>> when i was choking, i was scared. after he saved me, i was that scared. bill: tim is the man! tim says he learned the heim lick maneuver from television and his dad is a pharmacist. >> awesome story! jenna: a great node to -- a great note toned on truly. we are going to move into a serious story, one of the top stories of the day, a massive investigation in virginia -- investigation in california involveing a shooting, an immigrant agent shoot his supervisor after a dispat -- dispute, a third agent pulled a weapon and fired, killing the gunman.

>> we're like a family in this agency, in law enforcement, when something sliek this happens, it impacts us all. we are strong, we support one another, and we're here for each other. jenna: live from bong -- long beach, casey stegall, explain what happened inside this office and what this shooting could have been about. >> reporter: yeah jenna, we're hearing from some local news reporting there was some kind of a disciplinary session underway between the supervisor and his subordinate in the ice offices, which are located on the seventh floor of the federal building behind me in downtown long beach, a building by the twhai has now been reopened to the public, the sist, a number of other federal agencies have offices inside, although the seventh floor remains closed as it is stale crime scene. ice, of course, stands for immigration and customs enforcement, and operates under the department of homeland security. but the fbi is not

commenting on that possible motive here, investigators, however, are saying that this was an isolated incident, and no members of the public were ever in danger. >> at that time, when that incident occurred, another agent working nearby intervened and fired his weapon to prevent additional rounds being fired at the victim. this resulted in the death of the shooter. at this time, we believe this was an isolated incident, and we believe the shooter was acting alone. >> reporter: now of course we should tell you that the supervisor was taken to an area hospital and is improving, in stable condition, and we should also tell you that it's important to pass along information coming in that no names of any of these victims, any of the agents are being released, we don't know how long they've been federal agents or anything like that, but a briefing is expected late dear from the fbi jenna. jenna: we'll look forward to more details as they come out. you can see that traffic is

moving behind you, you mentioned the different floors in the office building and who inhabits those floors. what kind of scene is it there this morning, and is it simply back to business as usual? >> >> reporter: not really back to business as usual, although the buildings have reopened and people are making their way to work here, but there are still a number of different police agencies that are on the scene, a lot of police activity still going on. about 100 fbi agents were deployed to respond, and then word this morning that the director of ice, john morton, he was supposed to be testifying on capitol hill today in washington. that has now been postponed, and he is enroute to los angeles to begin looking over all of the details, going over this investigation, and also, perhaps, dealing with the family as one agent was killed here, jenna. jenna: casey, back to you as news warrants, casey stegall live at the scene in california today.

lots of big stories to get to, casey set us off quite nicely as we have the new hour of "happening now", we're glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott, we are here in the fox news room and "happening now", syria forces targets new victims as the assad regime intensifies attacks on its own people. >> this amateur video captures tank bottom residential neighborhoods in the hi of homs. fox with not verify the video but there are reports of violence coming out of syria. jenna: today, britain and france urged various sackses of the syrian opposition to unite in their struggle. that's been one of the complaints, that the rebels need to be united, the

united nations con sem \dollars/{^ed} -- condemned the human rights violations. jon: dominic di-natale is streaming live across the syrian border from beirut. >> reporter: jon, further evidence that the syrian government is trying to extinguish as much as it can the opposition,. in the northwest town of al shebud, 11 were massacred, from the same family and five were those that went in to retrieve the bodies and sht down by government forces, also the syrian army was pushed back somewhat by the pressure there by pro assad forces. in the city of poms, intense

bombardment there. you can hear people say in eric at least, they are trying to destroy us. images like this which led to the overwhelming vote in the united nations assembly condemning the violence and calling on the assad regime to end its attack on civilians and also, asking to assad himself to step down, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan wright, saying this is a clear message to the syrian people the world is with you but the syrian people are saying well, where is the international reaction. the chinese supports the assad regime, one of the biggest supporters left, but we're hearing from the french and british, they are going to try to get humanitarian aid to 20,000 people inside the hundred. there are hundreds of thousands more who desperately need help and need to get to a place of safety. back to you jon. jon: dominic, thanks. jenna: right now back in

d.c., lawmakers are about to vote on extending a payroll tax cut, taking up the memberrure that extends jobless benefits through the end of this year. it could be close in the senate. some influential democrats aren't on board, including senator tom harkin of iowa, he slammed the bill last night calling it a grave mistake and the beginning of the end of social security. chief national correspondent jim angle is live in washington with more. >> reporter: hello jenna. president obama has argued that opposition to the extension of the payroll tax is nothing more than a partisan attack on those who are struggling but long time democratic senator as you said has issued a scathing indictment of the president for the payroll tax extension, because mr. obama opposed finding ways to offset the cost. listen: >> democrats, including a democratic president, and a democratic vice president,

have proposed this. and are willing to sign off on a deal. >> that could begin the unraveling of social security. >> reporter: the sharpest terms, harkin criticized the plan because he fears not paying for the payroll tax cut will transform social security from a program that's always been self-funded with its own stream of revenues from the payroll tax to something that has to compete for scarce tax dollars. >> i choose my words carefully. make no mistake about it, american people, make no mistake about it, this is the beginning of the end of the sanctity of social security. >> reporter: now, i never thought i would see the day, he went on, that a democratic president and vice president would do this. he also noted that the very real risk is that social security will become just another program to be paid for with decifit spending and that in the future, it could be rated -- raided to help reduce deficits.

there are other democrats who share those feelings. >> the fact that we weren't paying for, the fact that we put no restrictions or parameters than and actually no guarantee that it will actually expire because we have no metrics of how much economic progress we need to have before it expires. are reasons why i'll be vote nothing. >> reporter: which means that senator reid will have to rely on republicans to get enough votes to pass the president's signature proposal, whose delay mr. obama had been blaming on republicans. jenna: on capitol hill, we just got this breaking news, apparently confirmed from a gop aide, that senator reid is only going to need 51 votes to pass the payroll bill, not the majority, not the 60 that republicans are actually agreeing to this, to go ahead and get this bill through, so do you have any thoughts on that? >> he is going to lose several democratic votes, harkin, warner, manchin, others worried about the

future of social security if this isn't paid for. they are going to need republican votes. republicans have been willing to support this, even though many of them also had the same doubts about running up the decifit to give a payroll tax cut. jen and parnl not wanting to fight over the payroll tax cut this time around. we'll continue to follow this today. jim, thank you as always. general jon: you know who is not generally fond of running up decifits? the tea party. we'll be talking to one of them, the protests that the tea party launched changed the conversation, but where are they now? a key leader gives us a blueprint for 2012. jenna: they have a plan, and we hear more about health care in this country, but there's an op-ed in the "wall street journal" that suggests that costs are going down and that has ramifications about how we should approach health care. jon: a skier crashes and loses the use of his leg but that terrible accident was not enough to keep him down.

his amazing comeback, ahead.

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>> the tea party movement emerged back in 2009 at the height of the economic crisis, staging massive protests nationwide against government spending and taxation. now instead of focusing on the presidential contest the group seems to be going downballot, focusing more on state and local elections. here to discuss the 2012 blueprint, tea party patriot, cofounder mark meckler, author of tea party patriots, the second american revolution. >> thank you for having me. jon: so it's not a revolution? some think the tea party has gone away. >> literally the first shot

has barely been fired. if you do what i do and meet with tea partiers from southern california to northern washington state what you find are groups committed, active, and actually actively engaged in the electoral process, walking presignature, vetting candidates, candidates are rising up from within these organizations. you're going to see eelectric torial change like never before seen in this country. jon: are you making predictions? >> i think you'll see a sweep in the house of representatives, a bigger change than in 2010, i think we'll see a continuation of the trend we saw in state legislatures. in 2010, it was the largest change of legislature seats in the history of the party since we've been tracking it, we'll continue 20 see -- to see that sweep grow and that creates generational change, people will trick -- trickle up the system over the next 25 years and put us on the right path. jon: a lot of people assume that tea partiers are gunning for democratic seats in the senate and house, is

that true sph. >> that's not true. tea partiers support the campaign for primary accountability, that's a separate organization but there are tea partiers who support it like myself and they're going after 50 democrats, 50 republicans in the primary and the goal is to turn out people who don't represent they've constituents, to get them out of office and put in people who do represent people on the ground in those communities. jon: you have been watching closely i'm sure the payroll tax cut battle, the house made a stand just before christmas, said we're not going to sign, we're not going to go for this unlessand the president agree to $100 billion worth of cost savings elsewhere. now here we are, two minutes later, the house has approved it without any kind of, you know, offsets. what do you think about that? >> well, trying not to overstate t. i would call it appalling, offensive, not necessarily disappointing, because if you look at the way the republican leadership has behaved since they took the majority it's very consistent with their behavior. i said it before the 2010 election that americans were looking for a different kind

of leadership, that the leadership that was likely to take over especially in the house is the same old leadership, they're showing the same old behavior, they helped get us into this problem in the first place and they're clearly not taking steps to get ut out of the trouble we're in. jon: but you saw the drubbing they took in the polls, now know, congress' approval ratings went into the tank that fight before christmas. neighbor is the live to fight another day strategy that will help them get some other things done. >> you know jon, i hear that from people in congress all the time, i sit down face to face with these folks, these men and women and i hear often look, mark, we had to do that vote, we had to go that way so we can come back and do better next year, and i really, i and most of the people in this country have a -- we elct dollars you to congress, to do the wrong things, put the country in debt so we can reelect you and i don't buy it, you go to congress to do the right thing.

if that causes to you lose your seat, so be it. that's the way the system works. jon: president obama's ratings seem to be on the rise. is the tea party going after the president in any way or are you focusing strictly on the house and senate? >> the tea party patriots as an organization, we don't go after any particular candidate. we go after principles. and so we compare the candidates to their principles, we compare the already elected officials to their principles and the tea party principles and we're going to show what people are really doing compared to what they say they're going to do and compared to what the country needs. we have faith in the american people. i believe that americans will make the right choices come november. jon: if people want to read a blueprint, is the book out? >> it is, it came out february 14th, they can get it at amazon, barnes & noble, local book kellers, tea party patriots, the second american revolution, and they can also read about these concepts and the idea that it's not a partisan thing and read that at mark

meckler.com. jon: i'm sure they'll be checking it out, mark, thank you. jon: we hear -- jenna: we hear about american jobs going overseas because of cheaper labor cost but one big american company is bringing hundreds of jobs back home, 1400 americans will find new work. we'll tell you about it coming up. the top u.s. intelligence adviser saying al-qaeda and tehran have a, quote, marriage of convenience. and that may be most evident in syria's uprising. what could this partnership mean for america? we take a closer look, next.

jenna: right now some disturbing new evidence al-qaeda stab -- may be extending its reach with the help of iran, director of intelligence james clapper saying that partnership between region and al-qaeda -- iran and al-qaeda -- the opposition may not be aware they're there. we had the attacks you alluded to, the two bombings in damascus in december, i think it was, and the two additional bombings in lethel, both of which were targeted against security and intelligence buildings and had all the earmarks of an al-qaeda-like attack. jenna: this after a series of recent terror attacks linked to iran, including this one in thailand may indicate that they see al-qaeda as a security,

clapper says iran feels al-qaeda may be a surrogate or proxy against future western aggression. in the meantime iran says it's now ready to talk about its nuclear program, but as an opinion piece in the "wall street journal" today noted, these recent attacks raise serious questions. the piece reads in part, quote, as these are the marks of a country that is ready to talk, we'd be interested to know what iranian actions would qualify as evidence of belligerence in an attempt to bomb d.c. oh wait, they tried that do -- tried that too. jim walsh, this raises an interesting point, is this acting out because sanctions are working, that's not great, it's not because of the sanctions, it's still not great. what do you make of what the "wall street journal" had to say? >> jenna, i think it's important to remember that -- and i believe that iran is probably behind these attacks in thailand, georgia and elsewhere, but i would guess that they're a response to the fact that

other countries, and it's probably israel in this case, is assassinating the nuclear scientists, so they're terror attacks against iran, where people are being assassinated and murdered and sort of expected to sit and keep their hands fold and not respond is not realistic. i'm not really shocked they're trying to return the pressure to israel who they think is the one behind these attacks, them and another terrorist group, the mek, which is supposedfully partnership with other countries to carry out these assassinations. at the end of the day, countries engage in terrorism all the time and they do proxies to do it. then when there's a deal to be made, they make the deal, then they wash their hands of their proxy. so this is sort of normal international behavior. jenna: go back to this. so we have the retaliation between iran and israel, what we're seeing with the violence in the different countries over the last week. what about the broader question of iran's link to al-qaeda? you've watched the state of iran for years now.

what's been the relationship of their relationship with nied and where do you see that relationship going? >> it's been a minor relationship. they had several al-qaeda members in house arrest in iran for years and the thought was they would use that as bargaining chips to give them up to the west in negotiations. of course, as they are more constrained, they are looking for people to help them push back. but i think it's much more likely they would use hezbollah or others, not al-qaeda, or as we may have seen this week, use their own operatives, but this is the weekend and i want to leave you with good news, the big picture, you showed the testimony from mr. clapper, our top intelligence official, he testified on january 31st that the big picture is al-qaeda is diminished, degraded, and that there's more than a 50 percent chance that over the next three years, it will completely fragment into regional groups. so al wa -- zawahiri turns out not ab good leader

compared to bin laden, mr. clapper testify dollars the plots will be smaller and switchler. yes you'll have tactical attacks on the ground, by al-qaeda on the arabian peninsula, but the big picture is we are winning the war against al-qaeda, bin laden and al-qaeda is in decline. yuen jen but al-qaeda is a known entity, right? we know about al-qaeda. the question is more about the unknown. iran has an state sponsor of terror since 19 # nine, according to our country, so despite the inspectors that might go in over the weekend, despite the fact that iran maybe someday benefits -- abandons its nuclear program, will it ever stop being a state sponsor of terror? >> again, nation states form relationships with nonstate actors as a matter of convenience. if they settle up their issues then they won't have any use for them. that's the path, that's what we see historically is the case. and again, most states prefer, if they k. to use their own operatives and not to depend on third parties

that are often unreliable. it's much more likely than unlikely, if there are associated -- negotiated settlements, they don't need them, and that's a positive. you can't ignore the trendline, al-qaeda has been the central threat in the united states over this last decade and it is going down, down, down. jenna: we'll take the good news where we can get it, jim, and continue to talk about this. it's certainly such a big issue and i know you'll be back to talk more about it. jon: if the same were true with the mullahs in iran, right? >> lots are calling michigan a must-win state for romney but just ahead of the republican primary new polling shows rick santorum surging in romney's home state. what a santorum win could mean for mitt romney. >> he was the first american ever to orbit the earth. we are coming up, believe it or not, on the 50th anniversary of john glenn's historic flight, with a look at the celebrations planned for monday.

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jon: many observers now call the michigan primary is must-win contest for republican mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor was born and raised in the state, his father served three terms there as governor. but rick santorum is campaigning hard to win the february 28th primary there, and right now, it's looking like key pull it off.

the latest real clear politics average shows santorum leading by eight points in michigan, with 37 percent of the vote. the former pennsylvania senator talked to greta van susteren last night, drawing a sharp contrast between himself and governor romney. >> governor romney supported the wall street bailout. i mean, it was okay to go in and have the government take a huge role in bailing out big financial institutions, but it wasn't okay for them to come and bail out big manufacturers in this country, which are the hub of the manufacturing industry. i would just make the argument that in my position, it's consistent, my position says that i'm not for the government getting involved in bailouts, period. jon: paul gigot is editorial page editor of the "wall street journal" and host of the journal's editorical report. how much trouble is mitt romney in in that state? >> he's in a real dog fievment there's no question that santorum unlike newt gingrich has left baggage

like the freddie mac contract. santorum doesn't have that. he's a real professional, he's disciplined, he's running a very strong campaign. this is going to be one heck of a week. jon: he also has less money. mitt romney has a lot of campaign money and resources at his disposal. >> he does and we'll see if that will be de floyd michigan and arizona when the electricals come up at the end of the month. this month will will be a lot of advertising against santorum, that's what romney's campaign did against gingrich, that's what they'll try to do against santorum but the ammunition is not as great, they're saying he has prounion votes partly because he came from pennsylvania, a union state, but his record on spending sthant bad, it's actually pretty good. jon onand one of the arguments against santorum, one of the things that his opponents use against him is that he got pounded in that last election, running against senator bob casey, he lost by 18 points. >> 18 points, extraordinary for a senator going for a

third term that was pretty well known in that state, and romney will hit that point, and am -- romney has romneycare and he needs a better response than he's given so far about why romneycare is different than the president's plan and that santorum has been benefiting that, hitting that very, very hard. jon: i think a lot of republicans, obviously a lot of conservative voters, they just want the candidate that they feel is going to be best positioned to beat president obama, and in the recent polling that i have seen, again, it's a snapshot in time as of this moment, but mitt romney actually does better against the president than rick santorum. >> he does and i think he's been stressing that theme but santorum has been making the counter argument that we need a sharper con -- contrast, and between a conservative and a liberal, and i think romney needs to defend the reason that he, too, really is a conservative. he has to win those populist conservative voters who haven't been won over so far, the tea party folks, some of the social

conservatives. i think he needs a larger idea than his biography. he's running on i'm a businessman, i can help the economy, but if the economy improves, that's less of a saleable argument. i think he needs a more philosophical argument, maybe it's tax reform, maybe it's something else. this campaign is about it's bigger than me. jon paul gigot is editorial page editor of the "wall street journal". just as a remainder, paul will host the editorical report, 2:00 p.m. on fox news on saturday. jenna: 50 years ago, astronaut john glenn became one of jon's biggest heros. take a listen from space. >> the capsule is turning around. oh, that view is tremendous. jenna: that is a pretty nice view, isn't? the mission made him the first american to orbit the earth and monday markings the anniversary of that historic space flight aboard friendship seven. steve harrigan joins us with more, live from miami. >> reporter: nasa is

rolling out the red carpet in cape canaveral, celebrating john glenn's achievement, also that of scott carpenter, the only remaining member of the seven mercury astronaut crew glenn's mission was scrapped ten times before taking off 50 years ago, due to mechanical or weather prorks and after the first three orbits around the earth, the manual piloting system failed so he had to handle things himself after that, but despite the snags, the technical hiccups glenn said he was never afraid at any time during the mission. >> people ask quite often, were you afraid during the launch, or in orbit, and if you're talking about fear that overcomes what you're supposed to do, no. you train very hard for these flights and i trained very hard for that first orbital flight, and we had tried to foresee all the things that could happen, but we didn't see all of them, and i had some control

-- the automatic control system went out at the end of the first orbit, it was wasting fuel and i was able to go to the manual and control that through the backup systems that were provided. >> reporter: john glenn became a national hero, the struggle came at the heart of the cold war battle with the soviet union, and it was ten months before that the cosmonaut orbited the earth. there was a space war going on and glenn has been critical of the direction of nasa saying the space shuttle program should not have been scrapped, it puts america in a dependent position on russia, using to use a russian capsule to ferret americans back and forth. we've been watching john glenn this morning, in televised news conferences and at age # \on/zero he is still sharp, holds an active pilot license and at age # seven, he holdings the record for the oldest person

aboard the space shuttle. jenna: what an amazing american. i can't believe, being ready to go ten times and having it scrapped ten times. >> nothing bothers him, they say. >> jenna: just like jon scott. as smooth as that. jon: i was down there when he lifted off for sds-95. great story. just n. a controversial bill arrives on new jersey governor chris christie's desk. what will he do it? harris faulkner has the details. >> reporter: there are a couple of things people need to know about this and why it's a national story. for one we've seen six states in washington, d.c. allow gay marriage and now the same sex marriage bill has arrived on the governor's desk, f1a1, and he has vowed to very swiftly take action on this. he feels that this should go up for a public vote for people of new jersey to vote on, and the crux of this is where does the power lie, is it with the people, or is it, as democrats maintain, that gay marriage is a civil right, protected by the constitution, and not

subject to a popular vote. we expect the governor to do as he said he will do and veto this and then where it goes from there, we will be watching. back to you. jon: hair i. thank you. keep an eye on it. there are new concerns about a little known provision of the new health care law, further empowering government or a government panel to decide which medical services your insurance company will cover for free. we have a fair and balanced debate about that coming up.

jon: well this, may leave you jumping for joirks or gnashing your teeth, depending upon your political persuasion, but the house has voted to pass that bill that extends the payroll tax cut. it's going to cost about $100 billion, as we understand it. there are no offsets in the house version, meaning the house is not voting to pay for it. it's going to move on to the senate now. fiewrp wondering, the vote

was 293-132, 91 republicans and 41 democrats voted against it. we'll see what the senate does. job jen a lot gets done before a holiday weekend, right? >> jon: it does, somehow they manage. jen the debate over the free contraception intensifies and the "wall street journal" takes that debate one step further, it focuses on the panel empowered under the new health care law that evaluates preventative services, that same panel decides which preventative services like birth control, for example, must be covered by insurance plans free of charge. this is in direct contrast with a proposal by presidential candidate rick santorum, he says a pay as you go health care system is the way to fix the system we have in place and empower the consumer, so we wanted to talk more about this with dr.s marc siegl and kathleen lunden, member of the fox news medical a team and

welcome to you both, dr. stegall -- dr. siegl, rick santorum says health insurance should function like auto insurance, you don't turn it into the insurance, you pay it. should we not involve insurance at all? >> i've actually said the same in a different way, i like the comparison to auto insurance, i like the idea of saying hey, can't we pay for our own oil changes? because the problem is insurance is it's based on an overused principle the way we have it now, health insurance based on an old used principle and senator santorum is right to take that on. if you want enough money to pay for chemotherapy or the preventative services you can't use it up, and if you can go to the doctor any time you please, even if you're not sick, the worried well are constantly coming in to see me and they don't always need to and that costs a lot of money, but

omabacare is downsizing things like health savings accounts which allow us or encourage us to pay out of pocket for what i call nonessential services and let's face it, if you have to pay for something yourself, you're more aware of what it costs, you're more aware of what it's costing you. jenna: but let's bring dr. lunden in on this, the argument is made that preventative services are necessary and for example for a car you don't bring in a car unless you hear that it's something wrong with it or you feel like there's something wrong with it when you drive it and then you realize you need a new engine. you don't have the same luxury with your health, you show up one day after not being to the doctor and not having the preventative care and suddenly you have full blown cancer and there's nothing you can do about this. >> that's what we see with the uninsured, in the late disease state when it's expensive to treat, often in the emergency room. we know that preventive

services, that people do not pay for them if it's strictly out of pocket. this is absolutely ridiculous to do it this way we pay two times per capita than any european country in terms of health spending and we don't do it the right way. doing preventative services makes sense, doing it on services that have data behind them makes sense, but to say that -- people won't do it. jenna: dr. lunden, on that, though, who decides what preventative services i should have? if i have full ownership, and i hate to keep going to the car analogy but i'm going there, if i have a car and it suddenly needs a new engine and don't bring it in, it's my fault, same with health care, if i'm not willing to pay and don't take care of mice, then i suffer the consequences. >> but those are the people that end up in the emergency room, a very expensive way of treating. we're still paying it. society is paying it. hospitals have to treat.

we can't just say no. jenna: dr. siegl, do you agree with that? it sounds not exawtionat, but -- >> i want to make a key point. one thing i think the doctor is in error in f. studies have shown, price waterhouse cooper and other studies have shown that medicaid patients use the emergency room unnecessarily than even the uninsured so the idea if you give insurance people will use it appropriately is not in fact the case. i very that preventive services being essential but there's a big dispute about what the services are. >> i have a study to debate -- >> jenna: hold on, let me jump in here if i can. hold on. the personal in the middle gets to -- hold on a second. let's talk about the preventative task force. that brings us around to what is actually happening today and the free care part of it. we've talked about free birth control but not the other part of the health care law also given to us for free because in part

this task force recommends it, for example, we are going to able to between the ages of 50-75 get colon cancer screenings for free, totally free. if we want ovarian cancer screening we don't get that to me. >> good! >> jenna: again whorks decides that? for example, i might have a history of ovarian cancer in my family, dr. lunden, maybe i want that for free and not the colon cancer screening. >> number one, we don't have any avenue seas with o-- osairn cancer screening. if there was an efficacious way to screen t. it becomes something that gets recommended. the university task force has evaluated this for decades, as long as i can remember if my career in medicine and we follow those recommendations. extra things that are done aren't always worth it and don't watch things. that's the worried well. so yes, colon cancer screening has been proven efficacious, breast cancer

over 50 in someone asymptomatic, remember, we're not talking that you feel a lump, that's a diagnostic test, that will still be covered. jenna: dr. siegl, we're going to ask you what your thesis was in our next segment? ites up against a hard break. >> i agree that the u.s. preventative task force is insensitive to clinical medicine, and they are fine on colon cancer but not on others. jenna: will you both come back to talk more about this? >> absolutely. jenna: we appreciate your point of views and it's very important, so thank you both. jon: you get two doctors to do your bidding! >> jenna: i'm going to have a list of things i'm going to ask him about, from everything we want to know, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, everything. jon: ever get the feeling someone is watching you? >> jenna: right now! we hope you are watching us, right? >> jon: we hope you're watching, but if you own an apple product you might get spied on, tracking millions

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jon: here's a bit of good news for a change. some american jobs at an iconic u.s. company are coming back to the sphrus overseas but there are big springs attached. caterpillar plans to build a new manufacturing plant, deciding which state will get the nearly 1400 new jobs, that facility will bring. senior national correspondent john roberts live in atlanta with the latest on that. john. other reporter hey jon. this is every little boy's dream, one of those small bulldozer you see running across construction sites in america. take a look at this here, the manufacturing plate says made in japan. as of 2014, this caterpillar

bulldozer and some of the mini backhoe, the excavators are going to be made in athens, georgia, the governor announced it earlier today, saying that in a state where there's more than 9.5% unemployment, it's a good deal for a lot of people. here's the governor: >> 1400 new jobs, thousands more that will be spinoff as a result of that, that will represent the largest growth of new jobs in the state of georgia since kia came to georgia in 2006. >> reporter: so why is caterpillar moving back from japan here to the united states? well, it's a null of things. particularly in this case, shipping costs. it builds these in japan but the main market is in north america, south america and europe, and if it brings the manufacturing here it's cheaper to get it out. while 1400 jobs might seem like a lot in one state it's a drop in the bucket compared to the 1.5 million manufacturing jobs that have been lost in the last decade, but there is a

growing trend among some companies to insource, to bring those jobs back, because wages are rising in china, shipping costs are rise, productivity here in the united states is on the increase, and the value of the american dollar means that it's actually cheaper to produce a lot of goods in the united states than it is overseas in places like japan, china, taiwan and others. mike oberhelman says companies like his need more help if they want to bring back more jobs. listen to what he said: >> we're competing on an international level here. we need things like tax reform, we need things like research and development. we need things like a better education for skilled workers. all of those, of course, we talk about all the time, and they're all known in washington and there are efforts to get that done, but we need to go faster. >> reporter: on the education front, that's a big problem in georgia, as it is in a number of states, just not enough people learning the skilled trades that it takes to build something like this, something that could hinder

the renaissance in american manufacturing if it's not tended to. jon: good news for that state. jon -- john roberts, thank you. and "happening now" will be right back.

jenna: headlines today, disturbing new signs that iran is building stronger links to al-qaida. we are glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. two of the world's most dangerous outlaws, one government, one ideology group joining forces to become a bigger threat. catherine herridge live for us in washington with that. >> reporter: good morning. the nation's top intelligence adviser james clapper said bubbly what many intelligence officials have discussed privately, there is an alliance between al-qaida and iran. they asked clapper to define the relationship. >> what is your understanding of this secret deal so-called between iran and al-qaida? >> iran and al-qaida have had sort of a -- to a certain extent

a shotgun marriage. i think iran has harbored al-qaida leaders, facilitators, but under house arrest conditions. >> reporter: clapper's comments cannot be seen in isolation. in prepared testimony before the senate intelligence committee in late january he wrote, quote, some iranian officials probably including the supreme leader have changed their calculus and are more willing to conduct an attack in the united states in response to real or perceived u.s. actions that threaten that regime. this week at least three plots involving identical bombs, israel has direct information that leads to iran. there's clear concern that al-qaida could be used for similar operations. >> the iranians may think they might use al-qaida in the future

as a su surrogate or proximate see. >> would they think they might use them as a hedge against an attack from the west? >> that's what i went. >> reporter: this assessment comes as u.s. officials investigate the reported release of five al-qaida members after years of house arrest in iran. the men include a man tapped for a likely replacement of osama bin laden. jon: thank you. jenna: fox news alert the battle over payroll tax cuts and the extension of the tax cuts. the house just passing the measure. it will extend that tax break for 160 million americans. the senate is take being it up right now as we speak. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill watching this all go down. it's been a big week, mike. there is news that changes the

story even more about senate republicans and what they are a growing to move this bill forward. tell us more about that. >> reporter: they could have insisted on a 60-vote threshold to pass this measure in the united states senate. instead they are allowing a simple majority. so if you have, say, 97 senators present and voting, a little math, that could be passing the bill with as little as 49 votes. we'll get the final numbers in a moment. that was significant. meanwhile a short time ago here is senate majority leader harry reid making his final pitch. >> americans are waiting and watching what happens here today. with our economy still fragile it's crucial we prevent a tax increase on 160 million americans. these are working americans. >> reporter: the final vote in the house was 293-132. we should have the numbers in the senate in a matter of moments, jenna. jenna: lawmakers say tax relief, extending unemployment benefits, you're fixing the problem with

medicare reimbursements are all in this bill, that's what the lawmakers who like it are saying. what about the ones voting no, what is the hold up there? >> reporter: we've heard conservative republicans complain about the fact that the payroll tax holiday extension is not paid for with spending cuts. others don't like the ways they are paying for other aspects of the bill. here is dan coats and why he's a no. >> let's at least be honest with the american people straight out and tell them we are taking the money out of your social security trust fund to give you a tax break. it is a shell game and it will have to be repaid. >> reporter: assuming it passes in a matter of moments it will be sent to president obama, and he has promised to sign it as soon as possible. jenna: thank you. jon: let's bring in bob cusack,

managing editor of the hill. it's an interesting situation right now you have senator mark cook outside of action because of that stroke, it's our understanding that harry reid only needs 650 votes to get the thing to pass based on the concessions the republicans have made. does he have 50 votes? >> i think he does. that with us a big development in the upper chamber. i don't think they have 60 votes for this. we'll see most republican senators vote against it. most democrats voting for it. but there is some unrest on the left. senator tom harkin has been critical of this bill, of the president. so both the left and the right don't like it but i think there are enough votes in the middle to pass this and send it to the president. jon: you mentioned, tom harkin. let's listen to what he said about his thoughts on this bill, the democrat from iowa. >> i choose my words carefully, make no mistake about it,

american people, make no mistake about it, this is the beginning of the end of the sanctity of social security. the very real risk is that social security will become just another program to be paid for with deficit spending. jon: it's our understanding that mark warner the democrat from virginia also is likely to vote no on this thing. so which republican senators would likely -- would be likely to vote yes? >> well the republican leaders are mostly going to vote no. mitch mcconnell the minority leaders have not said how he's going to vote. his lieutenants will vote no. could the brown who is in a re-election race i think he would vote yes on this. once again, republicans by and large in the senate are going to respect this. remember this goes for the rest of the year. this was supposed to be a one-year tox holiday, now it has

become a two-year tax holiday, and will it be extended again? that will be the debate along with the debate with whether to extend the bush tax rates. jon: what is the big picture here, the republican-controlled house tried to hold this thing up back before christmas, they got pounded for it, they gave the president what seemed to be a political cudule to beat them with. is that what this is about political expediency? >> absolutely. they basically lost december, january and february over this issue. they want to talk about the budget and the deficit. politically they've tried to fight on this. they've lost the pr battle. we are getting closer to the election. republicans feel they can go on offense talking about president obama's budget but on this issue democrats won the day and republicans made the decision, let's just end it, pass it, and then fight another day. jon: and the president has been so effective with bringing

forward those people who talk about what $40 a week means to them. should he also be asking them, you know, if that $40 comes out of your social security check and you retire, or your social security fund, where are you going to find those $40? that is an argument that one side wants to make shear, right? >> absolutely. critics say this is what washington has been doing for decades, doing the easy thing where they are not making the tough decisions, they are not reducing the defendant sit, they are adding to the deficit and giving voters what they like, tax cuts but not making cuts in other areas. a lot of critics out there on the right and left saying this is what exactly what washington has done and the deficit remains a massive problem. jon: i think that's how they emptied the roman empire by lots of deficits. thank you. jenna: new information about who is behind the media watchdog, media matters for america.

doug abg elway has more on this. >> reporter: the latest installment on media matters for america. since 2003 media matters has collected $28.8 million from donations from far eft interest groups and donors. because it pays no income tax it has to meet certain standards to maintain its tax exempt status. the tax code says it must not, or be any organization must not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities or participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates. but interpretation of that tax code is very complex. some in congress are now reportedly considering hearings to examine media matters tax exempt status including the ranking republican, charles grassley. he said the standards for tax

exemption deserve a review as a part of good stewardship on the part of congress. and it should be considered as a part of any tax reform. here is a look at some of the major contributors to media matters ... >> reporter: they say $400,000 came from the joyce foundation. in the same year that media matters founder's assistant accompanied him to public meetings carrying a concealed handgun. jenna: thank you. jon: irony abounds in that story. a naked man walks into a wal-mart, and no, this is not a joke. we don't think he was shopping

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jon: right now, new information on crime stories we are keeping an eye on. an investigation underway now in california where an office argument leads to a shootout in a federal building in california. an immigration agent there tries to shoot his boss and a third agent opens fire killing the gunman. the supervisor targeted in the hospital at this hour with multiple gunshot wound. new developments in the search for brittany drexel, the new york teen disappeared three years ago during a spring break trip with friends. south carolina police now say they have questioned a convicted sex offender and are following hundreds of other leads. and pennsylvania police tase

erring a 300-pound naked man in a wall phafrplt he apparently walked in nude and stole a pair of socks. he is now being held on $50,000 bail. jenna: all right. well google is invading your online privacy, that is according to a big story out of the "wall street journal" today. even if you think you've been blocking everybody and everything, apparently the company is bypassing privacy settings on millions of devices and tracking your every move on the web. why? what are they doing with this information? laura ingle is taking a look live for us in new york city. >> reporter: if you are using safari web pwroeurs and you have a mac device or iphone this may have happened to you. google's code that keeps you logged in has been allowing other web sites to see information about you, even though your privacy settings specifically sell apple you

wanted this type of tracking disabled. when notified about this issue google told the "wall street journal" that they immediately disabled the code and issued this statement to fox news, quote, we used known safari functionality to provide features that signed in google users had enabled. it's important to stress that these advertising cookies do not collect personal information. a spokesperson for apple tells fox they are aware that some third parties are circumventing safari's privacy features and are working to put a stop to it. they point out they were quick to install the do not track features in it's iphone and devices and it's in the to blame. you can always switch to a different web browser and get off satisfactory tpaf re, other than there there is not much you can do about it. vibrant mead kwraeus using this work around code also. tech analysts say users always need to be aware when using the web. >> the laws here are just being

formed, and at this particular point in time as i say a lot of your activity is being monitored, and while it is being aggregated to a certain level you cannot be -- you can't be assured that you're being protected when you're on the web. >> reporter: if you want to learn more about how to manage your settings our tech editor at fox says go to dnt.mozilla.org. it has features you might want to check out. jon: happy birthday to the president's $787 billion sometime less. it is three years old today. how is the program performing? have you heard about the new diet drug? how one town got around the fda and that might be of benefit for you. when i grow up,

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jon: fox news alert the senate has voted to pass that bill, extending the payroll tax cut by 2% through the end of the year. it also extends unemployment insurance benefits for americans who have been out of work, and it also does not cut the reimbursement to medicare doctors, the so-called doc fix. all of this is going to cost $143 billion, as we understand it there is no provision in this new bill to pay for that. the president is expected to sign it when he gets back to the white house after a west coast campaign fundraising swing. at any rate, they did go into action, they got it done fairly quickly. the house just passed the thing

less than an hour ago, now the senate has voted to do the same. jenna: this is a headline that got our attention. it could be one of the first new prescription diet pills in 13 years, it's a brand-new drug, it's called q u.n. ixa. it was band by the fda. one doctor, one facility found a way around the ban, and it was by combining the medication together. the fda is reconsidering the ban. the question for everybody is, is it a dangerous pill or could it be beneficial. a doctor joins us to talk to us about this. it's the first drug that you could get in more than a decade with regard to weight loss. >> it's two drugs combined into one pill. people have been using it for a

while. they are reassessing it because the test of time patients have been going to diet clinics and getting the two drugs separately and using them together. they are looking at all that data. and if there is safety in this data from using them off label then they'll consider reassessing it in one pill. so woeupbs a woeupbs an one is a anti-convulsant,. jenna: some people have found incredible results on this if they take the pill. there has been concerns about birth defects on it and memory loss as well, and also the fact that some of those who have taken this combination say, once you get off the pill, i mean you go back to just gaining the weight. >> which is true, if you're not going to change your lifestyle you're not going to stay -- you can't be on these pills

forever. the thing is, you know, topomax which is the one for anti-cons anti-convulsants, you have a hard time keeping patients on it, they feel foggy. there was another drug, phen-phen, that caused heart problems, there were a lot of lawsuits. the company that makes the one seizure med is not interested in marketing it together. it's a third party. jenna: it's interesting that they would be prescribing these two medications together, with the side effects you're describing. is that something that you would recommend for people who are dealing with this issue? >> no, because really you have to do everything. i don't think there is a short-cut, jenna. you've got to change your eating, get more exercise.

you can use it in addition to this. but i wouldn't stay on it long term, i wouldn't take an anti-convulsant long term for these effects. jenna: i heard a huge sigh from inside our control room, it's just not going to happen. a lot of people are looking for an easier edge on their weight. it brought up another story that we saw, just because we saw the two stories together. you had the discussion about diet pills and the other story in the "wall street journal" where doctors were implanting a microchip in people who need injectable medicine every day. the microchip was automatically releasing the medicine into the bodies. it's really tiny, it goes into the stomach. it was a small study but it made a big picture of where we're going with medicine. microchips inserted into your stomach with diet drugs that will keep you thin, is that the

direction that we're going in medicine. >> well you'd think if they could do that. there was something called norplant that was a birth control that was slowly released. this is supposed to be better because it's more exact on how much drug was released. overall when you compared it to people getting the hormone shots for osteoporosis the people on the microchip had a more level amount in their bodies, and so technically you'd think it would be better, but, again, you know, i think this has some promise but they have to really check it out, because -- jenna: it was maybe 7 people, an 8 person study. i don't even think about the side effects when i think about that, which is obviously having something implanted in your skin, i think about airport security. it's already tough enough already. >> it can't work for something like insulin where you're

injecting yourself every day because you need too much of that medicine. it's for really tiny amounts of medicine. jenna: it's so fascinating that they could even do it. we'll be watching the developments, doctor. thank you for coming in again. jon: i would be afraid to receive radio signals through your stomach. is that your stomach making grumbling or are you trying to talk to me. a $25 billion settlement designed to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. in some states the people who need it most might not see a dime. we'll look at the murder trial of george huguely accused of killing his ex-girlfriend yeardley love, also a lacrosse player. geraldo rivera on what could be a major deciding factor for jurors after the break.

jon: did that multibillion, maybe 800 billion or more dollar stimulus package work? g.o.p. critics are speaking out today on capitol hill to mark the three-year anniversary of that deal or boondoggle, depending on how you view it. they claim the man was wasted on green projects like solyndra. ed henry live from the white house with more. >> reporter: republicans are certainly taking aim at the stimulus. they've done that for three years now. today being the third

anniversary. when the president signed it into law he made pretty big promises about what it would do. one of them his economic team predicted that unemployment by february 2012 would be about 6%. right now it's more than 2 points higher than that though trend nothing a better direction these days. it's certainly far higher than predicted back then. republicans also taking aim at the price tag as you noticed. congressman lee terry suggested today that a lot of money has been wasted on projects like solyndra. take a listen. >> well it failed to stimulate the economy because it was more about supporting your political friends and public entities that supported you than it was really about stimulating the economy. >> reporter: the push back from white house officials is that the bottom line is we were on the edge of a cliff in february of 2009 ready to fall into abyss, maybe a second great depression and this stimulus law

was able to turn that around. the president last night at a fund-raiser in san francisco, interesting if you listen to his voice he almost dropped it a little bit, he sounded a little bit like bill clinton talking to his audience, saying he feels their pain, saying he's not merit, he's made mistakes but he thinks the economy is turning around, listen. >> we've had setbacks. i've made mistakes. after all that's happened in washington, i know it's tempting sometimes to believe that maybe what we imagined isn't possible but remember what we used to say during the campaign, that real change, big change is hard and it takes time. >> reporter: now the president wrapping up this three-day trip in the midwest and out on the west coast in seattle in a short time, he'll be at the boeing plant talking about what he's been characterizing as a rebound in u.s. manufacturing, but also no doubt reacting to those votes in the house and senate, pushing forward on the payroll tax cut

extension which the white house believes is another step in the right direction. jon: they seem to win the political battle with that one, didn't they? >> reporter: the republicans had talked about demanding that be paid for, had talked about when it was only extended for two months in december that they would have a much bigger battle in february. it looks like they've given in on this one, the president seemed to have the upper hand in that debate an has another victory. jon: high-fives in the oval office, i imagine. >> reporter: when he gets back. jon: i guess so. thanks. jenna: the murder trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player is facing another delay today. the judge is allowing a recess until tomorrow, and the reason is because a number of the defense team is sick for the second day. geraldo rivera is anchor of geraldo at large. what happened this morning is they all come into court. they say listen a member of our defense is sick. the judge says too bad we're proceeding any ways. he let's a few witnesses take

the stand, then stops the proceedings and has a recess until tomorrow. why do you think he did that. >> reporter: i think the judge came dangerously close in causing a mistrial in that case. because the attorney was out, that attorney was considered crucial to the defense team and the judge made him go ahead any way. the reason i think the judge changed his mind, and i think he did it in the nick of time to avoid a defense motion for a mistrial, or at least mistrial that might be granted by an appellate court, the reason the judge is okay is that when he insisted the trial this morning go forward without the presence of the lawyer who handled the medical experts in the defense team, and she's done a pretty good job of it, in terms of muddying the facts, i'll get back to that in a minute. the witnesses this morning were not medical experts, jenna, that's why it won't be a mistrial. the women who were included were

young women who testified they were in george's room at one time when yeardley came bursting in filled with jealously and recrimination according to these witnesses. she said, where is george? are you the women he's been texting? what it laid bear was kind of the passion in this relationship between george and yeardley, these two young and attractive lacrosse players, a them pul. jenna: i have a question about when a lawyer is sick do, we get to know what they have or if they are really sick? could this be a stalling tactic? >> reporter: i'm sure it's happened. but the judge does definitely have a right to know what exactly is ailing the defense attorney, or the prosecutor who is missing, usually it's defense attorney. you may recall jose bias in the

casey anthony at one point was ill and the judge had to postpone the trial and the judge sure as heck knew what was going on and we didn't. what is crucial here and why this attorney's presence was required and the judge reluctantly agreed to postpone the trial, they will have a session saturday, he wanted to get this thing wrapped up before the long weekend. that is not going to happen. it will resume on wednesday. the reason the defense attorney is so crucial is she handles the medical experts. the medical experts are crucial in saving george huguely's life. the question is whether the crime he committed is as relatively mild as voluntary than manslaughter which could get him one year behind bars, or is it first-degree murder, which would mean he would be in prison for life.

we know the poor young lady was dead and the pillow was wet with blood and her nose was in the pillow. the defense expert testified that what happened is she may have suffocated on the pillow, and george was not responsible for her death. yes he may have roughed her up and had a physical confrontation, the defense would have you believe, she leaves the room, she false a sleep in this pillow, wet with blood, she sufficient indicates, george is only guilty of involuntary manslaughter and first-degree. jenna: the difference between one year in prison and life in prison is a great one. we will continue to watch the trial as it goes on again into its next week. i know they are in session on saturday. it will be interesting to see what the jury decides. thank you as always. geraldo at large, sunday, 10pm eastern time. jon: police in boston are turning to a high-tech weapon in the war on drugs. we'll tell you what it is and how they are using it. friends and family prepare to

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>> reporter: the state of wisconsin is saying it's going to use a big slug of the money, nearly $26 million to plug budget holes in its balance sheet. the state of missouri saying it's going to use part of the money to basically funded indication initiatives. the debate is whether this is an appropriate use of the money because it was supposed to go to help out people facing foreclosure who are in foreclosure. this issue also came up, jenna in the tobacco settlement back in 1998. states actually used a lot of that money to basically plug balance sheet holes. 41 out of the 46 states got tobacco money basically did just that. the debate is per percolating now because they say all of the states anticipated using some of this money toward initiatives such as what the state of wisconsin is doing to do things like plug balance sheet holes. the issue is, what is the money really intended for? is it a fair use of the settlement money coming out of

the banks? we are hearing out of bankers on wall street, they fear that states will issue debt, issue bonds built on the backs of the settlement money just as they did with tobacco money, call that money in now and spend it all at once. ally financial which is part of the robo signing foreclosure setment owes $17.2 billion back to u.s. taxpayers. the company is struggling and wanting to go public. jenna: we'll continue to watch this. liz mcdonald from the fox business network. we'll move onto another story now, a new weapon in the war on drugs hitting the streets of boston. one police department now using a hand held scanner with laser technology that can identify a drug accurately in just 30 seconds. us on this incredible development. >> reporter: that's right. this is called tr u.n. arc.

it essentially takes laboratory techniques, moves them out into the field and allows police officers to use them when they are working in the field. it works quick, they say it's accurate, and it's basically the size of a hand held video game. if you take a look at it it's just a little bit bigger than a gps device but uses this technology called spctroscopy. and identifies the medical make up. it identifies prescription medications. it's been tested so far in los angeles, chicago, boston and massachusetts where the police chief is raving about the results. he argues that it's a vast improvement over the current tests that are used, which are wet chemical tests. take a listen. >> it's such an effective device, it's self-contained, you don't have to touch any of the chemicals or any of the drugs or products that you seize. you can just basically point and

shoot. it's very easy to use too, so it's basically police friendly. >> reporter: well it is in full production now, available for purchase at just under $20,00 $20,000 per unit, and the quincy police department says they are going to buy three. the false alarm rate is less than a 10th of a percent. some say it could be fallible, just like breathalyzers, and it could face challenges in court. >> is it going to empower the police officers? i look to its reliability, veracity and credibility. first we'll look at those. if it can get over some hurdles, i'm sure there the police will take it as far as they can take it. >> reporter: police agencies are hoping that this will help speed prosecutions, maybe possibly get the plea deals quicker, in other words not having to wait months and months for lab results to come back. we'll see if it ultimately helps

out in the court process. jenna. jenna: remarkable invention at that. really interesting story, molly, thank you very much. "happening now," preparation for a high profile funeral tomorrow as family and friends and fans say a final farewell to whitney houston. has the media coverage of the singer's sudden death be fair & balanced? our panel debate, our news watch panel in less than three minutes. ♪ ♪.

jon: critique the media coverage of whitney houston's death we are expecting a circus-like atmosphere at her funeral

tomorrow in newark, new jersey. it's been virtually nonstop news coverage since she was found dead in her beverly hills hotel room on sat. is all this hoopla glorifying a drug abuser? we going to discuss all of that. you were not a whitney houston fan. what about the coverage of her death? i mean, you look at everything that's been nonstop since she passed away last weekend, glowing tributes, obviously, the woman had a good voice, but she had a problem. >> i think that's actually got even a lot of coverage, the little coverage that i have watched has talked about the drug abuse. i mean she did die because of, you know, combining alcohol with xanax, which isn't exactly drug abuse, but it's dangerous. there are people who have

addictions, that is a serious problem, that doesn't define who they are. >> i think i disagree here. first of all we don't know how she died yet and that is part of the media interest in the story is that there is a lot of spec laying, a lot of effort to break that big story, how did whitney die. i think it's more than just a story about a woman. i mean she is -- she represents that genre of celebrity, she has a daughter who then went into the hospital. she had a famous husband. it is a soap opera, it is an irresistible story in terms of what america loves and the american media loves. jon: one of the media figures who has been making a point of mentioning the dark side to whitney houston and her death is bill o'reilly of the fox news channel, take a listen. >> this is ridiculous. whitney houston killed herself. do we all understand that? jon: yep, well, and he's taken some heat in the media for that. if you look at some of the

pictures, just, you know, since her death, you look at the photographs that have been released of whitney houston and they are all these glowing, you know, i mean whitney houston was america's sweetheart when she first burst onto the scene, and those are the kinds of pictures you see. you'll see whitney houston singing at the super bowl, whitney houston in the bodyguard. rarely do you see the kind of picture that appeared -- there it's the one on the right. that was exiting a party in beverly hills just before the grammys on thursday, not long before she died, when she -- well i don't know if it's alcohol or drugs or what, but she is not looking real good. you don't see those pictures very often. >> look, when people die i think people try to be respect actual. yeah you don't plaster all the pictures of their worst moments. you go to a funeral and even at everybody at the funeral didn't like the person they find something nice to say about them. i think there is an element of that. look, should we talk about drug abuse? absolutely.

i don't know that we know that whitney houston killed herself. the little that i've heard it sounds like an accidental death but -- i feel there has been a lot of coverage of her drug abuse. >> i think so too, and i think that is good, because you can't remind people too often that with the life, with all this glamour and celebrity and wealth comes an enormous potential price if you're in the careful, and it can happen to anyone, it's just when someone who is that talented su succumbs to drugs or alcohol we have a moment of sorrow and fear of what could happen to people we hrofplt. jon: chris christie has taken heat in flying state flags at half staff because of whitney houston's passing and in her honor. here is what he had to say. >> i believe she deserves to be honored for that cultural impact and contribution that she made

as a daughter of new jersey. some said, you do this for her, you wouldn't do it for a fallen soldier. every fallen soldier who has received that seasoner. every police officer in my administration has received that honor. jon: is he right to do that. >> i think he is. chris christie does not hide from controversy and he's very articulate and consistent about the reasons he's doing it and i think it's entirely appropriate. jon: does she deserve flags at half staff. >> not across the country, but in the state she grew up in. i'm not a huge fan of her music. she was recognized as someone who moved into a different area and transformed r & b. jon: we'll talk a little more about it tomorrow on news watch. we run it every weekend on fox news channel, 2:30 p.m. eastern time. and "happening now" will be right back. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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