bill easter egg hunt? martha: a little easter egg hunt, absolutely. bill: good call. wear your bonnet! martha: i'll come up with a bonnet by sunday if that's what you'd like to see! you got your tie all ready to go. happy easter, everybody, we'll see you back here next week. "happening now" starts right now. jon: stunning new video of your tax dollars at work, nearly a million going toward a big party in vegas. lots of expensive shrimp, plenty of booze. all part of a so called training conference. more fallout, more firings, and a fair and balanced debate ahead. jenna: from shocking video to shocking video, a former nfl coach accused of putting bounties on players, he tells teammates how to hit opponents. jon: one of easter's iconic images, jenna's favorite, those little peep sefplt, they're history. the whole sweet story, plus the news as it breaks.

it's all "happening now". jenna: we start with a confession, i'm partial to the cadbury eggs, this time of year, so good. jon: but the peeps are awesome. jenna: they have an interesting story. we'll get to that later in the show. first the latest on the controversy offer the president's comments on the power of the courts. it's been a big story this week. we're glad you're with us, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott, there's new evidence the white house has not cowed the -- doused the political flames, words top republicanning had for the president. >> he was no longer trying to embarrass the court after a decision and certainly people expressed their views on court decisions afterwards, rather he tried intimidate it before the decision had been made, regardless of how the justices decide this case they're answerable above all

to the constitution that they swore to uphold. the fact that this president does not appear to feel similarly constrained to respect our independence doesn't change one bit. so i would respectfully suggest to the president he needs to back off. back off. jon: mcconnell's remarks coming after a letter from attorney general eric holder stating the administration thoroughly respects the authority of the federal courts. excerpts of the letter include, the power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is beyond dispute, end quote. while duly recognizing the court's authority to engage in judicial review, the executive branch has often urged courts to respect the legislative judgments of congress. the justice department issued that letter at the demand of a republican appointed federal judge. peter doocy is live in washington. peter, what else does that letter say? >> reporter: jon, attorney general holder made clear in

the letter that the president's position is consistent with the one held by the doj for centuries, that the courts do have the final say, but there's a suggestion that when it comes to the commerce clause, the courts should give congress some leeway, and the letter talks a lot about precedent and says the courts accord particular deference when evaluating the appropriateness of the means congress has chosen to exercise its enumerated powers, including the commerce clause, to accomplish constitutional ends. and judge smith from the fifth circuit court of appeals told attorney general holder he wanted a 3-page single-spaced letter. he didn't quite fill up that third page but the letter certainly lays out a lot, jon. jon: so that's the attorney general's explanation. is the white house amplify thank letter at stphaul. >> well, the white house is still trying to explain the president's comments from monday about the courts, and at a briefing yesterday, press secretary jay carney was challenged by a reporter from cbs news just to admit that the president made a

mistake, but that did not go over too well: >> you're sending -- >> listen, you're -- he he made a mistake and you can't admit it. >> no, i'm acknowledging -- you're shareing in the righteous indig nation here. >> i'm just noting your -- >> the president did not -- in answer to a question, very relatively briefly, and in the context of this case, made the statement that there is no judicial precedent, that there is a long standing judicial precedent which would argue that the court should not overturn this law. >> reporter: carney mentioned a precedent and in attorney general's letter, he makes clear the d ofpl j has not and will not ask the court to reconsider or limit any long standing precedent when it comes to judicial review of the constitutionality of a federal law. jon: so the battle goes on. peter doocy in washington, peter, thank you. jenna: well, right now the

scandal over a federal agency spending spree for a conference in vegas is getting worse by the day. now there's video showing a general services administration employee rapping about all of this. take a listen: >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ jenna: the government agency is now under investigation by two congressional committees for spending $823,000 of your taxpayer money on a very lavish event. doug mckelway is live from washington. when you see this video, you think is this for real? >> reporter: boy, bet which they wish they hadn't made that tape. the spoof clips were played during an awards abandon yet for 300 government service

administration employees, the getaway for gsa employees, during the height of the recession when unemployment was at 10 percent, cost taxpayers $800,000. one clip that won top prize was the 28-year-old gsa employee, hank terlage, wrote, quote, he's living high on the hog and will never be under investigation by the agency's inspector general. the other shows david folo teasing him about a party in the hotel suite of gsa commissioner robert peck. well, peck was fired last monday. gsa administrator martha johnson has resigned. at least four other regional commissioners have been placed on administrative leave now -- now. a gsa said, another example of the complete lack of judgment during the western regents conference. our agency continues to be appalled by the behavior and are taking every step possible to make sure this never happens again.

some investigators wonder why it took two years for the people to be penalized for that. jenna: the people in the video, were they punished? do we know? >> reporter: i think -- i believe that the gentleman who you just saw rapping is now on administrative leave. his superiors were punished. jenna: obviously, it's a situation where one of the questions that comes up is like what is the consequence for something like this, and we talked a little about congress, our congressional -- are congressional hearings ahead for this? indeed. jeff den im, who is investigating the gsa, and will hold a hearing on april 19th to further examine the, quote, out raepblgous spending habits of the gsa, he appeared earlier on fox news. >> i'm not convinced they have changed their ways. i mean, this started in 2010, from this investigation, they've had two years to clean this up, so they knew this happened, they knew that these people should have been fired two years ago, yet they let it go on. >> reporter: on wednesday, congressional investigators

learned of yet another employee award program that handed out $200,000 worth of taxpayer-funded eye potted -- i pods, electronics gift cards, that while the gsa is sitting on thousands of empty or underused federal buildings literally across the country that cost the taxpayers $1.7 billion each, and every year, jenna. jenna: a lot to think about there, doug. we'll continue to watch this story, thank you very much. jon now this fox news alert on the economy. the unemployment rate dropping to 8.2% last month. that's the lowest in more than two years. sounds like good news, right? well, economists say the jobless rate only went down because more americans stopped looking for work. the labor department reporting only 120,000 jobs were added in march, down from more than 200,000 in the previous three months. congress up -- coming up, labor secretary hilda solis, we'll speak with her about the white house forum on

women and the economy and when the recovery might pick up enough to create jobs for the millions of americans still unemployed. >> jobs and the economy a top issue as president obama and mitt romney focus fire on one another. as the president launched his reelection effort last year, now romney is shifting his campaign into general election mode, and turning his attention to running mates, with some possible vice presidential candidates being mentioned. our chief political correspondent in washington live for us now. give us the latest. who's in first? >> reporter: well, we should point out that romney gets asked about the vice presidential running mate all the time and has been for the better part of the last couple of years on the campaign trail, from those who thought he'd end up being the moment knee. the latest in the buzzword is ohio senator rob portman, from ohio a. key swing state, worked for the former bush administration, asbeen vetted before, he was in the budget office in the white house, knows the tphups, certainly the romney-portman

twosome would be a powerhouse on the economy and jobs but the other side of it, in many ways they share the same sort of chemistry, they're the same type of mainstream establishment republicans and somebody that romney would need on the ticket to shake it up a little more. there was lots of talk about paul ryan, with whom mr. romney campaigned this week. there with three would-be vice presidential candidates who have taken themselves out of the running. paul ryan described it as a romance of campaigning with romney, no huh thank you, and nicky halely suggests she's capable of doing the job but she's taken herself out of the run, she's the governor of south carolina and helped romney in what was an ultimately losing effort to gingrich and then there's marco rubio, who has been asked about running for vice president or president since sworn in as a senator and he's a freshman but he also has endorsed romney, did so tepidly after romney won the primary in florida

but said no thanks to the running mate, so basically by saying they're not interested they put themselves on romney's short list. jon: we've already essentially given romney the nomination in this discussion but despite the pressure to drop out rick santorum says he's still in the race. how does it look for him? >> he had a big meeting with conservative supporters in virginia yesterday and they told him to stay in the race and he told the staffers there's no quit in the santorum campaign, to use his words. his conservative backers told him there was always pressure they can put on newt gingrich to release delegates to santorum and the possibility that texas might change its primary which doesn't come until the end of may from a proportionally allocated state to winner take all. it might be enough for santorum to keep talking about running. he's taking the easter holiday off. the pressure to get out will get intense next week. he says he's not going to do it but the truth of the matter is, if he were in jeopardy of losing pennsylvania, there's a possibility that santorum might bow out graciously

rather than using the state he represented in the u.s. senate. he lost the reelection by an historic 18 points, for the political future to be sustainable he can't lose pennsylvania in a presidential primary, having lost it in the senate race. there's a possibility he could bail. jenna: i have a question about how to prepare for the weeks ahead. i was doing research, and i want to ask you about a certain political reporter says he does weightlifting with camera bags on the road. i was wondering if you had any more tips for our audience in case they didn't catch that men's health article about how you get fit. >> nice plug! i feel sandbagged! it not actually camera bags but i do do curls, and when filled with red bulls it can get heavy. i pride myself on being a national correspondent who helps the camera crew lug the cameras to the events, that red bull is a biggest part of the diet, although probably not the healthers part! jenna: interesting article, the basketball dig, the lugging around camera bags,

i'm going to put that out on twitter so all our viewers can see what is carl cameron. there's only one! carl, thank you very much. >> thank you jenna. jenna: see you on the basketball court. that's one of the other things he likes to do. that's good. it was a great article. thank you to carl for that. we have new video of live fire drills on board the navy's newest ship. it's big, it's armed to the teeth, and designed to take on threats from iran and china. we're going to show what you some are calling the darth vader of the sea. what do you think about that jon? jon: cool nickname, that's for sure. the latest scandal in college sports is on your screen. this football coach is now on leave after lying about a motorcycle accident with this young woman on board. jenna: controversy in the nfl. shocking new tapes revealing a dark side. we gaff you a little of it yesterday. what this coach was telling his players to do to their opponents, and what the nfl may do about it.

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jon: college football scandals usually involve around boosters giving cars to players, that kind of thing, but this is a whole different sort of scandal. the university of arkansas head football coach put on administrative leave after the 51-year-old married father of four admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a 25-year-old employee he had just hired. gregg jarrett is live with more. >> reporter: jon, the coach of the football team, bobby patrino, is in hot water, both at work and i'm kind of guessing at home as well, for an affair he tried to cover up. patrino was riding his motorcycle when it suddenly skidded off the road over the weekend, he sustained a neck injury and broken ribs. he was not wearing a helmet. >> the eye ironic thing is they're sitting there in the

kitchen, becky and i, and i had two helmets out, this one is going to be really heavy and hot, and then this one phabgs me look like a conehead, i think i'll just go with the hat. obviously bad call. gregg: patri -- patrino claimed he was on board alone. not true. there was a young woman on the back of the bike, unanswered, the female employee half his age with whom patrino admits a, quote, inappropriate relationship, a vague and ambiguous term to be sure. jessa turrell is a 25-year-old volley ball player who was hired as the absolute athlete coordinating. apparently she was doing more than that, their relationship went beyond the workplace. patrino, a married father of four, said my concern was to protect my family and a previous inappropriate relationship from becoming public. in hindsight i showed a serious mistake in judgment

when i chose not to be specific about those details the word previous may be deceptive. as one blogger said previous, as in it ended once the media found out about it. he completed his fourth season as coach of the razor backs, they've developed into a national contender under his watch. it's unclear what the university will do. of course, you know, jon and jenna, in his contract, there's this morals clause, so he could be dismissed. but remember, louisville basketball comp rick patino survived a sordid affair but didn't lie to his bosses and didn't hire his mistress to work for him so there's a difference there. jon: what wa story! gregg jarrett, thank you. jenna: sounds like the last details are important ones. we'll watch that story. in the meantime, this employee video is fueling the controversy over an extravagant conference in las vegas. we talked about this at the top of the hour. it was funded by a whole lot of your tax dollars. what could be next for the

federal agency involved coming up in a fair and balanced debate. overreaction to this, maybe? maybe not. also new signs america's strategy towards iran is going beyond diplomacy. a look at new warships meant to give us a little bit of an edge. more than we already have, by the way.

jon: the general services administration under even more scrutiny now after a new video surfaces showing an employee rapping about the agency's lavish event in las vegas and how much money he would spend if he were the commissioner. absolutely unbelievable video. joining us now for a fair

and balanced debate, fox news contributor and radio talk show host monica crowley, julie labinski, also with us, fox news contributor, former communications for senator jon corzine. this 800 some thousand dollar gsa conference in las vegas featured a clown, $7000 worth of sushi and a team building exercise to build a bicycle. monica, is this our government at work? >> yes. actually, the bicycle training cost us about $75,000, jon. and also, you left out a mind reader. we paid for a mind reader in this. look, unfortunately for these tkp-fplt sa employees, what happened in vegas didn't stay in vegas, but fortunately for the taxpayer, we now know what went down, and actually, there was a grand total of seven gsa trips to las vegas before the actual conference, because they said they needed to do some dry runs so make sure that the conference was going to go off without a hitch. this is yet another

outrageous story about the waste, fraud and abuse we see in government and politicians on both sides of the aisle always say we're going to do our best to root out this waste, fraud and abuse and still this kind of thing is going on and we wonder why we're wracking up $5 trillion in the national debt over the course of the last # 1/2 years. jon: julie, this is the agency charged with, you know, being a manager, managing federal properties, that kind of thing. >> yeah, there's no -- monica is absolutely right, there's no excuse whatsoever for this kind of behavior and the bottom line is that as long as this kind of behavior happens, the taxpayers have absolutely no confidence that this kind of thing don't go on and on. it happens under the republican administrations, it happens under democratic administrations, they are entitled bureaucrats who think the taxpayers' money is their money and there's no excuse for that kind of behavior. jon: it raises the bigger question about the growth in the size of the federal work force. if this is the kind of thing that federal employees are doing and in october, the

month this conference took place, by the way, the nation's unemployment rate was, i believe, 9.5%, if this is what our federal government workers are doing with our tax money, when the rest of america is trying find a job, doesn't that say something? >> yeah, you know, you have two big outrages here, of course the outrage that they blew through almost a million dollars wasted on these trips, but the second outrage is what we have on the screen now, which is that some of employees actually were mocking the taxpayers. they put together this rap video. this guy looks like -- this looks like a criminal party, right? jon: this was the winning video! they had a contest and this guy won the award for the best video! >> and the lyrics were all making fun of the taxpayer and basically saying we're never going to get caught and we're never going to be investigated by the inspector general of the gsa which was not true, which is why we know this story now. it's the absolute disrespect for the taxpayer and a

disrespect for our money, jon, that has so many americans outraged. jon: julie, if i have the chronology right here, martha johnson, who was the head of the gsa, fired her two top administrators and then resigned herself. now, you say that this kind of thing goes on under republican and democratic administrations, but why should the obama administration not be called to account for this outrage? >> well, they were called to task, as soon as they found out about it, they fired people. jon: they was under investigation for a year. >> let's not forget, this happened under the bush administration with the previous gsa administrator who also was fired by the bush administration for inappropriate behavior and her chief of staff was fired for being involved in the jack abermoff scandal. this was not limited to the obama administration. when you have this humungous government bureaucracy, as you do in any bureaucracy, you're going to have bad apples. there's no excuse for the situation but the bottom line is it happened under

previous administrations, it happened under this administration, whoever the next president is, it will happen under his administration, because the bottom line, when you have a bureaucracy, there's a few bad apples. jon: that sounds like a good argument for shrinking the size of the federal government. >> i don't care if you shrink it tele50 percent, you're going to have a bunch of dopes in there that are going to treat the taxpayer like it's their own little piggy bank. >> absolute -- you're absolutely right about this, the government has no profit motive, the spending is completely out of control, we've seen an explosion in the growth of government, so you have more in the work force and a greater opportunity for corruption. there's no accountability for any of the money they're spending and i think the american people have said enough, because we've never had these kinds of debt levels before or annual decifits, so the american people are saying we've had enough of this. jon: we know the gsa work force shrank by three with the two firings and one resignation. >> it's a start! >> good riddens to them. jon: monica crowley, julie,

thanks. jenna: good point to end on, jon. there you go. we'll continue to bring you updates on that story. in the meantime we also have this new report that says the president sent a message to iran over its nuclear program through another leader. but back door diplomacy, if i can get it out -- diplomacy, easier said than done -- apparently not the only option on the table. we have details of the military's latest weapons design to deal with iran and we're going to tell you about that in a few moments. >> plus remember this marine, he got in trouble for criticizing the president on facebook, raising questions about the first amendment rights of our men and women in uniform. now we're learning what punishment he could face. the latest on all of that, next.

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jenna: now to that shocking audiotape surfacing of been nfl coach urging players to hurt their opponents, and really crossing the line, reigniting the bounty scandal over the new orleans saints coaches paying players to intentionally injuring players of opposing teams. gregg williams, hammering home the brutality behind the scenes of america's most popular sport, at least according to some. a live debate over this tape, and julie banderas is live in the new york city newsroom with more on that. error reporter jenna, both

football pundits and players are just shocked at hearing the explicit tapes recorded by a documentary filmmaker that some say show gregg williams clearly crossed the line by deliberately attempting to injure opponents. williams, the former defensive coordinating for the new orleans saints, is heard not only urging its players to injure opponents, but to take shots at the head and knees of specific players. listen: >> [audible] >> we want him running sideways. we want his head sideways. >> reporter: that was williams, prior to a playoff game against the san francisco 49ers last january. the full speech, which was 12 minutes in all, but the sample recording is a little less than four minutes, and on it you can hear williams instructing his defensive

players to injure quarter back alex smith, running back frank gore, tightened vernon davis, and receivers michael grabtree and kyle williams. on smith, the quarter back, he said this, and i'm quoting, every single one of you, before you get off the pile, affect the head. early, affect the head. continue, touch, and hit the head. end quote. williams also used one of his favorite slogans in the speeches you heard, kill the head and the body will buy. he was let go by the saints two days later and went own to coach for the rams, but now he has been suspended indefinitely from the league. the saints were fined $500,000, and forced to forfeit second round picks in the 2013 and -- 2012 and 2013 drafts because of the bounty scandal. so far the nfl has suspended the new orleans saints head coach sean payton for the entire year. the team's general manager and assistant head coach, also suspended. they appealed yesterday, jenna. jenna: one thing to be competitive. another thing entirely to try to end someone's career, which some of those hits

could potentially do. julie, thank you very much. the story we'll continue to watch. >> we sure will. jon: today is good friday, a solemn day for christians around the world who mark the crucifixion of jesus christ. worshipers in jerusalem, walking in the city's procession there, and at the vatican, pope den pweubgt xvi himself leading the passion of the lord. gregg burke is streaming live from rome. greg. >> reporter: jon, well, as we speak the pope is in saint peter's basilica leading this momemration of the passion, a very solemn ceremony, essentially a number of parts to it, there are several readings, reminding all those present of their since and the need for conversion, then the adoration of the cross, then the communion service, this is one of the few days of the year in the catholic year where there is no mass but a communion service. it is a very busy four days for pope benedict xvi. it kicked off yesterday with two different passes -- mass, one in the morning for priests and one in the afternoon at the basilica of

saint john john, the mass of the last supper which includes the washing of the feet as christ washed the feet of the apostles. it's a very important celebration and joyous feast. it was also the institution of the ukirs, but one taking place just hours before the passion and the crucifixion, which of course are what is happening today. now tonight, jon, certainly one of the more emotional moments, important event, the way of the cross at the coliseum, tens of thousands of pilgrims, candle lit there for the first time, those coming for the first time, something they certainly will not forget. jon. jon: greg burke, reporting live from rome, thank you. jenna: right now a high stakes chest game with iran taking a new turn, "the washington post" reporting that president obama send a message to tehran through another leader, turkey's prime minister, reportedly conveying to iran from the u.s. will accept an iranian civilian nuclear program, but with one make or break

exception, that support will come only if iran's supreme leader will validate his recent claim the country will never, ever pursue nuclear benefits. -- weapons, today an administration official telling fox, quote, we're not going to get into the specifics of private conversations. in the meantime, new american warships are the latest indication that u.s. strategy towards iran goes beyond diplomacy. the u.s.s. independence, won of two newly completed vessels, meant to give our navy a little bit of an edge. more of an edge or maybe something more specific to deal with the iranian attackremh bigger than iran's military might. this is particularly, though, for a place like the strait of hormuz, a strat egicly important waterway, a crucial oil shipping route and our next guest just spent time there embedded with the navy's fifth fleet, editorial editor for the

"wall street journal". let's start with "the washington post" report first him i'm just going to read from this report that the president has signaled to iran the u.s. will accept an iranian nuclear civilian nuclear program if the leader can back up his recent claim his nation will never pursue nuclear weapons. what kind of assurance do you think we're flooring and is it possible? >> it's a strange message to send for a couple of reasons. one is we have, since the days of the bush administration, accepted the idea that iran is, quote, entitled to a civilian nuclear program. so in a certain sense there's nothing new. on the other hand what's worrisome is almost every country that's acquired or elicitly acquired nuclear weapons capability has done so through the rue -- ruse of a nuclear civilian program. that's how india did it, israel today it -- did it, that's how pakistan and north korea did it, so for us to tell the iranians

we're going to accept the civilian nuclear program is worrisome because we don't want them to get close enough to getting a bomb to do so without us realizing when they're croing the finish line. jenna: it sounds like there's no assurance, no contract signed, no hand shake that would assure us that iran once they get the new clearly power, for civilian use, specifically won't someday, somehow, turn that into nuclear phaoeuts. >> this is a regime that breaks its word constantly on every single issue you can think of. we're picking up intelligence of the kind of support they're providing, additional support they're providing the taliban in afghanistan, that we're killing of hundreds of u.s. soldiers by providing ieds in iraq. for us now to have a kind of deal with this regime, with its kind of record, allowing it to come basically to 5 yards from the finish line and say okay, you're not going to go any further, i think is an incredibly and fool hearty proposition from the president. we're only going to be saved from it i suspect because the iranians will turn the

offer down. jenna: interesting. we'll watch for developments on that front. let's talk about something else. obviously you were in the strait of hormuz, you were folded when you were on own of our ships, you were folded by an iranian ship off in the distance. in fact i believe we have a little photo of that, just spotlighted for our audience. we're curious what you think about the news on this new ship that we're adding to our fleet. some are describing it as the darth vader of ships, it's quicker, lighter, it can go after smaller ships like the one we had on our screen. what are your thoughts on after spending time in this part of world? >> the military has a saying, quantity has a quality all its own and one of the things that was striking, we had only four major surface combatants out there. we have a navy that needs more ships and what these new combat ships do, they're extremely fast, they can go nearly 50 miles an hour, it's incredible the kind of capability they bring, but they're also relatively cheaper ships, we can develop them in large

kwaubttyings, they are supposed to replace the older ships and we have a navy that needs to increase the number of ships, its presence. so to the extent the ships are able to do that and bring ferocious and adaptive capability to the battlefield they'll ab welcomed presence. jenna: sounds like you're ready to go in bed with one of those ships, thank you for being here. >> thank you jenna. jon: new developments in a heartbreaking case, drawing international headlines. a british man, you probably remember this, convicted of murdering his wife and baby daughter in massachusetts. his attorney now says he should be set free. plus, a preview of a fox news special, john stossel on the central motto behind president obama's 2008 campaign, and why his yes we can means no, they can't. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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reporter i'm gregg giret with new information on a story "happening now" has been following, a military board recommend ago marine be discharged for criticizing president obama on his facebook page. now,s the board citing gary stein for misconduct. his lawyers, they -- though, say he was simply exercising his first amendment rights, sergeant stein, four-months away from the end of his service, went on facebook, superimposed images of president obama's face on a poster for the movie "jackass" and another film "the incredibles" which he changed to "the horribles". stein also said he would not obey what he said were unlawful orders, he was

allegedly warned by superiors but ignored them, a military board recommending what's called other than honorable discharge, meaning he'd lose benefits and would never again be allowed on a military base. stein's attorney says the nine-year marine was exercising his first amendment rights and expressing only his personal views. indeed he reportedly had a diskhaeupler on his facebook page saying so. but the military has a policy of limiting free speech of service members, including and especially criticism of the commander in chief. it's regarded as prejudicial to good order and discipline and could have a negative impact on other service members. representative duncan hunter, republican from california and former marine, wrote a letter to stein's commanding officer, stating that the sergeant should not face dismissal for an opinion shared by a imagine -- majority of marines, that he would not obey unlawfully orders. we're going to get more information as we get it. onjon gregg, thanks. yes we can is the motto

of president obama's 2008 electoral race, the one that propelled him into the white house. now in a new special, our own john stossel says living in big government turns yes we can into no they can't. here's a clip from his special: >> yes, we can. >> the politicians keep saying this. >> yes, we can. >> yes we can. >> yes we can. >> yes we can. >> and people believe it. >> yes we can! yes we can! >> but when we means government, the fact is, they can't. jon: has also written a book on, no, they can't, why government fails but individuals succeed. john stossel is host of "stossel" on the fox business network and joins us now. give us some examples, john. >> well, how about the tsa? we're all familiar with that. and again, it's intuitive that government can do things better and when we were all scared after

september 11th, people said we got to have government take this over, tom daschle said you can't professionalize if you don't federalize and the senate voted 100-zero to create the sasa, so now they spend ten times what the previous screeners spent. are they better? you've heard the complaints. but what moved me was seeing the one big city where they allow them to still have private screeners to opt out of the tsa. and they do better. we interviewed people who say gee, lines are moving quickly and these screener, they're nice, and the tsa tested them and found they're more likely to find contraband. they do it better because they have contests, where a screener can win $2000 if he's better at finding things and repacking luggage well. the private contractor knows he'll make more money if his people do a good job, they'll be fired if they don't. he tries harder. government outlaws that. jon: and again you examined what happened after the big financial crash in 2008.

we got dodd-frank as a result of that. that was the bill that was going to make sure it never happened again, right? >> right, and before that, sarbanes-oxley, which was supposed to make it never happen again. these agendaless rules give you the illusion of protection. you think government is protecting you. but the regulators aren't as smart as the cheaters, so the cheating still goes on, and people still get ripped off. we'll take to you a carribean country tonight where the rules are simple, ten pages to open a hedge fund, and there are no scams. jon: the fox news special, "no they can't", why government fails, but individuals succeed. it runs tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern. john stossel brings it to you right here on fox news channel. jon, thanks. jenna: i like that sign. he walks around with it! >> do you recognize these little sweet? coming up, a peep into an easter tradition! this is done very well by our very own chris chulos.

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jenna: well f. you're shopping for easter candy it's hard to avoid these little guys, right? they're peeps, the sugar-coated marshmallow candy, synonymous with spring and well, they find themselves even outside of easter baskets. take a look at this. you have peeps that occupy d.c., you have royal peeps as well, and going way back in time, you have peeps in the roman coliseum. take a look at that. we wanted to know more about the sweets that take over drugstore shelves every easter. matthew pie is vp of the marketing company that makes these and all these are made in pennsylvania, matt,

right? what is the idea for the little peeps, where does it come from? >> it started back in 1953, jenna, our candy company was looking to acquire a small candy company in lancaster, pennsylvania. we were buying that company for jelly bean, but hrofplt and behold in the back room, there were a hundred of these amish women making the peep chicks by hand with pastry tubes, and so at the time, bob warren, the father of peeps, he thought wow, this is what this company is all about, and actually, we bought the company and a year later, he automate dollars the entire process, and what used to take 27 hours with amish women doing it overnight now only takes six minutes a day. jenna: six minutes per peep? >> six minutes per peep from the time we make it all the way to the packaging and out the door and headed to the store shelves. >> jenna: i read somewhere you do 2 billion peeps every year, is that right? >> that's right. most people know our chicks and bunnies at easter time but we make pumpkins and

halloween, trees, snow men at christmas, hearts at valentine's day, over 2 billion annually and at easter e.800000000 chicks and bunnies. >> incredible. you make them in pennsylvania? it's still a local company? >> yeah, we've been making peeps, since 1953, when we bought the company in bethlehem, pennsylvania. jenna: jon is enjoying them. by the way -- >> jon: i feel bad. they're so cute, i feel bad. >> don't feel bad at all, bite the head off. that's what most people do usually the way they eat it. jenna: good to know and from the company themselves, they said go ahead and bite the head off. jon: dig in! jenna: what is the best way to eat a peep, any special way? >> everybody has a different way, usually the biting the head off first is number one, some people bite the tail and stretch it off. everybody has their own different way. some people put it in the microwave, pop a hole in the package, let it get hard.

jenna: be careful if you put it in the microwave, it can explode. thanks matt, nice to have you on this big time of year for you guys, we're enjoying the peeps and we'll be right back with more of "happening now". yonk yonk heo \on/zero [ male announcer ] fighting pepperoni heartburn and pepperoni breath? fight both fast with new tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. new tums freshers. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ [ male announcer ] fast relief, fresh breath, all in a pocket sized pack.

jenna: just ahead on "happening now," a raging controversy on links. augusta national not moving from it's all male policy. it's becoming a red-hot issue on the campaign trail as well. new developments in a brutal murder case in massachusetts. a british man convicted of killing his own wife and infant daughter now wants a new trial. a surveillance camera capturing a terrifying moment, you're going to see it, an suv crashes through right into a convenience store. you see the woman standing right at the register. we have dramatic pictures and exactly what happened there

coming up. jon: first, though, new developments in the high stakes showdown over iran's nuclear program. a report president obama has sent that rogue nation a very strong message on a possible deal with a make-or-break exception. hello to you on this good friday, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee, welcome to a brand-new hour of "happening now." the president sending this message to iran through another world leader saying the united states will accept a civilian nuclear program only if iran's supreme leader can assure us they will never pursue nuclear weapons. jon: that seems like a big if. james rosen is live in washington. >> reporter: from a journalist who has long enjoyed private access to the nation's top officials in successful white houses what appears to be fresh evidence of the obama administration's enduring commitment to engagement with iran. a columnist who the white house recently trusted with details of

what was found at osama bin laden's compound in pakistan is today siting that pres president obama used a key ally in strained dialogue with iran. the turkish prime minister who visited iran last week was asked personally by president obama to convey the message that the u.s. would accept iran having a nuclear program if the iranians would demonstrate that they would never use it for military purposes as they claim. if true such an effort by president obama would be a curious one. for one thing the u.n. nuclear watchdog repeated in february that, quote they continued to have serious concerns to military dimensions to iran's military program. this administration like the bush white house has already delivered this same private message publicly and often, quote, well we've said many times, the secretary of state has said many times that iran high school a right to a

civilian nuclear program. then p.j. crowley said two years ago, the dilemma for us and the u.s. community is the actions iran is take. its refusal to engage points to the fact that it is in fact pursuing a military program. white house officials told fox news they wouldn't get into specifics with private talks with between the president and the turkish prime minister, but that they did discuss iran. a confirmation of a confirmation. jenna: the u.s. economy adding 120,000 jobs in march, that is down from previous months and some are suggesting this may be an indication of a slow down in the job market. beater barnes is reporting for the fox business network and joins us now from the white house. hi, peter. >> yeah, 120,000 nonfarm payrolls for march, way believe expectation of about 200,000. the consensus estimate from wall

street analysts, but the unemployment rate did tick down to 8.2%, the lowest rate since january of 209. this monthly increase of 120,000 jobs was a sharp deceleration from job creation in the previous three months. we had been seeing job creation of 240, 250,000 jobs a month, january, february and march. unclear why this slow down here. but the president, at an event today for women, he was speaking at a conference here for women at the white house chose to accentuate the positive. >> our country has created 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years, over 600,000 over the past three months alone. but it's clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way, and that we've got a lot more work to

do. >> of course republicans jumped all over this report as not good enough. a statement from house speaker john boehner red quote, today's report shows that families and small businesses are still struggling to get by because of president obama's failed economic policies. i want to also bet you know if you're looking for a job where you might be able to find one. manufacturing is still on fire right now in this country, up 37,000 jobs last month. leisure and hospitality was up 39,000. healthcare continues to grow up about 26,000. finance, mainly banking up 15,000. sectors that lost jobs, 34 jobs cut in retail. construction was down 7,000. and temp workers, a lot of folks have been going to temps to try to find jobs but they cut 7500 jobs last month. jenna. jenna: interesting break down for us, peter thanks so much. jon: new information now on a ship scuttled to the bottom of

the sea. the u.s. coast guard opening fire on a japanese pwhroez ship drifting since the deadly tsunami last year. greg jarrett is following that story. >> reporter: the ghost ship as it is calls is resting in davie jones locker, the bottom of the see, or more accurately at the bottom of the gulf of today. set adrift 13 months ago because of the tsunami had made its ways into u.s. waters in busy shipping lanes where it became a serious hazard to vessels, no running lights on board, almost invisible at night. the ship -ps ships owner and others wanted to rescue it but they could not tow it. >> in the end a coast guard cutter fired its big canyons at the dare atlantic ship causing it to catch fire. it eventually took on water and

sank. >> somehow it ruptured a fuel tank internally and there was fuel and oil from one end of the boat to the other. >> the fishing boat was far enough away from the shore so any fuel on board would not pose a danger to land. it was pretty good shooting practice for the u.s. coast guard. you can atmosphere use a little of that, i suppose. jon: i guess the ship was dare atlantic any way, they were going to scrap it in japan, that's why nobody really wanted the thing. >> exactly. jon: greg, thank you. jenna: the second roufpbd the masters is underway at augusta national. once again there is some controversy over membership in the all-male golf club. the club's restrictive policy, no women allowed, has been an issue for years, now it's getting more attention as a matter for presidential politics. here is white house president obama secretary jay carney talking about it yesterday and also mitt romney on the campaign trail. >> i didn't have that conversation with him. the president answered quite clearly to me, which i conveyed to you that he believes augusta should admit women.

we are kind of long past the time when women should be excluded from anything. >> i'm not a member of a gus tarbgs i don't know thaaugusta, i don't know that i would qualify, my golf game is not that good. certainly if i were a member, if i could run augusta, which is not likely, sure i would have women in augusta. jenna: attorney jennifer bonjean and attorney rebecca rose woodland. any of you golfers? >> i have coownership in a golf club and we admit women. jenna: let me start with theee tkpwalt of this jennifer. some of us had questions of is this legal and why can a club do this but a company can't? >> it is legal. this is because it's a private club. in fact, you can't get really a more private club than augusta. and while public entities, and companies are not permitted to

discriminate, private clubs are, assuming of course that they are actually a private club and not charading as a private club. jenna: rebecca kwrepbd der seems different thagender seems different than race or religion. this club can't say no jewish people allowed, how can they say women? >> there is a very different exclusion from title 3 of the americans with disabilities act and the civil rights act that congress and the supreme court has upheld that the private clubs are excluded from. there could be another issue other than gender that could be excluded in a private club. in this case, though, we only have females at this point that are not admitted to membership. they are allowed to play at augusta, that is clear, only if invited by a male member, but they are not allowed to become

members. i say, look, why not let them in? although it's legal, you know, that they are not in, and that the club has that right, why not, augusta let us in, let the females comes in. jenna: there are always sorts of clubs in new york city that are like this. there are social clubs, men's clubs, women's clubs. should all women's clubs allow men in, or is augusta different for some reason. >> augusta is very specific in that it's a phenomenal golf course that golfers want to play on, and the situation they are facing now is that one of their main sponsors ibm now has a ceo and she is female. in the past they have always given membership to their main krerbgs o sponsor and now they are facing a problem. there is a female ceo. >> i think the issue though is if people believe it really had anything to do with golf or socializing with men they'd probably be okay with it.

most of us can accept and appreciate that same-sex organizes or clubs are actually good, we enjoy them, as women we enjoy them. people think that there is something different going on, that women are being excluded from influencing greater economic type of entities, because big business is playing out in augusta. augusta is a symbol of big business, of power, and it's something larger. jenna: you think it's more symbolic, that's why people have an issue with this specifically, not really about whether or not women can join the club and have lunch there and play golf. >> exactly. the reality is it's going to change. jenna: rebecca let me ask you this final point you mentioned what happened to the imb ceo. she's a woman this year, last year she with us not a woman. would we be talking about this if it wasn't a woman krerbgs o fowoman for ceo? can we pull the guest back on the screen, i don't want to just look at myself.

rebecca and jennifer come become on the jean. >> this has been a long-standing debate. this is not the first year we've had this major debate regarding women being allowed entrance and membership to augusta. this is not the first time and i don't think it's going to be the last. augusta claims its having private membership meetings to decide whether or not they should admit women. let's see if this year changes, because it's happened before. >> it will be because of social pressure not because of any threat of litigation. jenna: we actually don't know who is a member of the club. membership is confidential. we'll see what happens, if she is there with the green jacket on. monday is the results, is that right? i don't know, okay. it's over on easter. so we'll see if she is there with the green jacket. rebecca and jennifer miniature golf on me next time. we appreciate both of you today. happy easter. >> thank you, happy easter to you too. jon: a man with a plan to put americans back to work, and no

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jon: right now new information on some crime stories we are following. the disappearance of this florida mother is now h-bg called highly suspicious. her estranged husband is raising questions after she never showed up to pick up their kids. the 38-year-old was last seen last week, her car found in her driveway. new details emerging on the detroit teen who killed his girlfriend's mother and new boyfriend before killing himself. police say brian douglas white posted messages on his facebook

page weeks before the attack. some disturbing signs on there that he was a deeply troubled kid. notorious serial killer charles manson says he won't attend his parole hearing next week. a board is considering whether he should be released. they've rejected his parole application 11 times. manson one of several people convicted of killing actress sharon tate and six others in 1969. jenna: on the job hunt with an innovative plan to help put people back to work. instead of paying for unemployment you'll use that money as a subsidy to create a new job. laura ingle is live with more. >> reporter: this is the second-phase of the hire just one project that was launched by a very determined man who was -p driven to help americans get back on the job. this is a follow-up story we are bringing you today. we first met gene ep stein in

2010 when he started his hire just one campaign, a program he came up with in which he would donate $1,000 to charity if accompany would, you guessed it, hire just one. he says he has put over 100,000 people back to work with his plan but wants to take it a step further. the new hire initiative would transfer weekly unemployment compensation payments to a company who hires a previously unemployed person as a payroll subsidy for expanding their staff. he says his plan has many steps that will insure a chain reaction of success. >> there has to be a net gain of jobs. a person has to be unemployed at least six months. a company has to pay that person at least double what their unemployment is, as a minimum. >> reporter: he says he believes this new phase of his plan could put at least 3 million people back to work and they'll hopefully start spending, which

will stimulate the economy further. we spoke with a u.s. representative here in pennsylvania and says it's a plan that is being considered by the ways and means committee staff and research team to try to craft the language so they can put this in bill form. then they will try to get this introduced as a piece of legislation. >> we need to try to get it moving through the legislative process by getting the support and attention of the committee chairman where the bill will be, as well as leadership in the house and senate and hopefully get it moving through the process as soon as possible. >> reporter: now if any of this sounds familiar there is a test plan similar to ep stein's going on right now with the payroll tax cut extension which passed in february. that is only a test program that affects ten states, where ten states can participate. gene's plan will be national if it's passed, and you know he's very hopeful and many people getting a good buzz on this and saying it could really work. jenna: it's an interesting idea. thank you. interesting one. we'll have to watch that. jon: it's the kind of thing stossel is talking about in that program tonight, how private

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jon: a british man convicted of killing his wife and infant daughter in massachusetts is requesting a new trial before the massachusetts supreme court. he says cops did not have a warrant to search his rented home 4 they entered and found

the bodies of his wife and nine-month daughter in bed. they had been shot to death. greg jarrett is live with more. >> reporter: police are normally required to get a search warrant signed by a judge stating probable cause before entering anybody's home to conduct a search, but there are some legal caveats, for example, a legitimate search where no crime is suspected, or exigent circumstances, an urgent need to get into a home to locate missing persons. is that what happened the day police entered a home near boston without a warrant six years ago after receiving frantic calls from the family and friends of rachel entwhistle. her body along with her nine-month daughter found in bed shot to death. the husband and father nowhere to be found having pled to england. he immediately became the prime suspect. there was evidence he was dispond dent over mounting death, dissatisfied with his sex life. that became the motive. in an interview he insisted he

didn't kill his wife and baby. he claimed he returned from a two hour shopping trip and found them dead. he said he was so distraught he wanted to kill himself, he flew to england to be with his parents. he didn't know why he didn't call police. he didn't feel it was the right thing to do, was it? he was tried and convicted by a jury. he claims the fourth amendment violated by the police and the trial judge erred in allowing the jury to consider all are the evidence gathered in the home without the warrant. prosecutors say police were not investigating a crime, they were searching for a missing family, and beyond that the bodies would inevitably have been found. jon. jon: greg jarrett, thank you. so can his request for a new trial be granted? let's bring in eric swartzreich, a criminal defense attorney, and nicole deboard, a former

prosecutor. does this guy have a prayer here. >> he's going to need a prayer. you cannot go into someone's home absent special circumstances, exigent, if there was an emergency. i don't really know if there was an emergency in this situation. police had information of a missing person, no blood, no one being killed, no screams, no one being injured, and they took a blockbuster card and they broke the lock and went into a house, so they might have needed a warrant. as far as the inevitable discovery, whether or not the police would have discovered it any way, i don't know. the bottom line is they went into a house without a warrant, and that is problematic for the government. jon: this guy is currently serving a life sentence, no possibility of parole. nick koerblgs you're a former prosecutor, we should point out, if you were hearing this case as a judge, what would you rule? >> well, in this case they absolutely had exigent circumstances. they completely had eve every right to go into this home.

they had received information that family and friends were very concerned for the safety of the individuals in the home and they really had no choice but to go in and check to make sure the people were safe, and obviously they were not. jon: his story did not hold um. he claimed that he found his wife and daughter, nine months old by the way, shot to death in their bed. what does he do? he walks around for a while, thinks about killing himself. ends up at the airport, flies home to england to be with mommy and daddy. it's a crazy story. this bit about the police were illegally searching the house and therefore i should get a new trial, if that were to happen, i mean if the court rules in his favor, nicole, doesn't the search evidence then get thrown out? >> well it can. as you've heard the other people say, obviously exigent circumstances are the first issue, the second issue would be, would they have discovered the bodies any way? and certainly this is a rented home, family and friends were

obviously looking for this mother and child, and inevitably these people would have been discovered and the evidence would have been discovered any way. i think there is a fair chance that the prosecution would be allowed to use this evidence in a retrial any way. jon: seems like a stretch to me, h, eric to say that this was an illegal search. the police were called by the friends and family of this young mother. >> the police cannot, and i emphasize cannot, nor do we want them going into our homes, breaking into our homes absent and emergency circumstance. our homes are sacred. i know the neighbors were making calls and reports. that doesn't mean this was an emergency looking for someone. they needed an emergency. whether or not the appellate court, the supreme court of massachusetts will overturn this case with these facts i don't know. but there certainly is an issue here and they probably should have had a warrant, and next

time the police should go get a warrant when they don't have emergency circumstances when they want to go into someone's home. jon: nicole, what if next time maybe the mother and baby haven't quite yet expired, maybe they are clinging to life and the police are out on the front porch, on the phone calling in to a judge for a warrant. how does that then fly? >> well, the police have a responsibility in the community to make sure that the citizens are safe. we call this the community care taking function of the police, and they didn't just receive information from neighbors that they thought maybe something was fishy. these people called the police and said we were invited over for dinner, it's very unusual that they did not answer the door, they always are where they say they are going to be and they didn't answer the door. we are very concerned that people are inside and are hurt. so they had very specific information about why they might believe someone inside was in trouble. they had ever right to go into that home and we ne need to expect police to be able to get into a home under those circumstances. jon: the husband and the father

of that nine-month has been convicted of their murders. he's the one appealing, we'll keep an eye on it and let everyone know what happens. thank i both. >> thank you. jenna: winter is readying to strike back, a major storm brewing in the west getting set to bring heavy snow in april. your weekend forecast straight ahead. a woman driving in the wrong direction sets off a high-speed chase. we'll bring you the must-see hot tape in just a few moments. when you have diabetes... 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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jenna: lots of people, asking what kind of weather we'll get around the country, our chief meteorologist reich reichmuth is here live in the fox weather center. fingerfingers, crossed. >> it's hard to imagine, we had such a bad week with the weather, that storm system is almost gone, a few showers across south carolina and florida and in montana, we're getting snow, this storm bringing pretty significant snow, some spots in the higher elevations, maybe a foot and a half will accumulate. it's also windy so we have blizzard warnings across the area of montana, through tomorrow morning, winter storm warnings in effect, but the good part about this is most of the snow stays

into montana, maybe parts of wyoming, as well. but it does move off towards the north, manitoba, not a north dakota maker. take a look at the next couple of days. this is the future cast. throughout date, not much going on, tomorrow afternoon, a little rain towards texas and oklahoma. some of that could be a little severe, that's tomorrow afternoon, the rest of the country, you're looking great, moving into easter sunday, any kind of sunrise services, a few showers across the great lakes, still showers around oklahoma and texas, but aside from that there's really not much going on and your temperatures for your easter sunday, still very nice across the southeast, not as hot as it's been, which will be welcomed for many and across the west things looking good, m mazoula, you're warming up. jenna: good news for the easter bunny. our priority. not the priority, but you know what i mean! rick, thank you. jon: nbc news is in the

middle of a major controversy over its airing of the 911 call to police in the deadly shooting of trayvon martin. the "today show" aired a clip of the phone call which was placed by george zimmerman, the accused shooter, just minutes before he shot martin, but the call was edited by nbc in such a way that it could be interpreted as making zimmerman sound racist. a report says that an investigation by the network found the decision was a bad mistake, but not a deliberate one. judith miller is 'pulitzer prize winning investigator, kirsten power for the daily beast, both fox news contributors, so judy, what do we make of what this producer supposedly at nbc did? >> well, we don't know enough to make anything of it except that it was, as they say, a terrible mistake. we have to take them at their word that it was deliberate. you know, the passive tone of this statement is truly remarkable. mistakes were made. in the editing process.

we don't know how it happened, who did it, what happened to the person who did it, and they said that they're going to take steps to ensure that it doesn't happen again. but they don't say what those steps are. and finally, even though they apologized to their viewers, they did not apologize to the one viewer who has every reason to be aggrieved, that is swrorpblg zimmerman. he deserved a special apology. and i don't believe they made their announcement on the air, they issued a statement. i think they should have definitely corrected the mistake on the air if they haven't done so. jon: kirsten, this whole case is fraught with so much tragedy and so much danger, really, when it comes to race relations, and when you edit that 911 call to sort of spite -- i guess spice up the fact that the guy he was watching is black, it just, i don't know, it's pretty appalling. >> well, you try to give people the benefit of the doubt. people do make mistakes.

in this situation, what makes it a little suspicious is they chose to include mr. zimmerman, saying what race the victim was, and so in doing so you do have to ask why would you make a point to add that in but leave out him being asked the question. i mean, you have to go out of your way to do that. so i suppose they could perhaps argue it was for time or something like that, that they were just trying to make it tighter, but because of the larger issues that we're facing with this case and the racial issues that are involved, i think you have to be extra careful in these situations not to do something that's going to be inflammatory. jon: judy, they're not releasing the name of this employee, they're saying it's an experienced producer. is that appropriate, to keep everything about it under wraps? >> no, i don't think that is appropriate. this is a situation, jon, that cries out for more details, not fewer of them. and another issue is the fact that this was nbc,

which did this. and msnbc has been really a kind of promoter of the trayvon as victim theme and therefore, they've had al sharpton not only having his own show in which he's been highlighting this case and the demand for justice by the family and by so many americans, but he is also not only has his own show but has been leading marchs, so nbc should have been particularly careful about making such a mistake, and when it was made, particularly careful about responding to all the questions, legitimate questions, that have been raised about how that mistake was made. jon: just so our viewers know, the specifics of what we're talking about, the clip that nbc played has zimmerman saying this guy looks like he's up to no good, he looks black. but in fact, there were a number of intervening exchanges in between this guy looks like he's up to no

good, then the dispatcher asks him oh, okay, and is he white, black -- black, whaoeus or hispanic, that's when zimmerman says he looks black. it's just a pretty egregious bit of editing, and i don't understand the purpose. >> it's very -- as i said, the problem with the explanation, and the apology, is that it doesn't address those questions. and i think the network really has an obligation to do so. because you know, this is such a polarizing issue for the country. peoples' passions and emotions have gone so high, and so many reporters drew conclusions about george zimmerman based on what they heard on that statement. it needed more clarification. jon: and so many people in florida and across the country. judith miller, kirsten powers, thank you both. >> thank you. jon: be sure to join us for "news watch" tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. eastern here on fox news channel. jenna: make sure we don't miss it.

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jon: it is the center of some of the nation's -- the east coast's military installations, virginia beach, virginia we're talking about. if you look at this traffic camera photo, the smoke in the upper left khaorpbd of the screen there is apparently thought by what is believed to be -- caused by what is believed to be a military jet that has gone down in virginia beach. it is believed that the pilot ejected. all kinds of agencies are on their way to respond to that

smoke. they don't know where this plane landed. but a military aircraft, tobld have gone down in the virginia beach, virginia area. we'll get more information as soon as it becomes available. jenna: also today, some new jobs numbers out showing hiring is slowing down for the first time in a few months, 120,000 new jobs created in march. that's less than expected. in the meantime, the white house is hosting a forum on women and the economy, and joining us now is labor secretary hilda solis, this forum just wrapped up so we're glad to have you with us today. >> thank you very much. jenna: let's start with the jobs numbers. i know that one month doesn't tell us a whole lot, but last year, we saw an interesting pattern emerge, where we started off the year very strong, then the job market got softer, through the spring and summer, then picked back up in the fall. do you anticipate a similar pattern repeating this year? >> well, it's very unpredictable. we look at the figures

month-by-month. but i will tell you, looking back at the last year, we've actually seen a trending up of jobs, and if you look back at a 25 month period we've added 4 million private sector jobs. we know we need more to do, this jobs report is just one picture view for this passing month, but we know that everything the president has done to try to add more jobs in, and incentivize businesses by allowing for payroll tax deduction and unemployment extension for people out of work, all that helps to provide jointive for people to spend money. we know know that consumer confidence is a bit up but we have more to do. that's why the president is talking about investments in education, training, getting credentials, making sure the employers with find employees with the right set of skills. jenna: when you look at this latest data, why didn't the economy create as many jobs? what sort of head winds have you seen in the month of march have you seen that were maybe different than earlier this year? >> well, i'm just looking at the trends and overall most

of the sectors, with the exception of the construction and retail went down, but we do see that there are jobs still being created in manufacturing, in leisure, hospitality, in health care, and in business and profession, so we know that there is movement and we know there are fewer part-time workers, so there is a change going on. it's hard to say, because it's only a one-month picture, and i have to look at what has happened in the past and i don't forecast what goes on in the future. jenna: absolutely. and it is important to take a big look at the last couple of years. when we look at the last few years, our viewers have the question of why is it taking so long to speed up job growth, why don't we see bigger numbers every month as we are in an economic recovery as the president suggests. >> this has been one of the worst recessions that we have ever been in. most people haven't fully realized how deep we were in this recession. the president has done a lot to help induce more productivity in manufacturing, investments,

and transportation, and also, in the automobile industry. that continues to grow, which is a good sign. but we need to make sure that all sectors and that all individuals who are seeking employment find it. that's why we're restructuring our u.i. program, our uninsurance program, to employers can bring on workers, we can help subsidize that pie or people can use u.i. benefits to start their own company and if they fail they can go back on the program but we're coming up with new ideas and rebranding one-stop centers so people know easily what button to hit to find a job, look for a job and they don't necessarily have to walk into our offices, they can do it online or the public library. jenna: those are important points and we want to make sure we keep up with the ideas as the new ideas come in. i want to ask you about the event today, the women's economic forum. one of the things talked about in the past recession, some have called it a mancession, jon my coanchor reminds me of how tough it is for men out there and if

you take a look at the recent report from the last month, the unemployment rate is lower for women than it is for men. why the focus on women and job creation? is this more political than really economically necessary? >> it's economically necessary because even though women are in the work force, they are not making the same comparable wages as men do, so even though we have more women getting degrees from universities, many are still underrepresented at the higher ranks in management and also at the ceo level, whether it be in the public or private sector. so we're looking at pay equity, we're looking at closing that wage gap, because women only other than 70 cents on the dollar, plus women who are working hard need to have more information about what their counterparts are making. so we're looking at new kinds of data that we can collect so women can make that comparison and learn how to negotiate with their employers, but also, discuss that and have more of an open transparent discussion about it without feeling retaliation by their employer.

and there are good examples of employers that are doing the right thing to help women, also, keel deal with family issues if they have to take care of someone at home, having flexibility in the work place so they can take time off to care for a loved one or a child. jenna: important factors. we have breaking news we're going to have to run to. we appreciate you and your time today on this very important jobs day. thank you very much for joining us. >> all right. jon: fox news alert. some ominous news -- ominous news out of virginia beach, bas, where a military aircraft has gone down, an faa18 hornet, often used on aircraft carriers but the ominous part is it has apparently landed in some kind of a dwelling. there are two different reports out. one says it hit on apartment complex, another says that it hit a house. again, this has just happened in the last few minutes in the 900 block of south bird neck road in virginia beach, virginia, an f18 horbet has gone down,

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jon: a fox news alert, an fa18 hornet has apparently gone down near a major road in virginia beach, virginia a. fire broke out on the ground about 40 minutes ago when this thing went down. we're told that the 2-member crew of the f18 ejected and we hope that they are safe on the ground. the ejection process can sometimes be fatal, just because the speeds can be so catastrophic. but at any rate, apparently two parachutes were seen, it

is believed the crew ejected but this f18 hornet landed somewhere in an apartment complex is the early indication. we're getting pictures from wavy in virginia beach. you can see the fire that erupted on the ground as a result of this f18 hornet crash. jenna: jon, as a pilot, i know these are not normally the type of planes that you've been able to fly in the past but talk to us a bit more about what you were saying there, about the parachuting and why the speed could be a factor there when someone ejects from the plane. >> let me delay that for a second jenna because it's my understanding we have an eyewitness from across street, mr. wilder has apparently seen what happened when this thing, this jet plummeted out of the sky. you know, some of the -- the navy has some of the best pilots in the world and they always try if they've got a stricken aircraft, they always try to direct it away from populated areas before it crashes, and you know that this crew tried to do

everything they could to keep this plane from landing in a populated area but virginia beach, a very populated military area, a lot of military bases there, but also, a number -- it's a fairly large metropolitan area on that peninsula. let's listen into waivey's coverage. >> a navy jet, crashing into an apartment complex. >> it's bad enough but when you think about the densely populated areas and the schools nearby, that this could happen. we were talking to mr. sealy earlier, he said it was like -- he liked having his office where it he was because he liked watching the jets practice. never imagined something like this could happen. of course it's the subject of debate for a number of years, people live too close to the military base. we've seen brac officials coming into town, bringing up that issue and we have watched the military and the community trying to cooperate for years to try to work something out. >> the state has helped

virginia beach buy property to give it a clear, wide berth and safety zone, away from the jets coming in, going out, giving them room to make a mistake and not affect people. but here, this crash, the first one in a while and we're researching when the last time we had any kind of jet crashes in virginia beach, but this crash, in the area of the apartment complex, and that is not far from south birdneck road, around the 900 block. and around 24th street, also, to give you a -- >> jon: that's the coverage from waivey television in virginia beach. bran wilder lives across the street from where this f18 hornet crashed, apparently into an apartment complex, bran. is that what it is, an apartment complex? >> yes it is. it's the mayfield apartment complex after of birdneck, 900 block. >> were you home at the time?

>> i was. in my back yard. i live 300 yards from the crash site. i live there with my dog. all of the sudden we heard an earth shattering boom, i looked outside, saw only one parachute, and it was pretty loud, the whole ground shook , everyone -- we felt our windows were going to shatter. jon: the f18 carries a 2-man crew. let's hope the pilots got out okay. what can you tell about the apartment complex, were people likely home at the time? >> i'm assuming so. in this area, it's a lot of restaurant workers live here, and you know, me personally, i know a lot of people that live in the area that were home until 4:00, 5:00, then they go to work. my guess is yes, when i arrived on the scene, i didn't see any triage vehicles or anything of the sort. there were a lot of people trying to drive down birdneck, trying to get a closer view and it was hindering emergency services getting to the scene.

jon: could you tell, did you get a look at how many apartment units might be involved in the fire? >> from my vantage point at the time, i was probably -- when i walked over there, i was maybe about 30 yards from it, and there was definitely at least one to two that were completely engulfed in flames. and just the building complexes, not the apartments, four huge complexes. so i'm assuming at least one entire structure has gone down, possibly two by this point. jon: all right. bran wilder, a neighbor of that apartment complex in virginia beach, virginia, which as you can see, is the middle of a conflagration right now, an f18 hornet, one of the navy's premiere fighter attack jets, usually carries a 2-person crew, that hornet has gone down in virginia beach in this neighborhood in the middle of good friday. what an awful event. let's hope, let's hope, that by some stroke of luck, that