>> jon: we have to, on your helmet. you will wear a helmet, though did thank you for joining us. jenna: "america live" starts right now. megyn: fox news alert on the growing showdown with iran. brand new developments this hour on the economic fallout, the political risks, and the military options. welcome to "america live" everyone, i'm megyn kelly. will is talking of panic at the pump over rising gas prices as iran uses oil exports as a weapon. that country yesterday announcing it is hoping supplies to england and france -- halts surprise to -- halting supplies to england and france. all of this, increasingly looks like it could possibly have a very big effect on the 2012 presidential race. swre recent poll numbers on that just ahead. but first, to the fallout at home, as the cost of regular gas approaches $5 a gallon in part of one city and pump

prices are ticking up every single day elsewhere. fox business network's stu varney joins us with the forecast for the days and weeks ahead. stu, you've been warning about this and boy, we've seen such a jump just in the past days and weeks in many of our major u.s. cities. >> reporter: yes, there has an sudden surge in the price of gasoline and it is happening right now. give you a couple of examples: in cincinnati, the price of regular unleaded has gone up 17 cents a gallon in the past week. in los angeles, it is up 20 cents a gallon in one week. -- one week. that wencery are paying the highest price for gasoline ever, in the month of february. and in california, the average of all stations is now 4.03 for a gallon of regular unleaded. the moral of the story, megyn, is buy it today, because it is going to get more expensive tomorrow. look the a the price of oil, $105 a barrel today. that much higher price not yet filtering down to the front so buy it today,

because tomorrow, it will be more expensive. megyn: why? why do we say it will be more expensive tomorrow? >> because the current price of oil as of right now, it's 105.15 a barrel. that's up more than $2 from the price on friday. which itself is very high price. that price of crude is not yet reflected at the pump. we're not seeing the pump price yet reflect that spike in crude. when it does, pump prices go up even more. probably by 20-25 cents a gallon in the next month, month and a half. megyn: is this all because of iran? because you know, i look at, so they cut off great britain and france from oil supplies but great britain and france have already iran told -- had already told iran they were going cut it off, it was like last week, can't fire me, i fired you first, but look at the percentage of exports from iran, how much is actually going to great britain fransd? you know how much it is stu? it's like nothing. 1 percent goes to the u.k.,

2 percent to france. that's not a big number for iran in terms of what it's lose. brad: that is true but what we're close to is a complete cutoff of all iranian oil exports, that would take well over 2 million barrels of oil a day off the world market. take off the supply by that much, demand remains constant and up goes the price. secondly, the safers are -- sabers are being rattled around the persian gulf and there's always that feeling that maybe there will be a military attack, a military incident of some sort which could restrict the supply of oil even more. so what's goingnon iran, in and around iran, that's taking oil off the market and pushing up pump prices here. there's a direct relationship between the two. megyn: in other words, we've got a situation where we either up the sanctions on iran, considerably, and we have been doing that along with our european allies or at least trying to and ma makes people nervous because we're talking about cutting off oil exports and what have you, and on the other

hand the world is worried about israel striking iran's nuclear facility and what iran would do in response to that and that too will drive up oil prices so either way, we are looking at an ongoing gliek strictly in terms of the pump price and the american consumer, it's a lose/lose situation, prices are going up rapidly, they'll go up again tomorrow. megyn: stu, thank you. we want to put this into perspective for you. every state in the u.s. averaging more than $3 for a gallon of regular gasoline right now, 23 states have already topped 3.50 a gallon. the national average is predicted to climb another 75 cents. according to oil price information service, last year alone, american families spent an estimated $4155 on gasoline. so is president obama doing enough right now to head off this gas price panic? and with all of this going on, was it the right choice to reject the keystone xl oil pipeline? both sides to debate this just a bit later right here.

as we mentioned, iran flexing its military muscle as inspectors hold talks there today, iran's revolutionary guard deploy ing war planes and missiles, saying it will reinforce protection to the nuclear sites amid fears that israel might attack. you would expect them to do that would you not with israel suggesting or the united states suggesting israel is getting ready to do it? the u.s. urging and britt britain urging them not to strike. what would be the implication to americans? in our next hour here. >> we have new details on the would-be homicide bomber who set his sights on the u.s. capitol, it's a story you saw breaking on this broadcast friday, police arresting this man after leangy fbi investigation, he was strapped with what he thought were explosives and an automatic weapon but it turns out his al-qaeda-linked associate was, in fact, an undercover

fbi agent. chief intelligent correspondent katharine herridge live from washington with more. >> reporter: thank you megyn and good after that. this wednesday the 29-year-old moroccan amine el khalifi will be in court where the government will argue he's a flight risk and should be denied bail. we learned that khalifi had been in the u.s. since 1999, when the visa expired. he is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, in this case a fake suicide vest provided to him by an al-qaeda operative. the fbi searched two neighborhoods in suburban washington, d.c., conflicting reports emerged about when the suspect first came to the taken of law enforcement. the associated press reported that cal -- khalifi was was reported to police, police reportedly told the landlord to leave him alone. documents show khalifi had suspicious behavior 12

months ago after brandishing an ak-47 weapon at a gathering to prepare for jihad. khalifi bought materials for a device and said the u.s. is at war with islam. in a statement the ranking republican on the homeland security committee said the spike in home grown cases is alarming, quote, between may 2009 and february 9th, 2012 arrests were nade connection with 36 home grown plots, by comparison, in the more than seven years from, 2001 through may 2009 there were 21 such plots. >> now you have a person living in this country 12 years, who apparently was willing to be a suicide bomber. that's a line that's been crossed. >> reporter: for context, this is the second case this year involving allege and suicide bomber in the u.s. and if convicted khalifi will get life in prison. megyn: catherine herridge, thank you very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. megyn: winter weather is

proving it's not done with us yet, a weekend storm hitting hard across the south, the system powering its way through kentucky, west virginia, north carolina, up to 9 inches of snow falling in some areas. in virginia alone, the police responding to more than 700 car accidents, and now, another storm is making its way across the country. is winter making a comeback? not here in new york city t. doesn't seem so, anyway. meteorologist maria molina, she's live in the fox weather center. we're talking about mid 50s in new york, not so for our friends elsewhere in the country, gliewfer that's right, megyn. i do want to point out we did have a new one-month temperature outlook issued by the climate prediction center pinpointing most of the country is expected to see temperatures yet again above average for the upcoming months and similar conditions are still expected three months out from now so expect that mild weather to continue across the northeast, midwest, even down into portions of texas and across the southeast. the only spot across the country really looking at

temperatures are parts of the pacific northwest down into portions of california, and that's just slightly below average. we're still going to see shots here and there of cold weather and mentioned the new system we're tracking across the center of the nation. i want to point out that other storm system that brought up to 9 inches of snow across southern portions of west virginia is now out to sea, looking at much more tranquil weather out here. however you're going to have to drive carefully because of that snow melt during the daytime hours, it refreezes as those temperatures get below freezing, so you're looking at black ice as an issue across parts of virginia and also kentucky. otherwise that storm system right now across the center of the country bringing in heavier snow across colorado, also up into nebraska and across the dakotas and we're expecting accumulations that are generally pretty light, but the big issue is the amount of wind we're seeing across the southern half of the storm system. there's a blizzard warning across colorado, and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, so 2-4 inches of snow,

not a big deal but that amount of wind, you're looking at issues with whiteout conditions as the wind picks up some of that snow. megyn: maria, thank you. the white house dumped a big report late friday on a holiday weekend that it said was good news on the economy. deep inside, however, new research on the disappearing american work force. that raises new questions about how we get to our unemployment numbers now. lou dobbs is next on that. plus, brand new details in the murder trial of former university of virginia lacrosse player george huguely, accused of killing his young girlfriend. just ahead, the powerful reflations from the letter he apparently wrote to yeardley love before her murder. you have not heard this yet. wait until you do. and we're now learning more about the deadly avalanche at a ski resort outside of seattle, washington, a group of skiers, dropping some 3000 feet. ahead, we will speak to a survival expert about what it meals like to be inside an avalanche like that one.

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>> megyn: there are growing concerns today, questions today i should say about a federally funded program that gives free condoms to young children as young as 12 years old, several counties in southern california are participating in that the condom access project allowing school kids between 12 and 19 to go online to receive an order by mail. would you want your 12-year-old doing this? supporters say the program aims to reduce teenage pregnancy and stds, opponents insist it could be

perceived as an approval of teenage sex. taking your thoughts on it on twitter at megyn kelly. the white house released a big report late friday that it says was good news on the economy. late friday on a holiday weekend. but when researchers went deep inside they found new numbers showing a disappearing american work force. a group of gop lawmakers releasing this chart, showing a sharp drop in the labor force over the last couple of years, meaning that people are not even participating anymore, and it suggests there are some 11 million americans who are out of work, but not being counted in our unemployment rate. here to help us understand all of this is leub dobbs, host of leub dobbs tonight on the fox business net -- network. lou, first of all, usually any white house, if it has true good news, especially on the economy in times like this, doesn't release a 446 page report at 4:00 p.m. on friday on a holiday weekend,

so that with reporters raises all sorts of red flags. what's in this that may not be good news. >> what is not good news, that is buried within this almost 500 page report, megyn, is the fact that the labor force pants pates -- participation rate is continuing to decline, that number now 63.7 of the labor force. megyn: 73 -- 63.7% -- >> that means less than two-thirds of the eligible people working age in this country are in the labor force, either working part-time, even though they're seeking full-time, are full-time employed. what it further means inversely of course is that one third, more than one third, of the working age population is not in the work force. this is the -- >> megyn: not trying to be in it. >> not in it, done. or at least at this point. in the count. and the fact that this is

the lowest level in almost three decades, since 1983. >> megyn: it's from 11 million americans who are apparently out of the work force now. so when we hear there's 8.3% unemployment in this country now, they are not accounted for in that. >> they're not accounted for in that, because of the withdrawal of more than a million americans from the labor force. and as that number has declined, of course, the percentage of unemployed has declined. megyn: because the 8.3%, as i understand it, reflects people who are filing for jobless benefits, they're not trying to get unemployment benefits, but if you've been on unemployment so long that you get kicked off of it or give up on finding a job and not applying for unemployment anymore you're not included in the 8.3%. >> correct and it's important to note for the first time since the depression, we have people now on average unemployed for over 40 weeks. i mean, that is now the average. >> megyn: what are these people doing instead? they still need to earn a

living and pay their mortgages, where are the 11 million getting their money from? >> from a variety of places but importantly, just last week, we watched the passage of the so-called payroll tax holiday, made it complete through the rest of this year, but not included in the reporting of that was the fact that they reduced the number of weeks for unemployment benefits from 99 weeks to 73. and those people who are now going over that 99 weeks and soon to be 73 weeks are going to disability. that adds another 10 million people. megyn: how do you do that, how do you sud beenly about him disabled and get a disailt payment? >> folks are finding that there's great stress, there are all sorts of claims. megyn: you need a doctor's notice,sention glee you need a doctor's notice and you also have to have a -- the basis for a legitimate claim. by the way, being unemployed for three years can create some real serious claims. megyn: lou, i wan to --

we've been looking at this, trying to figure out, because there seems to be so much malaise in the country when it comes to the economy. look at the president's approval ratings. they are actually getting better when it comes to his approval on the economy, i think we got a poll from the abc news "washington post", it's not great but i think it's a little higher than a couple months ago. >> it was down below 30. >> 53 percent disapprove of the unon the economy, 44 percent approve, but does that 53 percent reflect what we're talking about now, that -- >> no. megyn: that there are huge numbers of americans who are not working and they're not being even considered. >> correct. and the congressional budget office itself, nonpartisan,by partisan, however one wants to look at t. estimates that the true unemployment rate is 15 percent. others, private economist, put the number much higher, anywhere from 17 to 20 percent. as a fair measure of

unemployment in this country the compounding, the number of people who are moving to disability after the expiration of 99 weeks, we have a huge problem, and we have an administration that frankly does not have time before election day to solve it and has a great deal to explain in my judgment as to why it was not dealing with these issues much, much seen over the past three years. megyn: who pays for the disability? so if you get a doctor note and you're disabled, some people legit, some maybe not so much, who pays for that. >> principle social security it's social security disability. that means that the american working man and woman is paying for it, and the employer. and the fact of the matter is, it's going to go higher in all likelihood, rather than lower. megyn: wow, lou, thank you. >> thank you. megyn: folks, catch lou on the fox business network, every week night, it airs week night, 7:00 p.m. eastern time. there's a group of muslim college students, many from overseas,

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we're upset about 8.3. more than 20 percent there. and the suicide rate increased by 40 percent just last year. greg burke live from rome with more. greg. >> reporter: hi megyn. that's right, greece is beginning to look like a movie we've seen before and not a particularly good one. certainly, at times, it looks like an action movie, at other times, it looks like a disaster. but in any case it appears right now it's not necessarily going to end well either for europe on the global economy. you can bet people in washington are watching this closely. as we've seen over the past few months more demonstrations in greece, workers angry about the tough cuts that the government has had to agree to in order to get help. greece has a huge public sector, it's been pretty generous with pensions. nobody wants to hear that those are going to be cut back, that the paycheck is going to be smaller, or that they won't be getting any paycheck at all. now, finance ministers from across the eurozone, meeting in brussels as we speak on the table, another bailout,

$170 billion this time. this will be the second time the country gets a huge chunk of change from europe, and they're not doing it out of generosity. they're doing it once again because of the worry of what might happen globally. greece also negotiating $100 billion writedown with private creditors. so this is something really to watch. it's interesting, though, that the tone has changed. it used to be that greece can't fail, otherwise it's going to be a disaster. now they're saying well, maybe greece can fail, europe will survive but it's of course the question of what price for europe, at what price for the globe. it's pretty clear if greece does go out of the zuro zone people in peoria are probably going to feel the pinch. megyn. megyn: greg burg, thank you. everyone from the pentagon chief to the national security adviser are saying that israel cannot attack iran or should not attack iran. two of our top military contributors respectfully say quite the opposite. that the time to attack is right now.

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megyn: the white house confirming that president obama will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house march 5. this comes amid a flurry of meetings been the u.s. and israel over iran. the face-to-face meeting between the two men harkens back to a memory of the last one which was tense. mr. netanyahu meeting with president obama in may of 2011, days after president obama called on israel to return to 1960 arab borders as the start of a negotiation. we'll have a full report on the impact of all of this, the

israeli prime minister coming to meet with our president a bit later in the hour. more on one of our top stories with new concerns over soaring gas prices. some are asking whether president obama is doing enough and has done enough to fix it. the obama campaign claims he is looking to increase domestic energy production. but wasn't the keystone xl oil pipeline just killed? this will be an issue. >> friday the department of interior issues permits that will expand our exploration in the arctic. the president increased our fuel efficiency and energy efficiency standards so we use less energy which will help drive down the price. our domestic oil production is at an 8-year high and our use of foreign oil is at a 16-year low. so we are make progress. megyn: when president bush was in office he opened up most

alaska to drilling. president obama has issues the few us onshore leases. brad, it's interesting to hear robert gibbs talking about the domestic oil production being up considerably because folks on your side of the aisle say that is attributable to your former boss' policies, not to this president. what say you? >> i say it's right. president george w. bush had the vision to open up exploration on land and sea. there is a cause and effect at the time the permits are give to the time oil is flowing. so yes we have increased oil row deduction but it's not thanks to obama, it's thanks to george w. bush. in one breath he takes presented for it and then he says awayr with onshore and offshore

drilling. we'll reduce the number of permits. we'll kill the xl pipeline. and he made us more dependent on foreign oil and more dependent upon a world stake in oil prices and as a result we are paying more at the pump. megyn: what of the president's decision to kill the keystone oil pipeline. so he essentially said no to that. just before we see this huge gas price spike because of they believe events in iran and overseas. the timing not ideal. >> it's not ideal. but brad never lets the facts get in the way. the houston chronicle reported yesterday the number of permits and oil rigs is at an all time high. in the last three years they quadrupled. this is while obama is president, not when bush was president. i didn't interrupt you, brad. number two, right now this president is permitting oil

exploration and development of oil shale and natural gas production is at an all in time high. we are at the peak of production for the last 10 years right now. we are consuming less than we have ever consumed because of president obama's insistence we increase the gas mileage and every vehicle produced in this country and used in this country. this is a policy, begin the has taken three years to get over the bush economy and we are just coming out of it. it will take a while to get over the bush energy policies. brad, you want to take credit for this in the problem with that is many of the forces driving these prices up are because of libya and what's going on in iran, and what's going on beyond our borders. megyn: let him respond. >> we'll be energy dependent in 10 years. >> that's nonsense. this president is a reactionary president. he doesn't lead on energy, he

reacted to his base and his base says the pipeline is no good. let me correct you on something. 20 years ago or more we were producing 9 million barrels a day. today we produce 6 million. has our dependency gone down? no, it has increased. this concept that we are better after today than when were a few short years ago is false. this president in pandering to his base has hurt our dependency on foreign oil and that's why we are seeing spikes in oil. you can blame it on iran and the arab spring but in the end it's our own fault. we have the resources necessary, the problem is we don't have a president with the vision and determination to make his rhetoric match. megyn: the keystone oil pipeline is something americans can understand if they have been following and know that's

something the president said no to. in terms of what's happening at the pump right now r. we are seeing record gas prices. prices have never been this high not of february. they ask themselves why. if they see what's happening with iran. then they seat rejection of an oil pipeline thee were told would reduce our dependence and foreign oil. do you think that will come back to haunt the president politically? >> he hasn't said no to key stone, he said no to the route that's been pick. they are look at an alternative route. the reason he said no to the route that was picked because it would go through an area where a water table and drains into the mississippi. if it were to break, the highest for acidic oil product that has ever been produced would dispoil

the water table. why don't people understand you don't run the risk of ruining what is our biggest export, agriculture, and what we can't eat, you can't live, you can't drink, you can't live. why can't we run it a few hundred mile to the the west which is what is being proposed now. megyn: i want to ask you about president obama's take on oil and energy and we put together just a sampling of his position on this. i want to get your reaction. >> for decades washington has failed the american people on energy. and that has led directly to the current crisis. george bush's approach was to let the oil companies write his energy policy. we cannot afford for more years of an energy policy dictated by the oil companies.

[applause] >> what washington has done is what washington always does, it's false promises, irresponsible policy and cheap gimmicks that might get politicians through the next election but won't lead america through the next generation of renewable energy and now we are paying the price. megyn: that was then nor obama when he was running for office suggesting washington is full of false promises and gimmicks, brad. >> it's the boogieman principle. now there is no more bush to blame. now this guy has a record and it's under this presidency we have seen gas go up 125%. it's under this presidency he killed the keystone pipeline. and by the way, this is as much about jobs as it is energy independence. without have created 20,000 jobs. 100,000 jobs over the lifetime

of the pipeline. and by the way, when need jobs here in america and the president talks about shovel-ready jobs. there was never a more shovel-read i job than the keystone pipeline. who is to blame? it's barack obama. megyn: will the cat poop next to the water bowl if it knows there is a barrier between the poop and water? >> there is no barrier between the poop and the water. megyn: i'll leave it at that lovely thought. gentlemen, thank you so much. isn't that like the third time that brad has gotten me to say something along those lines. lovely thought. move on. a ski trip turns deadly when an avalanche sweeps away expert skiers. veteran across stress judi dench

revealing a shocking new health scare. what she is dealing with that's raising questions about the future of her career. iran holding military drills as we get reports of a possible attack from israel. all of this is casting a shadow over the 2012 presidential race. what happens if israel attacks. what happens if it does not? we'll talk about the political and other implications.  as you can see, i'm in a tricky situation here.

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megyn: sheer terror for a dozen expert skiers in washington state after an avalanche send them plunging 3,000 feet. three skiers died, one survived

thanks to an emergency airbag. >> at one point after the avalanche they are all buried in snow. necessity managed to disthemselves out of the snow. at that point they realized three of them are in distress. they begin cpr. at the same point they are calling 911 to try to get help to them. megyn: joining me by phone is survival expert ross mcfadden. you are an expert on this type of thing and you know why the fourth of those four skiers survived. what was it? >> that would be -- hi, i'm glad to be on -- the air because what saved her life is what i would say. it created enough space in the snow to enable her to breathe. if i * this is file video of the airbag we are talking about. it looks like a giant pillow you

put around your neckn on an airplane. >> it creates enough space for you to be able to breathe. imagine, it would be like pack your chest full of snow with enough weight to make it so you cannot breathe, plus having all the snow in your face which becomes very compact. people don't realize when the snow is moving it creates friction and the edges of the snow begin to melt. when it comes to a stop, the snow will actually begin to freeze back in place. it's almost like concrete. it's hard and difficult to move in and compressing your chest making it impossible to breathe. megyn: we have video of another incident where they were digging the guy out. an got crushed. you could see this friend going in a panic.

the guy couldn't move. his head was buried by the snow. just the way you are talking about. if you don't have the airbag is there any way of surviving this without a team ready and standing there to dig you out? >> unfortunately the answer is no unless you are just lucky enough to get a little bit of snow on you, not too much snow. other than that your chances are slim. megyn: they say this avalanche was triggered by one of the skiers who died. they say it was 30 feet wide and three feet deep. one of the skiers managed to grab ahold of a tree and avoid being taken by the avalanche. what is the feeling when it's too late for you, you have caught tonight and you are tumbling down the mountain. >> i can't speak to the feeling on that, i'm sure it would be

sheer panic because you are getting tumbled around and tossed around like a rag doll. three foot of snow or even more on top of you and instantly causes you to not be able to breathe. if you let all the air out of your body and imagine you cannot breathe in because your chest is compressed and it won't allow your hungs to expand. besides the fact that the snow is in your face and you are in ice. megyn: this is file footage, we don't have video of the incident that happened sunday when these three men were killed. but what they were doing is skiing off the main trail, and there was a warning. we saw the officials say we rated the avalanche danger as high. they knew this was kree curious. they were off trails and they assumed the risk. they did assume the risk here.

>> yes, they did. you are exactly right. when you go off the resort where they are taking care of those problems for you. then you are basically taking your own life in your hand. so everything that you can do to prepare yourself is what i would definitely do and i was telling one of the focus was talking to earlier about the 7 keys that i learned in the military, and i'm sure a lot of folks know what that is. basically proper preparation, prevent piss-poor performance. if you are not properly prepared to do something like that you will have malfunctions. you are taking your life into your own hands. megyn: it's good to remember. these were expert skiers. thank you. the nypd drawing heat for the way it has reportedly been keeping tabs on muslim college

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megyn: there is a growing controversy over reports on the extent to which the nypd has been monitoring muslim college students not just in new york city but for hundreds of miles around. jamie colby live in our newsroom. >> reporter: monitorring students belong to muslim student organizations to schools that did extend beyond new york city limits. the groups are claiming the nypd violated privacy rights.

but the goal was to learn more about what these muslim groups including yale, columbia, university of pennsylvania and city college of new york were doing beyond praying and socializing, including the use of undercover agents, recording the names of student pleased to be suspect, but who fell short of committing immediate wrongdoing. anwar al-awlaki was president of a student organization. the nypd deemed it prudent to get a better handle on what was occurring at msa. plus tim student organizations were tracked by investigators by some of the members including its syracuse. the student were not accused of any wrongdoing at that time.

the a.p. is reporting they were work with the fbi. and the scope of the monitoring which has the members of these groups crying foul. but the police commissioner, ray kelly and mayor michael bloomberg insists only legitimate leads were followed. some of the colleges speak out about this surveillance. the nypd saying they were only doing what they needed to to investigate organizations they suspected of going on what might have been legal. megyn: america's defense secretary says an attack on iran should be a last resort. an historic day for the u.s. space program as the country celebrates 50 years since john glenn's maiden voyage around the

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megyn: reports that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu agreeing to meet with the president at the white house in two weeks. march 5. and you can be sure israel's plans for dealing with iran will top the agenda. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america live." as the showdown over tehran's nuclear ambitions grows, so does the president's political worries. there are concerns about the political fallout if israel should attack iran. what happens if iran gets a nuclear weapon. remember in 2008 the hillary clinton ad on the 3:00 a.m. phone call in the white house

suggesting a global crisis? >> it many 3:00 a.m. and your children are safe and sea sleep. but there is a phone in the white house and it's ringing. something is happening in the world. your vote will decide who answers that call. whether it's someone who knows the military and world leaders, someone tested. it's 3:00 a.m. and your children are safe asleep. who do you want answer that phone. megyn: that phone could start ringing any time now. chris, that hillary clinton ad got so much attention about the 3:00 a.m. phone call it's no joke. the financial times had an article suggesting some white house officials have referred to 2012 as the year of iran. it was suppose to be dominated by the economy. it may be the year obama takes the 3:00 a.m. phone call. this is not on a national security issue but it's a

political issue for him as well. >> it's huge. and there is opportunity, politically speaking if the president can show himself in charge. he can show himself astride the world stage. or he faces risks if he's not take the adequate steps to confront iran, it opens the door for republicans who haven't had much to say on foreign policy to come after him. megyn: the more we listen the more it seems israel is getting ready to do this. we have had former israeli ambassador dan gillerman on the program every day. he suggests they are ready to do this and they don't care if the white house signs off on it or not. if this happens, what position are we in in terms of helping or not helping when it comes to obama's political pewture?

if we help, there is a huge anti-war contingent, but the jewish vote is critical. >> juice i shall -- jewish vote and jewish donors. no accident that it's out today as the administration is trying to demonstrate they heard the concerns. remember, for jewish-american voters and friends of israel in the united states, there is concern the united states is trying to constrain israel from dealing with what many of its leader see as a threat from iran. remember that right now the president is lagging his 2008 campaign contribution pace. they want to pick up the pace among donors. if there are jewish-american voters concerned about that it

may keep them from giving. megyn: the democrats had a 52-point advantage among view i shall voters. 2012, it shah runs to 3 points. they happen to be a large voting block in critical swing states. >> you may recall florida is consequential in presidential elections. so, too, is pennsylvania. in those states it's not a large number of jewish american voters. that could be significant as the president tries to get reelected. if jewish voters there stay home or vote republican in a close election it could be a make or break proposition. megyn: i'm sure the president is first and foremost concerned about our national security. but you can't ignore this angle.

we show you had iran is flexing its muscles as nuclear inspectors hold key talks. can we believe they are key. it revolutionary guard is deploying missiles and war planes while most insist an israeli attack on iran would be a big miss tang. two of our top contributors say israel may want to attack and now. that's just a few minutes away on why. another fox news alert. this time on a new push for a cease-fire in syria. by the way, this plays into what we are seeing in iran and israel. the latest move in syria's move on pro-democracy protesters which killed 4,500 people since

the uprising began. dominic is streaming live from beruit today. dominic? >> reporter: we are waiting to see whether the al-assad regime is going to give an ultimatum to the i of homs which has been the focal points of much of the government shelling. activists are saying they have seen three columns heading towards a central point. not indicating how many numbers of tanks or troops are going. they believe they are preparing for a final offensive that will be a mass slaughter.

we bleach that now the 18th straight day of shelling, the opposition is taking a pounding. but they say they are going to stay until the very last. up in the north, people can't get basic supplies. up in the north there are not many syrian troops. so you gate popular groundswell. it means parts of the country could be totally locked and that could be fatal to the regime in the long run. megyn: nasa marking a major milestone. it was 50 years ago today astronaut john glenn made an historic flight becoming the first american to orbit the earth. the tremendous achievement setting the stage for a long list of accomplishments by nasa,

including lunar landings, the space shuttle program and the international space station. phil keating live from the kennedy space center today. >> a whole lot of nostalgia and a great deal of pride. many tourists coming down to the rocks and garden, always popular here. looking at the old rockets that preceded the space shuttle getting man into space. that ended in '62 with this tall silver one, and final not just getting into space, but nasa was able to put john glenn into orbit, putting the united states in the space race for good. >> 4-3-2-1-0. >> we are underway. >> reporter: anybody who was alive in 1962 was undoubtedly in

front of a television or listening to that live launch on a radio. it's one of those moment every american can remember where they were and what when were doing. it was the height of the cold war. massive competition between the soviet union and the united states. over the weekend the surviving members of the famed mercury team including john glenn and the only other surviving astronauts, scott carpenter along the atlantic coast just east of what is now the modern kennedy space center, they know that place is a ghost town now. just a bunch of weeds and empty silos and launch pads. it was a dangerous launch for glennn. that rocket had been unproven but he accepted the risk. >> i was angst to go.

once the flight was canceled because of weather while i was in the transfer van. but i was up twice before within and so it was almost hard to believe when i went to the final 18-second count and realized i was going to go on this day 50 years ago, it was a great feeling. >> reporter: with how routine space travel eventually became, and not of the space shuttles not even garnering ratings on the television screens, it's hard to remember back in the early 60s, scientists didn't know what the human toll would be from going into orbit. they thought his eyes might bulge out his sockets and he might have trouble seeing. all of that proved to not be the case. absolute triumph for the u.s. and history. megyn: it's incredible, they watched a test spacecraft go off long before and it blew up before his very eyes. not very encouraging.

but thankfully his mission was incredibly successful. phil keating, thank you. the u.s. trying to avoid a military confrontation with iran and trying to avoid one between iran and israel as well. but some questions if that is the best course of action. in three minutes we'll here from two well known military analysts who believe a military strike may be necessary and the better course. and new details about a deadly prison riot in mexico that turned out to be a coverup for a much deeper plot. plus, rick santorum accused of questioning president obama's faith. but senator santorum says he was questioning the president's values on something very different. not his religious faith. we'll play you the sound bite and let you decide. >> it am not but. it's not about your quality of life. it's not about your jobs. it's about some phoney ideal.

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megyn: the president's national security advisor is in tel aviv. he's meeting with israelis in the middle of reports that the likelihood of an israeli attack on iran has moved from a possibility to a probability if israel decides to launch a strike on iran. israeli pilots would have to fly 1,000 miles over unfriendly air space, refuel in mid-air -- but one of my next guests says so what. he says if israel plans to attack iran, the time is now.

air force general tom mcirney. and lieutenant bill cowan. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here. general mcinerney, you say the political situation in the middle east is at its best for an israeli attack. explain that. >> syria this chaos. egypt is as well. you have other countries in the middle east that strongly support israelis doing this. i'll mention saudi arabia, but there are others. hamas is in great trouble and hezbollah is supporting the syrians bashar al-asaad up in syria. so hezbollah with its 50,000 missiles is disjointed. so it's an ideal political time for them to do it, particularly

with the political situation in the united states. megyn: there is more and more talk suggesting that is their plan. question on the minds of americans now is what will we do, will we get actively involved in will we quietly help? bill cowan, how should we be viewing our potential role in an attack by israel on iran? >> first and foremost there is no question whether we play any part or not we'll be blamed for it. so let's step up to the table and make sure our allies in israel don't suffer some disastrous defeat when they do this. there are things we can do that don't require us to engage the iranians directly. refueling, helping get clearance for overflight, helping with the rescue and recovery of down pilots whose aircraft d g down id warfare, intelligence

we can provide a whole range ofnge can do tha don't show an active visible presence. megyn: general m iny you, too, believe iran will retaliate against the united states if israel strikes iran but you think they will do it priew proxies and not directly. >> they do not want the united states to be involved. if they close the straits of hormuz the united states has to become involved to keep the shipping lanes open. so their attacks against u.s. forces will come through proxies. and they will try to have no fingerprints back to iran. we should put out a warning right now, any of those that do it covertly. any attacks against u.s. forces we'll assume it's iran. i strongly endorse what colonel cowan said, the kind of support we should be giving them, but i don't believer we are doing that

right now. megyn: would we be repaired, say israel attacks iran, iran starts retaliating against u.s. targets abroad. either directly or through proxies. do you think there is the political will in this country and at the administration level to go after iran over something that is not a clear and direct attack by iran on america? >> i don't think this administration has the political will. i think there are those in the pentagon who don't have the political will to do what needs to be done. in addition to what strike we may see over the region, i think we should expect to see things happening inside this country. hezbollah operatives are in this country waiting to be called upon. law enforcement would do the things they had to do to stop attacks, i just don't believe this administration is willing

to stand up and put out what we need to do in order to retaliate against things done against us. i don't think general mcinerney or anybody in the military wants to go to war. but by the same token are we willing to stand up and be slapped around once more about it iranians as we have so many times in the past. megyn: we all know ahmadinejad appears to be a lunatic. but is he so crazy he would let off a nuclear bomb on israel if he gets the nuke or that he would go after the united states in any way that would essentially force or at least invite an american retaliation against iran? is he that nuts? >> he's not nuts. it's the ideology that he believes in. he firmly believes that the madi will come out of a well, the madi being the save the year.

when 2/3 of the world's population is skilled through natural disaster and warfare. if he gets the weapon he will use them on israel. he says weekly he's going to wipe israel off the face of the earth. we must assume he believes what he is saying. that the ideology that this narrow shia sect has of the madi coming out of that well and they believe that it many just like the nazis and communists. that's an evil ideology. for that reason i believe they will attack israel and i believe prime minister netanyahu believes that as well. megyn: gentlemen, thank you for our insights as always. there are new questions about our healthcare system as we get reports that cardiologists are leaving private practice in droves.

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megyn: mexican police searching for inmates they say staged a deadly prison riot facilitate their escape. families of the victims demanding answers. prison guard have been fired and the escaped inmates are believed to be members of the zeta drug cartel. many cardiologists fearing the

hassles of running a business under the new healthcare law guidelines are trading private practice in for the security and ease of working for a hospital. what does that mean for you and your health? >> reporter: it's a weakened economy with rising costs that has driven a number of cardiologists to pack up their stethoscopes and leave their private practices behind and operate as hospital employees it's a trend that continues to grow. cardiologists are feeling the brunt of a healthcare system they say is in cardiac arrest. >> so much of our time was being devoted to worrying about paying the bills and worrying about running our small business rather than worrying about our patients. >> reporter: according to the american college of corresponded allergy, nearly half of all cardiology private practices in the u.s. have made cuts to their budget or have shut their doors

all together, choosing to work for a hospital. >> we don't want to be driven to do more procedures to make more money. that clearly a negative. we want to be incentivized to care for the patient. >> reporter: the acc claims more and more uninsured americans and an aging population has made private practice unsustainable. but these changes will need to be closely monitored. >> there is concern that when a physician is employed by a non-physician entity, they are no longer the unfettered advocate of the patient. they are working for a boss. >> reporter: experts we have spoken with say this trend is not going away anytime soon and the hospital of the future will be the place to go to not just when you are sick, but also when you are well. megyn: this is not necessarily

related to the healthcare law, this is something that has been happening for a while. i told the story before. it was 10 years ago. i had two doctor's appointments on one day. the dermatologist had the most beautiful office in new york. the thing with the spa. i go to the cardiologist's office it's one guy who didn't even have a secretary in a rundown office and i thought what is wrong with this picture. you know where the money is in medicine and it's not necessarily in the right office. did you catch "saturday night live" rsh this weekend? mr. bill o'reilly made a guest appearance. we have the lowdown for you. plus -- the president's reelection team is outraged about what rick santorum said this weekend recording mr. obama. but was he making a valid point?

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megyn: fox news alert the "wall street journal" reports it looks like european leaders are close to a big bailout for greece. but doubts remain about the economic viability of that plan. new protests the last 24 hours in athens as the public learns about new cutbacks in the face of an unemployment rate that is pushing 20%. one quarter of all greek businesses have shut their doors since 2009. rick santorum taking some heat today about comments about president obama and his energy policy. they seemed to question the president's values and faith. listen here. >> he's shutting down opportunities for to us drill for oil.

why? because it can lead to lower energy prices. that's the dangerousness of this technology. it doesn't fit his pattern. trying to drive crown consumption. trying to drive up your cost of transportation to accomplish his political science goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. this is what the president suggests. it's not about you. it's not but. it's not about your quality of life. it's not about your jobs. it's about some phoney ideal, some phoney theology -- not a theology based on a bible. a different theology. >> i think it's time in our politics in which we get rid of this mindset that if we disagree we have to disqualify each other, not just on political position. but we question character and

faith. >> you think he was questioning his faith. >> i can't help but think those remarks are well over the line. megyn: santorum is clarify his remarks but was there any need for that. joining me is david webb and dan gerstein. he has come out and said i'm not questioning his faith or his believe in christianity. i'm talking about his world view and the way he approaches problems in the country and i think they are different than how most people see things in america. but you saw gibbs and the white house team jump on this as an effort by santorum to be devisive and question the president's faith and it's something that can get a lot of people upset when you question a man's faith even if you don't like his politics. is that what santorum was doing? >> i don't know what's in his heart, neither does gibbs and neither does the white house. in context he uses a broader application of theology. i read it and listened to it and

he's talking about a belief system. what he doesn't do well is -- the christian alliance in ohio where he's play together crowd which is what christians do and that's dumb. you have got to focus on the obama administration's job record, on its economy record. focus on those things and stop play together crowd. that would be a better strategy. megyn: do you agree the con next this was made. it's about energy policy. >> i think it's debatable. i think there is a charitable explanation if you give rick santorum the benefit of the cut and listen to his explanation it might be the case. however, most americans won't heart apology. shell just heart attack line which is he has a phoney theology. if you listen to that it's a personal attack. megyn: why did he go there? >> he says it's not from the

bible. >> even it wasn't meant in a purely religious context it's questioning the president's motivations. this is a electoral loser for the republican party. they attack the president personally if they go after he's un-american or muslim, it will alienate independent voters. the problem with the republican party is there is a massive tension. their pace want it to be personal. so rick santorum is giving voice to what many of his base -- but that makes him unelectable. megyn: don't they normally do that through surrogates? >> exactly. later on when you get a vice presidential candidate, that's the job of a v.p. candidate. the number one thing republicans should do is go after obama on his record. 5 million people have left the

workforce. the obama administration is trying to tell you you are not unemployed. >> he seemed to be saying this is like a theology for president obama. that it is -- it's over man instead of man over earth. then he went on after those remarks and tried to clarify them before the big clarification. he added to that and said, you may want to call eight theology, you may want to call it secular values. it's a different set of moacial values they are imposing on people who have a constitutional trite have their own values through the church. he's saying the obama theology is big government and i'll tell you thousand feel and live. >> and he will lose the election. it opens the door to a broad debate about social and moral values. rick santorum who i worked with, he's a man of conviction. but his views are extreme in modern day america. they are out of step with modern

america. look what his surrogate said about contraception. that's a guy funding his super pac. we'll go with the reverand who got president obama in trouble? a lot of republicans base their opposition to obama based on what his pastor said. megyn: he sad in the church for 20 years. >> if he said something unrelated to what santorum said you could write it off. santorum's problem is he has strong views about contra accepting that will alienate many catholic women. megyn: barack obama did put his theological beliefs at issue. talking about to whom much is give up much is expected and he put it on the table. does that make it fair game for someone like rick santorum to

wants to say let's talk about your theology. >> in reality and politics everything is fair game paint's applied in the reporting and what is used when it comes to the media or opposition. the obama 2012 campaign loves this. santorum is helping write their ads. i don't care what audience you are playing to, think of how it could be used if you want to go further in your campaign. that's smart campaigning. santorum unfortunately, and romney has done it -- megyn: i like firing people, romney. and obama says if i don't get this done in three years i'm a one-term president. >> romney has been careful on his attacks on the president to talk about his performance, not his personal stuff. he's a good man but he's in over his head. that's an effective attack line that will speak to people who

are concerned that the country is on the wrong track. as soon as you swerve into questioning his motivations and attacking his face, all you are doing is arousing sympathy. that's why rick santorum will not be the nominee of the republican party. meg very brand-new details in the murder trial of former university of virginia lacrosse player george huguely. the powerful revelations from the letter he wrote to yeardley love bev allegedly murdered her. we'll tell you why the prosecutor broke down in closing arguments. that's next in today's "kelly's court."

megyn: "kelly's court" is back in session. on the doblg the today, new details revealed in the murder of a university of virginia lacrosse player including a letter the defendant wrote to his victim yeardley love right

before she was murder. he wrote, choice ruining my life. i'm scared to know that i can get that drunk to the point write cannot control how i act and went on to say he was scared that i can hurt you. joining me now, joey jackson. also kimberly guilfoyle. so the case is done. the jury has got it. they will have to decide this man's fate. the defense essentially admitted in closing argument that he contributed to her death. an allout acquittal would be shocking since they basically said what you should give us is involuntarily manslaughter. the prosecution wants murder one by premeditation or by felony murder. explain how that comes down to whether a computer that he stole from her room is worth $200 or less. >> that wait turn on.

do they feel the value of the computer has proved to be that it's $250 or higher. that would make it a felony. you do not need premeditation or deliberation or intent to kill. you just have to commit an act, during the commission of a felony. i.e. a burglary or robbery when he took her computer, specifically from the place. there is some issues as to what was his reasons to take it. one of the suggestions is to keep her from talking to those carolina guys. he was jealous about her communications with her communications with boys from other schools. megyn: even though the prosecution may have the rights on felony murder. but the juries like the felony murder conviction in do they want to send someone to jail for

the rest of his life because he stole something worth $250 and a girl died in the process? >> the jury has to decide whether it's a crime of malice or crime of passion. megyn: you are saying a murder one or two other much less manslaughter. >> i think a reasonable view of the evidence is he went to confront her. there was a hole in the door. he was upset. he was enamored with her and he was upset with her having relationships with other people. did he intend to kill her or was he so in love with her his actions got the better of him. megyn: when you talk about murder two, you have to talk about malice. >> second degree. where you don't have an intent to kill. but the law will infer there is

a reckless disregard for human life. that it doesn't mean you have to go there and plant out. through your conduct -- here is the situation. he's not going to get off on the first. he's not going to get off on the second. the best thing he can hope for is some kind of jury nullification where they don't want to let it walk. but maybe they find this is a young man who had a serious problem where he said, "i should have killed you." he said i'm scared that i can hurt you. he knew he had a problem and he did nothing about it. love and alcohol and jealousy is not a license to kill under the law. the jury will not excuse him. when i have compelling medical testimony and experts that tell you about the extent and nature of the injuries, the viciousness with which her head was smashed, that shows blunt force trauma why she was killed. not that she suffocated.

megyn: the prosecutor talked about how this guy is 6 foot and 200 pound. she had contusions all over her body. he showed pictures of her swollen face and points to the bruise on the buttocks. was that a kick? you may look at his pick diewrs, good-looking -- look at his pictures, a good looking guy never in trouble before. but it's tough to look at her pictures and say this guy need to go to jail for one year. >> when someone has bruises all over that body, what is that suggestive of? it' suggestive of the loss of control and passion and outrage. if you can show that to the jury perhaps they come back with a voluntary manslaughter conviction which is 10 year as opposed to life in jail. is it a crime of jealousy in if that the case all can be true

about her bruises. megyn: doesn't jealousy normally play in when you are talking about immediacy. >> you walk in, she is in bed with another buy. that will mitigate it down. it many not mutual combat. it's 25 areas of injury. that would result in the death of a young woman and it did. >> that could have happened as the result of a confrontation. that combined with the alcohol -- megyn: they were broken up. he texted two other women that night looking to connect. the jury has the case now. coming up. bill o'reilly like you have never seen him. going from the no opinion zone to the "saturday night live" set. [ female announcer ] feeling that flu all over your body? immerse yourself in all over relief

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>> reporter: red tape and bureaucracy is supposed to insure our safety. a year prior to to those storms hitting, dekalb county had been trying to get storm shelters in. but it couldn't because of bureaucracy, red tape, not having the right permits. last week they had to shelf the bidding process again when they ran afoul of government bureaucracy and red tape. now they have to go back to the drawing board and start all over again and will not be able to get the storm shelters in in time for the spring tornado season. >> the best thing i can say is it's frustrating. it's difficult to look citizens in the face and say we don't have your storm shelters for the storm season because of red tape

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