the longest serving monarch. jenna: she looks good. jon: she looks great. jenna: "america live" now. megyn: the president has signed an executive order freezing all iranian assets in the united states, including iran's central bank now in the crosshairs in an effort to convince iran to stop work on its nuclear weapons program. welcome to "america live" on a busy monday, everyone, i'm megyn kelly. part of the reasons for today's harsh action could be this. [gunfire] megyn: iran's military conducting new ground exercises in a brazen show of force. the islamic republic sounding increasingly defiant in the face of reports that israel is considering military action targeting iranian weapons facilities within the next few

months. here are the latest developments so far today. president obama putting the skraoez on iran by signing an executive order freezing you will of its cash. israeli prime minister knelt net saying that building up israel's military is the only way to guarantee its security in the region. iran's military leaders warning any response to aggression on iran would be, quote, crushing. joining me now national security correspondent jennifer griffin who has more details on the details live from washington. >> reporter: president obama is trying to lower the temperature and rhetoric in light of all the talk, the recent talk of israel or the u.s. military striking iran. all of this talk of war may have pushed him to do something the white house and treasury has been reluctant to do until now. the president issued an executive order last night as you mentioned applying strict sanctions to iran's central bank while still not ruling out the use of force. >> that we have done extensive

planning over the last several years about owl our variou all our various options in the gulf. and we are prepared to exercise these options, should the need arise, but my goal is to try to resolve this diplomatic lee, mainly because the only way over the long term wecan assure iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon is by getting them to understand it's not in their interest. >> reporter: the president may have had his hand force ned terms of the sanctions against iran's central bank, given the pentagon's increasing concern that israel may strike unilaterally. iran began more war games this weekend. its leaders say the u.s. would pay ten times what iran did should anyone carry out a military strike against them. them. israeli officials are talking of an intention to strike. leon panetta told "the washington post" that he was concerned that israel was going

to strike iran in the april, may, june timeframe, surprising the white house with his blunt revelation. the president told nbc the u.s. is coordinating with israel but has a hard time reading iran's leaders. >> we have a very good estimate of when they could potentially achieve break out capacity, what stage they are at, in terms of processing uranium. but do we know all the dynamics inside of iran? absolutely not. >> reporter: so, again, megyn what is new today is that the president has executed an order in which he applied sanctions to iran's central bank. in the past they did not want to do this because of the potential impact on oil prices causing them to go up. again, the president saying he would like to continue to try and squeeze iran economically so that a military option is not necessary. megyn: yeah and he had six more months in which to do this according to an amendment of a defense bill. he did it now. the question is why, why did he

do it now and does it relate to this increasing war of words and potentially more that we are seeing between iran and israel right now. jennifer thank you. we'll discuss that more in the 2:00 hour. i'll get to that in one second. i want to bring you up to date on a little background here. iran already has a strong conventional military, any nuclear capabilities would be especially dangerous, and for obvious reasons. the iranian armed forces consist of 545,000 troops. the country maintains the largest number of deployed ballistic missiles in the region, and it is thought that iran has stock piled a large arsenal of chemical weapons already consisting of nerve, blood, choking and blistering agents. they may also have a few biological weapons in its arsenal. of course israel and the united states most worried about the capability going nuclear. there is a briefing underway at the white house right now. we are monitoring for any news on israel. we will put questions on this matter to the former israeli ambassador to the united

nations, dan gillerman. he will join me live a little later. we have yet to hear directly from the israelis on what our tk*epbs secretary has said, what press said yesterday on nbc news. we will ask him all that 2:30pm eastern time. fox news alert. hundreds of occupy protestors are descending on the city of oakland at this hour in a massive, defiant display against police. they are calling it a day of action. trace gallagher has more live from l.a. >> reporter: we have crews on the scene, megyn, as you might imagine there is a very heavy police presence. we are expecting live pictures to come out any meant. when we get those we will bring them to you. they plan to hold rallies and have these speakers who were arrested last week come out and talk about how they believe the police used excessive force, and that they were unlawfully arrested. on top of that the protestors say they will flood these various courtrooms where lawyers

who support the movement are presenting evidence how they believed the police used unlawful force. now, remember, more than 400 protestors were arrested last week after they stormed the convention center in downtown oakland, the ymca. police say they were pelted by rocks and bottles, and other debris by the protestors, in return they fired back teargas and smoke bombs. this right here is surveillance video inside the city hall, whichs protestors are having a tough time explaining because there were no police there. they stormed the city hall, went in, vandalized offices, destroyed historic furniture, took a flag from inside, took it outside, as you can see, and they burned it. the mayor of oakland who once supported the occupy oakland movement now does not. she says she is tired of it. the protestors have already cost the city some $10 million. it is expected to go up. they will hold rallies throughout the day, megyn and if we get live pictures and things get out of hand we will get it

back to you as soon as possible. megyn: trace gallagher, thank you. police in washington state piecing together the events leading up to what they now call a murder-suicide. they say josh powell intentionally blew up his own home yesterday. look at these pictures, killing himself and his two young sons. powell had been at the center of an investigation into the disappearance of his wife susan who vanished in utah more than two years ago. opowell had always maintained that she disappeared in the middle of the night as he took his two boys camping in the middle of winter. dan springer is live with more from washington. >> reporter: terrible story. we have the latest now. the autopsies have begun. the medical examiner doing that right now. also investigators from the arson squad are here going through that house, the ashes, looking for whatever evidence to come up with the origin and cause of the fire. they say this was absolutely no accident. this was definitely a double

murder-suicide, a fast-moving fire. the fire crews were here three minutes after the 911 call came in. when they got here it was fully engulfed. they could not get inside. they found all three bodies in one room. it was a court-ordered supervised visit from noon to 4. the case worker pulled up at 12. the boys ages 5 and 7 got out and went inside first. josh powell locked the door. the case worker banged on the doors and windows, called her supervisor, then 911 then there was an explosion. >> he had done some preplanning, in the size of that fire and by his text and his actions, this is something that he set up and he was going to get done one way or the other, no matter who was there. there was probably a strong probability that they weren't going to get those kids. >> reporter: josh powell was the only person of interest in susan powell's disappearance. both he and his wife were from washington state. he moved back to live with his father and his boys but he lost custody in september when his

father steve was charged with child pornography and voyeurism. susan's parents had temporary custody. last week a judge said josh would not get his kids back until he passed a psychological evaluation and polygraph test. josh's attorneys said he was upset by that ruling but he had no idea that josh was capable of what happened yesterday. he also may have received the last words from josh you powell in an email sent at 12:05, eight minutes before that 911 call about the fire came n. he sent a three-word email from his attorney saying, goodbye, sorry. susan's parents are obviously devastated. the investigation into her disappearance continues. utah police are here now continuing their investigation. also a state investigation looking at whether the case worker could have done anything different. all indications are she did all she could, megyn. megyn: what a tragic, tragic ending to a tough situation. dan springer thank you. we'll take a look at whether anything more could have been

done to protect the boys today in "kelly's court." stay tuned for that. there is a growing controversy today about a political attack ad like no other during the super bowl. just for michigan voters. listen here. >> you're economy gets very weak, ours gets very good. we take your jobs. thank you can we spend it now? megyn: lou dobbs and cries stirewalt next on the political fallout from that and the economic questions being raised around that ad. plus there is new fallout over the controversy at west point involving retired lieutenant general william boykin. the general gives his first tv interview on the pressure that caused him to withdraw from this event. keep in mind he is not the first person to be invited and then effectively pushed out after groups like cair complained that he was scheduled to speak. we'll speak with the general live today. the parents of missing baby,

lisa irwin appearing on the dr. phil show. what they said, it was on friday, and whether we should believe it, straight ahead. >> let me start out by asking you, deb, you guys haven't done any talking about this for the last 90-plus days. tell me why. if you're one of those folks who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... well that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ male announcer ] treat your frequent heartburn by blocking the acid wi prilosec otc. and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn.

megyn: talk about sore losers, some new england patriots fans did not take their loss in the super bowl so well. [yelling] megyn: yeah. okay. it's worth that, right? this is the chaotic scene on the campus of the university of massachusetts at am hurst last night, hundreds of students refusing to go home after the game. look at this. there were reports of several

fistfights, property damage and even some arrests. police in full riot gear had to use spoke grenades to break up the crowds. take a look at that. and now to a growing controversy over a political ad that aired in michigan during the super bowl. in the ad former republican congressman pete hookstra challenges debbie stabanow by using an asian actress to make the point that china is leaving america in the dust, listen. >> thank you michigan senator debbie stabanow. debbie spent so much american money you borrow more and more from us. your economy get very weak, ours get very good. we take your jobs. thank you, debbie, send it now. >> i think this race for u.s. senate is between debbie spend

it now and pete spend it not. megyn: tkreut eubgs ar critics are calling the ad with the actress speaking in broken english racially insensitive and are demanding and apology. hookstra's camp is telling politico it's satire and making the point that runaway spending is weakening america. joining me now is lou dobbs and fox news digital editor christopher stirewalt. lewis in the studio with me. let me start with you, lou. the point is that china is basically the one who is benefitting from this immense debt we have. >> yes, kicking our tails economically. the idea that there is something repugnant about that ad, i mean how many americans could you find speaking broken mandarin? the people are concerned about a

racial implication of some sort are missing the point entirely. megyn: they talk about how it's the asian pacific islander american vote. they came out and said they are deeply disappointed and disturbed that he is using harmful sterotypes that encourage anti-asian sentiment. >> that is pretty impressive since he is talking about the fact that china has about $2 trillion worth of our currency and reserves and they have just managed to well post about a 9% gdp growth rate while we are limping along at 2% gdp. megyn: if that makes us feel anti-asian, do we blame hoostra or the situation in which the country finds itself in. >> why wouldn't we blame ourselves? it's the way our legislators, our president, over successful administrations, not this president have been conducting themselves. this is about public policy

choices. i think he's doing a terrific job of defining that. megyn: it seems to be, chris, the broken english, let's just contrast that with this ad, frank lund said it was the best ad of the year he'd seen in a really longtime, last year -- let's run a bit of it and i'll remind the voters of this one [speaking chinese ] megyn: that one didn't cause as much controversy as this one with the broken english, why? >> i'll just say when it comes to using any kind of dialect, whether it is asian, african-american, whatever, in politics generally that is a very dangerous course to walk. people aren't comfortable when it sounds like you're parroting the poor english of another culture and it opens you up to criticism, and certainly as you saw in that ad, which was from

citizens against government waste by using mandarin with english subtitles it made the point without tripping any sort of politically correct trip wires out there. and was a safer way to go. that being said, though, hoostra certainly got his point across. megyn: he went a step further. now he has a website as well that i think it's debbie spend it now.com, and on there he's got pictures of the same asian actress and a link to the video. he's got the lettering like you might see on a chinese restaurant, sort of you can see, well obviously he's got mandarin up there. he's got the lettering that you might -- americans associate with asian restaurants and so on and he goes on and on for pages and pages ripping on her policies and saying that they've given china the advantage over us. >> when chris makes the point that, you know, you've got to be very careful here, this is a new adjunct to american politics and i think we need to start resisting it. this is an effort by a group of

people to shut down free expression under the guise of political correctness or racial sensitivity. this has nothing to do with race. the fact that the chinese happen to be asian is irrelevant to the point. the point is, china has a very successful economy, their people are learning to speak english, ours -- as i will repeat, how many people do you know who can speak broken mandarin? megyn: right. >> this is a -- we should -- if people are going to object to something they should object to the fact that it's taken our politicians this long to understand the threat, the competitive threat that china poses, and our lack of response. it's literally absurd. >> chris, does this play into some stereotype about republicans that others in the party might decry? because some of the papers this morning are quoting, top republican strategists as denouncing the ad. >> reporter: i think they don't like the idea that in states where they have a lot of asian voters that it might not be helpful. he's running for the senate in

michigan. his job is to get elected to the senate. michigan high school a relatively small asian population. half a percent chinese, less than 3% asian overall. i don't think he has to worry about it that much in terms of the race. and everybody is talking about the ad today so it must have worked. megyn: we'll talk about it more when pete hookstra joins us live. thank you so much. 40 minutes away. should you have to know the english language to serve in public office? in three minutes see why this woman, and that issue touched off a debate that is now catching fire in half a dozen states. and president ronald reagan would have turned 101 years old today. just ahead the new argument over president reagan's vision of morning and how president obama sees this country. >> it was free enterprise not government regulation, not high taxes or big government spending, but free enterprise that led to the building of a great america. >> we've been a little bit lazy

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megyn: there is a situation in arizona now raising questions over whether americans seeking public office in the u.s. must be fluent in english. a woman has been banned from running in her hometown after a judge ruled she did not speak english well enough to hold public office. cabrera who is a native spanish-speaker has appealed that ruling and is expecting a decision as early as today. trace gallagher live with more in l.a. >> reporter: this city is 20 miles south of yuma, arizona. right on the mexican arizona border. population 99,000. 99% of the people are latino.

she has been in local politics for a longtime, run a bunch of campaigns she has led the recall on two different mayors so she's known there. she wants to run for city council but a judge in yuma says she can't because her english isn't good enough. by all accounts her english really is not good enough. but in san luis the entire town speaks spanish. business mostly is conducted in spanish, the signs are mostly in spanish. and just like many other border towns up and down arizona and texas, and the mexican border. arizona law, though is very, very clear, it says when you're a state lawmaker you must be able to speak, read and write spanish without any translator. when it comes to local politicians it's a little more vague. you still have to be able to speak english, but the proficiency levels are not really laid out, and so the courts believe there might be a little more wiggle room, the state supreme court will rule on this today, and this could have major implications on border towns up and down mexico and

arizona, because there are a lot of these towns as we said, megyn, where spanish is primarily the language that is spoken there. megyn: interesting. trace, thank you. on a day ronald reagan would have turned 101 a conservative super pack is out with an ad comparing america's 40th president with its 44th. >> basic bargain that made this country great has eroded. >> america remains mankind's best hope. megyn: spot on? or out of bounds? we'll have a fair & balanced debate next. plus the season of a cabinet member is among nearly two dozen american citizens now facing criminal trials in egypt. a live report on efforts to bring these americans home safely from a country to which we give $1 billion a year in aid. the parents of missing baby lisa irwin in one of their first interviews in months since they sat down with me last fall.

dr. keith ab low and mark fuhrman on what this baby girl's parents are saying now. >> deb on the 11th in a fox news interview you say you checked in on baby lisa around 10:30, but then on october 17th, six days later, you told megyn kelly that you put her down at 6:40 and that was the last time you saw her and you don't remember checking on her or not. so, there has been a lot made of that inconsistency. 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. try green giant frozen vegetables with sauce.

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megyn: we are continuing to follow developments on new sanctions against iran. president obama ordering all iranian assets in the u.s. frozen, including those of the iranian central bank. plus the state department closing down our embassy in syria as violence intensifies. after a little bit short of -- after falling short, rick santorum's campaign thinks it has found enough signatures to get on the ballot in indiana. they discovered 49 signatures that were wrongly deemed invalid.

the group americans for prosperity releasing a happy birthday message honoring former president ronald reagan pitting reagan's america against president obama's america on this which would have been reagan's 101st birthday. >> america remains man you kind's best hope. >> we simply cannot return to this brand of economics. >> you knew it was free enterprise, not government regulation and government spending, but free errant prize that led to the building of america. >> we have been been a little bit lazy the last few years. megyn: joining me is brad blakeman and dick harpootlian.

is that fair? >> you bet it's fair. everything in that ad is true. ronald reagan was the eternal optimist who thought america's brightest days were ahead of us and this president calls us lazy and blames us for the problems he's supposed to solve for us. megyn: president reagan believed in america's exceptionalism. when asked if he believes in it he said he believes in american exceptionalism as i believe the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism and the brits believe in british exceptionalism. >> ronald reagan was president of the united states 30-some years ago. president obama is president today. the situation is different.

just as ronald reagan inherited a mess left by jimmy carter, this president inherited a mess left by president bush. here is a guy who was born into very difficult circumstances. who has worked his way up step by step through the american system to become president of the united states. he wasn't born into wealth or privilege. he believes in american exceptionalism. what he doesn't believe in is this idea that the rich people are going to make it better for the rest of us. he doesn't believe in trickle down economics, and neither did ronald reagan. he brought about massive change in the way we dealt with a business. if ronald reagan were here today he would be dealing with the excesses of wall street and these 15% hedge fund people in a much tougher fashion than even

president obama is doing. because he understands we all have to play under the same rules. i think that's what -- megyn: there is a piece on town hall.com that speaks to this. they say president reagan in explaining how he believed america was the shining city on the hill explained what he meant. he said ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government with three little words, "we the people." the suggestion is that barack obama doesn't believe in that. that barack obama believes in government telling the people what to do. do you think the american people buy that? >> i think they do. the president has a record upon which to stand. let me remind dick, ronald reagan inherited a mess from jimmy carter but you didn't hear

him blaming carter. he acknowledged that america had problems. he released the ingenuity and spirit of the individual. i believe the american people accept it's not big government that's the answer to all our problems. not cradle to kraid subsidy iting the individuals being able to take care of their own lives. putting food on their table, manage their expenses. the government in 1,000 days can't get a budget together. there is gridlock because this president fails to lead. there is great comparison between the ideology of where republicans want to take this country. less government, less axation and more individual freedom and this president who thinks government is the answer to everything. megyn: they talk about reagan wanting to reduce tax rates,

spending and government regulations. do you believe that's true of barack obama as well? >> i believe brad's soon to be nominee mitt romney has grown government in massachusetts, and wants more regulation. if you want to compare someone with ronald reagan, compare mitt romney. so, i guess the republicans are going to have a hell of a choice this november between a big government as newt calls him, a big government republican and big government democrat. times change and with those changing times, we america has to change. we are competing with china. a totally government-run entity. we can't compete with an entity like china that subsidizes everything, that has slave labor, we can't compete with them on an international trade stage unless we take steps to

compete. >> we have to be more like china? >> no why. >> no, we have to compete with china and make china compete on a fair basis. we need to be more like america should be. >> tell mitt romney that, please. megyn: he wasn't mentioned in the ad. thank you both so much. new fallout over the controversy at west point involving a highly decorated army officers. william boyken gives his first tv ingt view. in a fox news exclusive less than a half-hour from now. >> the parents of missing baby lisa irwin appearing on television for the first time in months. what they told dr. phil and whether we should believe them. >> it's not their baby. >> no, she is not.

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megyn: just over four months ago, february-month-old baby lisa irwin disappeared from her parents' home. now her parents have just given their first tv interview in months. lisa irwin's mother and father say they believe that little girl is still alive and she is closer than stroar being found. here is a part of that. >> let me start out by asking you, deb, you haven't done any talking about this for the last 90-plus days. tell me why. >> well, we wanted them to be

able to investigate, things to quiet down, have some lead looked into, then when we were ready to, if they were going to be exawfortd or nothing came of them, then we would start to do media again. >> during that time did anything come up that has shed new light? is there anything we don't know that during that 90 days did in fact develop? >> yes, but i'm not going to speak about it. megyn: joining me now dr. keith ablow. and detective mark fuhrman, a former l.a. homicide detective. i thought that was interesting, she says something significant has come up in the case with you -- but she is not prepared to talk about it. >> i did, megyn. when i listen to that it wonder if the police department -- are

they given the professional courtesy to know his information or have they cleared it? you have millions of people watching this show. media at this point if they believe their child is alive, is reach out to the person that has the child or anybody that has evidence that would bring that child home. yet they produced nothing. in fact they muddied the water even more. megyn: dr. ablow, you watched his and her demeanor in their first major interview in months, what was your takeaway. >> it's hard to generate falsely the level of emotion she shows. so to actually cry and do it again and again when you know internally that you are fabricating a story takes an academy award winning actress,

so, too, to come forward and say this polygraph they say i failed, i don't understand that because i'm telling the truth. that seems rather sincere. i'm not saying it's sincere. but it seems that way. her husband's demeanor, jeremy's demeanor is odd to the point of bizarre. he shows no ability to comfort his wife, even though she is weeping. as a freansic psychiatrist i'm not a -- as a forensic psychiatrist, i'm not accusing him of anything. megyn: it seems to be his affect. but i'm not an expert on that. i want to show the viewers a clip where debra talks about the amount of attention she pays to this case. let's watch. >> there is nothing but misinformation out there. that's all there is. there is nothing but theories

and accusations. the -- there is people making outright lies. that they seen me do this or seen me here. it just became a circus and it's not a joke. it's not a circus. it's not a game. this is my baby. megyn: when you watch that as a former homicide detective, are you moved by the emotion she shows. >> considering what i know about this, what i have seen, no, i wasn't moved. my professional nature view of this case -- this is not a game and she should stop playing the game, and the game is this. if you really care about this investigation you submit to the police a one-on-one interview and answer all the inconsistencies you created the last three months including on this show. if you don't do that the only person playing the game is

deborah bradley. megyn: she got very emotional when i interviewed her. she got emotional when many people interviewed her. wouldn't you expect if your baby had been stolen from you or if you had hurt your baby accidentally or intentionally and you are not a serial murderer that heels tears would come naturally? >> yes, they would come naturally clearly if you are innocent and you believe your baby could be out there somewhere, and this entirety of the country or some large portion thinks you are involved when you are not, you feel frustrated and you cry. similarly if you had done something and you feel guilty you might also. but that might be a distant second runner. somebody is capable of doing that, you think maybe they are capable of holding their emotion back. there is a third possibility that she herself wouldn't know because if you are in an alcoholic blackout, for instance

you could have done something and not even know. and maybe your husband weren't even tell you if he's such a flat affect and so removed as this man. megyn: she continues to say her drinking on the night in question is totally irrelevant to this. she says she is not a bad mother. her lawyer spoke to the lie detector test. >> were you told that i failed a lie detector test? >> i was told that. >> do you know whether you did or not. >> my lawyer -- they did not confirm with it my lawyer and did not show me the results. >> i spoke to them, dr. phil. they said we never said she failed the polygraph. well, somebody did tell her that. i understand law enforcement tactics as a former law enforcement official. if i would oftentimes understand detectives are permitted to give misinformation to people during

interviews for interrogation purposes. they thought if they told her that she would crumb fell onto the floor and say, "i did it." megyn: he says she never failed the lie detector test to him. >> to the layman there is full and pass. there is a full spectrum. inconclusive where you should be absolutely truthful is one way you can use a polygraph to actually direct you're investigation. it's a tool. i find it odd that they have taken three months to bring this fact out saying there was no lie detector test. if he was going to take the effort to be on dr. phil they should have gotten one of the experts in the country to give

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megyn: members of the nobel peace prize committee are coming under new investigation facing allegation that they lost touch with the purpose of the honor. a swede-based foundation is investigating the foundation that selects honorees like president obama and others. >> reporter: these norwegian researchers say the nobel peace prize was intended for champions of peace and alfred nobel's will

was to diminish military in international relations. talking about president obama in 2009, they say it's unlikely president obama will abolish the military when it comes to international relations. if this investigative board finds that alfred nobel's will is not being honored, the board can go back and suspend the award for three years which would include president obama's award in 2009. the experts say that is highly unlikely to happen because they believe over the years the award has evolved and even in 2007 an al gore and the u.n. panel won, they say it's because climate change concerns the survival of some states. but the and says that's blatantly false. it's unclear how long this

investigation will run or when this investigative board will come back with this decision. megyn: a scheduled west point speaker does an about-face. is political correctness behind a highly decorated general backing out of a speech at a prized institution for military learning. his first interview is minutes away here on "america live." breaking news out of egypt in what some say is turning into a worst case scenario for 19 americans being blocked from leaving the country. as of yesterday, everyone in this family picture is either dead or missing. could more have been done to prevent the powell family tragedy? "kelly's court" is on the case. >> something is deeply wrong. this is something evil. let's not refer to this as a tragedy. this is a horrible murder of two little kids.

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megyn: fox news alert. a worst case scenario for a group of americans being held? egypt, including the son of a sitting cabinet member. 19 americans are set to stand trial in cairo. all of them work for non-governmental agencies accused of funding and fueling anti-government protests. mike emanuel has more. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney says the u.s. has made it clear how seriously this issue, criminal charges against american ngo workers is being taken. carney said these actions could have consequences for the $1.5

billion in annual american aid to egypt. he seemed to choose his words carefully to keep from aggravating an already tense situation. >> we are deeply concern about the yakdown against ngos. we are concerned about the ability of americans who have done nothing wrong to leave the country. we are work at every level of the egyptian government to resolve this issue. >> reporter: on the ground in sky right's been another difficult day iting the day in a row of clashes between police and protesters. bad newser to local merchants who closed their shops and suffered property damage. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. said the ngo workers are restoring democracy and civil society. >> we'll continue to press the egyptian government to understand this has serious consequences for our bilateral

relationship and these individuals must be released. >> reporter: the group sam lahood works for calls this a politically motivated assault to squash civil society. megyn: billions of your tax dollars are hand over to egypt every year. the u.s. is providing egypt with an average of $2 billion every year since 1979. part of the egyptian israeli peace treaty. since 1948 we have given egypt $40 billion in military assistance, too. fox news alert on rising tensions over iran's nuclear program. president obama ordering new sanctions against iran's central bank. this as the rogue nation conducts military exercises.

this in the wake of iran's threat to close the straits of hormuz. and reports that israel is considering launching a military attack on iran sometime this spring. the administration has said it hopes for a diplomatic solution. but white house spokesman jay carney said our level of cooperation with israeli intelligence has never been higher. we'll have much more on this story live. ambassador dan gillerman is my guest at the bottom of the hour. don't miss my interview. after this weekend's big gop contest in nevada, the republican candidates are battling hard for the next stops on the campaign calendar. three states go to the polls. first up a non-binding presidential primary in missouri.

paul will be, gingrich, and santorum criss-crossing the state today. here is where we stand today. remember the magic number to win the gop nomination is 1,144. according to the current delegate tally about it associated press, romney is out in front with 101 delegates. gingrich is second with 32. santorum at 17, and ron paul with 9 delegates. there is growing controversy over a political attack ad that aired in michigan during the super bowl. listen here. >> thank you, michigan senator. debbie spends so much american

money, you borrow more and more from us. your economy get very weak, ours get very good. we take your jobs. thank you debbie spend it now. >> i think this race for the senate is between debbie spend sit now and pete spend it not. joining me now the man behind that ad. thank you for being here. we talked about this in our last hour. the asian-pacific islander groups said they are deeply disappointed by this ad. they find it very disturbing that you chose to use, quote, harmful stereotypes that encourage anti-asian sentiment. your response. >> the only group of people that this ad is anti-is anti-debbie

and the ad points to the opportunity that america's dumb economic policies, deficits, trillions of debt, creates the opportunities for countries like china and on thers to take advantage of our weakness. if we. megyn: $groups appear to have a problem with what they view as trying to demonize the chinese but also with the broken english as if there is an intelligence factor here. i'm reading the tea leaves. reverend charles said that woman's broken english in the ad is no different than having a black person speaking in slave dialect. and others are calling it racially insensitive. they are saying this actress is american and doesn't have a

dialect and was told to speak that way for the ad. >> it's not a stereotype. this is a young woman in china speaking english. that's quite an achievement. what these folks and what others are angry about is the messable that we are confronting the democrats and debbie's failed policies that have resulted in 8.5%, 9% unemployment in the united states with a growth rate of 2%. china is coming off a 9% economic growth rate. this ad hits the democrats exactly where it hurts on their spending over the last three years under president obama that has weakened our economy. megyn: do you feel at all unfairly targeted as promoting racial stereotypes because of this ad? do you feel they have gone the

place that hurts unfairly? >> we expected it as lou dobbs mentioned earlier. there is nothing in here that has a racial tint at all. the bottom line is when they can't defend their record, what they will typically move to is the race card. people go to our web site and they can take a look at how the spending decisions of this administration have weakened us economically and the results that that has been for both china and the united states. the contrast couldn't be clearer. megyn: the michigan democratic chairman said you are one to talk. he said you voted for the $700 billion wall street bailout and vote for trillions more in deficit spending. suggesting who are you to criticize. >> all you have to do -- we want to engage in that debate. i was on the budget committee with john kasich when we passed

budget and balanced the budgets. in the senate they haven't passed a budget for over 1,000 days. what does harry reid say? we are not going to pass one this year either. bring it on. this is what republicans need to be talking about, fiscal responsibility versus the irresponsibility of this president and senate. the american people want us to engage the democrats in what they have done to our economy and hold them accountable. megyn: congressman pete hoekstra, thank you so much. we appreciate you being here. all the best. it was one of the last remaining stronghold for the occupy movement. we'll show you what police found when they started taking down tents in the nation's capital. plus a decorated military general was supposed to give a speech at west point it's prayer breakfast but he backed out after pressure groups like cair.

general william boykin gives his first tv interview about why he made that decision right after this break. as of yesterday, every person in this picture, every person in this picture of the powell family is either dead or presumed dead or missing. could more have been done to protect these two young boys? a powerful "kelly's court" on that today. >> it seemed like he was never going to hurt the boys. >> we had a number of what ifs. you talk and come up with all kinds of possible scenarios that i never those was capable of. i didn't think he was. two years ago i didn't think he was capable of killing his wife. so that shows how stupid i am. ? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie.

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replacement speaker for an event a day after tomorrow after a decorated commander stepped down after pressure outside groups. commander general william boykin was suppose to address a group at a prayer breakfast but stepped down after complaints about him. he joins me live right now. thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it, sir. >> thank you, megyn, i'm glad to be with you. megyn: what made you back out of the speech. >> this whole issue became such a distraction for the army leadership at a time when the army needs to be focused on winning the war and take care of troops and their families plus absorbing some significant cuts in the military budget and personnel. i decided to remove this as a distracter for the army leadership. i backed out of it and i think it was the right decision.

megyn: west point came under enormous pressure from outside groups including the council for arab relations. because you have made controversial comments about muslims and islam in the past. you voluntarily withdraw, but do you feel you were unfairly target bid those groups? >> no. listen. 36 1/2 years i supported the first amendment, i support the constitution. they have a right to protest. but let me remind your audience that the council of american islamic relations was identified by our judicial system in 2008 as a criminal element, as a front group for the muslim brotherhood in america. they also lost their 501c-3 as well as their relationship with

the fbi, but they still have influence with our media and progressive groups in america. it's, incredible to me that they are still influential. megyn: you commanded the delta force in somalia in the operation that was memorialized in blackhawk down *. 36 years of service in uniform 15-minute lieutenant colonel oliver north has said that he believes you have been black listed along with others like franklin graham, tony perkins, all of whom were invited to make remarks at west point or similar places, the pentagon, ets, then had to withdraw because of pressure groups like cair. he believes it's political correctness run amok. >> i think the answer to that is obvious and i think ollie is right an is a dear friend of mine. but let me be clear to your

audience. i have made clear distinctions between the muslims in america who do not support sharia law or islamic law and those like the muslim brotherhood or cair as one of their front who wants to implement sharia in america. i encouraged americans to come alongside the plus slim communities in america to stand with them and give them a voice so the only voice speaking for muslims in america is not cair and other related-type groups. i support muslims and their right to worship in america. by i do not support cair and its efforts to bring sharia into america. you are a lawyer, you should know, it is in our court systems now. megyn: i want to give you the chance to clarify that. some of the criticism cites remarks you maid a couple times where you refer to islam as though all of islam is radical islam and muslims as though all

of muslims are radicalized. september, 2011 you were asked what should we do with our immigration policies, you said seal the borders, eliminate sanctuary cities and they will go home. no mosques in america. islam is a totalitarian way of life. it's not just a religion. you said islam is not just a religion. it's a totalitarian way of life and went on from there. in 2003 you talked about how your god a real god and a muslim god an idol. >> let, go back to the no mosque in american. just call me joe biden. i wish i could take that one back. i was refer together mosque at ground zero and no mosque of triumph in america. it was a bad statement. i wish i can take it back. but what i meant was at ground zero. i just said i support the rights of muslims to worship according

to the five pill arts of islam, and -- the five pillars of islam. and i have repeatedly said we need to come alongside the muslim side of islam in america that rejects sharia. if anybody would do the research and look at what i have said instead of taking things out of context in isolation. i'm standing about it muslims that reject sharia. i even tonight a book called "sharia, the natural threat to america." they don't have avoid, they are intimidated and afraid because they are threatened by the muslim brotherhood and other front groups. megyn: did you have pause about backing out of this speak sat west points -- these young men when they graduate they will fight in part members of radical islam. that's part of the war on

terror. and you are an expert on that subject. one of the points ollie north raised in his opinion piece, we haven't characterized what happened at fort hood as domestic terrorism. he talks about that as political correctness run amok, are you feeding into that by not making your voice heard to cadets at west points? >> my purpose of being at west point was to talk about faith and the role faith plays in leadership in the military. it had nothing to do with islam. i have served, unlike my critics i have served in combat alongside muslims. i have arrested war criminals in the gal cans for -- in the balkans for killing muslims.

the muslims who wants to attack constitution of the united states. those who stand with the constitution i support them and i think we all have to. but those that like nadal hassan at fort hood that want to destroy the constitution because their allegiance is to something else, i stand in opposition to them. megyn: thank you for being here and thank you for your service, sir. >> thank you very much, may dan. megyn: we are take your thoughts on that at kelly@foxnews.com. kathleen sebelius where is and op ed trying to tamp down the firestorm over the obama administration's ruling on the catholics. in syria we have shut down our embassy, pulled our ambassadors and the situation appears to be going from bad to worse.

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megyn: major new developments on a grim situation in syria after government forces attack a town with rockets and mortars killing dozens. this is just the latest violence. the obama administration responded to today's events by closing the u.s. embassy in damascus and they are pulling all-american diplomats out of that country. minutes he go the state department held a briefy regarding the deteriorating situation. >> the situation in and around damascus is become increasing

think violent reflecting the fact that the regime is increasingly losing control of the situation because it has resorted to violence rather than dialogue with its own people. megyn: today's developments come days after russia and china retoted a united nations resolution that would have condemned bashar al-asaad's crackdown on protesters. and it would have forced bashar al-asaad to relinquish power make way for a unity government. hillary clinton called it a travesty. 34 civilians were killed in today's violence and 230 people were killed overnight friday, early into saturday. the u.n. says 5,400 people have been killed there just since last march.

new developments in what cite six are calling a holy war between the administration and catholics over a coming healthcare rule. hhs secretary kathleen sebelius writing an op-ed today. the church has been very vocal in its opposition to the new mandate to provide contraception services. >> reporter: in its editorial "usa today" faulted the administration and kathleen sebelius for placing catholic employers in an impossible position. this stems from a mandate that

all catholic employers offer contraception to their employees. as a matter of doctrine the catholics oppose birth control. we specifically carved out from the policy religious organizations that primarily of their own faith including churches and houses of worship and could include other church-affiliated organizations. >> we'll work with institutions to try to implement this in a way that assures that the coverage is provided and that attempts to allay the concerns that are there. >> reporter: devout catholics and other ridge leaders say the exemption is too narrow. on saturday long-time monsignor warns his parishioners not to doubt that religious liberty

this jeopardy. >> this is the time to speak up. this is the time for all voices to be heard. as a community of faith, we need to pray that wisdom and justice may prevail and religious liberty may be preserved. >> reporter: the gop presidential contend verse made this an issue on the campaign trail. president obama carried the catholic vote three years ago by almost 10 points. megyn: as we hear reports israel may attack iran, the white house tries to save off the crisis. josh powell was the prime suspect in this wife's mysterious disappearance. now police say he blew up his own home killing himself and his two young boys.

could, should more have been done to prevent this? we'll take a closer look today's "kelly's court." >> i think the behavior today should be clear about whether he was a good guy or not a good guy. killing two little kids, that many the bottom line here. that's the bottom line of what happened and what this is about. whatever tricks or match nations he used to get here this is a terrible place to be.

megyn: welcome back, folks. 2:34 here in the east. three u.s. cruise ships back at sea after a potentially deadly virus outbreak sickened hundreds of passengers forcing the ships to dock and be decontaminated. upset stomach, vomiting and diarrhea. is it just me, or is that awfully inconvenient? jury selection underway for george houlihan accused of killing a lacrosse player. police say he admitted violently shaking yeardley love causing her head to hit a wall several times back in may of 2010. and great britain's queen elizabeth celebrating 60 years on the throne becoming the monarch upon the death of her father, king george vi. a dramatic rescue in oregon, the coast guard air lifting three mushroom farmers to safety.

a couple and their son lost in a forest for six days. look at this. trace gallagher has more live from our l.a. bureau. trace? >> reporter: you know, they went out, megyn, in the forest, they got a batch of mushrooms, dropped off the mushrooms and wanted one more batch. when they did that, that's when they got lost, and they could not find their way for six days and nights. and they had no provisions with them at all. they said they actually nestled in a hollow log to stay warm. they were so hungry, they considered eating their pit bull named jesse. they went on to say, quote, she's that good of a dog that she would have done it, though not sure they asked jesse. they said they had simply given up hope. they heard planes and helicopters searching, so they finally heard a helicopter hovering above, they took their dead cell phone and used the screen and the blade of a knife to flash a signal to the pilot, the pilot then notified rescue workers, and you can see they

were airlifted out. here's the thing, they were only one mile from their car when they were found, and they were only 500 yards from a major road. so apparently they stayed in one area. that helicopter pilot, by the way s the same helicopter pilot who six years ago discovered a family that had been missing for days in an oregon blizzard, so he apparently has a pretty good sense for finding people in need. all of the family, the mom, the son and the father, are going to be fine, though the mom did suffer a bit of hypothermia, megyn x the dog's fine. megyn: well, we're glad to hear all of that. trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: coming up, susan powell went missing two years ago. her husband was the prime st., but this weekend that husband killed himself and her two boys according to authorities. could more have been done to protect those children? why were they there? it was a supervised visit, but why was that allowed? why was a visit at his home allowed?

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exercises over the weekend while back in the united states president obama addressed these rising tensions with iran. [gunfire] >> i don't think that israel has made a decision on what they need to do. i think they, like us, believe that iran has to stand down on its nuclear weapons program. and we have mobilized the international community in a way that is unprecedented, and they are feeling the pinch. they are feeling the pressure. but they have not taken the step that they need to diplomatically which is to say we will pursue peaceful nuclear power, we will not pursue a nuclear weapon. until they do, i think israel rightly is going to be very concerned, and we are as well. megyn: dan gellerman is the former israeli ambassador to the united nations and a fox news contributor. we apologize, because we just lost his satellite feed, but he joins us by phone. ambassador, we've been looking very much forward to speaking with you on this. the president also said that israel has not yet decided what

to do when it comes to a possible strike on iran. as our defense chief, our defense secretary leon panetta suggested just last week that a strike was likely by israel on iran come this spring. is that true? >> well, megyn, first of all, i'm very happy to hear your voice. but i'm sorry i can't see you and you can't see me. but i think israel has made a decision, and the decision by israel is very simple, and that is that israel will not allow the rogue regime, that fundamentalist, 'em treatment, terrorist-supporting regime to acquire nuclear weapons. now, israel is still hoping that the international community will stop iran by sanctions and diplomacy, but that hope is fading away. and i must say that what happened at the security council just a few days ago when that

security council was unable to stop the massacre of the syrian people by its own regime which the secretary of state described as a travesty and which i believe susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. described as disgusting was just another signal of how impotent the international community can be and how frustrating it must be. and i think it is also a signal of american weakness, unfortunately. i think that the perception of weakness which is portrayed by the u.s., by the united states president and by the u.s. at the moment is very, very dangerous. and, you know, we are witnessing on our border, on our backyard -- not thousands of miles away, but a few miles away -- the massacre of the syrian people. and what people tend to forget is that syria is nothing more than a proxy of iran. both syria and hezbollah are the bloody fingers on the long

tentacles and twisted mind of that evil regime in tehran. so we are seeing a preview in front of our eyes right in our backyard of how evil that regime can be. because the arm used to slaughter thousands of syrian civilians, women and babies and children, are supplied by russia and by iran. so what are we going to do, just stand by and wait until that evil regime acquires nuclear capability? that would be doomsday. that will be the end of civilization as we know it. so i know many people feel israel shouldn't do it, but megyn, i want to tell you very clearly, i would rather see israel, a living israel condemned than a dying israel receive the sympathy and condolences of the international community. and, therefore, i assure you that we will do what we have to do, and we can do it. it is just a matter of deciding that all other options have been

exhausted. megyn: ambassador, as you know, americans watch this situation very closely, israel one of our staunchest allies, and we are not only concerned about the prospect of massive israeli casualties if you launch a strike on iran, what they would do in response, but what would happen to americans in response as your ally. would there be terror attacks inside of the united states in the wake of that? would targets of ours be attacked outside of the united states? so we watch for many reasons what israel will do. we have been working with israel on this subject, and president obama today by executive order announced even more sanctions against israel -- against iran, i'm sorry, and its central bank. will that do it? what more, what more do we need to do in order to prevent israel from acting unilaterally on this? >> i think what is needed is an assurance, a very clear assurance by the united states as the leader of the free world and the international community

that it will not allow iran to acquire nuclear weapons period. because the scenario you described, megyn -- which is possible, i'm not denying it of terror attacks and so on -- is dwarfed by the scenario of the world with a nuclear iran. those people will stop at nothing. and once they have a nuclear weapon, we will will be living n impossibly ugly and dangerous world. therefore, stopping it before it acquires those weapons, as dangerous and dire consequences as it may have, is still better than living in a world where that horrible rogue regime has nuclear weapons. and, unfortunately, that moment is coming nearer. the clock is ticking. and just as the world one day woke up to a nuclear north korea, it may wake up to a nuclear iran. but that would be far, far more

dangerous. because north korea acquired nuclear weapons out of desperation. iran is seeking them out of aspiration. aspirations to rule the arab world, to export its shia terrorism across the world and to change civilization as we know it. this is not just another chapter. this may be very well the final chapter in civilization as we know it. and, therefore, israel will do what it will have to do. and i remind you, megyn, that when we 30 years ago bombed the nuclear reactor in iraq, we were, indeed, condemned by the entire international community, including the united states. and dire forecasts then too. eventually, we were applauded and got a standing ovation because just imagine what the world would look like if saddam hussein, indeed, would have had nuclear weapons. so, you know, recent history, the history of the u.n. security council just a few days ago, the

history of what has happened in egypt and what is happening in syria today and history of 65 years ago when the world didn't take another crazy leader seriously is telling israel one thing: you can count on no one but yourself. and just as we've never asked the u.s. to defend us, i don't think we need any permission from the u.s. to defend ourselves. >> host: ambassador dan gillerman, thank you so much for being here, sir. all the best to you. >> thank you. and all the best to you, megyn. megyn: we promise to get the ambassador on camera in the coming days so you can hear from him directly, but we appreciate his time and an important perspective on what we are seeing right now as these two nations up the rhetoric, and we are very much involved. coming up next, susan powell went missing two years ago. her husband said to be the prime suspect. but just this weekend that husband, according to authorities, killed himself and their two boys. in three minutes, kelly's court debates whether more could have been done to protect those children. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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megyn: kelly's court is back in session. on the docket today, a ticking time bomb and questions about whether it could have been defused. susan powell mysteriously vanish inside december of 2009. her husband quickly became the prime suspect. he reportedly started talking about the night -- i'm sorry, the children, the children reportedly started talking about the night their mother disappeared saying to others, quote, mommy was in the trunk of their car when they left for a supposed camping trip in the middle of a blizzard in the middle of the night. then this weekend the boys turned up dead, blown up it is believed in the house of their father when a social services authority showed up at the house

to drop them off. the children went in, that official was barred from the house, and josh powell and his two sons are now dead. but there are many, many questions. about whether the state did enough to protect these kids. joining me now, former prosecutor and co-host of "the five," kimberly guilfoyle and anna who is a district attorney. there is one person to blame for this, and that is josh powell. and i think we're all on the same page when it come toss that. but in the wake of something like this, you have to ask whether the state could or should have done more to protect the weakest among us, the most vulnerable among us, and that is our children. kimberly, is there some evidence that the judge who allowed this visitation -- it was supervised n that judge's defense -- was out of line or the social services department should have done more? >> well, the judge actually tried to take the extra step to insure the safety of the children because josh powell was actually cleared of any kind of mistreatment or negligence with respect to care of the children

on november 30th. so, however, the judge had grave reservations and didn't want to agree with that evaluation and still ordered instead of the children going back to full custody to the father, that they continue in the same fashion that they had which was supervised visits with a child protect i have services -- protective services caseworker with them. where i think they should have gone a step further, and by this i mean child and family services, is by having these sessions in a neutral site -- megyn: you can to that, right? >> absolutely. and that should have been the recommendation. he's been acting unstable, he's the prime suspect person of interest with respect to the death of his wife, wife, so a ce then that at the basis of it would be domestic abuse or violence. there were allegations, of course, that he was emotionally abusive, she was going to leave him, and he said you'll take these kids over my dead body. when you have that kind of language and threat of violence, it is incumbent upon you to protect the minor children. bring them to a neutral site a

location and protect them. megyn: and when is that normally done? what would make a judge say you can have supervised visits with your children at, you know, a social services facility as opposed to in your home? >> it's very rarely done. and when a judge goes to that level, it's usually because a finding has been made that the parents had mistreated the child or actually had done something to the children. so while they're still trying to foster some sort of relationship between the parent and the child, they take them in a place that -- territory where something has happened in the home, with they think the children shouldn't be there. so here, you know, obviously in hindsight we all wish that something, anything would have -- megyn: when something has happened in the home, but what about this evidence that the kids had just come out saying, oh, yeah, mommy was in the trunk on the night we went camping. does that set off alarm bells to a judge that maybe this guy is more than just a person of interest? >> right. >> well, that's going right now to the grandparents and, obviously, i'm a homicide prosecutor, so i hear that, i'm going to start building my case. there's a custody battle going

on, and this is very new information coming from young children that's going to have to be analyzed thoroughly until they decide if it's something they should be acting upon. so this judge took them out of the home, made sure the visits were supervised. unfortunately, the perfect storm was created, these kids couldn't wait to get to their dad, he is the only parent they have right now. >> megyn? megyn: go ahead, kimberly. >> you have to understand the judge, also, disturbing images found on the computer of josh powell, so much so that they ordered a polygraph and a psychosexual examination needed to take place for him, and this was coming forward. he was extremely distraught over that request, an order by the judge, and this was just right in front telephone. megyn: but you know what else bothers me, kimberly? there was a doctor who completed a psychological examines of him and said powell had made big improvements in his life. i hate to be an armchair quarterback, but how is it that expert did not reach a different conclusion?

i've got 10 seconds, kimberly, last word. >> always err on the side of caution. megyn: i'm megyn kelly. on the other side of the break, studio b with shepard smith. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief?

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