in a political context, governor bob mcdonald is known for trying to portray a moderate image. that's how he got the nickname. on his way out of office, he is pushing more antiabortion legislation and has signed new voting i.d. laws. thanks to new investigative reporting from "the washington post," we know he has found a whole new approach to making people feel dirty. the executive chef who governor mcdonald hired to work at the governor's mansion was recently indicted in virginia for embezzlement. he left the mansion amid a state police investigation that led to those embezzlement charges, but once he left the job of being official governor chef at the mansion, he still ended up cooking for him and at the mansion. specifically, the former chef's catering company ended up doing the $15,000 dinner when governor mcdonald hosted his daughter's wedding at the governor's mansion. now, hosting your daughter's wedding at the governor's mansion, that's the sort of thing that gets a lot of positive press attention. you get earned media and the kind of attention you cultivate yourself wi

. >> bob mcdonald has a proposal that sadse get rid of the gas tax and put a tax that will generate more money in virginia. is that something nationally that we should look at? >> in state where is they have raised the sales tax a penny or two and put it in infrastructure, they raised a lot of money, they've helped transit systems, built bridges. these referendums have passed all over america. people get it when it comes to fixing up their roads because everybody has a road in front of their house. everybody drives these roads. a lot of people now are using transit and they know that we have an aging transit system in america. people get it when it comes to how do we do it, how do we pay for it. and governor mcdonald has changed the paradigm so to speak in terms of putting this out as something that is being debated pretty strenuously in virginia. >> is china beating us whether it comes to roads, bridges, and infrastructure? >> china is beating us. we're being beat everywhere. china, asia and in europe. europe has got it all over when it comes to passenger rail. china is building airport

visit us online to enter the challenge the impossible promotion lou: virginia governor bob mcdonald lower the gas tax for every one that imposes the 64-dollar per year fee on electric car owners it is a financial thing to do is create another tax, right? arizona and texas have question marks. we don't have the other things to work work out. joining us now is monica -rowley. and michael goodwin and also jedeah bila, all three fox news contributors. it is so great to have you with us. let's start with our terrific guests. >> it's amazing to me think you are doing a good thing by getting a hybrid car, doing something good for the environment, and then you are penalized. you always find a way to penalize you in some way. no easy way out. >> this is why government is such a cluster. on one hand, many cases, they give you a tax credit were some incentive to go down that road and you think, okay, basically they are taxing the matter what you do. many of it goes to t cost of labor. especially driving up the cost of government, it is about excessive labor costs to build the road. lou: this is a re

that's why we've got bob mcdonald from richmond and paul coming from maine and tom coming in from pennsylvania today, three great governors facing different sets of challenges. our son, daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters live in pennsylvania. you know, the biggest challenge in pennsylvania right now is whether the government's going to be the largest buyer of alcohol in the world today. the government of pennsylvania buys more alcohol than any other single entity anywhere because there's a state monopoly of abc stores. if you buy anything in pennsylvania, you do it there. the question that the republican dominated state legislature is facing is that good or bad? >> my gosh. >> that's a no-brainer, i think, to most of us, but it's a big issue up there, and the governor's got the guts to push ahead on it. in the meantime, again, so excited and end thursday yays tick about the federal system, that they have been encouraging fracking. shale goes right up from pennsylvania up into new york, and, boy, they've been end couraging it to happen, and you go into pennsylvania, and you see new develop

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finally fbi agents are looking into the relationship between bob mcdonald, his wife and the executive of a nutritional supplement manufacturer under federal investigation. according to the "washington post," authors are questioning people close to the mcdonald's as an outgrowth of the security probe into the virginia-based star scientific. officials are looking into whether they took action to benefit them in exchange for money. he is a major donor who paid for the food at his daughter's wedding. the ex-chef to the governor's mansion alleged that a year ago he gave fbi and state police investigators evidence of wrong-doing and abuse by donald and his family. the chef faces four counts of felony for allegedly stealing from the mansion. developing now, you are looking at live pictures from sanford, florida, where george zrman and his lawyers are in court for a hearing on pretrial issues. we may hear from him at any minute. among the issues slated to be discussed whether he plans to pursue an immunity defense based on the stand your ground law. prosecutors want him to state on the record

he campaigned against scott brown, against chris christie, against bob mcdonald, he campaigned hard for the democrat candidates in 2010 and they got shellacked. he campaigned for obama care. it's still overrated. no basis for government. >> donna? >> still, this is a president, congress is broken. it's very difficult to have a relationship with members of congress when they are worried about their next primary and not worried about what they're going to accomplish. i think this president is trying to do the right things in terms of outreach, putting together sensible policies, but there are no dance partners to start a relationship with. >> i think the president, he's had a lot of great speeches that he's given. but i think they made a mistake by not having a relationship in congress and saying we're going to go out and talk to the country and not worry about washington, d.c. this president has never build relationships outside of saying i need your vote tomorrow, it's all been photo ops with congress. he hasn't reached out. he hasn't said come to camp david, let's sit down and talk. if

bob mcdonald supports it. this is really, i think, common ground. it makes common sense. i am a strong advocate for men and women who go to work every day and mortgage their homes. i get that. it is looking for a level playing field here. it is not a new tax. charles: a lot of people say their reasons for that is it is tougher for smaller businesses. ironically enough, the woman that you reference, if she did want to expand her business, probably one of the easiest ways would be over the internet. a lot of people are concerned about those areas. >> there is a million-dollar threshold. you have to sell a lot of cupcakes to get to a million dollars. the threshold is very high. i am a businessman. i know what i am talking about here. this can be done. the software is available. it is very easy. it is really not difficult. the threshold is high that they begin dollars. i really think what has happened is washington largely is wrapped around with the axle with some special interest groups. in the one that advocate position that i am four. at the same time, they have kind of ta

scientific donated $15,000 to pay for the food at t the wedding reception of the daughter of governor bob mcdonald two years ago, and that reception took place three days after mcdonald's wife maureen had flown to florida to promote this company's principal product at a corporate seminar. so that was -- seemed like a ratherred orather odd congruenc. the $15,000 donations was not disclosed. it was first reported in this ts story several weeks ago. ago. since then it has come out thatt there are other curious thingsts that haven't been disclosed about it. it. it has caused controversy. i wrote on the column basically saying i thought it was outrage outrageous in several ways. it's not just me, but both republicans and democrats have e called to stricter gifts to politicians in virginia.irginia. >>> there's a couple of thingsf that might be surprising about. first of all governor mcdonald has been scandal free, high marks for his time in office in virginia. it's a surprise n this is the the first significant controversy to arise over mcdonald regarding ra anything that smacks of imappropriat

. >> this sounds like 2009, bob mcdonald, right wing nut, wrote a thesis paper at pat robertson's law school saying women should be barefoot and pregnant or whatever. you heard this over and over. he was an extreme -- he was up by 20 points. >> well, the difference is, here are a lot of republicans saying they don't have a lot of hope for cuccinelli and they're not going to be very much out front. as for mcdonald, they were all out for him. i think that if terry is -- lost last time, he's a better candidate than he was and thought about the mistakes he made, but he still never won a public office before and that presents a burden for democrats. winning your first office is tough state wide. as many strengths as terry has, he still has to prove he can appeal to the parts of virginia that republicans do well in. >> and, david, as you know, politically, washington, d.c. is light-years away from richmond. politically. and how does -- how does terry make that -- make that jump? terry is a lot more d.c. than he is even richmond. >> i think the governor hit it on the head. he's going to talk

coming up later, bob mcdonald and ed rendell. we plan to bring you that later here live on c-span. and now back, live, to the bloomberg son on the debt, deficit, and the economy, taking place here in washington. skilled to use a very input. that is one factor that has been going on. a do think that we could do better in restraining the cost growth in higher education. a way ofuld be harnessing that in some subjects that complement's traditional online structures. inflation environment has been lower over the past couple of years. to that part of the question, i wholeheartedly agree. >> i think the broader part according to the questioner, for the americans to feel that everything they pay for goes up in price, economics tells us that that is not actually happening, but it feels like it. >> that is interesting, there is a tendency to see prices going up more quickly and the war that one focuses on that, the whole market baskets. that is a national tendency. the reason why you win the nobel prize, if you see a price go up, like gasoline is one that people see every day, even though i

bob, thank you. that does it for us today. don't forget, tomorrow, mcdonald's ceo don thompson live from undisclosed locations. here's wapner and "the halftime." >> carl, thanks very much. >>> welcome to "the halftime" show. four hours until the close. right now on the street, good day for the bulls, dow up 68, there's the s&p and nasdaq firmly in positive territory, as well. here's what we're following on the half. market maverick, the always outspoken marc cuban on the twitter hack that shook wall street, high frequency trading, and much more. bank on it, u.s. trust keith banks on the resilient rally and where your money should be working best right now. but first, our top story, a big day for stocks with today's move the s&p 500 sits only a handful of points from a new record closing high. this as earnings continue to pour in from the likes of 3m, exxon, qualcomm and many others and waiting on amazon which reports tonight. trading all the movers today with steve weiss, jon najarian, and stephanie link. it is a resilient mar

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the fbi has launched investigation virginia governor and rising star bob mcdonnell questions gifts from a campaign donor. the associated press ceo of nutritional supplement company paid $15,000 for catering at the wedding of mcdonald's daughter. the a.p. reports the feds want to know if the company star scientific benefited in any way from the gift. mcdonnell says it did not. he says hes did hes did the dit report the gift because it was to a family member. star scientific has given nearly $80,000 to mcdonnell's political action committee and almost 30,000 to his 2009 campaign. in this time of soaring air fares and tightening budgets, you might be interested to learn about the globe trotting trips lawmakers are taking on the taxpayer's tab. in february texas democrat sheila jackson lee traveled to vietnam cambodia as part of the coalition on adoption. she did not travel with the official delegates. instead, booking separate commercial flights. her transportation cost totaled nearly $20,000 around the world. a spokesman says jackson lee had a prior engagement in her home district that co

bob, thank you. that does it for us today. don't forget, tomorrow, mcdonald's ceo don thompson live from undisclosed locations. here's wapner and "the halftime." >> carl, thanks very much. >>> welcome to "the halftime" show. four hours until the close. right now on the street, good day for the bulls, dow up 68, there's the s&p and nasdaq firmly in positive territory, as well. here's what we're following on the half. market maverick, the always outspoken marc cuban on the twitter hack that shook wall street, high frequency trading, and much more. bank on it, u.s.ru

just down the street from bob the big boy. >> we have gone to that place, garry. >> well, you know it then. >> stephanie: michael mcdonald is here with us, being a wisen hiemer, so i apologize. >> hi, gary i would like to be in any of your projects at any point. >> okay. i'll keep it in mind. >> wow, that sounded like no. [ laughter ] >> well it's live. so if you are ready, we'll see. >> what is the play about mr. marshall? >> well you can say garry, it's early -- >> when do you become mr. marshall? at noon? >> about 5:30, 6:00. >> cocktail hour. >> stephanie: auditions for [ overlapping speakers ] >> billy wilder. do you remember billy wilder. >> i'm not old. >> stephanie: stop it. it is billy and ray is the story. it sounds hilarious. tell us about it. >> it's funny but it is also historical. it changed the movie industry there was a censorship and then came a new form of film [ inaudible ] i do happy days, but i wanted to delve into that and it's about billy wilder a wonderful director and a wonderful man [ inaudible ] billy and ray instead of her shall and harry, billy and ray and

i still love them. >> bought by mcdonald's. >> and now ribs make sense. why? >> ribs is a natural progression. ribs are a comfort food. i scoured the market in u.s., canada and abroad. ribs make a lot of sense. it's just like bacon and eggs or steak and lobster. we thought ribs would make a great addition. >> when you say comfort, i hate to say it but i feel like i'm going to get fat. i want to go have six sides. i'm going to do it right now actually. does comfort mean it is going to fill my stomach and i'm going to get fat? >> no. if you can have quarter white with steamed vegetables and potatoes, you're hitting the mark. >> right now. >> we have 100 combinations of boston market 550 calories or less. >> does it include macaroni and cheese? >> no. we feature both. the great thing is you get a choice. you can indulge or have a great meal with locale list. >> is it trickier to make the ribs? what kind of changes did you have to make in the stories to produce that along with everything else you're making? >> it fits into our system. we have offens and rotisserie