking. >> dana: imagine being the press secretary getting the call how do you respond to the fact your boss said that? >> eric: we are talking a senate seat. not a small town mayor or something who made a gaffe. senate seat. scary. if he could say this as someone as big -- that delusionm about something that important what other kind of things -- >> bob: cornyn said they would take $5 million from the senate campaign committee. if he is in, the money goes back. right? >> dana: i don't think so. >> kimberly: trying to ride it out so they have to come back. >> dana: everybody has to walk away and try to get the money somewhere else. >> kimberly: would they concede defeat? >> bob: they can put pressure on him to go to court and get him off. >> dana: there is question if it's a write-in candidate. that's hard. >> bob: only one was in arkansas. >> dana: or when greg ran for student court in elementary school. you did a great job. glad you remember. good times. coming up, a mother i

i'm eric bolling with andrea tantaros, bob beckel, dana perino, greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in tampa, florida. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: all right. you're watching mitt romney moments ago with the final walk through. in a little over five hours from now he will take the podium and accept the presidential nomination for president of the united states. moment he has been waiting for, for eight years. we'll weight in on what we'd like to hear but listen to advice from the political world heavy hitters. >> american people see that heart in romney and they will conclude we trust him. once they conclude they can trust mitt romney, we're going to win this election. >> this is something that is going to be hard for mitt romney. where it matters is connecting with other people's concerns. i don't think he has to be like this new age kind of guy all of a sudden. he won't be that way. important to connection emotionally before then. that gives you a chance to allow people in. >> i think for someone like him who is perceived as stiff, robotic. a speech can help. but

now, tonight we'll check in with ann coulter, dick morris, bob beckel and others. they'll be here to break down the game-changing aannouncement. first, the man who could be next vice president of the united states has the privilege of returning to his home state of wisconsin sunday, and not surprisingly, congressman paul yin showed raw emotions when greeted like a rock star by the massive crowd that. excitement carried over into des moines, today, he spoke to a group at the iowa state fair, word of warning to joe biden this, is the guy you're going to be sitting across from in october's vice presidential debate. you won't be able to hide behind barack obama's teleprompter, watch this. >> president obama has given us four years of trillion dollar plus deficits. he's making matters worse and spending our children into a diminished future. we're not going stand for that. november 6th we're going to change that. >> sean: if i were joe biden i'd be worried. the president happened to be in iowa today as well and had this to say about congressman ryan. >> he's a good man,

including one, bob beckel, who is still all shook up. some surprise guests showed up at graceland today. we tell you who stunned the crowd. only on "the five." ♪ ♪ this is the plan for back to school. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99. i was born with scoliosis. without shriners hospitals, my life would be completely different. they gave me my future back. send your love to the rescue. donate to shriners hospitals, today. >>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here today, questions about vice president joe biden possibly being removed from the democratic ticket? tonight on "special report," the president has given biden a vet of confidence but a series of gaffes turned up the heat on the outspoken vice president. hear what the white house is saying today

including one, bob beckel, who is still all shook up. some surprise guests showed up at graceland today. we tell you who stunned the crowd. only on "the five." ♪ ♪ this is the plan for back to school. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. t your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99. i was born with scoliosis. without shriners hospitals, my life would be completely different. they gave me my future back. send your love to the rescue. donate to shriners hospitals, today. >>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here today, questions about vice president joe biden possibly being removed from the democratic ticket? tonight on "special report," the president has given biden a vet of confidence but a series of gaffes turned up the heat on the outspoken vice president. hear what the white house is saying today af

i'm the tampa tad pole greg gutfeld along with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, she is america's travel pillow. dana perino. it's 5:00 in tampa, florida. 3:00 a.m. in ellen barkin empty skull. this is "the five." the show is packed tighter than a delegate fanny pack. let's do this, america. ♪ ♪ >> greg: so last night's speeches were a one-two punch straight at the dems' jaw. first, ann romney talked about life as a newlywed. >> we got married and moved in to a basement apartment. we walked to class together. shared the housekeeping. ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish. our desk was a door propped up on saw horses. our dining room table was fold-down ironing board in the kitchen. but those were the best days. >> greg: if you dismiss that as cute nothing, you miss the point, ladies, which is it's better to marry a man not a program. obama wants government to be your hubby and suggests you are better off with a partner, not a sitter. husband may snore at night and sad he still likes the "three stooges" but entitlement program can't laugh at that same joke you tell at every party an

if a republican did it, there would be outrage. >> kimberly: batting clean-up, bob beckel. >> bob: in fairness, he was talking about unshackling banks which would shackle a lot of people. a bad use of words. karl rove says it's playing to the racial unrest. i don't know of racial unrest in danville. i know the area well. he says this is a place where there is a lot of, you know, plantations, there were plantations all over virginia. not just southwest part of the state. i think joe as usual probably did. ace dana said, he did get with the emotion of the crowd. i think the idea of unshackling the banks does shackle a lot of people. >> eric: so you are saying he meant to use that reference, shackling, unchaining? you are carrying water for the guys. he made a mistake. >> bob: i just said that. >> eric: how does that relate? shackling or unshackling refers to a crowd of -- >> bob: what romney has said is he basically wants to take a lot of restrictions off the banks, which if you do that, they will put us back where they were before. shackled under their guillotine which as far as i'm co

tonight we'll check in with ann coulter and frank luntz and bob beckel and others but first a man that could be the next vice president of the united states had the privilege of returning to his home state on sunday. not surprisingly he showed his raw emotions when he was greeted like a rock star. that excitement carried over in des moines where he spoke to supporters at the iowa state fair. a word to joe biden that will be sitting across at the vice presidential debate. you won't be able to hide behind barack obama's teleprompter. >> president obama has given us four years of trillion dollar plus deficits. he is making matters worse and he is sending our children this into a diminished future. we're not going to stand for that. on enforce 6th we're going to change that. and on november 6th we're going to change that. >> sean: he had this to say about congressman ryan. >> he is a good man. he is family man. he is antarctic lat spokesman for the vision but the problem is the vision that i fundamentally disagree with. [ applause ] >> governor romney and allies in congress, they think if

beckel who is a liberal will point out to you except that... come on, man! shut the lid! that is not right! (laughter) you are hypnotizing him! that is not fair! all right, fine. that is a sneaky argument move. i guess the republicans have made their point. we must end obamacare to save our pizza. just one thing, i know this is probably a stupid question. are there any other factors that could also drive up the cost of pizza? >> 64% of the u.s. is now in some form of drought. 64%. >> there's fear that food-- things like dairy, meat prices, even the price of pizza could skyrocket. >> jon: oh, right, this summer's crop-killing milk scorching drought of biblical proportions. come to think of it that might also be affecting the price of pizza. not to mention the future of the planet but let's focus on the pizza. summer's almost over. that will solve the heat wave, right? >> there is a connection to these extreme weather events that we've been seeing. >> they are, in fact, a product of global warming. >> jon: what do you know nasa scientist? (laught

better ratings than glenn beck did. >> bill: you don't mess with bob beckel. you have to get -- the five of them are talking yesterday and the one guy is trying -- what's his name? >> eric boller. >> who comes off as a used car salesman on the air. >> bill: he's trying to get a word in. to make his point, he reaches over and punches playfully taps bob beckel on the arm. beckel is not happy with that. >> have you ever seen where the issues are dominated? >> i'm so glad they're dominated by issues and not personality and competence. >> kimberly -- you yourself said the only way to fix this -- listen, the only way to fix this is -- >> one more time. [ bleep ] >> you have to look at programs. you have to reform entitlements. >> bill: beckel says you do that one more time, you're fing toast. >> it didn't get all the way out. i didn't apologize. i said i'm sorry. he just hit me in the arm. >> bill: i've lost track. is this the tenth or 12th time he's had to apologize -- >> for saying f on tv. >> what a loose screw. he just rolled it out. >> i blame eric bolling. do

i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: yesterday we show you an ad by a pro-obama group that linked romney to closure of a plant and death of a woman. take a look. >> when bain closed the plant i lost my healthcare, my family lost their healthcare. short time after that, my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. i think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew we couldp afford the insurance. she passed away in 22 days. >> dana: that ad was repudiated across the board. who said on this level this stretches the bounds of common sense and decency. over the past 24 hours, obama spokes people have been asked about the ad and been consistent in their answers. take a listen. >> i have not seen the ad. i refer you to cam pape or the organization. >> we have as much to do with the priority ads, as we do with michael phelps winning gold medals last week. >> this is an add by the entity, not controlled by the campaign. >> you know we don't have anyth

i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, andrea tantaros, greg gutfeld. we have a huge show for you today, so please stay with us for the whole hour because we have our hands on rare footal of the greatest moments in olympic history. we'll have one story each day this week. today, feature jesse owens, an exceptional american. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: senate majority harry reid yelled "fire" in a crowded room with this speculation. >> so, the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn't. >> eric: word is out, senator, is it or it that you are making stuff up to divert etension from the 42 months in a row of above 8% unemployment under president obama? whatever. mitt romney wasn't taking the claim lying down, suggesting reid put up or shut up, but it was the rnc chairman reince priebus who got really fired up. >> i am not going to respond a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single pay of tax returns himself. >> you said you are not going to respond, but you ca

i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and andrea tantaros. 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: earlier this afternoon, fox news political analyst brit hume got the first solo interview with romney's new running mate congressman ryan. he was kind enough to give us exclusive clip for "the five." he takes medicare head on saying president raids medicare to pay for obamacare. here is more. >> here is the issue. what president obama is trying to do with his medicare plan, he is trying to count a dollar twice, trying to suggest that the medicare cuts can help medicare. it doesn't because he is taking dollars from medicare to spend on obamacare. we prevent it from happening in the house budget. be clear here, brit. i am on the romney ticket. what mitt romney is proposing is repeal all of obamacare. the house i voted for that position, pleased to support the position of getting rid of every piece of obamacare, including the cuts to medicare which are used to pay for obamacare. >> dana: his answers are important because liberals and conservativ

i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and andrea tantaros. 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: earlier this afternoon, fox news political analyst brit hume got the first solo interview with romney's new running mate congressman ryan. he was kind enough to give us exclusive clip for "the five." he takes medicare head on saying president raids medicare to pay for obamacare. here is more. >> here is the issue. what president obama is trying to do with his medicare plan, he is trying to count a dollar twice, trying to suggest that the medicare cuts can help medicare. it doesn't because he is taking dollars from medicare to spend on obamacare. we prevent it from happening in the house budget. be clear here, i am on the romney ticket. what mitt romney is proposing is repeal all of obamacare. the house i voted for that position, pleased to support the position of getting rid of every piece of obamacare, including the cuts to medicare which are used to pay for obamacare. >> dana: his answers are important because liberals and conservatives agr

i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and -- >> greg: greg gutfeld. >> dana: it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: yesterday was quite a day for america. the u.s. women's gymnastics team took the gold for the first time in 16 years and the competition didn't come close. the swimmers taking team gold themselves. among them was michael phelps who became the most decorated olympian of all time. get to the amazing accomplishments in moments. but first, i got home and i was walking the olympics and up popped a political ad. both sides taking shots at each other. take a look. >> president obama first term economically, $800 million stimulus. >> to create 3-4 million jobs. >> billions were spent in foreign countries. millions went to political insiders. millions more unaccounted for. now the money is gone, and so are nearly $500,000 jobs. plan for a second term, do it again. are you with them? >> speaking of secrets. bermuda. home to secret corporation by romney. and the cayman islands, where romney keeps millions to avoid u.s. taxes. >> d

bob beckel. he knows the euro zone, it's eric bolling. america's shrinky-dink. it's dana perino. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is 10% of 50. the show is packed tighter than baghdad bazaar, so let's do this america. you remember this guy lex, the guy with the mustache, who earned his nobel prize? the former polish president endorsed mitt for president. that has to hurt obama. what can you say when a man who helped defeat communism endorses your opponent? what can you say when a man who brought economic profession perty to people -- prosperity to people. if you're a palestinian authority you call him a racist. if you're ahmadinejad you agree with nancy pelosi that mitt meeting the jews was all about the cash. lex thinks mitt is it. palestinian authority and ahmadinejad don't. if you are a liberal, this split should make you question which side you should be on. when someone like lek endorses you for president that's like jeff gordon saying you are a great driver or eric bolling complimenting your tan. like dana perino calling you perky. if the eastern european father of free mar

this guy bob beckel, my partner over there. draw little things on him. he will be with us in tampa. he wanted me to say he was going to tampa to kick republican butt, but we all know what it will be. we'll kick his democrat butt. he is doing fine and want to know everything is okay with rob

he is our salty samurai bob beckel. the super tan reagan fan, eric bolling. she is our own greek island, andrea tantaros. 5:00 in new york city. 3:00 a.m. in harry reid's eyebrows. this is "the five." the show is packed tighter than fat man's igloo. so let's do this, america. ♪ ♪ >> greg: so mitt is taking some hits in the polls. you can blame the negative ads in nevada's norman bates, but this is chicago. i guess we're all chicagoans now. calling mitt a murder is nothing from a city where corpses litter the street like tumble weeds. there is a reason al capone wasn't from salt lake city. we have a war between a street fighter and barber. romney supporters worry about bringing a comb to a knife fight. they are salivating over turning every election to let's make a deal and lefty politicians dangle rewards we can't afford. we call it bribery, in chicago is known as campaigning. so we have a party who knows when you pit free stuff against freedom, free stuff wins. if the dems win, they will happily provide over declining entitlement mill minus the engine th

i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, andrea tantaros, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: for two weeks every other year, america put ace side politics, forget about the climbing gas prices, the job report and focuses the attention on the men and women representing this fine country. the olympics, a breath of fresh air in tough times. a moment to just enjoy good old-fashioned american pride. proud we are, where scott parsons, kayaker who lives in a friend's basement to survive or any of the 17 military men and women representing like wrestler and army sergeant byers. we're proud. how about cancer survivors, swimmer eric shanto and beach volleyball. and swimmer missy franklin who represents a great american city living under a dark cloud right now. she comes from aurora, colorado. we're proud of these and the rest of the 500 plus americans representing red, white, blue. plenty of time for partisanship and spinning but for a few days, let's enjoy the great american heroes. what do you say? >> kimberly: i love t