bill: catch you tomorrow. no, no. radio. kilmeade. give him grief. martha: teen in, always good stuff. "happening now" starts right now. we'll see you back here tomorrow, folks. jon: kilmeade already get enough grief around here? i think he does. we're counting down to the showdown in south carolina. good morning, to you, i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. we're here in the fox newsroom and "happening now", first in the south primary 10 days away. nearly all the gop presidential hopefuls are in south carolina where the stakes are very high because the winner there has gone on to get the republican nomination since 1980. it is a key state, jon. jon: mitt romney's rivals are sharpening up their attacks on him. hoping tea party voters in south carolina, conservatives can be persuaded not to jump on the romney bandwagon after he picks up momentum after that big win in new hampshire

racked up 39% of the vote. coming in way ahead of second place finisher ron paul. jenna: molly line with the wrap-up. molly, romney and paul achieving a measure of victory but south carolina is very different place than new hampshire. what are they saying about moving forward? >> reporter: exactly, jenna. first and second these men and moving forward to south carolina. both have a lot of optimism. mitt romney knows he will face a number of tax. their campaign is expecting negative advertising. mitt romney weighing in fighting back against the attacks he received from his rivals. former speaker newt gingrich and texas governor rick perry who believe they have gone after him with the democrats and same way barack obama has attacking the american system, american capitalist system. rick perry actually saying this morning of romney he was involved in vulture capitalism. romney finished fourth in south carolina in 2008. he is hoping for a much better finish this time around. listen to mitt rom nil this

morning on "fox and friends". >> i hope they will be different. i can't be sure of that you're right i have a uphill climb in south carolina given my track record there. i got a great boost from new hampshire last night. very solid win. iowa as well gave me a boost. i have to get down to south carolina. i will be there today talking about my vision. >> reporter: ron paul also feeling very hopeful as he moves south. he has a let of young supporters. here in new hampshire he captured 47% of the youth vote. he says he is the guy, one guy that has the real cut to taxes in his plan. take a listen. >> i'm pretty conservative. i'm only one offered a real cut in the budget. everybody else talks about cut of those proposed increases which makes no dent into our problems at all. when they understand that i'm willing to cut a trillion dollars out of the budget and move forward and change our ways, an even talk about things that are very important like monetary policy because that is what encourages politicians to spend money, i think they're

going to respond very favorably. i imagine the polls have just gone up in the last 24 hours. >> reporter: they all move south today. south carolina. rick perry has already been there of course. it will be very interesting. we're expecting a lot of heat on this race in the upcoming week and a half before voters go to the polls there. jenna. jenna: speaking of polls we have a little bit of time to digest the exit polls in new hampshire. what are they telling us was the key to victory there? victory depending who you're looking at and maybe give us some insight about what they tell us about the race ahead? >> reporter: look what happened with mitt romney of course the winner here in new hampshire and exit polling, folks that voted in the gop primary this year, political ideology, 39% said they were moderates, 48% were somewhat conservative and 33% said they were very conservative. it is interesting and enlightening. it still provides a little bit of mister because we don't know if they're the same type of conservative in

south carolina. they're generally perceived very different. fiscal conserve in northeast and new hampshire and social conservatives down south. we'll see the results at end of next week, jenna. jenna: independents can participate in south carol land as you can in new hampshire. you have this other variable too. molly thanks for the wrap-up and all the great reporting last couple days in new hampshire. we'll be back to molly throughout the election season. depend who you talk to, some are calling what happened in new hampshire a very disappointing night for newt gingrich. the former speaker finishing fourth in the new hampshire primary but just moments ago newt coming out swinging what his camp billed as a major speech rallying voters in south carolina ahead for the next political contest. take a listen. >> this primary is at its crossroads for this country. we have to nominate someone capable of standing up and telling the truth against barack obama. i believe if we had a

republican house, a republican senate, and a gingrich presidency, it would be a amazing how much we could get done and how rapidly we could get it done. [applause] jenna: newt in his own words there. newt blaming his recent fall from frontrunner status on attacked as from romney backers in iowa. maybe a factor to watch going into south carolina, jon. >> that candidate, mitt romney posted a solid victory last night. he may finally be shaking with that the fragile front run are label, becoming the first nonincumbent ever to win both iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary. tonight he set his sights on president obama. >> the president has run out of ideas. now he is running out of excuses. [cheering] but you know, you know that our campaign is about more than replacing a president. it is about saving the soul of america. this election is a choice

between two very different destinies. president obama wants to fundamentally transform america. we want to restore america to the founding principles that made this country great. when it comes to the economy my highest priority as president will be worrying about your job, not about saving my own. [cheers and applause] jon: apparently that is what voters were looking for in new hampshire. when republicans chose romney, someone who can beat president obama they said in our fox news exit polling. that's the quality that beat out experience, moral character, and conservative credentials. drew cline, editorial page editor at the union leader in new hampshire. drew, thanks for being with with us. must have been kind of a short night for you, huh? >> yeah it was pretty short. jon: it was interesting when we saw the results of that exit polling the top candidate quality that voters were looking for is someone who can beat president obama. in that regard they seem to feel that mitt romney is their guy.

>> yeah. when you look at new hampshire, typically the top thing people look for is strong leadership and you know, you saw yesterday they were looking for somebody who can beat obama and i think what that says is, you know, that romney did work hard. he got a solid win in new hampshire. not to take away from that but the reality is he won by default more or less. the people looked at other candidates, gosh, we might like where they are better than we like where romney is but we don't feel like they would match up as well against the president. so it has to be romney. jon: a lot of talk has been made and a lot of ink has been printed about dissatisfaction with the republican field but you know, our post exit polling didn't find that to be the case. we asked if you're satisfied with the candidates, this is new hampshire only poll, and 66% of those in new hampshire said yeah, we like this republican slate. now 31% said they didn't.

that is about a third but, seems like a pretty good, pretty solid number this early in the primary process. >> right and that didn't mean to suggest they were looking at these guys saying oh, they're all terrible but it was just a matter of looking at your options and i think a lot of people were very, very familiar with mitt romney. he has been here for five years campaigning there is lot of familiarity with him. he did the right things in terms of staying on message. i mean romney was incredibly disciplined at staying on message, talking about the economy and jobs and reforming regulations and he went to events. he didn't trip up too much. didn't make mistakes. the other candidates, they had strength and weaknesses but nobody was as good a campaigner as mitt romney was. that really helped him tremendously. again, you look at these other candidates and i can see why a lot of the voters, a lot of republicans i

talked to voted for romney said, gosh, you know he is not really where i want him to be. i don't really feel compelled to vote for him. i don't feel drawn emotionally too him but, i don't know where else i'm going to go. so they went and cast a ballot for him. drew cline is the editorial page editor of the union leader there in new hampshire. you finally can get some sleepy suppose after a long campaign season. >> i will tell my boss you said i could have a nap. jon: sound good. thank you. >> word from jon scott travels a long way. we want to pay attention what is happening in politics today but also bring up to date what is happening around the country. out to california where we have new video of a house fire in burbank, california. this fire starting a little over 20 minutes ago in burbank. early morning, 7:45 is when the fire started west coast time. it is a single family home. one woman has been treated for burn injuries. more than two dozen firefighters on scene.

we don't know why the fire started, some of the specifics. we'll work on details and bring up to date. you can see the firefighters working on the scene. quite a fire if 26 are there working it. meantime we'll take you back to washington, d.c. where we're awaiting the president. he will announce a new tax proposal meant to increase american jobs. comes a day after the vice president, joe biden, told new hampshire democrats that the president will be a middle class advocate. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live at the white house with more on this. ed, the president is hosting an event part of this announcement. tell us about that. >> reporter: that's right, jenna. they're talking about insourcing. we heard jobs outsourced whether mexico or china. american companies shipping jobs overseas. both candidates in both parties criticizing that over the years. the president today wanted to highlight american companies that at one point shipped jobs overseas and decided let's go back to america. we have a better workforce there. maybe there are other parts

of the playing field they like. as you mentioned the president will be referring also to some tax incentives he may be introducing in the weeks ahead to encourage more of that. last night as you mentioned vice president biden while all eyes were on new hampshire and what the republicans were up to, vice president biden was speaking via webcast to new hampshire democrats and made clear this line we've heard from the administration about a fair deal, fair shot for the middle class will be front and center. take a listen. >> we have one overarching commitment, to give the middle class a fighting chance, a fighting chance to maintain a financial independence, to give them a fighting chance to reach the aspirations they have. a fighting chance to get the kids to school. a fighting chance to live in a decent neighborhood. in a nutshell, that is what this election is about. >> reporter: when you talk to administration officials one place where we're lookly to hear a lot about this is later this month when the president delivers his state of the union address to the congress and also to the nation. he will likely lay out some

of these tax incentives to bring more jobs back here to the u.s., jenna. jenna: something we'll watch carefully for, ed. meantime mitt romney on the campaign trail this morning hitting the president on issue of class warfare. does the white house have any reaction to that? because obviously a lot of talk about the middle class but also talk about class warfare in general? >> they basically say they will keep moving forward with the same rhetoric and same policies we've heard from this president. in fact it is interesting because this insourcing event i was talking about, was talking to an obama campaign official who is saying this is not so subtle shot essentially to mitt romney because of bain capital and all the stories that we've been hearing among republican field in recent days about bain capital not just pushing americans out of work but pushing and outsourcing some jobs overseas. this event here at white house, not so subtle shot at romney. interesting because that up sets the romney camp. a few moments ago on our air

i heard newt gingrich saying in south carolina attacking bain capital, americans need a fair share, fair shot. that is same rhetoric from the president. that is why it is infuriating mitt romney, jenna. jenna: we picked up on the subtlety. we have a segment coming up who is the middle class? everyone talks about the middle class. >> reporter: how exactly do you define it? jenna: weigh we want to know. mike santoli from "barron's" will join us after the commercial to talk about. thank you. jon: we have a segment by a political analyst who criticizes what mr. gingrich was saying about mitt romney and some republicans in the race. anyway a assassination in tehran. a top nuclear scientist blown up in his car. guess what? the iran blames the united states and israel for the bombing. we'll talk to a former cia officer to talk about what is going on there. jenna: she is only five years old. what this star of the show, todd letters and tiaras.

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jenna: just talking about it at the top of the show. the middle class is getting a lot of attention next year. the president will be an advocate for middle income americans. but republican mitt romney saying that the middle class has been crushed by the obama administration. take a listen. >> this president wakes up every morning, looks out across america and is proud to announce it could be worse. it could be worse? that is not what it means to be an american, it could be worse. of course not. [applause] what defines us as americans is our unwaivering conviction that we know it

must be better and it will be better. [applause] jenna: mike santoli, associate editor of "barron's" magazine. this question brings up another question, who exactly is the middle class in america? >> what is interesting about americans, i think the vast majority of people self-identify being part of the middle class. whether their annual income shows them near the median level or not, i think, almost synonymous with ordinary americans or these other kind of platitudes you hear out there. honestly i would say it is largest chunk, single if chunk of people, whether it is middle 40% of income or something like that but i think one interesting thing too, you have at least enough mobility in terms of income over a lifetime, that, at some point or another everybody, or large percentage of people were middle class. jenna: looking to see for the one definition. we hear all the definitions of what is rich over $250,000 per household income. the census bureau doesn't

have a definition for middle class. there is no actual income number that determines the middle class americans. if that is the case, how do you actually develop policies that target this group if you really don't know exactly who they are? >> i think in general you could probably say that it's people who have a job, who are kind of self-supporting, at least for the most part. and will actually need retirement income. the government retirement programs, or something like that. somebody who is not in the top couple of percent that is going to be essentially indifferent whether they get social security. jenna: what specifically could the president do between now and election time that would tar get the middle class? that would help upward mobility happen. >> things feed directly into it in terms of policy, payroll tax extension. that really captures the middle class? >> why? >> it is in their paycheck every week or month, it is basically going to bes is more taken out or less? and so that is something that really does capture a broad percentage of

everybody who is working. now, the other things i think are kind of softer, in other words are we on the path to make sure social security is self-sustaining over the long term, things like that? i really do think that what will matter most to the average person as i say, most people think they are in the middle class or at least want to tell surveyors they are, is the economy perceived getting better or not. not a matter of getting great or jobs more available or bedrock things i think are part of the public psychology. jenna: one of the things we will hear a lot of middle class is slimging. >> yes. jenna: on one hand reason they're hope by both sides. there is reason to be concerned for shrinking middle class. >> sure. jenna: is the middle class actually shrinking in this country. >> by he have did is that middle segment is the miffed dill segment. that gets to stagnation of earnings over a long period of time. it has been going on for 30 years. that middle slice, that very

specific median income level in real terms adjusted for inflation has not increased. jenna: why? >> many reasons. we have depletion of what used to be pretty easy to get high-paying manufacturing jobs. globalization, outsourcing of jobs to the rest of the world, et cetera. you have had skewing of income growth to the very upper levels. jenna: interesting. we'll have to talk about making sure we're encouraging mobility among the income classes but also have conversation about cutting some things as well. >> sure. jenna: those are two conversations are tough to have at the same time. >> exactly. jenna: mike, always nice to have you. mike santoli of "barron's." jon. jon: looking to what may be the biggest test of the republican primary race so far, south carolina. since 1980, no republican candidate has won the nomination without winning that state. we'll ask a reporter on the ground who has got the best chance there. plus, a hit tv show, pushes the envelope. new controversy as a toddler gets ready to drop an

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jon: you probably already seen parents exploiting their kids on reality tv shows. now this. isabella barrett, the 5-year-old star of "toddlers & tiaras" is making nightclub appearances, singing song about sex appeal with her mom right at her side. rick folbaum with young daughters herself has that disturbing story. the. >> reporter: any parent with young children driven around listening to top 40 radio, knows uncomfortable questions from the back seat about letter rakes -- lyrics kids will hear. katy perry songs sparked interesting conversations in

my minivan. take the families from the tv show toddlers and tiaras for example. this show goes inside the world of child beauty pageants that is 5-year-old isabella barrett. she is one of this season's pageant contestants. she is guest djing at a manhattan nightclub spinning a song. sexy and i know it. >> go, babe. ♪ . >> reporter: and her mom cheering her on, actually instructing her what to say. barrett was there as part of a charity fund-raising event. this video first obtained by "tmz" generating controversy over this kind of thing is appropriate. tlc, which airs the show, probably doesn't mind the publicity. the official "toddlers & tiaras" website which i

spent time on this morning has a whole section, jon, dedicated to the most controversial pageant moms. back to you. jon: mom was right there. >> reporter: right there. jon: yeah. i guess if mom wasn't there that might abetter thing. i don't know. jenna: thought we would have a conversation like, is that appropriate? i wonder if it is appropriate? no, it is not appropriate. >> reporter: not appropriate. conversation over. jenna: and we're done. jon: what some people will do to be on tv i like this reality television a whole lot better. jenna: live news. our own reality tv. should have a camera in the newsroom. what do you think about that? catch conversations at media desk, foreign desk. interesting stuff. not quite as interesting as toddlers. we have new reaction as the u.s. supreme court takes up issue of profanity on the airwaves. hit tv shows gets ready to test the boundaries of public taste. >> wow, i have a daughter who bites and a partner who stinks. >> you want to know the

truth? sometimes you send her some mixed signals. >> i'm going to bite your feet. i'm going to bite them right off. >> i'm not the one who uses my teeth like a multitool. >> here we go. cookies for lilly. one for us. jenna: here now, fox business network dennis kneale. what is up with this? >> you know what they say out of the mouths of babes. so it is that abc will pull off a broadcast first next week when lilly, that adorable toddler you saw in modern family, drops the f-bomb. this from abc, owned by disney. already has shows of racy titles like gcb, formerly known as good christian bitches. don't trust the b in apartment 23. you know what that stands for. comes as especially touchy time in television. yesterday the u.s. supreme court heard case where fox broadcasting is challenging fcc rules on profanity.

nicole richie and cher dropping f-bomb at award ceremonies. profanity rains. always sunny in philadelphia. the old shield and broadcast empire. the networks can't drop a curse word here and there is down right quaint in this time of cable everywhere, jenna. jenna: interesting to see different standards. do we have any indication how the supreme court addresses issue? >> i guess they go to 1960s ruling. chief justice john roberts saying all we're asking, all the government is asking for for a few channels where you can not hear the "s" word or the "f" word. that shows you which way this court might go. we'll see. jenna: we'll watch it. dennis kneale with fox business. thanks for keeping it clean. we appreciate it. >> reporter: thanks. jon: dangerous instability in a nuclear nation to tell you about. the political crisis in

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hiding a nasty political surprise. jim angle takes a look at that live from washington. hey, jim? >> reporter: hello, jon. it is clear no issue is more important in this election than jobs. even though the official unemployment rate has fallen those in both parties say the jobs situation is far worse than it looks. >> one of the most recent employment report, we saw the unemployment rate decline but we saw 50,000 people leave the labor force. that can't be a good news story. >> i don't think we should forget as bad as the unemployment rate has been the actual job situation in the country has been worse than that because of these ways that they don't get measured. >> reporter: what doesn't get measured those who lost hope of finding a job and quit looking for one, what are known as discouraged workers. firm numbers don't count them unemployed. six million people are in that group. in fact a huge portion of the total unemployed, some

43% have been out of work more than 27 weeks. if officials did count them, the latest rate of 8.5% would be much higher. >> 15.2% in december. and so that number is really almost double the official unemployment rate. and that gives you a much better, much more realistic picture of the labor market. >> reporter: now even though economists agree there is mild improvement in the economy, and the labor market, that holds risks for president obama. this is where it gets interesting for politics. analysts in both parties say he may phase rising unemployment rates in the midst of an election year. listen. >> as and economy improves, sometimes the unemployment rate can actually go back up, as some of those disurge coulded workers come out and say, hey, if there is jobs i will start looking for work. >> reporter: so, just as some of the republican candidates peaked too early, president obama has to worry

whether the unemployment rate, the most widely watched measure of jobs, dropped just as election year arrived but will rise as the voting gets closer. jon? jon: political dynamite still ahead or so it would seem. jim gang gel, thanks. >> reporter: you bet. jenna: a week from now, comes south carolina whose state unemployment rate is hovering at or near 10% for two years. that is something to keep in mind. the first in the south primary could be a deal breaker for some candidates. no republican since 1908 won the nomination without winning south carolina. the latest "real clear politics" average of polls for south carolina has mitt romney with a 10 point lead over rick santorum and newt gingrich. so that is what it looks like now. again we have more than a week before they hit the voting group. we have political reporter for the state newspaper and we're glad to have her back with us. hi, gina. >> how are you. jenna: i was reading articles in your newspaper. one of your colleagues said south carolinians where you

step over next 10 days you might trip over a republican presidential candidate. that is sounds pretty accurate what we hear the buzz in south carolina. who has the most momentum going into the state? >> definitely romney as you point out. he is the poll leader. south carolina increasing feels like this is the state that, it is really romney's race to lose here. he has a great organization on the ground. lots of money. he is up in the air. but we have several candidates who are going to be fighting out for that anti-romney vote. perry, santorum, gingrich. we'll see if they do negative, some damage to romney here in south carolina because there are a lot of south carolinaians still not sold on romney. there is still an anti-romney sentiment here in the palmetto state. jenna: you pointed out how unique it is compared to other big battleground states. what makes south carolina unique in that way and what about that ad market, how it can be used by the candidates?

>> iowa, new hampshire, certainly had their niches in the season but south carolina is really seen as the true test of when you look at the republicans in south carolina who ultimately vote in the primary, they very closely mimic what you see in the nation's republican electorate. so the thought is with a lot of people if you can make it here in south carolina, it is a good gauge what kind of candidate will do well in a general election. jenna: four major media markets there, relatively cheap to get on the airwaves. so it is accessible to most of the candidates who have the ads that bash each other and take each other on? >> we have basically four major media markets here in south carolina. not an expensive place to play for about $500,000. you can saturate our tv market here. and lots of ads up right now. but i'm wondering if in a few days all these negative ads won't become white noise here in south carolina.

south carolina is known for bare-knuckles politics. we're home to whisper campaigns, robo calls no one takes credit for, fake web sites. so i'm wondering if we're not seeing some dirty stuff happening here in south carolina. we have the history. jenna: what is the response from south carolinians to some of the negative ads or jabs? rick perry has been on the ground. governor rick perry of texas taking on romney hard for his history what he call as a result ture capitalist, not a venture capitalist. is that working in south carolina? rick perry says it is. i'm curious about folks on the ground. are they responding to that? >> i'm talking to folks. they hear both things. some people feel, hey, romney is business guy. when rick perry criticizes him on bain capital and some of these other ventures, he is taking a stand against the free market. against capitallism. those folks do not have a problem with romney whatsoever. i think there are people who

are looking for a reason not to like romney. and he will make some, perry and others will make some headway with those kind of attacks. jenna: it will be interesting to watch, this tension between the establishment, the conservatives, the tea party, where this all plays out. gina, we'll talk to you over next 10 days before then. thanks so much for joining us again. >> thanks. jenna: we'll hear from the candidates as they canvas south carolina as well. if you tune into fox news for the south carolina presidential primary debate. check it out at foxnews.com/debate. next monday, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. a very, very important debate going into the south carolina primary. jon: there are some new fears of a brewing military takeover in pakistan to tell you about. dangerous tensions on the rise between the civilian government and the army there. sparking serious concern in the west. pakistan has a history of coups, nuclear weapons, terrorist who is would like to get their hands on them.

david piper is streaming live from the region. david? >> reporter: hi, jon. yes, tensions were already extremely high before the dismissal of the defense secretary today but they now seem to be at a boiling point. the army has now warned of grievous consequences because of the dismissal but hasn't elaborated on that statement. now the sacking is the latest round of an angry argument between the pakistani government and the military which has been going on for several weeks. it sin terse around a anonymous memo sent to washington asking for help to rein in the military. the army was outraged by the memo. the supreme court ordered a probe to establish whether it had been sanctioned by the pakistani president. the army and main spy agency gave evidence to the supreme court and according to an unnamed official, that is why the defense secretary who has close ties to the army was dismissed today. the official said he had been fired because of misconduct relating to his

role -- submitting statement in court. also pakistan's military has publicly rebuked prime minister gilani. army warning of serious ramifications with potentially serious consequences after the pm criticized military leaders in a military interview this week. excuse me. also at this time, of course, there is problems with the, the military and also the u.s. and of course they also launched new drone strikes today by the u.s. military on pakistan territory. sorry, jon, i'm losing my voice. back to you. jon: we'll let you it get it back, david piper. thank you. really scary times. david, thanks. >> we're discussing what is happening inside pakistan and we're watching potentially escalating crisis with iran. a top iranian nuclear scientist is tracked down and assassinated. who was behind it. what does it mean for the

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jon: a new study on marijuana use might surprise awe little bit. researchers say shocking -- smoking a joint on occasional basis does not appear to damage the lungs significantly. that makes tobacco far more dangerous. joining us live a senior attendings physician of emergency medicine at st. barna bass hospital. this was conducted by a

federal agency i take it the not some organization looking to endorse marijuana smoking? >> no i agree with you. i think they were just looking at the physical effects of the marijuana on the lungs against people who smoked cigarettes. there is a vast difference in number of cigarettes people smoke. jon: talking about smoking a joint a week or a little more. >> right. jon: most people who smoke cigarettes smoke a lot more than that. >> exactly. on average nine or 10 cigarettes per day for each cigarette smoker. the vast differences are when people smoke a joint there are differences the way they smoke. they inhale deeply. they inhale slower and longer periods of time versus cigarette smokers who tend to smoke and puff very quickly. there is a difference the way the smoke is delivered to the lungs. jon: not the government endorsing smoking of marijuana. we're talking about an illegal drug? >> definitely we are talking about an inlegal drug which has only indications for medical uses in certain states, yes.

jon: there is this other report about lifestyle. it suggests that having two things, a television and a car, can actually increase your chances of having a heart attack? >> when you look at that, they studied people who had these consumer goods. having a television, they infer is going to mean that you're going to mean more of a couch potato, lie on the couch for a while. having car you will decrease walking to and from town picking up groceries and other necessities. they infer having consumer goods your ability to exercise is decreased and ability to lead a sedentary life is increased. jon: car owners who have a television, 27% more likely to suffer a heart attack. >> we know decreased exercise and increased sedentary life increases cardiovascular disease and obesity. that lead to diabetes and hypertension. all these things contribute to, you know, cardiovascular disease and heart attack. jon: get your bicycle out and put a treadmill in

front. car or the tv? >> common sense for both of these lighthearted studies. common sense. good nutrition. apple a day keeps us away and exercise is definitely what is going to get you through to the long life. jon: dr. patty, good information there. >> appreciate it. jon: jenna. jenna: watching fox news is good for you health, to be clear? >> definitely. jenna: want to make sure we get an expert opinion on that. we have breaking news out of iran. a top nuclear scientist assassinated. his car was blown up on streets of tehran. next, who tehran claims is behind the attack. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties ha sixty calories oless per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed.

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jenna: we have breaking news out of iran today. a top iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated. his car was blown up in tehran. according to reports a person on a motorcycle

placed a bomb on the underside of the car before it blew up. iran is blaming israel. they're blaming the united states. give you an idea who the scientist was, it was this man, a deputy director of a uranium enrichment facility. peter brookes, former cia officer and part of the heritage foundation. senior fellow there. peter, how key is someone like this, before we get to the assassination, how key is scientist like this to the iranian regime and their attempt attempts to develop a nuclear weapon? >> he is certainly important. he held a very senior position at natanz, a awe uranium enrichment facility as you mentioned, jenna, which is one of the keys to develop a nuclear weapon. you need to create highly-enriched uranium for a weapon. this guy is critical in there. whether this will not stop the program. they have assassinated people before, whoever is behind this but it is certainly will put a, throw a wrench in the works for the iranians in terms of this program. jenna: who do you think did

it and why does that matter? >> i'm not sure who did it. there are any number of people. the iranians say it was either the united states or israel but there are a lot of people in the middle east, in that part of the world don't want to see iran become a nuclear weapons state. there are also people i think internally iran don't want to see this regime develop nuclear weapons. could be any number of candidates. there are so many people out there who don't want iran to become, you know, get a nuclear weapon. what that might mean for the region and for the world. so there are a lot of possible candidates who was behind this. jenna: a lot of possible ones including those internal ones that you mentioned which is interesting for us to think about. i got breaking news into fox news that i want to share with you. i'm reading this straight off the wire in effect. we have two senators, senator graham and lieberman will introduce a resolution ruling out containment of a nuclear armed iran. i'm reading through it at this time, peter. talks about the fact they want a bipartisan resolution

in the senate on record rule out a strategy of containment when it comes to nuclear armed iran. >> right. jenna: just hearing that, how do you make sense of it? what does that mean to you? >> well, i haven't seen it yet earth, jenna. my sense they're concerned about the obama administration. that is the direction the obama administration will move. allow iran to become a nuclear weapons state and contain that state, perhaps through missile defense and other things which we do need. we certainly do need missile defense. i think they're worried they want the administration to prevent iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state. once that horse is out of the barn, it is awful hard to get it back in. you can't put the nuclear genie back in the bottle if you were. that's what they're saying to the administration. things are getting worse. iran keeps moving forward with their nuclear program and you have do something about it to stop it, more than just rhetoric. jenna: that is exactly what they have said, peter as they look into this. some have suggested, and i'm quoting here, the next best

option is to accept and contain a nuclear armed iran. that would be catastrophic mistake according to these senators. real quickly do you actually see a military option something more significant happening besides just the sanctions? >> we've seen the sanctions. we've seen the assassination of some of these scientists. we have the stuts net, that computer virus that slowed it down? they have thought about this very carefully. they have a brand new nuclear uranium facility, called kom this is in the side of a mountain. iranian military base. it would be very hard to take out. people have to be very concerned about what iran is doing. don't forget by 2015, u.s. intelligence said publicly iran will have intercontinental ba chris tick missile and that icbm may be able to carry a nuclear warhead which would certainly put news harm's way. jenna: ask you to entertain a thought that our intelligence is warn and could come sooner.

>> absolutely. jenna: peter, thank you very much. >> thank you, jenna. good to be with you. jon: brand new polls about election 2012 to bring you. what a matchup between president obama and mitt romney looks like now. we'll go in depth. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] when you're responsible for this much of the team... you need a car you can count on. ♪[music plays]

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jenna: some history was made last tphaoeufplt mitt romney becoming the first republican candidate to win both iowa and new hampshire since 1976. so he gets a place in the history books. we'll see if he gets a place anywhere else because we're moving to south carolina. we're glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: he's on a roll, i'm jon scott. the granite state gives romney a big boost with a convincing first place finish. jenna: it's important to remember this race is far from over. we va lot ahead. after last night's victory romney says he's ready for that uphill climb in south carolina where his rivals are gearing up to take him on, but hope to go slow them

down a bit. carl cameron is live in new hampshire before he rolls on to south carolina himself. i'm hoping that carl is hear me. carl, you can hear us in new york? >> i think he's having a conversation with somebody else. which is really kaoeupbt of insulting jon, right? because you're trying to have a conversation with someone that's not listening to you! jon: you know he would love to talk to us if only he could hear us through that ear phone tucked in there! jenna: do we have carl back? carl, are you there? i don't think he is. i'm hearing a lot of voices in my head, which is always fun! and i wish you could hear them as well. but we have another guest ready to talk a little more about the race. jon: let's see if charles can hear us, a columnist for the washington times. he wrote an article, pretty much blasting a couple of the guys who didn't finish first. charles, welcome. you can hear us, right? >> yeah i can hear! i'm glad to be with you. i wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now. jenna: thank you charlie!

we needed that. our confidence was down a little bit. jon: we do appreciate that. you wrote a piece for the washington times in which you really take on rick perry and newt gingrich for their attacks on mitt romney of late. what's your problem with what they've had to say? >> i think within the last 48 hours, both rick perry and newt gingrich have sort of stepped up these attacks, attacking mitt romney for his time working in a private equity firm. rick p.y called him a vulture. they're liking him to -- they're sort of playing this weird class warfare game in the middle of a republican primary. you know, there's plenty to make fun of and to criticize mitt romney about, but goodness! for participating successfully in making a lot of money in america's free market? that's not one of them. and i think that it really does undermine their own credibility in a republican nomination. it sort of makes them look silly and conservatives just -- it really turns them off. and i think it basically

puts them both out of contention as serious alternatives to mitt romney. jon: well, gingrich especially had vowed that he would run a positive campaign, and then he got raked over the coals in iowa by his fellow republicans. is this just a bit of pay back on his part? >> i think to a very large degree, that is it. and you know, there's nothing wrong with going negative. i mean, if newt gingrich wants to go negative against his opponents in the primary and portray them as somehow unqualified to be the nominee, that's great. go at it. but doing this sort of class warfare, the kind of thing you expect from president obama or democrats in a general election, for them to do that sort of thing in the middle of a republican primary, it just turns voters off. and i think we saw that it was very well reflected in the numbers we saw last night where romney did very well, newt gingrich did very poorly, rick perry wasn't even -- i mean, he wasn't even -- he barely beat

michele bachmann and herman cain as a write-in, and it will be interesting to see what happens in south carolina. but i know that -- i'm certain that this turns off a lot of voters in places like south carolina and florida, because i've heard from them or spoken to them. jon: so you're saying it's not necessarily a bad thing to go negative in this republican primary. you're just saying the issue is one that won't work. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, going negative, i've always sort of -- i love negative campaigning, because it really does show the differences between candidates. and i think voters are smart enough to dismiss that which is sort of below the belt or penalize people who go below the belt. but negative, hardo hard hitting negative ads are great and they toughen up a nominee and they expose the sort of real issues that are likely to come out in a general election. it's all very healthy. but this, this is not even -- this argument, it's a laugher!

private equity firms provide a tremendous service to the economy. they create jobs far more than they eliminate jobs. they make companies healthier, which is a good thing. all this is very good. and republicans and conservatives, they understand that. and for them to sort of reach for this class warfare, it doesn't -- a class warfare tactic that doesn't even work is, among other things, it's just -- it reveals a real stupidity on their part. jon: well, and you used that term in this line, and the article, and i wanted to read it there, meaning perry's and gingrich's, their contempt and stupidity about america's free market is only matched by the current occupant by the white house who has never created a job with he -- other than with public money and never made a cent other than running his mouth. are you maybe not expect to go get invited to the next christmas white house party? >> i think i've been off that list for a long time,

which i wear with a badge of honor! newt gingrich and rick perry need to consider that, too. they've both been in politics for a very long time, they have enjoyed the largees of the enormous taxes that companies, private equity firms and other companies, have been paying. maybe they should be a little more thoughtful of taxpayers than to just trash them for making good money. jon: south carolina, you're going to be seeing a blizzard of ads coming up. pay attention! charlie hurt from the washington times, thanks charlie. >> jenna: this fox news alert, brand new reaction breaking moments ago from our state department on a top iranian nuclear scientist assassinated. reports say he had been working at a key nuclear facility there when he was targeted in a car bombing. you're seeing images on your screen now that we got from inside iran. his death is similar to previous killings of scientists working on iran's nuclear program. always a mystery. always raises a lot of questions. reena ninan is live in jerusalem with more.

reena, we're just getting word from our state department on this. what exactly is their reaction? >> reporter: well, the u.s. state department said they condemned the attack of any innocent civilian, and when our fox news producer asked if the scientist was innocent, there was no comment by the state department. what we are learning about this attack is some details about how it happened. apparently there were two people on the back of a motorcycle, they were able to strap on to the back of a vehicle a bomb of some sort and it targeted a professor working at the university there. he is known as a chemistry expert, working at a key nuclear facility. it was a magnetic bomb that was attached to the car, apparently, both the professor and his driver were killed. the attack is very similar to the killing of other nuclear scientists working on iran's nuclear weapons program. so that's raising some eyebrows. israeli officials are not saying anything about this, as has been the case of past mysteryies in scientists

deaths. we have no concrete proof it was israel. iran in the past had blamed the cia and mi-6 and even the israeli moussad for being behind this. obviously the allies don't want to see the nuclear program expand. the figaro have said there are iranian dissidents being recruited to work against iran's ayatollah. it's interesting to see what the international community will do in the next year. israel is obviously very focused on this situation. but for now it appears the international community is trying to deter the situation there in iran and delay it. we'll have to see if anything kind of goes head to head in the near future. jenna: we'll be watching that for sure, reena. thank you very much. >> yeah. jon: this just in. joran van der sloot has just pleaded guilty in peru to murder charges. he admits that he killed a 21-year-old woman he met at a casino there in 2010. exactly five years to the day after the disappearance

of american natalee holloway in aruba. steve harrigan joins us live from miami. he's been watching these legal events closely. steve. >> reporter: jon, this is widely seen as an attempt by joran van der sloot and his defense team to try and reduce a possible sentence which could be 30 years for the murder in 2010 of a 21-year-old peruvian woman, stephanie flores. van der sloot not only pled guilty but made in spanish in the courtroom in peru what he said was a sincere apology for his actions. >> [speaking in spanish] >> i am truly very sorry for what i have done. i feel very bad. >> >> reporter: van der sloot, of course, became know notorious seven years ago, he was the last person to be seen with american teen natalee holloway on the island of aruba, he was imprisoned twice for that case but never formally charged with this murder. this case of the 21-year-old peruvian woman was much stronger, her body, bludgeoned to death was

found inside van der sloot's hotel room there, is video of them entering that hotel, only van der sloot leaving that hotel room, there's the confession, and trying to get a reduced sentence, van der sloot's attorney in court in peru said that van der sloot was made out to be a monster by the media after the holloway case and suffers from posttraumatic stress syndrome. we are likely to see a sentenceing from the three women peruvian judges friday morning. jon skwraopbd 30 years is the possible sentence, huh? >> >> reporter: 30 years is the max but he's hoping because of what he called a sin sincere apology for snap ago 21-year-old woman's neck that he'll get less than those 30 years. jon: we'll see if the judges think it was really all that sincere. steve harrigan, thank you. geraldo rivera joins us live later in the hour to weigh in on the new developments in the joran van der sloot case. jenna: we'll look forward to that. how about this sorry? a fun cruise turning into a day of absolute terror. a drunken dad throws his

seven-year-old son overboard. we'll tell you more about that. plus, brand new polls at the top of the hour. if the election were held today, how would mitt romney stack up against president obama? we have the answer after the break. we'll look forward to that as well. and rick is at the web wall. >> reporter: we have our own poll, jenna. this looks forward to the south carolina primary coming up in a little over a week or so. if you go to the happening now home page and scroll down to the poll today, if you were voting in the south carolina primary, who would you vote for? so far, take a look at the results. some good news for rick perry. he got 1 percent in new hampshire. but at least according to our inscientific poll he might do better in south carolina. we'll have more of the results and more politics and more of "happening now" after a quick break. don't go away. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition.

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jenna: right now some new information on a few crime stories we're keeping an eye on in the newsroom, starting with niece reports that casey anthony is planning to

fire -- these reports, tkhraug casey anthony is plan to go fire her defense attorney, upset with jose baez with plans for her first interview since she was acquitted of killing her daughter. more as we get that. in the meantime a southern california man avoids prison time after throwing his crying son off a tour boat. the crew brought the boy back on board, now the man is convicted of child endangerment. apparently the child was crying and that's why he threw him overboard. grills got probation and is entering a treatment program. new details in the 1981 death of actress natalie wood. remember they rethoepd investigation, but now reports say that investigators have found no new evidence that her death was anything but an accident jon: a fox news alert, and hot off the press is a brand new national poll showing how myth roamny would do against president obama. the "rasmussen poll" conducted over the past two

days shows a statistical tie, president obama slightly ahead of mitt romney, 44-41, that is within the margin of error. joining us, author of a brand new book coming up later this month, the peoples money, how voters will balance the budget and eliminate the federal debt, scott rasmussen, president of rasmussen reports.com is our guest. i suppose the glass is half empty or half full for mitt romney in this poll. he's essentially tied with the president, but he's done better in some earlier polling, right? >> he has. if you go back over the past year, the president and mitt romney has been tied or within a couple of points one way or the other all through the years, sometimes governor romney has been up as much as six points, sometimes down as much as eight. but essentially near this equal threshold. one of the challenges for governor romney, though, is that among democrats, only 1 percent say that if that's their choice, they would vote for a third party, but

among republicans, 10 percent are saying if it's a choice between governor romney and president obama, we're going to look for a third option. jon: so that leaves the window open for, say, a ron paul. i mean, he's discussed as somebody who might want to run a third party challenge. >> well, he is discussed in that way. i would be surprised, given that his son is a senate republican, that he would make that jump, but certainly it suggests that governor romney certainly has some work to do to win over a lot of conservatives. the question before us, as he heads to south carolina and other places, is not can mitt romney do okay in these primaries. it's will republicans and republican primary voters fall in love with him along the way. jon that surprises me a little bit. because i've thought of republican as tending to fall in line behind their standard bearer, no matter who that might. alexis: and it's very likely that that would happen. four years ago we saw hillary clinton supporters, large numbers of them saying there's no way we're going

to vote for barack obama, if hillary clinton is not the nominee, we're going to go for a third party. what we do know is tea party activists, more than anybody else, are saying no matter who the republicans nominate, we're going to back them. but i think there is still courting needed to be done by governor romney. >> and there are also questions about the tea party and its influence this time around. i know that you asked people, do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the tea party movement. 31 percent had a favorable opinion, but 47 percent said unfavorable. what does that tell you, scott? >> well, the tea party has been losing in terms of public perception. in april 2009, 51 percent had a favorable opinion of the group, down 20 points right now. 46 percent of voters say they think it's going to hurt the republicans in the general election. so this is something that is of potential cause of concern. the other factor worth noting, only 13 percent of voters say they're part of the tea party. that's down from the low 20s

a year ago. jon: so is that because of attacks from other outside groups or maybe from the administration? >> certainly that's a part of it. part of it was the debt ceiling debate where people tended to think that the tea party and everybody else involved played a negative role, and certainly republicans had a much more positive view of the tea party. in fact, a majority of republicans say they still think the tea party is going to help. but democrats overwhelmingly say na when to that 2k3wru7, unaffiliated vote hers -- to that group, unaffiliated voters are also losing their taste for tea. jon: thank you, scott rasmussen. >> thank you. jenna: we are awaiting the president, expected to speak on insourcing american jobs. here's a look at the east room, we're going to monitor his comments and bring you that news as it breaks. >> also new information about the world's richest and most powerful tkr-rg cartel leader. the u.s. treasury department

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jon: new information coming out today about waken guzmon, also known as el chopo. rick folbaum has more. >> if you were looking to make an argument that the u.s. war on drugs is not working, look no further than guzmon or el chopo, he has cashed in on the drug business to the tune of a billion dollars, according to forbes magazine and that him on the list of the richest people. but instead of being vilified, a famous mexican actress is saying she has more trust in el chopo than the mexican government. there she is. she went on twitter with that endorsement.

el chopo has been in hiding. he has been for more than a decade. his drug ring which we've talked about on this show continues to thrive, mexican officials call him the most powerful drug traffic ner the world and his biog tpaf says he gets good p.r. because he builds hospitals, protect jobs and protects those in his region mexico. he does it with drug money, most of it from the u.s. jon: a little bit of robin hood going on there. rick, thanks. jenna: let's get you caught up on the weather. it's been a relatively mild weather but apparently changes are on the way for some of us. janice dean is live in the fox weather center with more, wearing sunny yellow! but yet that, doesn't necessarily fit the weather that we might see! >> >> reporter: i thought i would brighten up the weather studio. we need a little bit of snow, don't we, jenna? >> jenna: doesn't feel like winter without it. >> reporter: it really

doesn't. we could get a little bit, in interior sections of the northeast. we have two systems we're watching, one across the greatlation and another that brought severe weather across the gulf coast, inching up the southeast and mid atlantic and we could see the threat for not only heavy rain but severe weather today. so keeping an eye across florida and parts of the southeast now as we head further out in time, things are going to get cooler behind this system. so let's take look at our future radar, the low pressure system across the great lakes, combining with the low, moving up the coast, is going to give us a real mess overnight tonight, wednesday into thursday, for the northeast, combining rain, freezing rain, see that pink there, never a good sign. you know that we're going to have airport delays across the northeast thursday, definitely, maybe even into friday, as the storm winds up across the great lakes and brings significant snow for folks across the interior sections and the great lakes with that lake effect snow, and then we've got that sort of mess yes,

icy mixture as well. so this is one to watch over the next 24-48 hours, especially if we've got folks traveling today, tomorrow and into friday. so there's our precipitation accumulation. a couple of inches of rain up the coast, then as we head up towards northern new england, that's where we could get 6-12, even 18 inches of snow. that's good news for the ski resorts. and in places that have not seen a lot of snow this season over the midwest, you're going to get your first significant snowfall of the winter season, if you can believe it already. we're into january. now, we have been talking about this town in alaska, cordova, alaska, they have received close to 200 inches! 18 feet of snow! within the last several months. the pictures coming out of this town are incredible. buildings are threatening to collapse. avalanche danger. they are under a state of emergency. the temperatures are going to warm up in the next several days, and that's a recipe for disaster, because it puts weight on the snow

and that is going to increase the threat of tkaerpbg for those roofs to collapse, and the threat for avalanches. so unfortunately, no relief, really n. sight for cordova, alaska. it's going to warm up and we're going to see that kind of mixture of rain and or sleet, then snow on top of that snowpack, then temperatures are going to go down again. so you know, it's unbelievable. people who are complaining about the weather need to pay attention to cordova about. why the race is on to create and control new names for web addresses.

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jenna: i like the sound of that. jon: i do too but it will cost you. cost you. jenna: how much? jon: rich edson of the fox business network is live in washington with more. what is it going to look like the internet a year from now, rich? >> reporter: it will cost you a lot, jenna. i'll get to that in a second. top of your web browser where you type in the web address will look much different. right now there are 20 top level domains, dot-com, dot-org, dot-gov. the group that regulates internet addresses will accept applications for new names. could you book a home in vegas on dot las vegas or groceries on a name ending with dot-food. regulators said we could see00ings even thousands of these new names. >> very hard to predict. in fact precisely very hard to predict that we sort of need to open this up and see what happens, the whole, essence of the internet and essence of innovation. >> reporter: now in jenna

wanted to register the website, happening now, dot-jenna. it would set her back 185,000. jenna: what? $185,000? jon: pocket change. pocket change. so is there opposition to this? >> there is, jon. some business groups say companies will have to spend big money to register new web addresses to protect names and trademarks. they will have to monitor all the new possible website names, watching for groups trying to trick internet shoppers to think they're on official company website when they're really not. one business group says the new rules are moving too quickly. >> they're taking the whole internet community along with them on a very reckless and we think experiment nobody really knows the full impacts until this rolls out. >> reporter: now the internet name regulator says those concerns are overstated and the group has a review process to insure business names are protected. still, some businesses are skeptical. back to you. jon: i would think you would

be really easy to, set up a bogus website with just a typo in the address bar. jenna: absolutely. jon: make all kind of money off of it. that's what they're worried about, huh? >> reporter: right. that is absolutely the concern among business groups. the regulators says they will monitor for that type of thing. you're talking about hundreds, thousands of these in just the first year. jon: rich edson, fox business network. dot-jenna coming your way. jenna: dot-jenna lee might be overkill, do you think? i think so. a new report that a california biotech companies plans to release a device this year that could revolutionize the world of medicine. listen to this. the machine is capable of mapping your entire genetic makeup. the cost, not $185,000 like it was for the website but a reasonable, $1,000. so what would this mean for the average person? how accurate is this? we'll talk to dr. art cap plan about it. the director of the center for bio ethics at university

of pennsylvania. dr. kaplan, broadly speaking why would i want the information? what would be in it for me to find out what my dna is? >> you basically have two primary reasons. one is, you find out what factors you might be at risk for in terms of getting diseases. instead of getting the disease, you know, oh, i have genes that predispose me to diabetes or high blood pressure or parkinson. maybe you can take steps early to slow the disease down or maybe prevent it entirely. other reason. your doctor may say i will prescribe a pill for you. jenna, a lot of medicines we take have adverse events. jenna: sure. >> you get sick or have bad reaction. they're genetic. it is not due to the environment. there is something in you. this test might help predict who will have trouble with a particular drug or vaccine. jenna: is information like looking into crystal ball or looking into who are row scope where certain --

horoscope who how things happen. >> you won't get me to bite on the horror scope. what you're looking at is a fuzzy crystal ball. jenna: okay. >> while we have the machine that can look at our genes we don't have the dictionary to translate everything. you will get problem listic things and risky things but not 100% certain because the gene is there you will get this down the road. just increases the risk. jenna: that fuzzy crystal ball analogy works. that is good one of the let's go with that. as a doctor what concerns do you have about having this technology out there for just the average consumer to sign up for? >> we don't have an hour to go through this but there are some big issues here. a lot of benefits, but, if you start predicting who is going to get diseases, are they going to be able to buy life insurance? will they be forced to pay a lot more for their health insurance? will they have to pay more for disability insurance? obviously if i'm at

high-risk and you're not, there are a lot of people out there who don't want me on their plan. another issue. what if i test kids and i want to because i want to prevent diseases but am i going to make a lot of anxiety in parents saying oh, my gosh, john any is due to get diabetes at 40. i better do everything i can. put him on a spartan diest now. i will drive little johney -- johnnie nuts because there is risk he could get disease later. last big one with, what are we testing for in terms of having permission? do you want your boss or employer to do the test. i can get dna from a glass, coffee cup, tissue. do i need your permission to run the tests. will we i'm out on a date, are you a good marriage partner. run a little dna off your napkin find out whether you're high-risk or low risk of disease? jenna: those are possibilities i hadn't even thought of. very realistic. people checking out their children and potential husbands and wives. >> absolutely.

jenna: that issue of the drugs, pharmaceuticals is one i would also like to ask you about. designer drugs, is that really where we're headed with some of this information? it would be a huge market for pharmaceutical companies but you get into costs. you get into whether or not these drugs can be designed to specifically fit your dna and whether or not they're really better than ones we take right now. is that where we're heading with some of this? >> that's a great question and the answer is yes. i think the risk information is nice. although when you think about it, we give people a lot of risk information today and they don't do anything about it. but i might say you're overweight or need to stop smoking. that is putting you at a lot of risk. people say, no, i can't really deal with that. i'm not sure they're going to change their behavior just because they have genetic risks. but designing drugs that fit your biology, diminish chance of side-effect and may increase the odds that the drug will work for you, that's the future. the pharmaceutical industry is keenly interesting making that kind of a drug.

cuts down on lawsuits and having to withdraw drugs from the marketplace. they could charge more for them. you will be interested because they work better and safer. jenna: the question will your insurance cover it. will your insurance cover any of this? that is completely different realm. doctor, i watch where i set the coffee cup now on now that people can find out my dna. i have to watch what is going on in the newsroom. >> absolutely. jenna: very interesting conversation. we look forward to having you back. thank you. >> thank you. jon: i'm sure your dna is the best. jenna: i don't know. you never know what you're going to find which is one of the big parts of this debate. you could look up and find something you're predisposed for. what do you actually do. who do you talk about that with? what does it mean? jon: i almost wouldn't want to know. jenna: some of it, let nature take its course, john. jon: nonstop flights, noncommit tent. one airline's has trouble making a trip. there are questions raised

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fuel up. a special forces braving cruel conditions as training. they're spend nine days in snow and freezing water and experiencing temperatures around minus 22 degrees. jon: but out west it is a warm, dry, winter in many places and that is costing people their jobs. there just isn't a whole lot of snow. that means no sking, no snowboarding and ultimately no work at some of the resorts. hundreds of people have been laid off and some resorts haven't even opened at all. alicia acuna live in denver with more on that. alicia? >> reporter: jon, you wouldn't know it looking where i'm standing in downtown denver. this is just a snowstorm that people have been waiting for and despite all appearances here, colorado is among the states that has been actually suffering from a lack of snow, except for today. when you're talking about places like oregon and vermont and california, the ski resorts there, have either had to delay opening some of their runs or they

don't plan to open them at all. it is all because of a lack of snow. along the chicago lakefront it might as well be spring. >> crazy. there should be snow on the ground. there should be like 12 feet of snow. it is very weird. it is january. >> reporter: in minnesota the snowplows are ready but there is nothing to plow. and in utah, instead of snowmobiles it is bicycles. but the mild winter is not good news for everyone. ski resorts nationwide are taking a hit and much of the snow is man made. >> you've got to watch where you're going, definitely. >> reporter: states like colorado depend on the tourism dollars but this year -- >> we've seen a lot of brown. seen a lot of rocks. >> reporter: colorado snow surveyors say the snow pack is down 30% and even lower in some ski areas. >> what we're measuring is similar to what they're getting. >> reporter: in colorado's farm country snow pack is crucial. less snow in the mountains means less water flows

downhill for crops. >> we may have to begin thinking about what alternatives we would have to what otherwise would be a very normal crop plant. >> reporter: so far it is not looking good. >> typically when this reservoir is full it can hold 2500 and 3200 acre feet. as you can see it's dry. >> reporter: while many are enjoying the spring-like weather -- >> 50 degrees. can't beat that. not in january. >> reporter: many others are praying for snow. >> can never snow too much. so -- that's why we're snowplow drivers. >> reporter: the ski industry and the ag industry, jon, however are all optimistic because there is still some winter to go. you see here. this is on our patio here at the denver bureau. thank you, dan, our producer for shoveling for us a little bit. we're getting a little more snow than originally forecasted which is always good news as you know in colorado. back to you. jon: i will come out there this weekend and try it out

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>> hey everybody, i'm megyn kelly. it is on to south carolina

for the gop candidates. why does everyone say this is where things get really ugly? the heads of the republican and democratic south carolina parties are here today. and a pro-gingrich pac is unleashing a 30-minute movie, attacking mitt romney rand his experience at bain capital, calling him a corporate raider. the man behind that moving average very who used to work for the romney camp is here live. a man signs away custody of his baby daughter and changes his mind. the child now two, was just taken from the only parents she has ever known and returned to her biological dad after protracted court battle. is that right? in kelly's court. all that plus should you be worried about your orange juice? dr. siegel is here. see you at the top of the hour. jenna: we'll look forward to that. we have a fox news alert. the president speaking on what he is calling insourcing american jobs. let's go ahead and take a listen. >> welcome to the white house, everybody. tim, thank you for that introduction.

i could not have enjoyed more the meeting that i had this morning because what these companies represent is a source of optimism and enormous potential for the future of america. what they have in common is that they're part of a hopeful trend. they are bringing jobs back to america. you've heard of outsourcing? well these companies are insourcing. these companies are choosing to invest in the one country with the most productive workers, the best universities and the most creative and innovative entrepreneurs in the world and that is the united states of america. [applause] that's worth applause. that's exactly the kind of commitment to country that we need especially right now when we're in a make-or-break moment for the

middle class and those aspiring to get into the middle class here in the united states. all across this country i meet folks who grew up with a faith in america that hard work paid off and responsibility was rewarded. and anybody could make it if they tried, no matter where you came from, no matter what you looked like, no matter how you started out. those are the values that my grandparents, my mother taught me. those are values that built the best products and strongest economy and largest middle class that the world has ever known. i think we understand that over the last few decades that bargain has eroded for too many american earns. the economy has changed rapidly and for many that change has been painful. factories where people thought they would retire packed up and went overseas where labor costs were cheaper. at the same time we live in a global economy and as other countries grow and

develop middle classes of their own, of course global companies are going to pursue those markets and employ workers and make invests all over the world. but right now we're a unique moment, inflection point. a period where we've got the opportunity for those jobs to come back and the business leaders in this room, they're ahead of the curve. they recognize it. i'll give you just a few examples. after shedding jobs for more than a decade american manufacturers have now added jobs for two years in a row. that's good news. for when a lot of folks are still looking for work, now is the time for us to step on the gas. so that is why i pushed congress to extend the payroll tax cut this year so that 160 million working americans weren't hit with a tax hike. now is the time to extend that middle class tax hike for, tax cut for all of this

year. it is the right thing to do. we need to get that done but we're going to have to do more and that's why in the ne few weeks we'll put forward new tax proposals that reward companies that choose to bring jobs home and invest in america. we're going to eliminate tax breaks for companies moving jobs overseas because there is an opportunity to be had right here and right now. there are workers ready to work right now. that's why i set a goal of doubling our exports of goods and services. jenna: you can watch the rest of the president's statement at foxnews.com. we have it streaming live for you. joining us, steve moore from "the wall street journal" to try to put some of this in context for us, steve. what exactly is the president talking about? what can we do to bring more jobs back to the united states? >> well, jenna that's a great theme obviously. everyone wants america to be insourcer of jobs and not to have our jobs, my job, your job or anyone's job being outsourced to india and china. the theme makes a lot of sense. i looked through the package

of new proposals that the president is coming out with today. the truth is they're kind of small ball things, jenna. i don't think they will make a lot of difference in terms of whether companies invest here or in other nations. the biggest problem i think the tax policies the president proposed increasing capital gains being at thats, business taxes in 2013 will make it less likely that businesses are going to want to invest in the united states in years to come. jenna: interesting tone set for the new year. the question about tax policy, whether or not that will become more of a focus going into this election season is one that we'll watch very carefully. steve, you will be back talking to us about a myriad of issues. thank you so much for that reaction at this time. we'll be back with more "happening now.". >> sure there he is, poised to discover plum amazins,

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jenna: thanks for joining us, everybody. jon: "america live" starts right now. megyn: fox news alert on the race for the white house. a new look at exit polling that may