martha: five somewhere. bill: we'll catch you tomorrow. martha: we'll celebrate with you tomorrow. 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. eastern. "happening now" starts right now. jon: fox news alert and a chilling new warning from al qaeda. the nypd discovering this graphic yesterday in new york showing the manhattan skyline at sunset with the phrase, al qaeda coming again soon to new york in bold type. investigators say the mock movie poster turned up on one of the terror group's internet forums. police say there is no evidence so are far of an actual threat. new york police commissioner ray kelley set to address the issue at a nice conference any minute. we'll monitor it for you and bring you any news that comes out of it. jenna: a massacre at a california college. a former student accused of the crime and some new information on a possible moat sieve -- motive today. jon: three primaries

underway. today could be the day that mitt romney all but soes up the republican nomination. some analysts say he is running against the president and ignoring his chief rival republican rick santorum. we'll look at that strategy. jenna: 100 years ago this month the unsinkable titanic sank. incredible close up look at the haunting wreckage when the man who discovered it joins us live. it is all "happening now.". jon: and this fox news alert. on a campus massacre and what might have sparked the deadly shooting spree in california. good morning, i'm jon scott. jenna: another scary story, isn't it? hi, everybody, we're glad you're with us and let's get to the update. there was sheer terror yesterday morning at a small religious college in california in the city of oakland after a gunman opened fire sending students running for their lives. seven people are dead. three others wounded. police say a suspect or the suspect surrendered a few miles away at a supermarket.

survivors describe the moments before the shooting began. >> he grabbed the lady that does filing and brought her in and said everybody get against the board and nobody did, he started shooting at everybody and they scattered from there. >> she was talking about how the guy was weirdo and one day came to the school and started shooting at people. jenna: claudia cowan is live in oakland. claudia, what about the motive here? do we even know why this shooter did this? >> reporter: jenna, good morning. the alleged gunman is being described as chaotic and calculating. the motive for the shooting rampage appears to come down to revenge. police say the man in custody,, 43 yield oakland resident, won l goh got kicked out of oikos college because of they call behavioral problems. he full bullied by other students because of his poor english skills. armed with a handgun intent

on pay back he returned to the school yesterday with a specific target, the school administrator. she wasn't here so he entered a classroom and opening fire on anyone in site. shooting one student point-blank in the chest. lining others up against the wall and continuing firing and continuing to shoot as he ran out of the classroom into the hall. panicked students hid behind locked doors and ran for their lives. police searched the campus looking for victims. >> officers found several victims throughout the classroom, throughout the building. there were several people hiding in locked buildings, locked doors, behind desks. as you can imagine very frightened very scared. some of them were injured so we had to rescue them out. we had to force our way into a number of rooms. >> reporter: at the scene of total chaos. 35 people were inside the building at the time of the shooting. ten were hit with gunfire. seven did not survive. we understand the three

others who are injured are expected to recover from their wounds. jenna, a memorial service to honor victims it and their families scheduled tonight in oakland. jenna: claudia there were so many conflicting reports about where the news broke. supermarket where did police finally catch up to him? >> reporter: he fled the school, minutes, moments maybe before the first officers responded to the flood of 911 calls that came in immediately after the shooting. he apparently commandeered another student's car. drove it a few miles away to a shopping center where he walked into a safeway supermarket and apparently confessed to the shooting to an employee there. that prompted more calls to officers who responded immediately. cordoned off the whole area and made the arrest. i spoke this morning to oakland police chief howard jordan. he tolls me that goh is not being particularly remorseful but he is cooperating with investigators and he is expected to be arraigned on

multiple charges in the next few days. jenna: we'll watch the developing story, claudia. thank you very much. jon: fox news is your election headquarters and it's primary day. voting underway right in wisconsin, maryland and the district of columbia. it is coming down to a two-man race between mitt romney and rick santorum on the republican side. romney favored in all three contests but he is not taking any chances. he is holding an election day event outside milwaukee about an hour from now. santorum is moving on to his home state of pennsylvania which holds its primary in three weeks. at least 92 delegates at stake today. mitt romney expected to add to his growing lead in the delegate count putting him closer to the magic number of 1144 needed to clinch the nomination. let's look at current tally. romney now at halfway point with 572. rick santorum in second with 272. newt gingrich in third with 135 and ron paul trailing

with 51. let's talk about it now with "national review" editor-at-large, jonah goldberg. he is also a fox news contributor. jonah, what are you going to be watching for tonight? >> well, i'm also here at the front lines of his campaign in washington, d.c. where the atmosphere is electric. i'm just kidding. rick santorum isn't even on the ballot. jon: romney is only one they can vote for there in d.c., right? >> all eight republicans that live the in the district are going for romney. look it, it is an important night but it's, the wisconsin primary is important but not necessarily in ways that rick santorum wants it to be. if he loses which it looks like he will, it solidifies this narrative that he is sort of going nowhere and, what santorum really needs to do is have this huge groundswell of rural voters in the northern part of the wisconsin to go to the polls to compensate for romney's

advantages in the more populated parts, in the southern parts. just doesn't look like it is going to happen. >> 2/3 of the voters in the state are basically in the milwaukee green bay area, right? >> that's right. they're in the southern urban and suburban districts down there where romney tend to do well. one of the few demographic advantages that santorum tend to do much stronger in states, among voters without college degrees. wisconsin has a slightly higher number of those than say illinois or ohio and some of those other contests but it is still, he is not, according to the reports, people i know on the ground over there, they say that he is not filling rooms in these rural districts where he really needs to generate excitement. if he can't do that it will be very difficult for him to compensate for romney's advantages. romney is leading wherever there is a major television market. jon: rick santorum likes to paint mitt romney as sort of the massachusetts moderate. that is the term he referred to him by time and time

again but the conservative, you know, even the tea party heroes in wisconsin have been getting behind mitt romney. paul ryan, ron johnson. he seems to have a lot of support there? >> he does. basically the establishment of the republican party, such, as much as that label works to describe anything, has basically coalesced around romney basically saying this is the guy that will be the nominee. we have to start unifying the party. paul ryan is fairly explicit saying that is what he is doing. same thing with marco rubio. activists understand that. people who vote in these primaries they're pretty sophisticated voters. they know what is going on in the republican party. santorum would have much better shot if they thought he had a much better shot. this is sort of a vicious cycle he is in now. the infrastructure, so far endorsements haven't meant a lot in delivering votes. they do mean a lot in terms of organization and fund-raising and the rest. it is hard to see how

santorum overcomes all of that. jon: jonah goldberg from "the national review." good to talk to you. >> thanks. jenna: from politics to the economy. we have a startling number for you today. the amount of student loan debt in this country now tops one trillion dollars. in some context for you that is more than the amount of credit card debt or auto loans nationwide. also, recent college graduates are having a hard time finding jobs. these loans are increasingly harder to pay off. cheryl casone is with the fox business network and will tell us a little bit more about this. cheryl, why has the student loan market reached to this level, a trillion dollars? >> first thing you mentioned there, jenna, good morning. it is the unemployment rate. what we're seeing a trend that has been going on for the last four years or so with unemployment going higher. more and more students are going back to school to further their education. master's degrees, medical schools, veterinarian school that is raising amount to above that one trillion

dollar mark. if they are getting out of school and don't have a job, we're still at 8.3% unemployment they can't begin to fay of the loan. one delinquent payment you go into a default situation with government loans which is the majority of the loans out there, jenna. this is really a debt bomb for this country taken many people by surprise today with this new data. jenna: think about the ripple effects of that, someone so young urgs you think about student loan that, ripple effects, cheryl, where do we see the potential effects of the student loan market? >> in particular the housing market will be affected. that is one thing i'm watching particularly now, jenna. first-time home buyers especially with all the credits given over last few years those are ones not going out getting new mortgages, buying new homes. you've been doing a series on the news channel called shattered dreams. that is going to slow down the amount of homes bought by the young. that is a major problem for

the housing market. really the overall economy as well. that's why it is quote, unquote, the debt bomb as one economist called it this morning. jenna: important story to watch, bomb and all, whatever the expression. cheryl, thanks so much. appreciate it. >> you bet. jon: president obama issues a stern warning to the supreme court. he predicted the justices will uphold his health care law. you think so? our judge, andrew napolitano is here to talk about this latest move. jenna: new details about the deadly school shooting in california. what we're learning about the accused shooter and we'll talk to a security expert about what we can truly do to keep our schools safe. jon: plus the titanic, she broke up and sank 100 years ago this month. now the wreckage on the ocean floor is a graveyard for more than 1,000 people. could it be in jeopardy? the man who found the titanic says important pieces are already gone. robert ballard joins us live

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jon: a fox news alert on the health of former vice president dick cheney. he has been released from the hospital in fairfax, virginia, after his heart transplant just 10 days ago. the vice president's staff issuing a statement saying that he thanks the doctors there at fairfax hospital as well as george washington university hospital. thanking them for their help in putting a new ticker in the former vice president. apparently he is doing well. released from the hospital just 10 days after a heart transplant. >> girl came out, she was shot.

looks like she ran out the back. they just started shooting and stuff. and man, so far they said core reason guy there unloading on his fellow students. jenna: we're getting more details on the deadly california shooting. police say the former student walked into the school looking for one specific administrator. when he didn't find her, they say he walked through the building killing people and shooting seven. police haven't found any kind of alert system in the building. yet another deadly school shoot something raising questions about safety in our schools. joining me now is ken trump, president of national school safety and security services. ken, you have worked in school security for 25 years now. why do we still keep seeing these shootings at schools specifically? >> good morning, jenna. one of the things we typically know we have lot of people with untreated and undiagnosed mental health issues and particularly in

communities today with the economic stressors and conditions families and individuals are in. we see a lot of higher risks. we have former frustrated students, disgruntled employees. students with mental health issues whether 17 in ohio a month ago or 43 in california yesterday. we know there are people that have problems and we're not recognizing many cases the early warning signs that arise and give us some red flags. jenna: how do we do a better job of that? >> i think one of the things we have to do we haven't been doing in recent years is going back to the basics. training those educators and people who work with students whether college age or k-12 age, to recognize the early warning signs. the first and best line of defense is a well-trained, highly alert staff and student body. relationships with your students are important. we heard yesterday within hours after the incident that people had warning signs. they felt this person based suspiciously. had been released from the school previously as a

student. some red flags, while we might not guarantee a certain person will come back and perform a violent act. we know it should give us a red flag and say what can we do to refer to the person for mental health support or alert our staff and students if they see this student on campus we should be better prepared and better alert and have basic things on campus. jenna: before we get to the alert system, what about the students still inside the building when this is happening? as an expert in security what do you suggest to people who find themselves whether it is an office building or a school and a shoot something taking place what is the smartest thing to do? >> we train at the k-12 level with our high schools down to elementary, lock down the buildings. clear yourself. get out of recall ha's way. the shooter only has minutes and so do people who may be potential victims. we tell them to get out of harm's way. to get away from windows.

get to locked classrooms. at the college level and perhaps in other situation, depending where a person is, they may flee. they may get out of the building especially with a college and university you have adults less supervised than k-12 student, kindergartner, middle school student. jenna: one kid locked the door to the classroom, turned off the lights and a lot of fellow students credited her for smart thinking. they didn't get away but they were able to try to have a little bit of a disguise. sounds like a smart move. since columbine we continue to cover these stories. we have to. these are our children and young adults i just wonder how much better off we are compared to -- are we really that much better off when it comes to the warning signs you're mentioning or some of the alert systems that are out there? >> jenna we actually are better. from prevention to preparedness we're a better than we were decade plus ago in columbine. the bad news incidents will slip through the cracks.

in recent years we have seen a lot of resources cut back for school community. education community is focusing on test scores, academic achievement. many budget woes we face. prevention programs, mental health counseling up to school resource officers, security officers, emergency plans and most of all training. training those who work with students to recognize those warning signs. all of those things fallen to the back burner. we're starting to see some of the consequences. as prevention and preparedness go down we'll see incidents go up. fewer incidents prevented and lawsuits go up too. jenna: i should point out we don't know if budgetary concerns were reason here or what warnings may have been put in place in this school, at least warning systems. >> this will be things we find out. it will be a big conversation piece in upcoming days. jenna: we had community college and high school this year. certainly a lot to discuss. ken, thanks so much for your expertise as always. >> thank you, jenna, from warnings in school systems to warnings about a

dangerous terror network operating out of nigeria. its ties to al qaeda and why some lawmakers are urging the state department to take notice of the group. plus a chilling new threat from al qaeda in a message resembling a movie poster with the tag line, coming soon again in new york. what it means to our national security. that's next. plus the most famous shipwreck in history in danger. the man who discovered the titanic now says it is at greater risk than ever before. robert ballard joins us live to talk about why. coming up are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement

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jon: a new warning now on what could be the next big threat to u.s. national security. the radical islamist group, boko haram, operating out of nigeria, reportedly modeling itself after al qaeda and thought to be responsible for at least 180 murders just this year. congressman peter king and patrick meehan are urging the state department to take immediate action they say before it's too late. congressman peter king, republican of new york, joins us now. he is chairman of the house homeland security committee. you have written a letter to secretary of state hillary clinton and the state department asking what? >> to have boko haram, which is based out of nigeria be declared a foreign terrorist organization. over the last year, boko haram, which, identifies with al qaeda, has shown increased sophistication. they have attacked churches. they have set off a series of bombings which is much more advanced than they were able to do several years

ago. in addition to that i think congressman pat meehan a lot of credit on this, we put out a report several months ago showing that this serious indications that boko haram is linking up or forming alliances with groups like al shabaab and al qaeda in the megreb, two offshoots of al qaeda. by declaring it a foreign terrorist organization that will give the justice department and treasury department more tools to use against it. jon: any response yet from the state department on your question? >> we haven't goten it. now again, we had hearings last year. we raised issue then and didn't hear anything which is why pat meehan and i decided to send a letter to secretary clinton because we are very concerned that boko haram is really advancing very, very quickly and in many ways it is similar to what al-awlaki's group, al qaeda in the arabian

peninsula last several years. al qaeda in arabian peninsula shown interest in attacking u.s. boko haram is maybe linking up with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. jon: boko haram is thought to be the group responsible for a car bomb outside a catholic church in nigeria during christmas mass. you can't get more deplorable than that. i can't imagine that the state department would not agree to your request to put them on the terror watch list? >> i would certainly hope they would. now again, we had a hearing, series of hearings last year, put out a very comprehensive report and no action was taken at that time which is why pat meehan and i decided to follow-up. we are getting indications that some people in the state department for whatever reason, are resisting having it declared a foreign terrorist organization. so we believe by sending a letter and by going public it will bring this issue to the forefront.

i have enough faith in secretary of state hillary clinton that if it reaches her desk she will do it. we are hearing it could be getting bottled up somewhere in the department. we wanted to bring it out and make it public. jon: i know your committee as well as so many anti-terror organizations within the united states are always on the watch for new threats. what do you make of this new poster that turned up, sort an internet movie poster? says, here is the sample of it. this apparently just turned up yesterday. al qaeda coming soon again in new york? >> well, this is the world that ray kelley has to live in. new york and long island, northern new jersey are the number one terrorist target in the world and that is why commissioner kelly and the nypd and other police departments in the area are constantly monitoring terrorist web sites. they're going to web sites in the past shown links to terrorist organizations and so the nypd has to take this very seriously. commissioner kelly will expand on this.

it may turn out to be nothing but the nypd can in the afford to take that chance t has to run this down as much detail as it possibly can and also say could this be a signal of something else? sometimes put one thing on a website but really signal to something else. all this has to be monitored by the fbi. there is also now involved. this is the world we live in. i shouldn't say unfortunately we have not been attacked because we haven't been attacked successfully in many years, americans believe the threat is no longer there. the threat is alive and real and that's why we want to hear what commissioner kelly has to say. jon: whether it is some punk somewhere on a computer trying to scare the country, we hope he can find out. congressman peter king, republican of new york, from the homeland security committee. thank you. jenna: tough talk from the president about the supreme court and the health care law decision saying overturning the law would ham to judicial over --

amount to judicial over reach. judge napolitano gives us his take. the titanic sinking to the atlantic 100 years ago this month. "national geographic" honoring all the lives lost on that terrible life around making sure the wreckage is preserved for future generation. we'll ask how, how can you do that. plus a big win for kentucky in the ncaa basketball championship. the celebration getting a little out of hand. we have a live report for you just ahead.

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jenna: president obama with some comments on the supreme court yesterday that is making some headlines today. he predicted the justices will uphold his health care law even as he said overturning it will amount to judicial overreach. take a listen. >> ultimately i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democraticall democratically-elected congress. i remind conservative commentators for years what we've heard the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint.

that, an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly-constituted and passed law. jenna: well this isn't the first time the president has challenged the high court. you may remember back in 2010, his state of the union address, after the high court overturned campaign finance restrictions in the citizens united decision, he said this. >> with all due deference to separation of powers, last week the supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations to spend out limit in our elections. i don't think american elections should be bankrolled by america's most powerful interests. or worse by foreign entities. the [applause] they should be decided by the american people and i would urge democrats and republicans to pass a bill that helps correct some of

these problems. jenna: joining me now, fox senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. already shaking your head. judge, what do you make of the president's comments? >> the president is entitled to predict that the supreme court will uphold the statute. the president is entitled to a make a strong constitutional argument in favor of the statute. but when the president questions whether or not the supreme court has the authority to invalidate the statute, the president railing against unelected people invalid todaying what has been an enacted by congress belies the history of the country and the president's education of that history. jenna: wait a minute, are you saying this is the first time we've seen a president challenge the court in such a way? >> no. it is not the first time we've seen the president challenge the court. it is the first time since andrew jackson that the president challenged that the court didn't even have the ability to overturn what congress has enacted and he

has signed simply because they are quote, unelected. the president is a graduate of harvard law school where he was the chairman of the law review. the president is a former instructor in constitutional law at the university of chicago law school, two of the best law schools in the country. he knows that this is our system. it is our system that unelected, life-tenured judges get to decide what the law and what the constitution mean and they have the power to invalidate what the congress and what the president does. that, they have that power was challenged by him yesterday for the first time since andrew jackson in 1835. jenna: the president said that if the supreme court overturned this health care law, it would be an unprecedented and extraordinary step. is that accurate? >> no. and that's, why a lot of us who watch this for a living, whether you believe this statute is constitutional or not are so animated by what

he said. it absolutely would not be unprecedented for the supreme court to overturn an act of congress. the supreme court recently overturned an act of congress which made it a crime to bring guns within 1,000 feet of schools under the commerce clause because the supreme court said bringing a gun near a school is not an act of commerce, it's a crime. the states can prosecute this far better than the federal government can. that was duly enacted popularly enacted bipartisan supported piece of legislation that the supreme court invalidated because it found that congress didn't have the power to do it under the constitution and president obama knows this. jenna: now, some would suggest this is an election year. this is politics at play. and that tension between the executive branch and the judicial branch is actually a good thing. that we want to see tension between the different branches of government. that is our government working. what would you say? >> i would say that politically the president, if he loses this, let's just

say hypothetically, jenna, it's a 5-4 vote invalidating the individual mandate. let's say the five justices were all appointed by republican presidents. then president obama could probably make political hay out of this during the campaign by railing against republican appointees to the court. but he can not with intellectual honesty suggest that they don't have the power, the authority to invalidate it. he could say it was political. he could say they were wrong he can not say they are without the authority to do it. jenna: that is an important insight for us today, judge. thank you very much as always. >> pleasure, jenna. [shouting] jon: yeah, this is the team that won. victory turns to chaos in encompany tuck. the crowd -- kentucky. the crowd celebrating another ncaa title, yawn. the police say the streets look like a war zone. one person shot.

dozens more arrested? julie banderas live with an update in our new york city newsroom. >> reporter: riot police were already in place before the game ended. then all hell broke loose. lexington police say a man was shout as thousands celebrated kentucky's win over kansas for another ncaa title. students went wild. taking a fire hose to play tug-of-war. and ripping down signs and other vandalism. shooting happened after 2:00 a.m. when someone stepped outside of a vehicle, exchanged words with someone on the sidewalk and police say the person got out of the car and the person on sidewalk pulled out a handgun opening fire and hitting a man in the vehicle. the person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. police lost track of the gunman when he disappeared in a crowd behind buildings. so far no arrests. in all students set more than 30 fires, landing several fans in the hospital

with injuries. sparked by what was supposed to be a celebration over kentucky's first ncaa win in over a decade. over a dozen students were arrested on saturday as well after their win against the university of louisville, gensetting fires, turning the streets of lexington into what looked like mardi gras mayhem. over a dozen students arrested after their win against the university of louisville. this was great, great exciting moment for the school. but obviously, it was a bad thing for the city. jon: yeah. their parents must be so proud. >> i was thinking the same thing, right? i say arrest them all. charge them for disturbing the peace. jon: there you go. julie banderas. >> reporter: justice julie. jenna: the housing collapse turning the american dream into a nightmare for millions of homeowners. we'll take you to one of the nation's hardest hit areas and show you how people are coping with the financial disaster. it is not over. also 100 years after the sinking of the titanic a new "national geographic" special revealing untold

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imagination as the largest ship ever built, the largest man-made object ever built. that could move at the time. and to this day the wreckage of that doomed luxury liner on the ocean floor fascinates people all around the world. as we mark 100 years since the sinking the man who discovered the wreckage more than two decades ago, says parts of the titanic have already disappeared. he said human activity is putting an important piece of our heritage at risk. jenna: dr. bob ballard discovered the wreck in 1985. he is host of the new "national geographic" channel, special save the titanic. welcome to the show. >> thank you, my pleasure. jenna: take us back in time to that moment where you discovered the wreckage. what was that like? >> well, you know there was really two people inside my body. there was the professional, who was very excited honestly when we found it because we were running out of time and we were

celebrating jumping up and down. then someone in our command center looked at the clock and said, you know, she sinks in 20 minutes. it was 2:00 in the morning. that innocent thought really changed the mood and we began to realize we shouldn't be dancing on the grave of someone and it has never changed. we always held the titanic with great respect. we're trying to protect it from future looting and damage. >> it is a ship obviously famously sank. when you say it is in danger, what do you mean? >> well, you know, there are constantly going down to the titanic. the submarines are landing. they're crushing the deck. you know it is really, it is fine to visit. there is no problem with visiting. there are exhibits all over the world. we have wonderful one at mystic a square yaum, "national geographic". you shouldn't be loving the ship to death and that is what is really happening. there are new advanced robotic systems. instead of five sub marines in the world that can reach the titanic there are

hundreds and hundreds of vehicles that can reach the titanic. jon: we had up a shot of the crow's nest, the crow's nest where the lookout probably spotted the iceberg before the ship hit it. you have a story about the crow's nest that illustrates your concern. >> when we found it, it was there, it was still hanging onto the mast. the running lights were still there. when we went back, the crow's nest is gone. the running lights is gone. it was taken off the ship bit salvagers. that is really inappropriate. so we're trying to get congress and senator kerry from massachusetts to introduce a bill today, in an attempt to further the protection of the titanic. we hope our country will sign that bill and we hope that other nations will follow in suit. jenna: dr. ballard, when you say someone's down there, submarines are down there, who exactly is in those submarines and what is left on the ocean floor? >> they're actually selling tour dives. tourists are going down.

in this case in russian submarines. again i have no trouble with people visiting the titanic. you can go to gettysburg and go to pearl harbor but you don't go to gettysburg with a shovel and don't take belt buckles off the arizona. if we can't respect the titanic what can we respect in the ocean? the deep seas, largest museum is on earth but there is no guard on the door, there is no lock on the door. jon: but it is in international waters. what kind of a treaty would you need to prevent the kind of thing -- >> international treaty. the key to get france, russia, the united states and japan to sign the treaty because they're the only nations that have submarines that can reach the titanic. if we get those nations to sign the treaty, to protect the titanic and respect it then i think we have a chance. jenna: dr. ballard we've all seen the movie "titanic". i'm making assumption, that we've all seen it. there was the necklace in the movie. i'm curious is there still jewelry down on the ocean floor? are there still artifacts

still on the floor of the ocean? >> absolutely and certainly inside the titanic but i just don't believe you take jewels off an old lady's body myself. jenna: good point absolutely. was the movie accurate by the way? it is coming out in three de? >> jim did a great job and he is good friend and excellent movie and i'll be watching it myself. jenna: good to he no there are truth and facts. it is incredible story and we'll look forward to your special, dr. ballard. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. jon: catch dr. ballard's documentary, save the titanic, this coming sunday. a special two-hour premier begins 8:00 eastern time on the "national geographic" channel. fascinating stuff. we'll be right back. or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

jon: it might have happened to you. lots of people drop too much cash in vegas but this time it was your cash. as the u.s. general services administration, a government agency shelled out more than $800,000 for training meetings in vegas. the food and drinks alone totaling nearly $150,000. well, this has sparked a little bit of outrage on capitol hill. now the gsa administrator just stepped down. steve centanni live for us at the white house. i guess this is that rare occasion, steve, which what happened in vegas did not stay in vegas, huh? >> reporter: didn't stay at all. bounced right back. this scathing report from the inspector general for the general accounting, general services administration, has led to the resignation of three top officials. now among them is the administrator of the agency, martha johnson and two of her deputies are gone as well. all of this because of an $820,000 las vegas training conference in 2010 for 300

people being called excessive and wasteful. this conference used lavish hotel suites. spent $136,000 on planning trips. $75,000 for training exercises. they even gave commemorative coins to those who participated. they're contained in velvet boxes. this cost the government, you and me, a total of $600 just for that. the report says planners were told to make the conference, over the top while ignores suggestions to cut costs. the president's chief of staff jack lew said in a statement, president obama was outraged by the excessive spending questionable dealings with contractors and disregard for taxpayer dollars. the agency put out a statement. the gsa concurs with the ig's recommendations and is appalled with the findings and is taking steps to ensure this doesn't happen again. darrell issa also put out a

statement. he said the president chided private enterprise for wasting money. this is hypocritical this government conference was held and wasted so much taxpayer dollars during a time of economic hardship. the president, according to the white house heard about this early last month just before his trip to south korea. back to you, jon. jon: more than 100 grand spent on the planning trips. i love that. >> reporter: several planning trips, right. jon: like to see those expense reports. steve centanni, thank you. >> reporter: take care. jenna: a run to the brosry store take as terrifying turn. a plane right into the building. we'll give you the latest next. all right, let's decide what to

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>> reporter: brand-new stories at the top of the hour, including this guy that you saw a moment ago. there is a $10 million bounty for his head. he's a pakistani her or leader.

terror leader. why america is calling him woepb of the most wanted. this woman missing since she was dragged from the coffee stand where she worked. her body has been found. the details on that and what is next for the main suspect. two trucks go barreling over a cliff, over the side of this mountain, dramatic footage for you. we've got the tapes, that and breaking news as it happens. the second hour of "happening jenna: we start the second hour with news from north korea as the nuclear armed nation gets ready to launch a long range missile. hi, everybody i'm jenna lee. jon: ominous news there. i'm jon scott. north corey ace movin korea is moving ahead with plans to launch a missile that could hit alaska. jenna: and also a miss thael could hit a dozethat could hit a dozen states in the west.

>> reporter: as we are all focused on north korea, and the launch could be as early as next week. we are going confirmation of a bigger rocket in the works and it might get a showing at a military parade in north korea. south korean sources say this a u.s. reconnaissance satellite has spotted what looks like a long-range missile near pyongyang. we spoke with charles dick, he says that he and other experts have been aware of the development of such a rocket and if the report is true, this would be the first images, the first visual confirmations of that rocket. according to the expert the critical aspect of this launch vehicle would be its range, 6200 miles. that would put it in the range of continental united states, and that would be as far as a north korean rocket so far has been able to go. the rocket set to launch

shortly, for example, we are told has a range of 4200 miles. preparation force that launch continues at a site in northwestern north korea. pyongyang is saying they are simply launching a civilian satellite and they are within their rights to do that. the u.s. is saying that the launch breaks a deal brokered in february calling for a moratorium on missile testing and the operation of its nuclear program. it is that nuclear program, and the potential of the weaponization of nuclear material that raises all the stakes in this. this is a big month for north korea, with a new leader at the helm, the reports are that a new rocket might be displayed at those festivities. president obama says he would prefer if there were any

fireworks in north korea this month that they would be simply that. jenna: we talk a lot about iran and whether they will get a nuclear weapon. we can't forget that north korea already has one, not to mention some of the other missile technology reported. kt mcfarland will be here in a little bit to talk to us about the threat from north korea and what to make of these reports. >> for years what weave he heard was the biggest problem on the bench was kwraou dis judicial activism, or a lack of restraint. that a group of people would overturn a due le a a duely constituted and passed law. this is a good example, and i'm pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step. jon: did i hear that yesterday? president obama challenging the

supreme court warning conservative justices in particular if they overturn his healthcare law it would amount to judicial activism. it's not the first time the president has criticized the high court. san on bream with more from our washington bureau. >> reporter: president obama has what many consider a relatively combative relationship with the supreme court. most will remember him taking direct aim at the justices as they sat feet away during this is 2010 state of the union address, publicly chastising them for a decision on campaign finance. >> last week the supreme court reversed a seven touree of law that i believe will open the floodgates for special interests, including tphroerp including foreign corporations, to spend out limits in our elections. >> reporter: you remember there justice samuel alito saying not

too. he went further on monday daring the justices not to strike down his healthcare law, saying it would be judicial activism. warren hatch says, quote, it must be nice living in a fantasy world where every law you like is constitutional and every supreme court decision you don't is activists. reaction coming from the campaign trail. >> they will opine whether obamacare violates the constitution. i believe it does. i think they are going to say it does. that will not be an activist court that will be a court following the constitution which is precisely what it was designed to do. >> reporter: other prominent leaders have shown more deference to the court in recent years. after the justices decided bush v. gore, gore said he accepted the decision and was bowing out. president bush also said he would accept a ruling with

regard to guantanamo bay. jon: fascinating to watch, shannon, thank you. jenna: the debate over domestic drilling heating up ahead of this election. the president says oil production has increased inside our country while also arguing that more drilling will have little to no impact on some of the skyrocketing gas prices we've seen. to make sense of this all chief national correspondent jim angle joins us now. >> reporter: as gas prices rise the obama administration says it is doing everything it can but more drilling would not help. >> the fact is, producing more oil at home isn't enough by itself to bring gas prices down. >> simply drilling more and producing more in the united states would reduce the price at the pump we would have seen that already. unfortunately it doesn't. >> reporter: one reason they are sensitive about the question of supply is that it is reducing it not increasing it. take drilling permits, for

instance, the bush administration increased permits by 116%, but under president obama permits have fallen by 36%. in addition the lion's share of increased production has been on private lands, on lands under the president's control we are producing less. in 2011 production on federal lands actually fell by 275,000 barrels a day. while the white house argues supply doesn't matter that much other democrats seem to think it does, because they keep encouraging other nations to produce more and praise them when they do. as senator schumer did when the saudis agreed to increase production in case sanctions against iran disrupt supplies. >> it is the best news on a very bad front, that is of rising gasoline prices that we've had in a very longtime. >> reporter: as recently as last year president obama himself was urging increases in supply, though not here in the u.s. he urged brazil to produce more

promise being the u.s. would be a good customer. >> brazil wants to be a major supplier of new stable sources of energy, and i've told her that the united states wants to be a major customer. which would be a win, win for both our countries. >> reporter: some push for a release from the strategic petroleum reserve. some remain skeptical that increased supply would reduce prices on the short term but they say drilling at home has more advantages such as more secure energy along with increases in jobs and federal revenues both desperately needed. one analyst says anyone who doesn't believe in supply and demand hasn't tried to sell a house lately. jenna: the beat goes on, jim, both sides still apart. thank you so much, jim angle. jon: fox news alert giant hail and the possibility of a twister as wicked weather bears down on the plains. those folks are not the only ones battling mother nature

right now. janice dean is live in the fox weather center. >> reporter: on the cold side of the storm jon scott we are going to see several inches of snow across denver, colorado, the same area that saw almost record-breaking heat last week. let's zoom in where we think we could have the possibility of large hail, damaging winds and even isolated tornadoes. severe storm watch in effect until 5pm local time including dallas. you can see a cluster of thunderstorms moving eastward, very slowly. we will be dealing with severe weather for the rest of the work week across the south. west of dallas your thunderstorms are in effect. we could see the potential for proceed station as well. also looking at the potential of severe weather across arkansas and mississippi where we have a severe thunderstorm warning there. two areas of concern across the southern plains and the western ozarks and across the ohio value lie. winds, and we can't rule out an

isolated tornado. as it presses eastward across mississippi, and alabama and arkansas. parts of the thought need to pay attention for the possibility of nasty weather overt next several days. on the cold side of the system as i mentioned, snow, snow in denver, where we saw temperatures in the 80-degree range over the weekend, in the higher elevations we could see close to a foot. take a look at our snow accumulation over the next 72 hours, there is denver, 3 to 6 inches for you, but certainly south of the city that is where we could be dealing with a little bit higher in totals. current temperatures, that is our other story, still very warm, record-breaking warmth across portions of the ohio valley, mississippi river valley in towards parts of the southeast. 80 degrees already in atlanta, georgia, jon scott, atlanta, one of the many cities that set records for the warmest march on record. back to you. jon: crazy springtime record.

>> reporter: are you booking your flight to denver, my friend. jon: i am going to catch one more weekend of skiing out thr-frpblgts you shouldout there. >> reporter: you should, you should. jenna: if you're not here tomorrow, he sees snow in denver there is no stopping him. we'll keep up to date on jon's ski plans. jon: i'll send pictures. jenna: we have a lot of big stories happening today including this one out in california. we are waiting for more information. you have seven people dead, a gunfire at this local, what has been described as like a local community college. cops say they have the shooter's motive and we're going to tell you more about what we're learning about the shooter and why he would do this. plus, $10 million for information leading to the capture of this man, why he's the new face atop the f.b.i.'s most wanted terrorist list. and rick is here with some more news today. hey, rick. >> reporter: hi, jenna. three big contests today in the race for the g.o.p. nomination, in the run for the presidency. we've got live coverage tonight

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jon: new information on crime stories we are keeping an eye on. a tragic end to the search for a missing alaska teenager. police say a body believed that to be that of an 18-year-old was found in an icy lake, almost two months after she was seen on surveillance tape being led away from a coffee shop where she worked at gunpoint. investigators say they are confident they have the person responsible for her death in

custody. we are learning details about the suspect in yesterday's deadly shooting. 43-year-old one l. goh was upset after being teased about his poor english skills. he is accused of gunning down seven people at a religious university in oakland. search efforts intensifying for a california teen who disappeared on her way to school earlier this month. volunteers spending six straight days looking fo foresee era for sierra lemar. jenna: there is a new name on the u.s. list of most wanted terrorists. he's a pakistani militant leader accused of being the mastermind behind the 2008 terror attacks in mumbai, india. they are offering a reward leading to his capture. wadi natroun i dominique

d-natali is joining us with more. >> reporter: he is the founder of what some consider to be the next al-qaida al-qaida. his bounty, $10 million was posted on the state department's rewards for justice website late monday night. it's one of the highest bounties actually out there along with a 2 million-dollar bounty for his deputy who happens to be his brother-in-law. he is a former professor of arabic and engineering who is dedicating his life to installing islamic rule. we know his work. the mumbai attack, 106 people were killed in 2008, four of them americans. his organization was banned by pakistan in 2002 yet it continues to operate using a charity as a front. it's allowed him to become a high profile leader of a movement called the defense of counsel which has been staging

large rallies around the country bringing in much bigger numbers than anybody expected. we are told by u.s. officials in islamabad that this is less about getting the big bad guy himself, although that is something they really want to do, but it's really the pressure they want to put on pakistan which is trying to hold the united states over the barrel in a row over a ta attacks on pakistani soil. they want to put pakistani in the position of not wanting to hand over one of the world's most wanted terrorists. they want to turn on the pakistan government itself and try to destabilize it there, very much putting pakistan in a difficult predicament with this new name on the most wanted list. the ball very much is in pakistan's court, now, jenna, we now know that the fall of osama bin laden, former hraoe

formerly the world opens most wanted terrorist has been living in pakistan for nine years. are they going to allow this man to continue to run around in broad daylight? the u.s. officials i spoke to today say they believe it's about getting a deal with the pakistani to allow america to capture those who target americans. they think pakistan might now be in a weakened position as it's tried to nail down america and get a deal out of them. jenna: quite a story. dominic, thank you so much. dominique d-natali in afghanistan today. jon: a horror at a shopping center as a small plane nose dives right into a crowded supermarket, exploding into a fireball and causing all kinds of chaos. we'll hear from survivors next. plus, a new threat from north korea that country reportedly preparing to unveil a new long-range missile capable of

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jenna: right now a plane spirals out of the sky crashes into a mall and burst into flames aster tpaoeuas terrified shoppers try to run for cover. this happened in florida. >> reporter: imagine you drop by the supermarket to to pick up a couple of things when an airplane crashes through the ceiling right in between the meat and seafood sections. this is 20 miles from daytona beach in florida, the local publix supermarket. it was a single engine

experimental aircraft. two people on board, including the pilot and they survived, they were severely burned. three people in the store were hurt, thankfully no one too seriously. this man works nearby. he ran over and got inside the supermarket right after the crash. >> you can see where the ceiling was caved in, and it looked like the plane had gone like through the floor, down into the ground it hit so hard. so you couldn't see the plane inside, but there was fire. it already had exploded. >> reporter: not something you see every day, of course. witnesses say that they saw the plane go up a little bit before it came crashing down. maybe the pilot was trying to maneuver it away from the shopping complex. we called the hospital in orlando where those people were airlifted to and we spoke to the league local police on the ground, they tell me that the pilot and his passenger are in critical condition. they are investigating. the police officer i spoke with this morning said he was inside the store this morning, the only sign of an airplane is the

engine that is still sitting there on the floor of the supermarket. jenna: that is incredible and remarkable that not more people were injured. >> reporter: he said it's a miracle, that's what he told me. jenna: unbelievable story, rick, thank you. jon: new satellite images of north korea raising alarms from tokyo all the way to washington. sources in the south korean government say those photos show a huge missile with a powerful booster believed to be able to carry a deadly war head more than 6200 miles. a weapon that big could reach as far as denver. kt mcmarch land is the host of depcon3 and a fox news contributor. weren't they going to suspend missile testing for all kinds of food aid. >> reporter: oops, i don't know why we thought they ever would agree to it. we've tried to have negotiation w-no,s withnegotiations with

them. they don't do it. we give them the stuff and they cancel their part of the deal. i don't think there is any surprise. what concerns me about this is three things, one, if this test is successful, they've tried twice before to do this. they've been unsuccessful. every time they've done it they've got even a little better. if the test is successful, as you just pointed out it could reach the continental united states. right now only russia and china have the ability to deliver nuclear warheads on missiles that would reach the united states. this would be a first. the second reason i'm concerned, though is because of the close relationship with north korea and iran. the iranians put engineers on the ground in north korea when they have these tests. what happens is, you know, you'll see a north korean missile, a few months later it shows up in iran. they put a new name on the side. so if north korea gets this

ability how much further along with iran be in it's nuclear weapons program? and the third reason is with this new north korean leader, a guy in his late 20s trying to prove his chops to the generals in north korea is there an opportunity for miscalculation. the north miscalculates the south. south korea miscalculates and has a different reaction than in the past. we have 3,000 troops on the north-south korean border right now. jon: regarding the iranian concern, the iranians have plenty of cash from oil sales. the north koreans are always desperate for cash. that kind of a transaction would be easy to do between both countries. in the north koreans are about to launch a ballistic missile, one that is capable of putting a satellite in orbit, then all bets are off as to which countries around the world they could reach. >> reporter: yeah, here is the thing. a missile launch, a missile can carry a number of different things, it's called a payload. in this case the north koreans,

say, look we are going to do this to put a satellite up in the air. if you can lift a satellite off the ground into space you could also do the same thing and lift a nuclear weapon. that's why it's so concerning that the north koreans would do this kind of a test. as you point out, if north korea does it, does iran get it? and then what happens? that's why it's so essential that the united states beef up our missile defense program, which we have not done. jon: thank you for your expertise, kt mcmarch land. jenna: voting is underway right now in three republican primaries. a campaign update straight ahead in what could be a big night. we are awaiting remarks from the president, he's going to be talking about the economy, budget and taxes. big issues ahead on "happening now." [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually se arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain

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jon: america's election headquarters buzzing right now with three primaries today, washington d.c., maryland and wisconsin all casting votes with voters deciding among of crop of g.o.p. candidates. steve brown is live in new berlin, wisconsin. the d.c. and maryland contests it would be fair to say are favorable to the romney count. he could be record merely favored in the wisconsin primary held today. the traffic through this polling place has been pretty consistent. statewide they expect about 35%

turn out. a few glitches with ballots that were too large or miss printed. they had to have an emergency printing of a half million ballots to use the machines. they think they have a handle on it now. as far as personal checks. the romney campaign and rnc could hold joint fundraisers, as high as $75,000 per person. those could be happening as early as this week. a move to try and gear up for the general election campaign. all of the remaining republican presidential campaigns were asked to join in on these kinds of efforts with the rnc. only the romney campaign has hammered out an agreement so far. they say the donors are ready to mobilize for november and understand that for the republican nominee to be able to compete with the $1 billion obama machine they need to get started now. the reference to the $1 billion obama machine is a number tossed around quite frequently by

republicans about what they project the president may be able to collect in terms of donations heading into the fall campaign or over the course of this cycle. last go around in 08 they raised $750 million. the re-election campaign says they are not targeting any particular number and have tried to downplay the billion dollar number. certainly it is going to be an expensive enterprise and both campaigns are gearing up to gather the money to do battle this fall. jon. jon: any assessment of turn out today there, steve? >> reporter: yeah, about 35% they think. the santorum campaign would love it if it's higher. they think that is a signal that they might be able to tip in it this direction. so far it's looking like it's about 35%. jon: steve brown in wisconsin. thank you, steve. jenna: the financial future of detroit could hang on a vote by the city council today. they are facing a deadline set by the governor on a plan for the motor city to avoid bankruptcy. we are going to get to that story a little bit later on. charles if you'll stand by for a

moment. we actually have to go to the president who is going to be speaking in washington d.c. i sigh him coming in, there is a live shot for the luncheon, it's for the associated press. he is speaking in front of the media. we expect he'll make comments on the economy, budgets and taxes. let's take a listen. >> everyone please have a seat. well, good afternoon, and thank you to dean singleton and the board of the associated press for inviting me here today. it is a pleasure to speak to all of you, and to have a microphone that i can see. [laughter] >> feel free to transmit any of this to vladimir if you see him. clearly we are already in the beginning months of another long, lively election year. there will be gaps and minor

controversies. there will be hot mikes and etch a sketch moments. you will cover every word that we say, and we will complain vociferously about the unflattering words that you write, unless of course you're writing about the other guy, in which case, good job. [laughter] >> but there are also big fundamental issues at stake right now, issues that deserve serious debate among every candidate, and serious coverage among every reporter. whoever he may be, the next president will inherit an economy that is recovering but not yet recovered, from the worst economic calamity since the great depression. too many americans will still be looking for a job that pays enough to cover their bills or

their mortgage. too many citizens will still lack the sort of financial security that started slipping away years before this recession hit. a debt that has grown over the last decade, primarily as a result of two wars, two massive tax cuts, and an unprecedented financial crisis will have to be paid down. and in the face of all these challenges we're going to have to answer a central question as a nation, what if anything can we do to restore a sense of security for people who are willing to work hard and act responsibly in this country? can we succeed as a country where a shrinking number of people do exceedingly well, while a growing number struggle to get by? or are we better off when everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share,

and everyone plays by the same rules? this is not just another run o run-of-the-mill political debate. i've said it's the defining issue of our time, and i believe it. that's why i ran in 2008, it's what my presidency has been about, it's why i'm running again. i believe this is a make-or-break moment for the middle class, and i can't remember a time when the choice between competing visions of our future has been so unambiguously clear. keep in mind, i have never been somebody who believes that government can or should try to golto solve every problem. some of you know my first job in chicago was working with a group of catholic churches. it often did more good for the people in their communities than

any government program could. in those same communities i saw that no education policy, however well crafted, can take the place of a parent's love and attention. as president ivy lim i've i've eliminated dozens of programs that weren't working and announced over 500 regulatory reforms that will save businesses and taxpayers billions and put annual domestic spending on a path to become the smallest share of the economy since dwight eisenhower held this office, since before i was born. i know that the true engine of job creation in this country is the private sector, not washington, which is why i've cut taxes for small business owners 17 times over the last three years. so i believe deeply that the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history. my mother and the grandparents

who raised me instilled the values of selfreliance and personal responsibility that remain the cornerstone of the american ideal. but i also share the belief of our first republican president, abraham lincoln, a belief that should government we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves. that belief is the reason this country has been able to build a strong military to keep us safe, and public schools to educate our children. that belief is why we've been able to lay down railroads and highways to facilitate travel and commerce. that belief is why we've been able to support the work of scientists and researchers whose discoveries have saved lives and unleashed repeated technological revolutions and lead to countless new jobs and entire

industries. that belief is also why we've sought to insure that every citizen can count on some basic measure of security. we do this because we recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any moment might face hard times, might face bad luck, might face a crippling illness or a layoff. and so we contribute to programs like medicare and social security which guarantee healthcare and a source of income after a lifetime of hard work. we provide unemployment insurance, which protects us against unexpected job loss, and facilitates the labor mobility that makes our economy so dynamic. we provide for medicaid, which makes sure that millions of seniors in nursing homes, and children with disabilities are getting the care that they

need. for generations nearly all of these investments from transportation, to education, to retirement perhaps have been supported by people in both parties. as much as we moisture associate the gi bill with franklin roosevelt, or medicare with lyndon johnson, it was a republican, lincoln who launched the transcontinental railroad, the national academy of sciences. land-grant colleges. it was eisenhower who launched the interstate highway system and knew investment and scientific research. it was richard nixon who created the environmental protection agency. ronald reagan who worked with democrats to save social security. it was george w. bush who added prescription drug coverage to medicare. what leaders in both parties have traditionally understood is that these investments aren't

part of some scheme to redistribute wealth from one group to another, they are expressions of the fact that we are one nation. these investments benefit us all. they contribute to genuine, durable, economic growth. show me a business leader who wouldn't profit if more americans could afford to get the skills and education that today's jobs require. ask any company where they'd rather locate and hire workers, a country with crumbling roads and bridges, or one that is committed to high-speed internet, and high-speed railroads and high-tech research and development. it doesn't make us weaker when we guarantee basic security for the elderly, or the sick, or those who are actively looking for work, what makes us weaker is when fewer and fewer people can afford to buy the goods and

services our businesses sell. or when entrepreneurs don't have the financial security to take a chance and start a new business. what drags down our entire economy is when there is an ever widening chasm between the ultrarich and everybody else. in this country broad-based prosperity has never trickled down from the success of a wealthy few. it has always come from the success of a strong and growing middle class. that's how a generation who went to college on the gi bill, including my grandfather, helped build the most prosperous economy the world has ever kno known. that's why a ceo like henry ford made it his mission to pay his workers enough so they could buy the cards that they made. that's why research has shown that countries with less

inequality tend to have stronger and steadier economic growth over the long run. and yet for much of the last century we have been having the same argument with folks who keep peddling some version of trickle down economics. they keep telling us that if we convert more of our investments in education, and research and healthcare into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, our economy will grow stronger. they keep telling us that if we just strip away more regulations and let businesses pollute more and treat workers and consumers with impunity, that somehow we would all be better off. we are told that when the wealthy become even wealt --

jenna: that is the president talking about the economy. his comments are streaming live. if you'd like to watch the rest ever them at foxnews.com. he's speaking before a huge group of editors from the associated press. we will be watching his comments and bring you back there when he starts taking questions. one of the main themes so far is a theme about economic security. that is something the president is talking a lot about. his policies and other's policies and how they affect whether or not we have economic security in this country. jon: he is certainly on fire there. steve moore is senior economics writer for the "wall street journal." he's been listening to the president's remarks. there was an awful lot there. he said essentially this election is going to offer a very stark choice between two economic philosophies. would i have to agree with him there, would you steve. >> reporter: i would too, jon. it's exactly echoing when paul ryan said last week when he issued his budget. remember, jon, he said this is a contrast of visions, and

president obama agrees with that. you know, in this speech a little later on i got some of the excerpts from it he calls the paul ryan budget and exercise in social darwinism. it's very overheated rhetoric. i do think that this is going to be the framework for what we're debating over the next four or five months, whether americans want the kind of higher taxes, bigger government, obama healthcare plan, or do they want, deficit reduction, do they want a tax reform, and do they want spending cuts, and that really is where the division is right now. jon: that is the paul ryan budget that passed the house of representatives, right. >> reporter: that's right, exactly. jon: how many votes did the president's budget proposal get in the house? >> reporter: that's what is very interesting. the president keeps denouncing the paul ryan plan as being unrealistic, as being, you know, hurtful to the poor, and increasing the income-divided america. the interesting point you just made, jon was the president's own budget came up in the house

for a vote and it got exactly zero votes. the question i think a lot of republicans are asking, is well, which of these plans is more unrealistic. jon: something is a little bit closer to possible, it would seem, i mean, yeah, nobody thinks that the paul ryan plan is going to pass the senate, but the senate hasn't passed a bulge net what, three years? >> reporter: three years. 1,060 some days. one of the things, jon, let me give the president some credit for a minute. i love the line he just gave when he said the engine of economic growth in this country has always been the free enterprise system. i don't think virtually anybody disagrees with that. the problem is that so many of the president's policies seem oriented towards moving away from the free enterprise system and more towards big government. again, i do think this is the central divide in philosophy between the two parties right now. how big should the government be, how many taxes should be imposed to pay for it all and are we going to have a

socialized healthcare system in the years to come? a bunch of newspaper editors and reporters and public i shallers in that room. we will take you back there when the questions and answers begin. we imagine there will be interesting questions for the president. steven moore from the "wall street journal." it's good to have you on. we'll be right back. >> reporter: thank you. with no? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.

jenna: a scandal out of indiana, you have four people including the democratic chairman charged with faking signatures on petitions. those petitions put president obama on the democratic ballot in 2008. fox news broke that story last fall ain't all start wed a young man who went to authorities. with an update now, eric shawn is joining us live from our newsroom. >> reporter: he told prosecutors he was ordered to forge presidential petitions for barack obama, illegally faking the names and of unsuspecting

voters to put the then senator on the presidential ballot. according to court papers heed a change of heart and came clean. now his lawyer calls him a hero. that's how the stunning case in south bend, indiana started. now the revelations from alleged whistle-blower 26-year-old lucas berkitt have led to criminal knell knee charges. for democratic officials and party operatives expected in court charged in a multiple felony case for allegedly faking the petitions that put both the president and hillary clinton on the ballot there in 2008. the longtime chairman butch morgan accused of being the mastermind behind the forgery scheme. pam burnett, and democratic board worker beverly shelton also charged. as was democratic volunteer and former board worker dustin blythe. he allegedly forged signatures on president obama's petitions. when we caught him with him last

november he refused to comment about it. >> reporter: will you talk to us about the petitions? >> i'm sorry i don't have anything to say. >> reporter: did you forge any signatures? >> i don't have anything to say. >> reporter: did you fake any petitions at all? >> i don't have anything to say. >> reporter: investigators say they did find forgeries on 22 obama and clinton petitions, those sheets list ten names each. voters told us they never signed. >> i did not sign for barack obama. >> reporter: so someone forged this? >> that is not my signature. i did not sign for barack obama. >> reporter: prosecutors say the forgery assignments are actually split, one person handling mrs. clinton another then senator obama and blythe allegedly handling john edwards. when lucas burkitt quit blythe was assigned the candidate who eventually would become president of the united states. if you suspect feeter fraud or election problems we want to know about it.

voter fraud at foxnews.com is our address. jon: disturbing new information about the deadly school shooting yesterday in california. police releasing details about the gunman's intended targets, and what might have set him off. or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

jenna: we have some amazing images from norway. cameras rolling as a semi tumbles over the side of the cliff taking the tow truck in front of it, wait for it, right along with it. reports say the truck driver was still in the cab when it went down. incredibly, he survived. the tow truck driver jumped out just seconds before, and apparently someone was filming the whole thing, and both of them survived this incident. pretty incredible stuff. jon: well, europe's tallest tower finally taking shape. the last sections of what's known as the chard in london moving into place, about 95

stories high including the spire. that spire alone weighs about a million pounds. many locals were opposed to the building because it's far more modern than most of the buildings in london. jenna: you can't please everybody. remember that mysterious sound that rattled people in parts of wisconsin? it was a loud boom, and no one knew what caused it? rick folbaum might have the answer. >> reporter: turns out that sound was the earth shaking, an earthquake. no joke. listen for a second. this is how folks in clintonville, wisconsin, sort of a little bit alarmed for more than a couple of weeks, booming sounds on a regular basis, and now the u.s. geological survey says, in fact, there has been an earthquake. they have one recorded on the night of march 9th, actually -- 29th, actually more than one. they brought in recording devices, and now they want people to call the police if