has always kept his distance. now bill hemmer is always very skeptical about all these things. oh, right. a mountain lyne attacked him. bill: i think the bear has good eyesight. she recognized him again. martha: i believe the nice man's story. we'll talk about the rest later. bill: have a terrific weekend. best of luck in the lottery people. matte see you back on monday. "happening now" starts about right now. jon: bears have terrible eyesight. the big names keep lining up behind mitt romney. yesterday an endorsement from one of the old guard. today from one of the young guns. does mitt romney have the nomination all but won or could we get a big surprise? jenna: good question there. a secret vote behind closed doors. top judges in the land casting their ballots whether the president's health care law is constitutional. we'll break it down, what it could mean for you and your family. jon: plus they are very tiny and really cute but the legal battle over these mini horses could get very ugly.

can the government force business owners to let horses come inside because they're called service animals? a fair and balanced debate. it is all "happening now." jon: another key endorsement for mitt romney just days before a very important primary. the latest indication that republican leaders want to end the nomination fight and focus on the general election. good friday morning, to you. i'm jon scott. jenna: good friday to you as well. i'm jenna lee. wisconsin congressman paul ryan announcing his support for mitt romney earlier today on fox, the house budget committee chairman makes choice before his state's winner-take-all primary on tuesday. yesterday evening, former president george h.w. bush and mrs. bush officially threw their support behind romney. referencing a famous kenny rogers song as prelude to

his endorsement. >> time to hold them and time to fold them. i think it is time for people to get behind this good man. some of them waged a very good fight. i say that about some of his opponents. we're so convinced because we've known mitt for a long time he is the man to do this job and get on and win the presidency. jenna: chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in washington with more on this. a lot made of endorsements, karl. does this help or maybe hurt mitt romney? >> they help, particularly in the case of paul ryan. this is fiscal conservative endorsement coming before the wisconsin primary is a big deal in wisconsin. having said that democrats opposed the ryan budget that passed house earlier this week and oppose mitt romney as presidential opponent. they will wed romney to ryan. you may see fallout during the general election if romney wins the nomination.

romney is up over 7 points to rick santorum. there are string of polls that romney has eninto winner-take-all, big prize of three state primary we have next week including maryland and district of columbia. "real clear politics" average shows mitt romney has a bigger lead than that 7 point average they have 8.2% if you average all the recent polls for wisconsin. put another feather in romney's cap for endorsements like president g h.w. bush and paul ryan urged republicans to coalesce behind romney and take on president obama. jenna: more feathers the better if you're trying to get the presidential office. let's not forget about the other candidates. you have gingrich, santorum and paul. they say they will stay in the race. how are they figuring in here to the race when you see these endorsements. >> reporter: they're under the most pressure. in fact, with former president george h.w. bush's remarks yesterday, those were the most pronounced

pressure on romney's rivals to get out. no when to fold them says pretty much get lost. that is tough stuff from the former president who is widely respected. for rick santorum he says he will continue on through the convention. he is having a rough go. if he doesn't pull off upset win in wisconsin it will be very difficult for him to argue mathematically he can win the nomination. newt gingrich already said santorum can not. that makes it difficult for newt gingrich to get a lot of attention. i will not win the nomination but perhaps if we stay in we could stop mitt romney from doing so. appears growing wave of endorsements from conservatives and establishment republicans the patience isn't there. a lot of folks in the republican party think it is bad for the nominee. jenna: carl, stick around for a moment. we have more on the politics with jon. jon: let's bring in michael barone, "washington examiner" and fox news contributor. when a former president

endorses you as he ought to think you should be the party's nominee, that is pretty huge, michael? >> i think it is important. it is a signal former president bush as well as other people like senator marco rubio, house budget chairman paul ryan, have concluded this race is essentially over and that there is no other good outcome for the republican party than for mitt romney to get his 1144 delegate majority which they think he can and that the other scenarios are terrible. marco rubio on "hannity" the other night said it would be a disaster to go into the convention. and it's a sign that none of these leaders take seriously rick santorum's scenario. santorum says, oh, i can hold romney under 1144 and then delegates some way not legally bound will decide i'm the strongest candidate for the general election. i think credibility of that is very low. certainly among the former

president bush and marco rubio and paul ryan. they aren't taking that seriously at all. jon: these endorsements from george h.w. bush and paul ryan are they directed at the electorate at large or directed at newt gingrich and rick santorum and maybe to a lesser extent, ron paul? >> they're -- oh. they're directed at those guys in particular. i think they're also directed at the press. the last two full-time reporters on the gingrich campaign have been pulled off it. it leads to the question if a tree falls in the forest, and nobody's there does it make a sound. jon: carl, you wanted to weigh in. >> reporter: yeah. we knew when rick santorum lost ohio on super tuesday that there was historical, mat call and political consequences to that. ever since then romney has had double the delegates of rick santorum and santorum has not been able to gain any ground back in that growing deficit. there is a certain degree of presumptive nominee status that people are beginning to get tired of with romney. there is hunger in the

republican party to go up against barack obama that is the primary concern of voters with the exception of jobs and the economy. who can beat barack obama and when can we start that is beginning to overtake both rick santorum and newt gingrich's staying power. jon: we are a few days away from wisconsin's primary and, michael, when you look at the latest polling how mitt romney would do against president obama in that state it does not look good for mitt romney. is there an indication that if you get the republican race down to one nominee, his numbers are going to come up? >> well there is certainly a hope on the part of many republican politicians and strategists that that's the case. romney has been taking on a certain amount of negative baggage in the primary, partly as a result of the other candidates attacks on him. and partly through unforced errors of on his own part. they're hopeful that they can rally for a general election and that the general perception will be whether or not newt gingrich,

rick santorum keep running around, that mitt romney is going to be the nominee. it's, senator jim demint, the conservative from south carolina was over at the "washington examiner", talking with us the other day. and he said, look, i am perfectly happy with a romney nomination if that comes to pass. he declined to endorse but that's a signal to movement for conservatives romney is an acceptable candidate and we better start thinking about the general election. jon: all right --. >> reporter: jon, one more point about this. these primaries are 20 to 30% turnout. these are base primaries. the truth of the republican party. 65 to 80% of republican and right-wing voters who haven't been participating in this primary process. they're likely to be slightly more moderate and waiting for romney although they haven't bothered to go out and vote for him in primaries. jon: two political experts weighing in. carl cameron, michael

barone. thank you very much. jenna: now this fox news alert. colorado crews are now racing to contain a wildfire before high wind and record heat are expected this weekend. firefighters are worried the wind could push flames over the containment lines. you have about 180 people forced out of their homes. they're waiting to return. and officials are now looking into why some 12% of those people in the fires path never got that automated call warning them to get out. officials say a software glitch may be to blame. some evac cue east are being allowed back to share homes but but certainly have a lot of caution. take a listen. >> we're not putting everything back. we're not putting paintings on the walls just yet. >> when you go home, get things together, have them by your car, have them by your door and be ready to go. >> it is not over until we get some decent moisture. i can accept the uncertainty. jenna: we'll show you this right now.

sky crane helicopter, one piece of equipment used to battle some of these flames. it can scoop up 2,000 gallons of water at a time from any source near the fire and fly it directly to the flames. alicia acuna from colorado with more. alicia. >> reporter: jenna, 600 firefighters are working to get a jump on the containment line ahead of the dangerous conditions expected this weekend but meantime there is an investigation underway over that 12% of the people who say they did not receive the reverse 911 call and it is coming on two fronts. first the jefferson county sheriff's department says some of the recorded calls really didn't start until eight seconds after someone answered. folks likely picked up the phone and heard nothing and never got the warning. there are conflicting stories between the sheriff's office and the company that handles the reverse 911s. the president of that company, first call network says that the system worked fine and some people didn't pick up the phone or had disconnected service. the sheriff's office says

they believe there was a software glitch. some of the 180 residents meantime who are still evacuated will be allowed brief escorted visits to check their homes or what's left today. many here are frustrated they did not get a reverse 911 call. >> we were prepared but we were waiting for the call. >> mandatory evacuation. >> we were trying to use all the resources to prepare. but we were waiting for that final call and it never happened. >> all day long i kept checking fire and all day long it kept getting closer and i never heard anything. when i finally left, i left five minutes, 10 minutes ahead of the fire which my hole is now a black hole in the earth. >> reporter: containment is at 45% right now. however, jenna, we were told by the sheriff's department they're expecting very good news later on today. back to you. jenna: we'll wait for the good news, alicia. thank you so much. jon: take a closer look at the high wind and record heat expected this weekend in colorado. meteorologist janice dean

joins us. jd? >> we can hope for good news they're really starting to contain that fire, jon. really we have the next 12 to maybe 24 hours and then the wind will start to kick up. so today, light winds but as we head into saturday, saturday night, sunday into monday, winds will start to kick up. in some cases we could see wind gusts in excess of 30 miles per hour. mother nature is not going to cooperate unfortunately in terms of windy weather. we'll not see any real moisture working its way into the area. right now very calm wind as we head into the next several days. also, we're going to see those temperatures ram up. 77 in denver, as forcast typically this time of year upper 50s. very dry and very warm and unfortunately returning the gusty wind as we head into saturday and into sunday. we will keep an eye on that. because of this system as it contends to move eastward ahead of it. that's where wind will start to gust. across the great basin we

could see wind gusts anywhere from 50 to 60 miles per hour, jon. back to you. jon: is there some rain in that system that could help colorado? >> i wish. most of it is moving northward so that state remains extremely dry. jon: janice dean. thank you. jenna: a critical meeting on the future of health care for more than 300 million americans. you have nine supreme court justice casting their votes today on the president's health care law. so what's going on inside this private room? we'll take you a behind-the-scenes look coming up. jon: also tiny horses causing a great big controversy. the government says businesses must accommodate them as service animals? is this fair or are we becoming a regulation nation? we'll debate it. jenna: cute little guys if you want to have dinner with them is the question. take a look at this video. very frightening moments for firefighters caught on camera. we have the rest of the video and the whole story next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement

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jon: some frightening pictures into the fox newsroom this morning. take a look. three firefighters on the roof of a burning building in dearborn, michigan, when it begins to collapse. you see the firefighters scramble to safety. one barely able to hang on while his comrades grab hold and pull him over the parapet to safety. they were trying to ventilate the building when it began caving in. the cause of that fire inside a dry cleaners, now under investigation. jenna: scary to watch, isn't it? right now the u.s. supreme court is deciding the fate of the president's health care overhaul. you have nine justices meeting privately right now behind closed doors. by tradition they will walk into that room, shake hands and sit down and then they're going to announce their vote. we may not hear their decision until late june. the process at the heart of our republic of course ending what could be a landmark ruling that could

define the limits of federal government power for generations. tim o'brien, an attorney and journalist who covered the supreme court for two decades. this is the obvious question, tim, if they decide today to cast their votes, why does it take so long for the rest of us to hear what they have to say? >> they still try to persuade one another. they have to write their opinions. it is a tedious process. the law clerks are involved. the opinions circulate through chambers, daily. there will be a lot of paper that goes out on this. a lot of e-mails. they will bicker over sometimes very small things. of course this case raises a very many large things. so they have a lot of back and forth to go although the decision is not likely to change. in fact, the decision very seldom changes from the tentative vote to the day it is announced. in a case like this, probably the justices mind were made up before the case was even argued. jenna: that's another question, how do they make up their mind so quickly? we had three days of arguments in different parts of the law.

how did they come to their conclusion so fast? >> that's a very good question. they are inundated with paper. briefs from the parties. but a record number of briefs from interested parties, those who don't have immediate stake, not parties to the case but have an interest in it. so they read an awful lot. the lower court opinions. briefs of the parties pretty much lays out the case. every now and then you get an oddball case. the justices are hit with a surprise. this certainly would not be a case like that. it's been around for a long time. the justices relish these kinds of questions. they have thought about it. these arguments could affect the scope of the decision but in a case like this i don't think it will affect the overall ott come. there is the kennedy factor who sometimes wobbles on the big cases. he might make the difference. maybe he would be persuaded by this. only he knows. jenna: onlyly they know. there are only nine people in the room. are the votes ever leaked? do we ever get indication what is going on today?

>> it does happen. it is very rare. i had a few myself many years ago. reporters take some heat, our news agency, abc news did. if you're sure of the information and you're sure it is correct no compelling reason not to go with it. reporters should announce what they know. jenna: quick final question, they're sitting around the table as we understand it in a wood paneled room. are they having a discussion like a jury would have a discussion, or, is it a very simple, short process just announcing their votes? >> terrific question. also underscores the importance of the oral argument because that's the only time, oral argument that they ordinarily go into detail on the cases with one another. ordinarily, during this conference they may say a line or two but just cast their votes. i have reason to believe in this case there really will be a serious discussion, not out of any dedication to get it right. not out of any sense of professional responsibility but rather because this case is so important. once you start talking about it is hard to stop. but at the end of the day

they will know the outcome. jenna: that is the truth. to be a fly on the wall of any room in the world right now that would be the room. tim, always appreciate your expertise. >> thank you. jon: supporters of the beef industry are rolling out a new slogan and no surprise it does not involve the two words, pink slime. >> dude, it's beef. i hope that dude, it's beef catches on. here's the beef, dude. [laughter] [applause] jenna: where did they get the dude from? i'm the calfornian here. jon: they're not saying that anymore. jenna: dude, this is totally a big story. jon: not a midwestern phrase? governors from three meat-producing states making a push to convince consumers that beef filler is safe. jenna: you need is a dollar and a dream. huge lines forming around the country today to buy a chance at a record jackpot, if you won half a billion dollars, what would you do? >> open all kinds of businesses to put a lot of people to work.

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jon: well, unless you've been hiding in a cave somewhere you know that a record-setting megamillions jackpot is sparking lotto fever across this country. people who never play the numbers are getting in line to try to buy a dream and what a dream it is. the jackpot now $540 million and growing. states as well as ticket buyers are facing a huge payday here. fox business network's liz macdonald is with us. elizabeth, we've heard a lot about the chances of winning. this is a pretty long shot, right? >> reporter: yeah, it is a longshot. about 1 in 176 million odds that you will win this

megamillions pot of money veering towards $600 million. jon, what happens to your money when you make that bet is the question. when states enact lotteries about three decades ago they wanted to pay for things like education. i got to tell you, there is about 55, $56 billion of that, gambled on lotteries every year. only about, you know, 20 or 30% of that goes actually towards program like education. the rest goes towards operating the state lottery. basically for prize winnings and other infrastructure projects, jon. jon: yeah. i know the state where i grew up brought in a lottery to fund education and i think now the money is going to all kinds of things besides education. that is pretty common, isn't it? >> yeah. that is pretty common. it will go toward things like parks or programs for the elderly or government pension plans. the other issue too, that states face 10 billion

budget shortfall this year. states that have a lottery looking toward this jackpot of money because they hope to tax it as well and plug balance sheet holes they have in the home front. the issue too, jon, what states do with their lotteries as well. some of them like california, wanted to borrow against their future proceeds from their lotteries but that didn't go through. back to you. jon: it figures. liz macdonald thank you. >> reporter: sure. jenna: new concerns about hacking today. the u.s. ambassador to russia causing quite the stir in moscow. he wants to know how some of his private information is suddenly going public? and how about this? dinner for two plus my horse please. minute ture horses now replacing service dogs. restaurants and businesses are required to allow them inside. should this be a law? a fair and balanced debate coming up. [ female announcer ] who'd have thought

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skirmishes. right now there are no serious injuries but definitely a live scene in the west bank. our very own leland vittert will be along later in the show to tell us more about what is happening there. jon: "happening now", a debate over a fairly new federal regulation that allows miniature horses to replace service dogs in some circumstances. the rule is part of the americans with disabilities act. it requires that service horses also be allowed inside restaurants and businesses nationwide the way seeing eye dogs are. now the horses are considered an alternative for disabled people who might be allergic to dogs or object to being around dogs on rye religious grounds. critics they say it is a lawsuit waiting to happen, especially if businesses don't know about the rule. monica crowley is a radio talk show host and fox news contributor. julie row beginssy, the former communications director for new jersey senator jon corzine, also a

fox news contributor. apparently, monica, one of these lawsuits has already been filed. a gentleman in california says a couple of stores didn't let him in because he uses one of these miniature horses to pull him in his wheelchair. >> it was only a matter of time before you started seeing these kinds of lawsuits, jon. everybody loves horses. everybody wants the disabled to have what they need but the federal government doesn't have to be in the position of legislating and regulating every possible contingency in life. most of the disabled, most of the blind who have service animals do have service dogs, the reason for that because dogs can be house broken. so they can be house broken so they can go into public areas and areas like restaurants that have sanitary concerns. remember restaurants have to be abide by a whole slew of local, state and federal regulations for sanitary conditions. dogs can be conditioned and trained to abide by those. horses can not. we're talking about a completely different

ballgame here. the number of people who actually are using miniature horses in lou of dogs is very, very small. jon: we should make clear the video we're run something sort of, generic b-roll of these miniature horses. they are awfully cute, julie. >> they are. jon: but i don't necessarily know i want to eat dinner next to within. >> i ate dinner next to one. i was in california in monterey, peninsula, which you can imagine forefront of. blind woman had miniature horse and talked to her and asked her why she wanted a miniature horse as opposed to a dog. the horse is more stable. harder to dislodge and felt more comfortable with the house. i'm fine with that. i had no problem eating next to the horse. the horse seemed incredibly house broken. the horse was incredibly friendly. wasn't biting or kicking. jon: is it the job of the federal government make restaurant owners let a horse into their businesses? >> i think it is quite the opposite. deregulating what you can

and can not let in. if you're disabled and prefer to have a horse for variety of reasons, why not? instead of the government telling you can't do something. for a change this is government telling you can do something. as far as i'm concerned, that is good thing. jon: wait a minute, monica. isn't the government telling me through the americans with disabilities act and i own a restaurant and somebody shows up at my door with one of these miniature horses i have to let them in? >> yes, jon. this is case of washington overreach. everyone wants the disabled to have what they need to move through life but to have washington then legislating this and regulating this as a rule on private businesses, i think it is an extreme example. there are many contingencies that could come up in life. countless, billions, 10 of billions. does that mean that washington federal government has to intervene in every single one, make a rule about it? i don't think so. >> well, instead of that, why doesn't the government, in some ways this is the government telling you can do something for a change as opposed to saying you can't do something for a change.

why not? look i have a dog. i would love to bring i am in restaurants. he can sit in the back. i'm not allude to today that. in europe, you can do that. at end of the day the instead government telling you can't bring the horse and horse is trained specifically to assist you and trained to be indoors in a restaurant why can't they do it? >> there is issue here a lot of horse experts, those who train and work with horses all the time they say actually can't be house broken and their natural instinct is flight. so if you're introducing a nonhouse broken kind of nondomesticated animal into public spaces like restaurants you could have a real problem. >> well, again you're right in the sense if one of these horses is not domesticated or not house broken the way they should be you have a case. my understanding and what i witnessed personally is that these horses are house broken. this is a sweetest horse that i sat and ate next to. very much like a dog and i had no problem with it. jon: julie, you had a good experience. that is a good thing. i don't want to be sitting in the restaurant when the

horse next to me decides that he needs a bathroom break. >> me too, jon. jon: julie and monica. thank you both. >> you bet. jenna: lively debate. going to dinner with jon, no miniature horses. let that be a warning. jon: no horses on the menu and no horses in the restaurant. jenna: speaking about on the menu, update online finely textured beef or pink slime? pink slime is the controversial nickname coined by former agricultural department scientists. what it is describing is beef trimming, treated with some chemicals, ammonium hydroxide and used as fillers in some beef products. now governors from three meat-producing states, texas, iowa, and kansas, toured a plant run by beef products incorporated. the fallout from the reporting on the so-called pink slime forced this company to suspend operations at three of its four plants because of lack of demand that move affected

650 jobs. the governors and the company defended the product as safe, nutritious and a better deal for consumers. they also had a message for the media. >> you owe it to the consumers to report the facts. let's call this product what it is. and let pink slime become a term of the past. >> the fact is that ammonium hydroxide has been used in food processing since 1974. it is fda approved, usda approved and is in hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of food products across the country. >> for over 20 years i'm proud to say i and my family have been eating it. we can not stand by and watch this can be close its doors because people do not know the facts about bpi and the lean beef it makes.

jenna: speaking of facts there are other sides to the story as well as questions raised about campaign contributions between bpi and some of the governors you saw on the screen. critic it is claim the pink slime label serves as unappetizing example of industrialized food production. organic beef products, as we know it and was told to us by an expert from the meat industry don't have this ingredient. hope hopefully you have information as a consumer and you can decide for yourself. jon: fox news is america's election headquarters and right now senator richard lugar is in his home state of indiana. the 80-year-old republican is in court challenging a ruling that revoked his voter registration. meaning he can not vote in what he always considered his home pre-sent. all this as lugar is preparing for a may 8th primary. steve brown live in indianapolis, indiana with

an update for us. observers say this issue is hurting lugar's re-election chances. is that true, steve? >> i think it is demonstrably true. this guy served six terms in the u.s. senate. 98% voter i.d. and six years ago neither the, faced neither a republican primary challenge or general election challenge. democrats didn't put anybody up. i need to impart a little bit of breaking news if you will. apparently there had been negotiations in appeal hearing about lugar's voting registration status going on between his attorneys and the attorneys for the american county election board. what the status of those we're not certain but there have been some sort of negotiations going on. but lugar has been hurt by this issue. how badly? bad enough to make somebody who would seemingly face an easy election be currently looking at jeopardy. have a listen. >> they know they're in trouble. they're acting like they have a heck of a race. you don't usually see dick

lugar putting out attack press releases and running negative campaign ads and doing kind of things that they're doing. they're doing that because they know they're in a dogfight. >> reporter: and it is absolutely caused, according to the lugar camp, they're not even challenging recent partisan polls that suggest his opponent is very close, maybe single digits close. jon? jon: lugar is such a fixture in the senate. who he is he running against and the opponent, are they jumping on this? >> reporter: they're not jumping on the issue but state treasurer richard murdoch has been arguably outhustling lugar at home. one of the criticisms that lugar doesn't spend time in indiana. murdoch on the other hand shows up at every function around the state. may explain, excuse me. got ifb. lost train. murdoch has been through, has gotten a bunch of county

chairs to endorse him, largely because they believe that lugar has not been around and is not servicing their political interests as well. jon. jon: for our viewers ifb, the little thing we wear in our ears can be a little annoying if someone is talking in your ear trying to talk. try it sometime at home. it is not fun. thanks very much, steve brown. jenna: that is the truth. people talking all the time. jon: i have little voices in my head. jenna: a mountain of debris and trash from last year's tsunami in japan is moving closer to our shores. we'll show you exactly what will wash up on our beaches and when in three minutes. talk about soap with a heavenly scent. why stirs of a cloistered nunnerry in new jersey are taking on a new mission. ♪

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jon: the u.s. ambassador to russia using twitter to suggest the russians are spying on him, maybe even hacking into his e-mail and telephone accounts. ambassador michael mcfall posted several tweets wondering how russia state tv media crews know his schedule and showing up at his meetings even though his schedule is not public. even confronted russian journalists about it. catherine herridge is in washington. what do we know, catherine, about the confrontation between the ambassador and russian reporters? >> reporter: thank you, jon. you're right, ambassador mcfaul's schedule is not public. they worked for a kremlin friendly tv station. here is part of the exchange. just wait a second. one minute. this is very serious question that i have.

this is a against the geneva conventions. if you get information from my telephone or blackberry. russian reporter, what are you talking about? all the sources we use are open sources. mcfaul, then tell me what they are? mcfaul sent out this tweet whether he was being spied on which is a violation of the geneva conventions because he is a united states diplomatic representative in russia. a spokeswoman for the russian tv station claimed they didn't hack the ambassador. they rely on what was described as a broad network informants well-known and the state department jed, there was a big effort to play down the incident. >> well, i read mike's tweets and i believe he was simply asking a rhetorical question, commenting on the fact that wherever he goes in moscow he is finding the presence of large media presence, some much it hostile. >> reporter: the accusation

that a u.s. ambassador is being spied upon is very serious and the state department was asked yesterday which, whether it was something they would raise with the government of, russian government in official capacity. we can expect a lot more on this story, jon in about 45 minutes when the state department briefing begins today. jon: echoes of the bad old soviet days. >> reporter: absolutely. real is. jon: interesting. thank you. jenna: we're learning debris from last year's massive tsunami in japan is moving toward the west coast much faster than anticipated including a japanese fishing boat called a ghost ship spotted in canadian waters last week. harris is watching these developments. what incredible stuff, harris. >> reporter: it is. that ghost ship so named. there was nobody on it t was floating along. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says the japanese fishing vessel is very important indicator. this is prompting them to.

in the queen charlotte island, not too far from vancouver, the owner of japanese boat saying, he doesn't want it back. it is pretty much trashed. here is what scientists say that boat tells us. tsunami debris that is lighter and rides higher in the ocean watt waters will arrive along our western shores far ahead of the original schedule. the bulkier heavier stuff will travel slower and take longer. makes sense. much of the debris field will be dangerous trash that must get cleaned up immediately. some places they're not wasting any time. beginning this weekend, a nonprofit group is holding workshops to tell the public how to pick this stuff up. some should not be touched like barrels and drums. they want you to report the sightings for professional handling. you wonder where much of the debris field is. mainly north of the hawaiian islands. beachgoers are finding

plastic cups and buoys with japanese markings for month. they don't know if it from japan as a routine dump or coming from the tsunami t could be good to know that, wouldn't it? if you live along the west coast and come across debris you suspect from the tsunami. don't pick it up. just report it. this information on the screen, report to. noaa.gov. jenna: thanks, harris. >> reporter: sure. jon: ibm sponsorship over the america's most prestigious golf tournament, if ibm is the sponsor and pay the bills, why can't the new ceo become a club member? go ahead and take a sip, and then let me know what the baby thinks of it. four million drivers switched to this car insurance last year. oh, she likes it babies' palates are very sensitive so she's probably tasting the low rates. this is car insurance y,

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members. the last four ceos of ibm were male and this is tough situation. jon: does she play golf? >> she plays sparingly. she prefers to scuba dive. i spoke to spokesman at ibm. membership is internal to augusta. as spore sponsorship we're proud what we've done with them. we have a great digital presence. have a new ipad app. the club is what it is everybody knows. bill. m has been a big corporate sponsor. this is the symbol of golf. tiger woods will be there with all the big names. i'm sure they don't want to pull out but definitely a very sticky issue. jon: melissa, thank you, for the record, i don't have a green jacket either. i think they have seen my game. >> i bet jenna has one. jenna: thank you, melissa. i don't think it is the official one though. it is in the wardrobe. not official one. jon: not the tiger woods green jacket. jenna: what an interesting story. one of the stories we shared with you yesterday is the

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jon: a fox news alert on a major security breach that could impact millions of visa and mastercard users, maybe you.

julie banderas life in our new york newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: pretty scary numbers, jon. while it's still unknown exactly how many cards were breached exactly, that number could possibly be up to ten million. visa and mastercard aren't saying how many credit card numbers are involved, but mastercard has confirmed the two companies are alerting banks all over the country. they call the breach, quote, massive. the theft took place sometime between january 21st and february 25th, and the breach involved a single as yet unnamed processer which allowed people to create fraudulent credit cards. banks have found that many of the affected cards were used at new york area parking garages which may be where the breach occurred in the first place. now, in separate, non-public alerts sent late last week, visa and mastercard began warning banks about specific cards that may have been compromised. mastercard has come out and said, quote, they will continue to both monitor this event and

take steps the safeguard account information, end quote. now, the company also says cardholders who are concerned about their account should contact the banks that issued them their cards, visa has yet to comment. again, it's not clear how many cards were breached in the process or attack, but on wednesday pscu, a provider on online financial services to credit unions, said it alerted 482 credit unions that appeared to have cards impacted by the breach and that a total of over 56,000 members of visa and mastercard accounts were compromised. we're also being told the u.s. secret service is involved, they are investigating this breach. they are not commenting, however, on when it began investigating or whether they have any suspects and if investigation has become international in scope. we'll stay on top of it. jon: sounds like a mess. julie, thank you. jenna: coming up on "happening now," a few stories for you. new autism concerns for millions of parents, why doctors now say you should get your kids tested

early. also, her murder conviction was overturned in italy, now american amanda knox may be heading back to court. and she plays the lead in the hit movie "the hunger games," but critics say jennifer lawrence is simply too fat for the role. what? is the media going too far? we have a fair and balanced debate just ahead. ♪ jenna: start off this noon hour with some breaking news. write this number down, $640 million. jon: holy cow. a lot of people buying tickets. [laughter] jenna: that is the new record jackpot for the megamillions, everybody. we're glad you're with us, you have plenty of time to buy lottery tickets, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. millions of people are dreaming big now that that multistate lottery is up to $640 million. they are lining up at gas stations, grocery stores hoping

the right six numbers will put them on easy street. rick leventhal is live in hoboken, new jersey, for us right now. rick? >> reporter: yeah. and the line not that long here, jon, but the owner tells me he believes that it will get longer as we get closer and closer to that 10:45 p.m. eastern time cutoff for the 11 p.m. drawing. as you mentioned, you can make that five a six. this was already the largest jackpot in history. now it's going to be $640 million. and that's based on sales. they're selling nearly 12,000 tickets every minute in new jersey, up to $1.4 million worth every hour in new york and texas and some of the other 42 states selling megamillions tickets. of course, the odds of winning are astronomical, 1 in 176 million, that's the odds. but if you buy 50 tickets every week, you're most likely going to win once in the next 68,000 years, so you've got that going for you. let's talk to vic olson who's the owner on the phone right

now, vic, real quick, we're live on fox. it looks like business is picking up a little bit. >> oh, wait until tonight. at 5:00 the line will be out the door. >> now, if you sell the winning ticket, you get -- >> $10,000. >> reporter: that doesn't sound like enough. >> i'm. >> will you be grumpy like your shirt? >> that's my daughter, she works disney. >> reporter: i'm hoping that i'm the guy who owns it, and i asked the executive director of jersey's lottery if she could help hook that up. listen. [laughter] >> i can't guarantee it. >> reporter: aren't you in charge of the lottery? >> yes, i think i am. >> reporter: i would like to win. >> well, good luck. >> reporter: i'll give you some money. [laughter] >> do we have that on tape? an attempted bribe of a state official. [laughter] >> reporter: oops. i wonder if i'm in trouble for that? the lump-sum payout now over $400 million, after taxes somewhere near $300 million. you could feed a family of four

for 22,000 years which is exactly what i plan to do when i win, guys. [laughter] jenna: don't know if i believe that. >> reporter: no, really. jon: unfortunately, you have a higher chance of being struck by lightning -- jenna: everyone's a debbie downer. >> reporter: twice! jenna: i'm rooting for you. >> reporter: thank you. i will share. jon: you just told the nation, rick. thanks. [laughter] what do you do to protect yourself in an office pool? exactly what should you do if you win, and how some former big lottery winners turned into big losers, it is all coming up with our legal panel. jenna: i believe our viewers, the winner's going to be one of our viewers out there. so free legal advice coming up. right now, the supreme court is deciding the fate of the president's health care law after three days of historic oral arguments. nine justices are voting today on this constitutional challenge to the law, and with a final ruling not expected until june, businesses, states, even the

federal government are scrambling to prepare for what lies ahead, whatever that might be. fox business network's rich edson is live in washington with more on this. hi, rich. >> reporter: good afternoon, jenna. and that's the problem, they don't know. the supreme court can easily strike the entire law, significant pieces of it or just keep it all in place. for years businesses and government regulators have been writing the details to make this law work, and the government timeline places a senate portion of this -- a significant portion of this law already in place, eliminating lifetime ratings on coverage, prohibiting insurance companies from rescinding coverage, increasing prescription benefits for seniors, requiring companies to offer insurance to those 26 years and younger on their parents' plans and regulations on how much insurance companies have to spend on health care. one analyst says putting this all in place has already cost companies millions. still many, he says, would benefit if the law disappeared.

>> the cost to unwind or inimplement, you know, i think would be small relative to the higher costs that need to be incurred between now and 2014 when exchanges take effect. so, again, i think most of the industry wouldn't mind, you know, unwinding whatever has been spent. there are exceptions including companies, you know, that would benefit from the expansion of coverage to the uninsured. >> reporter: and under the health care law, some businesses would likely make money as tens of millions of additional americans would have health insurance paying their medical expenses, though to points say the supreme court striking down the health care law would be far better for business. those companies would avoid coverage mandates and billions in new taxes. jenna? jenna: we'll have to wait and see, thank you very much, rich edson, in d.c. for us. we have more on this now. jon: that's right. let's bring in judge andrew napolitano. judge, you think that this law is going to be, essentially, thrown out entirely? >> well, i do, jon, just from

the tenor or -- of the justices during oral argument. an oral argument before the supreme court of the united states is not a test of the best lawyer, it's not a test of the law, and it's certainly not a game. particularly when the nation's eyes are watching. for justice kennedy to have asked the questions that he did in as early on in the argument as he did and as sharp a way as he did using a particular code word that he did, tells me that he has decided that this law is outside the confines of the constitution. that's step number one. step number two, of course, is what to do with the law. do they invalidate just the parts that profoundly offend the constitution, or do they decide that if they remove those parts, the rest of the law doesn't make any sense, and they might as well invalidate the whole thing? that is a process that the court will eventually come to a con seven cuts on -- consensus on after it takes the initial votes, how they want to vote on the major issues, and then the justices who are assigned to

write the opinions and dissents begin writing those opinions and dissents, and they begin circulating them among the other justices. jon: this thing husband shepherded through congress or maybe rammed through congress under nancy pelosi as speaker of the house. she has said a number of interesting things including the fact that we have to pass this bill before we can find out what's in it. >> right. jon: she also asked, well, incredulously, she was asked whether this bill was constitutional. here is an exact transcript of what she had to say. i believe we have it. at any rate, she said -- >> where, specifically, does the constitution grant congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate? >> we knew what we were doing when we passed this bill. it is ironclad constitutionally. what happens in the courts is another matter. jon: okay. so ironclad constitutionally, but maybe not according to the

supreme court? >> well, in fairness to her, i think she's speaking as a politician, not as a lawyer or legal scholar. i remember we interrogated congressman jim clyburn, the number three ranking democrat, where in the constitution is the federal government authorized to manage health care. he looked at me, and he goes, judge, most of what we do down here is not authorized by the constitution. they are simply concerned with staying in power and with bringing home the bacon. they are not concerned with whether or not what they do is authorized by the supreme law of the land. i think that mrs. pelosi will be unhappily surprised when we learn finally how the supreme court comes down on this in june. but for her to suggest that there isn't even a constitutional argument to be made reveals an embarrassing indifference or ignorance on her part. jon jp there have been an awful lot of suggestions primarily from the left, talking heads on television and so forth, that if this court strike down the law, it is going to be legislating,

it's going to be writing law and maybe subverting the will of congress. i suppose that last one could be accurate, but legislating? >> well, you know, that's an argument that both sides of the aisle make when a statute that they like is overturned. but think about it, the supreme court is the anti-democratic branch of the government. its whole purpose is to assure that the constitution is enforced even when the majority is wrong. if we didn't have a system like this, then nothing could prevent a runaway majority in the congress from taking the liberty or the property or the lives of whomever they wanted to take. jon: well, the good news about all of this to me is that it has been a fascinating lesson in history and the workings of the constitution and co-equal branches of government and all of that kind of thing. >> yes, it has. you have an expert on the constitution seated right next to you, jon. jon: i do.

judge andrew napolitano -- jenna: thank you for that shoutout. jon: i'm going to let her speak now. jenna: you're welcome back any time, judge napolitano. well, an nfl cheerleader and former high school teacher facing charges, she had sexual contact with a student. we're going to have the shocking details on that coming up. plus, does the government have the right to jam your cell phone in an emergency? that's at the center of a heated debate in one major city, potentially affecting everyone who has and uses a cell phone. we have a live report for you coming up. ♪ c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i g heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilos isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw!

jon: right now, info on some crime stories we're keeping an eye on. a recovery mission said to be underway for a missing texas toddler. the 2-year-old disappeared tuesday. he wandered off while his mother was sleeping. they don't expect to find him

alive after an extensive air and land search. a judge in italy postponing the slander trial of amanda knox's parents. key witnesses failed to show up for a hearing today. amanda's mother and father are charged with slandering police. they are not in italy, but have a lawyer there representing them. and a cincinnati bengals cheerleader facing sexual abuse charges, accused of having a sexual relationship with a student while teaching at an ohio high school. jenna: this just in, israeli forces on high alert as crowds take to the street for annual land day protests. take a look at police trying to control the crowds today. [applause] that was in the west bank earlier. leland vittert joins us live from jerusalem with more. leland? >> reporter: jenna, as the sun sets here in israel, it marks the end of one of the most violent days in the past 12

months. up to ten people shot down on the gaza border, more than 30 injured there in the west bank. it comes as one of the palestinian leaders told his people they need to abandon the peace process and return to the streets in a violent, popular uprising, and it looks like at least today his people listened. this is what the palestinians call land day when in 1976 israel annexed a huge amount of land to build a new jewish settlement. you can see now they're trying to light some more tire on fire and push them down to obscure the israelis' view of what's going on. [gunfire] >> reporter: there's a lot of anger on the palestinian streets. you see the kids here who are getting ready to throw rocks at the us railly soldiers, we've got tear gas coming in here. these are scenes reminiscent of the first intifada, not without a lot of risk to the

palestinians. they also face rubber bullets fired by the israelis, that was another round that just came in. something like this hits you, it sounds like it's not much, it can do an awful lot of damage and certainly really hurts. is there more violence to come if you don't get your own state in. >> yes. >> reporter: what's going to happen? >> no violence, the israelis want to have violence. this is violent -- not violence, we are peaceful. >> reporter: certainly, those rocks coming in to the positions that the us israeli soldiers were in are not fun if you get hit by one of those. it's impossible to tell whether the violence we saw today is going to spark something like the irs intifada from back in the 1980s, but it is certainly ripe for that to happen. you have high unemployment and a terrible economy in the west bank. as you saw, a lot of angry youth there in the west bank and, also, you have an israeli government willing to meet violence with violence to try and keep this from spinning out of control. jenna, back to you. jenna: we'll wait and see. excellent report there, leland,

thank you so much. leland vittert in jerusalem for us today. jon: well, the feds are wading into a major controversy in jenna's hometown of san francisco. as subway officials and advocates of the first amendment there battle it out over a plan by the city's subway system. they want to cut all cell phone service in the event of what they call an extreme public safety threat. claudia cowan live in san francisco with more on that. claudia? >> reporter: well, jon, it was a move that certainly stunned free speech advocates. government agency blocking electronic communications to stop protesters from spreading their message. despite a new policy to protect riders and free speech, some still have questions about what could happen next time. [cheers and applause] last august the bay area's subway system got wind that demonstrators were amassing on a train platform and would get further instructions via text message. they decided to shut off cell

phone service underground igniting a firestorm of controversy around the first amendment. >> you say you want dialogue -- glr after weeks of debate, bath became the first transit agency in the country to adopt guidelines for interrupting cell phone service. >> our cell phone policy is set up for life, safety and law enforcement purposes only. that's the only time we will end up shutting down the cell service. >> reporter: it limits blackouts to dire situations in which people or property could be hurt or train service disrupted. under this policy cell phone service would not have been turned off last august, but free speech advocates aren't convinced the new policy will really protect anyone. >> there's always going to be real, true emergencies where, um, maybe bart has to act. but the problem is this policy is written way too vaguely and could capture a lot of first amendment-protected speech. >> reporter: civil liberties groups have asked the sec to

determine whether it's legal and to help insure that the next time a government agency intelligenceally silences -- intentionally silences communication, it's to protect the public. jon? jon: claudia cowan, thanks. jenna: well, all that glitters is not always gold, isn't that the truth? winning a lottery can create new dangers even as you enjoy the big, big payday. our legal panel on how to protect yourself from becoming a lottery loser, a must-see because the winner is out there. we know it. plus, he didn't win the lottery, but he's pulling in more heavy weight support from the gop. the latest big endorsement and what it means for mitt romney and his race for the white house. all right, let's decide what to

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jenna: right now a record jackpot just got even bigger about 24 minutes ago. people lining up for the chance to win $640 million. hoping to kiss their worries good-bye. but look out, if you're lucky enough to hit the jackpot, there could be some problems ahead. money doesn't so everything, right? right? [laughter] let's bring in our legal panel, defense attorney rebecca rose woodland and rachel self. $640 sounds like it could solve a lot of problems. i was chatting with some of our viewers on twitter, bob says he's going to buy his wife a huge diamond ring if he wins, and i think that's a great idea. but, rebecca, before you can collect the winnings, you have to have your ticket, and how do you protect it if you have it and it's the winning ticket? >> that's such a good question. before you even know if you won, right now if you have a ticket, put it in something very, very

safe. either a safe in your home or some sort of plastic so in case something happens to it you will be fine. and once you win do not tell anyone! [laughter] no one. because so many people tell all their friends and relatives before they claim the money, and someone could steal your ticket. you need to sign the ticket, call an attorney immediately -- -and-a-half what do you charge for something like that, rebecca? >> well, it depends on the work you do. if you do some financial planning or get someone else involved, it's all an hourly rate. jenna: i was seeing. i was just wondering if there was a special. [laughter] rachel, there's sometimes though you're entering into the lottery with an office group, you know, the whole crew here, we could go out and buy a ticket. >> yeah. jenna: what happens if someone's absent that day that they're normally on the shift or what sort of agreements do you have in place in case the pool wins? >> well, jenna, a lot of times what people do is they have

these informal agreements set up with the office, you put in $2 a week, and everybody buys the tickets together. and if you happen to be absent, then you might miss out if you wind up winning. you don't necessarily need an actual contract so long as you have something informal written down that everybody agrees on because, ultimately, if it winds up going to the jury as a lot of these horror story lottery winners have had to do, you want the jury to be able to figure out what the intent was of all the parties during this thing. jenna: we can't even get into all of them, but there's a lot of tragedy for some of the hot ri winners. and, re rebecca, one story sortf stands out, the winners end up committing suicide, but there's one in particular in new york where the parking attendant won the lottery, he wins, you know, he collects his money, he's making less than $30,000, he got tens of millions of dollars, and then his wife instantly divorces him and takes half of it. >> yes, well, because in new york the divorce laws are pretty clear. so, you know, he was married to a woman who clearly wasn't the

best choice for him. yeah, that can happen, and there are other thicks that can -- things that can happen. it's a great point. if you're in a pool with an office and you're not there that week s there a precedent that even if you're not there, someone supplies your portion of that pool? if so, make sure you're clear on that. write it down with your friends, have all of them sign it. even if it's the not a contract, have everybody have a photocopy of that signature and all the names that are in the pool that week when the tickets come back, everybody photocopy those tickets so that there's proof that you were in that pool that week. there's proof that you're part of it. jenna: it sounds like a good idea. >> things happen. jenna: it'd be nice to see a big office win. go ahead, rachel. >> and you also don't want somebody to say they were a part of the pool and say, oh, no, i was always a part of that pool -- jenna: i can see something like that happen. just a real quick final thought from both of you. i was taking a look at whether or not you'd have to come forward. if i won, let's just say, knock

on wood, if i'd have to announce it. and it really comes down to the state in which you buy the tickets whether or not they make you publicly present yourself and do interviews. so what do you do in east situation, rachel -- either situation, rachel? if you have to, you know, do you say the least -- do you just not say a lot when you have to say something, and if you have a choice, is it better to opt to stay anonymous? >> i absolutely think it's a good idea if you do have the choice to stay anonymous. go hire an attorney, set up a trust, have that attorney be the trustee and handle absolutely everything for you because all the freaks come out when you win the lottery. [laughter] everybody's going to want their piece of this. so, you know, you want to make sure that you protect yourself as best as you can, and if you can remain anonymous or set up a business or a trust to protect yourself so they can't put a face to it, it's not a bad idea. jenna: it sounds like good advice. i like how both i don't of you d to hire an attorney. it sounds like good advice -- [laughter] and i'm sure you both are

available. rachel and rebecca, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. jon: i would show up as the first lottery winner in full costume. rubber mask and everything. [laughter] jenna: i like that. there's no dress code. jon: that's right. jenna: that's a good point, jon. completely different. jon: there are some new autism concerns out there prompting a warning from doctors. we'll tell you what they are now asking parents to do. plus, governor romney getting another big endorsement today. find out who thinks mitt is the best candidate to beat president obama this november.

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jon: republican frontrunner mitt romney gets a major boost from a gop young gun this morning, house budget chairman paul ryan of wisconsin officially endorsing romney, becoming the latest party heavy weight to back the former massachusetts governor. here now the editorial page editor of the "wall street journal," paul gigot. does this mean it's sort of all over but the shouting when it comes to the possible nomination of mitt romney? >> it's a big step for him particularly on the eve of the wisconsin primary on tuesday. ryan, in a way his endorsement is more significant than even george h. w. bush, ryan represents the real reform vanguard, now the gop and this is helpful to romney because it shows that ryan is saying

look, this is the candidate who can carry my ideas best forward in the campaign, to reform medicare, to cut and reform the tax code. and those are big ideas so it's a big deal for romney. jon: romney has been de cried maybe by some of his critics as a moderate when it comes to fiscal matters. >> sure. jon: which is romneycare in massachusetts. to have paul ryan, one of the best known fiscal conservatives out there behind him, that really helps sell people on that point. >> it sure does. i mean, it reflects i think a little bit the evolution on policy that romney has made over the course of this campaign. you know, he was first very vague on medicare reform. now he's endorsed a modified version of ryan's reform plan. he was saying i don't want the status quo on taxes, no real tax cuts or tax reform. reasonably -- recently he endorsed a major tax cut that goes a long way to what ryan would propose. on those two issues he's moved far in the direction

of ryan and i think that's reflected in ryan's endorsement. jon: the timing of these endorsements is always interesting. he's a wisconsin congressman and you have the wisconsin vote coming up, but the fact that you had george h. w. bush, bush 41, endorse him, as well as marco rubio, the rising sen star senator from florida, all of this coalescing at the same time seems to suggest that many levels of party luminaries are coalescing behind him. >> i think that's right, jon. it does suggest that they think -- beginning to believe at this stage that they need to get this thing over, that if it drags on until the summer, that romney is still likely to be the nominee, even if he doesn't get all of the majority of the delegates before the convention, but he'd be wounded, and that would hurt the party in november, and so more of -- more of them are saying let's get this over, santorum and gingrich can't win except in some very

unlikely scenario so let's get behind romney, give him the money and raise the case against the president obama. jon: paul gigot, thank you. >> thanks jon. jon: paul will host the editorial report tomorrow, do not miss it. jenna: new concerns for parents of young children after staggering numbers from the cdc showing one in every 88 kids in this country are now diagnosed with autism, doctors urging parents to get children tested early if they show any signs of this disorder. we wanted to dig deeper into this and talk about how concerned parents really should be. peter bell is the executive vice president for programs and services for autism speaks, also joining us on the phone, zachary warren, director at vanderbilt kennedy center, treatment and research institute for autism spectrum disorders. we're going to talk to zachary in a moment.

peter, let me start with you now. your eldex son has autism. how old is he now and what was this journey like -- journey like for you as a pair snent. >> my son is tyler, 19 years old and he was diagnosed after his third birthday in 1996 and when the doctors told us he had autism, the prevalence was about one in every 1500 so my wife and i have seen this number continue to escalate, obviously, to the point now where less than one in 100, one in 88 children, one in 54 boys in america have autism. we for many years have been saying autism is an epidemic and certainly we have proof that it is an epidemic here in the united states. jenna: i notice that your organization, autism speaks, is the one using that term epidemic more than others. tell us about why you're choosing that language, and what you think needs to be done further. >> well, we're choosing that language because an epidemic means that you have an excessive increase in

persuasive -- pervasiveness of an indication of a medical condition and apparently, certainly the numbers -- certainly the numbers prove that it's an epidemic in the united states. we're not the only ones saying it, many in the medical community have been saying this for years. what we're asking for is national leadership. we need a national plan. we need to really understand what is behind this increase. it's not purely better identification. there is a very clear, real increase, and we need to understand that further. jenna: let me ask you a little about the indications, because i was on your website this morning and seeing some of the red flags that you list and autism is such a mysterious disorder, and some of the symptoms seem just as mysterious. i was looking at one of them saying that if your child is not babbling by 12 months, or there are no words by your child by 16 months, that this is time to be a little bit concerned, or to go to a health care professional. i know you're not a doctor, peter, but i'm wondering your thoughts on whether or not we are at a risk of misdiagnosis of this

disorder, simply because we still don't know so much about it. >> actually, i don't think we're at a risk of misdiagnosis. in fact, i think if there's any risk, we're underdiagnosing autism. there are many children who are still not getting the diagnosis. in fact, there was a study just last year that was published out of south korea that showed that the rate of autism there in a particular city was one in every 38. so certainly -- and actually, some of the states in this study had prevalences of under one in 50. so if anything, i think we're certainly maybe skewing towards underdiagnosis and unfortunately children are also not getting diagnosed soon enough. the one thing that we know is that the earlier you identify autism the better you're going to have an outcome because you need to get those children into early intervention so they can get on a good trajectory and ultimately be everything that they can be. jenna: quickly here, how is

your son doing? >> well, he's quite challenged, and he's a wonderful young man, one that loves to paint and do art and so forth, and we're hoping that as he transitions into adulthood he can find his niche and really be embraced by the community as someone that brings a lot of joy to their lives. jenna: peter, i appreciate you sharing your story with us, we look forward to having you to talk more about it because when you hear the numbers, it's quite staggering. thank you very much for joining us. zachary, you're joining us on the phone from tennessee and just to go back to the diagnosis of this, in your professional opinion, what about the spectrum of how someone can be diagnosed with autism, is the spectrum so wide that that's the reason why we're seeing the numbers go up? >> it's certainly a contributing factor but i wouldn't put that as the primary explanation. i think peter was quite right in stating, you know, there are many reasons for thinking about the increase. one is certainly we're more aware of this disorder, we're looking for it more

frequently, we have changes in the tools we have to be able to diagnose this, but there are also factors we don't understand and there are factors that this study doesn't necessarily tell us in terms of are we looking at a true increase, are we looking at better detection. the answer is probably a mix of those things. autism is not a simple disorder, and explanations of this increase are not simple, either. jenna: it's a tough story, even as a journalist to look at, again, going back to the mystery of it all, because you want to be responsible with the information but don't want to overly scare people. when you look at the numbers, especially for boys, one in 55, it's very high. so what do you think is the best message that parents should be taking away from this news? >> i mean, this is a disorder you need to know about if you're a parent, a pediatrician, an educator, at a rate of, you know, above 1 percent, we need to be thinking about autism across systems of care. we need to be thinking about effective ways to talk about the disorder, to talk about early concerns for parents,

to act on those concerns if we're health care providers, and service systems in our communities at large need to think about realistic system of care for 1 percent of our population. jenna: zachary, thank you very much. it's actually one in 54 boys. that number is even higher, as far as the percentage among that group, and one in 88 children. zachary, thank you very much, appreciate your expertise today. >> good afternoon. bye bye. jon: actress jennifer lawrence taking the box office by storm as the star of the new smash hit film "the hunger games". some critics, though, are taking issue are her weight. is this fair territory for the media? our fox news panel weighs in, next. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight.

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jon: that was actress jennifer lawrence as ketnis everde. n, heroine in the "hunger games". the film is a smash hit. some media outlets though are taking aim at lawrence over her weight, they say the actress may be too curvy to play the role. the review writes a few years ago she might have looked huckry enough but now at 21 her seductive womanly figure makes a bad fit for a fantasy about peoplerve \dollars/{^ed} -- starved into submission and lawrence is one of those the camera loves, her appearance alters in different scenes and shots. lingering baby fat shows there, she resemble as cleopatra there. what does this say about our expectations of female beauty?

joining us, judith miller and datey beast columnist kirsten powers, both fox news contributors. kirsten, i was surprised. i've heard a lot of critics say a lot of things about this movie but the lead actress' weight? >> she's a beautiful, beautiful girl, and the idea that they're actually in one of those reviews that you just cited are complaining not just about her weight but that she's too old at age 21 basically to be -- for us to be looking at. i just think this is a bunch of sort of misogynist bile that you're getting from the viewers. jon: judy, she was chosen apparently by the woman who wrote the book. >> and for shame, for shame, reviewers for making a normal, healthy woman look fat! and to call her fat is just an outrage. she is not anorexic, she is not twiggy, she's not supposed to be a wilting little flower. she's a hunter, a gatherer, she hunt phos her launch, that's why she doesn't look

like she's starving. this is a heroic character and gosh, it just infuriates me when hollywood reviewers pile on with a normal looking woman, accusing her of being fat, because we have tremendous problems in this country among teenagers for eating disorders. let's encourage them to starve themselves so they can look like some mythical figure who doesn't exist in real life. jon: that's what i want to after a quick commercial break. kirsten, judy, stand by. we have a lot more to talk about, coming up. cents

jon: once again joining us with their take of the criticism of the lead actress in "hunger games" for perhaps being too fat, judith miller and kirsten powers, fox news contributors both. kirsten, what about the

message to teenage girls? i mean, there are a lot of things -- apparently i haven't seen it yet -- there are messages in this movie about empowering women and that sort of thing, but to write that the lead actress is too heavy? >> yeah, well, look, there was actually a hollywood reporter whoo a hollywood >> reporter: saying beware of women viewers of this movie, they might be pulled into this female empowerment thing, with the lead actress being a female. what is wrong with people? do we have warnings on movies reviewed by men that are about men? i've talked to male and female who loved the movie, i don't know one who didn't like it and one intrepid blogger looked at it and men and women were blogging the same. there's an idea that they want to have women weak and frail, even as we're

watching it now, an archer and shooter and -- i don't want to give away what happens, but -- >> jon: please don't! >> she's a pretty tough girl and no, we want her to be an anorexic waive who isn't strong? it doesn't make sense. jon: i was read ago review with jennifer lawrence, where she recounted a conversation she had with her mom as an early teenager, she says she used to be disturbed by the waive-life actresses who were rumored to have anorexia, people like nicole ritchie, she said, and lindsey lohan who were thought to be anrex or close to it, and she wasn't going to go that direction and was proud of it and rightly so. >> she was wonderful. she also said she went home that day and said nobody is having burgers because i'm eating everybody's bread. i think she's a remarkable young woman, a remarkable young actress or actor we're now saying, she was fabulous

in "winter's bones", she's a natural, she's very talented, she's very experienced, and to say she still has her baby fat and that makes her unsuitable for this role is an outrage. neither you nor i, jon, have seen the movie but i just read the reviews and let me tell you that's enough for me, i'm going to race out this weekend and looking at it because i'd like to watch her. jon: my kids are dragging me out there tonight. >> it i just state? the picture that is you're showing, she's skinny! like forget about like is she fat. this is ridiculous. the woman is gorgeous. and is thin! >> jon: very well said! kirsten powers, judith miller -- why am i doing this segment? shouldn't jenna be doing this segment? thank you both. jenna: -- jenna: i like jon's fashion contribution. jon: i have no fashion sense whatsoever but i wanted to say we will be disg this

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jon: they should have called commissioner gordon in when the caped crusader found himself on the wrong side of the lay. police in maryland pulled over batman because all they could see was the bat symbol instead of the license plate. yes, batman was driving that black lamborghini, not the batmobile. superhero was heading to a hospital for appearance to cheer up sick children. no joy for joker or other villains. the police did not take batman into custody. did not give them a ticket. showed them the real license plate. that is not me. >> this just in. in fact we have a new addition to the fox fallly we wanted to share with you. little braden is only a few days old