martha: yeah. bill: see you on tuesday. martha: "happening now" starts right about now. jon: a horrific plane crash killing 31 people, seriously injuring a dozen more. authorities investigatingth case. we'll ask an expert what you should do every time you board an airplane. it could save your life. jenna: i'll be taking notes on that. a new study showing eating fast food can make you fat. we know that, right? it also apparently can make you sad. why is that? a nutritionist joins us. jon: three big winners of the record megamillions jackpot. we know where the tickets were purchased, but who are the newly minted millionaires? it's all "happening now." jenna: millionaires that don't have to show up to work today, right? we are your election headquarters. it's a very busy day for most of

the republican presidential candidates. x arwe are happy you are with us today. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. mitt romney and rick santorum are crisscrossing the state of wisconsin trying to shore up last minute support there. newt gingrich is focusing on maryland. ron paul is off the campaign trail with no scheduled events. voters in the district of columbia head to the polls tomorrow, mitt romney the heavy favorite in all three contests. with at least 92 delegates up for grabs the former massachusetts governor could take a big step toward clinching his party's nomination. steven hayes is a senior writer for the weekly standard, also a fox news contributor and a guy who he knows something about wisconsin. it's my understanding you're from there. there. >> i lived there for the first 18 years of my life. jon: what is going to happen there tomorrow. >> it's a good question. i think the state sets up

friendly for mitt romney. if you look at the places where there are huge batches of republican voters in the milwaukee suburbs and going north that is friendly territory for mitt romney. -p rick santoru romney. rick santorum could do up north in west r-frplt he's made a pitch that he's the conservative alternative to romney. i think it will be close but romney goes in with an advantage. jon: last time around up against herman cain in 2008 mitt romney was considered the more conservative of the two. this time around he's got the backing of some of these tea party heavy waits like marco rubio, jim demint, paul ryan, and yet rick santorum is trying to cast himself as the more conservative? >> it's very interesting. one of the things i'll be most interested in seeing tomorrow as the votes come in and we look at exit polls is how mitt romney has done among voters who identify themselves as strong

supporters of the tea party or very conservative voters. these are voters where he hasn't done much better than getting roughly a third of them going back and looking at pretty much all of the states we've been through thus far. he's had a rash of endorsements over the past two weeks from some of the leading lights in terms of elected official officials among the tea party. it will be interesting to see if that endorsement and support translates into votes at the polls. jon: the math doesn't look too good for rick santorum. he would have to get 80% of the delegates in every contest from here on out to take the nomination out right. does that leave him and newt gingrich sort of trying to pray for a brokered convention and hope they can somehow pull this thing out there? >> yeah, i think that is right. both of the campaigns in fact have indicated that they are not really looking to reach that magic threshold of 1144 delegates, so much as they are looking to keep mitt romney from getting to that point.

if romney were able to win, you know, all of the delegates tomorrow, he would be nearly one hundred votes closer and i think that makes that task much more difficult for both santorum and newt gingrich. jon: it will be a fascinating day tomorrow. we'll be there watching it with you. jenna: the big issue is gas prices. they continue to climb. the national average aeu corresponded corresponding to aaa $3.92 a gallon, up nearly 30-cent tpr-s a year ago. something that could impact fuel prices here at home are some of these new sanctions against iran. the president is approving tough new measures targeting banks that deal with iranian exports. today white house visits from two foreign leaders where the touchy topics of iran and oil will be front and center. peter barnes joins us live with all of that, hi, peter. >> reporter: that's right. energy, oil, all expected to be

on the agenda as the president meets with steven harper and mexican president felipe calderon. when the three get together starting at 11:15 in just about ten minutes, when they get together everybody calls this -- these the three amigos summits. the last time they got together the three of them, was in august 2009, and obviously a lot has transpired since then. the white house says the official agenda will focus on trade, economic growth, competitiveness, citizen security, energy, crime at change. let me translate energy into canadian for you for prime minister harper. pipe r-r the canadian part that the president turnekeystone pipeline, president obama says he will consider it again after the election. presidenprime minister harper says he's distroyed waitin not

waiting around. he is going to try to sell it to china canada is our number one oil supplier, ahead of saudi arabia, and number three is mexico. so we have leaders of two of our three largest oil suppliers here at the white house today, maybe they might be able to help us out a little bit on $4 gasoline. jenna: that was so interesting to see saudi arabia as number two, you don't automatically think that, peter. you mentioned keystone for canada. how about mexico? what is expected to be discussed with the mexican president, as far as energy policy? >> reporter: well, the mexican's oil splic supplies are kind of depleted. they have to get better technology to try to improve oil drilling and oil and gas exploration, particularly in the gulf of mexico. but, you know, a big issue for the mexican president is all of this drug violence on the mexican-u.s. border, operation fast and furniture kwus, tha

furious, that is another big issue for the mexican president. jon: fox news alert. it was one of the big stories of last week, that jetblue pilot who apparently snapped while in mid flight, ran up and down the aisles talking about bombs on pwoerbgsd afghanista board, afghanistan and iraq. clayton osbon was in federal court after the jetblue copilot had an emergency landing of that flight. he was taken off the plane in shackles. he appeared in court this morning to answer charges against him of interfering with a flight crew. he could go to prison for 20 years. meantime his wife has released a statement thanking the passengers for their compassionate handling of the situation. she points out that he did not lash out at anybody, she clearly thinks he is ill, or had some kind of an episode. at any rate we'll le let you know what happens at a result of

that federal court hearing in texas. this fox news alert for you out of russia this morning, a deadly plane crash in snowy siberia. 31 people died when the twin-engine turbo prop operated by ut air went down shortly after take off. 12 people managed to survive the terrible crash. greg palkot is in london for us now. >> reporter: yeah, jon, according to the russian media reports which we have been following all day, that aircraft from a regional russian airline had trouble from the very start. smoking shortly after the take off from the siberian city was seen coming from the engines. pilots on the plane tried to force it down but in fact it just crashed and hit the ground in a snowy field a mile away from the airport. it broke up in various pieces. its believed all the victims are russian. the incident happened in an oil and energy producing area. it was heading in fact to another oil center.

according again to the reports that we are seeing, looked at very hardly right now a mechanical problem, or a pilot error, terrorism according to officials there in that area is being ruled out. this is one of many recent crashes involving russian airlines. last year alone 15 russian planes went down. a lot of problems, maybe a lot of reasons, abling aircrafts, poor crew training, run down airports. lax government control. following a major crash last year dmitry medvedev ordered an overhaul in russia. apparently he didn't do enough. this plane is a french italian model called atr74 and is used by some u.s. airlines and in fact an aircraft similar to this was involved in a crash involving the american eagle airline, it went down outside of

chicago in 1994. 68 people died in that, icing the cause there. back to you. jon: amazing that anyone survived this crash. we'll be talking more about it next hour. jenna: new information on the rescue of two injured sailors stranded in the pacific ocean. a monster wave pummeled their yacht saturday during an around the world race. the coast guard reaching them late last night 200 miles off the california coast. fellow sailors describing the condition, take a listen. >> we were in winds up to 55 knots gusting. i have think the major problem they have is a massive wave broke behind them and came forward, so you had all this water breaking over the boat, and pushing them forward. that's quite a common occurrence, but in this case it was a very, very large wave. >> it's interesting, being so far away from any land, and the waves the size of buildings, winds that you've never

experienced before, it's pretty interestingment. jenna: interesting or scary, right? rescuers had trouble reaching the sailors because the seas were so rough. they were only able to drop medical supplies until the rescue ship arrived to assist the crew. a live report on this coming up in the next hour. jon: that is crazy. monstrous waves. budget cuts in washington bring an end to the u.s. space shuttle program. now, thousands of people are feeling the impact. we'll talk with a former astronaut about that. is the u.s. abandoning space. jenna: we've heard you are what you eat. what it comes to fast foods, you may be getting the blues. you don't want that. jon: what you can ae do to avoid cancer. i'm sure shopping is not one of

them. we'll talk to the doctor who came up with this and ask him what high heels have to do with it.

jenna: welcome back, everyone, a new study revealing fast food may not only be bad for your waist hraoeurpbgs it kols be harmful to your mental health. people who eat junk food have a greater chance of developing depression, mira charlton is an author. it's more less, which came first the chicken or the egg. can you get depressed from the food or is it your lifestyle that includes fast food that makes you depressed. >> we actually feel that fast food can make you depressed by eating it. that's because of naked calories.

they don't give you a supply of vitamins, minerals and essential fats that you need, but at the same time they are giving you calories that make you fat if you eat them. it can make you depressed. jenna: if you do not want your food to aid -- or lead to in some way depressive thinking, you know, what should you avoid besides just the fast food? >> you want to make sure to have all high quality foods, it's not just the fast foods. the fast foods eliminate a lot of micronutrients from your life. what you want to do instead is take in a lot of the high quality foods. find things that are organic, locally grown and supply your body with essential micronutrients, the vitamins and minerals. jenna: this study had 9,000 people for six months. 6% of the people watched what help to were eating started

taking anti-depressants. the national averages for depressants is more or less in line with the national average. i guess what i'm asking is, can you cheat? is it such a clear line that the food will lead to depression, or is it that there are other factors that can be involved here? >> well, there are lots of things that deplete you of these essential micronutrients, exercise can, it's smoking, drinking, all of these things together, all unhealthy things that deplete you of your micronutrients. the eating of the fast food is another one, another level. a lot of times we find those hand-in-hand. jenna: jon would say eating a hamburger makes him very happy. >> and there is a reason. jon: yes. >> eating fast food it's a comfort food. so you eat that when you're sort of feeling depressed, it does perk you up. there is sugar in a lot of things. that white roll you're eating, actually loaded with sugar and

it increases dopamine in your body. over time you become addicted to that sugar and it makes you happy to have it. by eating that sandwich every now and again or a hamburger from the fast food place you're going to get a natural drug addicted-like state and that's why he's feeling that. jenna: ooh, all right. he likes hamburgers. we're going to have to leave it there, mira. sugar is a major theme of our show today. it's something we are taking a closer look at and we will be talking about it in a few other segments. we thank you very much for this. naked calories, that seems to be the way to go. jon: nothing but carrots and veggies for lunch from now on. jenna: and maybe a burger once in a while. every once in a while. jon: everything in moderation. mega millions mania may be over. everybody is wondering who won all the money? in one tiny town in illinois it is the talk of the town where one of the three winning tickets

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states, three tickets sold in maryland, kansas and illinois have the winning numbers for the mega millions jackpot. they will split a record breaking $656 million. so far no one has come forward with a winning ticket, but folks in the tiny town of red bud illinois are wondering if one of their neighbors is a multi-millionaire. julie banderas in our newsroom with that. >> reporter: because of state laws the winners in maryland and

kansas can remain anonymous, but in red bud, illinois a small town where everyone knows your name with a population of just 3,698 folks everybody is anxious to call one of their neighbors a very close friend. in fact rumors are swirling so fast anyone tired of being asked if they are the newest millionaire can now actually buy a t-shirt reading, yes, i am from red bud, no i am not the winner. lottery officials say americans will find out who bought the ticket in illinois but only when whoever it is claims the prize could be in days or even weeks. each of the three winning tickets which matched all six numbers, including the megaball number from friday night's drawing are worth 5.5 million a year for 26 years. a pretty nice retirement fund if you're one of the lucky three. a third of the nation, a hundred million americans played mega millions last week for the shot at the $656 million price, the

largest lo lottery jackpot in u.s. history. the winning ticket in maryland was sold at a 711 in millford mill as a quick pick ticket. >> i know the person who has the ticket is not coming out here right now. >> i can't believe somebody hit it in this area here. >> it's local. i hope it's somebody who really needs it. >> you lucky dog. >> reporter: the seller of the kansas ticket in the northeast part of the state will collect 1 10 grand, and the mottomar in red bud illinois gets a bonus khefbg $500,000 according to state lottery rules. lottery officials have advice for you if you are one of the three winners, safeguard your tickets and sign the back of it before anyone else does, jon. jon: let's hope the winners aren't coming forward because they were watching "happening now" and they saw jenna's segment talking about they

should have financial advice, and sign the back of the ticket. jenna: won't you want to run and say, i won, i did it. jon: quit the job. jenna: do you remember who you asked for high school prom. jon: yes, i do. jenna: was this a nerve-racking experience asking her out. jon: yeah. >> good date. jon: yeah it was fun. jenna: in denver a high school student gets a prom proposal she'll not likely forget and neither will be. ian brannigan wanted a creative way to ask out his sweetheart, so he organized a flash mob to pop the question in the middle of a shopping mall. when it was all said and done, she said yes. pretty good job by ian, way to go. jon: cute. creative kids. there is a terrible accident to tell you about in siberia, dozens of people killed when a plane goes down in a snowy field right after take off.

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jenna: we have extreme weather across the country today on this monday. in northern idaho pounding rain causing a train to derail there. the heavy rains washing away a union pacific rail line north of sand pointe ida who i. no one was reported hurt. it washed away a major road in that area creating a 10-foot deep sinkhole. we are told nearly 30 roads are damaged due to the heavy rain in idaho. jon: heavy rains pounding the shore in southern california, waves as high as 15 feet breaking the shoreline in seal beach in orange county triggering an advisory. the surfers are happy with the huge swells. the advisory remains in effect for a few more hours. jenna: maria molina joining us from the weather center with more on the weather seen across the country. hi, maria.

reporter: we are looking at a lot of active weather nor toda for today. severe weather expected across parts of tomato alley. a strong cold front is going to exit the rockies later on this afternoon pulling warm, moisture air out of the gulf of mexico. we will be seeing it firing up to produce weather in the way of large hail, gust tie winds and isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out either. some of the cities included, austin, dallas, wichita, kansas city, and new orleans where we know the ncaa tournament is taking place there later on today. we hope anybody out there celebrating with outdoor activities remains alerts. we have strong storms fired up just to the southwest of parts of louisiana. we do have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect across parts of alexandra and louisiana until 5:00pm central time. it means conditions are

favorable for severe thunderstorms to develop that could produce large hail and damaging wind gusts. even though this is not a tornado watch you cannot rule out isolated tornadoes that could be possible from some of the thunderstorms. the second they start rotating there is a light chance you could see tornado touchdowns. we don't have any warnings in effect right now, we'll keep an eye on it and update you throughout the show. east of the system it is incredibly warm out there guys, possibly record-setting temperatures this afternoon. 89 in tallahassee, 90 degrees in st. louis. you guys are skipping spring and heading right into summer. when you factor in a little bit of humidity into that it's going to feel even warmer. as we head into tomorrow it's going to be another warm day out across the southeast, tampa 89 degrees. that is even warm for you guys in florida. 74 degrees in chicago, well above average temperatures, and another story that you guys touched upon was a lot of precipitation out west, and we're expecting another storm system later on today.

jenna: a little bit of everything. we'll keep an eye on it maria thank you. jon: become now to that deadly plane crash that happened earlier today. a twin-engine turbo prop goes down in a snowy field just after take off. 31 people are dead, but there are 12 survivors. what went wrong? let's ask steve wallace, the former director of accident investigations at the faa. there were reports, steve, that as this plane was taking off, and it's a turbo plot, you have a jet engine spinning propellers that there was smoke pouring from both engines? that is pretty unusual, isn't it? >> very unusual. those are very reliable engines, this is a recently modern western built aircraft in the soviet union, in russia there historically has been a bad accident record substantially attributed to the poor quality of airplanes and that is not the case here. i would point out, jon that the

witness statements about smoke pouring from engines, we'll have to see how that pans out. this aircraft will have modern recorders which the authorities say they already recovered. that will probably be the most important source of determining what happened. jon: right, the russian aviation business has had a horrible safety record as you point out. i mean there was a russian plane -- there was a crash in russia that killed the polish president. there was a russian plane that killed that professional hockey team, recently, everybody on board died. as you point out this was not a russian-built aircraft? that's right. of course there are issues about the infrastructure and even about the culture, particularly where the aircraft was carrying the president of poland you have to think whether that crew may have felt this is an important person we absolutely have to get him to his december tin nice. i think the cultural issues -- certainly the aircraft are a factor, but the cultural issues and the entire infrastructure, the oversight, all those factors

contribute to the safety record. jon: the amazing thing to me is that 12 people survived this. and the fact of the matter is a great many of these aircraft accidents, even when the plane hits the ground, they are survivable. how do you improve your chances? >> well, i would point out by saying that your chances are being involved in an accident, particularly in the developed west are extremely low. jon: good point. >> i'm not in the least a nervous flier, yet when i get on an airplane the two things that i always do, i locate the exits, and i look at the diagram of how the handles work, some lift up, some turn counter clockwise as you know, so those are definitely worth doing. again you're improving your odds on an extremely improbable event. jon: that is a very good point. we do enjoy a very, very good safety situation especially in this country. steve, thanks very much for being with us. >> thank you. jenna: it doesn't hurt to listen when the flight attendants

actually tell you where the exits are. jon: figure out where the exits are, count how many aisle row seats you are. jenna: sounds like good advice. if you have family problems, forget the therapist. head over to your local wells fargo. the bank is making free psychological counseling a part of its new wealth management unit. it does come with a cache long with a lot more questions than that. what is going on here, elizabeth mcdonald tells us. >> reporter: you have to have 50 million. jenna: that's all. >> reporter: that's right, jenna. the question is i'd like to have those problems too the banks are saying this is a growing area of business to offer psychological counseling to the wealthy. wells fargo is offering services of a shrink to handle any anxieties with suddenly becoming rich or passing on the money to

heirs. wells fargo is joining citigroup and merrill lynch in offering these services, jenna. it is a growing tend. you know what is interest being is that the banks are saying, look, not everybody inherits wealth. in fact one study says that eight out of ten of the euber wealthy earned their wealth starting out in the middle class. jenna: the catch is the 50 million. >> reporter: the catch is the 50 million. at merrill lynch you have to have at least 10 million. the one thing that one banker said that is really interesting, it's easier to talk to your children about sex than finances. i don't know, it's easier also to bring up the fact that you may have a problem with drinking than being rich at a cocktail party. do the rich have anxiety problems? yeah, that's what the bankers are saying. they are saying a lot of the rich didn't start out on third base. one study shows that more than half of the people in the upper brackets, as of 1996 dropped to the lower brackets by 2005 and the reverse held true, that the people in the lower brackets,

more than half moved up to upper brackets. so, you know, do they have identity kraoe sees, so t crisis? jenna: maybe the therapist will be available like one hour a week for the rest of us. i'd take it. thank you very much, an interesting story. jon: $50 million gets you a free shrink from the bank. don't smoke, don't get fat. we've all heard that advice when it comes to cutting your cancer risk. what about this? don't take your vitamins and wear comfy shoes. two of surprising new tips on how you can say cancer free. a member of our fox medical a team separates fact from fiction next. one detroit area firefighter is speaking out after this frightening roof collapse and

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jon: brand-new stories coming up next hour. the feds make a major announcement after wrapping up a week-long operation targeting at large criminals who are illegal immigrants. a live report coming up. the coast guard pulls off an amazing rescue after a giant wave disables a yacht hundreds of miles after the california coast. and new fallout, after a major security breach exposed millions of credit card holders, what card companies are doing to make sure it never happens again. jenna: cancer is the second most common cause of death in the united states. this is according to the american cancer society. in fact they estimate more than a half million people will die from the disease just this year alone. the good news is that we've been

told that there are some simple steps we can take to prevent cancer, and some new suggestions from our next guest may surprise you, rather easy to do but some surprising things. joining me now from los angeles, dr. david aggus, an oncologist and a professor at the university of california. he is the author of the book "the end of illness." let's launch into your list here. there are very simple things that people can do in your opinion to give them some better odds when i comes to cancer diagnosis. one is to get a dog. why is that? >> jenna, getting a dog if you look at the today the a this is from the framingham heart study the nation's biggest study, getting a dog puts you on a regular schedule. you get up every day to walk the day, you come home from work, you don't stay out late, because you're walking the dog. you're feeding the dog.

it has a dramatic effect at relieving stress hormones. if you have your lunch at 2:00, the stress hormones go up. jenna: that has something to do with insulin levels and how it could be tied to cancer. >> no question, with insulin and cortisol, two of the major stress hormones are affected by regulation of schedule. the person who grabs an apple during the day hurts themselves. grabbing an apple every day at 3:00 helps them, best thing in the world. jenna: you say say no to vitamins, don't take vie minimums, why is that? >> look at the data. and so the data really shows is that taking multivitamins, or a specific vitamin have never had a positive. if a man takes vitamin e for three years his risk of prostate cancer goes up by 17% and that stays elevated for three to four

years after stopping the vitamin. women who take multivitamin, one study have an higher risk of death. no positive has been shown to a study, and potential for a negative. i say stay away. jenna: wear comfortable shoes. i'm going to hold up the shoes i have on right now. these are not the most comfortable, but i like them, doc, why would shoes like this potentially put me at a greater odd for cancer later on in life. >> the root of heart disease, cancer and brain disease is inflammation. the key is to reduce inflammation over time. high heels, at the end of the day your feet hurt. feet hurt is inflammation. i don't want that. i want you to wear comfortable shoes. once in a while you can make an exception. wearing every day, chronic inflammation is a bad thing in the long run. jenna: truth is i spend most of my time in running shoes. i still like them, i can have them for a couple of hours a day. there was a big piece on 60

minutes last night about sugar, saying that sugar is really a toxin. i'm curious, because on your list you don't really have too many dietary restrictions. we will be talking about sugar in the next hour about whether or not we should be calling it a poison, whether or not it really can cause cancer. why didn't you include it on your list and what are your thoughts on that? >> anything to an extremist bad. the key is moderation in what you do. enormous amounts of sugar on a regular basis is not a good thing. if you start to look at the data, irregularity in schedule changes it, just like sugar. healthy food on a regular schedule can keep you healthy. staying away from all sugar probably not the most realistic thing you can do. jenna: you can have more control of your schedule than know which items in your diet have sugar. it's good to have you back.

jon: shows shoes look like they could hurt me. jenna: they serve dual purposes. jon: if you kick me with them. jenna: you never know. jon: she hasn't yet. on friday we showed you stunning video of three firefighters on a roof in dearborn, michigan when the roof starts to collapse. they are trial to convenient the building when it goes. they scrambled to safety. those firefighters now speaking out. >> i didn't really know like how bad it was. we all went -- came off the roof and went back to work. >> oh, man i was more -- i was closer to the hole than i thought i was. and it wasn't until i saw the video that i realized that. >> it really opened our eyes how lucky we got. we had been told to open up a hoyle to let all the hot air out so the crews could get in underneath to put the fire out. it was burning so long underneath there and it weakened the structural embers.

>> thank god for both of these guys. stpho: they risk their lives every day obviously. those pictures really bring it home. the cause of that fire in a dry cleaners remains under investigation. jenna: bombshell allegations against one nfl cheerleader, the new charges against her, and what she is accused of doing before ever seeing foot on setting foot on a football field. a thanks to major budget cuts many of our nation's best and pwraoeuess are now out o brightest are out of work. aastronaut tom jones weighs in next on this. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement

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jon: all three engines up and burning. two, one, zero and liftoff. the final liftoff of atlantis on the shoulders of the space shuttle america will continue the dream. jenna: it's so amazing to watch. the space shuttle program, a source of national pride for 30 years, but after the last shuttle took off from the kennedy space center in july about 7,000 people lost their jobs, in brevard county, florida lost its largest employer. with major nasa budget cuts and the future of manned flight in question they are facing high employment and the big question what is next. joining me now, former astronaut, fox news contributor and author of unlocking th the secrets of the solar system, tom jones. a lot of people came out of this recession completely up ended. i can't help but think about detroit, when i think about

brevard. what makes brevard different than detroit? >> the skilled highly technical workers that you had on the space coast, centered around the kennedy space center are an irreplaceable talented pool. if you wish to restart the space program or restart our human space flight program, accelerate it the people are not there as a resource. and we've wasted a major national investment over the last 30 years by not following up the retirement of the shuttle with a more ambitious successor program out into deep space. jenna: the 60 minute piece that covered this last night talked about a lot of these different support teams to the space shuttle, everyone from the ladder operator to the guy that runs the bar just outside of the center there. it was really a touching story. one of the topics that was brought up was whether or not the private sector was able to

absorb these workers, so that the talent pool would not be lost. why hasn't the private sector been able to keep up with some of these job losses? >> two quick reasons. first of all the commercial launch to the space station that nass ace funding right now trying to get off the ground, it's still five years away. it was always designed to save some of the nasa funds by having a much leaner workforce, and because that routine commercial abscess to the space station would only be two flights per year it's not going to employ as many penal. the second reason is is we've always thought of retiring the shuttle, and it would be immediately be followed by an ambitious deep space program, first to return to the moon, that was canceled by the white house, and now we are talking about going to a nearby astroid in the 2020s. that goals so far away that it's been unable to pick up the development load of that talented pool in florida. jenna: in a time of as territory in our count throw how would you fix it? >> we do have to prioritize. i do think that the investment in our space program is a big payoff for our economy in terms

of skilled labor, skilled education, inspiring young people to go into these tough fields of science and engineering. investing in the space program, one of the few government programs that actually works i think is a very good investment. i would increase the funding for nasa every so slightly bring it up to maybe .6% of our federal budget. that would be $20 billion a year over the 18 we spend now. that would be enough accelerate our efforts for the space station and bring closer what nasa was promised. jenna: where is it right now. >> it's about .6 right now. jenna: always good to talk to you. jon: there is new information on the case of missing utah mom susan powell. why newly revealed evidence has her sister pointing the finger at police saying they dropped the ball. our legal panel is here to explain. and sugar, under attack, called even toxic by some. is the sweet stuff getting a bad rap, or is it deserved?

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jon: just ahead on "happening now," awaiting a happy homecoming for a couple of sailors stranded at sea. wait until you hear the ordeal they just survived and details of their amazing rescue. also, new information on the susan powell mystery. her family is crying foul and blaming police. being partly responsible for the deaths of her two boys. and is sugar toxic? one doctor leading the charge against the sweet stuff. fact check time just minutes away. jon: and we hope your monday is off to a great start. welcome to "happening now." score one for the good guys, federal agents tracking down criminals nationwide who are

illegal immigrants. hello, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. "happening now," i.c.e. agents are wrapping up a weeklong operation resulting in more than 3,000 arrests across the country. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with how it all went down. >> reporter: under president obama i.c.e. focuses solely on removing illegals with criminal records, the so-called worst of the worse. critics call this a back door amnesty because the agency's ignoring and does not deport the 11 million illegal immigrants who are here who don't commit crimes. moments ago the agency said it had rounded up 3,000 criminal aliens including julio lopez, a two-time felon they found hide anything los angeles. >> behind you. >> keep your hands on top, there you go. >> you got id? >> you don't move unless i tell you to. where's your idea?

>> right here. >> do you have any weapons on you? knives, guns, anything like that? >> as soon as we told them we were immigration and customs enforcement, i could just see the look on his face that he knew he had been caught. we're going to take him down here to our los angeles staging facility which is basically the hub where we process all of our arrestees. >> once you take the risk, you know, it's already in your head that this could happen in one day, it could happen in two years. i knew it could happen, but i was hoping it wouldn't happen this early. >> put your hands on the wall for me. >> i committed two small crimes, that's the reason why they kicked me out. i don't think it's fair when they break families like this, but i know i made mistakes, but i think everybody deserves a second chance. >> if you come here illegally and you commit a crime and you violate our laws, we're going to take action. we're going to find you, and we're going to track you down.

>> reporter: now, this program is actually controversial. while few disagree with deporting criminal aliens, critics say the administration is putting politics over policy. by ordering i.c.e. agents not to arrest illegal aliens is like the irs only auditing those who makeover a certain amount of money and giving everyone else a pass. however, the i.c.e. director, john morton, argues that it's a question of priorities and that breaking up families and deporting illegal parents is not one of those. back to you. jenna: interesting story, william. thank you. jon: it is winner take all for tomorrow's republican primaries in wisconsin, maryland and washington d.c. mitt romney appears to have a strong advantage. win or lose, though, rick santorum says he won't drop out of the race because it's better for the party if he stays in. >> they just want it to be over. ladies and gentlemen, we saw four years ago it was over, it was over quickly. the republicans got their

nominee. within a couple of months, the democrats fought and slogged it out, and all the democrats, oh, this is going to kill us, oh, we're not going to win because we're dragging this out so long. how'd it work out for us to cut this short? cutting it short and getting the wrong candidate is worse than making this a fight for the heart and soul of america and the heart and soul of the republican party. jon: brett bay is the anchor of "special report." it's kind of interesting, bret, one of the reasons the republican fight ended so quickly four years ago is because governor romney decided to drop out. he said he saw the handwriting on the wall, and in the interest of party unity he suspended his campaign in february of last year. >> reporter: that's right, jon. last election, 2008. and interestingly enough, a few weeks before that time rick santorum endorsed governor romney in 2008 saying the true

conservative. listen, this race is coming to a head. clearly, the republican party as a whole there are elements of it that believe it's better to get to a candidate to take on president obama directly as fast as possible. but there's another part of it that says, listen, it's only halftime, and only half of the delegates of the 1144 have been chosen, and there should be more of a process. we will see how it goes tomorrow night. if romney wins wisconsin, that does not bode well for santorum. and then april 24th when pennsylvania, his home state, is on the line, that will be a big race for rick santorum. jon: well, and it was once thought that santorum might win wisconsin. according to the polls, doesn't look like that's going to happen. what's happened to his support there? >> reporter: well, it's, you know, we always have to be cautious about polls because rick santorum has outperformed polls going into several races already. so it's possible if he's within

five or six points of even the average which i think the rcp, real clear politics average is at 6.5. if he is going into that, it's possible he could still pull out a win in wisconsin. that said, what happened was he's being outspent exponentially as he has in other states. the romney organization is much more robust. and when mitt romney stands on a stage in wisconsin, standing alongside paul ryan, congressman from wisconsin, and senator ron johnson, a very popular senator up here in washington and also someone who was elected by tea party supporters in wisconsin. that's a powerful endorsement bloc for the romney campaign. jon: right. well, romney has gotten the support of paul ryan andson ron johnson, as you said, he's also gotten endorsements recently from marco rubio, another favorite of the tea party. plus he's gotten the endorsements of governor jeb bush, former florida governor

jeb bush, and his father, the former president, bush 41. mitt romney looks unstoppable when it comes to the endorsement rolls right now? >> reporter: right. and the santorum campaign pushes back saying if endorsements really made all that difference, this thing would be completely over. why is mitt romney spending $4 million in wisconsin if it's all only about endorsements? because he still has to run a race. and no matter how many people endorse someone, you still have to get the votes. and rick santorum is betting that he can still get the votes in a number of different states. mathematically, if they get to 1144, the romney campaign, most of these campaigns have said they're going to, you know, fold up shop and endorse the nominee. although i will point out that this weekend ron paul said he's still not sure -- jon: right. >> reporter: -- if romney gets to 1144 whether he will support mitt romney. jon: said that on cbs this weekend, said it again this morning. rick santorum has said, yes, i'd be willing to be a vice

presidential candidate with governor romney if chosen. that's kind on an interesting take on all this too. >> reporter: sure. you know, i think as you get further along here and if romney train continues to roll through these states, your going to see a -- you're going to see a much different rick santorum on the stump. jon: yeah. interesting stuff. bret baier, thanks. >> reporter: okay. jon: don't miss bret tonight on "special report," he anchors that program. 6 p.m. eastern right here on fox. jenna: here's another one of our top stories, new fallout from a massive credit card security breach that we first told you about on friday involving more than a million mastercard and visa credit cards. adam shapiro has been working this story for fox business, and he joins us now. hi, adam. >> reporter: hi, jenna. the big issue here has to do with what's called a processer, the intermediary between your merchant and the bank. and in this case it would be global payments. and they held a press conference this morning, more of just a call conference, in which they said -- and these are important

for people who have mastercard and visa to know -- they claim there has been no fraudulent use of the cards detected as of yet. the information that was taken from their system, not taken from a bank, not taken from mastercard or visa, but from global payments, involved credit card numbers and names, but nobody's personal data like your social security number was compromised. now, they discovered the breach three weeks ago, up to one and a half million cards were compromised. the breach occurred, again, within global payment, and visa, which has delisted them from the approved processers, they're still processing visa transactions, just makes it harderrer if them to, perhaps, sign up clients. they're being fined by visa, but they haven't said how much, and they haven't said how much longer it will take to get back in the good graces of visa, but they're saying this security problem is contained. jenna: should you still check your cards if you've used it in a certain situation? >> reporter: yeah. you can always check on line with your bank.

if you see a fraudulent or a charge you don't recognize, you ask for the fraud department at that institution, you dispute that charge. if you happen to be part of this group of credit cards that was compromised and, again, they've said they have detected no fraudulent use of these numbers, but if by chance there is and you are one of them, you are not held legally responsible for that charge. jenna: as of yet, that's the only thing. we just learned about -- >> reporter: three weeks ago they learned about it, we learned about it friday. jenna: all right, adam, thank you so much. >> reporter: you got it, jenna. jon: he is accused of interfering with a flight crew. the jetblue pilot who apparently lost it and had a mid-air breakdown last week is released from the hospital, but he's not headed home. and the weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed -- you know where i'm going with this, right? if not for the courage of the coast guard, these sailors would be lost. an amazing rescue after the break. i'd like one of those desserts and some coffee.

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jon: right now, new information on crime stories we're keeping an eye on. an ex-nurse awaiting her fate in a texas courtroom today. kimberly-clark six ans was convicted of killing five kidney dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach. a jury is deciding whether she will get the death penalty. a possible cult playing -- killing that took place a stone's throw away from the border in mexico. accused of sacrificing two 10-year-old boys and a 55-year-old woman. also the jetblue pilot who suffered a meltdown last week released from a hospital in texas. he appeared in federal court this morning. clayton is accused of disrupt ago flight crew. jenna: two british sailors saved by the coast guard when their

yacht was pummeled by a monster wave off the coast of california. the two were taking part in this around-the-world race, and they're headed back to san francisco, probably much relieved at this point. claudia cowan is live in san francisco with more on this story. >> reporter: hi, jenna, no doubt about that. the 70-foot yacht was on the longest leg of this race sailing from china to the bay area, that's about 5600 miles, when on saturday morning about 400 miles west of the golden gate rough weather stroke, and the 13 crew members were hit by a rogue wave knocking many of them off their feet and damaging the yachts steering system. what you're looking at here is a rescue boat transferring the two injured sailors from the yacht to a coast guard vessel where doctors were standing by. given the rough weather, it was a dicey rescue operation. crews had to scrap plans to use a helicopter to deliver medical teams directly onto the yacht and an airlift of the injured sailors was scuttled as well. in the end, the coast guard

could really only drop down medical supplies until the 400-foot cutter arrived from oakland. a competitor on another yacht described the conditions. >> so far away from any land and waves the side of buildings, winds that you've never experienced before. yeah, it's pretty interesting. >> reporter: yeah, pretty interesting with those monster waves. now, we're told the injured sailors, a man and a woman, may have some broken bones, but they're expected to be okay. as for their battered vessel, it's making its way back to oakland to join the nine other identical yachts competing in this race. the cutter with the two injured sailors will arrive in alameda later this afternoon. a scary, dicey situation, a harsh remainder that sailing in the high seas can be quite challenging, but this crew is undaunted. they plan to fix the yacht and finish the race. with two more legs to go, it's off to panama next and eventually back to england where the race began last summer.

jenna: takes a lot of courage to get right back in the saddle, and thank goodness for the coast guard. they do a lot of good work especially in the bay area. claudia, thank you very much. a story we'll continue to watch as they continue to travel all over the world. jon: you know what? if i want to go around the world, i'm taking an airplane. [laughter] i'm just saying. believe it or not, airlines are getting better at keeping travelers like you happy. there's a new study on the air industry's slow but steady progress. also, the sister of missing utah mom susan powell now says police are at least partly to blame for the deaths of her two nephews. the evidence she says investigators withheld from the family.

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jon: surprises me, maybe you as well, the airlines are actually getting better at serving their

customers, contrary to what you might think. a new report shows airlines are slowly recovering from the industry's meltdown about five years ago or so. many of them performed better in areas like on-time arrivals in 2011 than they did the priest year. patti ann brown has more on that. >> reporter: the report released today says airlines have improved in four key areas; lost bags, delayed flights, poor onboard service and getting bumped from full planes. but that improvement is slight. for example, airlines get you there on time with your bags 80% of the time, that's up from 79% and, of course, that's little comfort to the other 20%. and there are new aggravations in other areas. the associated press cites fare increases, new fees, canceled routes among others. the review of federal data is done every year by private researchers at wichita state and purdue universities, pointing out that certain issues are out of the airlines' control. fare increases are largely due

to higher fuel costs. if you want the best performance, the study recommends low-cost carriers. the worst choices are regional airlines which often fly smaller planes. the study ranks the 15 largest airlines on specific issues. for on-time performance, hawaii airlines is best, jetblue worst, but jetblue bumps the fewest passengers. air tran loses the most bags. american eagle the least, and which airline gets the most paints to the department of transportation? southwest. united gets the fewest complaints, jon. jon: some of those numbers really surprised me, but that's just based on my own experiences. patti ann brown, thank you. >> reporter: all right, thanks. jenna: newly-unsealed documents in the susan powell case have her sister accusing police of failing to protect susan's children. the mother of two disappeared back in 2009. utah police honed in on her husband, josh powell, as a lead suspect, but he was never arrested. he killed himself and the couple's two sons back in

february. now denise cox says her nephews would still be alive if police had done their jobs. we're going to take a closer look at this with doug burns, a former prosecutor, and john is a criminal defense attorney joining us as well. so, doug, let's just give law enforcement the benefit of the doubt that they would have arrested this guy if they had enough. what do you think was missing? >> well, first of all, what was missing was the decedent's body, and that always makes it a lot harder to prove. now, obviously, all experts will tell you you don't need the body to go forward with the prosecution, but that might have been part of it. look, i don't blame the sister for being extremely upset. um, after all, there was blood found right in the living room on the couch, and it was the victim's blood. there was also a note from her which, apparently, sort of alerted police that he would be the number one person and that she felt that she was under fear for her life. so that's sort of the information that is making the sister so angry. but from a legal cause of action standpoint as i'm sure my

colleague will explain, it is difficult to bring a cause of action on this. jenna: well, john, before you go ahead and explain this, let's take a listen to a prosecutor out of washington, out of pearce county and his thoughts on this case. >> there is circumstantial evidence, there's direct evidence, there's motive, there's everything but the dead body. jenna: john, it sounds like enough even without the dead body. was it enough? >> yeah. well, now we have all the evidence, but what's important is what did the timeline say? at what point in time did they gather and collect all that evidence? remember, in order to make an arrest, all you need is more likely than not evidence. more likely than not that this guy committed the crime, and it seems like they had that evidence, however, at one point in time? a police officer can't make an arrest until the totality of the circumstances point toss an individual that is about to commit an immediate crime. jenna: this is just a horrible story. i mean, it's one of the worst stories i think we've done, and we've done a lot of really terrible stories, obviously, when we talk about crimes that

have made national headlines. and one of the questions that comes up when you're talking about these stories is who's to blame. and in this situation of these two little boys dying because the father was allowed to have custody, and now again hindsight is 20/20 as john points out, but is anybody liable? could susan powell's family say some of these guys didn't do their jobs? >> well, i think we would all agree that basically you need one or the other of two factors. one, you would need a specific promise by the police is my understanding of the law to protect. so, for example, if they said something like, don't worry, we will protect the boys. and then the other correlator which goes with it, obviously, is a specific threat, and that's communicated to the police. and that's why i said a moment ago that the mother left a note alerting the police that she felt she was in danger. there is a causational disconnect, however, because the point is even if somebody's going to murder their spouse, that doesn't mean it's reasonably foreseeable that they might murder their own children.

jenna: and, john, some have pointed out that when the father is still alive and his bloodline, his sons are out there, it's very hard to keep the sons away from him. so some ask the question why didn't the judge in washington state not permit this visitation, but did the judge really have any grounds to not, to prevent their visitation when the father's alive, and he's never been arrested? >> the judge may or may not have that power, but again, i don't know if that has any connection to whether or not the police could have made the arrest. the issue is whether or not the police here messed up and, again, going back to what doug and i said, we can't monday morning quarterback this thing because, you know, it's easy to do sitting here in my chair right now, but, you know, the pieces that were collected at the time, that's what's important. when did they collect it, those are the key questions. jenna: john, do you think it's representative of the system not futioning, a trend or something

we see repeated over and over again with crimes that we should try to fix, or is this monday morning, literally, quarterbacking on a case that really there's nothing that could have been done? >> well, there's always going to be human error. obviously, police officers are human beings, and it depends on their experience and what they were doing at the time. so it's very hard for me to tell you, but i can tell you police in general have a very difficult job, and it's all very easy for us to sit here in a chair in front of our television sets critiquing them, so we should give them the benefit of the doubt. jenna: as we mentioned at the top of it. at the end of it, we have these two little boys that are dead, a woman who is a missing person, and you also have josh powell who took his own life, so just an overall sad story. we appreciate your analysis today, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. jon: they live with the the world's most wanted man, now they're paying a price, sort of, in a court of law. three widows of osama bin laden, including the one on the right, face justice in pakistan. a live report on that straight ahead. plus, a report on sugar

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from kabul, afghanistan, with more. >> reporter: jenna, bin laden's three wives were sentenced to 45 days in jail and fined $110 each, and we're told those fines have been paid, and the women were arrested on march 3rd and have served about 30 days or so of their sentence, so they have about two weeks or so left, and then they will be deported back to their home countries. but one of the big questions about the women who lived with usama bin laden in his compound in multiple houses in pakistan over the past ten years or so is where will they go? the big question is because two of them are from saudi arabia, one of them is from yemen, it's not clear that their home countries will, in fact, take them back. the pakistanis are very eager to get them out of pakistan once their sentence is finished, but it's not clear if saudi arabia and yemen will, in fact, take the three women and the children. the other big question going forward is where will the investigation into bin laden's time in pakistan go from here? there doesn't appear to be much

political will in many pakistan to continue the investigation, although there are big questions remaining about who helped bin laden and his family, how he moved around the country and who offered him support. but right now there's very little will in pakistan to, in fact, continue that investigation. the other big question is once these women leave pakistan and head to another country is will they begin to offer their own account? one of the wives has been helpful according to pakistani officials filling in some of the details, but the other two, apparently, did not help, jenna, so there is big question about whether or not once they are free if they'll spill the beans on usama bin laden's time in pakistan. jenna: we'll continue to watch this story, conor. thank you. jon: there is a chance for severe weather from texas stretching to kansas today. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes possible in some areas. janice dean live in the fox weather center. sort of springtime in tornado alley i guess, huh?

>> reporter: absolutely. and the fact that we have seen incredible warmth in march, 50 cities, over 50 cities breaking the record for the warmest march on record. so that's one of the reasons we've seen a lot of severe weather, is that very warm, moist, unstable air mass. and that's what's happening right now. you can see that bow echo really forming across portions of texas and louisiana, and it's kind of like an archerrer's bow, that signature on radar giving us the indication that we have some very strong winds and perhaps some hail. we could also see tornadoes, so a severe thunderstorm warning in effect around the lufkin, texas, area. we could actually see some tornadoes, so we'll keep an eye out for you. severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 5 p.m. local time. let's watch our future radar as we go further out this evening, we're watching this area right here for the possibility of severe weather, and look at denver. cold enough for snow, just a couple of days ago we were setting records in the 80s

across colorado, and we're going to see several inches of snow. and this system just lingers across the same area over the central u.s. so severe weather threat extends from austin, texas, through dallas and wichita, up towards kansas city and even new orleans. you need to watch out for the potential for severe weather today and tonight. and it doesn't move much further than that as we head into tomorrow. places like austin, up towards dallas and oklahoma city, this is tornado alley, this is typically where they see the worst weather during the march and april season, and one of the reasons is look at these temperatures, jon scott. close to 80 degrees in nashville. st. louis is going to be 90 degrees today. they will set a record, unbelievable. jon: everybody out there, stay safe today. >> reporter: okay. we'll keep you posted. jon: janice dean, thank you. jenna: brand new reaction to a story airing last night on "60 minutes" taking a look at the effects of sugar in our diets and featuring doctors who say sugar is so bad for your health that it's essentially toxic.

now the sugar association is responding, issuing a statement that says in part, quote: the segment amplified enact racies and baseless accusations. unfortunately, this approach contributes to the problem and doesn't advance the solution. it goes on to say to vilify any single food or ingredient as the main culprit behind numerous serious illnesses provides little benefit to american consumers. end quote. what is the truth about sugar? we seem to be talking about it a lot. let's ask an adjunct professor at lsu shreveport and dr. kathleen london, a family practice physician as well. welcome to you both. there's always a villain, right? one time it was fat, then everything was nonfat. then it was salt, then everything was low sodium. now it seems that this has moved to sugar. dr. london, is this something we really need to be concerned about that's different than the other cycles, or is this sort of the pattern of picking something else that we should watch in our

diet? >> we've thought for a long time that sugar is an issue. this goes, you know, way, way back. the difference is we now have some data that's coming out to back it up. we know sugar increases inflammation in the body, the response that a body has to eating, and inflammation leads to all the different disease states from cancer to heart disease to diabetes. and these studies that were presented last night we had the study that they actually took people and stuck them in the hospital so they could feed them. and when they replaced 25% of their calories with high fructose corn syrup, within two weeks their bad cholesterol went up. so we have a heart disease risk right there. we have studies that's coming out of harvard that is looking at cancer. 30% of cancers have insulin resenters -- receptors, in particular colon and breast cancer. the tumor grows because it takes sugar in. we're getting more and more data. and then the other piece of data

looked at the addictive nature of it that we get addicted to sugar. jenna: shire. well, for obvious reasons, right? [laughter] and one of the doctors pointed out in the segment he thinks it's something else, the fact that nothing that has sugar or this corn syrup is in it is dangerous, so we have this also primitive kind of pull towards sugar because it's not truly going to hurt us unless you listen to dr. london. should we call sugar toxic though? is that responsible? >> well, i think to the point where you're going to have police checking your cupboards and checking your refrigerator, no. but certainly, this has shown something very interesting. if you look at the last 30 years, we really tried to cut back fats, and what happened? we added more sugar into food when we were cutting back the fat, and we've been getting fatter for the last 20, 30 years. obesity's gone up, diabetes has gone up, heart disease has gone up. and what was interesting about a lot of these studies is they showed sugar alone can change

your cholesterol. and that is what i think is fascinating. jenna: well, and we're seeing some sweet on the screen. i'm just going to have to interrupt you because i want to run this one sound bite from the piece from one of the top researchers, and dr. vin cur, you mentioned the policemen going through your cupboards. let's just listen to what the doctor has to say, and i'll get your reaction. >> ultimately, this is a public health crisis. and when it's a public health crisis, you have to do big things, and you have to do them across the board. tobacco and alcohol are perfect examples. we have made a conscious choice that we're not going to get rid of them, but we are going to limit their consumption. i think sugar belongs in this exact same wastebasket. jenna: so, you can't smoke on an airplane or in restaurants, should you not have sugar in those places too because of special regulations? >> you're talking about food products that are completely

legal that we need a certain amount for sustenance. it's crazy. but, you know, just be smart. use -- take your sugar in the form of natural products, in fruits that have fiber. get rid of refined sugars that don't have fiber. and, you know, you might want to consider maybe at one point having a cheeseburger once in a while is a little bit better than maybe having, you know, a big, sugary drink. [laughter] jenna: from your lips to god's ears. jon's saying that sounds pretty good to me, he'll take a burger over a kool-aid or coke. but your thoughts on the regulation part of it, because some of our viewers have been responding saying, listen, we thought 50 years ago cigarettes wouldn't be regulated, and now we're getting all these things about salt, and is sugar next? does that make sense, or is that an intrusion on our choices to eat what we want? >> i think it becomes difficult because where do you draw the line, you know? we presented a story two weeks ago on having red meat too much and the link to cancer. you have to get to a point where

there is some common sense here, and i think this is where all of us can be doing it with our own choice -- jenna: dr. london, if you will, i was out at the coffee table right before the show, and he said look at this milk carton, sugar, there it is! it's right there in it! so if you want to be responsible, in your opinion, doctor, then how do you moderate how much sugar you actually take in? >> all right. so we talked about pink slime last week, and the same thing i said then, you want your food to have the fewest steps from the ground to your table. the more processed it is, the more things that are in there that may or may not be on the label as we learned last week. but certainly, sugar is added all over the place, and high fructose corn syrup is added all over the place. that is not doing us any favors. that is adding empty calories, and addiction -- [laughter] jenna: it really makes you think about it. we actually have some easter candy down here, so the timing of the segment, i don't know, it's rough for all of us. if you don't have real sugar,

what about the fake stuff though? is that any better than the sugar that you're get anything a coke? >> i think you have to use it in moderation because they have seen people that are overweight on diet soda. but the key is it fools your body. you can actually crave more sugar by getting the sweet taste and having no caloric value to what you've taken in. so, again, it goes with the idea of less processed food. do i never drink diet coke? no, i drink diet coke. jenna: i do too. [laughter] >> in moderation is the key, and that's with everything. be smart about it. jenna: you do kind of feel you're confessing during these segments, candy out, a glass of wine, it's starting to get -- >> chocolate is a food group, that's a little ditch. [laughter] jenna: thank you so much. an interesting topic and a conversation that we'll continue to be sure having. >> thanks for having me. >> my pleasure. jon: he fell 36 feet down a well and survived. an amazing rescue after the break. plus, bloodshed in syria

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jenna: rescue clues saving the life of a 2-year-old boy who fell down an abandoned well. he plunged 36 feet into a very narrow opening as you can see there, so narrow crews thought he might run out of oxygen. after several failed attempts at hoisting him up, rescuers lowered a camera phone to monitor the operation, and there he is. once to the surface, they rushed the boy to the hospital. fortunately, he only suffered some minor bruises. jon: wow. jenna: lucky little boy. jon: great news. a fresh wave of violence seems to be spreading across syria. government troops clashed with rebel forces reportedly setting off exclosives near the city of

homs. meanwhile, kofi annan has set a peace plan deadline. leland vittert live from jerusalem with more on that. >> reporter: jon, this cease fire that the president of syria that has agreed to doesn't appear to be worth much. we are hearing from people on the ground there in syria that the violence is continuing by government troops. now, it looks like the people who are in that country risking so much for the chance at simply a better life may finally be getting some help that matters. over the weekend in a friends of syria meeting that includes 70 countries that all came together, the gulf states -- led by saudi arabia -- say they are going to give millions to the syrian opposition and start arming them possibly to get a little bit of momentum going. at the same time, though, not everybody is behind this plan. at that meeting outside of istanbul there were a lot of protesters there in support of president bashar assad of syria, tells you just how divisive it

is not only around the world, but also inside that country. over the weekend amateur video coming out of syria shows more of the same, government troops shelling the town of homs, adding to the more than 9,000 people that the united nations says have already died in the conflict there so far. there's little reason to think that ammunition, weapons and maybe some communications devices along with salaries are going to help the free syrian army because they are simply so ill-trained, a very rag tag bunch with no unified command structure. so it is going to be very difficult to see how this is going to actually make a material difference on the ground. as you said, though, april 10th is this deadline that kofi annan put forth for the ceasefire to be implemented, and today the russian foreign minister who all along has been a major ally of the syrian president said, all right, it is now time for the syrian government troops to put down their weapons and be the first ones to do it. however, he stopped way short of actually condemning the syrians or even offering the thought that russia may stop protecting

syria at the u.n. security council so if there was a vote on april 10th, the syrians certainly could look once again to russia and china to block world condemnation of this continued crackdown. jon, back to you. jon: yeah, and the bloodletting goes on there. leland vittert, thank you. jenna: by day she was a teacher, on some weekends a cheerleader for the cincinnati bengals, but today she's in court charged with sexual abuse of a teenage student. what the judge had to say and what's next for her. plus, a high roller hits the boardwalk in atlantic city. a brand new casino, hoping to beat the odds and revive the city. we have an update coming up. yo. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes.

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jon: an nfl cheerleader pleading not guilty to charges of sexual

abuse today. sarah jones is her name, accused of having sex with a high school student while she was teaching. her mother also faced a judge. patti ann brown live in our new york newsroom with more on that. >> reporter: that's right, jon, both sarah and cheryl jones pleaded not guilty this morning in county court in kentucky. save rah was a high school teacher until five months ago when she's accused of having sexually abused a student. she has since resigned. sarah, who is also a cheerleader for the cincinnati bengals' football team s also charged with using electronic means to induce a minor to engage in sexual activity. her mother cheryl is charged with tampering with evidence. she's on administrative leave. both are out on bond, but the judge this morning ordered that neither can have contact with the alleged victim. the judge also required that text messaging be disabled on their cell phones. their attorney says, quote, sarah has maintained her innocence, and the indictment of her mother is completely baseless. but the edgewood police chief says there is compelling

evidence in the case which prompted a i can't imagine to indict -- grand jury to indict both women. jon: crazy stuff. patti ann brown, thank you. jenna: a brand new casino is betting on the future of atlantic city over here on the east coast. the owners of the ravel casino are rolling the dice hoping to cash in with a mega resort on the boardwalk, but they could be facing long odds. rick leventhal is live in atlantic city. we shouldn't confuse that with the jersey shore, should we, rick? give us some context. >> reporter: well, it is the jersey shore, and it's a beautiful facility here right on the ocean. you can see that this is a hotel and a resort and a casino that is embracing the ocean views as opposed to some of the others that have been closed off to the views. it's more than six million square feet of space here, jenna, and the goal here is to attract a whole new clientele of people. they don't want to be what atlantic city was or even is, but what it can be and that

means theaters, entertainment, restaurants, a spa. you can see a lot of people are here today for the soft opening. there's an indoor/outdoor pool that'll be heated year round, ten pools here on property. the rooms inside pretty spectacular. we spoke with the general, the ceo of revelle earlier today who talked about not attracting necessarily more people, but a different kind of customer. listen. >> everybody in atlantic city understands today that the goal is not to sort of take a little piece of the pie, it's to make that pie much bigger. that has to be the goal of everyone or none of us will, ultimately, do well. >> reporter: and they've made a big bet here, a $2.4 billion bet, that this resort/casino can thrive in this marketplace. atlantic city's been suffering for a few years because of the economy and because of competing casinos in neighboring states. so what does donald trump have to say about the revel?

listen. >> it's a positive for atlantic city. it's a good thing for atlantic city. probably will hurt other casinos quite badly. atlantic city always seems, that seems to happen. a new casino opens in atlantic city, and it always seems to help the other ones. overall, look, it's a positive step for new jersey, and that's always good for atlantic city. >> reporter: and the ceo would agree with that. he believes that this is a positive step, that the competing casinos will also step up, perhaps invest a little more money and that atlantic city will thrive moving forward, jenna. jenna: so, rick, when you talk about the kind of people that they want to attract, do you think they're talking about the kind of people like jon scott? do you think that's like the kind of person that they want to see there? >> reporter: possibly. if he has money to spend, absolutely. [laughter] i mean, they want groups, they want peoe looking for leisure time, for groups, not just gamblers. they want to attract the other people who will spend a little vacation time down here. jenna: right, right. just reration by the ten pools. i could totally see jon scott --

jon: not a gambler. jenna: take in the shows. all right, rick, sounds pretty good. thank you very much, rick leventhal on the jersey shore. >> reporter: it's very nice. jon: i still have nine years of college left to pay for, that's how i figure my financial future. [laughter] a woman dies in a horrifying accident in midtown manhattan, pinned between the elevator and the inside of an elevator shaft. today the man who may be partially responsible speaks out. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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jen i think we should let our viewers in on a little secret, we did this segment on how bad sugar can be for you, but we have candy, every commercial break, you need something to get you through the next few hours. this is what we do. it's not broccoli! jon: we did that segment about how good chocolate is for you! not a problem! thank you for joining us today. jenna: "america