he got a little giddy up in his step. >> steve: thank you for making it a super tuesday. tomorrow we'll have all the results starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. >> gretchen: chris was beating brian before he fell! >> brian: wait a second! is that true? bill: good morning. it's the most critical test yet. super tuesday with voters heading to the polls. will mitt romney take a leap forward in securing the republican nomination or will another cad take away missed momentum? martha: we are at the big desk. we moved up. bill: i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum.

we have 10 states in play. there are 400 delegates upper to grabs. several of those are in swing states including ohio. these are arguably the most pivotal period in the race. all of those candidates are out there shaking hand hoping they can get one more vote here and there to put them over the top. >> i need your vote! >> this is the most important election in our lifetime. i think a reelected barack obama would be a disaster on such a scale. bill: four candidates, 10 different states. this is what you can look at. i want to key in on three areas. 76 delegates in georgia. newt gingrich if he's going to

have a good night, he has to win his home state. bill: 10 and a half hours from now, this is ohio. it's so important in this race, not only the primary season, but also come general election. but also at 8:00, you are going to get oklahoma and tennessee. in tennessee the polling between santorum and romney which so much favored santorum has tightened up and gone neck and neck. come back to ohio here. in the state of ohio rick santorum has gone out to the town of stubenville in jefferson county and steve brown is standing by live right near the west virginia border near his home state of pennsylvania. how's the traffic, steve? >> reporter: we are told traffic is on the light side and

turnout is expected to be 25-30%. which is of high important some santorum. santorum campaigning yesterday in ohio ended here in northeast ohio. this should be an area that favors him. it borders his home state of pennsylvania, across the river from where he grew up. last night he urged people to get out and get their votes cast today. have a listen. >> we have been hammered here in the media. $12 million in the last few weeks. 12-1 is the ratio we have been outspent, it's remarkable. yet 4, 5 polls out today, average of the five polls, dead even in the state of ohio. it's gut check time. who wants it the most? what do you say?

>> reporter: santorum has run a more efficient campaign in terms of dollars spent versus votes collected. but it's not about efficiency, it's about the end result and he's going down to the wire. bill: votes are important but delegates ultimately matter. what's his challenge in ohio? >> reporter: because his campaign didn't organize here quite well enough in the northeast section of the state, there are three congressional districts in which he will not be competing for delegates. he will show up at the at-large portion of the ballot but not for the district which means while he's competing for 57 delegates statewide mitt romney is competing for the whole slate, 66. it's a serious possibility. martha: while the candidates are battling each other they are

also trying to show how tough they could be against president obama. a woman in a crowd in ohio wanted to know this from mitt romney. >> i need an emphatic yes from you that you will repeal obama-care. >> why would i not? martha: let's bring in larry sabato, director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. you sent out some interesting points on all of this. when you look at what the potential is tonight for mitt romney you say he could go 6, maybe 7 states. what do you think is likely? >> i think he's going to do very well. at the minimum he will get five of ten, he could go six, seven. there is an outlandish proposal he could grab eight. with 70, 80 net he might do it.

a lot of republicans whoever they favor hope this thing wraps up within the next month or so simply because president obama isn't getting a challenge while the republicans are fighting one another. martha: you can feel that as you see some of these endorsements come on board. people are looking to consolidate this. tonight when all is said and done, i can feel the discussion around this table we are sitting at is going to be did romney get enough to close the deal or do the newt gingrichs and the santorums and pauls say no? >> i think the answer will be both. it will be obvious to people who follow the details of politics after tonight that mitt romney will be the republican nominee eventually. but asking rick santorum, ron

paul, newt gingrich to accept that fact and end their campaign, that's not doable. they will continue and probably win additional states along the way. how long it will take to decide to wrap it up? it could go to june. i don't think there is a deadline ... martha: comments that you sent out this morning that i was just looking over. the second thing you mention is romney's mormonism which has not been discussed a lot. why do you think we are going to learn something about how that will play in a general election tonight? >> because not you have a great sampling. you have 1/5 of the delegates to the convention being delegated tonight. you will get some hints how much his mormon faith is hurting him

with evangelicals. i don't like to talk about it, but it's real. and to ignore it i think is to ignore something that may have an impact on the general election as well. martha: it' interesting to see how he does with catholics. he beat santorum with catholics in arizona. bill: as we gauge the returns, the romneys will be back in their state of massachusetts tonight. she was asked about her family's wealth, this is how she responded. >> we can be poor in spirit. and i don't look -- i don't even consider myself wealthy which is an interesting thing. it can be here today and gone tomorrow. how i measure riches is about it friends i have and the loved ones i have and the people that i care about in my life.

that's where my values are and those are where my riches are. bill: . in 2010-2011, he spent some of that trying to get the nomination. martha: ron paul says he has a good chance to pick up wins in three caucus states today. it would be the first wins for him in this entire process. some political analysts are asking why he's still in the race at all. his response to that question when ron paul joins america's newsroom. we'll speak with him a little bit later in this hour. stick with fox news for continuing coverage. we'll bring you the results tonight as those polls start to close. special coverage gets rolling at

6:00 p.m. with special report. then shepherd will be on as the polls start closing at 7:00. bret baier and megyn kelly will be here. we'll look at the exit polls. it will be an interesting night. bill: we'll look to see if the issues of the economies ... a new report says the economy is getting better faster than expected. that great news for the white house potentially. stuart varney with me now. what does this say? >> it looks rosie politically and economically for president obama and the american economy. but if you just dig underneath this superficial elements of this forecast you will see it's not quite such a rosy picture at all.

the unemployment rate is down, that correct. why is it down? in part because people are leaving the workforce. there are far fewer people working today than there were in 2011 before this recession began. in fact there are 5 1/2 million four jobs today, fewer people working than back in 2011. in any of those people start to come back into the labor force then the unemployment rate will go up. that whole picture is not factors into this forecast of lower unemployment rates down the road. that's one negative. the other one is you have got $4 a gallon gasoline. we don't know the effect of $4 gas on the unemployment rate down the road. also you have got china slowing down dramatically, europe is in recession and we don't know what impact that will have on america's unemployment rate. superficially a rosie picture

painted by me economists going forward but you do a little digging and it's not so rosie. bill: later the president will talk about mortgages. >> there has been one leak of content of the president's press conference later on this afternoon. if you have got an fha loan and you are under water, but you are current with your monthly mortgage payment, the president's plan would allow to you refinance at much lower interest rates. so it will be help for those people under water but current on their fha mortgages. don't know how many people this would effect but it would cost between $5 billion to $10 billion. that's the headline from the news conference but i suspect gas prices will occupy a lot of time at that conference. bill: we'll continue to have

coverage of super tuesday. we'll talk to brit hume, ron paul is here live today. but first barbara bush, the former first lady and first mom. what she says about this current race. there is a lot of people talking today. martha: new fallout over the president's decision to hold his first news conference of the year on his first day of the republican battle. bill: an avalanche take out a snowboarder. it's all on tape. wait until you see what happens next. >> i felt so helpless. the most helpless feeling. it was the worst day of my life. this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time.

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the prince is there as part of a celebratory tour to mark his grandmother's 60 years on the thrown. bill: he's a charming guy. there is a bill making its way through congress raising alarmings for millions of american workers. it could result in some of the nation's largest employers contributing billions of dollars less in their pension funds. how you doing? wham the story here? >> you can tell this is an election year because congress is doing small bore stuff. interest rates are low. and lot of corporations put more money in than they expected into

pensions. they want to put in less and have more capital. only 15% of mayor chance the private sector still have these traditional pension plans. everyone else is stuck with 401ks. i think this is another example of putting off the real decisions we have to make, reducing taxes on savings. allow people to put more money into retirement accounts. open up social security reform. this is only being done because they need short-term money and corporations put in more -- the federal government gets a one-time revenue hit it's a shell game it's small ball. what does the government get out of this? >> $7 billion. bill: if i ran a company why would i want to do this?

>> we need fundamental tax reform. we have a tax system that's a disgrace to the human race. it's many time the size of a bible. they are moving in and doing reform on something that is minor. we need fundamental reform. bill: you say in a couple years we'll look back and say this was when you had an opportunity to cut into the deficit and you failed. >> an election year congress takes no real decisions and takes no real chances. it's a disgrace. bill: 31% of retirees receive income from or through their spouse. 66% of full-time workers participate in the retirement plan. this could affect a lot of

people. >> this has nothing to do with the 401ks people have. this applies only to the 15% of people in the private sector still have these traditional pensions. it does put some of them at risk though most of these companies are in good financial shape. bill: john, thank you. we'll be watching throughout the day with you on super tuesday. martha: will super tuesday be super for newt gingrich? can winning one state, georgia, could that give him enough of a reason to stay in this race? bill: this picture will break your heart. there is heartbreak for people in kentucky as the death toll from friday's storm continues to rise. [ female announcer ] think it's impossible to reduce the look of wrinkles after just one use? think again. [ female announcer ] with olay renerist wrinkle revolution, it's possible to reduce the look of wrinkles

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bill: . in egypt a bombing of a gas pipeline. things getting under control after this crash near the hoover dam. happy birthday to the oreo cookie. it turns 100 today. take that, mcdonald's. martha: i went through it. bill: do you take the cream out? bill: i take the cream out and throw the chocolate stuff away. martha: are you serious? somewhere in the world there are a lot of chocolate chips

cookies. bill: i'm a chips ahoy guy. martha: so, moving along. we move on to a much more serious news as we look back to the situation that has happened over the weekend in kentucky. sad to report there is another death reported there after this weekend's tornadoes. 22 people have lost their lives in the blue grass state and cleanup efforts are getting underway. the snow they had is said to be melting but it didn't make things easier. we lived through the tornado, we lived through the snow. >> it's a 1-2 punch. some people don't have any place to go. i just feel sorry for these people.

martha: mike tobin is live in kentucky. good morning, mike. >> reporter: you can see the power crews working behind me. 125 guys and 10 crews. they have been working around the clock. they worked through the driving snow and the bitter cold. hour is restored to 95% of the grid. you may be asking if you have got a house knocked down by a tornado, how do you restore power. what you can do is restore power right up to the front of the house. in the event you rebuilt you can tap into that power. all but one of the cell towers in the state of kentucky is back up and running, martha. bill: there is breaking news out of iran.

what the regime says about inspectors that could have a ripple effect around the world. martha: the voting is underway in richmond, virginia. but they are open. full coverage of super tuesday just ahead. bill: the presidential candidate, ron paul. some political commentators say it's time to pack it in. what do you think he would say to that talk. ron paul is live. copd makes it hard to breathe,

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bill: 9:30 on the east coast. 9 1/2 hours before the first polls close. former speaker of the house newt gingrich is betting it all on his home state. there are 76 delegates in georgia. the primary is an open primary. any of the state's registered voters can take part. >> reporter: people are casting this as newt gingrich's last stand. he not only wants to win in georgia, but he wants to win big. while the 76 delegates are hand out proportionately.

if he were to cross the 50% threshold he could get 60 or more of those delegates. if you look at the primaries, he finished fourth more than any other place. and he's hoping to kick in the so-called southern strategy that began with that south carolina win. but merle black says he doesn't see what gingrich would get from that. >> if he wins georgia big, then the question is so what? if he wins big in georgia, the next two big states are alabama and mississippi. but again if he wins those, so what? he has to do well outside the south. >> reporter: he has to win other states besides the south. he says the southern strategy is in staters because he lost in

florida and he's not even on the ballot in virginia. bill: what are the chances he stays in after the race tonight? >> reporter: i think it's pretty likely. he said time and time again he wants to have a prominent speaking place at the convention even if he doesn't become the nominee. sue everhart sees it the same way. >> you know he will continue to scrapple up to august. i don't see him getting out if he does well. if he does not do well, i think he will reassess his campaign. >> reporter: gingrich is favored in alabama, the race in mississippi a little tighter. one of the things to watch today will be tennessee. rick santorum had a big lead but

now it looks like it will be anybody's race. bill: thank you, john. john roberts live in atlanta. martha: presidential candidate ron paul is campaigning in idaho today. that's a state where he says he thinks he has a good chance of pulling off a victory. some are asking with no wins in any of these primary states as of yet why mr. paul is still in this race. here is congressman paul answering that very question over the weekend on "face the nation." >> if you are in a race to make a point or promote a cause, the best way to do that is to win. by the fact i won 12 times in congress and got the people of that district to understand what true liberty is and strikes constitutionalism is. do i believe i can win? do i believe the chances are slim? yes, i do. martha: presidential candidate

ron paul joins me from boy -- boise, idaho. you said you aren't seeking power. you said you believe that many the problem with the other candidates. they weren't driven by a mission as you so clearly are. that everybody else is tonight for power. is that what you believe? >> i do. policies don't change. in conservatives are connest they will realize even when we have the conservatives in control in washington, spending continues. foreign policy never changes. we don't have a more sensible foreign policy. on civil liberties, does one party protect our rights more than others? both part why is keep spending money. what are they arguing about? it's how to divvy up the lar gerks ss.

who are their best friend. are you going to bail out lehman's or goldman sachs. i sight as a power struggle. martha: you gained so much traction over the years in your mission to make people care about liberty and bring up issues you feel so strongly about. so as you look at this, if there comes a point when you decide that you are not going to win the nomination, who of the other three that are out there that are still in there is race with you do you feel also has a mission, has a belief, has a vision for the country that perhaps you could support? >> that's a tough question to answer because it's a real challenge. as i more or less said everybody is in it for the reason of exerting power. and i have said many times in the campaign, philosophically there is not much difference

went other three. if you look at it, it's just their strategy and their money and their special interests. but they do not have a different policy. which one would be more sympathetic to challenging the federal reserve and how it contributes to the business cycle? i see that as so fundamental. if we don't understand the business cycle and why we have bombs and busts, how do you deal with unemployment. they talk about insnraition of prices. -- they talk about the inflation of prices. that's related to the federal reserve. our foreign policy. the war in the middle east. if we ignore that and say we are going to get gasoline down to $2. that's dreaming. and that's about all the others are offering. i don't see any one candidate that jumps out and thinks that's the case. so i mean we are still at a

point where we are pursuing the hunt for delegates. and quite frankly, i don't see where in the near future any one candidate will be a guaranteed winner of this primary. martha: if it goes on for a while and you get to the point where you feel securing the gop nomination is untenable, what would your next move be, how would you continue this movement that has built momentum. >> right now i have to concentrate on super tuesday and do my work in idaho and north dakota. but most people give me credit -- even last night we were at a rally and somebody come up -- they said it publicly. he said i heard him speak 30 years ago and he's saying the same thing. they know i'm going to continue to do it. but the better we do -- we never had this much attention.

it's not strictly about me because i'm not looking for any power at all. but i do want to have influence on the influence of the country. in that case this momentum like you mentioned is really building up. it's -- it is always a challenge to me to understand the disconnect. i think if people did a statistical analysis, we can go to a university and get 4,000 people out. martha: before i let you go, would you ever consider pursuing an independent candidacy. >> i don't have any plans to do that. i will continue with my independent spirit but i don't have any plans for that. i'm still looking for delegates. martha: congressman paul, good luck to you and everybody tonight. bill: with 10 states up for grabs. go back to 2008 and see how these states played out. john mccain and senator barack

obama battling to win the white house. mr. obama took four these states today. those states have 31 of the electoral votes up for grabs. we'll see if that can be repeated. we are your front row seat on the political scene. america's election headquarters. super tuesday coverage starts at 6:00 eastern time. martha and i will be here as well. your first, last and only place for super tuesday coverage throughout the evening. martha: we thought the focus would be on these states. but sudden lit's a bigday day for the white house. president obama decided today would be the day he will give his first 2012 news conference. why is it on super tuesday?

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martha: this is a fox news alert. word that the top members of the hacking group lozak have been arrested. they have attacked along the way. bill: the president is holding his first news conference of the year. it's super tuesday. he says it's just a coincidence.

what does bob beckel say. >> this happens in politics. there is no coincidences. i would do the exact same thing if i were working in the white house. he did the same thing last week. he's trying to step on the story of the republican candidates. you know above the polls tomorrow the headline will be about super tuesday but it will also be about this press conference. he's giving military families relief. who is going to oppose that. it's like having a press conference that says murder is bad. everyone says yes, we agree. bill: is this smart politics. >> paranoia runs deep, in your mind it will creep. are you kidding me? first of all, i think we are going to stop everything today

and cover a ron paul federal reserve press conference. if you think for a minute that this press conference -- everybody going to leave the polls and come home and watch it? is that what they are going to do? they are voting today. bill: the rub is this happened with the big speech with union leaders. it popped up in august and september of last year. there was a debate scheduled for the evening and the white house wanted to address congress that same night. they had to move that date. you are starting to see some of this stuff pile up. >> it tells me the white house is nervous. they are scared. the fact that he's playing politics in a republican primary. look back right before iowa. joe biden pend an editorial in the des moines register going after mitt romney. i think they are afraid. i think he's a camera hog that says give me those headline and give me the headlines in a big

way. >> not that anybody on this show could be accused of being a camera hog. however, having said that, if you are in the white house and if the news is going to the republican primary on a tuesday you do things on tuesday to deflect it. that's called politics. this is not knitting. this is a game of high stakes. let me get more -- bill: benjamin netanyahu made a forceful speech last night. he had a meeting yesterday at the white house. in all likelihood this is time for the president to get the last word in on that visit. >> let's see at this press conference if the white house press corps has the guts to ask him tough questions. we have seen press conferences where he's asked such hard

because like what even chants you, mr. president. what is the hardest thing about this job? let's see if necessity get into the nitty-gritty. bill: whether he talks about this dust-up with rush limbaugh. >> we have never been more exposed to problems in the middle east than we are today. there could be some serious issues besides the republican presidential nomination and that includes -- do you think he will get away with not answering questions about gas prices and israel? bill: that's why we watch. and we'll watch you at 5:00. >> paranoia does run deep. >> paranoia will destroy you. bill: i expect that song to be played today. go to foxnews.com, click on

the bya box. bob and andrea are standing by. martha: like that lyrics show where you have to fill in the blanks. we have all eyes on the swing states today. look at this. very quiet in nashville. but the folks are starting to trickle in there and do what americans do best and carry out the democratic process of voting. date many super tuesday. we are live in all of those areas throughout the day. bill: this avalanche caught on videotape. what happened next is being described as nothing short of a miracle. that can kill you easily. we'll talk live with a quick-thinking snow mobiler who was there to save his friend's life.

bill: to stocks pulling back. they are watching europe. the greek debt crisis is not solved just yet. the latest bailout package in question by some. it wanted to go to 13,000. it kind of went there, now it's pulling back. martha: an avalanche in utah turned a day of snowmobiling into a brush with death. 24 years old. tyson black was riding with a friend when this happened. look at that ripple. the mountain gave way. it buried him with no oxygen.

he lost consciousness. his friend had avalanche rescue training. >> the entire mountain just starts breaking off and my heart sank. i ran back to my sled and grabbed my shovel, just started probing everywhere. the worst thing was, i couldn't find him. i know what's going on. i go, i'm going to pull out my lifelong bestfriend and he's not going to be alive. >> i felt so helpless. it's the most helpless feeling. we were hugging each other and so thankful he was okay. it was a miracle. i didn't think that we were going to pull him out breathing. martha: he survived. bronson butler joins me live from salt lake city. congratulations, around hero. you saved a young man's life.

he lost consciousness under there. from all the thing that we heard, that's a really long time to have survived this to be under there for 20 minutes. how did he survive? >> you know, i think it was -- he has somebody looking after him. on the way down -- he grabbed onto his snowmobile because he knows it's more likely to be on top at the end of the slide than he is. so he grabbed onto the snowmobile and shoved his hand up under his helmet to try to prevent the snow blockage coming in. i think that might have helped a little bit. martha: he rekaitd an air pocket by sticking his hand up under his helmet. it didn't last long. as soon as he was sudden the

snow was sprawled out. every leg and arm -- they were all different directions. we had to dig each one of them out individually. it was horrible. martha: did he respond right away. was he responsive when you got his head out? >> when we pulled his head out, he was kind of just moaning. it took him about 5-10 seconds and you can hear i am going oh ... and that was the best sound in the world to me. march rb * he can whine like that any time. bronson, you are a hero to your friend. you saved him. we thank you for sharing that story with us. good luck to you all. bill: israel's warning time is running out on lawn after a critical meeting at the white house. the form earn first lady barbara

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martha: it is the big day. super tuesday. the voting is underway. 10 states in one day. 419 delegates are at stake. who will be standing tall and who will shrink in this process as we head through this day. that's how we start a brand-new hour of america's newsroom. glad to have you with us today. bill: you know it's a big day when we have got a desk. two states in particular to watch today. there is georgia, virginia, massachusetts, idaho and north dakota and oklahoma. ohio and tennessee, martha.

martha: those battleground states are historically a good indication of how voters are leaning nationwide. mitt romney and rick santorum are virtually tied. >> remember davy crockett? born on a mountaintop in tennessee. raced in the woods so he knew every tree. killed him a bear when he was only 3. >> to win this race we'll have to narrow down to 2. i think that will happy convenient actually. martha: let's go to nashville, tennessee where we find mike emanuel. have the candidates tried to connect to voters? that has been their biggest wish in the volunteer state. how is it looking there? >> i'm at a polling location that's been open for several hours. we have seen a stream of voters

coming here to cast their ballots. mitt romney trying to connect with voters on the economy. rick santorum, the conservative he argues he believes could win the white house. gingrich took a shot at president obama on the issue of energy. >> presidents are supposed to run the country today. maybe we should have an experiment. maybe i'll get some algae and go to a gas station. that's the barack obama solution. >> reporter: tennessee voters have seen the top three contenders in the state of tennessee the past couple days. now of course it's in the hand of tennessee voters. martha: newt gingrich pretty loose and relaxed in that moment. tennessee is the third largest delegate number of the day. what else matters there besides

procuring those delegates? >> talking to folks here they care about the economy. the unemployment rate is a touch higher than it is nationally. that seems to play into mitt romney's hand. rick santorum talking about the economy as is newt gingrich as well. i talked to one expert to talked about why tennessee matters to the candidate. take a listen. >> it's always been an important state within the republican party. there have been leaders in the senate to come out of tennessee. it's a state that's got a mix of both conservatives and moderate. our current leadership is moderate in the state on the republican side. it's always an important state. but we'll see how it plays out. >> reporter: the polls close at 7:00 local time. the state gop chairman says it will be several hours before we know a winner. martha: when we find out we'll hear it here in america's

election headquarters. bill: it's four man race. officially it's a two-man race in virginia. mitt romney against ron paul, the on two names on the ballot. rick santorum and newt gingrich failed to get enough signatures on the ballot. what are voters saying this morning? >> reporter: a number of them that we talked to say they are frustrated that they only have two options on the ballot. even those jose mitt romney or ron paul is my pick. i don't think it's fair to the rest of the state that the other candidates didn't make it. they filed a lawsuit that they ultimately lost. so who is to blame here? is it the candidates or the party with the unique rules virginia has? i asked larry sabato. >> you have to blame everybody a bit. that's all you can do.

the candidates deserve most of the blame because after all the rules were well known. they have been in place for years. and two candidates managed to file all the necessary signatures. >> reporter: i did talk to the head of the virginia gop and he told me when we look back 20 years these have been the same requirements and we never had anybody fail to make it onto the ballot. so he says it's up to them, they knew the rules. bill: how could the virginia vote play out for ron paul today, shown noon? >> reporter: he has been trailing romney in the commonwealth. but here is how he could succeed. he says he's all about picking up delegates. a number of groups that support other cats. one specifically supporting newt gingrich. sent out an email asking those folks to show up and vote for ron paul. they want a protest vote and they are hoping to keep mitt romney from collecting as many

delegates they would like to get. martha: i know you know what the magic number is. 419 delegates at stake tonight. we are move into triple digits in some cases. mitt romney is already there. he's got 203. he's the leader of the pack. rick santorum has 92 delegates. newt gingrich and ron paul in third. and fourth place. 1,144 is the magic number you need to secure the gop nomination. will tonight tell us we are getting close or will it tell us we'll be at this through june, through california, through all of these races. bill: california is june. your place for the best super tuesday coverage. we'll bring you the results as the polls close. special coverage starts:00 eastern time with bret on special report. martha: we want to go to ought growing evenings between iran

and israel. israel's prime minister * benjamin netanyahu says when it comes to iran all options are on the table. he says israel has not decided yet about a possible military strike but insist, quote, we cannot wait much longer. >> a nuclear armed iran would dramatically increase terrorism. a nuclear armed iran could choke off the world's oil supply. this would set off a mad dash by saudi arabia, egypt, turkey and others to acquire nuclear weapons of their own. martha: wendall goler is live at the white house. it seems like iran may dominate the president's news conference this afternoon. what are you hearing? >> reporter: that is most likely the case. the president says he and prime minister netanyahu agree there is time for sanctions and

diplomacy to convince iran to give up its nuclear weapons program. the day after the president went before this country's largest lobby. prime minister netanyahu rallied the same group saying we are out of time. >> israel patiently waited for the international community to resolve this issue. we have waited for diplomacy to work. we waited for sanctions to work. none of us can afford to wait much longer. as prime minister of israel, i will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation. report report the news conference set for 1:15 p.m.

eastern time. martha: wendall goler at the white house. bill: also in a moment we are going to get to what the former first lady barbara bush had to say about this current contest on the republican side. she is direct and we'll play that for flu moment. plus there is this. martha: former first lady barbara bush had direct talks about the 2012 campaign and we have that little piece of video. we'll tell you what's going on with that story. unbelievable. what caused that terrifying experience. those cars are flying all over the place. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego.

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want to forget about. a woman arrested for allegedly failing to put away her noil polish. a flight attendant asked her stop i'd. when she finished another flight attendant was waiting for her at her seat and the two got into an argument. >> i apologized and i put it away. i discovered i only had two nails left to paint. i thought if i went into the bathroom i wouldn't offend anyone. bill: she was held for hours, charged with using profane language. martha: barbara bush has weighed in on the 2012 presidential race during a conference honoring former first ladies. she spent years immersed in

campaigns. think about all the campaigns bash what bush has seen. she is the only person to be married to a former president and also have a son who is a former president. she says what she has seen in this presidential campaign has her very concerned. >> i'm worried about this campaign because to -- it's too ugly. i don't like it. i think it's too bad. i'm very much for mitt romney as i guess is my husband. i'm endorsing him for george. but there i go again. martha: she is great. brit hume joins me now. fox news senior political analyst. you watched barbara bush over the years. she doesn't speak lightly. she had something to say about what she thinks about this. >> reporter: i understand why she has said that. i think this been the roughest

and nastiest republican presidential primary season. i think about 1980 when ronald reagan was running against her husband. the roughest thing i remember bush saying with reagan was his check plan was voodoo economics. even in 2000 when we had the recount in that race between her son and al gore, i don't recall anything this nasty as this. martha: do you think it's because of the individuals involved or do you think it's because of this grasping process that has gone on for two years? >> i think none of the candidates is able to knit together immediately the disparate elements of the republican base which kept the

race going, as did the debates for a long time. it's also augmented by the fact that negative campaigning is effective. and mitt romney when he's been down has taken out after his competitors and it worked time after time after time. that tends to make a race get rough and they have been rough back. in the long history of american politics there is plenty of precedence for this but not in recent republican history. martha: there has been the issue of women in all of this. you have the birth control mandate and the healthcare that has everybody talking, then people are wondering why were talking about birth control in this election. you had statement by rush limbaugh, all this brings up the question about how republicans are doing with women. because they can't win without the women's vote.

>> reporter: in the near term his who flap has probably hurt the republican brand with women. in the long term i don't know how much difference it will make. it's hard to imagine we'll have an argument about contraception come mid-summer or fall. i think this issue is likely to fade. if romney wins, he stayed out of this. martha: when you look at the exit polls he has been doing well with women and catholics. rick santorum thought that should have been his ballgame. he may have lost it. i wonder if rick santorum doesn't fare well. will that be the discussion about what happened to rick santorum? >> reporter: his repeatedly plunging into this thicket has hurt santorum. it requires a certain amount of discipline. it doesn't mean you have to abandon positions you hold and believe in as a matter of

conscience. it is a question of emphasis. i think it's unfortunate for rick santorum to keep getting drawn into this discussion. there is something admirable about someone who sticks to his guns. michael baron says it's a political malpractice to hand over these weapons to your critics. martha: we'll look forward to seeing you throughout the evening. good to see you, brit. bill: newt gingrich says he can still win big today. one prominent republican says people are making a big mistake counting him out. newt's daughter weighs in on that. senator yawn mccain saying the time for american thanks syria is now. is that doable? >> the united states should lead an international effort to protect key population centers

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martha: 22 minutes past the hour. a big change nor. g-8 summit. it will be held at camp david. press secretary jay carney said president obama wanted a more informal set for the meeting. to camp david they go. troops in north korea are using live ammunition as they conduct drills on an island in disputed waters. four south koreans were killed there in 2010. the navy and marines planning to

conduct random breathalyzer tests to determine if military personnel are drinking on-duty. there is random drug testing for marines and sailors. now they are trying to do the same for alcohol. bill: there has been a call now for u.s. military action in syria from arizona senator john mccain. he says that america has an obligation to stop the syrian government's deadly crackdown. >> so the real question for u.s. policy is whether we will participate in this next phase of the conflict in syria, and there by increase our ability to shape an outcome that is beneficial to the syrian people and to us. i believe we must. bill: should we? lieu seven want general john mcinerney is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, bill. bill: what he's talking about is a no-fly zone. it's not an easy thing to do. this is syria, it's not libya. do you think mccain is getting it close to being right?

explain that. >> well, it has to be more than a no-fly zone, bill, because they are not using air power significantly against a free syrian army. so you'd have to do more than that. and you'd have to make it, as he pointed out, you'd have to make it an international group, nato, saudi, kataris, uae, et. cetera as they did in libya. this has far greater significance than libya does, this really reaches right into iran. syria is the number one nation state proxy for iran today, backed by russia and china, and so that is why this is so significant. it backs up our iranian policy. the president said speak softly but carry a big stick, we are carrying a twig right now. unless we show that we mean business over there we are going to force the israelis to strike iran. bill: i want you to explain that

now. you think a no-fly zone or something more than that in syria, sends a strong signal to iran. >> exactly. bill: general, what would that tell them, specifically? >> it would tell them that we mean business, that they should not go further on their uranium inch reufplt, that they should let the unambiguous inspections by the iae commence, and that's the way we could diplomatically show that iran is moving away from a nuclear weapon. otherwise it's just words, and the iranians really think we are bluffing. the israeli as don't. we are tougher on the israelis than the iranians. bill: you believe that engagement in syria would prevent iran from going nuclear? >> i believe that could be a step to show the iranians that we mean business, and we are not going to back down, and we are prepared to strike iran with

military force, because we don't think they are reacting quick enough, yes, i do believe that. bill: will this administration do that? >> i don't think so. because i don't think the -- i think this administration is unfortunately already adopted a containment policy inletting iran get nuclear weapons. that's what is driving the israelis. the israelis really do not have much choice, they have to strike. bill: general, thank you. lieutenant general tom mcnerney. we will get back to that in 15 minutes with a terrific panel on iran. martha: have you ever heard of back ice? look at this. look at that. a bizarre situation, we'll talk about how that can happen. bill: it is battleground ohio, and it could hold the key to that republican nomination all going down right as we speak. which candidate has the best shot at the buckeye state? the chairman of the ohio

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bill: ohio is closely watched today. we saw this one coming months ago. rick santorum looking for a big showing there. a romney win, however, could help the former governor wrap-up the nomination, or so many argue. have a listen. >> this president has broken a lot of promises. i'll not going to break mine. i'm going to go to work to make sure that my job is not worrying about getting reelected, my job is worried about getting you guys better jobs with rising incomes. >> this is a great election opportunity for the people of ohio. they have an opportunity to go out this election and make a huge difference, be able to speak as to whether they want someone who stands for the values of the people in this room, and the people across this country. bill: kevin is chairman of the republican party live with me today. good morning to you, from one buckeye to another thanks for your time in "america's

newsroom." >> you bet. bill: explain to our viewers why ohio seems to always find itself in the situation it is today. >> well, i think it's a microcost um of america. it's a diverse state. it's a delegate rich state and a state that isn't easily categorized as a blue state or red state. and so in order to pick up the delegates that come from ohio or to pick up the electoral college votes that come from ohio the campaigns have to come here and fight and hone a strategy and message to attract the base, the independent vote and a new votes that cross over. so it's got -- it is the battleground state in the general election, and from one buckeye to another it's kind of fun to be in the middle of it all from a primary state point of view. bill: we watched it in 2008 and 2004. very significant in 2002 with al gore and george bush. you have cities, rural areas,

minorities, white population, you have all of america now mixed up in the same state. i think that is the lesson you learn from ohio. if you really want to get engaged with the country. the problem with ohio this year is we're not quite sure what the people in your state are thinking, if they are going to go republican or stay with democrats and barack obama. i say that because of what happened in november with the ballot measures. one went down 2-1 against the republican governor and the republican legislature about unions, and then the voters turned around and equally rejected by 2-1 the healthcare measure. so where is ohio now at this point in 2012? >> look, i think -- i think it's going to be another battleground year for the buckeye state. i think the president has real problems, though in ohio. approval rating in the low 40s. a majority of independent voters thinking that he doesn't deserve a second term. and, bill, i don't know what he comes to ohio and campaigns on. a stimulus package that didn't stimulate jobs or create the jobs that they had anticipated.

obamacare was resoundingly rejected by ohioans last year. we have $4 gas, almost $5 gas. he's not helping on energy independence. the only tax cuts he can talk about is the continuation of the middle class tax cuts from george bush. candidly i don't know what he's going to come to ohio and talk about. bill: what do the undecided voters tell you? >> undecided voters are focused squarely on the economy, and they want to see a vision and a plan for restoring the american dream, and that's why i think the republican -- bill: are they romney folks or rick santorum folks or neither? >> well, i think they are trying to figure it all out. they are a mix of this. as you know there is blue collar voters, there are reagan democrats. social conservatives on the west coast of ohio, and so they are trying to figure it out. what we as a party have to provide ohio voters is a clear vision on the economy, because it doesn't matter who you are

talking about, republicans, democrats, independents they are all focused on job creation, creating economic prosperity, and the republican nominee has to be able to layout that plan and that vision and i'm convinced that we'll be able to do that. bill: statewide unemployment 8.1%, a tick below the national average. kevin thank you. >> thanks, bill. martha: presidential candidate newt gingrich says that he is confident that he will pull off some wins today despite claims from some analysts that his campaign is finished. don't tell that to him, he doesn't sound that way at wall. governor huckabee says that gingrich can still turn the tables on his opponents. here is yesterday on "america's newsroom" in an interesting moment, watch. >> i think this race is far from over. i wouldn't count newt gingrich out. i still think people are making a big mistake when they think that newt is finished. he's shown before his resiliency. he had a great night at our forum the other night and i just don't think, you know, newt is

anywhere near the finish line. martha: very interesting. no doubt that is music to the ears of jackie kushman gingrich, newt gingrich's daughter as well as an adviser. thank you for coming back to the newsroom. >> i'm thrilled to be with you. martha: talk to me about the strategy. the way you folks have been talking it sounds like if your dad wins georgia and perhaps fares well and i want you to define for me what well is in a couple of other places you will not consider this to be over after tonight. tell us. >> absolutely not. you're exactly right. we have a very strong lead in georgia and we are very excited about the reception we've got even here in georgia. i've spent three of the last four days in tennessee with herman cain campaigning for my father. we were at a time right now in tennessee, we are hope to do very well in tennessee. i urge everyone in tennessee to go out and vote for my father. i was also in oklahoma yesterday with congressman j. c. watt and

herman cain. it was like being with tulloch stars. it was incredible. people very excited in oklahoma about my father. it was interesting to listen to kevin talk about ohio i. was in ohio this week. my dad was in ohio this week, kathy was in ohio this weekend. when he talked about a plan and a vision to get there is exactly what my dad has and what is really appealing to voters right now. martha: we've seen your dad rise and fall, i think by some estimates six or seven times since this whole process has begun, and you just heard mike huckabee say he wouldn't put it past him to do the same again. i think the issue for him becomes him versus santorum in many ways. they've all been fending off that second-place person. how do you feel when you're out there that you're faring against those who a few weeks ago saoefpd to have ditched your dad in favor of rick santorum. >> i think we are faring very well. we've seen it in tennessee. we've surged very, very rapidly in the last week and that is because this is the first time

that senator santorum is living under the national press scrutiny. people when they get to know him understand that he wasn't for the right to work. he doesn't actually stand from what they believe in from a fiscal perspective. my father is the only candidate in the race, including barack obama who actually balanced a national budget four years in a row, that really resonates with people. our 2-5-0, plan the plan to get gas down to $2.50. as herman cain would say, 249999 really resonates, it puts money in their pocket. martha: they say that is gimmick key, that the president can't possibly set the price of gas. what do you say to those people that say that. >> he can't set the price of gas, he can unleash american energy resources, unleash america's people to create energy and actually drill and actually get oil and energy out of our own natural resources, and that -- because you have more supply that will actually decrease the price. additionally it will create

jobs, it will increase tax revenues, it will free us from relying on the middle east for fuel, and it will also with the royalty program could literally payoff our national debt in a generation. right now every man, woman and child owes $50,000 of american government debt. this program could literally free us from that in less than a generation. martha: i've got to go, jackie. it's an emotional roller coaster i would imagine, being a campaign adviser for your dad. can you sum up for us quickly what is the emotional tenor like for you and your family at this point. >> it's been an amazing journey. to me the most fun is going out to places like oklahoma, tennessee, georgia, and to see so many people not only campaigning with us, but also campaigning on a local level. because this is what america is all about. we are a government where god gives people power, we then loan it to the government and we are in the midst of taking that power back on an individual basis and reminding the government that the people are the ones that control.

martha: we'll see what happens tonight. thank you very much for being with us. good luck to you, and to everybody out there tonight. >> thank you. martha: we'll see you soon. bill: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says when it comes to a nuclear iran the evidence is crystal clear. >> if it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, then what is it? what is it? [cheering] >> that's right. it's a duck. but this duck is a nuclear duck. bill: the u.s. and israel have both promised to do whatever it takes to prevent a nuclear iran. we have a panel on that next. martha: meet the newly minted fastest running robot. robot cheetah may be taken from the lab out to the battlefield. he kind of looks like a rabbit, right? @?

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if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. bill: a new robot developed by the u.s. million tear rear is setting a record for speed. nicknamed cheat a a four legged machine. check this guy out. he can reach speeds of 18 miles an hour, far faster than the average human runner. martha: cute. bill: this side of martha that is. the cheetah can out lead the lab. new free range testing is scheduled for later this year. martha: is that free range chicken? bill: he can run. >> today we have a state of our own, and a purpose of the jewish state is to defend jewish lives and to secure the jewish future. [cheering] >> never again will the jewish people be -- martha: very emotional speech given last night by prime minister benjamin netanyahu.

he fired up the crowds as you could hear at apec. hours after he sat down at a meeting you see photographed there with president obama. moments ago leon panetta made another statement with all of this. he pre claimed that military action is on the table if it means stopping iran's nuclear ambitions. that is the statement from leon panetta this morning. joined by dan senor an adviser to george w-rb bush and an adjunct senior fellow for foreign relations. and john bolton, former ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. thanks for being here today. ambassador let me start with you. how do you think it went yesterday with president obama in terms of what he said, and what he meant and what he'll do in the future? >> well, i think the net, net after the meeting in the oval office is we were pretty much where we were 48 hours ago. i think it's clear that obama did not get assurances from prime minister benjamin netanyahu that israel won't

attack and i think it's equally clear that benjamin netanyahu didn't get assurances from president obama that the united states would cooperate supplying intelligence, providing logistical support and prompt resupply if israel does decide to take military action. despite all the rhetoric i think we are still confronted by the blunt political physical reality that iran is continuing its nuclear weapons program, and that diplomacy and sanctions have failed and will continue to fail. martha: i've spoken to general jack keen about this in the past, and he claims, he believes that the intelligence that has come out has been interpreted by the israelis in one way and by the united states in another way. israel is clearly operating under its understanding of what is happening on the ground and their fear this it's going too fast and that they are getting too far too quickly. >> there are different timelines based on what you're describing, what general keen was describing. if you notice president obama chose his words very carefully in his speech e. talked about

stopping iran from developing a nuclear weapon. but the israelis have a different criteria, a different red line. they want iran to be stopped from developing a nuclear weapons capability. it sounds like a distinction without a difference but it has an important difference. meaning it sounds like the terms that president obama is laying out if iran has all the pieces and the parts and the processes for developing a nuclear weapon, but actually doesn't go into assembly mode, then there is no need for action, there is no need for military action because iran doesn't have the bomb. what the israeli as are saying even them having the capability, the pieces, the parts and processes means that the bomb is within reach and it's just as big a threat for israel. the timeline for them having the parts and pieces and having the processes in place is far sooner than an actual weapon soerbg, so israel's fuse is much shorter than the americans. this is part, not the only, part of the nub of the disagreement between the administration and prime minister benjamin

netanyahu. martha: i want to get both of your thoughts on this. i'll start with ambassador bolton. it feels as if this subject is going to take a much bigger part of the stage. once the g.o.p. has its nominee in place and we start to see the head-to-head discussion developing between president obama and whoever that nominee is, what do you expect as you look into your crystal ball for this summer, what do you expect israel to do and what is the conversation going to be like here about it. >> i still think the most likely outcome is that iran gets nuclear weapons. because obama will see that having failed with benjamin netanyahu here he has to exert more pressure or he will see an israeli attack. i think that is a decision that i'd be very surprised if israel doesn't make. i think obama sees that as risking a massive spike in oil prices, direct threat to the shakey u.s. economic recovery, and something that he just can't afford before the election. so i think he's every effort

will be to postpone an israeli strike until after the election. i don't think israel has that long to wait. i thought israel should have attacked in 2008 while it had a more favorable president in the white house. the great risk today is that iran already has duplicate, deeply buried facilities that we don't even know about, and that israel could attack and not achieve its objective. that is the real risk. martha: we've heard a lot of evidence that points in that direction. gentlemen, thank you. i hope you'll come back and we'll talk about this further very important topic right now. dan, thanks to you. john good to see you always. >> thank you. bill: there is black ice and there is this. bill: that was america's most dangerous intersection for an entire day. steer clear of this. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles,

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martha: a courtroom brawl breaks out in massachusetts when the family of a murder victim attacks the suspect. watch this. the father, the stepfather rushing the suspect, jose santiago as he was led into court. one man was able to take a swing before the officers wrestled both of them to the floor. they were arrested on assault charges. they say they do not regret it. he is charged with killing his girlfriend, jessica rojas. bill: here is a jaw-dropping moment, as black ice causes several drivers to go out of control. it just kept going like this.

bam, right over the median kraeurpbg into nearby guardrails, ditches, other cars sometimes they were hit. it's called black ice and it is dangerous. you cannot see this. maria molina is more on this. what causes this. >> reporter: that video is incredible. hi, bill, good to see you. hopefully no one was hurt in the make -f making of that video. we want to talk about black aoeufpltz it can bice. it can be extremely dangerous. the ice isn't actually black. it's actually clear, and this can happen any time when you get temperatures that are anywhere at or below freezing out on the roads. obviously any time from basically late fall through early spring, and you also need a source of moisture. so one example would be you could get some black ice when you get rain or drizzle hitting the roads at a freezing temperature, or even when you get snow and then you get temperatures that are above freezing during the daytime hours and then you get that snow melts, then at night the temperatures dip down below

freezing again and boom you get that thin ice coating on the roadway. you should pay attention when black ice advisories are put out in your area. try to turn your wheel slowly in the direction you are sliding towards. otherwise try not to do what you want to do is slam on your brakes, that can actually lock your wheels and you can slide quickly. be safe out there. any time we get temperatures around freezing you can get black ice. bill: that was in ohio. they had temperatures in th the 60s that drop down below freezing within 24 hours. the thing about black ice is you can't see it you do not know it's there. maria thank you. martha. martha: voting is now underway for what could be a make or break day for the four republican presidential canned days. candidates.

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