>> gregg: fox news alert from afghanistan, two high ranking american officers killed inside a government building. the attack sparking na to pull out the staff from government ministries. this as the country is erupting into another day of deadly violence. welcome to a brand-new hour. glad you with us, i'll gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. tensions running high following the unintentional burning of the quran. they say the hole but books were burned after they found secret messages inside of them. an apology from president obama doing little to stop the

violence. >> gregg: con ser streaming live from afghanistan with the very latest. >> reporter: this crisis has been building all weekly. it has not leveled off. they are taking a tragic turn. two discuss were killed today. they were working at headquarters here in kabul. they are trying to locate the gunman and find out why he shot these two u.s. soldiers but they think it's linked to anger over the burning of qurans earlier in the week. u.s. military is staying tight-lipped for details but what we hear, this was a member of the afghan police force that was working with u.s. troops in kabul sand very angry about the burning of the quran. this type of violence is unheard of in kabul. we have other cases where

soldiers have been attacked by afghan soldiers and police officers, two other u.s. troops were killed earlier in the week. this violence has been building and building. more than 30 afghans have been killed in protests across the country. there is a lot of anger among the afghan population among the security forces and frustrated with u.s. and international forces. this anger does not appear to be going away. there were hopes this entire crisis would begin to fade away. this latest incident in top commander john allen has pulled out advise frers the ministry. it doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon. >> gregg: thanks very much, conner. >> heather: another fox news alert. final hideout of terrorist leader being reduced to rubble.

the demolition of osama bin laden's compound. they are using the backhoes to tear down the three-story building where he was killed by navy seals. outer walls came down and the compound itself. demolition team working at night under heavy security with police keeping curious neighbors away. pakistani intelligence cleaning why the government tore the compound down. >> and trying to evacuate civilians out of the city of homs. 19 people have been killed in the country since this morning. yesterday, red cross managed to evacuate 30 people. syrians preparing to vote on a new constitution tomorrow but critics are calling it a, quote, superficial attempt at reform. >> heather: u.s. navy is boosting the defenses in the persian gulf, reportedly

equipping itself with a new round of weapons to stop any attempts by iran to close the strait of hormuz. they have threatened to close it down which is a checkpoint for one fifth of the world's oil. peter doocy has more from washington. >> reporter: u.s. navy is adding guns to the destroyers and ships to counter any iranian fast boats or cruise missiles that might be used to close the strait of hormuz. also $100 million in the defense funds. the news coming about two weeks after the pentagon asked for $85 million more dollars for bunker buster bomb upgrades and one day after the international atomic energy agency says it has serious impersonates iran's nuclear program.

they say that the agency continues to have serious concerns regarding most military dimensions to iran's nuclear program. uranium needs to be enriched at a 90% level. 20% is all that iran as produced so far. but the report notes that since november, iran's 20% production has tripled and that is the level once reached makes it easy to enrich above that. all this is going on, director of national intelligence said last month, that iran hasn't on decided to build a nuclear weapon yet. >> we don't believe they have actually made the decision to go ahead with a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: state department spokesman says they are concerned about iran's lack of willingness to engage with the international community about its nuclear program. >> heather: peter doocy reporting from washington. >> gregg: a major damage control for the white house over the

soaring price of gasoline. president obama insisting in his weekly address that there is no easy solution to the rising cost of energy adding the white house is not to blianl, but critics say the president may be overlooking some key alternatives. doug is live in washington with more on that. >> reporter: the rising price of gasoline is proving to be a threat to economic recovery but also fodder for political battles. take a look at this chart which shows the price rise. the president has said that his administration is following all above approach and long term answer is not just drill baby, drill. >> now, some politicians always see this as a political opportunity. since it's an election year, they are dusting off same three point plan for $2 gas. step one, according to them is drill. step two is dri.

step three, is to keep drilling. we hear the same thing every year. >> reporter: president saying under his administration the domestic world production has increased but republicans and many oil industry executives that he leaves out important context. >> that production is a direct result of leases issued before this administration and as a result of the development on private and state lands. today on federal lands the area where the president has control, production in the gulf of mexico is down 30%. lease sales rocky mountains is down 70%. >> if you factor in oil shale, u.s. has more oil and gas reserves than iran, libya, kuwait combined. >> gregg: thanks very much. let's talk about new jersey for a moment. gas prices are usually lower. drivers are still angry about

paying more at the pump. prices jumping 3 cents a gallon overnight averaging 3.56 for drivers. one year ago they were paying 3.13, folks are mad. >> i think it's disgusting. in this economy, people just to get to work and what they have to pay to get to work. i know my husband is contractor and what he pays for fuel and my car. i just think it's a slap in the face. >> right now, very upset about it. they don't care about the working family. >> i don't care about democrat or republican. this is what we have to deal with. >> heather: race for michigan and arizona heating up ahead of tuesday's primary.

they are focusing on president obama during events in home state of michigan, where new polls show that he is closing the gap with rick santorum, gingrich and ron paul looking ahead to each other states, each trailing by double-digits. steve brown is on the campaign trail for us in troy, michigan. >> reporter: of the two contests michigan is far more competitive even earlier this month when mitt romney was leading by double-digit it's in the polls here, in the state of michigan but that changed with the emergence of rick santorum nationally. mitt romney largely has been on the offensive over the course of the last week. he has been going after his primary opponent rick santorum, most recently about santorum's gaffe in his most recent debate. >> this that last debate we

heard something about business as usual in washington. when the senator mentioned sometimes you have to take one for the team, what he was describing was the circumstances where he disagreed with something on principle but he had to vote for it because that was taking one for the team. we can't do that anymore. we can't continue to take one for the team. my team is the people of the united states of america. >> reporter: on the other side of this, rick santorum has been em bold chbdz by the closeness of this particular race. they have been outspent as by romney but they are generally in this and if they can defeat romney in his home state, would it hurt him and boost their chances. today, americans for prosperity, santorum talked about the primary contest is more about consequences. >> this election must be about

clear choices. we don't need a victory. every time we run a moderate we've lost. >> reporter: now, rick santorum's campaign they are getting outspent in tv ad dollars, every time they have come up against a difficult state, santorum is helping to reverse the trend being outspent by a factor of three to one in television ads. back to you. >> heather: steve brown reporting live. we'll see if it's all about the money. >> gregg: brand-new poll showing president obama holding a favorable rating higher than any of the republican candidates. take a look at this. the president rating at 50%. santorum is behind and gingrich

trailing the others at 26%. bob cusack joining us. obviously the president is better known so that any account for it. he also has an extremely high unfavorability rating, almost 50%. aside from all of that, it can't be good for republicans to see all their candidates with such low favorability rating? >> these are bad numbers for republicans. sparbl for romney because he has been taking it from the rivals as well as criticism from the democratic national committee which continues to think he is going to win. 255 days before the november election, romney has to end this pretty soon if he is going to have a decent shot against president obama. >> gregg: newt gingrich pointed out his numbers, they is are very troubling to his team. his negatives are above 60%

which is really very high. his favorability rating a scant 26%. is that in the end, electorally debilitating? >> certainly republicans in washington think he is unelectable. he says, gingrich says i've been attacked by the romney machine. you've got to respond to those attacks. at times he's done well. when you have republicans strongly criticizing, people that served with gingrich that is going to have an effect and republicans say he can't win over the independents and that is why his poll numbers have plumeted in recent weeks. >> gregg: there are two theories normally about a nasty protracted primary battle. one, that it makes the eventual nominee stronger because she exposing his weaknesses in advance and elevating his campaign skills. the other is that all of the relentless bashing as you pointed out from fellow republicans not to mention the

dnc is really damaging and makes it easier for the president. is that what you advise? >> you look back in 2008 and hillary and obama went at it for so long. winds were blowing in the democratic way. the republican national committee is now thinking about changing its rules because to change the rules after last election to make it more proportional as opposed to winner take all leading to this long election. they are rethinking this. this is not helping republicans. president obama does not have a primary challenge. this is good for democrats, as long as it keeps going, democrats are smiling. >> gregg: there were a lot of romney backers that wanted to change winner take all. they may regret that now. look, at a time when americans clearly most about jobs and improving the dismal economy, rick santorum is waging what

columnist described as the political dead-end of culture war. i'll quote. santorum's rigid and insistent injection of religion into the debate has put him on the defensive and extended the republican circular firing squad that the debates have become. do you think that is fair point that santorum at times as others have argued sounds like he is running for moralist in chief? >> i have been surprised santorum hasn't shifted a bit. the strength of santorum he is genuine and believes what he says. social issues are very important to him. in recent speeches he hasn't stressed the economy. so therefore he has been on the defensive. he has electability. romney says i can beat president obama but when santorum talks about these issues, more independents i believe are thinking, i don't know if i can

vote for him and more republicans are thinking, that has helped romney and certainly in the last debate, romney did well. santorum had the spotlight burr did not shine. >> gregg: gallup poll did find that romney is the only republican that beats obama within four points. "new york times" poll that came out found that voters overwhelmingly view romney has best to defeat the president. in the end, is that the kind of consideration electability, that can sway voters in a primary? >> i think we saw that in 2008. conservatives weren't in love with john mccain but ultimately picked him because he had the best shot. you think back to the race, in the fall before the financial i believe explosion, john mccain and sara palin were even with

obama and biden. i think it's a big issue and that is santorum's challenge over the next couple of weeks. >> gregg: bob, always good to see you. thanks very much. >> must see interview tomorrow on fox news sunday, is chris wallace and exclusive interview with mitt romney. check out times in your local area. fox news is number one source for election coverage. tune into tuesday foreprimaries all day special prime time coverage. >> heather: during election season, voting day and some are questioning that special status. we'll tell you what day of the week is getting a closer look as an alternative. >> gregg: plus tornadoes ripping through the southeast this saturday causing misery and destruction. we'll show you one of the hardest hit areas, next. ok! who gets occasional constipation,

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severe weather pounding parts of the southeast. people in western south carolina recovering after a pair of tornadoes touched down yesterday. no one died in the storm but

several homes were destroyed including one belonging to a woman who had just passed away. her family heartbroken. >> it was the last thing we had that we could come to and be a part of. where she lived and this is where she died. it's very hard to see it's gone like she is. >> elizabeth is live with details. >> reporter: good to see you. severe thunderstorms and tornadoes ripping through the southeast leading to flash flooding and in north carolina, nine and 12-year-old girl were hit by lightning. both saved but some have seen some parts 25 degrees cooler. with that shift of trp came a is very violent storm system.

people reported seeing quarter sized hail and very heaven rainfall. downed power lines and more than 2,000 customers without power in the state of north carolina. meanwhile, in south carolina, forecasters confirmed two tornadoes touched down yesterday. two tornadoes in lexington county. winds were clocked at 130 miles an hour. and that had eight and a half mile path. there were damage to number of homes and businesses. unfortunately they are cleaning up and it looks like people cleaning up in georgia. in rome, georgia, still cleaning from up a tornado that touched down on wednesday night. in that particular storm caused about three and a half mile stretch with reported damage and winds up to 95 miles an hour. a woman died of heart attack after the storm system passed through. red cross says that area has been hit by five tornadoes in less than a year.

here is what one resident said about the reoccurrence. >> i think any time those winds, people feel apprehensive. especially with all our beautiful, wonderful trees, you never know what is going to hit. >> reporter: and that storm system, national weather service they didn't see the storm because it was about thousand feet. so residents really had no warning when the storm hit on wednesday night. >> heather: thank you, elizabeth pran from atlanta. >> gregg: situation on the ground growing more chaotic by the day because of anger over the burning of qurans now two more americans have been killed. murdered in the violence. how do we get this under control? was the president's apology, president obama's apology the right thing to do?

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>> heather: having elections on tuesday is a political tradition going way back. but some people would say they are too busy during the workweek to vote. so they don't vote. government report says there is a possibility of boosting turnout by holding locks saturday. casey stegall is live in los angeles with more on this possibility. >> reporter: you said they go way back. 1845 that is when congress decided to have federal elections on a tuesday. why? because of the farmers. it took them one full day to travel to the county seat by horse and buggy. a full day to vote and full day to get back. they had to do this without interfering with market or

worship days so it was tuesday. so a democratic congressman from new york plans on introducing the weekend voting act, oppressing they be moved from tuesdays to saturdays and sundays when most are off work. >> hopefully by making voting more convenient, we'll have less apathetic voters that have faith in our system. i don't think it's going to be silver bullet that makes it 80% twoud but it will be go away better than 50%. >> the government accountability office does a study moving the election to a weekend would not necessarily increase voter turnout. it found that changing date would be costly, would make it difficult to find workers to staff polling places and some of the sites like churches would no longer be available.

>> that is not trivial. if you increase participation, don't change the system. figure out how to bring more people into the system. >> reporter: critics say moving the election point to other failed attempts like absentee ballots and getting people when they sign up for their driver's license, the so-called motor voter program. >> heather: you have to get people to care and think that their vote makes a difference. >> reporter: we talked to some voters out here in california who said that people are going to vote whether it's on a thursday, whether its tuesday or whether it's a saturday. it's trying to increase people that aren't so much interested in the process. getting them interested so they turn out to the polls. >> heather: casey, thanks very much. >> gregg: situation on the ground in afghanistan now going from bad to worse.

two more americans murdered this weekend as the violence there continues to build. crisis now raging for five straight days. how do we get this under control? joining me is rick vernell. rick, good to see you. as i understand it, you said it's a mistake for president obama to apologize for the burning of the qurans, why? >> when osama bin laden was killed, we were told that we needed to follow the regulations and rules of islam. i think that is exactly what the military was trying to do with the qurans, they were clearly desecrated. i think that the u.s. military were trying to follow the islamic rules what to do with a desecrated holy book. i'm not sure that commander in chief should be holding our u.s. military saying they done

something wrong or made a mistake when their motives were pure. they were trying to follow and honor islam. united states jumps in and says we're sorry. >> gregg: i think he is trying to assuage angry afghans he hopes will protect american troops so that more will not be killed, more military advisors won't be killed. to diffuse the volatile situation. isn't that a pragmatic justification for what he is doing? >> i think that the president needs to realize if he is trying to calm down a situation that the people that need to be calmed are the ones that are committing murder. the ones who are out on the streets over the burning of a book. i think there is some misinformation here. maybe the afghans don't understand we weren't trying to insult islam. we were trying to honor islam by

following the rules and regulations when the book has been desecrated. if the president or state department with a little bit more active in trying to articulate the u.s. policy rather than apologize for american actions that are pure, i think we would be in a better situation. >> gregg: republican candidates who are obviously politically motivated are criticizing the president staying it's one more step in the apology tour. repairing u.s. relations with the skluamg world has been one of president obama's foreign policy priorities. i took a look at some of the latest polling data most of the country does approve of the president's handling of foreign affairs. are americans wrong? >> i think americans usually get it right but i would question what you mean by approve. i would have to look at the data

how they responded that way. let's make it clear. there is one difference between popularity and progress. i think this president is clearly popular in some quarters. she clearly popular up at the. in but i think you have to ask the question, why is he popular. we're not making progress on these issues and we certainly haven't been able to convince russians or the turks and follow us on priority issues. >> gregg: it may be driven by the accomplished the mission of killing osama bin laden. let's talk about iran. nuclear inspectors are saying that tehran is ramping up it's nuclear fuel output so it's closer to weapons grade. yet, all of the presidents top advisors and cabinet, i'm talking about petraeus, clapper,

pinetta and dempsey, they all say there is no evidence that iran has decided to build a bomb. do you think they are mistaken? >> i do think they are mistaken. if you go back and look at intelligence estimates, they are just that. they are estimates. in the early 90s we underestimated the intelligence. in 2000-2003 we overestimated what iraq was developing. so i think it's important to remember sometimes the intelligence community gets it right and sometimes they get it wrong. they got it wrong when they came to pakistan. when you talk about some of the sites in iran where they were developing weapons and having uranium that was already at 20% weapons grade. i think they give estimates that

the political leaders need to rely on these as estimates. it's a dangerous game to start saying these are absolutes. >> gregg: would an israeli preemptive attack on iran's nuclear sites draw the united states into yet another new middle east war. i noted that our own general griffin land and sea preparations are being undertaken in event of a conflict with iran? >> it's clearly going to be a tense situation. nobody should color coat that. it's very difficult to watch iran going for a nuclear weapon and literally a lot of people sitting on the sidelines and saying they are not trying to get a weapon. that is dangerous game. i think we're going to have to build, united states is going to have to build the case why it's important that iran not get a weapon. the u.n. has said very clearly that iran should not be

enriching uranium, that is an absolute. we know that iran is enriching uranium. the iaea report says they have a lot of centrifuges, a lot more than they should have. so i feel like we need to look at the evidence and make an estimate. >> gregg: doesn't seem to add up to a lot of people. grik grenell, good to see you. >> knew fears the nation may reach the debt limit sooner they we thought. it could spell trouble for the president's reelection team. i wouldn't do that. get married? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. nice ring. knock it off. ignore him. with the capital one venture card you earn... double miles on every purchase. [ sharon ] 3d is so real larry. i'm right here larry. if you're not earning double miles...

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the region and there are new questions about president obama's apology to afghan leaders. was it the right move. let's bring in our power panel to talk about it. andrea tantaros is a daily news columnist. sally is fox news contributor and jehmu greene the former president of the media center. thank you for coming in. >> so, in light of the violent protests have been going on. there have been two additional high ranking military officers killed today. they haven't been directly linked to the burning of qurarn and the white house saying that the obama administration did get a statement from afghan president hamid karzai this morning saying this -- encouraging peaceful expressions quoted, in his call for dialogue and calm. so my question would be -- does he owe president obama an apology as he apologized to him?

>> he should have apologized for the death of two americans. it was not deliberate. the policy of the u.s. president is serious thing. president obama has never taken it that way. remember he apologized in france for being, americans being derisive to french. living in france myself i don't know why we would be apologizing to the french. he apologized to latin america and he went on an apology tour. it's not surprising but it's wrong. >> heather: and not the first president to be apologize but is it his tone of the apology that people have a problem with? >> i'm going to disagree with andrea, on having a litany of apologies. he didn't actually apologize.

i think it was right thing to do. i think president is likely to call for koum couple but he doesn't have authority over the afghans in the streets. the president is commander in chief. u.s. forces take disrespectful actions, we have a tenuous relationship in this country. i think it's appropriate but its simple pragmatic move. you want to stop the violence. up there four americans killed, 30 afghanis killed and. >> an apology from the president -- but they murdered americans. >> we all grew up being told and taught when you make a mistake, you apologize. it was a mistake. it wasn't intentional. this is leadership at its finest. if this apology saves one

american life, than it was worth it. if we had afghans burning the american flag and afghans burning the american flag, the outrage from my colleagues here at fox would be so loud. we have to take into account this is the role of the president. when you make a mistake as a country --. >> heather: here is something else. which rick grenell brought this up. he said, this brought up a good point. we are now discovering that the qurans had been desecrated and there were writings and things and such in them. the officers involved were following the rules and regulations of islam and honoring islam. >> sort of desecrated quran,

this is just a book. i don't think any personal faith whether the bible or quran would appreciate their book being denigrated as just a book. look, i don't know. my experience with apologies doesn't to go head of state, it goes to relationships which is similar to jehmu's point. as a nation we can only control but we can't control the afghans but just because they aren't responding appropriately doesn't mean that. >> you apologize when something is really, really wrong. this was unintentional, from heather's point. they were following procedures. i think the u.s. military has been extremely and gone out of their way to be extremely respectful to the muslim world, when we caught osama bin laden. it's not been good in quelling

violence. you see there has been insurgency recently because of the quran burning. it really doesn't get us anywhere but they continue to murder and kill americans. >> there is a false negative that president is engaged in apology tour. you can line up president bush made, secretary of state condoleeza rice said. you can take things out of context but you want to mention that. >> but it's different. >> it has to be taken into context regardless of which president. >> heather: we're not done yet. the empire state building lit up blue for the giants, powers that be they will not do the same with the cardinal. our power panel will talk about that up next.

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>> heather: growing outrage over the empire stated building to honor the new cardinal timothy dolan. it's known for light tributes that has commemorated from national holidays to gay pride.

even the 60th anniversary of the communist takeover in china. now some are wondering were cardinal dolan was overlooked. our power panel joins us. it was green there in the video. st. patrick also. >> look, this is a privately owned building. sure, many people would agree that it would be nice to honor him, but when the building owner says i'm not going to do it. that is right down the line with what so many people, we hear everyday on fox news about the rights of private business owners. that is the american way. he says no, there is nothing we can do. it's not a government decision. if we to say, you have to do this, that would be ridiculous unamerican. >> and.

>> i think see the private business can do whatever they want. i'm consistent with my position on that. it doesn't look good. the building has honored teenage mutant ninja turtles. but dolan is an ambassador for new york city. it would be right thing to do because he is show high ranking in the church. >> in terms of consistency having honored john paul the second and all this brouhaha started taking place to ask to honor mother teresa and then he refused. he does have a right to do, having owned the building. don't you think the land mark itself kind of belongs to the people in a way? shouldn't some leeway and we should have something to say to it? >> we should nationalize the empire state building?

if somebody wants to give me a giant building, i will totally light it for the cardinal. this is funny conversation. we have the opportunity make the building red or black with a top i don't know. there is an issue when do we force private business owners to do things. in the case of the public interest, providing certain health care benefits, making sure the workers earn a living wage, but in case of turning the lights, purple or green or otherwise. >> and there are other things that are more important. >> i am hearing that andrea and jehmu agree on this? >> i think it's more discrimination against christianity. >> listen. this guy has an issue. if he is not going to put the lights for mother theresa.

it's not a controversial character you think they are talking about war on religion and blah, blah but this is not. >> it but religious liberty and religious freedom. this is what this individual is practicing. >> heather: so next week, monday green and blue for corporate day and day later, same colors for eating disorder awareness week. green blends in with your tie. >> gregg: turn it red, we're proud of cardinal dolan, what a great guy regardless of faith. everybody should be very proud. every new yorker that is correct is my two cents. anyway, pain at pump turning into an issue. republican candidates blaming president obama for the soaring gas prices, the white house firing right back. the latest on this political tug of war. oh dear...

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burning of the muslim holy book at a u.s. base. >> gregg: hundreds of protesters raging against the united states today. some calling for the death of those who actually burned the koran. connor powell is streaming live from kabul, afghanistan. >> reporter: this crisis over the burning of korans by u.s. troops is in the 5th day and it is only getting worse, here in afghanistan. today, general john allen, the commander in afghanistan took an unprecedented step and removed all u.s. and western advisors that have been working with the afghan ministries in kabul, removed them from the ministries out of fear for their safety. there is a huge concern about what will happen next, after two u.s. soldiers were shot and killed here, while working in the ministry of interior, a relatively safe place, here in afghanistan. it is a place that has a lot of security, and, there is a lot of shock these two u.s. soldiers were shot and killed while working in the ministry of the

interior the u.s. military says they are trying to figure out who the gunmen responsible for the shooting is, he's apparently still on the run and there is not a clear reason why he shot them but they, according to the u.s. military believe it is in connection, anger out of the burning of the korans by u.s. troops and we have seen mass protests all week in afghanistan. more than 30 afghans have been killed and four u.s. soldiers are directly related -- have been killed, directly related to the burning of the koran controversy. i is getting bad here, every day, there is very little trust between the afghan security forces and the u.s. military, particularly, after this incident, and just to give you a sense of where it might go, the entire strategy in afghanistan, rests on building up the afghan security forces, training those afghan security forces, you take out advisors, you take out trainers, and, that mission is at a stand still and this is a crucial moment, for the entire mission, here in afghanistan. there is no word when general

allen will allow the advisors to go back into the ministries. right now there is a lot of anger on the part of afghans and frustration on the part of the u.s. military and we don't know where it is going, gregg. >> gregg: connor powell, streaming live from kabul. thanks very much. >> heather: the situation started on sunday when korans and other religious texts were sent to a u.s. base garbage burn pit. two days later, afghan workers at the base say they notice the korans and tried to salvage them. among the first to stage protest s and they say the turning was meant to offend them. on wednesday, nato officials told fox news the books were removed from a library because detainees had written in them and passed extremist messages to detainees and defacing holy text

is blasphemous and, the violence reached a new level when two american service members were murdered by an afghan soldier and the same day, president obama also sent a personal apology to afghanistan's president about the koran burning. and, that bring us to today. and the death of two u.s. advisors, in kabul. >> gregg: pakistan demolishing a compound where u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s killed usama bin laden last year, believed that the terror leader lived there for several years, before his death. no official word, yet on why pakistan is destroying the compound now. or when it plans to finish it. the compound became a symbol of embarrassment for pakistan after it was criticized for failing to locate bin laden within its own borders. >> heather: prices at the gas pump continuing to outrage drivers. today, the national average is $3.67 a gallon. that is according to aaa and,

that is up nearly 3 cents from just yesterday. meanwhile, president obama and the g.o.p. both tackling gas prices in what is sure to be a fiery campaign issue. in the race for the white house. doug mcelway is live for us from washington with more. hi, doug. >> reporter: good evening, to you, heather. what makes the gasoline price rise unusual is that it is occurring much earlier in the season than the typical spike we see from the transition to summer gasoline blends. look at the chart. it shows the steady rise of prices over the last few weeks, the national average price rose 12 cents, in the last week alone, much higher than the national average of a year ago, which was $3.23, at this point of the year. the administration has repeatedly said that the energy approach is based upon and all of the above strategy. alternative and clean energy, conservation, higher fuel standards and more drilling. >> president barack obama: that is why under my administration america is producing more oil

today than at any time in the lasting 8 years and 2010 our dependence on foreign oil was under 50% for the first time in more than a decade. >> reporter: the president reminded us many times there are no quick fixes and that is why he advocates a long-term energy policy with an emphasis on new alternative technologies. republicans counter there is more oil and natural gas in the u.s. than in the middle east. but, no political will in the white house to drill it. and republicans believe the president is disingenuous saying oil production is up, under his administration. >> president obama's policy has resulted in an unprecedented slow down in new exploration and production of oil and gas. offshore drilling permits are being issued at less than half of the rate of the previous administration. >> reporter: the american petroleum institute says that 3 western states have more oil in the form of shale, than exists in all of saudi arabia.

heather? >> heather: thank you very much, doug mcelway live for us from washington, and, could gas prices actually go over $5 a gallon? our political panel will weigh in on this hot-button issue, just ahead. >> gregg: on the campaign trail, g.o.p. presidential front-runners mitt romney and rick santorum zeroing in on tuesday's primary in michigan. taking a talking-tough at appearances across the great lakes state. meanwhile, newt gingrich, ron paul, way behind in the polls, are focusing further ahead. steve brown is live from troy, michigan, and, steve, let's begin with gingrich and paul. where are they? >> reporter: ron palm will be wrapping up an event in oklahoma today, and will start doing campaigning here. he spent a good chunk of this week in washington state, one of the super tuesday contests, not next tuesday, but a week from next tuesday.

spending a great deal of time there, newt gingrich on the other hand, also spent some time in washington state, this week. today, spending his time at a gathering of the california g.o.p., san francisco bay area and is also expected to move on from there, and head for home for five days worth of campaigning, in the state of georgia. either part or all of the day in the final week, leading up to super tuesday. so, it does appear his focus shift ahead to the super tuesday calendar. back to you. >> gregg: steve, you know, michigan, obviously the home of the auto industry, in america, but, something of a daytona 500 primary happening tomorrow, right? >> reporter: there is and it is interesting. if you want to get in front of a more republican crowd than folks that are nascar fans i don't know where you will go. mitt romney is going to begin his campaign day, down at the daytona 500 and will go there and watch at least part of the race before coming back and wrapping up the campaigning in

michigan, in advance of tuesday's primary. however, i'm pretty sure that he will not be rooting for car number 26. it will be starting in the 42nd spot and is sponsored by rick santorum. he has an entry, starting in the 4 2nd spot in the race and, something of a breaking news story, that is happening in arizona, also the primary coming up on tuesday, governor brewer down there confirmed to fox news that she will be announcing who she's endorsing in the present presidential contest, that will be tomorrow and pledges to go to work for that candidate and she has plenty of supporters, and also suggesting mitt romney has that wrapped up but if it is somebody other than mitt romney it could be a game-changer, maybe down in arizona. greg? >> gregg: if the car comes in last place it might be... for boding. we'll wait and see. >> reporter: a risky venture. >> gregg: it is, sticking your neck out on that one. thanks very much. >> reporter: you are. >> gregg: last time around, mitt

romney beat republican nominee john mccain in the state of michigan, getting 39% of the vote, in 2008, to john mccain's 30%, mike huckabee, 3rd and ron paul 4th and the front-runners swapped places in arizona, john mccain, 47% of the vote to mitt romney's 35% and, paul again finishing third. and remember we'll have the complete coverage of the arizona and michigan primaries beginning 6:00 p.m. eastern time on tuesday and, plus next saturday, the huckabee forum-3, the candidates will talk about the crucial issue of jobs ahead of super tuesday's vote. that is next saturday, at 8:00 p.m., eastern time, on fox news, gotta check it out. >> heather: a mid to change election day from tuesday to saturday, gaining some strength, supporters say that weekday voting is hurting turnout as people choose not to vote rather than take time off from work.

maybe. casey steegel live from our los angeles bureau. what is the argument for moving federal elections to a weekend? >> reporter: well, heather, this is fascinating. the organization, called "why tuesday.org" and a new york congressman are pushing this, because they are pointing to an 1845 law, when congress decided to have federal elections on tuesday, to accommodate the farmers. because they had to get in their horse and buggies and it took them a day just to travel to the county seat to cast their ballot and couldn't interfere with days of worship, and, since the u.s. consistently has one of though lowest voter turnouts of any democracy in the world, the thought is that if elections were moved to weekends, more people would get out and exercise their right. especially, now, when most americans have more on their plates than ever before. >> you don't have to be a

democrat or a republican to work two jobs, to have long hours in school, or to have one of the many other conflicts that so many people often cite for not being able to make it to a polling place. >> reporter: the democratic congressman, steve israel of new york will plan on interdutirodi the weekend voting act, moving all general elections from a tuesday not just to saturday but a two-day voting period of saturday and sunday. heather? >> heather: a new report out shows weekend voting may not necessarily boost turnout, after all, right? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. the gao, government accountability office did a study and it is a lengthy study, right here, many, many pages, and, basically found that instead of helping, it actually might be more problematic when it comes to boosting voter turnout. they say that there would be security issues, with the ballots and equipment, if voting was held over a two-day period and many precincts would have to find new voting sites since a

lot of polling places at churches. critics also say efforts have already been made to boost voter turnout like allowing people to vote by mail but that also has not helped. listen: >> barriers to participation really have been lifted by most states in the country. and that is i think just a matter now of communicating that to voters. you can vote without going to the polling place. >> people who will not vote will not vote, period. it doesn't matter if polls are open saturday or sunday. >> reporter: the gao says it would be more costly to have them on weekends. they have to pay county employees to work on saturdays and sundays. heather? >> heather: thank you very much. casey steegel, live for us, from l.a. thank you. >> gregg: western and arab nations meeting in tunisia today, to talk about ways to end the escalating violence in syria. human rights observers say at least 77 people were killed in syria today alone.

including 19 in the besieged city of homes. >> assad can still make the choice to end the violence and spare his country from descentidescent ing further into ruin but if he continues to reject that choice, we and the syrian people will keep pressure on him. until his deadly regime cracks and collapses because it will. i'm absolutely confident of that. >> gregg: dominic de natali is streaming live from lebanon. >> reporter: after the meeting of the 60 countries an international organizations in tu uneasy yeah, the tunisia, the opposition is disappointed that there is no new strategy to end the

violence. they showed support for them but they wanted to see action in the ground and that is short in coming, there will be humanitarian aid but the saudis are saying, well, military action probably would have been an excellent idea but that can't happen without an international endorsement. we've had the likes of russia and china getting in the way and that was a problem you heard hillary clinton a moment ago, she burst out in a huge expression of frustration at the russians and chinese, really searing comment. that is what she said, gregg, listen: >> it is quite distressing to see two permanent members of the security council using their veto when people are being murdered, women, children, brave young men, houses are being destroyed, it is just despicable and i ask, whose side are they on? >> reporter: well, russia appears to be on assad's side. they continue to arm him and still weapons to him.

will they stop and bring an end to violence? there will be pressure on both russia to try and stop that and, the city of homs, the international community of the red cross said they got between 20 and 30 injured women and children yesterday and try to do more today, in negotiation with the syrian government, in terms of doing that and the focus now, however, is tomorrow, waiting on a referendum on changing the constitution, so it becomes a multi-party system and efforts of democracy, as it were but by inviting large crowds onto the streets to vote, you see what happens when many people gather in large numbers, the fear amongst the assad government is, could it shoot them in the foot and could they see greater protests against the regime? we'll see tomorrow. >> gregg: dominic, thanks, among those killed in the horrific vice in syria, american war correspondent marie colvin, who died wednesday while covering the deadly siege in the syrian city of homs.

"the sunday times" reporting she was killed during a devastating bombardment by the syrian military. tonight, war stories with oliver north will pay tribute to marie colvin and other correspondents who put their lives on the line to cover war zones, that program airing tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern, only, on the fox news channel. >> heather: extreme weather striking western south carolina, this video from aiken county there. showing the damage from a tornado that touched down yesterday. listen to this woman describing her loss. >> the last thing we had of our sister. we could come to and be a part of. this is where she lived and died. it is very hard to see that it is... it is gone like she is. it is gone. >> heather: the woman she is speaking of died previous to the tornado. no deaths reported as a result of these tornadoes. but, let's go to meteorologist

maria molina live in the fox extreme weather center with the latest. >> unfortunately we are seeing severe weather as early as february, even saw tornadoes during the month of january and that is pretty much due to the mild winter that we have been experiencing, and we're starting to see the severe weather a little earlier than typical. though it is not totally unheard of. tornadoes during the month of february and one across parts of south carolina, it was confirmed to be an ef 2 with winds up to 130 miles per hour, what it is estimated at and the storm system pulled from the east leaving behind strong winds and we have a number of wind advisories across the northeast and the mid-atlantic and we can see winds gusting to 50, 60 miles per hour, and fortunately, the wind will begin to die down as we head into tonight and by sunday will be a more tranquil day, quiet across the center of the country and lake-effect snow on the back side of the storm system and you get the air going

over the relatively warmer lakes, and that forms lake-effect snow bands and you can see them moving far off towards the east across parts of upstate new york and even central pennsylvania and the reason why they are so far stretching this time around is because of how strong the winds are and, they stretch out, snow bands and additional snowfall accumulations, not a lot and it will die down to an and we expect 2-3 inches in the persistent lake-effect snow bands and the gulf coast, moisture, we have to watch the area of showers and thunderstorms. they could be impacting the daytona 500 heading into tomorrow afternoon and the northwest continuing to be pummeled by moisture, an additional foot of snow across the cascades. heather? >> heather: thank you very much, maria molina reporting live for us. >> gregg: we could use extreme weather here in the northeast. we need snow and like white stuff out there. >> heather: you were having fun

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>> heather: gas prices climbing steadily. towards $4 a gallon. how high could they really go? a rasmussen survey finding 55% of americans think it is likely prices could reach $5 soon and with the economy at the forefront of the presidential debate, what exactly does it mean for politics and your pocket? a former spokesperson for jeb bush and publisher of safetyreview.com and president of new heights communications and a former spokesperson for vermont governor howard dean, both join us today with their in sight. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> heather: we are talking about an average of $3.67 a gallon now. doug mcelway said it was up 3 cents a gallon from yesterday, 12 cents within the last week, so, you know, what are these

prices going to do, in terms of the effect on president obama, and also, the g.o.p. contenders, in the race for president. justin, i'll start with you? >> it is a big problem for president obama and we saw in his weekly address to the american people this week, he talked about it. but what he did have in the plan, did do, was to try to turn it into saying republicans should be embarrassed because they are making a political issue out of this and i find that really remarkable. that he did that and put that into his remarks this week because, during his 2008 campaign he used the issue of gas prices to help him get elected in some of his tv ads and i found it hypocritical of the president to say that but i understand it. because if you look at the actions he did this year, blocking the skeystone xl pipeline and the solyndra scanning where he gave a loan to a company run by a lot of people who gave to his presidential campaign in 2008, i'd try to

distract the american people as well, as he's doing now. >> heather: it is a political issue and important to the american people, one study says 7 in 10 americans find the issue deeply important. what is your take on how it will affect the president and the g.o.p. contenders? >> let's put it in perspective. the economy is improving and president obama's poll numbers are on the rise and republicans seem to be a party en search of an issue and is not surprising they've latched onto high gas prices as it seems to be the only arrow left in the quiver, the problem is the republican solution to lowering gas prices will keep us even more hooked on big oil and, to put things into perspective, gas prices now are actually lower than when george bush left office. >> heather: when george bush left office there was a time when it reached $4 a gallon, we are headed in that direction but also, some say, actually on cavuto's show, he had someone speaking to this. the way the media deals with the rising gas prices is drastically

different than how they deal with president obama and how they dealt with george bush, right, justin? >> well, yes. i think so that is true. but, i'm glad the media is focusing on it and should be focused on it because people who are paying $3.50 or $4 a gallon, or maybe $5 a gallon has a drag on the economy. and is worth asking our leader of the u.s., president obama, what he's done about it and doing about it and he has not said one thing he's doing to bring down gas prices in our country, immediately. that will be a drag on the economy and hurts jobs and we deserve to know. >> heather: for every one cent increase in the price of gasoline it costs the economy $1.4 billion. this is not a nonissue or a republican issue. >> well, i would like to talk about what the republican solution to the problem has been and it amounted to drill, baby, drill and the problem is that, oil production is not the issue. oil production is actually higher than it has been in

years, and, big oil is still charging people whatever they'd like and yet, in congress, we are still giving big oil comes billions of dollars in corporate subsidies, at taxpayer expense and that is something republicans would like to continue to protect, corporate subsidies and democrats would like to end. so i think most americans would agree that giving more money and more power to big oil is not the way to end these problems. >> heather: but oil production at record highs, christie, do in fact to a lot of policies put in place before president obama took office but yet he's taking credit. justin? >> well, yes. i'm not surprised that he is taking credit for it but, we have enormous resources in our country, enormous energy resources in our country. president obama needs to do more to help americans and american companies tap more of our natural resources we have in our country to get energy so we're less dependent.

i'd like to see the president do more and i think he should revisit the decision on the keystone xl pipeline to get oil from our friendly neighbor to the north, canada. >> heather: and add a lot of jobs with it. if we were to say yes to that? >> studies by big oil companies said it will create jobs and that is not independent studies have shown. >> heather: thank you both, so much. we appreciate it. justin an christie, thanks for your in sight, as always. >> thanks for having me. >> gregg: we'll have morass mousse -- rasmussen polls, and, mitt romney and rick santorum both campaigning aggressively. that is the question. >> heather: it is interesting or linteresting, jeremy lin breaking records, not on the court but the media. we'll explain, straight ahead. what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever. because with get-it-done savings on everything we need...

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>> gregg: it is bottom of the hour, time for top of the news, two american military advisors killed in afghanistan. this is violence -- violent anti-american protests continue. the so-called accidental burning of korans at a u.s. military base. >> heather: the federal government suing the state of alabama claiming it sent military and absentee ballots too late for the march 13 primary and this isn't the first time, alabama was sued back in 2008 or failing to file reports on overseas voting. >> gregg: and good years is recalling wrangler silent armor tires and spreads could separate and strike a vehicle causing damage for a flat tire. in case you haven't heard, linsanity is sweeping new york city and the nation, the national media is along for the ride, to be sure.

jeremy lin is get sowiting so m attention, "sports illustrated" making him the first new york based athlete to appear two covers in a row, mickey mantle didn't even pull that off. joining us, fox news contributor. is all of the media attention merited or overwrought. >> it is merited. this is the greatest story ever. i mean, one runs out of adjectives to describe it. a classical story about what appears to be a wonderful young man. it has all the elements of a good story. a harvard graduate. he is a religious christian. he embodies all the typical asian values, family values and strict intellectual participation, very good in school. he also has -- the whole pattern of being ignored by the draft, by a couple of teams he played with. it seems all the way along the

way, they couldn't figure out that he was that good. because in today's "new york times," there's a story about all of his ex-coaches, waxing about how they knew, and saw something in him, boy, you bet. monday morning quarterbacking there. if i may mix my metaphors. everything was wonderful and on track until thursday night and that is when the knicks met up with the miami heat and it was a wild night. >> gregg: they are so good. it is hard for a point guard to penetrate those guys. >> i don't hold it against him, that's right. let me give you an idea of what "the new york times" said. they were measuring their words. harvey ericksson, sports writer said, in our desire to do justice to a story, we invariably overdo, if lin lit up the heat as he did the lakers and the mavericks, there might have been a groundswell of support for him to declare himself a candidate for the

republican presidential nomination. >> gregg: a great line, i saw that. >> a great line and i love and respect sports writers, they of skills not many have. the pressure of numerous deadlines, crushing deadlines, day-to-day and have to have wonderful memories, to absorb and since they were children, all of the minutiae of the history and current events of sports and where things might go and are obviously good add math. their numbers seem to be something that is part of them, so, in all journalism, i think they may even get the top congratulations for what they do and certainly pulled out the wheels from this thing and gone mad over jeremy lin and the other thing about this young man, he's appealing and, he's a... self-effacing. >> gregg: he's humble. >> and it's not a fake humility.

one can see it. and, so, as they went on to say later, the only thing, a thursday night game, showed us was that he's good but not great yet and, that this is a progression and that he probably will be great. this is me talking about, but it will take a progression: he has absolutely devoted himself to changing his body, to rigorous workouts, murderous schedule, while carrying full credits at harvard. he doesn't look the same that he did when he was there, his freshman year you can see from the pictures, he willed himself into being a basketball player and, there is no way of overhyping this story. it is just tremendous, don't you agree. >> gregg: that was a great piece in "the new york times," i read every, single word of it. people should look at it. >> evolution of jeremy lin. >> gregg: he's a great story of

determination, and perseverance. just an inspiration to anybody at any age, i'm inspired and i'm way older and, you know what? you and i agree on this one, for sure and thanks for your commentary, liz trotta. >> heather: ben and jerry's also inspired, paying tribute to jeremy lin with the new taste the lin-sanity ice cream. frozen yogurt, swirled with honey and a waffle cookie. get this... >> gregg: for dunking! >> heather: yes. but it is only available in cambridge, massachusetts where jeremy lin graduated from harvard. >> gregg: yeah, but he didn't say harvard like "harvard." he's so -- liz is right. he's humble and self-effacing, a wonderful, refreshing moment in sports, everybody is a brag gert. >> heather: a good guy, a christian, him and tim tebow.

>> gregg: how about that and eli manning, talking about guys who are incredibly humble. >> heather: you are inspired, will you try out for the nba. >> gregg: my basketball days are over but in the day, i was okay. a judge dismissing the murder against dave watson, who was accused of killing his wife in a diving trip, did the judge make the right decision, our own judge, jeanine pirro, gives her verdict. next. >> the way everything happened, he knows what was wolfed and the intent was and he doesn't need to have a jury tell him what happened. but i have this new smartphone. and now i can see everything more clearly. ♪ i can organize the analysis.

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>> gregg: a man accused of drowning his wife during their honeymoon in australia, back in

2003, now a free man, an al became judge tossing out the case -- alabama judge tossing out the case, before reaching the jury, citing in sufficient evidence. look, a picture showing his body spot shadowed on the ocean floor saying her drowning death was a terrible accident and the prosecution claimed it was premeditated. did the judge make the right decision in not even letting it go to the jury, tossing out the case after the prosecution rested? judge jeanine pirro chomping at the bit, the host of justice with judge jeannine, here on the fox news channel. get it right or wrong? >> it is hard to say but i can tell you, it is very unusual for a judge, at the end of the prosecution's case, to throw the case out. because, now, it is double jeopardy, and you cannot try this guy again, there is no appeal from this. he's been acquitted, period, end of the story. his defense team didn't even have to put on a case.

but what i don't understand is, judge, if you review these grand jury minutes, why did you let it go to trial in the first place? the judge basically... >> gregg: because you always let the prosecution have their chance. >> not true. i dismissed cases when there was not sufficient evidence in the grand jury but what he could have done, could have let the jury make the decision as to what happened, but there were controversial issues and, here they are. number one, the judge would not let the victim's sister testify about what the accused murderer told her after the crime. that is highly unusual. number 2, the judge would not let the father talk about the fact that his daughter, the bride went to him before the honeymoon and said my husband wants me to increase my life insurance, five-fold and should i and the father said no, but tell him you did. that was right. >> gregg: really? >> hearsay. absolutely -- >> gregg: double hearsay.

>> she said she talked to her father and her father said what she said to incriminate the other guy. clearly he was right but there was an argument, what the defendant did was take this victim away from the group they were in for a reason that his watch was not working, dive watch was not working and the manufacturing company would have contradicted that and the argument the prosecution made was he was trying to get the victim away from the group and here's the clincher. he said i wasn't a rescue diver and the truth is he was certified in four areas, open water, advanced rescue, and he said i never brought anyone up from the bottom of the ocean and his team buddy said he was basically a liar, he said we practiced bringing unconscious people up from the ocean floor. >> gregg: in the louise woodward nanny trial the judge led it go to the jury which convicted her of murder charges and then the judge said, you know what? i disagree and set aside the verdict and reduced to it

manslaughter, set her free and back to great britain. that might have been a more palatable judicial decision, do don't you think. >> it would have been more palatable. the jurors said they wanted to render a verdict. >> gregg: let it go to the jury. >> because there was an argument but he was clashing with the prosecution from the beginning and it appeared there was something going on in the courtroom, but, at the end of the day, you accept the jury's verdict and... >> gregg: wasn't it a stretch? the events happened in australia, and you have all kinds of witness problems and communication problems and a lot of statements arguably incriminating, gathered by someone other than american authorities. >> but -- >> gregg: and you have double jeopardy. he pled guilty over there to a lesser charge. and now you are trying him all over again on the same charges. >> he pled to manslaughter in australia. which rendered -- he didn't render aid to her and therefore she died and that is different from his intentionally killing

her for pecuniary gain and it was an argument. i agree. double jeopardy... >> gregg: i think he still had an appellate argument. >> the judge inclined to go with him, could have dismissed the indictment on that grounds and it is better to have a jury. >> gregg: you are probably right because you are a judge and i'm not. judge jeannine, catch her tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern time, here on the fox news channel. war stories, by the way, tomorrow, at 9:00 p.m judge jeannine, is tonight. check it out. heather. >> heather: check it out. mitt romney and rick santorum clashing in michigan. battling for a win in tuesday's primary. what does the latest poll say? scott rasmussen is up next and he'll weigh in. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ]

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>> gregg: welcome back, three days before the michigan primary looks like mitt romney's aggressive campaigning in his home state could be paying off, the real clear politics polling average puts him ahead of rick santorum two-and-a-half points, mitt romney 35, santorum, 33. >> heather: and new polls showing mitt romney at 40%, moving ahead of rick santorum by 6 points. a big reversal from when santorum was leading this past

monday. let's bring in scott rasmussen of rasmussen reports to comment. why do you think the reversal? >> heather, there was a debate in between those two polls and when you look at the pre- and post--debate numbers the first thing that jumps out is before the debate, rick santorum had a 35-point lead among key party voters over mitt romney. after the debate, that was down to 11 points. i think some of his comments about taking one for the team may have hurt a little bit. also, before the debate, 65% of michigan primary voters said they thought rick santorum could beat barack obama in november, afterwards it was down 6 points to 59%. once again, what you are seeing is mitt romney is not building his own base of support and not getting people more enthusiastic about him but raising doubts about the other challenger. >> gregg: let's talk about the other primary state. arizona, mitt romney is the clear leader, let's put it above with a nine-point lead over

santorum according to the real clear politics average and, the rasmussen poll shows mitt romney with a 13 point lead over santorum. >> this is a race -- i don't think there is a poll the last month that has shown anybody but mitt romney in the lead. not as competitive as michigan, and the reason is, michigan is close because mitt romney struggles among working class voters, a different demographic group. arizona is a race that is going to at least give mitt romney a victory, even if there is an upset in michigan. >> heather: economy the big topic for everyone when they go to the polls and vote and tax season is upon us and the people you polled, what do they want to hear from the candidates in terms of taxes? >> well, overall, people want to hear that spending will be cut, the last time government spending went down, in america, it was 1954 and, 52% say they prefer a candidate who promised to raise taxes only on the rich

rather than one who opposed all tax hikes is the biggest level from the support for a candidate, raising taxes on the rich we have ever found. one of the reasons for it, is the cheer concern about the federal budget deficit and what is really fascinating, 52% said they'd be okay with the tax hike on the rich and 50 to 24% margin, think tax hikes will hurt the economy. >> gregg: i'm surprised, already filed your taxes? quickly put this up on the screen. this year, 33%, i'm aston ishd by that. >> gregg, not everybody's taxes are as complex as yours, noninvestors file earlier than other people and the big change this year, a lot more people afiling taxes on their own, not using a professional. >> gregg: i turned mine in yesterday. that is how far ahead i am. scott rasmussen, good to see you, as always. >> heather: that does it for us, rick folbaum and arthel neville.

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