diane macedo joins us to explain. good morning, diane. >> it is a battle between the brick and mortar stores and on-line retarryls. this one seems to be coming to a head in time for the holidays at issue is the marketplace fairness act. it would allow states to collect sales tax from companies that sell via the internet. you might be informed of the bill's benefits. order on-line and you might receive a package in i a long with a plea to write congress to oppose the bill. according to lobbying disclosure fileings 26 companies trade groups and lobbying firms are trying to influence congress on the act. local retailers argue forcing only in state retailers to collect sports sales tax puts them at a serious disadvantage. states lost $23 billion on uncollected sales tax revenues from out of state sales last year. catalog and e officers retailers say collecting sales tax for the thousands of jurisdictions on-line retail service is overly complicated. it has already passed its version of the bill which allows to companies w

diane macedo has more on that story. good morning, diane. >> the holiday shopping season is supposed to start on black friday. but kicking things off on thanksgiving thursday is becoming increasingly popular. smart will be leading the path 6:00 a.m. at 9:00 a.m. the workers should have some time to enjoy the thanksgiving turkey. the store opens at 5:00 p.m. wal-mart and best buy will open an hour after that. the big rush comes at 8:00 p.m. when macys target, colkohl's ofe depot open their doors. they are getting mixed reviews from consumers. >> i feel bad. >> i feel like i am late. i am behind. >> resales have opened up to allow more time to purchase for the holidays. >> we asked viewers what they thought about stores opening on thanksgiving and where they intend to stop. many are in favor of spending the day at home. many say they got their turkeys and credit cards ready to go. no way turkey day is for your family. wal-mart and best buy will be open so i will be christmas shopping on thanksgiving and black friday. sandr

thank you, diane. >>> it is 47 after the hour. a surge in guns ceased at our nation's airport. that's not all the tsa says it discovered. the safety concerns that might worrisome fliers straight ahead. >> the first ever youtube music awards are one for the history book. the winners and the losers straight ahead. first, he's always a winner in our book. steve doocy. what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> we have a packed show for this sunday morning. olympic gold medallist gabby douglas joins us live. donald trump will join us as will special report bret baier. see what is going on on washington. if you like it you can keep it. new witness to the attack in benghazi could his testimony finally provide answers. a delicious new food trend. this i got to see to believe. they have deep fried twinkie burgers and twinkie bacon milk shake. "fox & friends" kicks off one minute from right now on your channel for news. give me more power! [ mainframe ] located. ge deep-sea fuel technology. a 50,000-pound, ingeniously wired machine that optimizes raw data to help safely discover and maximi

diane macedo joins us with more on this. >> hi, diane. >> good morning, ainsley. a new report for tax administration says the irs hasn't been keeping up with auditor's recommendations on protecting tax payer information even though the agency said it has. 8 of 19 fixes from previous audits hadn't been fully implemented despite the irs reporting they were complete. they failed to lock user accounts update software or servers for quote critical and major vulnerabilities. when the right degree of security diligence is not applied to the system disgruntled insiders or fal l h malicious outsiders can employ security issues and gain access. it is less than five months after the irs inadvertently posted thousands of social security numbers on a government web site. about a year after social security numbers credit card numbers and bank account data for nearly 4 million taxpayers were stolen from south carolina department of revenue. it already issued an employee to hem improve monitoring practices. this is the latest irs audit to reveal a major lack of over site which is

back to you. >> thank you very much, diane. >> have a good weekend. it is 46 after the top of the hour. one homeowner fighting to keep herbie loved pet. the government is telling her what she can do in her own house. >> he can this be called cubs forever. this baby cheetah. >> for now. >> they need names and fthey ar asking for your help. >> steve doocy on fox and friends. >> cheetahs never prosper. they are adorable. >> they never win. >> until they try to chew off your face. tgif. coming up on "fox & friends" larry gatlin is going to be stopping by we will be talking to him about the country music awards the other night they took a direct shot at obamacare. also michelle trakenburg is the woman who plays lee harvey oswald's wife in bill o'reilly's book "killing kennedy." she will be stopping by. we have a celebration for the marine corps. we are going to cut a big cake. you need a job we have five waiting for you somewhere. geraldo drops by, bill o'reilly stops by and chris wallace is going to give us a friday preview. kicks off 12 minutes from now

diane macedo joins us with more on that. >> the financial services monthly treasury statement shows student loans that stands at $675 billion. that is compared to just under 120 billion in january of 2009 when the president took office and just under 180 billion in july of 2010 when the healthcare education reconciliation act gave the government complete control over federal education loans. since then the balance has increased 277 percent. while 76 percent during president bush's tenure seems minuscule you put them together it is up more than 7 fold over the last decade, heather. >> thank you very much diane macedo short and sweet this morning. appreciate it. >> thanks ladies. have a good one. >> the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. she risked her life for america and that mother banned from visiting her own daughter's school. wait until you hear why. >> a new female super pirro. see how she is gbattling more than just the bad guy. good morning, steve. >> good morning, ladies. kathleen sebelius is in the hot seat again today on pap tol hill. what do lawmakers want to hear from

thank you, diane. >> the time is about 15 minutes to the top of the hour. coming up, it is a child's drawing of a ninja. a star war's character and soldier. wait until you hear why the school says one boy was out of line. >> it looks like something out of a movie. the amazing encounter with mother nature that you will not believe. look at that. >> first let's check in with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on his show next "fox & friends". >> nice to show up. glad you had time in your schedule. "fox & friends", we have a great show on tap. lindsay graham will be here live. oliver north in the studio live. can you indeed work yourself sick? medical a team looks at that. and what's happening to the coaches as of late. bruno mars, the brand new reality show. big and rich will join us. our dog week continues. we are going to meet the dog chaser. all right. the dog who knows 1,000 words. nine more than ian working behind camera one. was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. withou

there are others who are also speaking out senator diane fine stein, senator maryla land dror that require insurance companies to continue offering their healthcare plans. at the same time house republicans are expecting to vote on their proposal friday that would allow insurance companies the option of continuing existing plans for a year. while the white house apologized for the failing rollout the president said he is exploring administrative action. there have not been any specific changes announced yet. >> the president has half of his team with looking at a range of options as he said to make sure nobody is put in a position where their plans have been canceled and they can't afford a better plan even though they would like to have a better plan. >> the pressure will continue todayed to park the chief technology officer will face lawmakers on the hill. he will have to answer the burning questions why have there been so many warning signs that have been missed. heather and ainsley back to you guys. >> elizabeth prann live this morning thank you. >> healthcare.gov isn't likely to be ru

diane macedo joins us to explain. >> a new report from the government accountability office says the screening of passengers by observation tech key has no better chance of stopping security threats even though it has made 1 billion over the past six years. they consider them to be suspicious people and talk to them to see whether or not they pose a threat. they reported some of the behavior indicators used were subjective. steve lowers who directed the investigation says tsa has yet to demonstrate the effectiveness of the program despite spending 900 million on it since 2007. according to the report the tsa has indicated it needs more time to determine if the program is effective. but in the meantime the program is being viewed as a key layer of aviation security. both republicans and democrats on the house homeland security says the report raises concerns about the program. they consider this fine at a subcommittee hearing on thursday. >> diane macedo thank you for joining us this morning. >> it is now 15 minutes to the top of the hour. frightening moments when a teenager swallows

diane macedo joins us now with more on this story. >> we keep hearing about how the u.s. economy is in recovery but that isn't having much of an impact on food stamp enrollment. according to the department of agriculture enrollment in the supplemental assistance program first hit 47 million back in august of 2012. since then the markets are up the unemployment rate is down and yet the department's most recent figures show enrollment in august of 2013 actually climbed to nearly 48 million. that is way up from the less than 32 million people enrolled in the program when the president took office in january of 2009. that year people also started getting as much as 13.6 percent more in food stamps as part of the federal economic stimulus package. that increase expired last week which will save the government about $5 billion next year. we will see if that has any impact on the number of people enrolled in it the program. for now the current number means that nearly 1 out of every 7 americans left food stamps. >> thanks, diane. the time now is about 15 minutes until the top of

you don't see -- i mentioned it before -- diane feinstein from california, moving like this. she said she had 39,000 calls in early september. that's a lot. even in a populous state like california for somebody to pick up the phone and call their law maker is unique. >> sure. >> we're just too lazy. we're just texting. bret baier, the lean mean, black soybean machine. we'll be watching you today. >> you're making me laugh today. >> on "special report." thank you. >> we'll see you. >>> news time with heather. >> good morning. soybeans are great. i want to try black soybeans. we got shocking new video. a moment a van plunges from the third deck of ralph wilson stadium in buffalo, new york. look at this right here as the guy tumbles down. this is last night's game between the jets and the bills. and it appears that the guy loses his balance while he tries to slide down this railing on the upper deck and falls on the deck below, landing on another fan and hitting that guy in the head. unbelievable! one fan snapped a picture of the guy who fell as he was taken off in a stretcher.

diane mass is heed tcedo joins . >> they can test the liquid passengers bring on the planes. don't te the device developed by an ohio company uses are radio vehiclesy and an ult sonic pulse whether they have explosive capabilities. will it cape out in time for the lift on liquid bans which is set to kickoff? january. while the paper reports u.s. transportation officials are exploring technologies for liquid screening the tsa says in a statement liquid explosives are a serious threat and not ready to move away from the ban on liquids. heathrow is expected to start with medicine and duty free stuff bought at the airport. phase in other liquids gels and aerosols within about a year. it takes 2-5 second per container. it will be interesting on how much extra time it adds to the screening process and if passengers think it is worth the tradeoff or not. >> you will have to keep track of it and let us know what they think. >> now you can change people's perception of yourself just by wearing a little makeup. a french neuroswer scientist sa imperfections effects the brain. those who

diane macedo joins usith more. >> two newly released reports from federal watchdogs show over the course of two years they paid benefits to illegal immigrants and dead people. according to the reports of the inspector general from 2009 to 2011 they paid 23 million for services for dead patients and 29 million for prescription drug benefits for illegal immigrants. none of those groups are actually eligible for the benefits. but the reports say more than 4,000 illegal immigrants are able to make drug benefit claims because they don't have controls in place for those kinds of applications like it does for traditional medicare claims. as for the 24,000 dead people that made benefits there are safeguards to prevent that from happening. >> they agreed with the ig's recommendation to improve the safeguards against paying deceased beneficiaries. the other bright spot here is the ig report does say that the nearly $51 million in total and proper payments here still represent the small percentage of total medicare benefits. so it could be worse and they are at least working. >> not making me feel

that would have happened at all yesterday if it wasn't for the mary landrieus and the joe manchins and diane feinsteins and the bill clintons who said not me kimasabi. it is clearly a response by the president to the distress he caused for his own party. he's not up for reelection. i have no doubt but that he was pushed kicking and screaming into that very embarrassing admission. he's a very proud guy. he doesn't like to say i screwed this up. what we just saw was a major i screwed this up. >> would it concern you more if he truly was so hands off to know he didn't know his web site wasn't ready to work? does it concern you more about the irs, fast and furious, all the things, he has the same answer, i didn't know. does that bother you? >> what bothers me is the 155 rounds of golf. i play golf and it takes all day. if you play with john boehner, that's one thing. if you're going to play with your high school buddy, that's another. if you're playing with your high school buddy, you're not thinking about the web site. but clearly these guys had the i.t. expertise. they won the election in 08 a

. >> diane, this is diane parroting what tucker said, don't speak while you're drunk. >> i called my daughter her sister's name while giving the toast at the wedding, not exactly smooth. the understatement. i'm sure the girls still love you. >> that's our facebook question. day, what are your toast dos and don'ts and what's the worst toast you have ever witnessed at a wedding or otherwise. it's 39 minutes past the hour. let's talk about movies this weekend. ever wonder what would happen if four 60 somethings headed to las vegas? >> do you know who is supposed to be staying here this weekend? diddy. curtis jackson, the rapper. >> oh, yeah, from the jackson 5. >> is last vegas a blockbuster or a bust. here's fox news contributor and our favorite movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy. >> tucker, thank you for that intro. that was awesome. i appreciate that. >> it was totally heart felt. i want to know should we see this movie? >> here's the deal. you have four oscar winning actors, a director that i grew up watching, i loved cool runnings. the problem is the script and the scenes in the traile

diane ravitch says: president reagan -- president lincoln standing there the cons is he creation of that cemetery. how you cannot be able to describe the context of that war in the classroom providing those -- those incredible words that president lincoln said that day? >> i completely agree. look, no mention of that thing called the civil war. no mention of the a 1,000 americans, confederate and union who died there no mention of the purpose of lincoln can's trip. removing human agency from history which is really truly remarkable. for folks out there who are windchilling it who say is this just one weak link in an overall solid package of standards? the fact is no, the architect of common core is now the head of the college board. the entity that develops the sat and other college tests as recently as october he restated his position. he said there is no reward, quote, unquote, for students to seek to understand the purpose of lincoln's trip. onto me that sounds a lot like maybe the kids will get some sound, they won't get any fury and no reason and signify nothing. >> to understand th

. >> diane has a facebook post responding to this. it's great she's honest. real men always pay for the meal. >> i agree with that. not for the sake of the woman, but their own dignity. >> the men don't know she's written a separate blog post. she went on j-date. she is not jewish. >> what do we have here. here is m.w. some guy should take her to a pricey place to eat, eat like a king, head to the bathroom and slip out. that is a great idea. that is an old school solution. >> drats, another super secret of women's dating strategies exposed. >> is it that big of a secret? >> leave your house without a purse. >> i've known guys i would do the same thing. >> if a guy leaves the house and expect as woman to pay for his meals -- >> and doesn't bring his purse? >> take care of yourself. >> go to our facebook page. that is the question of the day. you can answer that there. >>> coming up on the show, injured by an ied in iraq. burned on his hands and face, he is a true american hero. this morning he's here live to share his incredible story. >>> his son was born wit