.... >> gregg: hello. welcome to a brand-new hour, inside america's news headquarters. >> heather: i'm heather childers. we're 48 hours away from the next big contest in the republican primary race. illinois could give much needed momentum as the primary goes on. >> gregg: occupy wall street and police or the ready. we'll have a live report straight ahead. >> heather: intimate new details about the troubled personal life of the soldier suspected of killing 16 afghans revealed in a family blog. >> gregg: we begin with politics this hour.

ballots are being cast in puerto rico. mitt romney suspension the sunday in illinois. rick santorum took his message out and possibility that puerto rico could be split. doug mckelway has more in washington. >> reporter: good to see you. puerto rico primary underway as we speak. it's worth 20 delegates but all eyes are turning to illinois where 69 delegates are at stake in tuesday's primary. both santorum and romney campaigning hard. romney's lead and margin is 6.4%. latest average shows romney with 37.7%. to santorum's 33.3 with gingrich lagging far behind with 13.3. romney has been out spending his rival by 7 to 1 margin in illinois relying on part what has worked in other states,

strong attack ads and pointed barbs at his add ver seas. a pancake brunch, he linked his background to president obama's. >> senator santorum has the same characteristics as president obama. he spent his life in government right now we need somebody that understands the economy fundamentally. he has the same lightweight background the president has. >> reporter: they delivered a strong pro-life speech for santorum of a thousand worshipers in shreveport drug describing his death of son and struggles with his daughter. but he returned fire at romney camp. >> i would love to be able to get one on one with governor romney and expose the record that would be the weakest weth record we could put up against president obama. i believe ultimately we did well in missouri. we'll do well in illinois again,

we're being outspent. >> reporter: tuesday's big primary in illinois, next crucial test on the calendar is louisiana primary next saturday, march 24th. >> gregg: doug mckelway, thanks very much. don't forget that fox news is america's election headquarters. we have special pry prime time coverage of the illinois primary for you. that is this tuesday night only on fox news channel. >> heather: one thing that romney and santorum agreed on, afghanistan, romney saying the president's approach has failed. on fox news sunday, romney explaining if he were president he would listen more to the commanders on the battlefield. >> the timing of withdrawal are dependent on conditions of the ground and, of course, the people in afghanistan and their ability to maintain their sovereignty and to have the capacity to have a military that can stand up to the challenges

they face. the timetable the guidelines that continue to be into effect unless, of course, there are changes in conditions that suggest a faster withdrawal. >> heather: santorum saying if up to him we would be there until the end or not at all. >> if this is the game plan, if the game plan we're leaving irrespective of whether we are going to succeed or not, why are we still there? let's either commit to winning or let's get out. >> heather: coming up, the power panel will weigh in on the republican candidates' plan for afghanistan and the latest fallout from the suspected shooting of afghan villagers by an american soldier. >> gregg: gunmen linked to al-qaeda claiming responsibility for the murder of an american teacher in yemen. two gunmen targeted in him his car. identifying the victim as joe sh

shrine. >> deadly new violence in syria, opposition forces marking one year since the beginning of national uprising there. a car bomb exploding near a government security building in syria's second largest city. state run news media reporting two people were killed. at least 30 more injured. this following deadly car bombings yesterday. those attacks killing 27 people. syrian government cracking down on the rebellion with lethal force. first protest begin last march after school children were tortured for writing anti-government graffiti. united nations now estimates more than 8,000 people have been killed and thousands of syrian refugees are flooding into neighboring turkey and government is bracing for thousands more as the uprising drags on. >> heather: new word on u.s.

soldier that is suspected of killing 16 afghan civilians. details of the pernld life of staff sergeant robert bales. family blog revealing a more complicated picture. peter doocy has more on that story. >> reporter: robert bales and his wife bought a house in rural town for $280,000. but three days before sergeant bales allegedly killed 16 afghan civilians, his wife asked a real estate agent to put it on market $229,000. carolyn asked to take it off the market on tuesday, said she had a family emergency. this comes two years after the bales abandoned a home in auburn washington about ten miles away. president of the homeowners association there in auburn says about that second home, it was ram shackled. they were not dependable. there were vehicles parked in

the front yard. we had given up. the man that went into afghan villagers to murder them had problems of his own. he had problems with the law. in 2002 he was arrested for assaulting a girlfriend but pled not guilty, did 20 hours of anger management consulting. he was charged with hit-and-run and crashed into something for running away from his car in uniform bloody but that charge was dismissed, as well. fast forward to last year, bales was denied a promotion to sergeant first class which was a major disappointment from his wife's blog which is also full of detailing of very lonely wife that had given birth to a daughter in 2006. when she wrote, he left for iraq quincy slept in our bed last night. the wife and two kids are under federal protection. sergeant bales is expected to meet with his lawyer tomorrow.

>> heather: thank you, peter doocy in washington. >> gregg: some americans driven to desperation risking their safety for cheaper fuel. in san diego, a gallon of gasoline costing 4.40, but miles across mexico it is below $3. so folks are heading south and driving head-on in out of control drug gang violence. >> reporter: aaa reporting that the national average for a gallon of gas unleaded regular is going for 3.84 in this country, but as we were talking about, the average in california are you ready, a whopping 4.35 a gallon. second highest in the country behind hawaii. so it's no surprise in some cities like san diego, you can drive just a few miles south and

go fill up your tank across the border where a gallon is nearly 1.50 cheaper in mexico. the price is about 2.91 a gallon because the mexican government regulates the price to keep the economy going. >> a lot of it is because mexico has quite a bit of oil production of its own. essentially state owned oil company may be forced to sell at certain prices, refineries who process the oil and sell it at a lower price. >> reporter: this is especially beneficial for truck drivers and most of them are heading south because many of them buy up to 300 gallons at once. so you be can imagine the savings there. but the u.s. state department has issued travel alerts in parts of mexico because of the drug cartels. some drivers we talked with they

don't care how cheap the gas is, they will not go. >> i think it's ridiculous. it's not worth it. right now, there is a lot of violence over there so it's better over here, i know it's expensive. >> reporter: they say you don't really know the quality of the gasoline that you are buying in mexico because that country's standards are not as strict. they are not as tough as they are here in the united states. the folks at gas buddy.com say you may void the warranty in your car on your vehicle if you fill up in mexico, but it does show how desperate people are with these prices that analysts say are only going to rise as we head into the summer months. >> gregg: going to get worse. thanks very much. >> heather: a spectacular party

now underway in the thanish city of valencia. revellers marking the start of spring with the annual festival of fire, it's a five day shindig vivid displays and stunning pyrotechnics, spectacular. amy kellogg has the story. >> reporter: this festival all goes up in flames but it doesn't end in tears. as the artists have designed the fire monument behind me, they embrace the flames. the whole city doesn't go up in flames when hundreds of these monuments are burned. on monday night is there are some very good firemen who will manage the scene. this was the year's top category winning fire that cost $527,000 to construct. it's about 60 feet high and had a small army of artists working on it for the better part of the year. you can see there is a lot going

on. it's generally a busy scene. this takes a swipe at moody's as scraping the living daylights out of euro. the creator says economic woes have been repeated many times this year. >> i think they are laughing about the crisis. we are trying to put some humor into this a bad moment we are going through so you can arrive here and have a laugh. >> reporter: last night saw they make more offerings to a massive stat oot ui. procession of men and women goes on pretty much nonstop over eight hours. it's quite emotional. you can see people weeping as they hand off bouquets who assemble them to a statue of the virgin mary. there are extremes. loudest fireworks.

biggest paper machete monuments and largest statues of the madonna you can see at party. >> heather: spectacular. thank you, amy. >> gregg: allegations that china isn't fighting fair. they say their economic engine runs on exploited workers, maybe slave labor but are american consumers ready to keep up china's goods. brenda butner on a report that suddenly may be full of lies. >> heather: taking a plea deal on domestic violence charges, case closed? why the district attorney says he should pay for all of his alleged crime. >> and secret for occupy wall street. looking to bring their movement back to life, are police ready? [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪

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.... >> gregg: you better sit down for this one. new details about the guy behind the scathing report on harsh working conditions at apple

computer factories in china. new reports that he says, well, it was kind of theater, not journalism. evidence he fabricated parts of story if not all of it. does the loss of that one story's credibility explain exploited worker problem in china and whether it's fueling our economic recovery. brenda butner is anchor of "bulls and bears". this is acclaimed news stories on pbs called "this american life." fronting this piece about the working conditions at apple factories is not a journalism but a stage performer? >> very interesting. it was a stage performance that he did. he claimed he ran on a -- he went on a six-day trip to china and he saw people that were maimed at apple factories. >> gregg: they were poisoned. >> underage workers.

>> gregg: abysmal conditions. >> horrible conditions. it was used within this pbs news story. once taken from one pbs news story, it gets spread across a number of news reports. >> gregg: everybody believes it. the guy is mike daisey and he purports all this is true. one of the pbs reporters, ron submits begins to get suspicious. he finds the translator over to china, did you see this? no, no, no. i want to play and confronts mike daisey. here is the interview where daisey is confronted about this. so you lied, didn't you. >> answer, i wouldn't express it that way. >> how would you express it.

>> i would say i wanted to tell a story that captured the totality of my trip. >> question -- did you pete workers like that? i met workers in hong kong going to apple protests who had not been poisoned but had known people who had been. >> in journalism i knew a guy, knew a guy and take a gospel. it doesn't work that way. that is essentially what he was doing. the pbs show has basically going like, we did wrong. >> gregg: they should have known that. first of all, a they are engaging what they are doing creative liberty and artistic lying and this guy was notorious a big apple basher. >> this was a huge mistake. lots of people make mistakes in their journalistic careers but

this was a big one. it caused apple a lot of problems. again, this was taken and quoted by numerous other news sources. >> gregg: apple has appointed an independent auditing team to go into the factories and if they find any problems they will fix it. as many lives that were spun in this report, it doesn't mean there are bad things that are happening in china. chinese factories produce american goods. >> in general, worker conditions are worse than they are in the united states. there are worse things going on there. some of the things that have been found at some of the factories are they take these young workers from rural places and bring them to these metropolitan areas and they are alienated. it's long hours. of course, they feel isolated. there are some issues but they

are making money. that is the way that capitalism works under communism. >> gregg: we didn't set up their communist system but to some extent we use the. >> heather: you can catch brenda on "bulls and bears" on the business channel. we'll see you the next hour, as well. >> bears are not the only ones hibernating. occupy wall street until now, protestors trying to kick start their movement months after it begin. plus, a sheriff cops a plea deal involving his wife but he may not be out of the woods. why new troubles could be bubbling up. >> for the last two months, this case has caused my family, my department, sheriff's department and the city great turmoil and pain and disappointment.

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>> heather: welcome back. months after the started occupy wall street organizers are making headlines again. this was the scene last night in new york city's park. birthplace of the occupy wall street protest. the day begin with marches and demonstrations. it ended like this. dozens of arrests. now live from new york newsroom with more. >> reporter: according to the occupy wall street website they will be reconvening near the park at 8:00 tonight. 73 were taken in yesterday according to nypd. some facing serious charges including attempted robbery, and

obstructing government administration. they say two officers were injured and there is evidence of electrical boxes being tampered with and graffiti. now, the police says the protestors were rolling out sleeping bags but occupiers say they were not putting up any permanent structures and police were the ones breaking the law. they say they suffered unnecessary assaults by police. several protestors were brought to area hospitals for injuries. they are asking people to protest the quote, police repression. it started back on 17th for bringing attention to income gaps between the extremely wealthy and everybody else. 99% versus the 1%. then if you remember on november 15th, police came in and cleared the park. thousands with a walked around wall street and marched to the brooklyn bridge carrying signs and chanting.

they plan on marching on wall street every friday and there is speculation as the weather warms up the movement will heat up too. >> heather: we will be on top of it. >> gregg: some fighting words in san francisco over a question of sincerity. share ross mirkarini pled guilty. he pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge are a false imprisonment for a new year's eve incident involving his wife. a former soap opera actress in venezuela. they are dropping a host of serious charges against him. sheriff is happy to put all this behind him. >> for the last two months, this case has caused my family, my department and sheriff's department and the city great turmoil, pain and disappointment this plea allows us to move

forward. >> gregg: moving forward may not be so easy beginning tomorrow because the sheriff apparently made other statements following the plea agreement leaving the district attorney to raise doubts on whether the sheriff really believes he is guilty. d.a. may have last word because tomorrow he is going to talk to the judge about it at the sentencing. now to talk, melissa who is an attorney and following the case closely and joins us from the beautiful city of san francisco. what did share mirkarimi allegedly do that led to the charges of originally domestic violence, battery against his wife. child endangerment and dissuading a witness? >> allegedly on new year's eve he got into an argument how long she could take their two-year-old son to native country of venezuela. in the course of the argument he grabbed her and made a big bruise on her arm in this area.

>> gregg: there is videotape showing the wife's injury, right? >> that is right. next day she went to her neighbor's house where she on video carefully described what happened. very importantly said it was not the first time he had, quote, put his hands on her. >> gregg: so, wait a minute. originally the sheriff said, hey it's nobody's business, it's a private matter. this is sheriff saying that sort of thing? >> it was outrageous when he came out and said that. a local domestic violence consortium to put up a billboard domestic violence is never a private matter and put it right near the sheriff's offices. people were incensed by that ridiculous statement by him. >> gregg: now convicted, he was going to do serious time and he is the sheriff. let me get this straight. this is the man in san francisco charged with being in charge of

the jails. he has pled guilty to false imprisonment? >> that is right. forget the fox in the hen house. we have a hen guarding the hen house. unlike the police department, they don't have any civilian oversight. whoever is the sheriff has a higher level of trust. it makes the whole situation that more bizarre. even in san francisco where we have a high tolerance for nonsense, people aren't too happy about this. >> gregg: after the plea of guilty to false imprisonment he begin mouthing off that he didn't do anything wrong really. it was doing to get rid of the whole thing. d.a. said the following, either he the sheriff was lying to the court when he said he was guilty entering the plea, or he is lying down. there is really no two ways about it. what is going to happen. d.a. is going to talk to the judge. what could happen? >> the judge could say, look you

can't say you are guilty in here and go outside and say you are innocent. i can't in good conscience to allow this guilty plea to be entered. you are going to trial on all three counts. an alternative the junk may actually require ross mirrakimi in stating his guilt. >> gregg: i wish i could identify the twists and turns in this case. this sheriff was on the had of supervisors is anti-gun, yes, you heard me correctly. a sheriff who is anti-gun. what had did they found. >> a six hour pt-9 and biretta and smith and west on model 19 when he is the mood to play dirty harry.

the number of high schools. >> gregg: check out. there is a lot to this story. the soap opera that she was once an actress. thank you very much. >> heather: a real life one. closer look at the home of a soldier who is suspected of killing 16 afghan civilians. why a major military newspaper called joint base lewis mccord called the most troubled base in the country. >> the care that the soldiers receive and not just congressional inquiries, they don't seem to be able to shake this off and get back on its feet. you know when i grow up,

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.... >> heather: new concerns that the base of robert bales, family getting extra protection at lewis mccord. a few years ago military newspaper called the base most troubled base in the country, lawmakers say that is because many troops there have been spliod seven to eight times. let's bring in judith miller. k.t. mcfarland deneen borelli is a columnist and fox news contributor. thank you all for joining us. this story as it continues to unfold is more and more troubling. sergeant bales who was fourth deployment, following a

traumatic brain injury that happened while he was deployed to iraq. what needs to change here. what is the problem. >> i go all around the country. i started hearing about this in 2006, my son has come back from afghanistan and he is drinking too much. my dental is getting -- my daughter-in-law is getting beaten up. one is deployment is way too long. you should on be six months, off for 12. now, we are putting them on 15-month knrioys. there is traumatic brain injuries and third thing when our vets are coming home, have jobs there is no jobs for them. >> i think we have to be careful to jumping conclusions before we know all the facts. there was a front page post piece, it's the problem of the

base. lewis mccord is a troubled place. but these guys, from that base have deployed repeatedlyly but it would be wrong at this point to attribute to anything other than the rogue action of one soldier. we can't begin to make either policy judgments or medical judgments until anything else until all the facts are in. >> heather: the base is being investigated for the level of health care to soldiers and their family. >> there could be problems at the base. i really think it's the bigger picture, the war is going on way too long. when you have a war, last thing you want to do is go to war. a war should be a sprint. we've been there way too long. you go in there. you win and that is what we need to do. >> i think the problem is what the mission is. >> heather: only how you define

victory. okay, we won, let's go. >> the problem is the military leadership has been saying for years, that we're stretched too far and we can't do this to american men and women in uniform. we have not abided by that. >> the traumatic brain injuries, this is something we haven't seen in the past. perhaps it hasn't been diagnosed in the past and not aware of it. >> the equipment is so much better, our soldiers are surviving injuries they never would have survived before. we have to learn to get better and to have the people live. >> and support system when our soldiers come home. as you mentioned, jobs and other kind of counseling that our men and women need when they return home. when you look at the fact that over 67% of americans are in favor of ending this war. we have public opinion on this the side of ending this war as well. >> heather: we'll talk a little

more about that. i did mention in the articles i was doing research with, it talks about quantitative eeg that can diagnose situations like this. >> we have because of the lot of ides, explosions that come near someone, what is happening the shock wave is coming and shaking up the brain and we're not diagnosing them. except we are but only at a few hospitals. >> i applaud all of our men and women that are over there. >> heather: in afghanistan, mitt romney talking about what he would do as far as the u.s. withdrawal. president obama and afghan president karzai, they agree on a 2014 timetable but romney says it's hard to agree on anything without talking to the people who are on the front lines. tack a listen. >> time of withdrawal is going

to be dependent on what you hear from the conditions on the ground. that you understand by speaking with commanders there. as well as, of course, the people in afghanistan and their ability to maintain their sovereignty and to have the capacity to have a military that can stand up to the challenges they face. the timetable, guidelines that continue to be into effect, unless, of course, there are changes in conditions that suggest a faster withdrawal. >> heather: so let's go to our panel to talk more about that. listening to the folks on the ground to determine what needs to be done? >> i think she playing smart politics. who would know better than the boots on the ground. he is not getting the intelligence that president obama is getting. this is the best way for him to assess it root problem the situation in afghanistan has changed not because of the incidents that have happened in the last two or three weeks. bigger picture, i was there several years ago it was situation, i was there last year and it was very different.

there were two problems, safe havens in pakistan and corrupt karzai government. until you solve those two it doesn't matter what you do. >> president has really locked into a policy not only that involves the partnership of hamid karzai a, who wants to be american president that has to ask a soldier to die for hamid karzai but also with our nato allies so it's difficult for him to turn on a dime, i'm going to reassess the situation and get out. romney not being commander in chief has the luxury and also sense to say, i'm going to make my decision based on the situation on the ground. very shrewd political position. >> how are you going to say to the mother who lives with her son we want to keep it going just to see. if you made a decision that its lost cause, get out now.

>> mother who lost her son for this cause and we just throw up our hands, you know what, we can't do anymore. >> the military has done everything we have asked of them. they have fought brilliantly and again our political leaders have failed us. the political leaders of both parties have failed us for ten years. we should have declared victory in december 2001, said thank you very much. we got al-qaeda out of afghanistan we're leaving. >> there are no more al-qaeda left in afghanistan. why are we still there is the question. everybody should be asking because the terrible incidents. >> we do have a timetable we have to stick to. one of world's most powerful financial firms, changing it's a ways. this after a goldman sachs employee quit.

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>> heather: welcome back. talk about going out with a bang. former vp from goldman sachs quits his job but before leaving

he has a scathing editorial. now it looks like they may be making big changes, maybe. our power panel is back. so let's talk about this, so many different angles to talk about. first, the way he quit. second, banking industry in general and will it make a difference? >> i think it's going to make a difference, when you see the three million people logged on to that story, double click on gregg smith, 33-year-old, he went out with such a statement that people were ready to hear. because they already believe it about them because of the hearings and carl levin and because of the settlements they had to make and way in which the heads of those companies have conducted themselves. this is message that had resonance and doesn't hurt to have the "new york times" run

the op-ed piece but do a front page story, that a lot of what he is saying is true. >> he is just a disgruntled employee. >> we all know people in this line of work. for ten years, heads i win, tails you lose. that is been their mantra. they lost your money, they got to keep their commissions, you lost your money. you had to pay second time because you had to bail them out. here we go again. he had pulled back the veil of dirty secret on wall street. >> heather: has it always been that way. it would have been the way when he took the is job to begin. >> because all these investment banking firms really pay an enormous amount of money to political candidates. >> there are some cultural concerns at goldman sachs. the tone starts at the top.

blankfein is the ceo. he is a trader and building relationships in traders you have winners and losers. i have had personal experience with blankfein. i go to the shareholder meetings and challenged him on the company's support for renewable energy sources because they were all in. you need the government to be all in with the renewable energy with the mandates and backing from taxpayer dollars. he was very arrogant and dismissive towards me. i applaud him for speaking out and challenging the establishment. it's one big club. >> he'll never have lunch on wall street again. >> heather: whether or not he'll be getting another job in the banking industry. >> the book will be terrific and all go to the movie. >> heather: finally a slap in the face, take a look at this

tattered flag the it had been flying for years above a public school in harlem. a veteran has repeatedlyly complained and he was promised by the principle that something would be done about it. and one month later the tattered tribute is still flying high. so immediate question, why someone hasn't volunteered to purchase the school a new flag i bet you there will be a new one tomorrow. [ laughter ] >> it's ridiculous they are trying to blame the superintendent. come on. >> it's a country where we're supposed to take initiative. and the fact that a lot of school systems, who are they for. they are for the teachers unions and nobody thought it was a priority. >> it's not that expensive to buy. >> i went on line, you can buy one for $50. >> you can through it px, an

army person would do it and it would be $10 because that when the soldiers gave me and it was $10 and said that had to be deal. nothing over $10. so please, somebody step forward and buy these youngsters a flag. >> it stands for so much more. and there are specific rules how to taken care of and disposed of properly as the flag needs to be done. it's seen many days. but we're glad it is flying. >> heather: thank you all so much. thank you and happy spring today. >> gregg: you bought into the whole greg smith in. you just bought that hook line and sinker. >> heather: are you going to hire him, gregg? >> gregg: i don't buy into his stuff. all right. the battle for g.o.p.

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>> heather: we are 48 hours away

from what could be the biggest political battle in weeks. welcome to a brand-new hour, i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. we're talking about the fight for the state of illinois where more than 65 delegates are up for grabs. most for any one state since super tuesday. mitt romney hitting the ground at rockford, illinois meeting supporters ahead of the tuesday's race. >> he and rick santorum going head to head to win over conservative voters. doug mckelway is following the action and is live from washington. good evening, a bit of wildcard in trying to figure out the delegate mass in illinois. popular perception is i will is marked by suburban areas of officially moderate and secure republicans financially secure republicans who tend to gravitate toward mitt romney. illinois also has a lot of rural areas and borders iowa and missouri, two states where santorum has done well.

recent polling reflects the race has been tightening despite romney has outspent santorum 7 to 1. romney is up 6.4%. both gingrich and paul lagging far behind. on the sunday talk show circuit, both candidates were talking about the mathematical possibilities of reaching the threshold of 1144 delegates that it will take to win the nomination. >> i think the people of our party want to make sure we have a nominee that can beat barack obama. i know a lot of people will talk about delegates and math, that is interesting to the insiders. but the american people want to see someone who has leadership skill and experience to defeat the president. >> we still believe there are plenty of delegates for us to do what we've been doing is actually going out and winning states and winning the tough battles and doing so pretty overwhelming odds. >> reporter: most analysts

discount the likelihood of a brokered convention to pick a nominee but if neither candidate reaches the delegate threshold before the last primary in utah, june 26, we would see the first convention floor fight since 1976. >> heather: thank you so much. doug mckelway live in washington. >> voters in puerto rico making their voices heard. 20 delegates up for grabs there. we will bring you those results as soon as they start coming in. mitt romney leads overall race for delegates with 495. rick santorum, 252, gingrich and paul trailing in third and fourth. once again, it takes 1144 delegates to clinch the nomination. >> meantime, gingrich trailing but he is showing no signs of quitting the race with only two wins under his belt. some of the gingrich's rivals

are asking why he is staying in the race. campaign insiders weigh in it with gregg and more on the nomination and, of course, for the latest election news, head over to foxnews.com/politics. >> gregg: waves of new violence breaking out in yemen, second biggest city. gunmen killing an american teacher, al-qaeda linking itself to this act. local officials are saying the teacher was working at a language school. in syria, second straight day of attacks, a car bomb exploding near a government security building. state news reporting that two people were killed at least 30 more were injured. >> and in libya, fighting erupting in the capital killing one person, hostilities involving a powerful militia and residents once loyal to macaulay

culin. >> new word. we're getting new word on soldier suspected of killing 16 afghan civilians. new details on the permanent life of sergeant robert bales suggesting he was suffering from a host of family problems. peter doocey has more. >> robert bales and his wife carolyn bought a house in washington for $280,000 but three days before, sergeant bales allegedly killed 16 afghan civilians, his wife asked real estate agent to put it on the market $229,000. carolyn asked to take the house off the market saying she had a family emergency. it comes two years after the bales abandoned a home in auburn washington. about ten miles away. they say about that second home, it was ram shackled they were

not dependable. there were vehicles parked on the front yard. we had given up on the owners. the man who allegedly went into the homes of afghan villagers to murder them was having problems with his own. he has had problems with the law. in 2002, bales was arrested for allegedly assaulting a girlfriend but he pled not guilty, did 20 hours of anger management counseling and had that charge dismissed. he was charged with hit-and-run after he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into something for running away from his car in uniform, bloody but that charge was dismissed, as well. fast forward to last year, he was denied a promotion to sergeant first class which we know was a major disappointment from his wife's blog which is full of posts detailing the life of very lonely wife that gave birth to quincy. bob left for iraq and quincy splept slept in our bed.

he is locked up in kansas where he is expected to meet his lawyer tomorrow. >> heather: some american motorists are fed up with ever escalating cost of fuel. they are flocking to mexico. that is because a gallon of gas sells for less than 3 bucks there. but there is growing concern that bargain seekers could be putting their lives at arise. casey stegall is live with more on this. >> reporter: aaa is reporting that the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular going for 3.84. that is 31 cents higher than just one month ago, but in mexico, they are paying around 2.91, nearly a full dollar cheaper. experts say that is because the mexican government regulates the price of fuel and people will do anything to save money, right, especially in markets like california where the average is

4.35. lower prices are luring mesh drivers in border states to head south to fill up tanks despite the travel warnings from the u.s. state department relating to cartel violence in mexico. >> i okay with a lot of people who do go across the border for gas and other stuff. they are ring risking their lives. >> reporter: analysts say in addition to the danger the quality of gasoline in mexico is not as a good what you get here in america. in fact you could void your car's warranty just for filling up there. >> american standards are certainly different than mexican standards when it comes to gasoline. there are certainly more regulations, more of a process that gasoline here takes in the united states. so i would, indeed, caution folks from doing that because there may be an unnobody quality of the gasoline they are purchasing in mexico.

>> reporter: will is no way to track just how many americans are going into mexico to fill up their tanks but the experts at gas buddy.com say it's in the thousands. >> heather: all right. thank you very much. casey stegall, live in los angeles. >> gregg: state of new york is moving to the forefront in fighting crime. very first state in the country to require people convicted of any crime, doesn't matter how minor, to provide dna samples for a computer database. rick levanthol with a closer look with that. >> new york has been collecting dna from criminals since 1996 but not all criminals had to give up samples. now anyway convicted of any penal code violation, including misdemeanors including prostitution and graffiti will bet swabbed and their dna

entered into a database and possibly solve other crimes. it's supported by every one of 58 sheriff's, more than 400 police chiefs and all 62 of the district attorneys. >> i can't believe more important single law enforcement tool than expanded dna collection from all convicted offenders. >> this will help us solve crimes but also help us prevent crime and exonerate the wrongly convicted. >> they say the law is victory for anyone victimized by repeat offenders who should have been locked up long ago. when larceny was added to the list, they solved 48 murders and 220 sexual assaults. but critics say state labs aren't equipped to handle the bigger load. they say life is not a csi episode. dna evidence is highly susceptible to fraud and abuse.

massive expansion without adequate safeguards will increase mistakes and lead to flawed prosecutions. the president of responsible genetics agrees. >> when you add too many samples to the database, it will increase the odds that you will have a false match and people will be wrongly convicted. >> supporters say there has never been a false match in new york. and if you are caught with small amount of marijuana and you don't have a prior record, you won't have to submit your dna. >> it takes two for occupied wall street. protest movement looking to regain the spotlight with a massive rally. new york police, they are ready for action. >> gregg: plus scary moments in an annual derby car race. several children sent to the hospital. >> heather: and diamonds, gregg,

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>> gregg: and time for a quick check of the headlines. former first german pro-democracy activist hag has been elected president by a wide majority, to the largely ceremonial post n. queens, new york, too many st. patrick's day celebrants in a three-story home, causing the top floor to suddenly collapse, a dozen injured. only two needed to go to the hospital. this frightening scene at the annual derby car race in maryland, a cardboard pirate ship careening off course, sending several competitors to the hospital. >> heather: a harsh truth for investors. all that sparkles is not necessarily a sure get-rich-quick solution in the turbulent economy. as you know, the weak u.s.

dollar has turned many wall street players onto the commodities market. gold, it seemed like a gainful investment. it's been losing its shine in recent weeks. now there is speculation on wall street that diamonds, the most precious and cherished gem of all could soon lose its luster. here to explain why, brenda buttner, thanks for joining us here. >> sure. >> heather: so diamonds are forever, right? >> and they are a girl's best friend. but i mean, it is a side effect of the recession. a lot of people are taking their ng engagement rings and their inheritance rings and they're taking them to pawn shops, taking them in to diamond brokers and cashing them in, to help pay for mortgages and just everyday living costs. and that is changing the market for diamonds, basically. so it's the recycled gems that

are changing it, along with what else? >> those are the recycled gems and there are a lot of them. at some point, people think there are 1 trillion in households around the world. people really are selling them. and there's rough diamonds. there are not as many quality diamonds that are being mined because it's costing a lot to get to them at this point. we are getting rougher diamonds and there isn't as much demond for them, at least in the united states. engagement rings are getting smaller in the recession. but in china and india, there is more demand, places like tiffany's in asia is doing very well. >> heather: totally different story in asian countries than here. the rough diamond market that you were just talking about, before the stones are polished, $15.2 billion in 2011, saying st could drop 10 to 13% in 2012 in

the u.s. >> right. the thought is that overall, the prices could go down as much as 7% this year because they're getting flooded by these recycled dimoaneds and there is the issue with the rough dimobsd as well. >> heather: i never knew the story of why there was an engagement ring to begin with. in our research tsaid in the 1900s, people -- diamonds became popular because if a man broke off the engagement, then the woman would have financial compensation for any damage done it her reputation. >> yeah. >> heather: what about the damage to the man's reputation for breaking it off to begin with? >> or the woman. exactly. > gregg: it's always our fau. >> heather: what is your point, gregg? >> gregg: i have no point. >> heather: have you it right. >> what does this mean for the market? >> it's just, you know, these are things -- don't play with commodities, but if you need -- if you are looking -- if you are

looking for money, don't go to somebody on the corner. go to -- if you need to sell a diamond -- >> heather: if you are looking for money, don't go to someone on the corner. >> if you are look for money and you want to sell something, find somebody that you know to sell it to because a lot of times, what happens is, the diamond brokers will take the diamond and give you back another one, if they are going to get an estimate. you have to be careful. i mean, this is something you really have to be careful with. and go to a pawn shop, as well. that's one idea. you know, it's a sad story. but it is going on and chances are, it will continue. >> heather: thank you very much. we appreciate it. as always, we will catch ow bulls & bears. >> gregg: that's a good idea. get your engagement ring in a pawn shop. how romantic. >> heather: buy your own ring, that's what i say. >> gregg: it looks like a hunk of glass. a major milestone for occupy

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endworth, kansas. the guild o.p. race is moving off the mainland. puerto rico is holding its race with 20 delegates up for grabs. >> a major milestone for occupy wall street. but it doesn't look like too much has changed. scores were arrested in new york's park saturday, marking six months since the movement begafnlt it took 20 minutes for police to shut things down, but protesters say that doesn't mean they are going away. and we go live to the newsroom in new york city for the latest. >> reporter: you are right. occupy wall street protesters will regroup at 8:00 tonight near the park, the site of last night's incident. 73 were arrested yesterday, according to the nypd, facing charge, including attempted robbery, sex abuse, assault, trespassing, disorderly conduct. they say two officers were injured. the police insist protesters

were putting up tents and rolling out sleeping bags. but up oners refute that, saying there were no permanent structures or sleeping bags and police were the ones, breaking the law, closing the park. the group said they suffered unnecessary assault by police. several from festers were brought to hospitals for injuries, some, reportedly with broken bones. they are asking people to join the movement tonight to protest the police repression. the group's goal is to bring attention to the income gap and the inequality between the wealthy and everybody else, the 99 versus 1%. on november, police completely cleared the park, destroying tents, confiscating objects, followed by the up on day of action on november 17, where thousands marched on wall street and across the brooklyn bridge. going forward, the group says they plal plan to march on wall street every friday.

there is speculation as the weather warms up, heather, the movement will be heating up. >> heather: thank you very much from our new york seventy three city bureau. thank you. >> gregg: new signs that president obama seems to be shifting his tone when talking about the republican candidates for president. listen to how he spoke about mitt romney two weeks ago, followed by a more recent comment from the president about how republicans would handle the energy crisis. >> what would you like to say to mr. romney? >> good luck tonight. [chuckles] >> no, really. >> really. if some of these folks were around when columbus set sail... they must have been founding

members of the flat earth society. >> gregg: let's bring in our campaign insiders. doug shown, pat caddell and former congressman. >> good to see you. >> gregg: pat, do you detect a discernible change in the president? if so, why? >> it's discernible. we have been laughing him off when he was 8 or 9 points ahead. and then a week later, his numbers have nosedived and we see the president going on and by the way, using rhetoric that in my experience, i don't think i have ever seen a president of the united states use on the opposition party. >> gregg: like what? >> well, i mean, attack the candidates directly. he's accusing them-- the flat-earth society. presidents don't do that in the spring while they are paik picking candidates. fall's a different thing. we have never had this rhetoric. >> gregg: has the president gone from confident to worried in

nine days? >> he did. i think this happened last thursday, three days ago. he and biden launched their general election campaign. they unloaded by name against romney, santorum and gingrich, repeatedly. they are going after them because their own political situation in the white house is very bad. and these polls are showing it. >> gregg: yeah, i want to, doug, put up on the screen, one of the polls. there were two national polls came out and showed the president's approval rating, cratering. let's take a look at the new york times poll, dropping almost 10 points in the course of a week. is that what is prompting, doug, the president to become more aggressive? >> i think it's two things. it's a drop in the approval rating that pat and john were speaking about, the political situation is weaker. and also, when you look at the polls in detail, even with a 3 or 4-point lead over mitt romney, you look at the undecided vote, it breaks against the president.

you look at independents, probably breaks against the president. they have conclude in the white house that their political situation is weakening and that ultimately an election now would be a cliff hanger. >> gregg: pat, doug's right. i looked at the washington post poll, independents 57% disapprove of the president. >> even if it's 1 poll and it's an outlier, the trend is there and it's a very different trend. when you see the president doing what he is doing and the vice-president, they are getting the same numbers, same thing on gas. before we saw the gas numbers. they were out there, trying to make a case that he's not responsible. >> gregg: what about the poll that showed a good number? >> listen, i think the organization has a lot of interesting things. anyone who believes he is 12 points ahead, i believe he's ahead of romney, four or five points -- he's not 12 points. and he is not running-- the white house believes --

>> they know what their own numbers show. they didn't -- if they didn't, we would see more of the president being happy and larky-- now, you mention the gas price as a factor. congressman, put up on the screen, a couple of polls here. these are fox newspolls. the first one shows, 52% of americans do not blame the president. 42% do blame him. but look at the next poll: >> gregg: they want him to do something about it? >> being president is doing things. what has he done that's big? stop the keystone pipeline, stop drilling in the gulf, spent billions on the solyndra deals. his narrative on the energy issue is a losing narrative, that's why we think he did this change last thursday. he gave four speeches last week on the gas issue.

he is losing that fight. >> gregg: pat? >> i think the problem, the numbers, the 40% that say he is to blame, that's pretty high. i think if the republican his a narrative and articulated things, john, about these cases on the president, regularly, i think his numbers -- >> i think there is something else. the white house has concluded if they make a positive case on energy that that is not going to be enough, that it is not going to reduce the prices and they have to go negative on the oil companies and they have to go negative on the republicans for the solutions, for saying we can't drill our way out. the president knows, the only way to neutralize the issue is with the attack lines. >> but i have been in this kind of campaign. this is a dangerous move they are making, this early to say, we have no ideas, we have no positive program to offer, we can tell you tcould be worse and these other guys are awful. 1980 tdidn't work out so well. i am not sure it will-- unemployment down 2% from

the high. gdp stats are up. you would think the president would be flying high on the economy. yet, i looked closely at the washington post poll, it showed that two of this thirds of americans believe that the president has done nothing to make things better or made things worse. >> gregg, i am not sure we have seen a president -- have we ever seen an incumbent president running for ri-election who does not have a republican or a -- an opponent issue attacking all opponents in the other race -- by name? >> no. >> there is a reason for this. the republican brand is about 10 points lower than the democratic brand in the fox news polls, which means that doing what john is describing and pat is talking about, helps the obama campaign because bottom line, their case is, you may not like us, but the republicans have no solutions, no ideas. they're worse. that opens up the door. the problem is that it opens up the door for the republicans to

finally have one, which they have not have -- a positive narrative. but the problem is, what the president is not doing, the absence of what you are not doing. they are not articulating why the next term would be better. he is the incumbent. this notion of i can attack these people, that will wear thin -- maybe. maybe not. when you point out the brand problem, this tells you a lot. when the numbers doug cited, the republicans have gone down and the democratic party has had a resurgence. >> gregg: also, weighing on the president, the average value of a home has dropped 30 to 40% since 2007. is that a national mood depressor for the president? >> i think all of these things. but there are other numbers in the economy that would make you think his ratings should go up. the right track/wrong track is better. the unemployment numbers are better. i think it is the gas prices from the cocky self, i wish

romney good luck -- really? to blasting him for being a member of the flat-earth society. nine days took biden and obama from above the fray to saying, we better get going because we are in big trouble. >> gregg: unemployment has dropped 2% from the high. but those stats don't measure all the people who are out of work completely or under employed. >> the other thing is, people, despite the absence of inflation are seeing that not only gas prices, food prices are going up. and the american people, as you correctly point out, gregg, are hurting. what is also going on, as pat suggests, there is no democratic narrative, no obama program for the second term and there is not a republican narrative. so it's an election where the parties are not addressing the real concerns of the american people. >> gregg: all right. we're going to take a quick break. stick around, lots more to talk about with our campaign

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a security official says the two gunmen ambushed the man inside his car. back with our insiders, according to the latest fox news poll, the president's health care law is unpopular. rick santorum knows it and continues to try to tie mitt romney to it. here he is on abc today. >> the more i look at the record of governor romney and match it up against barack obama, i feel like i am doing a training run for the general election. >> are you saying there is not much difference between romny and obama? >> unfortunately, they were iny are in the same place. the government mandates and control of the economy and the bailouts and the attempt to try to take over, you know, the energy use in our country through cap and trade. of course, the successful takeover of the economy with obamacare. >> the candidates may have had the first word. we will bring in our campaign

insiders for the last word on what they had to say. the insiders here. congressman, let me start with you. can romney get out from under this thing? being tied to obamacare? >> what we just saw is why he struggled so much to get this nomination. he still is the favorite to get t. he has struggled for six years with this issue. if he is the nominee, that issue's off the table in the general election. romney can bring it up. but obama can say, you did the same thing. i copied you, our law is a mirror image of yours. it's a shame. because republican voters hate obamacare. and would like a contrast in the general election. >> gregg: pat. >> so do independents. the numbers on health care, as we have written articles since 2009 and past, this is a crime against democracy in people's eyes. they don't like the way it was passed.

they think tell take very good health care away and that it will bust the budget, which we know. the problem for romney is, he has no body language that shows he is against it. in fact, there is an emotional vacuum in this race, whether it is on the deficit or health care for republicans, in which i look at a candidate and i say, my god, that man really has a passion on that issue. romney could have a narrative. it is please, don't bring it up. it's painful-- you know what, doug, santorum expands the argument and says romney and gingrich both sided with barack obama in the individual mandate health care, cap and trade and t.a.r.p. bailouts and i, rick santorum, he argues, are the only person who can contrast with barack obama. >> two-thirds of the republican primary voters are self-described conservatives, some states, 60, 70, 80% are evangelicals. rick santorum understands that if he can turn this into a one on one or one on two contest, he

has a chance to win, but only by doing that does he have a chance to create a contrast with romney. >> i am not sure he will be able to do t. i want to play another rick santorum sound bite, again from abc this morning. take a listen to this argument. >> see if governor rom no's willing to come out. he has turned down every debate. he is hiding behind the billionaires, who are spending outrageous amounts of money, all running negative ads. >> gregg: that's curious because romney annihilated newt gingrich and in the arizona debate, he put away rick santorum. where would you wish for rick santorum? >> that beigate in phoenix, the week before the michigan primary was the chance for santorum to seize the momentum and he blew it. >> that cost him michigan and a chance to win ohio and cost him a chance to be the new

frontrunner. >> none of these guys are the head of the debate team? let me move to puerto rico and illinois. there is a delegate problem there, right? pat? >> yes. there is a delegate problem. it turns out that the invincible romney campaign, they had to depend on the state treasurer to file the delegates. they raced in and notearized them illegally and they are challenging santorrum. both sides are saying they will let this go. how could this happen? we have seen the same thing in puerto rico, the santorum campaign has had problems. we see this in a lot of contests. the reason is that the romney campaign, this is an insight from my experience, they thought this would be over by now. this is a problem of not being prepared, even the romney campaign for a long time. >> gregg: there is a large issue that looms. if the convention is deadlocked or appears to be going into it, there could be multiple delegate challenges in tampa this summer x. if there are delegate challenge and it is party stays

divided, the only person who wins is barack obama. >> there is increasing talk of a brokered convention f. romney doesn't get the 1144 delegates, it could go several ballots then, right? don't, at some point in time, don't the celligates -- delegates become free agents? >> yes. >> the worry for romney. he's been talking privately about tat a deadlocked convention, the party could turn to a new candidate who doesn't have the negative and hasn't been through the last year of mudslinging. we think that if the republicans pick the right new guy, he could win the election because obama won't be ready for a new guy. he'll have 8 weeks to go after a new one. >> i think -- you know, conventional thinking, including mine, if you go do a convention that is deadlocked and they have to fight this out, it will be a disaster. i think it will be if it's a fight over these three. that's a brokered convention. an open convention, in which a new candidate emerges.

in an election year where the public wants somebody to oppose obama they they like, if you produce a candidate -- i am not sure we haven't changed politic this is year. >> gregg: give me some names. >> jeb bush, chris christie, mitch daniels. >> jeb bush -- is america ready for another bush president? >> i think the question is, if they are not ready forran another obama presidency, a governor who is inclusive and supports rational budgetary policies, i think would be very solid. gan daniels had a good response on the state of the union. chris christie is a breakthrough candidate. >> what if you took two and made a ticket? >> that's the point. we forget, because we think backwards, when palin was first named and she did very well, before everything else happened to her, boy, that vaulted the change and changed the dynamics. these candidates are so, in my

opinion, weak, and obama is so prepared to run against them, as john was saying, this may be the year that we throw out the conventional wisdom because what the country wants and the politics are getting are two different things? >> quickly. >> the republican candidate santorum, romney, gingrich understand this, they could team up, oppose one another to forestall what pat is describing. >> gregg: good to see you all. our campaign insiders, get more from the insiders on monday, 11:00 a.m., at live.fox live.foxnews.com. they will be here on sunday and you can follow them on twitter. >> heather: very interesting. good stuff. thank you. spring is just around the corner. that means allergy season. why the season may be particularly bad for allergy sufferers. the doctors' tips for handling the symptoms, straight ahead. did.

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>> heather: welcome back. we have moved outside where it has been beautiful. we have been dealing with a mild winter nationwide, setting us up, possibly for a serious allergy season.

while many of us will be sneezing our way through spring, doctors are here and ready to help. right? dr. levine, pediatrician and contributor to baby center.com. good to see you. how bad is it going to be? >> i am feeling it already. i started to take my allergy medicine because i can feel the scratchiness and the coughing and the runny nose. >> heather: how do woo know whether it's a cold or an allergy? >> it's hard to tell because you feel the congestion and the coughing. but if the symptoms persist and they don't change or get worse. if it's the same time of year all the time, it's more likely to be an allergy. if you have a cold that lasts two weeks, it will get worse and turn into something else and that would be a clue that it's infectious and not allergy. >> heather: gregg lets me know when it's a cold. [laughter] >> gregg: you brought some props here. let's go through this. what are the things that people can do?

>> the best thing you can do is prevention. i would much rather prevent allergies than treat them. >> heather: okay. >> stay inside during the early-morning hours when the pollen count tends to be the highest. you want to close your bedroom windows. you want to be sure to take a shower at the end of the day, if you have been outside. >> gregg: put the clothes in the laundry, don't wear them again. >> a high-performance air filter can be helpful. and if you are still suffering, turn to medicine. >> heather: let's talk about this. >> the anti-histamines that you can take once or twice a day. for kids, they come in chewable tablets and they have liquid. it's veriades to give to people and a lot of them are every -- are over the counter. >> this is zirtic.

this is a nation spray. >> gregg: how about the saline to wash out? >> i think that's the first step because it just clears your passages. >> heather: okay. >> the next step would be a spray. >> gregg: you don't want to get addicted to it, right? you don't want to overdo it. >> there are certain ones that can be addicting. so you want to choose with your physician. it's a simple way to boost the effect of the antihistamines you are taking. >> heather: eye drops? >> that's a favorite. when your eyes are itchy, that makes you feel horrible. the eye drops can really help with the other medication very well. >> gregg: what about the allergy shots that boost your immunity? have you to go to an allergist for that. wow. look at the needle! >> that's an exaggerated allergy shot. they're not really that big. for people who don't get better with the standard measures and they are really suffering, those are patients that i send to the

allergist. they will do a full panel of testing to determine what you are allergic to and they customize the shot, based on your specific allergies. >> gregg: anything else? we have 20 seconds left. >> you really want to pay attention to what your triggers are. so you know and you can anticipate. if you are a spring-time allergy sufferer, start the medications early. if it's winter or fall, if that's the time of year that things get bad for you, be proactive and stay ahead of of the game. >> heather: pay attention to your body. >> gregg: great stuff. thanks very much. have a safe and allergy-free week,enc. >> heather: we will see you later. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms,

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