coverage. the average family plan now running more than $15,000 a year, and a lot of those premium increases are either going to the employees already, or they will soon be. welcome to "america live," i'm megyn kelly, everyone. a new study from the kaiser family foundation says premiums for health insurance plans have skyrocketed this year by more than 9%. kaiser also estimating part of the increase is directly related to provisions that are already in effect under the new health care law. and we are hearing that these increases may be another reason so many companies are just not hiring. doug mckelway has more live this washington. doug? >> reporter: good amp -- good afternoon, megyn. one glimpse into why so few employers are hiring these days, as you said, their health care costs are spiraling out of control. expenditures on health care in the u.s. are more than three times what they were 21 years

ago n. the last year alone, health care costs for a single worker rose from $5,049 to $5,429. for a family costs rose from $13,370 to $15,073. obamacare causing 20% of the rise in the costs. they specifically point for coverage of children up to 26 years old, and prevention services such as mammograms causing so of the rise. but there are other things too. technology and r&d on prescription drugs are raising costs, an increase in chronic diseases like diabetes has placed a tremendous strain on the system. administrative costs impose a considerable burden as well, as much as 7% on health care costs. and then finally, and this is a health care tsunami that will only get worse, the aging of the baby boomers. they have begun qualifying for medicare this year, and with better treatments, better drugs, better care, they may live

longer than previous generations and impose huge costs on the system as they age. and, megyn, there are no easy answers, but if costs are going to come down, this survey suggests people will need to live healthier lives, information technology needs to be promoted as does efficiency and greater consumer involvement in such things as health care reimbursement accounts. all these things that are debate inside that building behind me. megyn? megyn: doug mcelway, thank you. what exactly is to blame for these rising health care costs? we'll have a fair and balanced debate coming up shortly right here. well, new developments today on a huge, huge oil deal that could have a major impact on what we are paying for energy in the future. the republican governor of nebraska is now asking president obama to deny a federal permit for an oil pipeline through his state. the proposed pipeline would link the tar sands fields of northern

alberta, canada, to the oil refineries on the texas gulf coast. that's a lot of u.s. land they're going to have to cover. supporters say doing that will create tens of thousands of jobs, it will pump billions of dollars into the economy all without asking for anything from the taxpayers and meet up to 40% of american oil needs in the years to come, reducing our dependence on foreign oil. sounds good, right? well, the trouble is the pipeline would run directly across a crucial water source, and the worry is, among others, that if it breaks, it could endanger the u.s. food and water supply. hundreds of people gathere in kansas just on monday to express their thoughts and concerns. this has been going on, though, for weeks and months. take a listen to what happened in kansas on monday. >> it's a very, very good supply of oil, and we're getting it from a friendly neighbor as opposed to having to bring it in by tankers from regimes that aren't necessarily stable or friendly to our interests. >> when it leaks, which it will,

it will damage very pristine areas of kansas' natural environment, and it also passes through the aquifer which provides water for millions of people. be. megyn: we will get some important answers on this in our next hour when we speak to a nebraska state senator who is opposed to the plan along with the top executive of the company that wants to build this thing. this has a national impact, folks. we'll bring you the debate right here. another alert now, dramatic new testimony today in the trial of the doctor accused of killing the king of pop. right now jurors are hearing from the concert promoters behind the michael jackson this is it tour, and what they were told about michael jackson's health as he was getting ready for that tour. dr. conrad murray is facing manslaughter charges. he's accused of injecting the singer with a lethal dose of a powerful sedative. jackson was wheeled out of his house on a stretcher back in

2009, paramedics attempted to resuscitate him on the way to the hospital but were unsuccessful, and he died just a couple of hours later. the singer's family, including his mother and father, entering the courtroom. we expect to hear about dr. murray's actions moments after he discovered that jackson had stopped breathing. the prosecution says he misled 911 operators, the paramedics and others to cover up his own malfeasance. we're going to have an in-depth investigation on this defense today in kelly's court. new evidence in a government loan scandal that's ensnared the white house. solar energy firm solyndra went belly up last month blowing $535 million in taxpayer-funded loans. now a new report reveals that even before solyndra

>> in the first eight months of 2011 alone. >> reporter: but by 2010 solyndra had already lost its

competitive advantage. the price of silicon used by solyndra's competitors had dropped by more than be 85%. still, the ceo didn't give a hint of a problem last november when he told a congressional committee we have about a thousand people here in fremont, and we intend to hire about 30 sales and marketing people throughout the year. meanwhile, the administration had disagreements over the loan guarantee program, some felt that companies that didn't need the money were actually getting government loans, not to mention companies that couldn't make it. a bankruptcy judge in delaware has cleared the way to sell solyndra's assets next month. private investors have about a billion dollars this company. megyn? megyn: wendell, thank you. some voters have now taken to literally begging governor chris christie to run for president of the united states. >> i really implore you to, as a citizen of this country, to, please, sir, to reconsider. megyn: in three minutes, see why

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megyn: well, you saw the breaking news at the top of "america live" yesterday at 1 p.m. eastern. sources telling the fox news

political unit that new jersey governor chris christie will not be running for president. that the decision has been made, he will not run. but that did not stop the crowd at the ray began library in california last night from leading with governor christie to threw his hat into the ring. and watch the remarkable response that came at the end of last night's event when a voter gave it her best shot. >> governor christie, all kidding aside -- [laughter] i've been listening to you tonight. you're a very powerful and eloquent speaker. you know how to tell the american people what they need to hear. and i say this from the bottom of my heart for my daughter who's right here and my grandchildren who are at home, i know new jersey needs you, but i really implore you, i really do -- and this isn't funny. i mean this with all my heart. we can't wait another four years

to 2016 -- [applause] and i, i really implore you as a citizen of this country to, please, sir, to reconsider. don't even say anything tonight. of course you wouldn't. go home and really think about it. [laughter] [applause] do it for my daughter, do it for our grandchildren, do it for our sons. please, sir, don't -- we need you. your country needs you to run for president. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]

[laughter] >> let me, let me just say this because there's a lot of people who have asked me, um, about this over the course of the last number of weeks and months. and this is all i'll say about that tonight, is that i hear exactly what you're saying, and i feel the passion with which you say it, and it touches me. because i can tell you, i'm just a kid from jersey who feels like i'm the luckiest guy in the world to have the opportunity that i have to be the governor of my state. and so people say to me all the time now when folks like you say those kind of things for as many months as it's being said like, you know, governor, why don't they just leave you alone? you've already given your

answer. isn't it a burden? and what i say to you tonight and say to everybody else who's nice enough to applaud what she said is that it isn't a burden. i mean, fact of the matter is that anybody that has an ego large enough to say, oh, please, please, please, stop asking me to be leader of the free world. [laughter] it's, it's such a burden. [laughter] if you could, leads, just stop -- please, just stop. [laughter] i mean, what kind of crazy egomaniac would you have to be to say, oh, please, stop. it's extraordinarily flattering. but by the same token, that heartfelt message you gave me is also not a reason for me to do it. that reason has to reside inside me. and so that's what i've said all along is i know without ever having met president reagan that he must have felt deeply in his

heart that he was called to that moment to lead our country. and so my answer to you is just this: i thank you for what you're saying, and i take it in, and i'm will being to every word of it -- listening to every word of it and feeling it too. and, please, don't ever think for a second that i feel like i'm important enough in this world that somehow what you're saying is a problem for me. it's a great, great honor. i'm extraordinarily flattered. and i really appreciate you being willing to stand up and saying it with the passion you did. that's why this country is a great place, because of folks like you, so thank you very much. [applause] megyn: what a moment. what did it mean? joining me now is chris stirewalt. he's our fox news digital politics editor and host of power play on foxnews.com live. chris, it really was. sometimes you get these extraordinary moments that just make you stop. i mean, you could hear a pin drop in the studio when we were

playing that sound bite. he didn't directly answer the question, and that's -- but why snot because -- why not? because fox news has it on pretty good authority that he has made his decision, the decision is not to run, so what do you make of what we just sawsome. >> first of all, you understand why so many republicans do want him to run. he's that good. he has a real political gift. he has a special touch this dealing with that woman and deflecting the question and absorbing it in this very engaging, tender but forceful way. he's, you can see why they want him to run so much. but, yes, he's not going to do it. that's what every indication is, that's what the reporting that we have is, and it's also what logic dictates. it's very late in this game for somebody like christie who doesn't have a big fundraising base, who doesn't have the kind of national name identification that a mitt romney or even sarah palin still on the sidelines has. he can't just get in and turn on a national campaign overnight, and you've got to be ready to

run in just a couple or few weeks before you start hitting filing deadlines. so that's the reality for christie. but what he did last night ask what he continues to do is tantalize republicans. now, that's good for him because it increases his profile and makes him a national player. you can already picture him this that prime time convention speaker's slot in the 2012 republican convention down in tampa. you can already picture that, and you can also see how he's going to be one of the most sought-after endorsements as this primary process works its way through. megyn: you know, it sort of reminds me what we've seen with justin bieber. he got that girlfriend, and then he decided not to be too overt about it. he didn't want to crush the hopes of all the little girls who would come to the concerts and root for the white knight. he kept it on the down low until finally it came out, and be it seems like what governor christie's doing to his supporters. he doesn't want to crush them, but he's made his decision, and

he's not going to run. you tell me, does this inour to the benefit of any candidate who has declared their running thus far? >> most definitely. bieber fever, as you describe it, benefits mitt romney. that's the situation because the longer the race stays at least kind of that the republicans can kind of say, well, the field's sort of open, it makes it harder for rick perry to solidify. he came in hot, stumbled at that debate that we had last week in orlando where you did so well questioning him, but now the question for perry is can he solidify his support now that he had his first month? as long as republicans say, well, it's still open, it's easier for romney to be the establishment guy. the other thing that happens is as his profile goes up, kris tee, who used, echoed a romney attack on perry over immigration during those same comments at the reagan library, when he comes out and as expected endorses romney later on, it's a

higher value scalp for romney to claim. megyn: i'm sure they're lobbying him, but the shot at perry doesn't bode well for perry getting a kris tee endorsement. -- christie endorsement. thank you, sir. what'd you think of that exchange? well, the clock is ticking down to a verdict in the appeals trial of amanda knox, the american student convicted of brutally murdering her roommate in 2007, and the stress is starting to take a toll on the defendant. we'll show you how three minutes away. plus, pop star rihanna running through a farmer's field letting it all hang out for her new music video. that is until one simple farmer had enough. plus, america needs small businesses to start hiring again. so john stossel goes to open his very own stossel store, and that's when the trouble started. the results just ahead. >> give me a break.

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megyn: an update, now, on a big story we covered last week involving onstar. the company has heard from many angry customers be as well as a concerned congress after it announced lands to collect data from cars that have onstar even when the drivers don't subscribe to the service, after they cancel their service onstar was still going to monitor the cars. now they're killing that part of the plan. onstar's president says customers who cancel their accounts will have their data connection shut off. the onstar service provides such services as security, hands-free phone features and driving directions. we covered this story last week

on this program as well as on reilly. onstar has heard you and, apparently, it's sorry. another reason, now, another privacy question, i should say, coming up. this one involves facebook. the company apologizing to users for tracking them even when they were offline. i'm sensing a theme here. facebook admitted to watching what web pages its members visited even after they hit the logout button. facebook claim that is the privacy breach was a mistake. we are awaiting dramatic new testimony from the american student on trial in italy. amanda knox isppealing her conviction on murder charges in connection with the death of her roommate. the 26-year-old apparently buckling under the pressure, even growing untilly ill as the trial reaches its final phase. and she gets ready to take the stand. trace gallagher live in los angeles, and you can understand the feeling of stress this woman would be feeling. >> reporter: oh, can you? yeah. the final part of this trial is

when amanda knox addresses the courtroom. that could happen sometime friday or saturday. she's been practicing for three months. she will address the court in italian, talk more about herself than the case, and apparently, she will not be cross-examined. so that that happens on friday or saturday. the six jurors and two judges then decide whether or not she walks free or stays in prison. and remember, a clear motive has never been, um, ever been, you know, established in this case which is why the dna is so important, and the independent panel appointed by the court has undermined the credibility of that dna pointing out things like some of the items had dna evidence on them were not collected until six weeks after the murder. of course, the prosecutors say that independent panel was superficial and that the experts were not really qualified to examine the evidence. meantime, amanda knox's family says that she is plain and simple a wreck, that she's not eating, sue not sleeping.

look at this picture here. it kind of indicates that the stress is causing her to lose some of her hair. here's amanda's father talking about her state of mind. listen. >> she has definitely lost some weight. she's, you know, it's tough for her to sleep. i mean, if you, if you tried to put yourself in her shoes where, you know, in a matter of a few days, you know, a judge and jury are going to decide what happens to your life, i don't know if i'd sleep very well either. >> reporter: you know, the prosecution this week called her a sex-obsessed she devil. defense said, no, she's not a she devil, she's more like jessica rabbit. taking a line from the movie saying that she's not bad, she's simply drawn that way. again, amanda knox could address the court as early as friday, we could get a verdict in this case as early as saturday. megyn: wow. trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: well, health officials say this listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe has now

killed 13 people, made dozens of others sick and has become the worst food illness outbreak in a decade. normally you only get this stuff from cheeses and deli meats. how did it wind up in the cantaloupe? a live report on safety in the supermarket, three minutes away. plus, reports that a big-time hollywood romance is now in trouble or, perhaps, over. is there any truth to the demi/ashton break-up reports? and president obama says he has spent so much time doing the right thing that he failed to sell it to the american people. but is that really what is behind his sinking poll numbers? hear from our panel and charles krauthammer. >> i mean, i would call it delusional if i thought he believed it. he's telling us that he department spend enough time -- he didn't spend enough time selling doing the right thing? the idea that somehow he has not been arguing enough, speaking enough, showing up on television enough but instead intent on doing the right thing is

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megyn: well, the death toll rising across the u.s., now in our biggest food illness outbreak in a decade. at least 13 people across 18 states dying from possible listeria illnesses traceed to cantaloupes, dozens more are sick. jonathan serrie has an update live in atlanta. >> reporter: hi, megyn. at least 13 people, but as we speak state and local health

investigators are looking into whether three additional cases may be associated with this outbreak. the outbreak has been traced to whole cantaloupes grown at jensen farms production fields in granada, colorado. the company issued a voluntary recall of its rocky four brand cantaloupes two weeks ago, however, additional cases could appear because listeria has a long incubation period. infected persons can go several weeks before showing symptoms. the cdc's reporting a total of 72 persons infected in 18 states with 1 deaths -- 13 deaths. the death toll could increase if those investigations into the three deaths in kansas, new mexico and wyoming determine that they are related to the outbreak. the cdc's recommendations for avoiding listeria contamination are similar to those for avoiding other foodborne illnesses in general. thoroughly cook raw meats, reheat hot dogs and deli meats until steaming before you serve them. rinse raw vegetables and fruit

under tap water before eating, avoid unpasteurized darety products, and wash hands, knives, counttops and cutting boards after preparing uncooked foods. now, as far as cantaloupes you were asking the question before you went to the break, how does this contamination get inside the cantaloupe? ordinarily, listeria's something that you find this soil or in if animals, but sometimes the water that you spray these fruits are contaminated, fertilizer may come from animal by-products, sometimes the people handling the fruit can cross-contaminate. so the advice is to wash the cantaloupe before you cut into it with a knife, and that, hopefully, avoids the contamination from getting inside. megyn? megyn: jonathan, thank you. >> reporter: sure. megyn: president obama on bet last night responding to criticism from african-american leaders that he has done too little to help the black community in particular. the president also reflecting on his first couple of years in

office, perhaps suggesting that the country may have missed the memo on his administration's accomplishments. >> in the first year or so, we spent a lot of time just doing the right thing and not worrying about selling what we were doing. um, and i think that the more you're in this office, the more you have to say to yourself that, um, telling a story to the american people is just as important as the actual policies that you're implementing. and they've got a sense of where it is that we're going to go, particularly during hard times. megyn: monica crowley and dan ger steven, the president of gotham ghost writers and a democratic strategist. monica, basically, that was in response to the question what would you have done differently in retrospect now, and he is maintaining it's shot his policies that have any problems, it's the way he sold it or failed to sell it. >> yes. it's stunning that this white house still believes they have a communications problem, megyn.

the american people, basically, from day one have been telling this administration and the democrats at large that it's not a messaging problem, it's a content problem, it's a philosophical problem, it's an ideological problem. but more importantly, it's a results problem. this administration has failed to produce any kind of significant economic results whether it's economic growth on the jobs front, you name it. the american people are saying, wait a minute, you just drilled us $4 trillion more into national debt and for what? there's nothing to show for it. it hasn't been a salesmanship failure, megyn, it has been a policy failure. megyn: he talks about his accomplishments in the first year or so of office. he's talking about the health care law in particular, one would imagine. that was his biggest accomplishment. he gave 37 formal remarks or town halls specifically dedicated to health care reform between july of '09 and march when it passed. that amounts to, basically, once a week he was dedicating remarks or town halls specifically to the health care reform message,

not to mention the joint session of congress he had on it. really? it was the messaging? >> well, um, i have to say i think the president's self-analysis is totally accurate, but it's also totally inadequate. he has failed fundamentally to communicate to the american people a vision for the country, um, and where we are and where he wants to take us. and part of that is setting expectations that this recession was going to take a long time -- megyn: he also speaks to that. >> he does, but he did not do it well enough in his first year in office, and he did fail to engage the american people in that first year. however, he's made some big mistakes on policy, health care being the biggest one. megyn: do you agree that he had no messaging problem on health care, it was, you know, that people either liked it or didn't like it, he was out there giving the message. >> it was the wrong policy at the wrong time. however, he fundamentally failed, and this is the deeper communications problem. when he's selling things, the power of the presidency is the power to persuade. he has not persuaded the american people that this is the right thing to do. and i think that is largely, in fact, not because the health

care bill was totally wrong, but because the country wanted him focused on the jobs crisis, and they went on this tangent on dealing with health care. megyn: well, the brain room was pointing out during that same period of time the payroll employment decreased by over one million while he was making that health care push, so he keeps talking about health care, health care, health care, once a week, and people are saying, where are the jobs? monica, the white house has come out before and said it was a messaging problem, that's why the polls to this day favor repeal and don't favor the legislation. the viewers send angry e-mails, they feel sort of dissed for lack of a better word when they hear that. like i'm too dumb -- no, i understand. i just reject it on the merits. >> yes. and when you look at election after election starting from november of 2009 when the health care debate was really ramping up, unemployment had sailed over 10% at that point, first wave of elections you get new jersey and virginia installing two republican governors. two months after that, january 2010, scott brown replacing the

liberal demi god edward kennedy. new york nine two weeks ago, a staunchly democratic district, goes republican. this is the american people across the country saying stop with this agenda. it's not working, and we reject it wholesale. megyn: i want to get you to respond, but does he run a risk in doing that? obviously, he can't come out and say, you're right, my policies were bad. but does he run a risk in saying it was my messaging? is. >> yes, however, it's only a risk for the pundits, activists and the people who eat, sleep and drink politics. megyn: who already dislike him. >> that's right. what really matters is results. the president has failed to deliver results based on the key, number one issue that people have which is jobs. and he needs to recognize that and stop talking about other things, um, and sort of say we have to do better.

and i think he has to, um, express some of the urgency that we had under fdr -- megyn: he is expressing urgency now, but is it falling on deaf ears? >> to some extempt, but there's a disconnect between his rhetoric and policies. we are at a crisis, and he's regurgitating some of the same old policies, some of which i support -- >> and they haven't worked. and there's no course correction. as we both have said, american people are very results-oriented, they want to see, you know, they want some real results on the economic front. the policies he has undertaken have not worked, and he still will not change the course, and that's a serious problem for him going into november. megyn: monica, dan, thank you both so much. president obama in our nation's capital right now delivering back to school remarks at a local high school in washington. the president expected to speak to students about their education, getting good grades and making critical decisions about their futures. we will have the remarks streaming right now on foxnews.com. well, 41 years ago a

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megyn: with your unemployment rate at 9.1%, america could sure use some more entrepreneurs who are willing to hire workers. but john stossel recently found out that starting a small business in this country is easier said than done. watch. >> a copy of give me a break. i'm told it's a wonderful book. i opened a business recently. i named it the stossel store. want my fox t-shirt? >> not rice -- right now. >> hey, i didn't say it was a smart business, but the ability to try to succeed is important. without new small businesses there's little innovation and job creation. but america doesn't make it easy. >> your business needs to file quarterly excise tax return. i found it difficult to even understand the legal hoops required just for my very simple business. how do i know? i had to register with the delaware secretary of state and division of corporations.

get a florida employee identification number, buy commercial liability insurance, register with the state department of finance. but in delaware this can be done in just a few days, and it was good i had done it legally because a wilmington cop came over to make sure i have had my vending permit. cost me $10. >> yeah, the city will get ya. [laughter] >> but i'm legal, right? >> yeah, you're legal. >> it could have been worse. i started my business in delaware because i was told delaware and nevada have relatively friendly business laws. new york's bureaucracy is so ferocious i'd have to spend weeks applying to the zoning boards and more. the fastest growing parts of the world like hong kong make entrepreneurship easy. in hong kong several years ago i got a business permit in just one day. >> thank you, sir. >> it's the reason hong kong got rich, they encourage entrepreneurs to try. megyn: well, john stossel is host of "stossel" on the fox

business network. is that the case, where there's less regulation like hong kong it's like that and the unemployment rate is lower? >> you bet. much lower in australia, singapore, hong kong where they make it easy to be a entrepreneur. megyn: why is it so difficult here, the lawyers? >> yes, you lawyers. no, that's not fair -- megyn: i've been out of that business for seven, eight years now. >> but it's intuitive to think that, well, we've got to make sure that they're okay, they don't cheat people. we like licensing, it sounds good. we license drivers, we license dogs. and it's always intuitive to add a little more. oh, there's a problem? pass a law, there ought to be a law. we keep adding it on. hence, regulation nation is a good slogan. we added 80,000 pages of new rules last year. megyn: government thinks it's helping, we have heard politicians talk about how government has helped create this number of jobs, and a lot of americans want government to create jobs. is that not its role? is. >> no. and government can create jobs.

the pharoahs created jobs building pyramids, but think how much richer the individual egyptian would have been had he been able to spend his own money. government can take money, has no money of it own, it can take money from here and put it there, but tt takes money out of the private sector, and those are the real, sustainable jobs. megyn: you talk about structure spending, and that's something we've heard both parties talk about. that's the magic i word, oh, infrastructure. both parties like that. you say not so much. >> well, it is a role for government, but was there's no price on it, we don't know if it's useful infrastructure or if it's pyramids, monument building for politicians. megyn: and it's money that would have gone into the economy in another fashion if you didn't redirect it -- >> and those private sector jobs only exist if person brings in more than he's paid because otherwise the business goes out of business. government never does. megyn: do you think there's a difference between the parties on this? i mean, that bigger government is bigger under the democrats as

many people would say versus the republicans? >> well, this new crop of republicans is all talking about the private sector, but i've seen that in the past, and they've made government bigger when they came into power. but, yes, i think things are changing. megyn: really? well, you've got your buddy ron paul and not to mention gary johnson. >> that's right. megyn: they see the world as you do. >> they're going to be popular very quickly. next week they're going to be leading the pack. megyn: stossel, thank you. the world according to stossel, every thursday night, 10 p.m. eastern time. this special's going to air this week? >> actually, no, that was last week. this week it was what if libertarians ran the world? [laughter] megyn: thanks, stossel. that's what he wants. speaking of opportunity, big developments on a project that could create tens of thousands of jobs, literally, but also one that poses a major risk to america's heartland. next, a live debate on the keystone pipeline and what

happens if it does not get built. plus, a dog off a leash on the loose and in the middle of the highway. we have got the dramatic efforts to track the dog down, plus how the dog was finally reunited with the worried owners. ♪

megyn: a runaway dog home safe after stopping rush hour traffic on the interstate. watch mango. even oregon traffic cameras having a hard time keeping up with the pup as she ran back and forth on the freeway. another driver seen giving the dog's owner a lift to try to help him keep up with the dog.

he'd been running after her. at one point he actually took a dive while trying to grab mango, but she eventually ran off the road and into a quiet neighborhood. she serves as a companion dog for the wife of the guy that you saw falling. when she showed up, mango ran straight into her arms. good, mango. and now to one of the hot stories online today that involves the pop star, rihanna. the singer was dressed on the set of her music video when she was confronted by the farmer on whose land they were filming. apparently, he told her cover up or get out of here! what happened next? trace gallagher knows. hey, trace. >> reporter: hey, megyn. the farmer said that she needs to lose the skimpy outfits and find god. as you said, rihanna was shooting a video for "we found love," with a famous scottish deejay, and they asked to borrow a farm just outside of belfast. the farmer is 62 years old, also

a local politician. he said, it's fine with me, but the shoot also included some very revealing outfits, right? a polka dot bikini made out of handkerchiefs, and at one point she was running around the field topless. it was just about that time that farmer graham was fetching his tractor. he saw the naked woman running around his field, and he thought that it was unacceptable, and he said to her, and i'm quoting, if someone wants to borrow my field and things become inappropriate, then i say enough is enough. he went on to say to rihanna and her team, they should acquaint themselves with a greater god. he's irish, so he actually said you should acquaint yourselves with a greater god. [laughter] that's what he said. the irish part of that is really what he said. but rihanna and her team say, hey, really, we made amends, we're all good. we hooked it all up, we're all good with the farmer, and the shoot ended up going on. megyn: really? is so he permitted her to

continue once she put that bikini back on? >> reporter: put your top back on, and be i'll let you do it. [laughter] megyn: are you sure it was acquaint yourself with the lord, or was it, oh, my lord? >> reporter: as my grandmother says, oh, devils, all of them. [laughter] megyn: thank you, trace. >> reporter: you bet. megyn: moving on to some other news. there was some troubling new testimony, have you been following this so far in the trial of michael jackson's personal doctor? is up next, what we've just learned about the king of pop's final days. plus, a stunning new report showing just how much more you are paying for health care. what's to blame? we investigate. >> it's going to be very, very exciting. [applause] but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. [ male announcer ] it's a fact:

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killing the king of pop. we have a live look inside the courtroom in los angeles. michael jackson's personal assistant talking about the final weeks of the singer's life. dr. conrad murray is on trial for involuntary manslaughter, charged with giving jackson a athlete sal dose of a powerful sedative. his defense team claims michael jackson was a self-destructive drug addict who gave himself propofol. >> i spoke to dr. murray and he told me he was going to rehearsal that night and he had seen michael jackson rehearse and he looked extraordinary. i can't remember if he told me which rehearsal he was talking about. >> but he clearly indicated he had been to a rehearsal, watched mr. jackson perform and described mr. jackson as many as performance as excellent and in glowing terms, is that accurate?

>> in substance, question, and dr. murray told me repeatedly that michael jackson was perfectly healthy, in excellent condition, don't worry about it, he's great. megyn: adam who isly has been covering the trial. give us taken update on what happened today. >> michael jackson' personal assistant is on the stand. it's really showing what the prosecution is laying the case out in a certain way. the first course of business for them is to show this isn't a doctor-patient relationship, but an employer-employee relationship which helps their case as they argue this was a situation where the doctor was grossly negligent. so they are showing this idea -- earlier today we had the whole contract situation, how murray was basically under contract

with michael jackson and it wasn't that typical doctor-patient relationship. that part of the assertion the prosecution is making. at some point it can be tedious as they go through the time line. but this is what they tried to show yesterday in their opening statements. they will show the employer-employee relationship as how they are tied together. the defense team is show can michael jackson was okay and at types when he wasn't so well it was because he was getting drugs from another doctor. it's still early on of course. this is the chronological beginning of the case as they try to show that employee, employer relationship. megyn: why are they focused on how he looked well and dr. conrad murray said he was fine and he saw him rehearse. of what well advantage is that? >> they are trying to show deception. they are trying to show conrad

murray was deceiving michael jackson's employees and the people around him when in reality we heard that audiotape that he was drugged up at least that day when he left a message for the doctor. they are trying to show deception. but their whole idea of the prosecution we have been told by hem and what they have done so far is they want to show the employee-employer relationship and they want to show part of that gross negligence, and part of that was he was deceiving michael jackson's close advisors. his medical license has been restricted or us spended in all three states where he was licensed to practice medicine, california, nevada and texas. the suspensions coming after michael jackson's death. he's not prohibited from prescribing other medications or from being part of the medical team that provides heavy an

threat is as long as he does not d. each state can determine whether he is competent to practice medicine and we'll have a "kelly's court" on this case in 40 minutes. alert coming in. a battle is brewing over who gets to hold the first presidential primary. florida expected to vote thi friday. deciding whether to reschedule its presidential primary to january 31. setting off a domino effect with south carolina expected to make a similar announcement tomorrow. iowa and new hampshire also expected to weigh in. tampa is set to hold the republican convention next year so things could get interesting. new threats from rwanda. this time just off the u.s. coastline. reports coming in that iran's navy is now making plans to send

war ships on patrol near our maritime borders. one iranian command he says the naval unit plans to establish direct contact with the u.s. in the gulf of mexico. national security force correspondent jennifer griffith live at the pentagon today. >> reporter: the last 24 hours has seen a lotf saber rattling coming out of iran. today iran's defense minister says it's harming its navy vessels with cruise missiles that were tests last month. they have a range of 125 miles. the iranian defense minister said target can be be preprogrammed. it can locate the target under radar cover and sink large targets at sea. the iranians sent two navy vessels through the suez canal

taking advantage of the chaos in egypt after the fall of hosni mubarak. they passed through the canal en route to syria. the israeli navy went on high alert. a senior admiral laughs when i asked about the threat to the u.s. he said if they can make it here we might be worried. administration officials were similarly dismissive. >> we don't take these statements seriously. given they do not reflect at all iran's naval capability. >> i say given the limited size and capability of the iranian navy, they would be far better off focusing on the challenges closer to home. >> reporter: pentagon officials think the new saber rattling statements are designed for a domestic audience inside iran. megyn: the fbi capturing a

fugitive behind one of the most brazen hijackings in american history. george rice facing the long arm of the law in a quiet village in portugal. >> reporter: every since the new york-new jersey task force has formed, george wright has been their main target. they tried to trace communitycation with his friends and family. they got a break when a fingerprint i.d. card matched his. he was living in a beachside town in portugal with a wife and children. he was convicted of killing a gas station attendants in 1962. he was sentenced to 15-30 years

in prison. he escaped. dressed as a priest he hijacked a delta flight. he had a gun in a bible. the flight was from new york to miami. when he was in miami he said i'll exchange the 86 passengers for a million bucks. the fbi agents had to go on the tarmac wearing only bathing suits to deliver that money. then they went t -- went to nigeria where they gave him asylum where he lived before going to portugal. he worked as a male model. he also worked as a bartender and a bouncer. it appears he has been in portugal for at least 20-something years because his two children are in their 20s. now they are trying to get him back in the united states. but experts say that may not be an easy task unportuguese law.

-- under portuguese law. megyn: a dubious milestone for american healthcare. we'll bring you the stunning new numbers on what american families are paying for health insurance. plus, students in one long side school district had some fantastic s.a.t. scores. turns out they weren't that smart. >> * it could create thousands of jobs. tens of thousands and make us much, much less dependent on foreign oil. sounds greats. but there is one major problem. plans for a new oil pipeline that would go from canada to the u.s. down to texas. >> when it leaks which it will, it will damage pristine areas of candace natural environment and it passes through the aquifer

that provides water to people.

megyn: police in new york busted an alleged s.a.t. cheating scam and filed charged. officers arrested a 19-year-old along with six students accused of paying him thousands of dollars to take the s.a.t.s in their place. they are former students at a prestigious high school on long island. the school noticed a discrepancy between their s.a.t. scores and their overall academic performance. new developments on a huge oil deal that could have a major impact on what we are paying for

energy in the spheu future. stretching from canada to fox. traveling through 6 states. environmentalists are up in arms saying this pipeline spells disaster for america's farm country. backers points out this could supply up to 40% of america's future oil needs and will create tens of thousands of jobs not to mention the billions of dollars it will inject into the u.s. economy. will it be thumbs up or down for this pipeline which the state department is considering. joining me live, nebraska state senator tony fulton and alex forbay temperature gentlemen, thank you both for being here. senator, it sounds great. they are talking about how this will inject $20 billion into our economy. taxpayers don't have to fund it. it's not a stimulus we have to

pay for. it will be a company that does it. millions in taxes. what's the problem? >> well, pleased to be with you, megyn. all the reasons given in favor of this pipeline, i want to be clear, i'm in support of the pipeline. it brings jobs. it will bring revenue into our great state. lessens our dependence on foreign oil it many the route. we are concerned about the route. we would like to have this pipeline. we are grateful for this pipeline but the route causes concern. it will go through the sand hills and the ogallala aquifer. megyn: are you worried the pipeline will leak and cause environmental damage? >> the pipeline is going to leak. that's what happens. now, the question is how much is it going to leak?

i'm not one of those hoax who believes the entire aquifer is at risk here. but there is some risk. my question is if we already have a pipeline running through the eastern third of nebraska, why not utilize that existing route. megyn: this aquifer the senator refers to provides water to eight states. if your pipeline leaks into that aquifer in eight states people will be rethinking those great things we just ticked off. >> i think it's important that we continue to look at the science of this issue rather than the emotions. the aquifer -- the ogallala aquifer underlies massive portions of the great plains states and overlays some of the

most productive oil deposits in the united states. since 1950. over 25 billion barrels of oil have been safely produced through the aquifer and transferred through the aquifer. 2 million barrels a day are transported through this aquifer. this is not new technology. this will be a safe pipeline. this will be the safe jest cute oil pipeline ever built. there is not a concern about contamination. megyn: let me ask you about the state department. they have given a conditional approval. they didn't see any sort of big problems -- big red flags on it. but they have come out and said the national resources defense council says it is utterly beyond me how the administration can claim it will have no significant impact on the environment when they haven't bothered to do in-depth studies

around the contention. they say there is a cozy relationship between a former hillary clinton campaign aide who is working for your administration. >> to stlug is a cozy relationship between transcanada or any of our employees in the state department is a ridiculous statement to be made. the employee in question was hired well in advance of this debate with we wee re -- -- with respect to the routing of the pipeline. any suggestion that this gentleman was hired to project influence with the white house is just completely unsupported statement. megyn: the state department did say there is unlikely to be any serious environmental problems and your concerns are essentially overblown. when they talk about the numbers. one of the big talking points from both sides of the aisle is

we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. now we are talking about perhaps 100 billion barrels of oil we could get from canada, one of our closest allies, enough to meet 40% of u.s. oil imports. the man on screen right tells us you don't have to worry about the environmental impact. what do you say to him, sir? >> again, i want to be clear. i'm grateful for this project. these are great prospects. but it's probably not entirely accurate to say it's transcanada making the decision about how this affects the environment. as it stands through the process, it's the state department. megyn: but they said there are unlikely to be serious environmental problems. >> that has been said. but the facts are stubborn things. there is a transcanada pipeline

running through right now. there have been about a dozen leaks mop not catastrophic leaks. leaks where there are moving parts. the pumps leaked as i understand it. but the state department is making a decision in non. i feel sorry for transcanada tip was a mechanical engineer, i worked in the energy sector. transcanada from my experience has a good reputation there their pipeline moves a product. they are trying to move towards in a free market and i respect that. they put forward a number of proposals as to where the route ought to go. as i understand it it was the state department that chose this route. that's problematic because there is another route. that the begs the question what about the other route. megyn: i'll give you have a last word why you can't pick a

different route that would please your critics. >> through the environmental impact process, there were in fact eight routes looked at. at the end of the day the state department did agree with the route we are on right now. took an exhaustive look at seven other routes, one of which avoided the sand hills entirely and six that reduced the mile najt sand hills. they came to a conclusion that the route we are on right now did actually impact the least environment. megyn: i have got to run. i thank you both. i appreciate it. all the best. michael jackson's former personal assistant on the stand saying he fielded an urgent phone call from the doctor charged in jackson's death. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day

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megyn: 10 muslim students from the university of california's you are vine students disrupting a speech by an israeli ambassador. standing up one by one shouting out scripted slogans to keep him from speak shouting things like "baby killers." they were charged with misdemeanors on charges of disrupting a meeting. the students face up to a year behind bars. although jail time is considered highly unlikely. are taxpayers getting slammed again in north carolina or is it money well spent in $10 million to fix a road that has across long history of repairs. it was wiped out last month.

john? >> with each stroke of the pile drummer, the $10 million in repairs to north carolina's 12. there is the breech that hurricane irene caused. you can see the power of the storm. but this is not the first time it happened. this happens all the time here. hurricanes, tropical storms. nor'easters. i talked with a business person down in hatteras village. she says, you can't not build a road. here what is she told me. >> what are going to do? leave 5,000 people out here without anything -- without any access? 5,000 people here full time between hatteras and ocracoke and you have all this property that people have invested in. you can't leave that off line.

>> reporter: hatteras island is responsible pore $300 million in tourist revenue every year. if you cut down on the people who had access to the island you would cut down on those funds. >> do it in a sensible way that don't mean that north carolina taxpayers and occasionally federal taxpayers are having to foot the build to continue to maintain this one artery, highway 12 that has become incrediblably vulnerable. >> they are starting to repave the highway. people will be able to reuse this by the middle of october and the controversy will continue. megyn: healthcare costs hitting

a new high. what role does president's reform law play in all of this. a look at what is next for your healthcare. and thousands of the most dangerous illegal aliens in the united states picked up in a mass of any sweep and fox got to ride along. >> i think we are putting the message out, if you come to the united states and get convicted of a crime we'll find you.

megyn: a fox news alert on a major roundup of what we are told are some of the country's most dangerous illegal immigrants. customs agents arresting 3,000 illegal immigrants all with serious criminal records. a 7-day nationwide operation just wrapping up. william lodgeness got a look inside the operation. >> the bad news is there are 497,thousand still out there who have not been caught. they meet before sunrise to assess the day's targets. in moment the operation is underway. >> we have been targeting the worst of the worst. these are not just people who

have entered illegally. they have committed serious crimes. >> reporter: run is a four-time felon. three times he has been deport deported. >> i think we are putting the message out if you come to the united states and get convicted of a crime we'll find you and remove you. >> reporter: 8 teams in los angeles alone look for 500 illegal felons. >> the rate of recidivism is such that if left on the streets most of them will re-offend within 3 years. >> reporter: some critics argue another message is being sent. that entering america illegally is fine provided you don't commit a crime. more on disagrees. >> we'll remove about 400,000 people a year. half of those were criminal offenders.

half were non-criminal offenders. the idea we are not enforcing the law against regular immigration rye slaters simply isn't true. >> it took 2,000 cops to catch 3,000 criminals. there is a new program to reduce that backlog from jail to deportation. but it's parole because some states fear illegal immigrant would be deported as well. megyn: all right, william, thank you. the skyrocketing price of healthcare hitting a new milestone. a new study find the average annual cost of a family's healthcare premiums as passed the $15,000 mark. a% jump from just last year. many employers want their employees to contribute more to cover those rising costs. the employers don't want to take it on themselves. plus the rising costs are being blamed for holding down hiring and the president's healthcare

overhaul is getting part of the blame. leslie marshall who is a laid ohio talk show host along with lars larson. the report from the kaiser foundation which monitors this stuff, they have been pro the president's healthcare overhaul is that the employer-provided healthcare insurance has got up 8% to 9%, passing $15,000 for family coverage. but they say only about 1.5% of that is due to the healthcare law, and the provisions so far. so, lars, does that bode well or poorly for the obama administration? >> it bodes poorly because ultimately the obama healthcare plan called for covering another 40 million in america, some of them the illegal aliens you were just talking about and that's

going cost money. they borrowed half a trillion dollars from immediate care and that will hurt america's seniors. all those insurance companies will have to adjust their rates upward as the increase mandates. and including a large group of young americans who make healthy salaries above 50,000 who have chosen not to buy healthcare. all those people have to be covered. it has yet to roll all the way through. it will be a barrier to making new jobs in this country. >> we have a 9% increase, 1.5% of that is due to the president's healthcare law. nonetheless. i think americans don't care. you have got to pay more that 9%. what of the president's promise that this healthcare law would lower the cost to americans? >> quite frankly if you remember, megyn, i'm one of the democrats that was in agreement wi the president and other

democrats when pushing for healthcare reform including a public option. i said before and i'll say it again, a mandate doesn't work without a public option. i think this study and this increase shows why we need a public option. because the public needs an affordable option. the employers and employees. when we look at 1% -- of 9%. that leaves us asking why is there an increase. personally and for my two businesses that i own. when i call my insurer and ask why the increases and what benefits do i receive? none. why the increase? they can't answer. sorry, lars but they never say it's obama-care. megyn: according to the "new york times" these insurance companies are jacking under the premiumen on people and corporations because starting in 2012 the new healthcare law will require them to justify raising

prices. at least if they do it more than 10%. so the speculation is they are hike up our premiums before they have to account for why they are going to hike our premiums. >> part of the problem is all these companies have to anticipate unknown future costs and they will have to get the money from somewhere. this is not a charity organization. these insurance companies. they are for-profit companies. i think a lot of them realize a lot of employers will start shedding their healthcare plans. the obama administration has already granted in some cases waivers for mandates under the obama-care plan. to believe all of this would happen without additional costs. leslie, although i am glad to say that leslie's husband will help pay the cost because you know the administration is going to say they are going to cut payments to doctors. so, i'm sorry, if you need some

charity, republicans are always good for that when they cut your husband's paycheck back. megyn: what is going happen, leslie? we are on the front end of the mandate of the healthcare law. kids having to stay on their parents' healthcare plans until they are 26. but this is the front end. ed the real things don't hit until 2014. might that be up higher once the rest of the mandates kick? >> we talk about blaming obama and as you like to call it obama-care. but if insurance companies are raising the rates in the premiums. the insuranceompanies are to blame. this comes down to greed. even in a bad economy, what companies have done the best on wall street. insurance companies, medical related companies. in my violin stays in the case for people making 7-digit

salaries. and golden parachute salaries even when they fail. if it's a mandate that's going go forward, it's the supreme court says this is constitutional. they are going to have droves of business. every single person that has to buy insurance doesn't have a public option. they will make tons of money. megyn: they are giving me the hard wrap in my ear but we'll particular this up at a future date. michael jackson's former personal assistant on the stand telling the jury he fielded an urgent phone call from michael jackson's doctor. >> you say one time you saw michael jackson and he looked intoxicated? >> what i saw was a little bit

of a slower speech pattern and a slight stlowr his speech.

megyn: "kelly's court" is back in session. on the docket, dueling theories about what killed the king of pop. conrad murray is accused of giving michael jackson a lethal defense a sedative causing his death. but the defense claims he ignored dr. purchasies orders and -- dr. murray's orders and injected himself with an overdose of propofol. the prosecutors say that's nonsense and jackson trusted his life to this doctor. let's ask our panel, jonna

spilbor and mercedes colwin. ed the prosecutors are painting a picture of an out-of-control doctor more concerned about getting his $150,000 a month than was about his patient. they claim he took this drug propofol and did what? >> that he was administering this drug without the requisite monitoring. this is such a powerful anesthetic that he needed a heart monitor to make sure michael jackson wouldn't have a reaction and stop breathing. but the prosecutors say dr. murray left michael jackson by himself for 45 minutes to make phone calls. though the doctor says it was only 10 minutes, it doesn't matter. because he administers such a powerful a and anesthetic --

>> they are claiming michael jackson ingested it. which the insinuation is he took it orally and drank it unbeknownst to the doctor. if that neary is true. then this doctor is off the hook. >> the prosecution alleged this guy is guilty of gross negligence because he used propofol to treat insomnia. they say no reasonable doctor would do that. joining us is an answer thesologist from our b d joing us is an anesthesiologist from our d.c. bureau. dr. dan one tell us can propofol

be used properly to cure insomnia outside a hospital setting? >> i would say it's never as far as i know been used for insomnia. it's typically an i.v. sedative drug used biance an these on d by anesthesiologists. >> i would say isn't it true that real reason you need to constantly monitor somebody given propofol because it's in a surgical setting, and if not in a surgical setting it wouldn't require that level of monitoring, would it? >> absolutely not. it continues continuous monitoring. blood pressure, oxyge objection-

oxygenation. megyn: how serious is this drug propofol. >> very serious. it's the most common drug for general anesthesia, and sedation for operative cases. megyn: just sort of cocktail porty discussion. could propofol to a private patient? is that nuts or what? >> pretty nuts. that's my general assessment of this. thanks for having me. megyn: mercedes, what is the single most important thing these prosecutors need to show in you will have dueling experts. but the defense is going to have an expert who says it's fine to do it outside of the o.r. michael jackson could have done it himself here. >> the expert has to show it is absolutely reckless to do this without the proper monitoring.

you still need to monitor. the fact that this doctor by his own admission left michael jackson alone for 10 minutes, that's enough to have caused this man's death. megyn: the prosecutors will show that he wasn't using monitoring equipment. he abandoned michael jackson to make phone calls and use the bathroom he didn't call 911. the former personal assistant said he got an urgent call from the doctor, by wasn't told to call 11. it's like he was trying to cover up malfeasance, that's what the prosecution's case is. >> they are saying number one i didn't give to it him. michael jackson drank it him several. if i left the room for two minutes and he's stone cold dead, calling 911 wouldn't do

anything. >> you get $150,000 a month to watch off one patient and you can't even sit there and watch him. >> when the emt actually arrived. dr. murray didn't say he had propofol. he didn't mention it. megyn: the defense is he did it after dr. murray left the room. one final word for our viewers. repeatedly giving this drug propofol to a fragile patient without the proper support seems clearly to cross the brown of regionlessness. -- cross the bounds of recklessness. we'll be right back.

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megyn: now to an update we have been following slowly on "america live." joseph merachi has died. he passed away at his home in canada with his parents and family by is side. this is what the family wanted and fought for all along. they knew he was terminally ill. they first reported this story when canadian authorities refused to perform a tracheotomy. his parents wanted that procedure so they could take their child home. in march after a protracted legal battle a catholic group took joseph to a hospital for treatment. we spoke to his father after the canadian hospital agreed to release joseph. >> it's a victory. we win, should the right be.

and my family now is freedom. i'm very excited. i don't know -- i'm very happy. i will accept and i will respect the opinion from the hospital in st. louis. and what the decision will be i will accept it with all my love, my heart. because he gets his humor right to get the chance to get a second opinion and to give him chance how can he. and he wants to take his life god will take it. nobody can say no to god. but i can't say no to the doctor in the hospital. megyn: shortly after that interview baby joseph returned to canada where he lived for a few more months. he died just before his second

birthday. our condolences to the family.

>>megyn: finally, reports today that "2 1/2 men," star, ashton, could be headed for singlehood. several entertainment magazines quote that he and his wife are splitting up following claims he cheated on her with a 23-year-old on the same weekend he was supposed to be celebrating their sixth year wedding anniversary. he have yet to comment on the allegations. let's hope they're not true. thank you for watching, everybody, "studio b" with trace gallagher, the hardest working man in tv is here for shephard smith. >>trace: i am, the news begins anew, on "studio b." in box one, airline executives say there is a new fee on plane but not from them, they