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martha: a lot of positive response to the brian banks story. a lot of people interested in them. bill: i have vacation next week. i'll be out. you'll carry the show. martha: really. a heck of a time to tell me. have a great time. bayh, everybody. jon: brand-new story and breaking news. jenna: north korea warning it won't be able to guarantee the safety of british dip plea maths. the latest as tensions in the region continue toess ka late. plus the jodi arias murder trial takes a turn, and the prosecutor is back in attack mode. what it could mean for the case. and a new study shows some great benefits of breastfeeding, but not just for the baby. how you can cut your risk of cancer potentially through breastfeeding. it's all "happening now."
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jenna: hi, everybody, hope you're off to a great friday so far. thanks for joining us. i'm jenna lee. jon: we made it to friday. jenna: so far let's not jinx anything. jon: i'm jon scott. in the case of tom clements shot when he opened the door of his hope last month. police have arrested 47-year-old james lore this morning one of two men wanted in connection with the case. the other man still on the run and police warn he is armed and dangerous. alicia ac u.n. a live with details. >> reporter: they say that james lore was found a few miles from tom clement's home. we know there was a foot chase and that that came after cops tried to pull him over in a car. he is not a suspect in this case at this point, but he is a known associate of the white supremacist prison gang the 211 crew. as is thomas goulet who is
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considered armed and dangerous. his mother told the denver post she wants him to surrender. both men are being called persons of interest in the murder of colorado prison director tom clements killed at his home. and nathan legs, on a father of three working an extra job delivering pizzas on sunday. they say legs, on was killed two days before clements. the jon: the case has prompted the governor to call for investigations? >> reporter: yes it will be two fold. it will take a critical look at the way eve van ebel was released from prison and how authorities lost track of of him once he was on patrol. john hickenlooper ordered an audit of all prison inmate sentences to assure they are serving the right amount of time. evan ebel was let go four years too soon accidentally.
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there will be an independent review of the parole process, this after ebel removed his monitoring device and his parole officer lost contact. >> i can tell you the officer that was responsible for evan ebel's supervision is an outstanding officer, and i will stand here before you and tell you that we have found nothing that has brought -- been brought to my attention with regard to any deficiencies in his management of the offender population. >> reporter: the department of corrections here says this is going to be an extensive process, as you can imagine, because, jon, these records number in the thousands. jon. jon: so many strange and sad turns in this case. thank you. jenna: this just in, north korea telling britain and russia to consider evacuating their embassies in pyongyang. britain says it was told its staff members that are there, that their safety will not be guaranteed after april 10th in the event of a conflict.
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this is following a series of near daily threats of nuclear attacks and coming after we learned north korea moved missiles to its east coast and reportedly loaded them onto launchers. david piper is live in seoul with more. david. >> reporter: hi, jenna, yes officials have confirmed that they were contacted by pyongyang advising them to move their staff out of the embassy there in the north korean capitol by april the 10th if the tensions here escalate. russia also confirming they got that message. neither has said they are doing anything about it as yet. there's also real growing concerns here in south korea about the situation. korea's financial markets sold off heavily today with the main cost index falling more than 1.5%. south korea is beefing up its military capabilities to deal with any missile strike by north korea. it sent two warships to sea now, one to be stayinged off the east coast and one off the west coast, both have missile defense
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systems capable of shooting down a missile. the latest reports from here in south korea is that pyongyang has moved two medium-range missiles to its east coast and the u.s. and it's allies are monitoring them closely. south korea has been down-playing the movement of the missiles publicly, though the country's defense minister says they could be being prepared for a t denied reports the missiles could reach the u.s. mainland. he believes the missiles have a range of about 1800 miles. they could then be able to strike japan and south korea as well as the u.s. territory of guam which the north has threatened to hit. the u.s. has already deployed warships with missile defense capabilities into that area. the pentagon is also moving high altitude missile defense systems to guam but it will take a few weeks for it to be shipped there. pyongyang has been ramping up its rhetoric in recent days. it's latest threat came from the north korean army, a spokesman
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said yesterday they were ready to launch improved nuclear weapons at the u.s. experts don't say they have that capability as yet, mainly because of the miniature eyization needed of the weapon. but at the moment tensions as i said, jenna remain very high here and everyone is waiting to see if they will perhaps decide to do some kind of limited strike as they've done before back in 2010. back to you. jenna: david piper live in seoul. this is one of our big stories today. coming up former u.n. ambassador john bolton will join us and weigh in on the rising tepbg tph-s north korerise rising tensions in north korea and whether there is anything we can do about it. jon: president obama's off the cuff remarks at a california fund-raiser rekindling concerns about the tone inside his administration. the president found himself praising the looks of california's attorney general kamala harris saying quote, have you to be careful to first of all say she is brilliant and she
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is dedicated, and she is tough and she is exactly what you'd want in anybody who is administering the law and making sure everybody is getting a fair shake. she also happens to be by far the best looking attorney general in the country. well, monica crowley is a fox news contributor, also author of "what the bleep just happened the happy warrior's guide to the great american come back" and making no comments on your appearance. >> that would be totally fine by me by the way, jon. jon: what do you think about what the president had to say. >> i have so many problems with president obama. but this is not one of them. jon: really? >> i think it's perfectly fine to call somebody attractive. what he said was sincere, it was honest, it was very sweet, and, look, i think he meant it very honestly. there was no maliciousness in it, and context is everything, right, jon? there was no sexual harassment involved here, no mean-spiritedness. and look she appreciated the comment and as women i can tell
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you when men stop calling you attractive that's when you have a problem. jon: this is a white house that has been accused of being, well accused of being a boy's club. >> sure, well you know what i really don't care if the white house is a boy's club. i care about the policies that the president is putting in place. we got another very ugly jobs number this morning, that's what i care about. but i would also say this. by way of defend being the president if we're going to say he's got a boy's club going. he's had two of his top appointees cabinet officials who have been women. his first secretary of state, hillary clinton, his director of homeland security, janet in a poll tan kwroefplt his two closes advisers are women, his wife michelle and valerie jarrett. he is surrounded by powerful and strong women. if he happens to choose to play hoops with dude only i have no problem with that whatsoever. jon: the writer ron suskind during his first term wrote that book in which he quoted anita dunn the white house
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communications director as saying this white house would be a hostile workplace for woman or would be considered such. >> two advisers have expressed that they thought it was really difficult for women to work in the white house because of the old boy's mentality. but look, i am somebody who really supports merit. if you are the best person for the job, male or female regard leafs race, gender you should be in there. the president relies on certain people for certain jobs and that's his prerogative. jon: there were folks calling paul ryan hot as a candidate. >> i was one of them, just saying. jon: did you get any blow back from that. >> paul ryan is hot, mitt romney is hot. i have no problem whatsoever saying somebody is attractive and i think they appreciated those nice comments as well. jon: what matters in your book is the way they do the job. >> the way they carry out policies, their philosophy, what they are doing to the country this,ee what matters most to me and i think to most americans. jon: monica crowley basically agreeing with the obama
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administration, or with the president at least in this one case. >> absolutely. jon: let's put this day in the record books, shall we? >> you've got it. jon: monica, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: fox news is getting a sneak peak at president obama's new budget proposal even before it's released if we're going to talk a little bit about his policies. his plan is already getting serious push back. wendell goler is live at the white house. wendell, what details to we know now? >> reporter: we know it's based on the offer the president made to house speaker john boehner last december and the negotiations that failed to keep us from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. it includes a proposal to recalculate cost of living benefits for social security that will reduce the growth of benefits for most recipients. also a plan to increase tax revenue by closing loopholes. one administration official said, quote, this is not the president's ideal deficit reduction plan, this is a compromise proposal built on common ground and the president felt it was important to make clear that the offer still stands. the president's budget would cut
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the deficit by about $1.8 trillion over ten years with half the tax increases of the senate democrats plan. the house budget plan, the republican plan calls for no tax hikes at all, jenna. jenna: what is the reaction so far down in d.c.? >> reporter: well, ironically the first criticism came from the left. vermont senator bernie sanders who is an independent but he caucuses with democrats took a present eplt tiff shot yesterday. he said the budget proposal breaks with the president's 2008 promise not to cut social security. actually it trims the annual increase in benefits. but sanders said, quote, millions of working people, seniors, disabled veterans, those who have lost a loved one in combat and women will be extremely disappointed if president obama caves into the long-standing republican effort to cut social security. house speaker john boehner made clear he doesn't like the proposal though he stopped short of actually rejecting it. he said, quote, the president and i were not able to reach an agreement late last year because
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his offers never lived up to his rhetoric. the president's last offer was significantly skewed in favor of higher taxes, and included only mod et cetera entitlement savings. boehner says if entitlement savings are needed to preserve the programs they shouldn't be conditioned on another round of tax increases. jenna: it sets us up for an interesting week next week doesn't it wendell, as always. >> reporter: it does. jenna: wendell goler live at the white house. thank you so much. jon: a bizarre incident to tell you on board a school bus. a man allegedly allowed to board and ride-along side the little boys and girls on that bus. but it's what the suspect left behind that is causing concerns. and new troubles over border security. they could be stalling a deal on immigration reform. the new drone reports suggesting our border might not be as secure as once thought. [ anouncer ] ihop in time square to compare new griddle-melts to your usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flavor.
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jon: crime stories we are
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following right now. newly released court documents show a university of denver psychiatrist warned police about james holmes one month before the aurora, colorado aeu attack. she says he made violent comments and sent her threatening text messages. he is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in that movie theater massacre. arizona parents are questioning how a strange man was allowed to get on board a school bus, police arresting this man who he said left a loaded gun magazine behind on his seat and was involved in an incident with the students the day before. a pickup truck is recovered in the search for two boys kidnapped from their grandparents' home. florida police say the vehicle belongs to the childrens' father who allegedly tied up their grandmother before taking off with the two and four-year-old boys. jenna: new information on the battle for immigration reform. conservative lawmakers expressing concerns over border security as new drone reports
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surfaced. they suggest while border patrol agents are catching thousands of people jumping the fence many are crossing the united states-mexico border and getting away witness. mike emanuel is live from our washington bureau with more. homeland security secretary janet napolitano visited the border yesterday. what was her message? >> reporter: she was due to visit the tucson area today, so her tour continues looking at the situation on the border. she is making the case for common-sense immigration reform and is talking about the obama administration's efforts to secure the nation's borders. here ace sample of her message in texas. >> i can tell you that having worked that border for 20 years it is nor secure now than it has ever been. illegal apprehensions are at 40-year lows. drug seizures are at highs. crime rates in border cities are at historic lows as well. so by all the different measures
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one looks at along a border they are all trending in the right direction. >> reporter: there is some dispute about that among the immigration reform discussions is coming up with a proper measurement for how the u.s. is doing securing the border. the question is if apprehensions are down are authorities missing those crossing the border or are things actually tightening up, jenna. jenna: any reaction from those involved with immigration row form? >> reporter: i interviewed one of gang of eight senators, and senator jeff flake told me skwr*ebg napolitano should not be hajj ago mission accomplished banner on the border yet. staff members are putting their agreement on immigration reform into khrul legislative language, writing the bill. senator flake says u.s. officials need better situational awareness to know who is slipping through. the arizona senator offered this preview emphasizing the importance of security. >> so, as part of this legislation obviously we'll provide a lot of additional resources for the border.
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what we really need is for dhs to develop a man to get there, and to determine what a secure border really looks like. and we really haven't had the cooperation that we need so far. >> reporter: flake says the hope is the sevens working on immigration reform will have language they can present. the judiciary committee when lawmakers return to washington. jenna: it's that language and the word choices, right, mike that matter so much. jon: absolutely. jenna: regardless of what anyone says right now we'll see what actually gets written in legislation. great to see you as always. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: there is new fallout after video goes viral showing rutgers university basketball coach mike rice berating his players. he was fire. now we are learning someone else is out along with hill him. north korea telling britain and russia to consider evacuating their embassies in pyongyang, saying staff members' safety won't be guaranteed after a deadline that is just days away, what is that all about?
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ambassador john bolton with his thoughts next. i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home
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jon: fox news alert. one university's basketball mess gets bigger. the "associated press" reporting now that according to a source close to the decision rutgers athletics director tim perneti is out ofter the decision to fire the head basketball coach mike rice on wednesday e. was ousted after this video surfaced showing him using anti-gay slurs, shoving players and throwing balls at them in practice. the athletic director was accused of not punishing rice enough when he heard of the abuse. they will hold a press conference 1:00pm eastern time
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about an hour and a half from now. jenna: breaking news out of north korea today. britain and russia are told to consider evacuating their embassies in pyongyang as north korea claims it won't be able to guarantee the safety of diplomats after april 10th. we are also getting reports that two medium-range missiles are loaded onto launchers on north korea's east coast and are ready to be launched. big question about is it a test or something leer than that. john bolton is a form u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor. our viewers have heard it from multiple people over the last week that the risk of miss khral lacing in this scenario is very high. what is the miscalculation that everyone is worried about? >> if the north koreans do something for example, against south korea or japan, i think the likelihood of retaliation is very high. in the past several incidents south korea has not retaliated. public opinion polls show the
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population doesn't like that much. so there is some possibility here of them acting. another possibility with egus missile defense systems deployed by both south korea and the united states, if one of those missiles now hraufpbld on mobile missile launchers according to the south korean defense ministry, if they are fired and we determine or south korea determines they are going to intercept those missiles there is a possibility of all this escalating. there are a lot of different scenarios where things could get worse. the north koreans are stoke being the fire, comments they've made to russian and british diplomats obviously trying to widen the area of concern about what they are up to. this is well beyond rhetoric. i mean i don't think that there is any risk of north korea actually attacking 0 united states, that's what what we should be worried about. it's a demonstration that they could be prepared to do something military that could escalate. jenna: how much power or control
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do we have in this situation? >> well i think what we should be doing and what i don't think the administration is doing is making it very clear to north korea that this behavior is unacceptable. we've done some -- we've taken some steps, which i think are visible in the past several weeks, but, you know, we are now hearing reporting, i'm sure leaked by the whi house, that we are dialing back, that secretary of state john kerry will try diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis. that is music to north korea's ear. they see a weak, hesitating white house. and i think now they are content to raise the pressure, because they think it will help accomplish their objective. and their objective is to get the united states and others to accept north korea as a nuclear weapons state. jenna: it fits a certain paradigm when we are talking about north korea and what they are doing. it fits other news stories that we talked about in international affairs as well, that somehow our behavior as a country is provoking north korea to be who we are, that our sanctions are
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provoking their reaction, that the flight of the b-2's is provoking more of their reaction. how much are we responsible for, ambassador or is the north korea regime operating on a different wavelength that has nothing to do with with our behavior. >> they are pursuing their objectives. it wants to be treated as a nuclear weapon state meaning they are legitimizing their nuclear capabilities not trying to eliminate it. and they want a peace threat tee with the united states, which they think will help guarantee their status as a nuclear weapons state. the actions that the united states doesn't provoke them to this behavior, obviously they calibrate their own behavior and response. i believe without argument when they see weakness on the part of the united states they adhere to the notion that the more pressure they put the more concessions they are going to get from us. and i'm afraid the administration seems to be slipping into that pattern of behavior. jenna: here is a contrarian
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point of view from dug pando a senior fellow at the kaitlyn incident former reagan adviser saying north korea is someone else's problem. he makes the argument that the missiles can't hit us, that we should withdraw our troops from the dmz. this is not our problem. in a world of a lot of problems we have other focuses. what do you think. >> so much with our alliances. north korea is an autocratic state. it does have nuclear weapons technology, it's exploded three nuclear devices n. a december it put a day load into earth orbit. it would sell anything to anybody for hard currency. that includes nuclear devices or technology. of it has cooperated with iran on ballistic missile programs for 15 years and could well be cooperating with iran on the nuclear programs as well. proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a global threat,
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that is our problem and we should be involved in solving it. other people be involved too, like china that could help us eliminate this problem. that should be our long-term objective unfortunately it's not something we are pursuing. jenna: it sound like we are saying we are really in uncharted territory here. this is a big news story. i don't mean to be saying that we doubted it being a big news story. sometimes it's good to know what threats are real and what threats are not. are we truly in uncharted territory right now with north korea and this regime? >> yes i think north korea has pushed beyond its playbook. we've seen the scenario play out many times before. i think they are beyond the bound that they've had experience w. i think you've got a new and untried ruler in north korea, and that is why as irration until as this regime seems, as silly as it seems sometimes you have to take what they are up to seriously for our own safety sake. jenna: ambassador bolton great to s see you as always.
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look forward to having you back to talk more about this big story. jon: this critically important domestic story. the new jobs numbers are out, have you heard about them? they are not g. a live report on hiring in america. plus another bizarre day in the jodi arias murder trial, a juror booted out of the jury pool shows newspaper court to continue hearing the testimony. and heat exchanges between the prosecutor and a key defense witness light up the courtroom. how it all could sway the jury in this death penalty case. >> you seem to be having trouble answering my question. >> i have -- >> if you have a problem understanding the question ask me that. if you want -- do you want to spar with me, will that affect the way you view your testimony? >> argumentative. >> sustained. arigato! we are outta here!
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jenna: big news on the economy today. new jobs report is out and employers added just 88,000 jobs last month. that is the fewest number we have seen in nine months and well below the six-month average. bottom line it was lower than expected. why then are we seeing the unemployment rate dip to 7.6%? chief washington correspondent james rosen is live in washington. james, not a report that a lot of people are excited about but the unemployment rate did go down. why? >> reporter: there is very simple answer to that, jenna. more people stopped looking for work the so the official number of people counted as unemployed went down.
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so the bureau of labor statistics reported that the civilian labor force in march shrank by almost half a million people. share of americans looking for work now stands at 63% down slightly to its lowest level since may 1979, the jimmy carter era. the retail industry took a big hit in march losing 24,000 jobs that followed a six-month stretch where on average retail was adding 32,000 jobs a month. let's look who is bearing the brunt of the placebo recovery. for adult men, adult women and white people the unemployment rate is lower as a whole. the rate rises when you look at latinos. two points above the national average and blacks whose jobless rate doubles the nation and teenagers, one quarter are out of work as we head into warmer months, jenna. jenna: what does the white house say about this,
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james. >> reporter: president obama talked about the headwind. effect of japanese tsunami and two years ago and took ridiculing from the gop during the election season for that. but nonetheless his top economic advisor alan krueger, chair of the white house council of economic advisors smoke moments ago with my colleague peter barnes at the fox business network and referenced the headwinds and tsunami. kruger claimed the economy is poised to expand faster. >> the numbers are very volatile. they will get revised month to month. it is important to look at bigger picture, first quarter revision, upward revision of over 60,000 from january to february we had the half a million jobs. that is about at the pace we've seen over the last year. we want to speed up that pace. >> reporter: one last thing, the jobs numbers for the month of february were revised upwards to 268,000 jobs having been added in that month. that reveals today's 88,000 figure as an even starker slowdown for the economy.
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jenna. jenna: we'll see what revisions look like in couple weeks. james, thank you. all right. >> you initer have you had them. you asked questions. you do an assessment. >> when you're up tear viewing you're not talking right?. >> mr. martinez -- >> yes or no the my question are you talking yes or no? >> mr. martinez are you angry at me? ma'am, is that relevant to you? is that important to you. >> ladies and gentlemen, please refrain from laughing in the courtroom. jon: judge sherry stevens there responding to what happened when the prosecutor in the jodi arias murder trial went after a key defense witness, who blames arias is a victim of domestic abuse. arias did at mitt killing her ex-boyfriend but says it was self-defense. the prosecutor used this very aggressive style in the past. what kind of impact is all that having on the jury? let's bring in arthur eye dallas, former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney and fox news legal analyst. tom kniff former prosecutor
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and criminal defense attorney with us. arthur, not that often that you hear a courtroom break out into laughter during a murder trial like this. >> the spectators are probably most of them are repeat people who have been there. jon: people show up day after day. >> right. this prosecutor has chosen to adopt this style of being confrontational but you know, any style can get old, whether it is loud and screaming or low and quiet. so what i try to do, i alter it. i go back and forth. he seems always like the race car in the red. she finally, a witness finally called him out. why are you yelling at me? are you mad at me? and prosecution 101 is, never supposed to get that personal with the witness. you're supposed to be just bringing out the facts. jon: does it say to you, tom, that the judge lost control of this courtroom or the prosecutor has lost control of his presentation, both, neither? >> i think both but here's the rub. you know, the jurors are not
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going to like this stuff. as prosecutor it is your trial. no defendant ever raises their hand can you indictment me for further agree murder -- first-degree murder and indictment me in my own death penalty case. prosecutor is in charge of the courtroom. jurors want him to wield the power, certainly not badgering an expert witness. jon: you think is bad for the prosecution? >> it is terrible for the prosecution. he looks a like a bully. he looks like a batterer himself. >> that is the perfect word. >> one thing if you want to pick on jodi arias. she is reputed murderer. jurors may not like her to begin with. this is expert witness. >> a fellow professional, a doctor. you are supposed to give some professional courtesy, not be screaming and yelling at someone. she is a professional on domestic violence and screaming at a woman, a man is screaming at a woman like a nut job in the middle of a
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courtroom, it is probably not a good move. evidence is so overwhelming john. jon: alice is her name. sort of a professional witness in cases about domestic violence and battering. he went after her in part because she had apparently, well, here's what he said. he noticed that, noted that she had given presentations about, was snow white a battered woman? now, bringing snow white into a case like this, i think he is trying to sort of impune her cree mention dids saying this is woman who talks about cartoon characters. >> there is a way to do that. you be piv if i, and be sarcastic and shut up and sit down. the whole thing with snow white, here is what goes on. lecturesers, experts trying to establish professional credentialals they have to publish and lecture. if you put out a lecture says the emotional effect of domestic violence on women defendants you're guaranteed to have three people in the audience.
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throw snow white in the title and get people's attention. that is branding. >> so right on the mark. went to a lecture, criminal defense, top judge. it was about my cousin vinny, the movie, how excellent the aspects of his cross-examination are and how you could learn from it. tom is right. just to attract an audience. >> the defense wants the jury sequestered. the judge said no. is that a mistake at this point? >> capital one case i would err on the side of caution. if you get a verdict either way you want to make sure it is the right verdict and not influenced by fox news, by the newspapers, by "us" magazine. so why not? it would cost the government more money. the trial has gone on for months. >> appeals will cost the government more money. keep in mind that is what the defense is trying to do with a lot of these motions. set up a record to establish a viable appeal. you make these motions, make if the judge denies it is there, you can't take it back. jon: apparently some of the testimony, not testimony, some of the information out there are police
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interrogations or police interviews with her parents where they say we think our daughter is crazy. >> that may help the defense though. they will make the motion because no jury should be influenced by outside media coverage. one of the things they're trying to establish at least some form of passing insanity. >> emotional aspect of this and, requisite intent to perform capital murder. this is death penalty. >> which also could be a mitigating factor in the penalty phase if she is convicted. jon: this strange case marches on. tom, arthur. >> have a great weekenders thank you both. jenna. jenna: you weren't expecting snow white to come up of all things in the trial. jon: i thought they would put her in the box and make her swear in. i'm not sure. jenna: that is the point, right? it is so crazy. a number of states across the country are legalizing medical marijuana, a but now a southern state may become the first in the region to allow pot within its borders. we'll tell you about that next.
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jon: there is a growing push, you've seen it, in states across the country, to legalize pot for so-called medical purposes. now advocates are trying to open the first southern state to medical marijuana. our phil keating is live in miami. so, have there been previous efforts like this and how have they done, phil? >> reporter: yeah, there have been in florida but florida remains a swing state, pretty evenly split. every single one. previous efforts failed. this time around pot proponents feel the landscape politically and socially is on an unstopable role. 18 states plus washington, d.c. allow medicinal marijuana and full recreational use is now allowed in colorado and washington. >> i'm john morgan --. >> reporter: attorney john morgan, a well-connected political fund-raiser for the president and republicans now leads florida's effort. turns out his father used
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the drug medicinally in his final months. >> number one we know medical marijuana works. doctors will tell us that. number two we know people's views are changing. they're thinking through it. number three, the people of florida at the end of the day are come passionate and they will could the right thing. >> reporter: the only florida shows far 70% of the floridians support medicinal marijuana. that is 10 points higher than the 60% needed for a constitutional amendment to pass, john. jon: how do they get measures past supporters. do they push on lawmakers or voters? >> reporter: typically voters in the western states in california that first did this. overall half the states have done by voter and other half by lawmakers. looking at statehouses around the country this year 25 states are entertaining 45 pro-pot bills from full legalization to allowing industrial hemp. florida's current medicinal
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bill in tallahassee not expected to pass republican majorities. showing pot opposition still has power. >> i think it will open up the same type of game playing that happened in other states where many people will receive prescriptions for medical marijuana use and will basically being using it for recreational purposes. >> reporter: currently in d.c., in congress, there are seven pro-pot bills. two for full legalization. jon? jon: phil keating in miami. thanks, phil. jenna: well, many experts agree breast feed something best for babies but what about the moms? dr. manny alvarez is in with surprising new benefits that could save lives. that's next.
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jenna: well we've all heard some base being tips to stay healthy and stave off cancer. keep your alcohol and sugar to a minimum. you have to get your exercise. and there's big new study that suggests while that's good advice, also emerging is that there's another way that women may be able to cut their risk for cancer and that is through breast feeding. dr. manny alvarez senior managing editor of foxnewshealth.com and medical a-teamer. dr. manny, they were not just looking at breast feeding but rates of cancer and why people may be more prone to cancer and this emerged. that women that were breast feeding had a 17% less rate
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of cancer. why would that be? >> a lot of factors. it is a natural process. basically this has been known for a long time. the benefits of breast feeding, especially when it comes to breast cancers are always huge. looking at study, close to 400,000 woman, 13-year follow-up and of course when women breast feed they're basically using the breast tissue, all the gland are being utilized to manufacture milk. therefore you remove a lot of toxins. you make the cells healthier. there are no dead cells in there. that itself regulates breast cancer. also hormones. you have less exposure to estrogen. the longer you breast feed you have estrogen suppression. less estrogen sometimes is good because it doesn't put put you at risk for breast cancer. if you look at statistically countries that breast feed a lot, lower rates of breast cancer. countries that do not breast feed a lot, higher rates. jenna: also the women that were breast feeding have
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lower rates of heart disease, we should mention that as well. how do we know it is not breast feeding or environmental factor or general at the time ticks or something like that? >> one of the best ways to lose weight after pregnancy, women can gain 30 pounds, 40 pounds, sometimes 60 to 70 pound during pregnancy. the best way to lose weight you burn up body metabolism to make breast milk. if you breast feed for six months you use tremendous amount of weight. reducing weight, less fat, less cholesterol, less heart disease. everything is linked together. sometimes in sigh wednesday we make it difficult but made it perfect. jenna: sometimes you said at least six months? >> right. jenna: what about women not able to do that or breast feeding for longer is there any sort of change or consideration of that? >> i think society working women in particular, people paying more attention, creating windows they can go,
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you know. here in our company we have places that women can go and breast feed their children. they can pump. and it does not really eliminate any hourly problems. as a matter of fact, companies that promote breast feeding for their employees have better satisfaction from the people that work there. and they don't feel stressed out. they don't call out as sick as often as others would. so, you know, companies are making differences and i think, you know, this is going to be something moving forward. jenna: if breast feeding leads to lower cancer rates is opposite true? what happens if you can't breast feed, suddenly you're more at risk? >> i don't want to, this is a epidemiological fact, if you can not breast feed because you have other issues, that is something that's not going to necessarily put you at risk, but, elect tiffly speaking, the more you breast feed if you can, the better for you. jenna: very interesting study. >> for the baby. we always talk about the baby. this is for women. the baby does great.
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gains weight, has a lot of energy. that is very important. jenna: very important as a doctor. dr. manny, great to see you. >> thank you. jenna: thank you very much. jon? jon: a string of law inforcement officers targeted in deadly attacks across the country in recent weeks. there is new evidence of a disturbing trend. we'll speak with a recall follower homicide detective about new information from the fbi that shows such killings are on the rise. the latest on the escalating tensions out of north korea as we get reports missiles are now loaded on to launchers there and foreign embassies are being told to consider evacuating staff we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need
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>> brand-new stories now and breaking news. north korea aggression moving from retore i can to action as the regime moves missiles to the coast and shows video of students beginning military training. growing concern the u.s. could be pulled into a conflict in
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asia. tears and questions as frien and family bury a texas prosecutor and his wife shot dead in their home: latest on the hunt for the suspect in this horrific double murder. and big controversy over a judge's ruling today, girls of every age must have over-the-counter access to the morning-after-pill. the latest reactions and where this hot button case goes next. it's all "happening now." a day for mourning for a tebs as prosecutor and his wife as they vow to hunt down their keurls. thanks nor joining us i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. they are gathered today for the funerals of kaufman county district attorney mike ma khrel land anmclelland and his wife
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cynthia a. dan springer is live with more. the mclellands are being buried right now as we understand it? >> reporter: yeah, this has been a real tough week obviously in kaufman county texas and throughout the state of texas and anyone in law enforcement has felt this story to the bone. you're right, right now people are mourning the loss again of mike and cynthia mclelland. there is a burr burial and funeral service going on at this hour there. was a large memorial service, a public service yesterday that thousands of people said their goodbyes at. huge law enforcement turn out. texas governor rick perry spoke as did members of the district attorney's office. >> i don't know what the murderer hoped to accomplish by killing these two great souls. if it was anything other than his own gratification, robbing us of two of the best people god
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ever created he failed. we will not stop pursuing justice, we will not give up the good fight. >> reporter: security was incredibly tight at the service last night with snipers on the church roof and it remains tight at the courthouse. judge david lewis had eight guys around him east walked into the building this morning. that is the type of security we are seeing around judges, around other members of the da's office, the new interim da had four people around her as she walked into the building late last night. so you can see that public officials here in kaufman county are still on edge and they still have a lot of security personnel around them. jenna. jenna: what is the roll role of the fbi now? >> reporter: they are supporting this investigation, they are working hand-in-hand with kaufman county, and also working with the state patrol here. they are working on getting tips and that's why they are putting up billboard around the state, and around the four surrounding
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states. they are hoping to generate more tips. we've been told that the tips have been steady but obviously they are looking for the one that is going to break this case wide open. police are still not talking about any person of interest or possible suspects, but they have made another arrest of someone who called in a threat, that is the second person now skraeuld for making a threat -- jailed for making a threat. they don't believe they have anything to do with the murder. this person is being held on a one million dollar bond, so any threat of any individual in the public eye is being taken very seriously here in kaufman county, texas. jenna. jenna: we'll have more on the story throughout the day. dan, thank you very much for that. on wall street after the dow fell sharply in early trading we are seeing it come off some of the lows right now down 121 points following a disappointing report when it comes to the jobs market. the economy added 88,000 jobs last month. it's the fewest we've seen in nine months. the unemployment rate is going down, but that is because more people are out of the labor force, because they are
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discouraged, they haven't been able to find work and that is causing real concern on wall street and otherwise. more on this story as well. jon: meantime president obama getting set to release a new budget plan to congress next week, and it is already raising eyebrows on both sides of the aisle. sources say the blueprint may include big tax hikes on high income easterners as well as cuts to social security and medicare. fox business network rich edson live at the white house with the latest on thafrpblts plenty of fighting between democrat -ts and republicans and the few details we've got even from the white house about this budget proposal the president's language awaited budget is expected out next wednesday. what we've learned this morning is that the president plans on slowing increases in social security payments, something a number of democrats have opposed, limits on retirement accounts for those of wealth year accounts of about $3 million, a tax on tobacco problems in part to pay for increased spending on access to preschool. and the white house says they
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are moving with this budget towards compromise. >> what the president will do with his budget is show that it's possible to achieve substantial deficit reduction and at the same time make the key investments that will put more people back to work today liken inch vettin investigating in our infrastructure. >> they say they need to solve the spending problem and what the president has covered leaves with us a budget that never balances. he has moved in the wrong direction routinely taken off the table entitlement reforms he previously told me he could support. that was what john boehner said. the house has already passed its budget, the senate has passed its budget and they are both very different. back to you. jon: rich edson at the white house. thanks, rich. jenna: this just in, a federal judge issuing a controversial ruling on the morning-after-pill. he says the fda must make the
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pill available without a prescription for women of all ages. julie banderas is joining us live in new york city with more on this. >> reporter: the debate is a girl considered a woman? the morning-after-pill will soon be on store shelves next to condoms and cough syrup. a federal judge ruling a girl of all ages can get the morning-after-pill without a prescription for showing id, it is a big win for reproductive rights groups who filed a lawsuit seeking to remove the fda's age and other restrictions on emergency contraception pills like plan b1 step. right now the fda only allows women age 17 and over to get the morning-after-pill without a prescription and they have to show identification to get it. the judge says that shouldn't be. in his ruling he calls the fda's refusal to remove age restrictions arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable. it counter acts an unprecedented move by the obama administration's health and human services secretary who in
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2011 decided not to allow girls 16 and younger to be sold the morning-after-pill over-the-counter. at the time president obama agreed the pill was bad for kids, and young girls won't be able to handle that kind of product alone. well the president of the center for reproductive rights calling this a victory saying quote, women all over the country will no longer face arbitrary delays and barriers just to get emergency contraception end quote. the morning-after-pill first became available in the u.s. in 1999 and prevents unwanted pregnancy if it's taken within 72 hours after having unprotected sex. no comments from the fda, their spokesperson saying this is and ongoing legal action. but the judge says his order must be carried out within the month. jenna: thank you. jon: a senior adviser for the white house getting u upset with reporters for asking questions about stories this appear on a popular website. what do you think about that?
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our news watch panel weighs in. also a texas district attorney and his wife were buried today after being murdered in their own home. the killer or killers still on the loose. the murder of law enforcement agents in this country a growing trend. former lapd homicide detective mark fuhrman weighs in on why we are seeing this and what should be done about it. that is coming up. the new guy is loaded with protein! i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. ensure high protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. [ major nutrition ] ensure! nutrition in charge!
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jon: "happening now" the investigation into another senseless death involving a law enforcement officer. a tech rated mississippi homicide detective this time killed inside police headquarters. patti ann brown joins us from our new york city newsroom. >> reporter: you would think you'd be safe inside police headquarters but that is where a detective was killed while interviewing a murder suspect yesterday afternoon. it happened in jackson,
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mississippi. detective eric smith, as you said, a deck rated homicide detective who had been with the department since 1995 shot to death inside a third floor interview room. he was questioning 23-year-old jeremy powell. officers heard several gunshots and when they arrived at the room both smith and powell were dead of multiple gunshot wound. the department is devastated. police did not release details on how both ended up dead or what gun was used. >> a tragic situation that we are dealing with right now and we don't have a lot of answers. >> shots had been fired and upon our arrival we found the suspect is deceased and we have a police officer that is deceased. >> reporter: the case has been turned over to the mississippi bureau of investigation which is standard procedure. detective smith was 40, married with two sons. jon. jon: patti ann brown in our newsroom. thank you. jenna: it's a disturbing trend deadly violence targeting law
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enforcement and it's on the rise. recent incidents include the murder of colorado's corrections director tom clements killed march 19th when he answered the doorbell at his home outside colorado spring. eleven days later if texas kaufman county district attorney mike mclelland and his wife cynthia were killed in their home near dallas. the killings came two months after the murder of another prosecutor from that county, assistant deputy district attorney mark h ash a*rbgs kke. mingo attorney eugene crumb was gunned down and killed in his car. and a decorated detective was shot dead inside police headquarters. there seems to be evidence beside these stories we've been covering for you that this dead here trend is rising. the latest fbi statistic show a dramatic increase in the number of law enforcement officers killed jumping from 41 in 2008 to 72 in 2011.
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mark fuhrman ace former homicide detective for the los angeles police department, and a fox news contributor. so those are the latest statistics that we have, mark. what do you make of just over the last several weeks news about awful these murder? what do you make of it? >> well the sign of the times is we're looking at really the success in a lot of third world countries of violence against government officials and the police, and one being just to the south in mexico. very effective. but i think there is probably socio-political influences on police departments to make them less proactive and more reactive and that is coming from the top down, it's not the choice of law enforcement. in other words, contacting and being very aggressive in contacting the known people who are crips and actually interest septembering them before they can -- intercepting them before they can launch their plan or hatch an idea of retaliation is some of the issues. there's always been violence again police.
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we look back at the 60s and the 70s certainly that was mart of the initiation to get into some groups. jenna: do you think what we're seeing, a few different incidents, several around the country. west virginia, mississippi, colorado, texas. are these copy cats? is it a coincidence? what is your biggest concern when you see so many news items talking about the murder of law enforcement officials? >> i don't think there is the respect on the street by really career criminals for law enforcement, and that comes by many factors, and it could be the lack of contact that they have, the lack of tough law enforcement tactics against them, and once again it's not the guy on the street, he wants that, but i think some of this is a coincidence because we're seeing it, so you're picking it up on the wires and you're reporting it, but these incidents in texas, i think that
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is specific to prosecution of the aryan brotherhood's hierarchy, and i believe they are connected, at least the two prosecutors and the one prosecutor's wife. jenna: as a detective how concerned are you about that specific case and the case somehow running cold? it's been a week since the murder. the most recent murder, there is no suspect. we've heard the reports of the aryan brotherhood but we have no facts really to back them up right now, the accusations that they are involved. so, how concerned are you about finding this one killer, or the killers, if that's the happenstance of it? >> i think it's going to be very difficult. we forget that the aryan brotherhood historically has associations with not only at least one mexican drug cartel, but also eme, the mexican mafia. sometimes organizations like this cross assist, in other words, the aryan brotherhood need a contract put out on certain people, they allow or
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are favored to be used with one of those groups to actually commit the killing, then they in turn owe them a favor or they already have one that is in the bonus column and then the aryan brotherhood can specifically say, and absolutely say we are innocent of all charges. but let's not forget that the aryan brotherhood, their specialty is contract killing and drug trafficking. so it actually is to the advantages of the mexican cartels, any of them, drug cartels, to help out the aryan brotherhood, because that is their transportation network. so this is complex, and it is not something that is going to be easily investigated or a suspect easily found or given up. the informant system is not good in the aryan brotherhood, that would be a death sentence to try to get out of the aryan brotherhood, that is a death
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sentence. jenna: so, what do you think about what we do in the meantime? senator john cornyn, one of the senators from texas came out and said he would like to see prosecutors be able to carry weapons in more areas than what they are allowed to right now, currently i believe they are allowed to carry it courtroom, the courthouse but not in their office, for example, or walking to or from their vehicle on county property. what do you think of that? in the meantime is that a good idea? what do you think about the security that dan springer just rore reported to us, all this extra security for some of the law enforcement officials in texas. in the meantime is that a good plan? what do you think about those ideas? >> i think it's a bad plan to have district attorneys with firearms in the courtroom and in the hauls. they are not professional law enforcement officers. and no amount of training you're going to give that type after person they are going to be that hypervigilant or actually aware of their surroundings and protecting their weapon. that means there is a loaded
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weapon with every district attorney and every suspect in the hall that is not cuffed or any person in the audience in the courtroom, including the suspect eight feet away knows where there is a weapon. i think that is a bad idea. as far as having a weapon in their office, you know, the attempt on their life is going to come when they go to their car, when they are at their home. we see these homicides, where are they? well, you answer the door, they shoot you. the opportunity for you to be armed at that time, it's a stand down time for you as a law enforcement officer, or a judge, or a prosecutor, so they know this. the suspect knows this. they do their intelligence works, their surveillance and they know when you're hypervigilance will be in a relaxed state, and you will probably not be armed. jenna: that gives us something to think about. i want to mention as we're talking about who can carry in the state of texas. i should mention they still have
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to be a state issued concealed weapons license to do that if they are carrying a weapon at all some of these prosecutors. under that they would have some of the proper training but some good points for us to consider as we continue to watch this series. >> could i add one more thing. jenna: i have a quick moment, hauf. >> the proper training is not two days in a class for a concealed weapons permit. the brother training is months if not years to actually make that weapon a part of your body, and that cannot be accomplished in that kind of training. jenna: mark, thank you so much, appreciate it. >> thank you. jon: no end in sight to those troubling developments on the korean peninsula as pyongyang prepares students for a possible military conflict. the north is also warning russian and british diplomates to pack up and get out. where is this going? important answers from an expert next. plus, it's true, you have to exercise to keep your heart healthy, but just how hard do you have to workout to see those
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developments on the korean peninsula as we're learning pyongyang is moving two medium-range missiles to it's east coast. the north also warning great britain and russia to consider evacuating embassy staff from that country, saying they cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after april 10th. this as north korean state television is showing students preparing for a possible military conflict. we are learning north korea's government-run twitter account reportedly was hacked. the account normally posts official feet 0 owes of dictator kim jong un instead publishing
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this one depict being the young leader with a pig-like snout. joining us is colnel lay tonight. he worked at high develops for the national security agency and inside the pentagon. all that you've heard coming out of north korea, what concerns you or disturbs you the most? >> i think the rhetoric in the past week, jon has been really ramped up from what we've seen in historical analysis, and it becomes a very dangerous rhetoric because of the way in which they've done it, the manner in which they've proceeded witness. you couple that with the deployment of you two missile launchers to the east coast of north korea, and that spells a lot of possible trouble ahead. >> those missiles thought to be intermediate raining, what does it mean? where could they go. >> they could go a variety of
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tiff rent places. basically the range is anywhere from 1500 miles to about 3,000 miles, so that would put guam in the crosshairs of the missile, japan, and of course south korea. anywhere in that swath of territory from the eastern part of north korea on out could potentially fall in -- victim to the targeting of that missile. jon: we know that north korea has nuclear weapons but nobody that i've heard thinks that they've been able to miniature rice them to the point where they could mount a nuclear weapon on top of a missile. >> that's right they can't do that yet. in fact the efforts that they've been working on have not met with much success at present. they are probably about four years out from actually phupb tour ricing missile components that would allow them to have a nuclear device on top of a intercontinental missile. they are not able to do that right now. the otsd thing to think about when it comes to the missiles
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that are out there is that their targeting capabilities not that robust. they can throw the missile up in the air and it will land somewhere generally where they want it to land, but their precision targeting is not that great and they won't be able to hit targets exactly the way they want to unless they get very lucky. jon: kim jong un is a relative here new leader, very young, very inch tested. is this all about him trying to prove his toughness to his own military? >> it's part of it, jon, and i think that that becomes a key component of everything that we've heard so far. you have internal consumers of this information and of this rhetoric in north korea, plus of course the external world and internally there's been a bit of a power struggle. he's replaced generals within the north korean's people's army e. has replaced the prime minister with somebody who is considered to be more of an economic reformer. and what it seems to me is happening is he's trying to put together a system of governs which will allow him to maintain
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control through the military but potentially at some point in time perhaps hreub ra hraoeuz the country economically. but he will do so on his own terms and he will do so with a strong face toward the west, towards south korea and even toward his nominal ally china. jon: the concern i've read among north korea watchers is having talked so tough and taken so many action over the last couple of weeks he needs to do something to show that he has a spine. do you share that worry? >> i am very concerned about that, because with the type of rhetoric that you see here it's very hard to back down from that in almost any culture. in the korean culture in particular it becomes very important to save face. and the type of pwhrus terg rhetoric that we've heard puts people into a corner if they are not careful. and in his particular case he is basically antagonized all of the countries around north korea not only his adversary south korea, but japan which is also generally an adversary and his
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ally china given all of that he basically is forced for domestic purposes to show his strong hand and that strong hand might mean a missile test tphaoeurg over the east china sea which is where these missiles are poised right now. it could also mean doing things like shelling a south korean island which has been shelled before off the coast of north korea, and there are other possible provocations to include, cyber provocation has could very easily happen as a result of his efforts. jon: cedric leyton spent 26 years in the air force as an intelligence officer specializing in north korea. thanks for your thoughts today. >> thanks for having me. jenna: a growing debate over first amendment rights after a fox news.com reporter is ordered back to a courtroom, this for refusing to revea resources in a story she broke about colorado shooter james holmes. is this fair? our panel debates next. plus, border agents revealing that arrests at the border are surging and now the numbers to
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prove it. >> the apprehensions are going up. does that mean the border is more secure, or if apprehensions are going down does that mean that the border is mere secure? you can't have it both ways.
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jon: a bit of new info on a story we brought you earlier in "happening now," that strange shooting death of two men inside an interview room in mississippi. a decorated police detective
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eric smith was shot and killed along with a suspect he was interrogating, jeremy powell. we now know from state police who have been looking into it, they say that jeremy powell shot the detective, killed him, then turned the gun on himself, jeremy powell the murder suspect being interrogated. no word yet on whose weapon it was, or where it came from. we understand that eric smith, that decorated mississippi detective was murdered by a murder suspect he was interrogating, and that suspect then turned the gun on himself. jenna: securing the border, fox news obtaining brand-new numbers on the amount of illegal immigrants being ka*utd at the u.s.-mexican border. they paint a different picture than what the government is claiming. william la jeunesse is live with more. >> reporter: jenna here is the issue when the number of illegal immigrants arrested goes down the administration says the border is more secure. when the number goes up it says the border is more secure. critics say they cannot have it both ways.
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in the last six months according to the administration's own metric they've used over the last five years the southwest border is actually less secure. in the last two years arrests actually increased by 27,000. that typically means that more illegal immigrants are getting over the border and more likely to get past the border patrol. let's steak texas where arrests in the last six months are up more than 50% in the rio grande valley. 27% in del rio. 27% in el paso. 22% laredo. yesterday in houston homeland security secretary janet napolitano ignored those numbers? by all the different measures one looks at along a border they are all trending in the right direction and strongly so. >> there is no statistic, metric or evidence that the border is more secure than ever. i went out there for a couple of days and found multiple spots
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where you can see trails of people coming in. they were still apprehending massive amounts of drugs out there. this is a very porous border. >> reporter: the surge is not coming from mexico but central america. that is because nonmexicans are entitled to a deportation hearing, which takes time, so when there is no detention bed space left in the u.s. like now, they are released until a later court date. right now word is spreading like wildfire in latin america that ifive in the u.s. you need to get in now before a cut off date and more security in the promised immigration bill. so, year-to-date the border patrol has apprehended 24,000 guatemalans, 17,000s hondurans and 14,000 from el salvador. here is a debate on capitol hill. if you catch 200,000, the government counting office says more than 70,000 are going to get through. is that an acceptable number
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politically? well since it will never be sealed, if you will, critics say secretary napolitano is moving the goal post that she defines border security differently, that it's about resources, boots on the ground, technology and crime rates not how many people you catch or miss, you'll hear a lot about that in the next few months. jenna. jenna: some important context for us today, william, thank you. jon: some serious new developments to tell but concerning the colorado movie theater shootings. while media are focused on the capital murder case against james holmes for the horrific massacre in aurora last july, another court proceeding is taking place in the same courthouse involving fox news.com reporter donna winter. she faces possible jail time unless she reveals to the court a confidential source for an important story she broke concerning a notebook that james holmes allegedly authored. heather: talk about it with our news watch panel judith miller is a pulitzer prize winning
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investigative reporter and author. kirsten powers a daily beast columnist. both fox news contributors. we should note that judy has some familiarity with this area having spent 85 days in jail for refusing to give up her own sources. let's go back to this summer. the massacre happened on july 20th. four days later jonna winter broke a tremendous story about how the psychiatrist who had been treating james holmes received this notebook in the mail that showed all kind of drawings of somebody shooting up a theater, that kind of thing. she wrote that story up, and nobody to this point has come forward to say, yeah, i told jonna winter about that notebook. >> exactly, that's what this it all about, jon. so far the court has been investigating, the prosecutor has been investigating 14 different law enforcement people, searching for jonna's
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source. because they haven't been able to find who it was that leaked her this information supposedly against the judge's gag ruling, they've gone after her, and they are saying, you have to tell us who your source was or you're going to go to jail. i believe strongly, even if i hadn't been to jail myself, this is a choice no journalist should be asked to make. jon: there is a shield law in colorado, and i want to put up for our viewers on screen some of the relevant points, because the shield law can be dropped, supposedly when the information directly relates to a substantial issue, if it cannot be obtained by any other means, and maybe this is the most critical one, if the interest of the parties seeking the information outweighs the first amendment rights of a reporter and the public's right to know. well, judy back to you, again, who decides that?
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>> well, that is exactly the problem. the judge often is the person who in effect decide this. and she can appeal that ruling, but ultimately she risks going to jail for honoring her commitment to her sources not to reveal their identity. this is the problem with what they call a qualified privilege to protect your sources as exists in colorado, but not in new york by the way. if jonn winter were in new york she would be totally covered by the new york shield law. jon: kirsten this is a case in which james holmes attorneys' offered a guilty plea. there is not a question here as to whether he did this. >> right. jon: so why are we digging for information as to how she got information suggesting that he did it? >> to intimidate people so in the future they won't share information with journalists. and so since they can't get anybody to admit that they were
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the one who gave the information, they are trying to go after the journalist, and then what that will mean is if she was somehow forced to give up her information, i assume she probably won't, she probably would go to jail to protect that force in the future nobody will talk to anybody. it's the government abusing their power to try to keep people from talking to journalist stkpwhr-s we ar journalists. jon: we have a very personal interest in it. we will keep our eye on this and let you know what happens with jonna winter. you can catch more of this terrific panel when i host fox news watch. we will cover the coverage of the week's big stories. saturday 2:30 eastern time. kirsten and judy stick around. we want to talk about a comment about a white house adviser about the press corp and the drudge report. jenna: an off-duty cop in the right place at the right time. he springs into action at an airport when a woman tries to storm the security line. the incredible video you need to see. also bike helmets certainly are for safety, right? what if we told you there is an
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jon: a senior adviser to the president slamming the drudge report saying it hur the white house's message because of the impact on the rest of the media. >> there is a paf loa pavlovian response from some media out looks. why are you asking me about that? well it's on drudge. >> what do you say to that. >> i ask them to say it to themselves out loud again and think about it and everyone is a little embarrassed about it. and it's always like my assignment editor is on me about this. the example being that, you know, that anyone saying anything can get caught up in
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the spin cycle in a way that is very damaging -- you know, it hurts what we're trying to do but is also very damaging to that individual person. jon: once begin our news watch panel is with us, judith miller a pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter and author, kirsten powers a daily beast columnist and both fox news contributors. kirsten in a weird way this relates to the segment we were talking about with jonna winter. this is information that gets out there that embarrasses or otherwise causes problem for powerful people and they don't like it and they crackdown. >> yeah, i don't -- i don't think dan pfeiffer is actually still at the white house. he was probably talking about when he was at the white house. look, this white house complains definitely about the media and really -- not really about the media but about any conservative outlets or outlet has have conservative news, which is what the drudge roeurts. they ar report is. they are saying we don't want
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anybody to pay any attention to anybody that might be critical of us. they seem to not understand like democracy, and free press, and being held accountable. jon: there is clearly an attempt to deligitimize the drudge report which is a compilation of articles from other places. >> also matt drudge occasion until here breaks news, and it's news that other media outlets have to follow. and how outrageous that reporters would want to pursue a story broken by a conservative outlet like drudge. i mean, really, five for doth protest too much. this is ridiculous. this administration has media and coverage that most administrations would kill for, a point that kirsten and i totally agree upon. jon: we lost a journalist this week that practically everybody knew, roger ebert. >> he was called the people's reviewer. to me his truly inspirational moment came when he got sick in
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2002, he lost his jaw, he lost his ability to eat, he did not lose his ability to watch movies and deliver great reviews and go on working, and for that i will always admire him and i will always go on reading his pithy, marvelous reviews. jon: roger ebert. he will be missed. and we'll be right back.
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skwraop many college faculties have earned a reputation as bastons of the liberal elite, maybe a stereotype, maisch not. some of the nation's top law schools there is a push to hire more professor with conservative and libertarian viewpoints.
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molly lion is at harvard university in cambridge, massachusetts. molly. >> reporter: that's right there is a conference going on today. they are asking essentially the questions of, is there enough intellectual diversity at the nation's law schools, particularly some of the top and most prestigious law schools across the country. are there enough libertarian and conservative professors? are the nation's top legal scholars being infused by a liberal by as? all of the questions are some of the things that some of the top law professors across the nation are discussing at harvard. we had a chance to speak with the head of the student organization here that hosts this event, the federalist society, and he believes that some of the nation's top law schools are indeed left of center. take a listen. >> the people who suffer the most are the students who share that overwhelmingly dominant ideological perspective because they will not be exposed to contrary views and therefore their own understanding of their views and contrary views is
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woefully insufficient and inadequate. >> reporter: now but for those looking to alter the landscape through hiring harvard law professor richard phlan urges caution. >> i think it would be a very dangerous business in lots of ways to start making inquiries of people who want to be hired in universities, what their politics are. there have been times and places in countries where that has been the practice that was being followed, and on the whole it's a practice that we would do well to steer clear of i think. >> reporter: some interesting numbers on this. a study published in 2005 in the georgetown law journal and eleven years of records looking into the political contributions of professors at major law schools across the country looking at the top 21 law schools about a third of the faculty actually made contributions to political campaigns and when they broke down the numbers, crunched the
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numbers, 76% contributed solely to democrats and 12.8% contributed solely to republicans. it's interesting to take a look at the numbers and think about the long-term discussions taking place as far as faculty and the future of law school faculties across the country. jenna: we'll see what they come up with molly. thank you. jon: get this. keeping your heart healthy could be as simple as going for a brisk walk. according to a new report walking may be just as good as running for your heart. moderate walking also can reduce a person's risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol just as much as running can. researchers found brisk walking and running involved the same muscle groups giving the body the same health benefits. so for those of us with bad knees just -- jenna: just saying present company may be included in that. jon: may be very much included. jenna: an off-duty cop at the right place at the right time. this surveillance video from honolulu airport shows a woman trying to push her way through the flight crew security section
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manatee gray. and the woman tweeted the findings and target issued the response, we apologize for the unintentional oversight. we never intend to offend our guests. we've heard you and we're working to fix it asap. the manatee. >> coincidence? i don't know. and something out of a harry potter movie. check this out, it's an air bag in a collar worn around the neck and here is how it works. triggered by abnormal movement in case of an accident, the air bag blows up to form an inflatable hood around the cyclist's head and one second you'll see this, from a swedish entrepreneur and they call it a game channinger, not only protect you, say it's fashionable and the shell can match your outfit and this is the solution, if you don't want to a wear a he

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