... >> gregg: fox news alert. right now an american soldier in custody accused of opening fire early this morning on civilian military base in afghanistan. i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. a gunman killing over a dozen afghans including women and children in the southern kandahar province. president obama offering his condolences today talking by phone with president karzai and releasing a statement that reads in part, quote, this incident is tragic and shocking and does not represent the exceptional cashing of our military and respect the united states for

the people of afghanistan. i fully support secretary pi... >> gregg: conner powell is streaming live from afghanistan with more. >> reporter: gregg, afghan government says 16 civilians were killed today including nine children and three women. there are also several men that were killed and several others that were injured. apparently about 3:00 a.m. in the morning, a u.s. soldier walked off the base in district kandahar, afghanistan with his rifle and went about 500 meters to the nearest village. he then begin kicking down doors and shooting afghan civilians. he had gone into as many three different homes and begin shooting. he then after he was done, went back to his base and was arrested by afghans and u.s. forces at that base.

he is now in u.s. custody. both president obama and secretary of defense pinetta has called hamid karzai to offer condolences. president told skarzai the individual will be punished it was unlikely that statement alone or any condolences to president karzai will remove the anger that is boiling in afghanistan. we are just weeks removed from several u.s. soldiers burning the quran. anti-americanism has been growing here and this is the latest crisis that the united states military and diplomatic officials are trying to juggle. over the course of next few weeks the u.s. is trying to negotiate a long term agreement to keep troops in afghanistan past 2014. with this incident will only force and cause more pressure that that agreement be sort of delayed until u.s. and afghan

relationships is improved. >> gregg: conner, thank you. >> heather: back in the u.s., more reaction about the tragedy in afghanistan. lawmakers on capitol hill weighing in. harry reid saying this just hours ago. >> our hearts go out to these innocent people. our soldiers went into a couple homes and killed people at random. very sad especially following that incident dealing with the qurans is just not a good situation. our troops are under such tremendous pressure in afghanistan, like no other war we've been involved in but no one can con done or many any suggestion what he did was right because it was absolutely wrong. i think we are on the right track to get out of afghanistan

as soon as we can. >> heather: newt gingrich calling the u.s. mission in afghanistan undoable. >> we have lost, tragically lost lives to a consider number of young americans on a mission that is not do-able. at what point -- by not do-able, you are not going to get, did afghanistan, pakistan what is happening in egypt with the muslim brotherhood. look at things going on in region ask yourself is this fact a harder deeper problem that is not going to be susceptible to military force, at least on the scale we are prepared to do. >> heather: you can see the entire interview on fox news sunday with chris wallace tonight right here at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> gregg: battle for the republican presidential nomination is heading now to the deep south with the spotlight

squarely on alabama and mississippi. those two states holding primaries on tuesday, four candidates will be looking to hit political pay dirt. steve is live in washington with more. let's take a look at rick santorum. what is he saying about his chances this week? >> reporter: all the candidates are hoping they will win both states. rick santorum is best positioned in alabama where he just one point behind newt gingrich in the latest poll but he is way behind in the delegate race. he was asked about claims by romney supporters that romney political director there is no way santorum can get the delegate total he needs to win the nomination. >> they cannot make the case that they are the best person to beat barack obama on issues so they are resorting to fuzzy math. there are lots of uncommitted delegates.

>> reporter: santorum refusing to call on newt gingrich to step aside, something his super pac did do. >> gregg: newt gingrich hit the airwaves again today. what is he saying about tuesday's primaries? >> he is very confident because both of these states, of course, are southern states and he has chalked up wins in south carolina and georgia. the states are crucial to mississippi and alabama and one gingrich aide has indicated that his campaign hangs in the balance but gingrich has promised to go all the way to tampa and had this to say about the alabama and mississippi primaries. >> i think we'll win both. we're campaigning aggressively in both states. you start a little behind of romney's money and length of time he is advertising. as you campaign you catch up with him pretty rapidly. we're pulling ahead in both states right now. >> reporter: all three candidates have stepped up tv advertising ahead of tuesday's

primaries. >> gregg: steve, thanks very much. >> heather: so let's take a look at delicate count, mitt romney with a big lead, he is total of 454 delegates, rick santorum coming in a distant second, newt gingrich in third with 107 delegates and ron paul with 47. remember, it takes 1144 delegates to secure the nomination. president obama meantime, launching a new set of reelection ads this week in key states trying to boost support among women voters while capitalizing on birth control controversy and focusing on his healthcare reform. peter doocy reports from washington. >> reporter: in 2008 majority of women voted for barack obama but in 2010 voted for republicans. try to stop the g.o.p. on the

roll with the ladies, obama campaign is going to send out 1 million pieces of mail tomorrow to moms, young women and older women. on friday, we had a taste of the new pitch to them. >> women deserve an equal day's pay for equal day's work. [ cheers and applause ] >> our daughters should be treated just the same and have the same opportunities. >> reporter: obama campaign is getting help from nurses calling nurses for obama. to help convince women that the president's healthcare law was a good idea and positions on birth control are best for them, as well. strategists on the left and right agree that women could swing the election. mississippi's republican governor down in his neck the woods, the winner with women will be romney. >> governor romney has a great favorability rate weigh women

and professional women will say that is who i want to vote for. >> reporter: the president won't be personally involved with the out reach. he will be busy with david cameron. but he will hit the campaign trail in georgia and illinois and check your pail boxes. >> heather: will do. thank you peter in washington. >> gregg: man's best friend is getting a second chance at happiness. last week's deadly tornadoes destroys homes and strand ago lot of pets who were separated from their families now the humane society in indianapolis hold a pet adoption clinic hoping to find loving homes for the animals left homeless by the storms. >> the need was just overwhelming. it's overwhelming when you are there and seeing it. >> we're capable of helping out and adopting. so that is why we're here.

>> we heard about them bringing the dog from down south to try to find homes for them. this would be a good day to come and look at them. >> it will be a few weeks before any of the animals can officially be put up for adoption. people are coming to visit in hopes of helping them out. so is there any more rough weather in the forecast? maria molina is in the fox weather center. >> we are looking at severe storms today. tornado watch in effect 7:00 p.m. for parts of southwestern of louisiana and large area of low pressure that is centered across the central plains pulling in a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico. you are getting heavy showers and heavy thunderstorms forming. further off to the north from the state of missouri and arkansas. severe weather ridge is further off to the south.

we aren't expecting a major outbreak but warnings will be issued along the gulf coast. the areas of west of alexandria and parts of southern shreveport. there is one severe thunderstorm warning in effect south of shreveport and that means you could see damaging wind gusts. aside from isolated tornadoes we have concern for large hail and wind gusts. we have to keep an eye on that and strong winds in excess of 60 miles an hour at times but no tornado warnings in effect. tornado watch means favorable for thunderstorms to develop that could produce tornadoes. otherwise current temperatures, it is warm across the country. temperatures well above average. 65 in cleveland. 57 in chicago. further off to the west and north, rapid city temperature right now at 64 degrees is

actually warmer in rapid city south dakota than it is currently is in dallas, texas. warm air will expand and temperatures will rise. 70 degrees in new york city, 65 degrees in chicago and 65 will be height in rapid city and in the 80s across the state in texas. it's starting to feel like spring but spring doesn't start until march 20th. otherwise the storm system will head eastward bringing rain and evening rush as you head across the great lakes and impacting parts of the northeast. >> gregg: here is my prediction, daylight savings time went into effect. look at those temperatures. it's going to be warm everywhere. i predict everywhere across america, people will call in sick tomorrow morning. >> heather: what about calling in sick today. absolutely. >> gregg: maria, thanks very

much. >> you know what is else heating up. battle of the schools is brewing. hitting state legislators against local leaders. state house passing a bill that would allow the state to create charter schools. regardless of what local school boards think. critics say the state is overstepping its bounds but supporters say the move may mean more local control. elizabeth pran is live in atlanta with more? >> you're right. two distinct sides to this storys a georgia lawmakers get more control of the classroom and the state could create charter schools even if local school boards rejected the applications. it could set national precedence in 2011 georgia supreme court in 4-3 ruling said that that state formed commission which had the power to create charter schools was overreaching. two sides of the stories, supporters say charter schools

is community involvement and a lot of competition. they also believe there shouldn't be a turf battle. that charters should have the same access to local, state and federal funding as public schools. >> in the education reform battle things are boiled down to a turf battle. that is when we have here. we have local school systems that are worried by virtue of having state charter schools some of their turf is being interfered. >> reporter: what are opponents saying? they are saying it would take away local control over charter schools and they can override local school board and it's a move to follow money from public schools to charter schools. >> there is a great drive for charter schools. parents are hungry for the latest thing, whatever might be the best thing for their children. that is understandable, but we need to step back and take a

deep breath. best resource for charter schools tells us that only 17% of charter schools actually do better than public schools they replaced. the vast majority of them either do about the same or in 37% of cases do worse than the public schools. >> reporter: there are about 24 states across the country that have state funded charter schools and 15 of the 24 do have local guaranteed access to funds locally. >> heather: my sister a school teacher in atlanta. i know the teachers in regular schools they don't have enough money to support their students and their classrooms. that is whole question that needs to be debated. >> gregg: new diplomatic push to end the bloodshed in syria. united nations sending a world famous negotiator there. >> heather: plus american

manufacturing giant could be a victim of spying from one of its rivals. what it means for the u.s. economy. >> gregg: still ahead, a woman accused of driving drunk in a deadly accident and she wasn't behind the wheel. our power panel weighing in on that. >> i don't know what to do. i've been drinking. i'm drunk, i got to get out of here. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. bayer aspirin... ohh, no no no. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my head. this is made for pain. [ male announcer ] bayer advanced aspirin enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes extra strength relief to the sight of your pain. feel better? yeah...thanks for the tip!

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[ seagulls squawking ] >> heather: quick check of the headlines for you. 16 people are dead in afghanistan in a shooting rampage an american soldier being blamed and detained. no motive is being given for the attack. kofi annan leaving syria without a peace plan to end the deadly conflict in syria pitting government troops against rebels. resolving the crisis is going to be difficult. search for four missing fish men off the coast of washington state. sending a distress signal in the morning. >> gregg: a case of economic spying china, they are accusing

china stealing an ingredient from dupont. it's found in dozens of products. what does it mean to the struggling american economy when it's trying to get back on the feet. brenda butner, classic case of espionage, something i never heard before, it's called titanium white and in truth, gold because it's very valuable? >> titanium oxide. dupont has patented manufacturing it. $17 billion worldwide market. dupont controlled 20% of it. the chinese wanted it so bad that allegedly because dupont wouldn't give them the secret for manufacturing it that they somehow allegedly went and by means they got the secret to it.

>> gregg: they set up a company with help walter lowe and christina lew allegedly and went after some of the former employees and sort of took the information that was gathered there. federal government busted them. one of the individuals involved said, dupont trade secrets, they overtly my chinese ethnicity and asked to work for the good of republic. >> one of the employees that worked for dupont went on to work for chevron. that is when the feds basically went after them. they also, dupont told the f.b.i. about all of this. the f.b.i. went after them, then they went after the couples. that lew and another lew at

chevron a allegedly given the secret to. this couple said in mandarin, the husband said to the wife allegedly don't give them anything in the safe deposit box. one of the f.b.i. box, one spoke mandarin and followed safe deposit box. >> thend saend guy that speaks mandarin and so they can't communicate and obstruct justice. what does it say about u.s. chinese relations, world economy? >> it's interesting you have to remember china is a communist country that is now very involved in capitalism, but when they can't get something, allegedly, they will go after. they are now manufacturing this, but they don't have the patent to it. so at this point, u.s. companies have to protect themselves with their patents.

>> gregg: it's very difficult to do. you can protect yourself on patent disputes here in america but worldwide, i'm not sure there is -- >> it becomes a huge trade war that involves much more than this one issue of titanium oxide. >> gregg: last thing we want to do is lose jobs. >> yes, export import partner. >> gregg: brenda, thanks very much. >> heather: iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad launching a tirade against the west. calling iran fearless, to expose their nuclear capability. u.s. sergeant is in big trouble for what he said about president obama on facebook. our legal panel weighs in next. , now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect your 4g lte droid razr

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16 people are dead in afghanistan in a shooting rampage. an american soldier is being blamed and detained. >> iranian president launching threat against the west saying iran does not fear military action. we is imposing tough sanctions. >> four people still hospitalized after a shooting rampage at psychiatric clinic in pittsburgh remain in fair or good condition. >> gregg: an american marine finds himself suddenly in hot water for criticizing president obama on facebook. starting a facebook page, he called it armed forces tea party patriots and said he would not follow orders from the president. he later clarified his comments, well, i mean to say unlawful orders. marine corps is looking into

whether he violated statements pertaining to that. lis says this. quote, just because i'm a marine doesn't mean i don't have free speech and can say personal opinion about the president just like anybody else. the constitution trumps everything else. >> well sergeant stein i'm not sure about that. >> when you sign up the military it says you are prohibited from certain political speech. this political speech saying that you are not going to follow the commander in chief when you made a sworn oath that you will follow is at least skirting the line. >> gregg: bob, there are all kinds of limits on free speech. free speech is naturally free. military service happens to be one of them. these directives have been upheld by federal courts? >> very much so.

as lis said, there is protocols with the department of defense prohibited. military justice code and also when he went in, he understood parameters against the president and congress. secretary of defense. this has been going on because i was reading back when he said the clinton problems that the '90s, some military men made statements and they were sanctioned in some fashion. when you read the language of the military justice code, it uses the word contemptuous and he identified himself as a military person. the question is what if he didn't identify himself as a military person. >> gregg: let's put it up on the screen. it's directive. 1334 of the defense department.

that was the problem with this. he went on facebook, he is not wearing a uniform but went on facebook, i'm eight years in active duty marine therefore representing being part of the marines. the point is then he cloak go himself with that and that is problem. >> gregg: what is wrong with an active duty marine or any military official expressing his personal opinion? good discipline, prohibits critical speech of senior officers. >> sure. it would undermine, gregg. if they would allow these type of things to happen. everybody going in know it is prohibited. it would undermine the entire force. it could some type of domino effect, men and women disagree with their commander in chief.

you just can't do it. the risk and benefit there is much greater and that is the problem. >> commanders and generals issue orders. all as privates we don't get to vote it on. but priests don't get to say we disagree with the general. you got e-mails because. >> i did. many of them coming against me from people who had been in the military, some of them retired. wait a second we feel have the right to go against what we believe is unconstitutional or unlawful orders. they have a point. they really do. you can't force someone to go against what is illegal. that is really valid point there, but that is not what the sergeant said, he said any order >> gregg: after world war i there was war crimes prosecutions and the defense were quite successfully, just following orders, even unlawful

ones. rit right before the world war ii, allies changed international law so you can't stand on principle, i'm just following orders. things like torture and war crimes and crimes against humanity are so immoral, that following orders is not a defense. >> exactly. what lis is saying, unlawful issue is obviously the bridge here that sort of separates but again to come out and make statements against the president or congress, whomever, violates that oath. again, if you take it away from him as a military personnel and you make it as private individual, the question is, how do you make that distinction also. the question is, if he wouldn't have identified himself as a military person on the facebook page, would he be protected as a citizen. what if other people would have

known as military person. >> i would say yes protected. other point is, when we decide what lawful or unlawful. do we let people in the military make that decision? >> that is the critical difference. >> gregg: she arguably not capable. >> how does he know. >> gregg: and he is assuming that the president has issued an lawful commands and evidence would suggest to the contrary. lis, bob, good to see you both. thanks so much. >> take care. >> heather: nypd surveillance a mosque around new york city under review by the justice department. th some say the controversy may have on the war on terror, that is up next. >> that is real danger of this. there are cases that are ongoing. that you can mislead, that you can put people's lives in

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>> heather: new fall out about new surveillance in new york city. eric holder says the justice department is reviewing the issue. f.b.i. official claims many muslim communities, they apparently less willing to come forward with counterterrorism information. >> we feel a sense of mistrust now. >> we're starting to see cooperation pulled back. people are concerned they are being followed. they can't trust law enforcement. >> heather: so let's bring in our power panel. judith miller, k.t. mcfarland and fox news analyst. lis wiehl.

>> thank you. >> i wanted to start with you, we talked about it before. who knew what in new jersey at the time. >> let me tell you at the time. the then police chief gary mccarthy knew why the nypd was there and two people from his department were re-signed as liaisons under a broad terrorism program. he knew. perhaps, mr. mccarthy did not tell the people he was working with, politicians who are now able to say, we are shocked there is this going on. you have a communication failure within new jersey. nypd did what it had to do. there has been cooperation between new jersey and new york because many of the people arrested in terrorist plots came

from new jersey. so of those 14 plots that have been intercepted, many have been detected without help from new jersey. >> when you say communication problems, that goes back to 9/11. we know the c.i.a. and f.b.i. were not communicating and law enforcement -- all these law enforcement entities have their own turfs and that is the problem. when i hear that word, alarm bells go off. >> i was concerned about the politization with it when the attorney general seems to be talking and very unprofessional. in every administration i've been part of, no one would come out, i ready few things in some newspapers -- >> that is exactly it. >> i have to tell you worse than because nypd, commissioner kelly never heard from holder before he went to before congress, gee,

i find what i read in the a.p. report disturbing. >> he hasn't done that, k.t. he hasn't pick up the phone? >> he has not. it's very unprofessional, united states attorney general, main officer of this country, is in effect playing politics. >> heather: moving forward to the next topic, woman being charged with vehicular homicide. aaron brown was too drunk to drive home. erin was to drunk and so she gave the keys to her boyfriend but she was fully aware that he was impaired, as well. >> gave him the keys and provided him with the means of

the to operate the vehicle. >> i looked up and saw two people flying in the air. the car swerving, going over the median, hitting a sign and colliding with a taxicab. >> two victims were both best friends. both in their early 20s. lis, unprecedented. driver who was not driving be charged. >> i'm going to sound like a mean prosecutor, i think it's great they are doing. she was an accomplice. she set everything in motion. she gave the keys over to the boyfriend knowing he had been drinking, knowing he was drunk. get a cab or do something else. she started the car down the road. differently prosecute her death. >> here is the question i have. whether or not her attorney could argue that, she was drunk

at the time. >> too bad i killed a couple of people? what is this about? he gave him the equivalent of a loaded gun and she is just as come police. >> it have they not heard the phrase of a designated driver. that is the person that goes to the party and doesn't drink. hey, he has a weapon -- >> from a legal stand on point, why isn't it accomplice any more than anything else. you know it's going to be a criminal act. and you should be held accountable for that. >> we have heard of bartenders that are responsible. providing alcohol so it's similar. >> we have a an epidemic, 17,000 people are killed in drunk driving accidents. if you look in great britain and europe, that doesn't happen. why? because penalties are stiffer there are no engs semgsz,

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>> heather: welcome back. a proposed u.s. law would make it illegal to protest in the vicinity of anyone who is secret service detail. mitt romney being one of them, anybody running for president.

does it conflict for freedom especially protected by the first amendment. our power panel is back. so we are in the thick of political season. candidates running for office. president obama also would be affected. how do we feel about this? is it an infringes. back to free speech? >> i looked at the bill, even if you don't know, if you are the protestor, you don't know that politician to gets the secret service protection there you can still be under trouble of the law. so i got my picket sign and i have no idea what is going on and i happen to be in d.c. and politician walks by me i'm going to get picked up under this law. >> heather: pretty hefty fines? >> you can't go to the place where you want to protest the politicians. nobody is talking about infringing on the politician's right to do what they are doing. there is a reason that is in the constitution about free speech.

it goes under ground. >> if you can't protest around politician or secret service detail will it push to inappropriate venue? >> that is extremely what will happen. an ordinary protestor who wants to walk unto congressman or political candidate and say, hey i had disagree with you. when did we start electing kings and queens that can't be approached? do we have to back out of rooms where politicians are? >> what was the catalyst behind this. i tried to do some research. does anybody know. >> there was an incident -- it happened. >> i mean, maybe the gabrielle giffords incident.

because there is residence. >> but that is different but that is already illegal. you can't go up to anyone with a weapon. >> i'm thinking about there is no clue, just out protesting under a the letter of this law, they could get picked up. >> not a lot of differentiation, maybe they need to take a second look at that. a father a seventh grader in miami punishing his child in a very public way. he is forcing his son to wear a cardboard sign. he is wearing it as at corner of a busy intersection, front of it hey i want to be a class clown. is it wrong? i'm in the seventh grade. i got three f's, blow your horn is there is something wrong with that. >> it's really stupid.

what is it problem. the kid craves attention. he'll get f's in school to get attention. >> that is a good point. >> what do we know about the parents. no wonder this poor kid -- >> i can only imagine. >> when my kid wanted attention, what a design for the kid. >> you are grounded. >> no texting, no cellphones, just hole work. >> no texting and no cefs these days. >> they said they had tried everything. what did they try before they resorted to this extraordinary measure. >> had this is bad behavior reinforced. >> he will be ever more plarm in

school. >> at least the parents are trying and doing something. how many times have we talked about parents not getting involved, trying to legislate behavior that parents should be accountable for. >> they are trying to get creative. >> my daughter, getting good grades is enough for me. >> wow! >> on that note, thank you so much. we appreciate it. great debate today. so gregg, would you do something like that. >> that is what, it wasn't a bribe, but if they get good grades, yes, they get some money so they can together mall and buy some clothes, there is nothing wrong with that. it's an incentive. >> republican presidential candidates focusing on the south with more primaries this week.

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>> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. topping the news, an american soldier detained in afghanistan, after allegedly walking off a base and opening fire on civilians, reportedly killing 16. we are live in afghanistan with the breaking details. >> gregg: showdown in the south. republican presidential candidates on the campaign trail, fight for example delegates in alabama and mississippi. we have the late ov the race. >> heather: the unemployment rate dropping since october, is it because jobs are being added? or because americans have just given up, looking for work? maybe it's something else altogether. we will take a look at a study that looks at what is really shrinking the jobless number. >> gregg: in afghanistan, an american soldier accused of firing on villagers near his base, killing some 16 civilians, including 9 children. the shooting spree sparking

fears of a new wave of violence against american service members, further deepening the crisis between the united states and afghanistan. we go live to kabul, afghanistan for the latest. >> reporter: gregg, this is a crisis the u.s. officials are trying to stamp out, that this is -- another crisis in a long list of crisis here in afghanistan in the past few weeks. what we know is that 16 afghan civilians were shot and killed this morning, including 9 children and 3 women. around 3:00 a.m., a u.s. soldier left his base in kandahar, walked about 500 or so meters and began shooting. we're told he entered into three different afghan houses. in one house, he shot 11 members of that household. once he was done with the shooting spree, he walked back to the u.s. base and turned himself in. he is in u.s. custody and u.s. and afghan officials are trying to figure out what prompted this

attack. now, today's attack is the most recent incident u.s. officials are dealing with in afghanistan. a few weeks ago, u.s. soldiers burned copies of the koran, setting off widespread protests and violence, protesters cause thatched there is real fear over the course of the next few days, we could see similar protests and violence in afghanistan. the trust between the u.s. military and the afghan government is at an all-time low here because of these types of incidents where protests have occurred and shootings have resulted. there is just really not a lot of trust between the u.s. military and the afghan government here. general john allen, the top commander here, and president obama and secretary of defense leon panetta, have all offered their condolences and promise to hold the individual accountability -- accountable. but it's unlikely to apiece the people in afghanistan.

there is a real distrust between the united states military and the afghan government. it doesn't appear to be going away. >> gregg: conor, thank you. >> heather: understandably, the u.s. officials in kabul, warning u.s. citizens in afghanistan to keep a low profile and stay vigilant, adding that there is a danger of anti-american protest breaking out in the coming days. previous demonstrations have escalated into attacks against western targets and they will send out additional emergency messages as the situation develops. >> gregg: president obama calling hamid karzai to express his, quote, shot and sadness. and a white house official adding this, we are deeply concerned about the reports of this incident and are monitoring the situation closely. >> heather: members of congress also reacting to the bloodshed in afghanistan. john mccain, speaking today on "fox news sunday." >> terrible situation that happened there.

it is -- it's one of those things that you cannot explain except to extend your deepest sympathy to the victims and see that justice is done. today's deadly rampage comes against the backdrop of a credible sacrifice by our country and our troops. the u.s. has committed to the war in afghanistan for 10 months, at a cost of $550 billion and the number's growing. nearly 1900 service members have died in the war so far. we will keep you updated on this developing story. gregg? >> gregg: the republican primary race is heading to the deep south. in just 48 hours, voters in the states of alabama and mississippi will have their say. on tuesday, the candidate with the most approved, could be mitt romney. the national frontrunner is now

facing renewed pressure after his recent attempts to connect with conservatives. some say fell flat on voters. something that rick santorum and newt gingrich are hoping to capitalize on. we go live to washington for more. >> reporter: well, gregg, this g.o.p. primary has been dominated by tight races and more drama surrounding the tuesday primary, alabama and mississippi. rick santorum continued to take aim at mitt romney, campaigning in tupelo, mississippi, responding to claims by the mitt romney camp that santorum will not be able to nail down the delegates he needs in needs in e remaining primaries. >> the establishment is trying to force the moderate republican s. we will win the convention. i have no doubt about that. >> reporter: mitt romney has more than twice the delegates that rick santorum has at this point in the race. for newt gingrich, who won south

carolina in his home state of georgia, these southern primaries could be crucial and gingrich turned his fire on mitt romney. >> yes, he's the frontrunner, be a very strong frontrunner, nearly all conservatives are opposed to him, which is the base of the party. i think we are as likely to see after the last primary in june, we're as likely to see a 60-day conversation as we are to see romney leading. >> he is the weakest frontrunner, according to newt gingrich since 1920. all three candidates have ramped up their tv advertising in alabama and mississippi. gregg. >> gregg: steve, thanks very much. a war for delegates in the guilt o.p. race is one of the topics i will be covering with our group of guests. our panel of campaign insiders have worked on presidential campaigns from ronald reagan to bill clinton.

also coming up, plus, don't forget to go to foxnews.com/pol politics to get the latest on all of the candidates. >> heather: an international call to end the violence in syria has hit aroad block, the joint u.n. arab league envoy say that this peace-making effort is a difficult task and added that there is always hope annan is pushing for the government to allow aid access to thousands of wounded civilians and is pleading for cooperation from bog sides. >> just come from my second meeting with president assad. our discussions focus on the core objective of the process. an immediate end to the violence. we should stop the violence.

the monetary agencies to do the work and get supplies to the needy and the start of a political dialogue. >> heather: the meeting comes amid a new government assault on rebel forces in northern sirria. the year-long conflict has claimed nearly 7500 lives, no side of either side backing down. >> gregg: also, israeli airstrikes killing three palestinians in the gaza strip, including a 12-year-old boy. the war plane pounding targets in response to a barrage of rocketfire into southern israel. since friday, more than 120 rockets have been fired from gaza, seriously wyning two civilians. egypt is trying to arrange a cease-fire, but having no success so far. this is the worst round of violence between israel and palestinian militants in more than a year. >> heather: japan is marking one year since suffering its most devastating natural disaster

ever. >> more than 19,000 people killed when a powerful earthquake triggered a massive tsunami, wiping out everything in its path. today, many are struggling with the painful memories left behind. streaming live from northeast japan. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, yes. this has been a day of japanese people to remember the thousands of people who died from these twin disasters, 12 months ago. they started with tsunami sirens switched on to mark exactly the time, 2:46 p.m., when the earthquake struck just off the coast here. after that, there was a minute of silence. the japanese emperor left his hospital bed where he had been recovering from heart bypass surgery to address the people in tokyo. he said that the country needs

to learn lessons from these twin disasters. now, in the hour after the earthquake struck, massive tsunamis swept into this north eastern coastline, here in this town, there was a 52-foot wave which wiped out nearly the whole community. 900 people died here. as you can see from the video, the fishing fleet which was the main industry here, was also smashed to pieces. they are trying to recover now, trying to get back into business, but they told me today, it was very difficult. >> all we can do is try to get back to work. most of us are taking on huge debt and starting from scratch. >> reporter: well, i'm standing at the remanies of the hospital, at the start here, trying to get the patients up. as you can see, this place was

wrecked and many, many people died here also. back to you. >> heather: hard to believe that was one year ago. thank you very much, david piper, streaming live for us from japan. >> gregg: the cost of carrying for our wounded warrior, [ing home u.s. troops from the wars in iraq and afghanistan is blowing up. v.a. hospitals preparing for tens of thousands of new vet who is will need medical care. part of the preparation means hiring thousands of new employees. we go live to the los angeles newsroom. >> reporter: the reason why we are seeing an influx is because of the recent u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq and also a scaleback of forces in afghanistan. and the department of veterans afars has become inundated. for example, it is estimated that some 93,000 troops will enroll with the vha this year alone. by the way, a 183% increase from just 5 years ago. as for savings, veterans face a

number of unique challenges, compared to those of the past. many have done multiple deployments overseas and more are returning home with ptsdrks or post traumatic stress disorder. so the v.a. increasing in staff size by more than 24% and the programs have been changed. new offices have been opened across america and new post deployment clinics have been established to provide the best care possible to meet the needs of our heros and not just the physical ones. >> we offer speech therapy and we offer marital therapy and they will need help with substance abuse issues and we have a mood disorder as well as substance abuse program here in our clinic, so veterans can get help for a number of issues itch the president's budget has been very helpful to us, in allowingitous expand that care.

we have really been working for the last several years to expand the range of services that are available. >> reporter: now, many veterans have criticized the v.a. through the years, saying that the system can be difficult to navigate and sometimes there are extremely long waiting lists, just to get help by a professional. officials there tell us now with this increase in staff and the addition of new clinics that they are working hard to mike sure they can accommodate all of our warriors who are returning home. gregg? >> gregg: live from los angeles, thank you. >> heather: it is the very needs that they deserve. the unemployment rate now 8.3%. but some argue that the only reason the rate is dropping is because a lot of americans have just given up looking for work. to take a closer look at the number and brand-new research that poses another reason why the rate is coming down? they overwhelmingly voted for

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>> gregg: now, a quick check on the headlines, police arresting a man in washington state, accused of shooting an officer, stabbing a judge and fleeing the scene alta state courthouse. steven kravitz was arrested yesterday. his mom turned him in, after hearing media reports about the incident. four people remain in the hospital after a shooting rampage in a psychiatric clinic in pittsburg. the 30-year-old suspect opened fire on thursday, killing one person before he was shot to death by police. the search for four missing fishermen, off the coast of washington state has been suspended. the boat sending a distress signal yesterday morning. the coast guard officers saying they have searched longer than

anyone may have survive in the cold water. >> heather: we told but this. this is good news. the labor department reporting positive numbers, unemployment at 8.3% in february. but there is a new study that is challenging the thought that unemployment is dropping because job seekers are giving up. referch referrers at barkley say the size of the u.s. workforce is clinking because baby-boomers are retiring. let's bring in the anchor of bulls and bears to explain this and whether this is good news or bad news for the economy. that's the bottom line. that's what we want to know. >> it's interesting. you can look at any time the labor force shrinks and have you more hiring, the jobless rate is going to fall. that's good news for the administration, obviously, about not necessarily for the economy, depending on why it falls. if it's shrinking because we have more people who are retiring, that's a demographic change. we are seeing some of that, but

that means, basically, our workforce is getting older. if it's falling because of structural changes inherent in the recession because people don't want to look for a job because they don't think they are going to get one, eventually, they will start looking for a job and we will see the unemployment rates start to fall. if that's the reason, then it's not so bad. the economy will pick up. so it really depends on whether you believe it's for demographic reasons that we are getting older or because this recession is just hanging on so long. >> heather: i'm not getting older, i don't know about you. what do you believe is happening? >> i think it has more to do with the structural part of the recession. this is a recession that has hung on for so long and people have stayed unemployed than much longer than in other recessions. it's unlike lee any recession we have seen before.

i think it has a lot to do with the structure. people are not going to go out and start looking for a job unless they know there is a pretty good chance they are going to get hired. but we do know and we have -- we are getting older. there are the demographics. but anecdoteally, people in their 70s are still working because they have to. and we know that, depending on what happens in the next election, if their taxes go up, on older people, they are going to have to keep working as well. a lot depends on what happens to them. >> heather: let's talk about that election that you mentioned. 8% seems to be the magic number on whether or not the unemployment rate can fall below 8%. do you think that trend will continue and the unemployment rate will continue? >> it depends on why it's happening. i mean, if it's happening because of the recession, a lot would have to go right -- and we are battling gas prices, we are battling europe that's falling apart, a slowdown in china and

brazil that we depend on, so i think it would be very hard for our economy to grow enough for the unemployment rate to fall below 8%. so if you think that, you know, that our workers are retiring, though, that study shows that it could fall almost to 7%. so it would be very interesting to watch. >> heather: but with workers retiring, that's good news for younger workers and college grads, people coming into the workforce. >> absolutely. they could move forward. they will find skills to go into some of these job, yes, absolutely. >> heather: we will see what happens, especially come november. gregg? >> gregg: the republican battle for the white house right now it's all about the delegates. we're going to break down the strategy for reaching that magic number with our panel of campaign insiders. >> heather: new segment here. up next, president obama's re-election team, launching a

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>> gregg: it is the bottom of the hour, and time for the news. an american soldier is detained in southern afghanistan, accused of going on a shooting rampage, reportedly shooting 16 civilians, including 9 children and 3 women. international efforts to stop the violence in syria have stalled. u.n. envoy, kofi annan unable to broker a cease-fire. annan saying it will be very difficult to resolve. moments of silence across japan, marking one year since it is country was struck by a massive nife.0 magnitude earthquake, which triggered a devastating tsunami that killed more than

19,000 people. >> heather: president obama releasing a powerful new set of campaign ads this weekend in key battleground states, trying to boost support among female voters and focusing on his health care reform. peter doocy has more in washington. >> reporter: in 2008, a majority of women voted for then senator obama and two years later in 2010, most women voters broke for republicans. to try to stop the g.o.p. from going on a roll with the ladies, the obama campaign will send out 1 million pieces of mail to moms, young women and older women. on friday, we got a taste of the new pitch to them. >> women deserve an equal day's pay for an equal day's work. [cheers and applause] >> our daughters should be treated just the same and have the same opportunities as our sons. >> reporter: the obama

campaign is getting help from nurses, banding together to form nurses for obama. their job is to help the campaign convince women that the president's helt care law, which turns 2 on march 23, was a good idea and that his positions to contraceptions and birth control are best for them as well. strategists on the left and the right agree that women could swing the election and mismiss's republican governor says that in his neck of the wood, ahead of the g.o.p. primary, the win wer women will be romney. >> governor romney has a great favorability rating with women. and i think a southern female professional woman is going to say, that's who i want to vote for. >> reporter: the campaign official tells us that the president won't be personally involved in the outreach to women this week. he will be busy with british prime minister david cameron. but on friday, he will hit the campaign trail in georgia and illinois. toe so stay tuned and check your mail boxes. heather? >> heather: thank you, peter doos newashington.

gregg -- doocy in washington. >> gregg: over the past four decades from carter to clinton and beyond, our next guest has been involved in campaigning in the triple digits. they know campaigning inside and out, starting this sunday, today, they will be giving you the insights only experience can gain, as professionals, they bring no particular favorites, no agenda beyond offering honest insiders examination and perspective of the campaigns to win the white house and lead america. these guys, trust me, see things that almost nobody else does. the fox news campaign insiders doug shawn, pat caddell and john belugliere. this is the launch of something good. we want all of your insights. doug santorum was on the air, touting the big win in kansas, yesterday. what he conveniently left out was that romney won more

delegates. >> 39-33 for romney because romney won northern marianna and guam and wyoming. romney is following the same approach president obama did in 2008. he has 451 delegates. and he's on the way to the nomination, barring something extreme. >> you know what, pat, romney won 6 of 10 states. he has won the big ones -- michigan, florida, ohio, he has more popular votes and more delegates, 2-1 over santorum. can anybody catch him? >> i think it will be very difficult. now with the way the calendar works, which the republicans borrow from the democrats, it's very hard for someone to make up all the delegates in between. we are dealing with the weakest frontrunner since walter mondale. but he has money, organization, he's on every ballot and it is hard for rick santorum and newt

gingrich there are places they can't even compete. >> gregg: i looked this up. romney's negatives are 17 points hay higher than his favorables, which creates a better than 20-point favorability gap in president obama's favor. >> right. >> this is the problem with the protracted republican race, is that -- yeah, i think pat and doug are right. odds are that romney will be the nominee. but by the time he has it sewn up, will he be so damaged, so broke, so exhausted, that he doesn't have the time to raise the money all over, repair a damaged image among women, hispanics, independents-- you are not buying the theory that it makes the candidate stronger, it keeps his name front and center in the news. >> not in the news badly. >> it's become deleterious after a while. look, the president, who is vulnerable, is able to escape any challenge right now.

he goes out, he promises whatever tactically people want to hear, we heard it with women and so forth. >> gregg: sure. >> there is a huge vacuum. there is no opposition party opposing or narrating -- give a narrative on president obama that challenges him. the republican candidates are internalized. and the republican party is paralyzed in congress. >> gregg: know what? i am wondering, doug, i was taking a look at the other poll numbers. the president has a 20-point lead among women. has all of this caustic rhetoric about birth control, abortion alienated the women voters? >> in a word, yes, it has. the president trails with men by 6, he is 18 to 20 points ahead with women, giving him a net lead of 7 or 8 points. but there is a but. the president hasn't closed the deal by a long shot. the race is wider wide open. the favorability gasp is 17

points. but the president is ahead with 48-49% of the vote. >> gregg: let me talk about tuesday with two big southern states. 90 delegates in all in mississippi, alabama. alabama on the screenful here's the real clear politics poll average. romney has 26.3%, gingrich, 24%, santorum, 22%. in mississippi, romney is ahead by 8 points, but that's fluid as well. congressman, how do you see tuesday? >> if romney, who says he's playing away games in the south, if we were to win either one or both of these things, then the race is suddenly again, turned upside down, where he wins when we didn't expect him to. it's devastating, first for gingrich and a little bit for santorum, who said a week ago, i am going to win both. >> gregg: pat, is this make or break for newt gingrich? >> absolutely. i don't know where he goes. it's interesting that it's close. john's right that if romney wins

any of this eye am amazed he's in the ballgame. but part of it is that gingrich and santorum are splitting 55% of the vote. both states. >> gregg: is newt gingrich still, doug, a viable candidate? >> we will see on tuesday. he has the strongest positive message -- >> by far. >> going. and he has the capacity, gregg, to self-destruct. he is what we call in the profession, discipline is sometimes lacking. >> gregg: his negatives -- those are the highest in the nation. 61%? i think it is. >> with independents-- you can get elected to anything? >> no. no. you have to reverse those. i thought after -- you know, in the gap we had in february, that he might try to redefine his campaign, but he didn't. he has the best issues. he hasn't been able to change his own image. he has come off as angry, it's a problem. >> gregg: there is an academic study out of dartmouth to try to

figure out why democrats lost so badly in 2010. i want to quote from the weekly standard, quote, the authors looked at cap and trade, the economic stim scplus obamacare and concluded that the latter, obamacare had by far the most adverse effect on democrats' fortunes. congressman, you know, it took an academic study to figure that out? >> well, i don't know-- voters thought it was big government, liberalism, they didn't like it according to east dartmouth academics. will that be an issue in november? >> the obamacare is the single unifying issue inside the republican party. every republican hates that thing. the problem is we are about to nominate mitt romney, who it was just revealed in 2009 went on "meet the press" and endorsed the individual mandate and wrote an op-ed piece, so -- >> doug and i wrote august

during 2009-10, that the disaster would be for the health care, for the democrats. you can't take something and shove it down the country's throat. 72% of the people in the gallup poll today believe the mandates are unconstitutional, including democrats. the question is, the republicans have abandoned the use of that issue. >> gregg: doug, i mean, as unpopular, according to this study that obamacare is, if republicans nominate the creator of romneycare, is that political suicide? or is romney's explainable pallettable? >> i think pat's right. this is the issue. the problem is that the republicans haven't positioned themselves to talk about the future of health care and how they would fix it. if mitt romney has to defend the past or explain the's in a weakness. >> gregg: all the negativity that the three of us feel about the race, i would have to say this, it is so fluid, as bad as romney looks to many people fhe

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>> heather: welcome back. some of the stories making headline, an american soldier's being detained in southern afghanistan, accused of a shooting spree, reportedly killing 16 civilian, including 9 children and 3 women. international efforts to end the violence in syria have stalled.

u.n. envoy kofi annan unable to broker a sees fear in two days of meetings. and to japan, marking one year since that massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake, twiggerring a devastating tsunami that killed more than 19,000 people. >> we are back with our fox news campaign insiders, doug shown, pat caddell: this is the longestions recession since the great depression. it has been 49 long, agonizing months since the u.s. hit its peak employment in january of 2008. and it coincides with the longest stretch of sluggish economic performance, we haven't hit 4% gdp since early 2006.

front and center -- is this the issue? >> it is the issue. it's the one neither party has systematically addressed. it's why president obama continues to be vulnerable, given the 17-point favorability advantage. it's why the american people are so disengaged and angry because nobody's offering a specific agenda to restore growth and create jobs. >> i think this is why we say this is like an empty election. when you take the fact that the number of people looking for work, 10.3% on top of what we had with the workforce before. but look, the country believes the country's in danger of decline. their children won't have a future. we had -- three-quarters believe that the government in washington doesn't rule with their consent. this is a mixture of nitrois -- nitroglycerin. >> gregg: congressman, you were pointing out, during the commercial break, in the great

depression, people had confidence that the government could do something. not now? >> no. i think if you look in the last two years, we have well two waves happening. the tea party in 2010, anti-big government, and last year, for a while, the occupy wall street thing, which obama has adopted some of the rhetoric of. the tree three of us have come to the conclusion that the two have merged together. where the public thinks both the government and big business and the media are all corrupt. they are in bed with each other, out to screw the average person. >> gregg: hurting ordinary people. >> the reason why the tea party movement is not just right wingers, it's people who said, government get out of my life. and the occupy wall street is saying, government, you are helping the rich and powerful and not doing much for me. >> this is the interesting thing this. stretches from left to right. 85% of the american people believe that people in office are self-serving and they believe the system is rigged against them. that's a lot of people.

>> no candidate speaks to this -- >> not one speaks to this. >> talk about an opening in this election year. that's it. >> gregg: the president is very fond of blaming an obstructionist congress, which sort of conveniently ignores the fact that for the first two years of his presidency, he had sizable majorities in both houses. i think three-quarters of the time during bill clinton's presidency -- you remember this, john? >> i do! >> gregg: he did not have the house and all of reagan's presidency, he didn't have the house itch it was a great advantage for clinton not to have the house because we were able to blame newt gingrich and then compromise with him on a balanced budget. president obama has a vulnerable economic record on the stimulous, it's nonperformance, substitution of health care and the fail tower get america moving again. >> gregg: quick last words. >> kisay one thing about obama about that. when he had the full congress

behind him, he made the wrong list of priorities. he should have focused on economics and jobs, he did obamacare. when the debt issue came along, he adopted simpson-bowles. >> but the point was important. when clinton was reversed and had a problem, he said, i learned my lesson. he made a compromise. this president -- this is a plb -- he was going to end the partisan divide. people believe, he is not able to negotiate. >> gregg: gentlemen, so much more to talk about. you will be joining us, consistently on sundays, thank you so much. our campaign insiders. you can get more from our campaign insiders every monday at 11:00 a.m. at live.foxnews.com. and you can follow them on twitter. >> heather: good stuff. guys. the labels are everywhere,

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>> heather: off the aisles of the grocery store, the signs are everywhere, organic or all natural. >> gregg: thoosht. what's the difference? what should you buy? here, we have our health and fitness expert. it's a booming business, isn't it. >> sales of organic food have been climbing since 2000. most sales of conventional food have been flat. 78% of americans buy some organic food. every store sells it. you are right. wal-mart outsells the country in organic food. costco's next. it is want just small stores. >> heather: what makes something organic? >> great question. when you see the usda organic seal tmean its can contain no pesticides, fertilizers, preservatives or genetically modified ingredients. when you see the organic seal on meet, it means it can have no

antibiotics or hormones and it was grass fed that it's meant to eat, not an industrial feed, with chemicals and biproducts. it has access to the outdoors. >> gregg: does this mean it's healthier for us to eat? >> yes tdis. you are not investigate chemicals and antibiotics and preservatives. the fda approves those for use in food, but there is mounting research to show that they are not good for us and they can cause disease and birth defects and other health problems. it is not that one nonorganic piece of chicken is going to kill you, it's day after day, year after year. >> heather: what are the best products to look for when you are going organic? >> sure. the top one is organic beef, organic cow. u.s. cattle are fed growth hormones, very few westernized country in the world allow groight hormone to be given to cows, except the u.s.

and that has been linked to cancer. it is not good. and the other reason is the feed that cows are given. it's loaded with pesticides and animal b. >> heather: products. non-organic chicken is given the same feed, but it doesn't pass through the mea. so if the choice is beef or chicken-- you have several products here. go through some of these and explain. >> sure? >> i want to you hit dairy as limp that's another concern. organic. >> that's probably -- this organic milk right here -- the usda has found that 99% of all milk samples contested pesticide residue, from what the cows eat. so buying organic milk is really important. butter, same thing. what is interesting is that you can buy imported dairy from europe or from canada, it's okay to get it conventional because they don't have the hormones, and the farms are smaller, so it's safer. >> heather: you skipped over the

cereal here? >> this is to show you, a lot of people think that organic is healthy. it's organic, i can eat as much as i want. this organic granola and this regular granole asame calories, same sodium, same fiber, same whole grain. they are identical in sugar. the organic is not better for you, in fact thas double the fat and it has saturated fat. so it's worse for your heart health. >> gregg: what about fruitses and vegetables? >> heather: they don't last as long. >> organic food in general doesn't last as long because it doesn't have preservatives. so this is a problem. but with fruits and vegetables. you don't have to buy everything organic. prioritize that that has an edible skin, like apples or you can't peel the skin like spinach and celery and peaches and nectarines -- those five are the

five most contaminated. so that's what you should look for. >> gregg: last but not least, organic bread. >> it has to go to pesticide residues. bread, i didn't think i needed to buy organic. the flour has a lot of pesticide residues that will show up in bread. >> gregg: good stuff. lots of information on organic versus other products. thanks very much. >> thank you so much. >> heather: thanks as always. >> gregg: that's it for us. i'm gregg jarrett. have a great week. >> heather: i'm heather childers. "fox news sunday" is next. i will see you on monday morning, early at 5:00 a.m. [ speaking in japanese ] yeah, do you have anything for a headache... like excedrin, ohhh, bayer aspirin... ohh, no no no. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my head. no, bayer advanced aspirin, this is made for pain. [ male announcer ] bayer advanced aspirin has microparticles, enters the bloodstream fast, and safely rushes extra strength relief

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