martha: thanks for being here, everybody. good to he is see you again, bill hemmer. how about we come back here tomorrow and do it again. have a good day, everybody. jon: while you're having that great day hold onto your 401(k)s. the dow dropping again on unexpected news out of europe. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. we're here in the fox newsroom and "happening now.". stocks falling on a unsomething announcement from greece on the european bailout deal we thought was final will instead be put up for a vote in greece. the dow is down more than 200 points. a pretty big two-day drop. charles payne from the fox business network. here we were talking how great a month october was when you look at stocks and suddenly november 1st. what is going on? >> absolutely amazing. although at this point we shouldn't be surprised. apparently greece will snatch victory, i mean

defeat from the jaws of victory. this surprise announcement throwing everyone to a shock. they want to put it to popular vote, only second one since 1974 to the people, to the masses whether or not they should accept this bailout. right now the idea is that perhaps they will because the euro is very popular. the notion that the greek people would all of sudden become really hard workers and not be bailed out, nevertheless this is serious monkey wrench and has reverberations throughout europe. european stocks are getting hammered, particularly the banks, feels like in some respects we're at square one. jenna: let's talk about the banks here at home. we'll go to greece in a moment to explore some of these issues, charles. big news happened earlier this week. historic collapse of company many of us might not have heard of, mf global, one of the top companies as far as historic collapses you're seeing on the screen. is this isolated failure?

this company had a lot of exposure to europe and it went down in flames? or is there concern about our financial firms again like in 2008? >> you don't want to be too cavalier about this because we remember how 2008 began and there were certain situations everyone sort of said, bear stearns might be isolated and lehman might be isolated. we found out there was a smoldering mount everest of problems beneath the surface. however right now i believe with mf global making giant bets on european debt of all things, might be specific to mf global. they certainly have wide tentacles to your point. they were not only oning maing giant bets. morgan stanley taking it on the chin. a lot of people believe they have big exposure. smaller first on wall street saying hey, we're not mf global. being contrarian, as soon as someone says they're not something we instantaneously believe they are. jenna: always good to act cautiously in times like these. >> yeah.

jenna: charles, manufacturing, we had information out on manufacturing not only from our country but another. republican candidates potentially for president talking at a national association of manufacturers conference today. tell us about the manufacturing sector and just overall about how our economy is looking today. >> well, we had economic news out this morning that was, let's just say it was okay but didn't come in as well as expected and manufacturing of course is really the key. when you talk about the stock market, jenna, one thing, one correlation that has been constant throughout when our dollar is up our stock market is getting hammered. the reason our dollar is up today because the euro is down. the reason is we want manufacturing to play a big role leading us out of this recession. americans want americans to make things again and ship it around the world. one of the ways to do that competitively with a cheaper currency. you're right, manufacturing was weak here. it was weak in china which has been the economic straw stirring the drink no matter what everybody said, china

made all the difference the last three years with respect to the global economy. their economy is obviously slowing down. some of that is on purpose but to what degree we're not sure. jenna: when can we see you on fox business, charles? you're like on all day? >> i co-host 2:00 show with shibani joshi so. jenna: radio show as well a little later. >> we're rockin'. jenna: charles, thank you very much. charles payne catch him throughout the day on fox business. greece is one of the major stories. jon: they will put the thing to a vote. it got the market upset. it is after the all the country that gave the world democracy. only fair, right? jenna: interesting historical perspective, jon scott. jon: i was there when greece was founded. charles was telling us the markets today very much driven by the debt crisis in europe specifically the announcement of that bailout vote in greece. greg burke is streaming live for us in rome? >> reporter: jon that's right. what a difference a few days makes. just last week it looked like the whole bailout deal

was going to work. germans convinced everybody to take a loss and everybody smiled. not so fast is what greek prime minister george paparazzi is saying. he will put the plan out to the people in january. he also face as confidence vote before that. he has to get over that. bailout is not free money. there comes demand there be austerity cuts and greek people certainly don't want anymore of those. that is why this is a very risky business at this moment. it didn't take long for the markets to react this morning. banks especially getting hit hard in europe. all the stock markets across the board, 3, 4, 5% losses in italy. up over 6% right now. italian borrowing costs gone up highest ever in 10 years. as you can see a tiny country in europe threatens to bring the whole european project down. what happens in greece has an effect on the entire global economy. finally, jon, one of the problems here in europe is

just the entitlements. the unions, the government workers, have been given such generous pensions but you need and economy to drive that. you need and economy producing. the latest stats out of europe are not good. if you look here in italy, the stats coming out yesterday, one out of three people, young people, out of work. jon? jon: greg burke emstreeting live from rome. we'll keep an eye on all the grease developments. thanks. jenna: the market down 236 points right now. new information on a major military move that may be coming in afghanistan. word today the president is now planning the next steps in the u.s. drawdown there. reuters is out with a report that the white house just asked the pentagon for initial recommendations for future troop strength in afghanistan. what exactly does this mean? steve centanni live in washington with a closer look on this hi, steve? >> reporter: hi, jenna. the shape and size of the u.s. troop presence in afghanistan now officially on the drawing board that according to reuters which reports that the obama administration has asked for

detailed recommendations on troop numbers about. troop levels are steadily dropping in afghanistan from 180,000 in 2009, to 150,000 right now, heading for about 70,000 next year after all the surge troops are pulled out. by 2014 the obama administration has said the entire country will be turned over to afghan security forces. many in the pentagon don't believe a troop withdrawal is good idea right now. they don't want to endanger the military gains the u.s. and nato made over the past few years. a big question remains. would any u.s. and nato troops stay in afghanistan even after 2014 by agreement with the afghan government? and if so, how many? all of this is made even more troublesome because of the recent violence in afghanistan. just saturday as you know a suicide car bomb killed 17 people in kabul including 13 military and civilian members of nato, mostly americans. this raises questions about how effective the afghans will be in protecting their

own country when and if nato troops are withdrawn all together. a pentagon spokesman says no decisions have been made and the nature of the drawdown after the surged troops come home will be driven by conditions on the ground. general in? jenna: we'll be talking to ambassador bolton how much discussing all of these details might affect what happens in afghanistan now. that is also something we're going to consider. steve, thanks so much for that roundup. we appreciate it. >> reporter: you bet. jon: right now on capitol hill the congressional so-called super-committee is gearing up for for one final hearing today. that bipartisan group of six republicans, six democrats is charged with slashing more than a trillion dollars from the deficit by thanks giving deadline that looms ever closer by the day. the group calling up experts today who created previous debt reductions plans. meantime our national debt is closing in on $15 trillion and counting. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is working this story for us.

he is live on capitol hill right now. so the pressure is building, mike. what do we know about a so-called subgroup of the super-committee? >> reporter: that's right, jon. i'm told it is not the only subgroup but a subgroup of six republicans, i mean three republicans and three democrats has emerged to talk about finding some common ground. they are rob portman, dave camp and fred upton, republicans and democrats, john kerry, max baucus and chris van hollen. the democrats are emphasizing the need for revenue being in some sort of deal. republicans say, if you want revenue, why don't we do corporate tax reform. that might fix the system and then ultimately produce more revenue. jon. jon: i guess in the meantime, speaker, house speaker john boehner is drawing a distinction between compromise and finding common ground. can you explain that? >> reporter: well, that's right. he is talking about some of the members on the super-committee. they all have their principles. nobody is expecting them to

compromise principles but they're expected to find common ground where their agenda and the other party's agenda overlap. here is more of what the speaker had to say. quote, nothing, nothing would send a more reassuring message to the markets than taking bipartisan steps to fix the structural problems in medicare, medicaid and social security. the two cochairs of the super-committee, jeb hensarling and patty murray couldn't be more different idealogically and neither will compromise on their principles but i believe they share a commitment to finding solutions. as you mentioned the clock is working against this group. the congressional budget office said they need a final plan to score it, to see if it would save that much money. and so we're expecting movement if there is going to be movement, sometime this week, jon. jon: interesting, to keep an eye on all of those developments, that super-committee, so much power among 12 members of the among the house and senate. mike, thanks very much. >> reporter: thank you, jon. jenna: a big job they have.

how do you draw straws in that one? jon: i'm not confident. let's see if they come up with something. jenna: let's's see. they have two weeks left. herman cain's campaign trying to put out a political fire. he forcefully denied allegations of sexual harrassment he did on our show yesterday. how much damage will this do to his campaign? we're asking that question next. jon: 140 characters or less. pretty hard to talk policy when it comes to twitter but that powerful communications tool is among all the rage among the presidential hopefuls. which one of them uses it best? what happens when a tweet goes bad? rick folbaum. jenna: syria, no friend to the united states, a state sponsor of terrorism. now a new report links syria to pakistan's nuclear program. what does that mean for our war on terror? we'll take a closer look next. [shouting]

jenna: presidential politics and social media, it is the new digital weapon of choice in the high-stakes battle for the white house. so which presidential contenders are getting the most hits on youtube? something we took a look at yesterday. herman cain taking a lead by a landslide, more than two million views just last week alone. president obama, a distant second. again this is just on youtube. part of the reason for this of course is this viral video that shows cain's campaign manager, mark block, taking a slow drag of a cigarette. now you have a scandal that cain's campaign is also dealing with. chris stirewalt, our fox news digital politics editor and host of "power play" on foxnews.com. since 2008, social media and harnessing that power

do-or-die for a potential candidate? or old-fashioned retail politics, can that trump all? >> what happens now, jenna we see a hybrid developing where you have to have command of the internet. you have to know what you're doing out there. you certainly can't let it get away from you but it has to compliment something on the ground t has to be backed up. you have in herman cain a national, very internet-driven campaign and you have in the form of somebody like rick santorum on the other side who is doing a very gritty, on the ground, county by county effort in a small state. they both started from about the same place but herman cain has taken off like wildfire nationally because he has got this buzz on the internet i think. jenna: interesting that you mentioned you can't let get get away from you. one of the reason we're talking about retail politics, rick perry is often referenced someone great at retail politics. sometimes retail politics go viral and you don't have as much control over it. here is an example from this

weekend. >> we're kind of into those slogans, man, live free or die, victory or death. bring it. this is such a cool state, come on, live free or die? you know, you got to love that, right? the the good news is that little plan i shared with you doesn't force the granite state to expand your tax footprint, if you know what i mean. [laughter] nike 9% expansion. jenna: so, chris, we didn't get that from youtube, but a clips like that are found on youtube right now. rick perry's press person says, hey he got a standing ovation after this. this was received well. this is 25-minute speech. we're seeing these snippets and that is what we're sayings nationally. what do you do with something like that. >> you try to ride it out. you hope you have the organization to recover from it. that is where digital versus

reality divide is highlighted most strongly. rick perry stumbled about a few times, because he has money and because he has a ground game and because he has an organization he is now engaged with a second chance with voters to talk to them again. the question for herman cain as he deals with his current troubles does he have enough structure, does he have enough organization, to outrun, outlast and outlive this current problem? jenna: chris, we're focused on certain regions of the country right now, iowa, south carolina, for example, but as we get to the general election those regions may not be as important as focus. is that where you really kick in the social media campaign when it goes national instead of focusing on certain states like new hampshire? >> absolutely. that is what the obama campaign very successfully did. they built up the network, e-mail lists, chats, tweets, all that stuff so they could use that mobilize. republicans caught up and maybe even surpassed the president embracing this stuff. we'll not know until next

year whether they're ready to compete. jenna: will be interesting if they see the whole election can be done online like "american idol." we'll see. >> indeed. jenna: chris you have a show to do. that is online. check out chris stirewalt at the bottom of the hour. he will be hosting "power play" live on the web. go to foxnews.com, click on the link that is how it works. get the whole social media thing. jon: astronauts have been voting online but so far only ones i know of from space, yep. aside from youtube, republican presidential candidates also showing off their high-tech skills on sites like twitter. chris stirewalt just mentioned rick santorum is doing a lot of groundwork in iowa but he is also prominently using social media sites like twitter a new analysis by the associated press shows santorum tweets a lot but herman cain is the guy getting all the attention. rick folbaum has more on the political twitter frenzy. rick? >> reporter: everybody is doing it, jon. we have the polls. we have the money that each candidate is able to raise

and maybe twitter is another way to gauge a candidate's power and popularity as they try to reach out and get in touch with voters all over the place. as you said, herman cain is actually leading the way, not necessarily in the number of followers that he has on twitter but in another way. he is above all other gop candidates in the field, more people are retweeting herman cain's tweets than anybody else. that means that people think enough of the messages that he is posting on twitter to spread it around, to help him spread it around. he has about, tweeted about 144 of his 600 tweets have been retweeted. the next most active twitter is former speaker newt gingrich taking advantage of a free platform to reach voters. gingrich tweeted 470 times to 1.3 million followers. no one in the field come close to the matching followers or output of president obama. the tweeter in chief has almost 10.9 million

followers. he has tweeted more than 730 times since announcing his re-election i had about. you can follow us on twitter. we do it too at "happening now." i'm,@rick foe obama i have nowhere near the number about of followers as the gop field which is probably a good thing. he will join us later on in the show. we ask you to send your questions to him by logging onto the america's asking portion of the "happening now" homepage. send us your questions and we'll pose them to senator santorum coming up a little bit later. back to you, jon. jon: sounds good. rick folbaum, thanks. jenna: she became a hero in her home country. russian spy anna champ man is back home. a video shows how they took her and the rest of the spy ring down. video of the rare october snowstorm. how much longer will people have to wait until the lights come back on and what

does this mean for the winter ahead for you will of us?

jon: 25 past the hour. i'm in our acquisition center where we bring in satellite feeds from all over the country, all over the flood. right now a lot of people are watching the dow on remote 218 down 207 points. a couple of bad back-to-back days on the dow. also on remote 253 in iowa, there is presidential candidate rick santorum appearing with a number of other republican candidates at the national association of manufacturers forum out of iowa. he is there talking with governor terry brand set among others. he will be our guest later on "happening now.". get your questions in you would like us to ask candidate rick santorum. jenna. jenna: jon, the most famous russian spy in history.

anna chapman busted last year along with nine other russian spies. the fbi releasing surveillance video of chapman operating undercover, communicating with someone she thought was on her side only to find out that was not the case. eric shawn has details on this story. >> reporter: looks like a spy thriller but the feds say it is real. fbi release tapes of the alleged russian sleeper spice in action showing huy they spread cash and information. looks like the most famous spy, there is anna. sitting down with a person she thinks is her russian handler. but that guy on the left really is an undercover fbi agent. they're sitting in a coffee shop, a starbucks in manhattan allegedly discussing how to slip a fake passport to another russian by using a secret code phase. there is this tape. video of the fbi says shows an accused spy living in

virginia. shows him they say, reportedly digging up a secret stash of cash. another tape shows miss chapman browsing in a manhattan department store where they say she was secretly transmitting information to a russian official, the guy standing outside. she was using a wireless network to pass him some information. another video a suspect rushes by a russian official on a train station. fbi did that to secretly pass money among each other. they were exchanged in a cold war style swap. the most famous is miss chap mon. she is daughter of a russian diplomat. she became international sensation as model and personality in russia. she graced the cover of "maxim" magazine. her social life at manhattan nightclubs was splashed on the tabloids. she is shown in slinky cocktail dress and in herter a a. she has the facebook page

and provocative picture of her in the facebook page. when they were returned to moskow they were given the russia's highest honors. vladmir putin a former kgb agent said quote they sacrificed their lives for quote the motherland. jenna, back to you. >> interesting. she likes starbucks and shopping at macy's. >> reporter: tiara and cocktail dress. >> there will be more of the story. we'll talk more about later on in the program. >> reporter: not boris and natasha. jon: great spying there. fox news weather alert now. power problems still raging in the northeast. just under two million people are still in the dark and the early season cold, nearly 700,000 of those are in connecticut. the state was hit very hard. phone lines and cell towers damaged. the president declaring a state of emergency there. nearly the same number about of people toughing it out in mass as -- massachusetts as

well as new jersey. stores with electricity and even some without are reporting a run on necessary supplies like batteries water, dog food and beer. yeah, that is a necessity. even halloween trick-or-treating had to be canceled and postponed in lots of towns because of all the downed power lines still on the ground. >> it has been 24 hours of damage control for presidential candidate herman cain. in the wake of course his bombshell sexual harrassment accusations leading back to the 1990s. how is he weathering this political storm? we'll take a look just ahead. plus new concerns about a high-stakes war between the u.s. and china. not with guns or boots on the ground but in the digital world. the growing threat of cyber espionage just ahead.

jon: for more than 24 hours now, really since sunday night, presidential candidate herman cain has been busy denying allegations or accusations involving sexual harrassment leveled against him more than a decade ago during his tenure as head of the national restaurant association. here now is a several interviews that mr. cain did after the story broke. here are now some of highlights. >> i never sexually harassed anyone. yes i was falsely accused while i was at the national restaurant association. if the restaurant association did a settlement,

i am not, i wasn't even aware of it and i hope it wasn't for much because nothing happened. >> how the cain campaign and how herman cain deals with this in the next 24, 36, maybe 72 hours depending on how this story develops, will be the key to the rest of his campaign. >> this started out where she and her lawyer were demanding a huge financial settlement. >> how much? >> i don't remember the number. >> thousands or00 of thousands? >> thousands but i don't remember a number about. but then i said the good news is, because, there was no basis for this, we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement quite frankly in terms of -- >> what would that be about? >> maybe three months salary or something like that. jon: joining us now "washington examiner" senior political analyst and fox news contributor michael barone. michael, people who are

paying attention notice there was a shift in the storyline there. he told jenna lee yesterday that he wasn't aware of any settlement that had been paid out by the national restaurant association. and by the time he appeared "on the record" with greta van susteren, he did talk about some details of the settlement. is it hurting him? >> well, i do think that hurts him because he plainly was not fully prepared to deal with this algation even though he had been notified by "politico" for some time they were working on this story. his staff was not prepared in their comments on sunday night to deal with it in a consistent way. so i think it does say something negative about him. it's, it's good news for fox news obviously as, you know, those who were watching fox news saw the story develop most fully during the day and into the evening with greta van susteren but i think it does not, it is not

a great plus for herman cain at this point. jon: "the des moines register" did a poll. they went to some 20 people who have voted in the caucuses and asked them whether the controversy has changed their opinion of herman cain. each of them apparently said no. it really hasn't had a huge impact. >> well, that's one poll. i think that if you ask a question like that, that's a natural response for people to make and also a lot of conservative republican voters of the type who tend to go to the iowa precinct caucuses are very suspicious of media stories that come out reflecting negatively on conservative or republican candidates and their tendency i think emotionally is to rally to that candidate. herman cain projects likeability. i think that is something that has worked in his behalf so far. and his description ultimately on greta's program at 10:00 p.m. of

what he was, what he did that elicited this kind of charge certainly sound like it was much ado about nothing. but i think his failure to be fully prepared with a consistent story for us, for a confrontations he knew were coming doesn't bode well for him as a presidential candidate or a potential president. jon: well as bret said, during our interview yesterday, it's how he handles the accusations over the next 24 to 72 hours that is going to be important. you know, part of the effectiveness i guess of the campaign that he has run so far and part of what some might call his charm is that he doesn't have a lot of handlers. the campaign is structured about letting herman be herman. so in these, in the denial, the way he handled the accusations is he just being herman cain and do folks like that? >> well i think folks find

it charming. even his competitors in the republican primary, some whom seem to dislike each other quite a lot all seem to like herman cain but i think ultimately the question is whether you're ready to be president. the pollster peter hart conducted a focus group in the midwest a couple weeks ago in which people expressed a lot of positive feelings towards herman cain, republican participants expressed those feelings and yet when he asked for people to raise their hands if they thought herman cain was prepared to be president, nobody raised their hand. ultimately that is the question. pollsters ask, who would you vote for if the election were held today but everybody knows the election isn't held today. jon: right. >> i think it is impossible to simulate that decision-making process in advance when there's questions about whether the candidate is the up to serving in this very difficult office. jon: a lot of those candidates are counting on the fact there is a lot of water it flow under the bridge between now and

november. michael barone. thank you. jenna: stories of identity theft, hackers, viruses. think about it, all of your personal information right now is basically online. cyber attacks is something we talked about kite a bit the u.s. intelligence community is trying to figure out how to deal with this type of modern modern war fair at local level as well as national level. catherine herridge is live from our washington bureau. catherine we talked about this story quite a bit. you have information how significant and how off the then these attacks happen. >> reporter: that's right, jenna. a new report from the enterprise strategy group 75% of all u.s. corporations believe they have been targeted by a cyberattack from china or russia. this morning vice president biden is addressing a london conference where he is emphasizing a need for security on the web with more than two million users, members of his administration, attacks sponsored by nation states, or terrorist groups are spiking. >> one of our nation's largest computer anti-virus

software companies also reported a staggering three billion mall ware events in 2010 and a 93% increase in web-based intrusion compared to 2009. >> reporter: military intelligence now recognizes that computer sabotage directed by another country on a massive scale like taking down a power grid can amount to an act of war. >> you know, you go from a pure, they want to maintain access and take information and persist stance on a network to now your cross fire and in the middle of an actual destructive warfare episode. >> reporter: recently 20 countries along with the u.s. met to discuss traditional laws of war and whether they transfer to the cyber domain. jenna. jenna: catherine, could the u.s. retaliate if there was a major cyber event happened? >> reporter: let's say the

cyber event centered from china shut down the u.s. embassy in afghanistan. and that compound was on lockdown for several days. under the scenario of the u.s. could consider response using force and it underscores the view the war can be fought on four fronts. >> we have not yet defined the government role in this new, and i keep using the word domain. for people with my background in the armed forces it is kind of land sea, airspace and cyber. we think of it as a place. in this place, all right, it looks like the american frontier. it looks like texas west of the pecos. >> reporter: there is really a growing consensus some acts on the web can amount to acts of war and a response can be made by the united states using force, jenna. jenna: interesting, catherine. we have more on this story. thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: chinese hackers appear to be playing a game of industrial espionage and it is very serious stuff. according to one of our

prominent internet security companies hackers in china are targeting american chemical and military companies as part of an effort to steal already-developed technology. shibani joshi with the fox business network joins us now. pretty serious stuff we're talking about. >> absolutely serious, jon. cybercrime, espionage, trade secrets, all the making of a great spy movie or spy novel out there but not so entertaining when it happens to big u.s. companies are on our own soil. a big u.s. computer security firm symantec say at least 29 chemical companies and 14 others which make materials for the military were cyberattacked sometime between july and september this year. the trick was simple. basically hackers sent an e-mail to these companies. when they were clicked upon, it unleashed a cyber virus kouled poison ivey. in that they were able to gain access to documents and trade secrets. now symantec believes that the reason and purpose of these attacks were quote, to be industrial espionage, collecting intellectual

property from competitive advantage even though the attacks were tracked to one individual. it is believed that chinese military and even the government was involved. one u.s. congress person is trying to take a stand. relationship mike rogers, the head of the house intelligence committee, calling on government action to step up, saying that cyber attacks from an originating from china have reached intolerable levels. back to you, jon. jon: thanks very much, shibani joshi, fox business network. jenna: terrifying crash landing of a flight from the u.s. to poland. no landing gear. no one injured. the amazing video and jon is going to break down some parts of this crash, what happened here just ahead. also a tale of terror you will never forget. a surfer lives to the tell the tale of a shark attack that did that to his board. next. jon: take a look at that jawbone.

jenna: a fox news alert. remember all the outrage over bank of america planning to charge you $5 to use your debits card? our friends over at the "wall street journal" reporting now that bank of america plans on dropping that fee. again it was a planned fee so it wasn't in place quite yet but maybe some public outrage. maybe some criticism of this led to this. we can only speculate at this point. the bank said the fee was being put forward because of new banking reform. that is one of the reasons why they need to leverage the fee on consumers. we'll see if there is anymore to the story. "wall street journal" plans to report that bank of america plans to drop the $5 fee. jon: big sigh of relief around the country. a california surfer who almost became a entree for a shark is leaving the hospital grateful to tell

this scary story. rick folbaum with the latest. >> reporter: you don't hear run-ins of guys that with a 14 foot great white and live to tell the tale. he is exiting hospital. one minute eric is catching a wave off the california coast. the next he is getting a chomp on the neck from a giant fish. the bite coming within millimeters of his carotid artery. judging by the teeth imprint on that surf board, experts say he was attacked with a shark about 19-inch jaw span. that is pretty big. here is eric as he was about to be released from the hospital. listen. >> i want to thank everyone that supported me, all my friends on the beach. the paramedics who helped me in the ambulance. they did a great job. also obviously everyone at the hospital. >> reporter: you can see the wound on his neck there. he also has one on his arm, one on his hand. his doctors say it is just

amazing he is going to be okay. when you think if this shark had gotten him a fraction of inch where it did on the neck there is no way he would have survived. there he is with his girlfriend. very happy there. lucky couple. jon: that board, what a souvenir. rick, thanks. jenna: what a story with the scar. if you have one might as well have a story like that. the president wants troops stationed in iraq home by the end of the year. we have word of something brewing in afghanistan too. we have ambassador john bolt ton for that. will dr. murray testify in his own defense. he is calling an audible. we don't know what will happen. we're live at the courthouse.

jenna: reuters is reporting that the white house may be considering a quicker and steeper withdrawal of u.s.

troops from afghanistan. that is just one idea the president is reportedly asking the pent gone to explore as they examine troop levels as we move ahead to 2014. with more on this we're joined by ambassador john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. ambassador i like to draw upon your experience in negotiations. when you hear reports like this that have quite a bit of detail, how does that affect strategy on the ground and otherwise? >> i think it has a dramatic impact on the adversary. the taliban in al qaeda in afghanistan already see withdrawal of american and other nato forces this summer, after 18 months, after the president talked about establishing that as a deadline, having absolutely nothing to do with political military conditions on the ground. now, when they see plans for a more rapid drawdown at an earlier date, that simply i think reinforces for them the idea that if they have patience, victory will come to them not through success

on the battlefield but just because the administration has goten tired of the war and decided to come home. jenna: here we are three years away from 2014 and looking ahead toward that date. we have a lot of information obviously on the withdrawal of troops out of iraq. yet so little information at times it seems about our enemies. a new report out today, talking about syria and connection to pakistan, supposedly our ally. pakistan helping syria build a nuclear weapon. what can you tell us about that? >> there was long speculation that the a.q. khan proliferation network had a customer in addition to the one, the ones he confessed to, north korea, iran and libya. many people thought it was syria. this appears to be evidence of that. i would also say there is quite a high likelihood iran is involved here as well. and that therefore the fears we've had about iranian, syria, north korean cooperation on nuclear matters i think ratchet up a good deal based on this information. jenna: how close do you

think we are to a reality of not only iran having a nuclear weapon but potentially syria as well? >> i think there's a high possibility that this syrian activity is a joint venture with iran but it also shows why the risk of proliferation if iran gets nuclear weapons is so high because almost certainly saudi arabia, egypt, turkey and others in the middle east will get nuclear weapons as well. could you have a situation in a very short period of time where there are half a dozen or more nuclear weapon states in the region. that is inherently dangerous and unstable for israel, for our other arab friends. a very, very troublesome situation. jenna: of course the big question is what do we do about it? we don't have time for that big question and i hate when that happens. ambassador, always nice having you and looking forward to have you back to talk more about this? >> okay, thank you. jenna: we'll be back with more "happening now" [ male announcer ] are you considering a new medicare plan?

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boeing 767 from newark, new jersey, makes a crash landing on the runway in warsaw, poland. the jet liner with 231 people onboard touches down with its landing gear still in the belly. this after it circled the airport for more than an hour. you can see it sliding down the runway with absolutely no wheels. the pilot keeping the nose slightly up as the thing skids to a halt. emergency crews rushed in to put out a small fire as passengers slide down chutes and try to get away from that plane. local news sources are saying nobody was hurt. to talk about what may have happened there, peter goelz, this is a pretty rare thing, a gear-up landing for a 767? >> it sure is. in the commercial world, you know, you have redundant systems. in the general aviation world, it's not so uncommon.

but in the commercial world with a plane like the 767, it is very unusual. jon: this is, what, $150 million plane brand new. um, you know, no way to tell exactly how old this particular plane was, but the pilot sure seemed to do a great job. >> he did a great job. you know, you want to get the flaps down, you know, not all the way that'll give you, you know, that will allow you to land at a lower speed. you need a long runway, and you need to keep the nose up until the very end. and this guy looked like he did an absolutely picture-perfect landing for this situation. jon: a lot of airplane passengers aren't aware the fuel is stored in the wings, so if he wobbles that plane as it's coming in and dips a wing, all of a sudden maybe that swing snaps off, then you got fuel spraying everywhere, and the plane spinning around. this could have been catastrophic. >> it always could be, you know, and that's one of the reasons

the 767, you know, they circled for a while to burn off as much fuel as they could, they probably dumped some fuel so they landed with a minimum amount of fuel onboard because, as you pointed out, the real threat here is that you get into some sort of cart wheel or spin situation, open up one of the wings and then you've got the recipe for a catastrophe. jon: so does the ntsb take charge or at least help out? does this one get investigated by polish authorities? >> the polish civil authority takes the lead, the ntsb has an accredited standing within the investigation. they will send investigators over almost immediately because it was a u.s.-manufactured plane. the ntsb will be helping the poles throughout the investigation. jon: and just out of curiosity, peter, does that plane ever fly again, or do they just haul it off to the scrap yard? >> well, they'll take a very

close look at it. if there is no structural damage, they'll strip it down, you know, completely. if there's no structural damage, it could conceivably go back into service. my guess is on this one if it sees life again, it might be as a freighter. jon: interesting stuff. again, a great job from the pilot. that plane from newark airport to warsaw belly lands, basically, with its gear down. i guess it was an electrical problem. that's what they're saying, peter? >> well, you know, it's got at least two systems that are hydraulically driven that can lower the two main gear and the nose gear. why both of those systems failed will be the real folk of the investigation -- focus of the investigation, and i think it's going to be worrisome. jon: a very rare thing seeing a jet liner like that, a wide body with no wheels, no ability to bring them down. peter goelz, thank you. >> i'm rick folbaum at the fox

news assignment desk and some of the stories we're following right now, this is outside the courthouse in los angeles, california, dr. conrad murray, the michael jackson doctor who is on trial today will be the day we will find out whether he will testify in his own defense. all eyes on that courthouse. also, a lot of folks watching the candidate forum taking place in iowa today. that's ron paul, of course. a lot of the top gop contenders are talking to manufacturers in the all-important state of iowa. one of those candidates, rick santorum, who will be our guest live this hour right here, the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. jenna: and here's our lead as we get into the second hour here on "happening now," a deadly drug epidemic killing 15,000 americans a year is prescription painkiller abuse, a leading cause of death. we're glad you're with us as we ease on into the noon hour.

i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. a brand new report describes a rising tide of death, people dying to get high, overdosing and overdoing it, losing their lives in the profession. senior national correspondent john roberts is live in atlanta with some breaking news. john? >> reporter: yeah, it's a report released by the cdc just moments ago, jon, and it's difficult to understatement the scope of this problem. here's the headline from the cdc's report. more people die from overdoses of prescription painkillers than die from overdoses of heroin and cocaine combined. number one drug killer in america. let's put the statistics up for you. here's the number, 14,800 people died from prescription drug overdoses in 2008, the latest year for which there are statistics. the highest rate was among people aged 35-54. the centers for disease control found that a four times increase in the number of people who died from prescription drug overdoses, that happens to coincide with a fourfold increase in the number of prescriptions. there are enough prescription

far cot ticks now doled out in america to be able to medicate every person in this country every day for a month. many of the people who die are habitual users, some are people who just got prescriptions for a short period of pain relief and then became hooked. dr. thomas frieden who's the director of the centers for disease control says the medical community is at least partly to blame. >> when i went to medical school, we were inappropriately, incorrectly assured, don't worry. if patients have short-term pain, they won't get hooked. that was completely wrong. and a generation of doctors and patients and families have learned that that's a tragic mistake. narcotics are dangerous, highly-addictive drugs. >> reporter: he says, in fact, there is an epidemic of prescription drug overdoses. where is the problem the worst? here's the top five states across america for prescription drug overdose deaths starting with new mexico, west virginia, nevada, utah and alaska. but take a look at this, where is the abuse the highest? these two things don't

correlate. abuse is highest in oklahoma, oregon, washington, rhode island and kentucky. law enforcement across the nation is doing everything it can to keep up with the illegal drug trade. it's a huge problem, and we talked with the incoming sheriff at the pinellas county sheriff's department in florida. he says this is a problem that crosses all socioeconomic strata, all walks of life, all races, gender, national origin and age. this is chief bob gualthier. >> from a law enforcement perspective, it's the most serious threat that we face as a community. >> reporter: most serious public safety threat that they face. expensive, too, jon. just the medical costs alone of dealing with these overdose deaths, $72 billion every year. jon: so many people addicted and pretty hard to put a stop to it too. >> reporter: it is. you know, when we went down and we rode where the pinellas county noor cottics department last week, they said as hard as they have tried to knock down

these pill mills and get to the users, they can't even begin to make a department in the problem. jon: unbelievable. john roberts in atlanta, thanks. jenna: one of the facts being that prescription drugs are more dangerous than heroin and cocaine combined? just think about that for a second. dr. marty mccarry is a professor of public health at the johns hopkins school of medicine. dr. mccarry, why so dangerous? this is something that, you know, you think about prescriptions, you think they're safe. why are we seeing such a rise in overdosing? >> well, um, we are sort of taught in medical school that when somebody takes a medication, they take it once every day as we prescribe them. but the reality is people miss doses, their body gets accustomed to a medication, they may take extra doses, forget they took one earlier in the day and take double a dose, so people don't take medications as they're prescribed. their bodies react differently. everybody is different. and the ones that are addictive, it's hard to predict who's going

to become addicted. and, of course, what we've got is this sort of mess that we don't really track in the office. jenna: what do we need to do better? >> well, it's important for patients to ask doctors, why do i need this medication? you know, we have, doctors, we have fun with the fact that a lot of people come in, they diagnose themselves from a tv commercial or a sports illustrated ad, and they say i've got heartburn, or i have dry eyes, and i don't know why, you know, even though they may sit in front of an air conditioner all day. or i have knee pain even though they're significantly overweight. these are all what we call lifestyle problems or diseases. they're new to modern medicine. we didn't treat 30 president of america -- 30% of america for dry eyes 100 years ago. now people demand the medication, but they should really ask their doctor, why do i need this, what happens if i take too much? jenna: do you think doctors are part of the problem as well? as we look at consumers to educate ourselves, is there

anything that the medical profession canal do to better mitigate, i guess, of the effects we're seeing right now? >> well, absolutely. you know, when we prescribe, when we treat, when we, um, tell patients what to do, every independent practitioner does whatever they think is best for the patient. and the reality is there is a culture of overtreating that comes from our reflex in medical school that when you diagnose something, you do something for it. and that's just a reflex. that's part of our culture as doctors. and that culture needs to change. t already starting to change -- it's already starting to change with antibiotics. there's a strong recognition that we don't need to treat every cough or sniffle, and i think that needs to move over now into painkillers and be other prescription medications, the ones that are broadcast widely in commercials and other places. if you look at the top medications, i mean, these are all things that can be prevented without medications; high cholesterol, heartburn, you know, medications that you don't

need if you change your lifestyle, anxiety, sleep medications now. everybody's on a sleep medication. these are things that can be managed with stress, diet and changing your lifestyle. jenna: sometimes a little harder than popping a pill, as you mentioned. sometimes a pill is needed. we'll continue to watch, we see that overdosing is four times higher over the past decade is very provocative. doctor, thank you for helping us work through some of this breaking news. >> thanks, jenna. jon: there is new information about a government gun-trafficking operation that put weapons in the hands of the drug cartels in mexico. a top justice department official on the hot seat on capitol hill today, taking questions about fast and furious. and another similar operation. william la jeunesse live in los angeles with a look at that. william? >> reporter: hey, jon. that similar case is important because it was happening about at the same time, but what the department of justice is expecting congress to believe is this: yes, we knew criminals were buying assault rifles by

the dozen, and we knew they were transferring the guns and smuggled to mexico, and we were briefed in person and watched a detailed presentation about this investigation showing the buyers were arming the cartel with military-grade hardware while under surveillance, and yet no one asked why are we allowing this to happen? well, that question was put today, essentially, to the assistant attorney general, lanny breuer, who in turn was told the atf was walking guns in this previous case known as wide receiver but, quote, never drew the connection between that case and fast and furious. >> at the time i thought that leagues dealing with the leadership of atf was sufficient and reasonable and, frankly, given the amount of work i do at the time, i thought that was the appropriate way of dealing with it. but i cannot be more clear that knows now, if i'd known then what i know now i, of course, would have told the deputy and the attorney general.

>> reporter: he never thought atf phoenix might walk guns a second time, and memos do show the attorney general in phoenix showed him, quote, we do not walk guns. senator grassley released his own set of documents that make doj's argument seem implausible. two justice lawyers from washington have been assigned to fast and furious. several top justice officials saw this presentation showing one straw buyer had bought 13 -- excuse me, 313 guns and another bought 230 guns in just a matter of months. all this is news, jon, because last night the department of justice dumped 650 pages of records on congress. the media got about 100 pages revealing one memo shows on december 14th eric holder planned to attend the news conference up veiling fast and furious, but around midnight that same day, agent brian terry was killed. back to you.

jon: that is a very sad and, i don't know, i don't know how you describe that kind of coincidence, ironic, i guess. william la jeunesse, thank you. and coming up we're going to speak with iowa senator charles grassley. he is ranking member on the senate jewish dish recommittee. he -- judiciary committee. he has been very involved in investigating the justice department on this question. we'll ask him where that investigation is headed next. jenna: well, the burning issue for many americans is jobs, and this is on the agenda at a forum in iowa where most of the republican presidential candidates will be on hand. the two front runners, though, have decided to skip it. we'll find out why. also, the sister of a convicted killer hoping to convince a jury to spare his life. we'll tell you more about that. and later, america's asking senator rick santorum is here to answer your question, and rick is at the web wall reading them all first. you're not giving hims, are you? >> reporter: no, maybe one hint. this is a question from vince sylvester, what's better for the country now.

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jon: right now some new information on some crime stories we're watching. the sister of a man convicted in a deadly home invasion in connecticut tells a jury he sexually abused her as a child but says he wasn't a violent person and would not intentionally kill anyone. the jury is now deciding whether to sentence joshua komisarjevsky to at the time. a florida man accused of hacking into celebrities' e-mails and cell phones is tiew in court today. christopher cheney faces 26 counts of hacking. the operator of a tugboat will be sentenced today for the death of two passengers who were onboard a tourist boat. prosecutors say matthew deaf lin was distracted when he rammed

his barge into a so-called duck boat in philadelphia last year. jenna: mitt romney and herman cain are leading in the iowa polls, but they will be no shows today at a jobs forum hosted by the state's governor. with the clock ticking down to the iowa caucuses, we wanted to know more about why they decided not to show up. campaign carl cameron is live in washington with the latest. here we are a year out, carl, so now we can start really calling you campaign carl. >> reporter: a year from the general election, but two months to the day for the leadoff iowa caucuses. that's right, two months from now the iowa caucuses will be underway. jenna: unbelievable. >> reporter: and today the issue of the country of the election is on the table in pella, iowa. all the candidates are there for a forum on jobs. you're right, mr. rommy and mr. cain will not be there, but the rest will. rick perry, newt gingrich, ron

paul, rick santorum and michele bachmann are all participating and this, of course, is the principle issue of the upcoming campaign, and they do need to get some headway going. both mr. perry and santorum have already spoken today. perry was pitching his 20% flat tax plan and bashing the obama administration, and rick santorum was trying to contrast himself to the texas governor. here's a little sampling. >> washington corporate lobbyists are going to hate me as the president of the united states. i'm going to take a wrecking ball to that corporate tax code and, frankly, the personal tax code as well. >> rick perry just talked about the 20% corporate tax. when it comes to manufacturers and processer, we would zero out the corporate tax. no corporate tax for people who make things here in america. >> reporter: this appearance today by rick perry is part of his big push for the leadoff caucus state. he is now on the air with not one, but two tv ads as part of his sort of inaugural tv ad blitz. he's expended his current trip

to iowa to go through friday, all part of his assertion that iowa is up for grabs, and romney and cain's absence today may illustrate his opportunity. mr. cain's here in d.c. with another round of interviews in the wake of the report by "politico" on alleged sexual harassment allegations from the 1990s, something he's been adamantly denying. and it's worth noting that cain has not been to iowa more than once since early august, so a lot of the caucus goers think his absence is becoming an issue. and then there's mitt romney who is not campaigning in iowa anywhere near as much as he did four years ago. he cites his perm private business -- personal private business experience to justify that, so perry thinks there may be an opening for him in iowa gwen the two front runners. -- against the two front runners. jenna: are they dialing it in, to put it frankly cain and romney, are they just going to let iowa go? >> reporter: no. mitt romney's going to put in

enough effort to make it look like he's not ignoring the state. because he's essentially in the lead, tied with herman cain on top of the iowa's caucus polls, his general absence seems to be successful. cain too, but it's very important to remember, jenna, in iowa and in new hampshire you can't really trust the polls because the fact is 80% of the folks don't make up their minds until the last week and a half. undecides are what make this game play out at the last second. folks have seen the play were, and they wait until the final act. we have to wait and see hillary clinton, that comes in the last three days of the vote. jenna: that brings it back, carl. we appreciate your expertise and insight, as always. and, jon, the market's down 300 points. jobs, the economy, of course, going to be the major issue. jon: 300 points in, what, 250 yesterday. unbelievable. the accused hitman, the husband and the socialite all

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after two failed attempts where bullets were fired into the house, thesters moved into an apartment. it was in a garage, there, where the accused hitman, damian flores, finally found his mark, shooting yvonne while sitting in the car. she pretended she was dead, and then she drove herself to the hospital for treatment. though her husband's mistress has confessed to her part in the crime and is awaiting trial with six other people, mrs. stern thinks that her husband is completely innocent. he's got nothing to do with this. some of the other half dozen accused are other assassins.

stern could face up to life in prison if he's convicted of the charges, jenna. you can't make this up. jenna: no, you can't, and we'll leave it at that. rick, thank you. jon: this either, that controversial federal program known as operation wide receiver. reports that the head of the department of justice's criminal division knew that the division of alcohol, tobacco and firearms allowed suspects to traffic guns across the border. wide receiver is similar to the fast and furious program where the feds deliberately funneled guns to mexican drug cartels. but this department head says he regrets now that he never informed his boss, attorney general eric holder. republican senator chuck grassley is the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee. he's been investigating this sandal and joins us now -- scandal and joins us now. so there was an operation before fast and furious that, in many respects, was very similar and should have been a heads up, as i understand it, to the folks at

the department of justice. >> yeah. wide receiver was very much a very smaller program, and there tended to be more tracking of the weapons ask coordination with people across the border in mexico. maybe 300 weapons as an example. but in fast and furious there's about 2,000 weapons, and there wasn't any effort to track them across the border. so the question that comes up today from lanny breuer appearing before a committee and then, you know, yesterday he gave some interviews on it, and you've characterized those, his statements very accurately. he was asking questions about wide receiver at the very same time fast and furious was going on, and it was going on in the same division within the justice department. so why wouldn't they be asking questions about fast and furious the same way as they were about wide receiver? in other words, does the left

hand know what the right happened's doing? the other one was, maybe there was some reasons to ask questions about wide receiver, but they department want to follow up on fast and furious. so all of this is something, you know, with this information and 650 pages of documents we got yesterday, it's going to open up a whole new road for and path for us to follow to get more answers to these questions. jon: eric holder is the man, obviously, chosen by president obama to run the department of justice. can he point to operation wide receiver which, apparently, began under the bush administration and say, look, it suspect just us -- it isn't just us, this has been going on for a long time? >> well, first of all, in the case of wide receiver as i indicated to you, there seem to be more close cooperation with people across the border. that wasn't the case in fast and furious. the other one is, remember, in fast and furious they had ample

information coming from the grassroots of arizona within the justice department and also from licensed gun dealers. that said that this just suspect going to work -- isn't going to work, you know, and that prophesy turned out to be very accurate because people in main justice wasn't listening to them, and then patrol agent, border patrol agent terry was murdered with guns from fast and furious at the scene of the crime. jon: and, senator, it's my understanding the attorney general has agreed to appear in front of your committee next week? >> he's going to appear not for this reason. twice a year the attorney general comes up for what we call general oversight hearing. and i'm going to, of course, take advantage of that voluntary appearance for him to follow up on all this fast and furious stuff. on december the 8th, he's been subpoenaed and then i think ended up voluntarily willing to

go before the house committee. jon: i see. well, it's good of you to clear that up, and we'll look forward to hearing what his testimony is in that case. senator charles grassley, republican of iowa, thank you. >> is thank you. jenna: from d.c. out to l.a., the manslaughter trial of michael jack szob's perm -- jackson's personal physician in its final days. we're live outside the los angeles superior court. plus, america's asking, and we have your questions for rick santorum, the presidential candidate joins "happening now" next.

jon: high drama in l.a. will dr. conrad murray take the stand in his own defense? michael jackson's doctor deciding whether he'll testify at his own manslaughter trial. adam houseley live at superior court in los angeles. adam? >> reporter: good morning, jon. yes, he's been asked several times throughout the course of this trial whether or not he'll testify, each time dr. murray has said he wasn't sure. the most recent yesterday afternoon, the judge asked him do you want to testify in your own defense? the judge said, i'll ask you one more time tomorrow morning, meaning this morning, whether or not you're going to testify on your own behalf. once you answer the question tomorrow morning, that your last and final chance to do so. we expect that to happen right after court, this last witness, the one that's been on cross-examination and now on redirect, dr. paul white, he's a

star witness for the defense, he's expected to be done here pretty shortly this morning. right now it's redirect which means the defense team's having a second chance to talk to him. the prosecution will have a second chance to cross-examine him again, and once that's completed, that's when we expect the judge to ask dr. murray whether or not he's going to testify. but once again, the court schedule changes a bit, it has over the course of the last five weeks, so that could flux a little bit. but we're expecting to hear this morning whether or not he will take the stand. if you haven't been following this trial, there's four names you need to know. dr. murray, of course, the person on trial. michael jackson, of course, being the alleged victim. and then you have two propofol exmaterials, dr. steven shafer for the prosecution, dr. paul white for the defense. white's on the stand right now. these two men have known each other for 30 years, and they're now basically testifying against each other in this case. we're getting towards the end. the judge has shown some frustration the last couple of days. we're told by our producer inside the jury is showing more

frustration, not nearly as focused as they were in the past. many of them seem to be glazed over, not even taking notes any longer. and as the judge notes, the jury's basically ready for this. so there's a chance this could all wrap today which means once rebuttal witnesses are done that the judge is expected, if it does wrap today, to give the attorneys tomorrow to prepare which means closing arguments could, want to underline could, come on thursday. right now everybody just waiting for this witness, dr. paul white, who was the star witness for the defense who had a tough day yesterday. the prosecution really cross-of examining him very tough. we expect to hear, though, once he's done, jon, whether or not dr. murray will testify on his own behalf or not. jon: and that is the question of the day. adam houseley, thanks. jenna: a fox business alert now, wall street is wassing over the bankruptcy -- buzzing over the bankruptcy of a major financial firm, mf global, and reports that that firm lost suddenly $700 million is just missing of customer money.

questions are now surfacing about where that money went and whether this failure is an isolated one or we should expect some more. elizabeth macdonald is taking a closer look at this. what do can we know about the fallout of this firm's failure? is. >> reporter: yeah, we've got breaking news for you, jenna. the cftc has ordered mf global to preserve all documents for regulatory review. the market regulators are putting measuring f global -- mf global in lockdown mode, deactivating traders' security cards which have given them access to trading floors. those cards have since been deactivated. so what we're hearing now we at fox business have been in touch with market regulators. the word is that mf global is called not in compliance with segregation standards for customer funds. what that means is that, basically, mf global possibly comingled customer funds with other funds at the firm.

we don't know. we've got the quote here, take a look at what, basically, the company -- rather, cme is telling fox business here: >> reporter: they're also worried because they have not seen any kind of comingling before like this at the cme. so, again, this is a concern for market regulators. they immediately put mf global into bankruptcy to try to get money back for customers. the dollar amounts are still very fluid in discussion here, whether it's one billion or 700 million, those are the estimates of the amount in whole of customer can'ts at mf global has been found to not be monitoring, overseeing properly. back to you, jenna. jenna: just to be clear, there are rules with a brokerage firm like this in what ways you can use customer money and personal investors' money and how the firm can put that money to use,

$700 million to a billion dollars, and the question is where did that money go? elizabeth, thank you very much. >> reporter: sure, delighted. jon: a chief executive for nascar and his wife in a plane crash, how the team owner managed to escape this harrowing event. plus, the bizarre coincidence for rick help rick. when you have diabetes...

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abortion. are you defending him now? >> well, you know, i don't know all the facts, i don't think we know all the facts yet. what i can say is that, you know, there is something to be said for having a candidate in the race who has been in front of the national public eye, who's gotten the scrutiny. you know, i've run five races and three statewide races in pennsylvania and been under the national spotlight and have had to answer all the questions on all the issues, have had my background looked at, all of those things. and there's a disadvantage to that because you're not new, you're not fresh in some respects in the sense that you're a new person on the scene, but there's an advantage that you've been tested and that, and you've been able to weather those storms. i've, we've all had our difficulties with issues, and it's how you weather those that really will make, will make the measure of the candidate. jon: you have said that government benefits should not go to people who enter this

country illegally. is that, essentially, directed at rick perry? >> well, no. it's been my position. i've had a consistent voting record when i was in the united states senate not voting for benefits for people who are here illegally. i'm the son of an immigrant. my father came to this country with my grandfather when my dad was a kid, and there were no government benefits each for legals in this country. they came because america was enough. it was enough to have the opportunity and the freedom to be here and to be able to pursue your dreams. and that's what i'm saying is that, you know, let's go back to the idea that we can come to this country, participate in the great opportunities that america provides, and that should be enough for people and not providing extra men facilities particularly if you're not -- benefits particularly if you're not here legally. jon: you've said there should be no corporate tax for companies who make things here in america. >> right. jon: how do you pay for it? >> you pay for it because you're going to bring a lot more manufacturing jobs to this

country, and you're going to have all sorts of salaries, and the multiplier effect for manufacturing is larger than any other sector of the economy. the other thing is that the manufacturers pay a lot more. they're about a $20,000 difference between a manufacturing job in america and all the other jobs out there. so what we're talking about here is really reenergizing made in america, bringing the, bringing the opportunities for those who create products, and there's still a lot of innovation going on in this country. but the products of that innovation aren't made here, and that means that money that is really being made at the top end of the income scale isn't trickling down to the workers. and this is a real opportunity for us to get those workers in solid employment. and you'll see this economy boom, and we'll have plenty of tax revenues. jon: question on foreign policy from a viewer named paula, wants to know it seems pakistan is sharing nuclear bomb info with sir v.a -- syria, that's one of the headlines today. what would you do to stop this? >> well, you know, look, we've had a real parting of the ways,

unfortunately, under this administration with pakistan. and, you know, this is a very critical ally. we've done some things to pakistan, for example, with respect to sourcing of products and things going on within afghanistan that have gone primarily to india, and they haven't been sourced into the pakistani economy. we've done some things to strain that relationship and, frankly, they've done some things to strain ours. and we immediate to repair that relationship, we need to have a lot more cooperation between our military and our intelligence it services so these kinds of things don't happen. obviously, if this is the case, you know, it's another stress in this relationship. but we have to repair this relationship. it's not one that we can allow to go, to go to seed. pakistan has a nuclear weapon, there's a lot of concern about a growing islamization in the body politic there, and we can't let that happen under our watch or the next watch. jon: kay wants to know this, if you were elected president, would you undo the executive

orders that president obama has been issuing of late? >> i sure would. you know, the president has -- it's so funny, in the last election the president, president obama was grilling president bush for all of his imperial presidency and using executive orders. and he's making, he's making bush look like an amateur when it comes to executive orders and just doing things that are counter to, for example, not enforcing the defense of marriage act and not even bringing the case to court and defending it in court. i mean, he has really abused the power of the presidency, and i believe that we should not have czars, we shouldn't have these executive orders that bypass the congress on things that are clearly under congressional purview, and i would repeal those and eliminate -- i always tell everybody that they're at the top of my czar list, and i can make that pledge because we're not going to have any czars. [laughter] jon: all right. former senator rick santorum

from pennsylvania now running, obviously, for the republican nomination. good to have you on. thanks for joining us today on "happening now." >> thanks, jon. my pleasure. jenna: well, the russian spy ring that captivated america, and at the center of it is the infamous anna chapman. for the first time we're seeing video and photos taken during this decade-long investigation that finally wrought the spy ring down. we have more on that next. so this is enzo. you know, when i got him on e-trade he was all like "oh no, i cannot do investing." next thing you know he's got a stunning portfolio. shhhh, you're welcome. [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana!

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jenna: we have the latest on the greatest spy bust in decades. we're now getting a new look inside that russian spy ring that included surveillance footage of anna chapman and her act activities.

eric o'neill has helped capture a few spies himself. let's talk a little bit about one of these new reports out today that some members of this spy ring were actually getting close to some very high-profile government officials, maybe even cabinet members. what do you make of that? >> sounds like exactly what they were sent here to do. you're going to embed a number of spies in our culture under what we call legends, or these are russians who are living the life of americans. they're your spies next door. they certainly want to attack or seek information from the highest levels that they can reach. jenna: in conclusion of this bust, we traded these individuals we're seeing one on our screen and seeing this video just for our viewers, you can see these men have similar bags, they switch hands, and they move on. supposedly, there's cash in this bag. we actually did a major swap, exchanging these ten individuals for others from russia. why did we do that? >> you know, i'm still trying,

scratching my head over that one. i think that the swaps are nice because we can get some people back home that the russians have captured in this case, but on the other side i think it would have been very important to interrogate those individuals and find out what they'd done so we can fix anything that they'd done wrong. jenna: so we caught ten. how many more are there? >> well, we've caught ten, and there are plenty more out there. anywhere there is information that is useful to someone else, there's going to be a spy. they're always in the worst possible place. in government and in corporations, and just about anywhere where they can take information that's going to assist their company or their country. jenna: who are the best spies? are the russians at the top of that list still? when you think about spy, you think about the cold war. you might get these different scenarios, but they can't be the only ones. >> personally, i'd like to say our cia are the best spies out there. jenna: probably the best answer. >> that's right. well, and the russians are certainly up there. they have made spy craft part of their culture, and they are very

zealous in actively trying to spy on other countries. jenna: as far as our own spies, how active are we in other countries at this time? >> well, i don't want to say too much, but we're certainly active in trying to protect our interests. and our work overseas is part of our domestic approximate. we -- protection. we need to know what's going to happen from sources overseas in order to protect ourselves here in the united states. jenna: anna chapman was browsing at macy's in new york, at a starbucks, just living regular lives, eric? you can't really make them out from, as you mentioned, your neighbor? >> exactly. think about it. if you're a spy, you want to be covert. you want to blend in. you don't want to be the flashy james bond person with a martini at the bar. you want to be a mousy, nondescript person standing somewhere in the background, blending into the crowd. so they shop, and they go to coffee shops, and they do things like the video you showed where they're passing information in a very hard-to-catch way. jenna: next time, i want you to give me some tips on how to

catch spies. out of all those people at the starbucks, i want to know which one's the russian spy. we appreciate your expertise, and we'll keep on following this story. thank you. >> thanks for having me. jon: a fox news alert. if, by chan, you're headed for chicago's o'hare airport right now, be ready for a mess at terminal one. there's been some kind of small explosion there. no word of any injuries. police and fire officials are still on the scene investigating. they say they have not ordered any evacuation inside the terminal. the baggage claim area, apparently, was the site of this small explosion. they don't know what caused it, they don't know what blew up, whether it was in passenger luggage or something else. but it's certainly going to snarl traffic as they roll fire trucks and maybe even the bomb squad into terminal one, the united terminal, concourse c at chicago's o'hare airport. back with more in just a moment. every time a local business opens its doors

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