we'll see you tomorrow. martha: we'll see you tomorrow. bye, everybody. jon: syracuse university fires a long time basketball coach after new sexual abuse allegations. i'm jon scott. jenna: hope everybody had a good holiday, i'm jenna lee. we're here in the fox news room, bernie fine, terminated after 16 years, as claims are investigated that he sexually abused young boys. jon: the university dismissed fine after a third alleged victim, zach tomoseccil came forth with allegations that he was abused as a child back in 2002. a warning, what you're about to hear may be disturbing to some viewers: >> about 15 minutes, i would say, after watching the

pornography, he asked me to pull my shorts down, and in which i did, and he didn't really explain why i should do that at all. but i wasn't -- he was an authority figure at the time, and also, my father had been abusing me for at least four-months by then. and so i -- at the time, i didn't really think of anything, and it was a normal thing for me. jon: rick leventhal is following all of these latest developments for us. rick. >> reporter: and jon, it wasn't just that third accuser but also a phone call from fine's wife and -- wife and one of his alleged accuser, former ball bay bobby davis, that was recorded back in 2002 that may have pushed the the university to fire this coach. during the call fine's wife seems to have confirmed allegations fine molested more than one boy, suggesting she may have known about the abuse and her husband thought he wouldn't be punished for. "outside the lines" aired the phone call and hours later fine was fired.

>> i know some things about you, that if you keep pushing, are going to be let out. >> yeah. >> i know, that's what i'm saying. >> let him go ahead, sure, let him go ahead. >> he doesn't think anything of it. >> she thinks that -- he thinks he's above the law. >> reporter: in a statement, syracuse head coach jim bayheim says the allegations that have come forth today are disturbing and deeply troubling, i am personally very shocked because i've never witnessed any of the activities that have beenald, i believe the university took the frop pratt steps tonight. meanwhile swrook tomoselli is the third person claiming fine bused him in a hotel room. tomasleii faces charges of molesting a 14-year-old boy but says that has nothing to do can him -- with him coming forward. he accuses his own father of

molesting him, in both cases his father says his son is lying and bernie fine benefits the charges, but after 35 consecutive seasons as assistant coach, his career is now officially over. jon: very disturbing story all the way around. >> now this fox news alert. take a look at where the dow is, a nice change of pace, you can see the dow up more than 300 points. quite a change from last week when stocks took a real hit, the dow last week dropping nearly 5 percent amid the worst debt crisis in europe. leaders of the e.u., stocks are up in part because of the word that the zur --o eurozone is near a rescue deal. we do have warnings today while this is happening. in addition to greece, there's more financial trouble rocking italy as its costs of borrowing skyrockets. if a country can't borrow, its financial system essentially freezes and is virtually unable to

function. italy is not alone, nearly half a dozen country necessary europe grappling with a debt crisis now and moody's is warning all of europe could lose access to credit. again, that would be paralyzing to these economies. take a look at what's happening at home, you see our national debt continuing to rise, more than $15 trillion, so lots going on today on this monday morning. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live on the north lawn, taking a look at all of this. of course, the big meeting today happening in moments. ed, what can we expect? >> reporter: jenna, this summit meeting between the president, as well as european council, european commission leaders, will begin about 11:45 a.m. eastern time. after that, they are going to have a working lunch. they'll make statements to the press just after about 1:40 p.m. eastern time. obviously the markets are going to be watching all that closely. as you mentioned, moody's today suggesting that these problems in europe, as they continue to drag on, could bring down the economies of all the eurozone countries, that the debt problems could

weigh all of them down. obviously, what president obama is focused on is what that means for the u.s. there is that old saying, when paris sneezes, europe catches a cold. you can update that now, when europe sneezes, u.s. catches a cold. we've seen how it's been dragging down the u.s. economy in recent weeks and months. that's certainly at the top of the president's agenda, as he kicks off this summit, jenna. jenna: as you mentioned, some optimism from investors about a deal in place. talk to us a little about a packet between germany and france, the biggest economies, the most dominant ones in europe, what do we know about this possible solution in the sphwhorks. >> >> reporter: white house officials are trying to get a handle on the details. we've heard this before, that there's a deal, then it falls apart. i think clearly what the president is looking for, both at this summit meeting and from those reports about conversations back and forth with president sarkozy in france, chancellor merkel in germany, that there's some sort of big picture solution for the entire zur --o

eurozone. the problem from the u.s. perspective and frankly from folks around the world has been that it's been a patchwork, it's been greece trying to deal with its problems, italy trying to deal with its problems. i think what the u.s. is hoping is there's finally a deal here and you've seen that optimism on wall street this morning. we'll see whether it holds, is that there's a deal for the entire eurozone, not this patchwork that we've seen so far, jenna. jenna: and our veers have been talking about this for a long time. we have. it's been 18 minutes -- months since we've talked about this con trainingon in europe. 1:40 is when we expect the president. thank you very much. >> >> reporter: good to see you. jon: a fox news alert. and a name you may know, long time massachusetts congressman barney frank has decided he will retire from congress. frank, first elected in 1980, will make his official announcement at a news conference this afternoon, so what does this mean for democrats? chris stierwalt, fox news digital politics editor,

host of "power play" on fox news live.comp. joins us from washington. he has long been a controversial figure in the house but try as they might, republicans have never been able to dislodge him. he's doing it himself. >> well, and you know, jon, part of the dislodgement comes from the fact that massachusetts is losing congress at seats. they've gone through a redistricting process that while it might not have made the congressman particularly vulnerable in a true blue democratic district, it might have made it more challenging for him. and here's an interesting thing to think about. if you're barney frank, this long time veteran, the dean of financial issues for democrats in the house, the thought of it facing a particularly difficult reelection bid, only to stay in the minority, would be pretty disheartening. and as we see, all of these democratic retirement, more than a dozen that i've counted so far,his cycle for democrats, you see that there may be some acknowledgement coming from the blue team that they're

not going to retake the house in this next cycle. jon: from our producer on capitol hill, chad pe revment gram, he's counted seven republicans who will retire and 18 democrats, that includes barney frank. these things don't happen in a vacuum. it suggests that frank thinks he is not going to be winning back maybe a majority seat in the house any time soon. >> reporter: right. that makes it harder, and the thought, if the new district that he would have to try to defend, would be just a little bit more republican and he'd have to go through a contentious series of difficult debates and back and forth, what's the point of that if you're only going to come back and find yourself in the minority. so it's maybe not all that surprise thank congressman frank chooses to hang it up rather than drag through one more difficult cycle. jon: well, and there's been a lot of criticism of the bill that has his name attached to it, the dodd-frank bill. is that part of the mix here? >> notable that neither dodd nor frank will become

members of congress in 2013 and that is telling. this legislation has been unpopular on the left and right for either not going far enough, going too far, it's blamed for problems with credit markets and the failure of the recovery to take hold in the u.s., and you heard newt gingrich, republican frontrunner, basically intimate if there's going to be any accountability, that it should start with the tough hard look at dodd and frank and what went into the making of this legislation, and that would certainly be a part of what frank would have to face on the campaign trail if he ran again. jon: well, and real quickly, chris, more difficulty coming from all taxpayers, if congress can't get this payroll tax issue decided by the end of the year. >> it's going to be a brutal month in washington. that's what you can guarantee on both payroll tax and the dealing with the dodd fix, which is what is needed to prevent a 30 percent cut in medicare payments to physicians. so there's a lot of hard work and very little good will on capitol hill as they come back to work. jon: chris stierwalt, our

digital politics editor, thank you very much. and you can get your political fix, check out "power play" when chris hosts it live, log on, foxnews.com, 11:30, while you're watching helicopter "-- "happening now" and click on the lynch. jen yuen this from overseas, egypt taking its first steps towards democracy. and right now, heavy turnout reported in the country's first elections since the fall of hosni mubarek, this after days of deadly protests in tahrir square. greg palkot has more. >> reporter: the latest word we are getting is voting hours have been extended for two hours, 9:00 p.m. local, because of that heavy demand, the latest word we're also getting is there's no real violence associated with this voting. that's pretty much what we saw when we went out on the ground, earlier today, and went to one polling station. take a look at what we saw. >> we were in the daha neighborhood of cairo, where there is a massive turnout for the first three elections since the fall of

hosni mubarek. it is a lengthy process, there are many ballots. it's complicated. there are many parties, many candidates. it's controversial. some say this vote shouldn't happen at all. and it is potentially dangerous. there is a massive turnout of soldiers, of police, they call it maximum security. but the folks here seem to be just fine, they want to seem to want to give democracy a chance. they are voting here at this school. >> now, we did see some confusion, we heard complaints about inregularities at other polling stations, mostly the folks here are overwhelmed by the crowd. this in part, mobilized by the islamist party. they are strong, they are well organized, they will do well. as for the military ruler here, field marshall tom paoy, a big demand of the violent protests is that he and his military council step down and a civilian government step in. we caught up with him earlier today. we had this brief but exclusive exchange with him.

take a listen: >> some people say the military council should step down. what do you think of that? >> we are going to stay. we are not going to leave, even today. >> when will you leave? is this something that -- >> i announced yesterday. >> reporter: the comment that he was referring to yesterday is that he would step down next july. that's when all the elections here are going to be finished. the voting here regarding the par parliament goes on for another day, we should get the results starting on wednesday. that is for tahrir square behind me where we have seen firsthand such violence, such anguish, tonight, pretty quiet. maybe some of them are out voting. back to you. jenna: and a provocative look at voting in egypt today, a first step towards democracy, whatever that democracy becomes is another question. greg palkot, thank you as always, incredible insight. jon: there's new controversy and trouble after a deadly nato air strike in pakistan that killed 24 pakistani soldiers. what it means for our shaky

relations with that nuclear nation, and for our troops in afghanistan, as well. jenna: and back to the wild west, cattle wrestling -- castle wrestling would be different. jon that would be a trick. jenna: cattle wrestling, making a comeback. we're live with that story just ahead. whrarchg blank a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine.

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that is a key supply line for coalition forces in landlocked afghanistan. now that the pakistani prime minister is saying they are reevaluating the relationship with the u.s., as well. wyoming senator john barrasso is vice chairman of the senate republican conference. he joins us now. there couldn't be a worse time for this kind of thing to happen. it was apparently a friendly fire, terrible tragedy, and 24 pakistani soldiers are dead. >> your heart has to go out to those family of those that died. realistically you have to find out what nato finds. it looks like our troops were fired upon from this area, we called in additional air support, so we have to see really what has happened there, but you're absolutely right, there has been a shaky relationship between the united states and pakistan which has made -- which is worse because of our success with the navy seems going in to kill usama bin laden and you look at this and say how could he be hiding in

pakistan, were the pakistanis incompetent or in cahoots. jon: in a military town. they have closed their border with afghanistan. we need those border checkpoints open to get supplies into our troops. is this in a way extortion on the part of the pakistanis? >> the pakistanis have received from the united states about $20 billion over the last ten years, and secretary of state clinton has been there within the last couple of weeks. there needs to be a relationship between the united states and pakistan in this war on terror, because obviously, the taliban coming into afghanistan -- come into afghanistan and attack our troops and go back to pakistan. the relationship is ten tenuous and it's gotten worse over this last weekend. jon: in the last decade, the war that was prominent for americans was in kosovo. now that war has been pretty much been -- well, it's certainly gone to the back pages, if even that, yet you're just back from

kosovo, visiting troops that we still have on the ground there. >> we still have about 1000 members there at camp bonstihl in kosovo. i was there because wyoming national guard members, two dozen strong, are in kosovo, they were there for thanksgiving, a long way from home and i wanted to go and have thanksgiving dinner with him so -- with them so they know people are with them. jon: how is morale? >> morale is good. they wanted to talk to wyoming, the hunting season, the football games and what's happening at home, but they're there doing an important mission. we have troops all around the world. jon: very quickly, i know you've also been meeting with the folks involved in the european banking crisis. you say that their economic situation may be more dire than ours. >> it seems to be the flight to safety is dollars coming into the united states. i did on the way back from kosovo stopped and talked to folks at the european central bank about what the next steps forward are going to be because of their role in trying to keep the euro

afloat at a time when there is clearly -- there had been overspending for a long period of time, issues in greece and in italy, and the implications for the united states, if additional stresses on the european currency will affect us at home. jon: senator john barrasso from wyoming, good to have you in. >> thank you for having me, appreciate it. jenna: her murder trial capitated -- captivated the entire country and the new book portraying the psychological outlook of casey anthony. dr. keith ablow joins us to talk about the book, "inside the mind of casey anthony". >> and stores see record numbers of one of the busiest shopping days of the year. what it means for our economy and your wallet, next.

jen let's start off by taking a look at the markets today. it it's easier to look at the market whs they look like now, the dow up 300 points, due to record sales for the crucial black friday shopping day. so you all did your duty! now comes the word eurozone leaders may be close to a rescue deal for the embattled europe as leaders are about to meet with the president rand going to make an announcement later today about what progress they have as far as what to do about this debt crisis there. charles spain a fox business network host and joins us now. let's start off with the europe situation. we had so many things on the screen, so many parts of the con know look at today, but here's the european situation, we've been talking about this for a year and a half and no resolution. why are we back at this point where we're wondering if europe will survive in the current form that it's in? >> because you know what, survival means really, really such a slower standard of living for europeans. by the way, ultimately, america too, but right for

you for europeans it means such a lower standard of living. can they do it, does any politician over there have the ability to push this through on their people to go and say listen, we've had a great 30, 40 years, we've played around with socialism, we've borrowed all the money we could, we taxed everybody we could, and we just ran out, we're done, and we have to do something if we're going to survive. jenna: you say lower standard of living because they have to full back on social service? >> pull back on social services, spending and the way of life was augmented, it was subsidized, and public sector workers getting paid one four-months of work for 12 months of work. it's a heck of a gig, a lot of fun. if you were 50 and could lay on the beach, somebody -- people had to say this isn't right, you know, the numbers don't add up. but it was a fun period but now it's going to be a painful period. gen jen that's an ideological shift as you're mentioning. meantime, talking about the black friday shopping and nice of you to take a break from the cyber monday to join us, our debt is worth more than $15 trillion.

how do you take in those things, consumers are spend, yet our national debt is at these record highs. what do those data points say to you as a consumer? >> we want consumers to spend. households, people watching the show know they've tightened their belts. they're probably upset because the government hasn't tightened the belt. our government has only gotten larger, own government continues to tick every second. people have pent-up anxiety, they want to feel better about themselves, 40 percent of spending was 14r-6-spending, up from 33 percent a year ago. so i kind of think that's good. we want people to go throughout and spend, not necessarily at the expense of savings, which is a trend we've kind of seen a little bit, but maybe the notion after 91 percent of people with jobs feel sure enough to maybe go out and put some back into the economy. jenna: and the government should do the same thing, when there's a sale, it's cheap to borrow, the government should borrow the money and invest in certain projects? in a similar way, if there's a sale and we want to get lower prices for the sale

price in the store, you -- >> the problem with that, though, the word invest. because unfortunately, particularly with this administration, it's been more spending than investing, it's been more redistribution of wealth rather than cetoo listen, we had a stimulus plan, right, that was a huge gigantic trillion dollars bill and we learn almost every quarter that it created fewer jobs than they thought before and ultimately we're told by the cbo it might have pushed private sector investment which means it didn't help the country at all. jenna: quick final thought, we have the president speaking with european leaders, anything you need to hear from him this. >> everybody in america better get used to the idea we're going to be part of that bailout. i don't know how much, probably through the imf, but we're going to pay a lot of money for this european situation. jenna: something to keep in mind. >> but we're up 300 today! jenna: and a little sweetness. thank you charles, appreciate it. jon: unfortunately, what goes up must come down. caught on camera. chaos in the streets of syria.

new violence erupting there, following a big announcement to slap syria with tough sanctions. what it means for the arab world and the united states. we'll have a live report. plus, from robo calls to telemarketing, the do not call list does not always save you from those unwanted interruptions. that always come at dinnertime! but now it may be up to the supreme court. >> ♪ >> ♪ [ male announcer ] medicare...

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congress. occupy wall street protestors declaring a minor victory in los angeles when they defied a midnight deadline to leave their tent city around city hall 57bd police did not move in. the battle over terror suspects at guantanamo bay, and the leader of the senate armed services committee, robert levin -- carl levin and john mccain, challenging the white house and threat of presidential veto while defending their approach to handling terror suspects. jenna: but jon, you're just sitting down to dinner, right, the phone rings. it's never someone you want to talk to. it's almost always a telemarketer or robo call. even if you signed up for the do not call list. that can really bother somebody, you snow today the supreme court will hear arguments from people who want the calls to stop. rich edson from the fox business network joins us with more. hey rich. >> reporter: it's gotten better. i don't get that many calls around dinnertime anymore but occasionally you get a call, especially from my alma mater, they call asking

for money and there are loopholes that allow nonprofit organizations, bill collectors in many cases and politicians if they want you to vote for them can give you a call and that's allowed under the call. well, one man want as right to sue in federal court and that's what this whole court case is about. they're hearing arguments in the supreme court as to whether or not regular citizens if you get one of these calls in a gray area or think you're wronged here, you think there's a violation of law, you can sue in federal complet that's the supreme court hearing today, if that were allowed to have basically private citizens policing the do not call list, you could file a class action lawsuit if you feel like you're getting harassed in these cases. as far as consumer groups are concerned, they say this would be a big win for them. a number of the telemarketing companies and companies that give you a call say the law does not allow for this, it was written in a way that would not allow citizens to bring this up in supreme court and the supreme scoort should decide this in the next few

months. jenna: thank you for always picking up when i call, risch! >> not a problem! jenna: rich edson, thank you. jon: new information and video crossing our international desk now, thousands of people marching through the streets of mexico city, they are protesting the growing drug violence that plagues their country. they're wearing painted faces and masks to symbolize the victims, some even carried fake weapons, and a blackened mexican flag as a sign of mourning. jenna: and in egypt as well, an early morning attack along a gas pipeline in the sinai peninsula, the whole thing fuels exports near jordan, this is the eighth attack on the pipeline since hosni mu mubarek was ousted in february. jon: the arab league is announcing new sanctions against syria as new violence breaks out. amateur video purportedly shows soldiers firing weapon necessary the syrian streets, despite

international pressure on damascus to end its deadly crackdown on protestors. the video hot on the wheels of a u.n. probe that claims a syrian group killed hundreds of children and other crimes against humanity since the syrian crackdown on its own people began, syria's foreign minister calling the sanctions a declaration of economic war. leland vitter is following this live in jerusalema us -- for us now. legalland. >> reporter: john -- jon, it is clear the syrian regime has declared war on its own citizens. so far there have been 3500 killed and the regime doesn't seem to care at all what the international community, the united nations or arab league is saying about their tactics, which include shooting at people at funerals. this is video from this weekend when the protestors were burying one of their own who had been killed by the syrian security services , and that crack you hear in the background are the gunshots from syrian troops or some of assad's

thugs who opened fire on the protestors as they buried their dead. what you have set up here is a stalemate in the violence, almost a low grade civil war where you start to have members of the syrian army defecting over to the side of the proses -- protestors. still, though, assad has a whole lot of support in the capitol of damascus. we have video today of 100,000 plus people who showed up in the capitol there, and assad is getting a lot of support from his allies, that includes china, russia, who are protecting him with the security council, and then also from other allies like lebanon, the central bank saying it would handle syria's foreign currency transactions with the arab league, said they were going to try and shut down. as we go forward here, you're also going to see iran step in, which controls lebanon a little bit, to try and take the heat off syria. jon, back to you. jon: what a mess. leland vitter, thank you. jenna: in the meantime, egyptians casting their

first ballot since the ouster of hosni mubarek, widely seen as one of the critical moments since the arab spring began, it continues in tahrir square in cairo. we'll try to bring up picture -- bring up pictures. the big question is how is this part of a longer journey of where egypt is headed as a democracy. robin wright, let's start with that. explain the significance of today. in the much longer journey of what the government of egypt will become. >> well, this is the turning point that begins a phased election, it runs through january and it's for a parliament that will write a new constitution and then they will hold presidential elections. this is the moment where you also see the military against people on the streets of cairo, tahrir square. so you have two things playing out at the same time, this tension over who really will control egypt down the road, will it be the military that's above the political system, or

will politics lead to a kind of open democracy in which all parties play a role, and in this context, you have the muslim brotherhood which is likely to get the largest single group of seats, pitted against the kind of liberal secularists, democrats, and some of the regime and it's going to be interesting how this plays out, what the share of power is. jenna: it is rightly expected that the muslim brotherhood gets that majority vote and because of that, what could their effect be on the writing of the constitution of this new egyptian state. >> that's the critical question, do they try to put islam as an institutional check on every piece of legislation. that will be the big question when they write a constitution, and is the -- if the muslim brotherhood gets a large enough share it will have an enormous amount of say in that question. egyptians are not widelyeld to want to emulate region, to repeat that -- iran, and

emulate that model. it will be a question of what other forces win in this election and can be a check on the muslim brotherhood, to kind of balance out the degree to which iz almost is institionalized in politics. jenna: through every step we go there -- through, as you mention, this is the first in the vote of creating the parliament here, how can the united states begin to create policy that is going to in a way support the type of regime that we would like to see in egypt? >> i think it's going to be very difficult. the united states is going to have very little influence on the outcome of this election. we've actually sided with the military in giving the bulk of our financial aid, $1.3 billion a year, to the military. and the fact that has led the united states to be somewhat questioned or challenged by many of the people who are turning out on the streets who feel we have helped strengthen the military. we give very limited amount to civil society as it tries to build new institution it is and new political

parties. jenna: we've had a variety of guests come on our show, robin, and talk about how we could better support potentially these civilian parties that may be more liberal, but the big question of who these people are is still one that it seems we're trying to figure out, or at least the policymakers are. a quick question on syria as well. we had news about the arab league sanctions. about these sanctions be effective, will they promote a change in syria and what will that change look like? >> in the uprising we're seeing a turning point with the arab league, 19 of 22 countries turning decisively against the jeem, cutting off business with the central bank, cutting off business with the syrian government. but this is as much psychological as it is political in terms of its impact. the regime in damascus is under extraordinary pressure now from its own community, as well as the european union, which buys the bulk of its oil and the outside world, including the united states. it's going to be very hard for president assad to

survive this challenge politically but it may take a long time to play out. jenna: what kind of timeline, do you think? >> i think next year will be critical but i don't think we're going on to see this sudden turning point like we did in either egypt or tunisia or the longer timeline that's played out in both yemen and libya. this is going to be a long flog because the syrian military capability is quite impressive and quite extensive throughout the country. it will be very hard for the protestors i think to push the assad regime over the cliff by itself. jenna: the question becomes then how many more will die because of this and how we will stand by while that potentiallhappens, or will happen as we've seen in the past. robin, always nice to talk to you about these different issues. appreciate it as always. >> thank you. jon: some shocking allegations out of upstate new york. a syracuse basketball assistant coach accused of child abuse gets fired. but the repercussions may

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jon: jon scott here, in our acquisition center at fox where we bring in satellite feeds from around the world. look at remote 280, they are setting up there for the end of an era, barney frank, the controversial long time congressman from massachusetts is going to announce his retirement at a news conference. we'll have it for you live on fox news channel. we're here on remote 226, also the end of an era in egypt, they are voting

for the first time there, since hosni mubarek was forced out of office. that's a live look at tahrir square. over here on remote 218, the dow up more than 300 points now, 309 on the day. some good news about black friday, and europe may be getting its fiscal house in order. that seems to be driving the dow numbers. we'll keep an eye on all of it here on "happening now". jenna: it is a sign of the economic times, the sucialg in cats -- surge in cattle wrestling and the wild west ain't what it used to be. patty ann brown has the story. >> reporter: that's right, jenna, the number of cows and calves being stolen in the western states has gone way up with money tight and beef prices on the rise, one cow can be worth $2000 that can make cattle theft more lucrative than robbing a convenient store and perhaps easier, they use four-wheel-drive and gps to find themselves around

grazing land. in idaho, in the past three months, the number of cattle missing under suspicious circumstances has exceeded the 250 cases reported for all of last year. similar spikes were seen in colorado, montana, nevada, wyoming. experts say cattle thefts often go unreported. in open range states, often the only way to identify cattle is by the brand ilprinted on the animal's hyde -- hide, western agriculture inspectors are required to verify ownership of livestock when sold but there are just a few hundred brand inspectors overseeing millions of cows ranging on rugel and remote terrain and the brand inspector tells reuters there are ways to beat the them. wrestlers use trucks and trailers so haul cattle to auction barns where they might draw less suspicion and live stock owners usually don't notice their losses until late fall when they gather the herds for sale or slaughter, by then the thieves are long gone, and with thefts in the thousands, losses to

ranchers are in the millions of dollars. and the thieves are not always lone wolves, authorities have often broken a multi-state cattle wrestling ring with criminal charges. jn jn interesting stuff. we showed some pretty skinny cows there. that drought in texas certainly hasn't helped things, the price of beef and meat in general has gone way up. so expect to pay a lot more for your burger. patti ann, thank you very much. >> thank you. jenna: the wild west. truly still the wild west. jon: rough on the family ranchers, that's for sure. newt gingrich, picking up a major endorsement in new hampshire, home of the nation's first primary. so does this cement his new status as frontrunner? what does it mean for the other gop candidates? also, her acquittal in the murder of her two-year-old daughter, a real shocker to many people. in a sen sigsal trial that captivated the cup. well, now a brand new book takes us inside the mind of casey anthony. fox medical a teamer dr. keith ablow is with us next.

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jon: a brand new book on a sensational murder case, the trial of casey anthony. since her acquittal in death of her two-year-old daughter caylee, casey has become one of the most hated women in the country. now there's a psychological portrait out of the woman whose lawyers claim was a victim of child sexual abuse. prosecutors called her a cold blooded killer. dr. keith ablow is a psychiatrist and member of the fox news medical a team. he has written a book "inside the mind of casey anthony".

a lot of people wonder what's inside that mind, doctor ablow. what's your overarching conclusion? >> the overarching conclusion is that this is a woman who had no capacity to feel anything for herself, for reality, really, and, therefore, no ability to feel for anyone else. that explains why she was able to go out dancing when her daughter was at minimum missing a month, and some people would allege that she had killed her. jon: but how can a mother -- i mean, even some of the worst, some of the most notable narcissists in the world feel attachment to their own child. >> well, that's why i go back in this book 100 years, jon, all the way back to her great grandparents, to trace the evolution of her extinguishing as a persono she grew up with parents at hope springs drive who didn't know she was seven months preparing nafnlt that's how little regard they had for her as a human

being. they were there in the delivery suite. she didn't hold caylee, the young girl who died. it was given to her mom to hold first, th baby was, because really, she didn't exist by this point. even though she didn't graduate high school, they had a graduation party, anyhow. why? because she didn't matter, she didn't exist. the celebration of the family is what matters. she went missing before this little girl went missing. that's the point of this book. jon but it's also pointed out that friends and family members sent gifts for her graduation, and the family didn't send them back, the thinking being that they wanted everything to look perfect, they wanted everything to look normal. >> even her friends, her friends knew she had no nanny, that she had no job, but she thought well, she's a nice person, why get in her fairks and her brother, by the way, if friends were to say hey casey, come on, you don't have a nanny, he'd be right up in their faces saying what are you giving her trouble for, she's just like that.

see, the bottom line is nobody wanted to challenge her, this young woman, before the ultimate trackdy occurred because they wanted to control her completely in that home in which she grew up, absolute complete control, gave her no internal self, no capacity to care about anyone, including ultimately her own child. jon: does this say that she in your view might be responsible for the murder of her child? >> i present several theories. the one in which all the psychological variables line up, and i'll let the jury's verdict stand, but the one in which the psychological facts line up is that based with potentially surrendering custody of her little girl to her mother, she decided i'd rather she go to heaven and not have to suffer through what i lived through in this home. jon: what about the defense claim that her husband sexually abused her? that seemed to come out of nowhere for a lot of people. does that fit the profile of

this family? and casey specifically? >> well, it doesn't come out of nowhere, because after all, george anthony is at the foot of his daughter's bed when she gives birth. can you imagine, she's delivering a child, he's at the bottom of the bed? how humiliated do you have to be as a young woman to lie down for that, quite literally, and what kind of mother, because the grandmother is there, cindy anthony, would allow her husband to be positioned in that way? and by the way, jon, i'm just telling you, her report of being sexually abused, i'm not saying if it's accurate or not, but it squares exactly with the way people describe sexual abuse in my office when they have no dog in the hunt, just pained to share. jon: well, it's a fascinating read. and a story that still america is talking about. there is the book, "inside the mind of casey anthony". dr. keith ablow is the author, member of our fox news medical a team. doctor, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: after 30 years on

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jenna: a brand-new week and a big boost for newt gingrich. we are glad you are with us, everybody on monday. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the former house speaker picks up a key endorsement in the home of the nation's first primary. the new hampshire union leader is slamming mitt romney. instead the editorial board backs newt gingrich. it points to his conservative credentials. let's talk about it with bret baier. a surprise to many people. mitt romney the governor of a neighboring state. a lot of people thought he might get the bid. to pick newt gingrich is a real poke in the eye for romney. >> i'm in miami ahead of an interview with mitt romney tomorrow morning which will happen tomorrow night. it is a big deal that speaker gingrich got the manchester leader endorsement. clearly mitt romney would have

liked to have that endorsement to push off some of the conservative criticism about his campaign. that said, what it means in the big picture for new hampshire is still unclear. many polls have governor romney up double digits. new hampshire traditionally doesn't decide until the last week, a lot of voters choosing in the last week before that january 10th primary. so we could have a long way to go before we really assess exactly what the situation is on the ground in new hampshire. it's a blow to governor romney, though. jon: meantime democrats seem to be aiming their fire primarily at mitt romney. here is an ad from the democratic national chitty. we'll play just a bit of it. >> republican mitt romney says he will not sign a no new taxes pledge. >> i'm proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. jon: the romney campaign is saying, hey, you know, this just shows that the democrats believe that we are ultimately going to

be the republican nominee. what is the reaction out there on the campaign trail? >> reporter: well, jon you know, this is interesting. his opponents to governor romney do attack him and he is vulnerable on the flip-flop issue on a number of tomorrow eubgs. whe of issues. when the obama administration attacks him he seems to enjoy that. they say clearly the obama campaign does not want mitt romney to be the nominee and therefore it seems he gains some traction by that attack. that said, the issues that are being pointed out could be taken by some of his gop opponents in effective ads and they likely will as we go along. jon: lest people think you're in miami because it's a beautiful time to visit there, you have that interview set up with mitt romney tomorrow. you've also been talking with a

rising political star in the republican party. >> reporter: senator marco rubio, we talked to him this morning on a host of issues. foreign policy, the gop race, the importance of florida, and immigration. this is a big issue in the gop race right now, obviously, especially with speaker gingrich and mitt romney in the last debate. senator rubio says it is really important that the gop deals with this issue in the right way. >> i think it's important for republicans to understand that when you talk about immigration, these are not just statistics, these are human beings, these are real people. sure, some people come here to take advantage of our country and the laws, but many come here because they can't find a better life, because their kids are hungry their wife is suffering, their family is in dire straits. they'll do anything to help their families out and there are jobs in the united states that are willing to hire them. unfortunately they have either

come here in violation of the law or we don't have a functional immigration system in place for them to be able to come here. >> reporter: senator rubio gets very specific. he says border security is key, employer verification. legalized immigration, deal with the legal immigration first before dealing with the people here illegally. he says it's key for his party to deal with this in the right way. a very good interview with a man who is clearly rising in the gop party. jon: thank you for taking time out to talk to us. you can catch bret baier, taourptune in 6pm eastern. jenna: growing concern over rising anti-u.s. sentiment in pakistan. this after a nato air strike killed 24 pakistan soldiers over

the weekend. conor powell is streeping live from kabul with more. >> reporter: jenna, angry anti-american protests continued again in pakistan. pakistani leaders says the relationship between pakistan and the united states must be reevaluated in light of this current incident where pakistani officials say 24 pakistani soldiers were killed by an air strike. they say afghan and u.s. commandos in afghanistan were fired upon by pakistani military outposts, that's why they called in the air strike. packistani officials deny that claim and said they did not fire first, they were only fired upon. the key crossing where u.s. military equipment comes into afghanistan, these crossings have been closed. pakistani officials say they will not reopen them until the united states pays a greater respect to pakistani's sovereignty. in recent trips to the pakistan-afghanistan border with

u.s. commander's there is a growing frustration among american commander's that they feel the pakistani military is helping the insurgency or turning a blind eye to pakistani and afghan militants who come into afghanistan to fight the u.s. coalition. they say pakistan is not doing enough to end the war here. this latest blow to the already fragile pakistan-afghanistan-american relationship will only cause further problems here in afghanistan, especially ahead of an important key conference on the future of afghanistan. the u.s. wants pakistan to play a more productive role in afghanistan in terms of ending the insurgencies. today pakistani leaders said they may not attend that conference in germany in a few weeks. jenna: much more to discuss on this topic, connor, thank you very much. [chanting]

jon: yes, they are still out there, hundreds of occupy wall street protestors in los angeles literally burning cash in defines of the so-called one percent. they are refusing to leave a downtown intersection. police officers in riot gear ordering hundreds of demonstrators out of that area. that's where our own adam housley is right now. adam, what is the latest? >> reporter: yeah, jon, they left the intersection about an hour or two ago. they came back here to the park. this is basically the area around city hall. we'll give you a look here. they've been here for 60 days or so, sefrpl hundred protestors. the mayor put a deadline of midnight last night for everyone to get out. he offered other places for them to go including some beds as well. there has been really no movement until about 4, 5 this morning local time when a few of the protestors went out into the street and blocked the street. that's when the police officers came in. they told us the reason why they came is only for that reason, the streets were being blocked

not because of the midnight deadline that had been passed. there are rumors that the mayor and the police department was ready to make some movement on this. we just saw 25 police cars and three empty school buses drive by here as if they were mustering a few blocks away. we will get down here after this live report and get a look at it to see if that is what is happening. 25 police officers came by with cars, sirens and lights going. you can see some of the occupy protestors up in a traoepb. the mayor says it has cost los angeles up to $150,000 at this point. that doesn't count anything that happens today, or the cleanup that has to happen. a lot of different things have to be taken down, if they do come down, including this. the monument behind the plywood that went up here. we are told there is possibly going to be movement today. no word out of the mayor's office other than he had a set midnight deadline for the protestors to move. if you look over here people are all around here.

no one says they are moving at all. very little movement. we've been down here for a couple of months because the michael jackson-doctor trial was about a mile away. there are the same number of tents that have been here for months. people don't want to get out. we will keep you updated on what happens here and if the police department does anything. jon: it looks like the protestors think they are winning. >> reporter: this could be the calm before the storm. we told the mayor we are not going to move, we are peaceful. if you walk around here it's very dirt taoefplt they are trying to have serious health issues here. the mayor wants to move everybody out and provide them a different location, jon. the protestors say they are not going to move. we'll see what happens. jon: adam housley, thanks. jenna: fox news alert, massachusetts congressman barney frank is expected to announce he will not be running for re-election next year after more than three decades in the house. molly line is live in massachusetts with more.

molly. >> reporter: hi, jenna, that's right, barney frank one of the most well-known liberals in the country, a long-standing democrat here in massachusetts representing massachusetts for 16 terms, for more than 30 years is expected to announce that he will not be running for re-election in 2012. he's one of the most powerful democrats in congress, particularly in recent years when he was acting as the chair of the house financial services committee, which put him in the political crosshairs. it brought him power and influence, but also he got a lot of flack in that position, a lot of criticism from conservatives, from republicans, in the run up to the housing crisis for his support of fanny mae and freddie mac. he faced just a few competitive race in 30 years. one of those was in 2010 the run up to the midterm elections when a u.s. marine, a veteran of the u.s. marine corps and also a businessman kind of gave mr. frank a run for his money. congressman frank felt compelled

to loan his campaign about $200,000 in the run up to that election. a week ago the governor duval patrick signed into law creating a new congressional district. it will be interesting to see what congressman frank says about why he's choosing at this point to retire and not run in 2012. jenna: we expect a comment from him about 1:00 eastern time today. thank you very much. jon: a possible new lead to tell you about in the case of a missing florida mom. michelle parker vanished after appearing on the people's court with her exfiance, who orlando police may be taking a hard look at now.

jon: new developments in the case of this missing florida mom. michelle parker vanished after appearing on a taped episode of the people's court with her exfiance. now orlando police have searched the home of her ex's father.

patti ann browne is at the breaking news desk with more. >> reporter: the deadline to claim a $50,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of michelle parker was midnight last night, and police did not get a tip that led to the missing mom. it's being called the people's court case because the 33-year-old orlando woman vanished the same day the show aired an episode featuring parker an annex fiance. there has been speculation that the ex, dale smith may have had his anger reignited after seeing the show. she mentioned smith was rough with her at times. smith is not a suspect. a s.w.a.t. team raided his father's home. they would only say they were executing a search warrant. the other theory around is that michelle parker just took off to escape the stress of being a single mom. the family refutes that theory.

they have a voice mail from her, they say it shows she was update and she was making plans. >> this is michelle, it's 8:40. call me when you have lunch, or have a break or at the end of your day. i love you, see you soon, bye. >> reporter: she was last seen dropping off her twins with her exfiance smith. they are still offering a reward for information leading to michelle. anyone with a tip is asked to call the number on the crime scene. jon: the bigger reward didn't generate anything. >> reporter: the 50,000-dollar reward, nothing that led them directly to her. jon: what a strange case. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jenna: a battle raging over america's energy future in washington. the feds are granting some permits for drilling in the national petroleum reserve in

alaska. some people are arguing they are not approving the roads and bridges needed to support that drilling. jan springedan springer is live in seattle with more. >> reporter: it's important for people to know what we are talking about. the national petroleum reserve is a 23 million-acre piece in alaska. there is not a single well drilled there, partly because access is very difficult due to the river. it's a river that is frozen most of the year, coneco-phillips proposed to build a bridge over the river so it could easily get to the leases it owns in the reserve and more importantly get the oil out in the pipeline. sounds simple enough but the army koefr engineers rejected the bridge saying it was potentially damaging to the ecosystem. they pushed for the c rorbgorps

to nicks the bridge. and the green advocates were thrilled. the 400 residents of a native village almost universally support the development. it would bring much-needed jobs and make them an oil hub. unemployment there right now is at 38%. it would keep oil flowing in the great alaska pipeline. the reserve has an estimated 900 million barrels of oil. coneco-phillips says it would be able to produce up to 18,000 barrels a day you talk about remote, it took us eight hours and four flights to get there from seattle, the nearest city about 200 miles away. alaska's loan congressman says drilling there should be a no-brainer. >> we have to start listening to the logic. there is not much logic in this body or logic from the interest groups that don't want this country to progress and go forward. >> reporter: and congressman young may get his wish. the army core of engineers sent a letter to lawmakers in the

state of alaska saying that it's going to reconsider its opposition to the bridge, so we may know in the come weeks if they are going to allow drilling in what is called the national petroleum reserve. jenna: it comes full circle, rile interesting, and a good reminder that you just don't get the permit and start drilling, there is a whole infrastructure that needs to be in place to start doing it. how many planes? >> reporter: four flights, eight hours and thatville anal is so tiny, you know, you talk about the frozen t u.n. dra, at lambeau field in green bay, this is the frozen tundra. jon: they fly with skis on their light planes in that part of the world. a firefighter is the victim of a hit-and-run. why police believe he was intentionally struck. and u.s. relations with pakistan are deteriorating fast after a nato strike killed two dozen pakistani soldiers. could it mean the end of

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jon: new information on some crime stories we are keeping an eye on. the mother of a teen arrested in th craig's list killings in ohio says her son was manipulated by a 52-year-old pastor, also arrested in that case. police say victims were lured in by a fake job ad for a farm hand on craig's list. at least two men are dead, a third wounded. a woman accused of pepper spraying her fellow black friday shoppers is refusing to talk to investigators, they say. the woman turned herself into police on saturday, they say she used the pepper spray to get an

advantage over other shoppers in the rush. right now authorities are searching for the suspect in a hit-and-run crash. a firefighter is in critical condition after police say he was struck intentionally by the hit-and-run driver. the incident happened after the two men reportedly got into a fight at a jack-in-the-box restaurant in san francisco. jenna: a big international story, emotions are running high in pakistan following the alleged nato strike on military outposts in pakistan. protests erupting in several cities as the nation mourns the death of 24 soldiers. u.s. relations with pakistan now hanging in the balance. joining us now, rick granell former spokesperson to the last four ambassadors to the u.n. would you characterize our relationship with pakistan as hanging in the balance? >> i would classify it as complicated and getting even more difficult. clearly what we have to start off by saying is any loss of

innocent life is regrettable, it's terrible, however, you know, to give context here, this is a very dangerous region. this is the border of afghanistan and pakistan is a war zone. it's complicated by the fact that the hakani taliban affiliated network is hiding in these mountains and the pakistanis tell us that they are either not there or they are trying, but clearly they are not trying hard enough, and we to that because we saw osama bin laden in a ba, and the pakistanis didn't know he was right underneath them, and they were telling us he was nowhere to be found. they don't have a lot of credibility. jenna: the reports we have says it's nature owe air strikes that caused the death of the soldiers. it reminds me of other reports that militants are using

pakistan military bases shooting over to afghanistan at our guys. and our guys can't shoot back because they don't have permission to do so. it can cause deaths of our own soldiers but we don't hit the street and burn effigies. there seems to be a real lack of understanding as to why our relationship with pakistan is so important right now, and why there is so much pressure and outrage when this happens, but when it happens on the other side we don't have a similar reaction interest nationally. >> you hit it right on the head there is a double standard. there is this phenomenon in international diplomacy where countries get to say one thing private see to the united states but say something different publicly to their people. the state department is very comfortable with this strategy, and i see how it works, however, pakistan has taken this whole strategy to a new level. we know this because wikileaks has shown us that the presidente

drone attacks is fine, but publicly he's telling his people that this is an affront to the sovereignty of pakistan and he's against the air strikes. i think secretary clinton needs to call him on the carpet and say, come clean, are these drone attacks good nor your people, good for the pakistanis? after all we are all fighting the enemies of pakistan. i think that we shouldn't allow president sadari to say one thing and do another but it's complicating the situation. jenna: the atlantic, a monthly publication calls into questio whether or not we are actually fighting the same enemy. they have the cover story, the ally from hell. it says something like this. pakistan lies as government is barely functional as intelligence service sponsors terrorists who attack american groups. with a friend like this.

who needs enemies. they say we need pakistan for a couple of reasons, one is to stabilize afghanistan. i want your thoughts on that. and two, pakistan has nuclear weapons and we don't want to see those in the hand of terrorists, so what do we do? >> i'm more in the camp of we need pakistan because they have nuclear weapons and technology that we do not want in the hands of radicals. we give them more than a billion dollars a year in aid but we are not demanding enough. president bush had a great relationship with president musharuff. i think we got more cooperation from the pakistanis at that point. president sada reurbgs is a very complicated figure. he came to power because his wife benazir bhutto was assassinated. the country was in turmoil and he rose up and became the

leader. we've also learned that he's paranoid about his leadership. he thinks there is a cue underway. we are dealing with someone so complicated. we need to be stronger in our rhetoric towards him, and we need to say, you need to articulate to the pakistanis why we are doing these drone strikes. we are all fighting the enemy. and if he can't do that we should support politician has will do that. jenna: what we have now is a public apology and as you rightly point out innocent loss of life. we don't want to see that happening. there is more public apology about that rather than talking about poll geez we want to engage with with pakistan. >> we are enabling him and it's not a good situation. jenna: it's a complicated one, you said it best. thanks again for joining us today. >> thanks, jenna. jon: europe's growing economic crisis is adding pressure on the euro and calling for new calls

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jon: well, a fox news business alert for you. in just over an hour from now we are expecting to hear from the white house with word of a rescue plan that will help save europe's economy. the news is sending markets

higher both here and oversees. overseas. take a look at the dow up over 280 points. europe kwraps debt crisi's debt crisis needs a long term solution. peter morrisey is a professor at the university of maryland smith school of business, and in one of your recent columns, peter, your latest column you write that capital markets recognize what the president and the french chancellor do not, that the euro makes little sense, can you explain that? >> one currency for the entire continent doesn't work for everyone. although germans have a 31-hour work week they are very cost competitive in american markets and can export a great deal. at the same time with the same euro, greece, italy spain can't generate exports so they can pay their debt. whatever money we lend them has

to be repaid by exporting to get the currency we need. it doesn't work. there are a lot of reasons behind it, different labor policies and social policies and so forth. they need independen currencies, or they'll be impoverished in the process. jon: 17 countries use the euro. many of them in decent shape. germany and france pretty good, carrying the load for some of these other countries. but do you believe that there is some announcement coming out of the white house? president obama has been pushing the head of the eurozone. do you believe there is something they can do to make this thing work? >> they can buy the eurozone time. at the end of the day lending money to the eurozone as a whole, or within the eurozone, germany and france lending money to italy doesn't solve the basic systemic issues that i just

pointed to. my feeling is is that president obama wants to be held in high regard by european leaders, and he's not really seriously analyzing the economics of the problem and he's not getting a lot of help from quite tkpwoeu timothy geithner in that record. and i think americans are making a mistake to believe they can save europe. jon: you're always good explaining to viewers in this country what the crisis over there means. maybe you can help us out with that. if the euro is in trouble, if france, portugal, italy, spain are in trouble, what does it mean for investors, for shoppers in this country? >> if the european economy nice trouble it means we lose about 20% of our export market, and that's too much. however, we can shore it up for a while. if we do that then the collapse that comes later will be even worse. at some point europe has to go about a rearrangement to accommodate the poorer countries living with the richer countries. if we put that further offer in

time, instead of having a shock now that is going to be manageable, we can get a shock two or three years from now that is unmanageable. as it is europe is headed for recession, the only question is how much, how long, how deal, and how much pain do we feel? if we try to prop them up now, that's likely to fail, then it will come back and be worse. jon: do you have room in your courses at the smith school of business if i want to sign up? >> you're quite welcome to come. i teach on weekends. jon: at least i can audit. >> yes. jon: professor, peter morrissey. thank you. >> you're quite welcome. jenna: new information on the child sex scandal rocking syracuse university. the school firing bernie fine amid new allegations. they released an audio recording of one accusor talking to fine's wife back in 2002 that is raising some questions as well.

let's start with the tape, gentlemen, that is some of the news over the weekend. i warn our audience, a little tough to hear. we have the verbiage on the screen. let's play that recording. jenna: i think he thinks he's above the law. doug, that is t wife of the man accused of sexually abusing these boys. apparently she is admitting on this recording that she thinks obviously something went on. you say you're concerned about even using this tape in court. why is that?

>> first of all not to use big sat words that is a vicarious admission. it's not bernard fine saying i did something wrong, it's somebody else referring to whether or not he did something wrong, and i'd like to hear what joel thinks about whether or not that would be admissible in court. i'm not so sure it is. however, having said that real quickly, investigators at this stage are not necessarily concerned so much with admissibility of things in court, they want to figure out the truth. and this tape goes a long, long way towards helping them do that. jenna: joel, permission granted to use big sat words if you still need to. what do you think, does this tape make it into court? >> i think the first thing we need to think about is what kind of court case this is going to be. rewere originally thinking about statute of limitation with a state case involving bobby dav davis. it looks like the feds have got evehave got even involved.

fit is bobby davis in that case there may be a way it comes in. as a attorney i'd fight tooth and nail to keep it out. i appreciate doug's admission that it should not come in, it would be overly prejudicial. jenna: further there is news about the man in the phone call, the alleged -- he's the alleged victim in the case, and the wife. apparently, according to, again, the alleged victim he had a relationship with bernie fins wife of a sexual nature when he was 18 years old. how does that even figure in in the case, if at all? >> if i was a prosecutor this would not be a case that i would want to prosecute. i think the cast of characters involved in this case is mind blowing. i mean it's just a full circle of different people being involved in different things. we have the tomacelli case, allegation where he is accusing fine of doing these things, and his own father is saying that didn't happen. we have lori fine being involved

in a sexual relationship with bobby davis. as a prosecutor i would be flabbergasted. jenna: you're almost speechless talking about it right now. doug, that was good to bring up zach tomacelli, he's 23 years old. he's actually facing charges himself of sexually abusing a young boy. the father of the 23-year-old says he was never even around the toefp. and his father says there is no way that this is true. so can you bring in zach tomacelli into this case at all. >> i thought it was interesting and revealing when his own father came right out and said flat out he's lying. i would default back to this. there are three separate people making allegations, so from an investigative standpoint i look at that. syracuse university fired him, and frankly there must be something to that action that they took. i mean, you know, at the end of the day it's like every other investigation, they've got to really look closely, interview everybody, make the credibility

determinations that they should make and then quickly on tomacelli, just because he may have baggage doesn't automatically rule him out as a viable witness. jenna: the syracuse university, the chancellor issued a statement over the weekend talking about the firing of this man late last night. this is just a portion of it. she says we do not tolerate abuse. if anything good comes out of this tragedy it will be that this basic principle is reinforced. again when you look at who is out there and who is basically saying this guy is guilty without even a trial, how do you -- how do you fight that when he's already been fired and someone is already admitting a tragedy happened? >> i think we first should put all the pitch fork and firs and fire away and witness for the investigation to be completed. just because he was fired doesn't make him guilty of anything. obviously the school has its own reasons to do what it needs to do, and i think they have, you know, a public motivation as to getting rid of fine and not dealing with this issue any

further. but i think it should be clear that in 2005 an investigation was done by syracuse and they found nothing. and what is interesting, actually is in 2005 bobby davis did not release this tape recording to syracuse when they were doing that investigation then. like i said the cast of characters involved i think are just mind blowing. jenna: a lot of questions still remain. doug and joel thank you so much for your expertise today. jon: there is new speculation over an ancient mayan inscription. could it be the key to predicting the end of the world? you will want to stick around for this. if the world is going to end, you want to know it, right? [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,

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right now. lou dobbs on why you need to pay attention. plus democrats setting up a certain to fail vote on capitol hill this week on the payroll tax holiday. is this too smart by half or might they have set a very good trap for the gop? and barney frank is about to retire after 30-plus years in the house of representatives. why? and why now? find out, top of the hour when he explains live. jon: you're used to hearing about companies merging, but how about towns? it's happening now in new jersey where a historic vote has two towns on a path to becoming one. laura ingle is live in princeton, new jersey with more. >> reporter: you know the effort to merge municipalities has been going on for decades here. after several years of failed attempts. the marriage of princeton and

princeton township is underway. it could be a push for other communities across the u.s. to do the same. it's the first significant consolidation in the state of new jersey in 60 years. >> it's an idea whose time has come. >> reporter: advocates for the princeton merger says combining services like trash collection and police departments is expected to save at least $3.2 million a year overall, which will trickle down to a significant savings for locals. other states are keeping a close eye on the move. >> you have pennsylvania with 2500 municipalities, they've already reached out to us and citizen groups, florida, new york state. new york state you have governor cuomo when he was attorney general he pushed through legislation so the people could have the power to consolidate. >> reporter: while they have similar populations and tax rates local officials say that a one size fits all solution may not work for other towns considering consolidation. >> you have to consider that

when municipalities merge and create one government entity where there were two, that is going to be a larger government entity covering a greater amount of ground. consolidation and municipal merger is an interesting debate, because it's the one time you hear it said that bigger government is more efficient and more effective. >> reporter: and in a statement to fox news governor chris christie says he hopes other municipalities within new jersey will follow the princeton example as the state continues to look to create more opportunity, more savings and efficiencies in a difficult economy. jon. jon: younow i hope they learn to do that where i live in new york. that would be very helpful. laura ingl, thank you. >> reporter: it will work, thanks. jenna: the key to our existence, is it hidden in the calendar of an ancient civilization? new revelations about the end of the world? just ahead. eggland's best eggs. the best in nutrition... just got better. now with even more of the vitamins your body needs.

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jon: december 21st, or maybe 23rd, 2012, the end of an era according to the ancient mayan calendar or some people's interpretation of it. there is fresh speculation it would also be the end of the world based on a newly revealed inscription. let's talk about it with the ingram professor of anthropology at vanderbilt, university. all the speculation about the mayans seeing the end of the world coming in late december 2012 was based on one inscription. there is all of this hub-bub because mexican authorities have volunteered yes there was a second reference found somewhere to this december date 2012, right? >> yeah. yeah, the mayan calendar, it is an important date.

and there is one inscription, maybe two, but the fact is even if you believe in ancient maya religion, and i don't think too many of us do it wouldn't have been the end of the world. it would be an end of one of their great cycles of time. jon: you're not one of those -- you're not one of those who buys in -- i'm sorry we have to cut this one short. we have news breaking. arthur, we fresh you're coming on with us. thanks very much. jenna: to massachusetts for a moment. barney frank is expected to announce his retirement. hreutsz listen in. >> let's listen in. >> i called city hall and the mayor's office was open well before 9:00, i was impressed. i thought i would be getting an answering machine and asked if i could use this wonderful place that has been a site for a number of very important meetings in my career, so i was very grateful to him for getting

it done so quickly. i'm going to give you my statement. you have a written copy of it, and i will be sticking closely to it in substance, although not word-for-word, though i did write it, and it is -- as they say where the statement ended, when you're a mismass politician it is the custom to quote former presidents from massachusetts, and i am going to quote one, although he is probably the least often quoted by people on my side. i do not choose to run for congress in 2012. i have gone through some changes here. last year, particularly around the time of the signing of the financial reform bill, i

tentatively decided i was going to make this my last term. i spent a very busy and somewhat stressful four years with the financial crisis, first dealing with the crisis, and then dealing with the legislation to make it less likely that we would have another one. i then had, as is appropriate, a very spirited campaign for re-election. and my view was that i could do my job best, fighting through the public policies i care about by making this my last term. and then funny thing happened on the way to retirement, a very conservative republican majority took over the house. at that point it seemed to me that some of the things i had fought hardest for could be in jeopardy. financial reform, which i anticipated the conservative republicans who are running the house would try to undermine,

and additionally, i was afraid that given the need to do deficit reduction this very conservative majority would seek to block any increase in taxation on the wealthiest people, and would seek to protect the military from any spending cuts, so that the necessary deficit reduction would fall disproportionately on social security, medicare and other programs that enhance the quality of our lives here at home. and i thought that if i were to announce in december that i was a lame duck, that that would weaken my chances of having influence. ordinarily i would not have announced as early as i did, but we are doing redistricting, or did redistricting, and the legislative leadership and my colleagues all said, look it's important for you to tell everybody, all of us whether you plan to run or not. and so i gave my initial view. and i was planning to run again, and then the congressional redistricting came, and this

decision was precipitated by congressional redistricting, not entirely caused by it. i've been ambivalent about running, not because i don't continue to think the job is important, but there are other things i'd like to do in my life before my career is over. i was a fledgling academic. i have the longest uncompleted phd thesis in harvard history haunting me. there are a lot of things i would like to do. some people are able to write and also pursue an active life. i am easily distracted by -- i started to write in the statement, the blank page -- but i will say the blank screen. i will take almost any excuse not to write. i do want to wrote it and i want to write about some serious issues. so i was torn. but then the redistricting came out and there were two aspects of the new district that makes this the decision, what i did.

they both stem from the fact that the district is very substantially changed. there were 325 or 326,000 new people, many of whom i've never represented, some of whom i haven't represented for 20 years which is an eternity in our politics today in terms of the issues. first i decided to run again because i wanted to have maximum influence on two issues, protecting financial reform and making sure that military spending was part of the mix of deficit reduction. >> ought to expect to get elected without a contest, but the fact that it is so new makes it harder in terms of learning about new areas, introducing myself to new people. and i have three obligations: one is to