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development in the tear -- terror attacks. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. as new pictures of the family emerge with the mom looking steeped in western culture, even sporting a typical '80s hairdo in this shot. then years later a dramatic shift as she apparently turned to islam, charges she took her sons with her. feds say she even discussed jihad with her older son in a phone call. she insists her sons are innocent. she claims they were framed. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington. what is the latest on the investigation into the mother, catherine? >> reporter: fox news confirmed the mother was added to a government database 18 months before the boston attack after the russians contacted the cia about the mother and the oldest son tamerlan. they still believe the

russians have more information that has not been provided to u.s. law enforcement or the u.s. intelligence community about the family. >> there is a lot we just don't know. that's why many say, hey, the russians need to step up to the plate and provide us with better information. i think they have information that would be incredibly helpful that they haven't provided us yet. >> reporter: the mother indefinitely delayed her trip to the united states, jon. jon: this investigation, how is it getting wider? >> reporter: well, jon, fox was first to report friday lawmakers briefed on the investigation believe the brothers had help, a story now been picked up on the sunday talk shows. a national security source who spoke to fox on condition of anonymity that the boston bombs did not rely on cell phone detonators, instead of the toy remote-controlled triggers. the mechanism is not found in the al qaeda web magazine inspire which was cited in earlier reports as the brother's bomb-making guide.

the working theory among investigators one or both of the tsarnaev brothers triggered the detonation using speed controllers. a third party in the crowd has not been ruled out although there is no evidence suggesting a third party at this time. fox news is also told the intelligence community interest in the group called caucuses of the emirates in eastern russia has not wavered ever since the bombing happened. fox is told that the intelligence community is doing a rage juror rethinking of its current assessment that the group was only a regional player and the dispute was only with russia, jon. jon: they think the brothers could have triggered bombs using remote controlled devices but there could have been somebody else there? >> reporter: there could have been somebody else inside the crowd. because the bomb didn't use triggering mechanism the detonation is sort of the hardest piece of the bomb to achieve because it is consistent with "inspire" magazine. this is more evidence there was some kind of outside

help with the bomb itself or some kind of outside training while initially the leaks about this case is they to the everything they needed from the web and that is now shown not to be case. >> as you told us on friday. catherine, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jenna: since the president took office there have been at least attempted terrorist attacks on american soil. now in the wake of the boston terror attacks lawmakers on capitol hill are raising new questions about the success of counterterrorism measures currently in place. doug mack -- mckelway is live with more, doug? >> reporter: jenna as we know a foreign government, probably russia alearned us to the and the computers pinged tamerlan tsarnaev. intelligence agencies were not able or unwilling to follow through. in addition congressional critics contend the justice department cut short the questioning of the younger tsarnaev at a time potentially more valuable information could have been learned from him. in addition critics fear political correctness and unwillingness to confront

radical islam may be hampering the obama administration's efforts. >> take off this politically correct straitjacket they put around the fbi and other federal law enforcement. we're not allowed to consider a fact whether or not a person is muslim when you're looking for muslim terrorists. like saying you can't look for irish person when you're looking for the irish gang. >> reporter: reported in 2011 the obama administration removed references from islamic fundamentalism from fbi counterterrorism training manuals. at the time a u.s. attorney in oregon offered this explanation. quote, i want to be perfectly clear about this. training materials portray islam ad religion of violence and tendency towards violence are wrong and they're offensive and contrary this president, this attorney general and the department of justice stand for. they will not be tolerated. critics maintain the obama administration made those changes under pressure from groups like care and muslim community liaisons within the administration itself,

general in. jenna: we've seen that in our own field. associated press under pressure from care changed the direction to use islamist, for example, in the way that we report on some of these topics. so in the case of the government though, what has replaced some of these references to jihad or islamic terrorism? >> reporter: well, it is interesting because there are really no references to religion at all. they are generally replaced with words like radicalism or extremism. critics say it sends a message to agents in the field not to examine radical islamic connections as closely as they might. proponents say muslims are more likely to cooperate with authorities and help finger radicals in their midst if they believe their entire religion is not being scrutinized, jenna. jenna: something to think about, doug. thank you. >> reporter: sure thing. jenna: new information on poison-laced letters sent to the president and other officials. the second suspect in the case appearing in court today on charges of possessing and preparing ricin for use as a weapon. the first suspect that we've

talked a lot about has been cleared of any wrongdoing. john roberts live from the u.s. district courthousein oxford, mississippi, has been on this story since the beginning with all the twists and turns. john? >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, jenna. 41-year-old james everett dutschke appeared in court wearing a orange jumpsuit and shackles. he sat down to read the criminal complaint against him. he shook his head several times. i'm sure he is very worried because these are very serious charges against him. you read them about producing and stockpiling a biological stocks inch for use as a weapon. carry as maximum sentence of life in prison and quarter of a million dollar fine. the fbi having to let go the first suspect they arrested and charged, kevin curtis was very, very careful about this. they had dutschke in their sights. they searched his home, two vehicles and karate studio and finally arrested him saturday morning. a neighbor of his ginger

king is not buying his claims of innocent. she believes that dutschke believes he outfoxed the fbi. here is what she told our affiliate. >> he thinks he is smarter than anybody else. he has a mensa certificate. i'm not surprised at all that he would think he is better and needs to be in front. camera saying he is innocent. jon: now here's where the story really gets weird because ginger king also says that dutschke tried to flash her 12-year-old daughter several times. we should point out, jenna, he is also up on state charges in addition to federal charges in an unrelated case. three charges of child molestation emis iting from an incident at his karate studio back in january, jenna. jenna: a lot to had story, john. if what the government says is true, claims about him preparing ricin and sending it through the mail, what are they saying about his motives? why would he do that? >> that is the big question, the why here. was dutschke actually threatening the live of the president and senator roger

wicker and a judge in tupelo or this an a elaborate plot to set up somebody as part of a long running feud. his attorney, curtis's feud, look at this guy dutschke, he has a long running feud with our client and may be trying to frame him. that is the rode the fbi and u.s. attorney's office is going down. the complaint, affidavit against him has been sealed. we hope it will be unsealed today and we find out exactly what they have dutschke on. jenna: you have yourself a story, john. >> reporter: we do. jenna: we'll continue to watch the story. jon: a lot of twists and turns in that case. to the hot button issue of immigration reform. florida senator, marco rubio, one of the bipartisan "gang of eight" who crafted a overhaul off the legislation is opening a new page on the his website called, help us improve the bill. it invites not only lawmakers but ordinary citizens to make suggestions. more than a thousand have

poured into this point with a big chunk taking a critical and mostly negative view. joining us now, byron york, chief political correspondent at the "washington examiner". politics is a bit of a blood sport and he is taking an awful lot of heat, senator rubio in some of these comments. i want to read you one of the first once. this amnesty bill is awful and you should back away from it as you promise you would. so, said one of the first commentores. you know, that is the kind of suggestions that he is getting an awful lot of. not a lot of, this is a great bill and here's how to make it better. >> no. jon, it is fair to say the comments he has gotten so far are overwhelmingly negative. they really follow along three lines. one is border security. commenters, don't believe border security will be really provided pour in the bill. others are economic effects. they believe it is a bad idea to bring in new workers with unemployment still high

here. the other is what you call the moral or ethical issue of rewarding the people who broken the law in the past either by coming here illegally or hiring illegal immigrants as well. so there are really a lot of very, very negative comments that senator rubio has posted on his website. jon: well it is a little bit like an online poll i suppose. you can't necessarily accept that those are, you know, the feelings of americans nationwide but when you get this much negativity toward this one issue as a senator, what are you supposed to do? >> well you know the interesting thing is, each commenter has his own cause but when you put them all together it is actually a pretty cogent criticism of the bill. it basically expresses the skeptical position of the bill and the polls show as far as republicans are concerned they're immensely skeptical about the border security provisions of the bill. while they do favor eventually legalizing the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants who are in the country right now they want

to see that only after the border is secured. this bill of course would bring that legalization after the department of homeland security promises to secure the border within a decade. so, there are a lot of republicans, people in the republican base and if senator rubio is running for president, people who are in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina who want to see that security first. jon: but he is the guy whose vote is said to be the linchpin here because he is the conservative republican, elected with tea party support, who is speaking about reforming the immigration laws. if he were to back out of this deal, if he were to take all of this advice to heart, yeah, this is a really bad bill, sorry, can't vote for it, that would probably bring the thing to a halt in the senate, wouldn't it? >> oh, it absolutely would because republicans, i'll tell you when this bill was being written i talked to republicans in the senate. they just didn't want to talk about it. we'll to find out what marco comes up with and then we'll talk about it.

he plays an enormously large part of it. all this senator rubio building an exit ramp to get off of this i don't think he is really true. he did not get involved in something this big and high-profile just to jump out of the it. it could be that the bill goes in directions and committee and full senate that he can not live with it and he ultimately does not support it, but my feeling is right now this is a bill that he fully intends to support. jon: he is asking for the public's input so if viewers want to read it, it is on senator rubio's website, help us improve the bill it is called. byron york, from the "washington examiner". >> thanks, jon. jenna: a desperate search for a woman who was kidnapped after working the late shift at at gas station. plus what her family is now saying. the battle to reform the food stamp program amid some recipients are using food stamps to get free ipads. jon: what? jenna: calls to cut billions from the program.

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jon: right now, new information on some crime stories we're following. investigators in new mexico trying to figure out the motive for a bizarre attack at a church this weekend where a 24-year-old man stabbed four churchgoers just as the choir began its final hymn. church members tackled the suspect who was charged with aggravated battery. the wounded are said to be in stable condition. in west michigan police say they are getting tips from around the country as they investigate the kidnapping after gas station clerk. the young mother was abducted as she prepared to close for the day on friday. her family pleading for her safe return. the jury in the jodi arias murder trial could get the case this week as reports that the her boyfriend travis alexander

called to police that his tires were slashed months before the murder. the repeated reference of tire slashing and charges that arias may have been stalking him. jenna: "happening now", republicans have their sights on reforming the food stamp program with plans to cut bills of dollars over the next decade. supporters of this plan say it can be done by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse like stopping recipients to use things to buy ipads or. critics say it will ultimately hurt children because children are majority of the people that benefit from the program. chief correspondent mike emanuel is live in washington. mike, some of our viewers might need to hear more about the ipad. using food stamps for ipads? that's happening? >> reporter: would qualify, waste fraud and abuse. supporters of this plan say that, you know, over the next decade the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or snap, is projected to

cost taxpayers 760 dow billion. senator john unthune and congressman marlon stutzman from indiana are proposing a plan that would save $30 billion over 10 years cutting waste, fraud and abuse and eliminating loopholes. the food stamp program has exploded in costs on number of people getting benefits. senator thune wants to make sure needy families get assistance while reducing waste in the assistance. >> we want to make sure the program is run in a efficient way. what we've seen over last several years since president obama has been in office, the number of people on food stamps has grown 16 million people. one in seven americans is on food stamps and the cost of the program has literally doubled. >> reporter: one in seven americans. among the ideas narrowing eligibility by soing automatic qualification because somebody is eligible for other low income benefits. they also think they can strengthen applicant reenrollment requirements

and cut redundant employment and training programs, jenna? jenna: interesting the timing of this coming out of a recession. we know so many families are in need because of what is happening with the economy, mike. what are those on the other side saying about this type of reform? >> reporter: the chair of congressional black caucus says this will hurt kids noting most of the recipients of this program are children. >> if you cut snap by 30%, that means 30% more of the people on snap now will find themselves hungry. children will not do well in school. parents will not know what to do to feed their children. we will exacerbate the problem as opposed to find the problem. >> reporter: those behind the bill know it will not be easy to get things done noting a lot of their colleagues don't support efforts to rein in government spending mike emanuel, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: a massive fire forces evacuations of dozens of people. more of this incredible video coming up plus a closer look at what is making this fire so

dangerous. the discovery of a chunk of landing gear from a type of plane hijacked on 9/11 sparks a search for more victims remains in downtown new york city. the latest on the investigation underway near ground zero. you hurt my feelings, todd.

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jon: right now an early morning fire forces the evacuation of 20 homes in philadelphia. crews responding to find flames shooting out of this abandoned warehouse there. a fire official says propane tanks in the building exploded, blowing off an entire wall. fortunately no one was hurt. the cause of the explosion is under investigation. heavy smoke leading to evacuations in the area. the red cross is currently helping those forced to leave their homes. jenna: "happening now" in downtown manhattan, the last pieces of the spire that

will top one world trade center are going up. as they continue work on the structure of that building there is a story happening nearby that certainly got our attention. new york city police have cordoned off an area, a small space between two buildings where a discovery was made. discovery of a landing gear of a boeing aircraft all these years later after 9/11. a medical exam uper will analyze the scene to determine whether more human remains of 9/11 victims might be found there. we have more from our fox affiliate wnyw. >> reporter: city medical examiner office is here on scene in lower manhattan. they will begin the arduous task to figure out what is exactly in this narrow alley behind 51 park place this building, tan one is 51 park place. it may look familiar to our viewers because it is the site of a proposed controversial islamic cultural center here in lower manhattan. the owners were doing work

on the building so they hired surveyors to inspect it and the surveyors found this remarkable discovery. they were looking at the back of the building and what they found wedged between 51 park place and a building on murray street was this boeing landing gear which has confirmed to be part of the landing gear of one of the two planes that crashed into the trade towers on 9/11. now this area here has been labeled a crime scene. the medical examiner's office is inifing to bring in the equipment they need to sift through all of that debris that remains in this alley. they're going to begin that process tomorrow. the big question that everybody has here, if in fact this is the landing gear from the trade tower attacks, what else could behind this building in that alley? that is the latest from lower manhattan. i will send it back to you, jenna. jenna: teresa, from wnyw, we thank you for that report. we'll keep you posted as we hear more. jon: so strange, finding

those pieces a decade later. >> we said a small piece between the buildings but a big, big piece of landing gear. jon: five feet long they said. there is fear rising in the midwest just as fast as the floodwaters. the latest on the mess several states are dealing with and when people might finally start to see relief there. a top member of the assad regime narrowly survives a assassination attempt. latest from the war-torn syria and the options the u.s. might have to end the bloodshed

jon: now to a fox weather alert and the flooding threat is far from over for large parts of the midwest. drivers in texas were forced to abandon their cars over the weekend after this highway near houston really turned into a lake. in fact the houston area has seen more than 150 high water rescues just since saturday. meteorologist maria molina in the fox extreme weather center for us now. maria. >> jon, good to see you. the flooding across parts of southeast texas is due to a storm system that rolled through the area and produced as much as seven to eight inches of rain in a couple of hours. so that did trigger flooding across that part of the country in southeastern texas around houston. we have ongoing flooding we want to talk about in cross-sections of indiana, illinois, across parts of the ohio river, martz of the missouri river and even mississippi river. so several major rivers are

impacted by flooding in surrounding areas. there are a number of flood warnings been in effect for pretty much over a week for much of you in indiana and illinois. we have advisories issued farther south across parts of mississippi, arkansas and louisiana because as we head into several days this week we expect water levels continue to rise as the water flows downstream. flooding a big concern for huge chunks of the country for parts of the great lakes down into the south. another area is parts of north dakota and minnesota. you maybe heard already about fargo in north dakota. they are used to dealing with flooding unfortunately from the red river. the area has been very cold that kept the snow in place. we saw a significant warm-up. we saw 70s in the area over the weekend triggering a lot of snow melt. flooding is going on. warnings are in effect. we expect the river to rise 37 feet, a major flood stage as we head into potentially

wednesday, making it one of the top worst flooding events, top seven in fargo, north dakota, along the red river so, significant floodings out here. jon: wow, that is awful for those people. thanks very much, maria molina. jenna: we'll talk a little more about the economy. it has been a positive report when it comes to the nation's housing market today. the national association of realtors says the number of americans who signed contracts to buy homes hit a three-year high last month. meantime america's biggest city is seeing a big rebound in its housing market. we're talking about new york city. high-rise luxury condos are going up all over manhattan. they're selling out very fast. some experts call it a real estate renaissance at least for manhattan. the question is, what about the rest of the country. we have a freelance journalist that covers culture and lifestyle, and real estate among other things. david, you wrote a piece for the financial times what is going on for manhattan. you think this is the start of something for the rest of the country or is there a

urban story, a real estate renaissance? >> no, it is a greater so. we're seeing housing purchases are up nearly 20% across the country which is a great sign. they're up in manhattan. looks like this will continue throughout the country for the foreseeable future. one of the challenges is sustaining this momentum. while prices may be rising, while buyer numbers may be rising one of the key challenges is supply. the housing supply right now is mo the lowest numbers in 10 years. jenna: we had the opposite problem during the recession, didn't we? there was just so much supply, there was such a big boom that was a big problem for housing. so how are we so quickly on the other side of that? >> what happened all of that available product as they call it, all of that available supply was snapped up by buyers who had the money or could get financing during that period. more importantly, there has been a big lull in new housing projects coming on, coming on the market. even though we're seeing problem projects in

development. those will take some time. jenna: who exactly are these magical buyers out there? are they your average family who is thinking this will be our new home? are we talking about investors going through a place like new york, for example, snapping up multiple properties because they can get financing and mortgage rates really low? >> i think it is a little of both. all kinds of industries ares seeing record revenue figures. you have plenty of families who have money, mom, dad, new kids who will buy new apartments. for example some of the complexes we wrote about in the financial times in new york, on 68th street and 72nd street as well, those buyers are mostly new york families who want to come in, upgrade and be on the upper east side with great schools. >> what are you finding as far as the financinging part? a lot of our viewers have questions about that. how long it actually takes from someone to signing a contract to closing the deal? >> that is going to be tougher these days. what we're finding is that people who are in the market

to buy property, particularly in the big cities, particularly in higher markets, higher end markets are coming with cash. they are not necessarily financing. so people who right now are looking to buy generally come ready to close the deal with most of the down payment, most of the payment up front in cash or lots available. jenna: some might listen to this thinking wow, if this competitive if i don't miss this huge opportunity in the market and it will be off to the races and i will be priced out like we saw in the last housing boom. do you think we'll see the same pattern present itself all of a sudden it will be so competitive prices will go away and people are priced out? >> i think there will be sustained increases in pricing right now as supply remains low. the good news housing starts are beginning to rebound. jenna: that is new home construction? >> that is new home construction. we're going to see plenty of new built properties coming on in the market in the next two to three years.

initially the challenge will be on the high end. rich people have the money to buy them and developers want to sell their homes. but eventually we'll going to begin to see larger projects, more apartments and more affordable apartments. jenna: before i let you go you written in the past about some of these iconic buildings in new york city suddenly are turning, they're still icons but you can live in them. >> that's correct. jenna: you looked at this time period from 191 to 2013. why did you take a look at that time period? that is so interesting. >> 1913 was a monumental year in new york city, particularly in manhattan. landmarks like grand central station opened and buildings are being turned into high residential projects, woolworth building where the top 30 floors become condos. one building at 72nd. a great project on east 68th. that is starting at $15 million. the architect in charge is

guy behind sting's apartment. jenna: very fancy up here. >> pedigree architect. >> that's right. woolworth building i'm sure a lot of viewers are familiar with that and part of the city skyline. interesting to think you could live in that. it costs you. >> that was the tallest building in the world when it was built in 1913. it will be one of tallest residential towers in new york. jenna: incredible. david, nice to have you back on the program. >> thank you. jenna: jon? jon: syria's prime minister escapes an assassination attempt by car bomb today. syrian state media reports one of the top officials in president bashar al-assad's regime was unharmed. the united states meanwhile continues to monitor evidence that the syrian government used weapons against its own people. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon for us. jennifer, what could the u.s. military do at this stage if syria has used chemical weapons and still has stocks of them? >> reporter: jon, remember the pentagon and central

command presented plans to the white house months ago. it is really in the president's hand at this point. many feel he painted himself into a corner talking about a red line. >> can't be a dotted line. can't be anything other than a red line and more than just syria, iran is paying attention to this. north korea is paying attention to this. so i think the options aren't huge but some action needs to be taken. >> reporter: there are approximately 13 chemical weapons facilities in syria with 40 other sites scattered around the country, many of them mobile facilities. the syrians assembled 48 chemical bombs i'm told to be dropped from planes within the last few months. those bombs are still unaccounted for. no one in the pentagon wants to bomb those facilities, those chemical weapons facilities from the air because of the potential i'm told they could create a chemical cloud that could migrate over jordan, israel, lebanon. it is not easy to control these agents. i'm told they could mine the

areas around these chemical weapons facilities in syria so that no one from the regime could enter. i heard estimates even if invited in as the u.s. was in libya, it would take about 20 years for a defense contractor, chemical weapons specialist, to disassemble an contain all of the chemical agents that assad has. that is what is taking place right now in libya. it takes quite some time to deal with these agents. the danger of inaction by former military commanders who watch this unfold, symbolicly this is weighing on the military, jon. jon: there are skeptics in the military as well. what are they saying? >> there are skeptics. chairman dempsey was asked about this on capitol hill whether he could send enough troops in or militarily deal with all the chemical weapons in syria and he simply told senator john mccain, it would be very difficult, almost impossible. all the military experts are talking about how syria's

anti-aircraft defense systems are more sophisticated than libya's. they are housed in residential areas and likely manned by russians and russian troops. make no mistake you will kill many russians and syrians as if you destroy military defenses that i spoke to. jon: wow. >> talk about a no-fly zone. easy to say it. libya is very sophisticated. i believe we have to do it as a team. >> reporter: right now, many in the pentagon feel that a window has closed and they are in a more difficult position than if they had been asked to do something a year ago. jon: thorny, thorny questions there. thanks very much. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jenna: we'll have more on that story throughout the day today. in the meantime will and kate have a lot to celebrate. the royal couple reaching a big milestone as they await the birth of their first child. we'll tell you what it is coming up. that is a hint. president george w. bush warning the republican party

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jon: former president george w. bush issuing an unmistakeable warning to the republican party. speaking with fox news at the dedication of his new presidential library president bush cautioned the gop against the kind of isolationism that is gaining popularity among members of the tea party. chief washington correspondent james rosen has that live from d.c. james? >> reporter: good morning. with u.s. debt piling up, our political leaders seeming unable to make big decisions necessary to stop it and vital programs here at home being placed on the chopping block the enduring debate how deeply america should involve itself overseas has only intensified. you recall months after u.s. embassies were attacked around the world last september. since that time a new generation of lawmakers including but not limited to those supported by the tea party has begun espousing views of reminiscent of isolationist septemberments heard in america between the two world wars. >> the president finds an

extra $250 million to send to egypt. [booing] you know the country where mobs attacked our embassy, burned our flag and chanted, death to america, he found an extra $250 million to reward them. i say not one penny more to countries that are burning our flags. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: in an interview with "special report" anchor bret baier in dallas last week the commander-in-chief that launched wars in afghanistan and iraq argued the arab spring made it more, not less incumbent for america to intervene abroad. asking rhetorically, are we going to retreat or become more involved. his library says proves that security overseas matters here at home. >> democracies take time to evolve. the role of those of us living in comfortable free societies ought to take an

interest in the evolution of democracy for our own national security much less for improving the human condition. >> reporter: both rand paul and jeb bush are wildly believed to be mulling runs for the presidency. so this debate between noninterventionism and engagement abroad is sure to remain with us at least through 2016. jon? jon: james rosen in washington, thank you. jenna: hard hits like the ones we're going to show you are front and center in the debate in the nfl. a debate that centers around taking knocks could eventually lead to severe injuries to football players. we know that is the case but there is word of a new partnership involving the nfl, the alumni association and preventative measures that can be taken. our medical expert joins us on what might work coming up. money, and i avoid frustration. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. you want to be sure the money you're about to spend

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jenna: right now the national football league alumni association is teaming up with a biopharmaceutical company for a possible brain test, a brain drug test that may have a big impact on players, depending whether or not the clinical trial actually leads to some results. the trial would involve potentially retired professional football players and would specifically be geared toward those that may be more prone or have received some traumatic brain injuries. as you probably know thousand thousands of former players are suing the nfl and its teams claiming the league did not do enough to protect them considering the fact they were getting concussions on the field. dr. matthew fink, neurologist in chief for new york presbyterian hospital and head of clinical neurology at the cornell medical center. this is the idea that the nfl alumni association is teaming up with the drug company and they want to

have a clinical trial, doc. what we want to talk about now what preventative measures may be entertained for people that have gone through something like a football career and know that they had some injury or trauma to their brain. what does that look like right now? >> well at the moment in the united states there are millions of people that have suffered brain injuries and not just from playing sports. from automobile accidents, slips and falls. we have thousands of soldiers coming back from the middle east who have had brain injuries. there is intensive research to try to find treatments to prevent this condition from developing. now, at the moment, there is no drug that we can give. there is no pill that i can offer that is going to have an effect. but we do know that, our good health habits make a difference. so what are those good health habits? a good diet. keeping your weight down. getting regular exercise. avoiding alcohol.

avoiding other types of drugs. these are good health habits that will definitely either delay or prevent a problem like this from developing. jenna: so this company, neurostem, of maryland say they have a drug that could potentially rebuild, recreate brain cells. it sounds remarkable. that that actually could happen. >> yes, it is remarkable. and it has been tested in animals. when we talk about animals, we're talking about mice and rats and in mice and rats they develop a compound which does seem to stimulate the growth of new nerve cells. now, it will be tested in people but it is many years away before we find out whether it will work or not, and i hope it works. i hope it works because that would be a great thing. jenna: sure. >> but we don't know yet. jenna: even one of the reasons why we're talking about it the nfl alumni association are thinking they could have some of the former players be part of a

potential trial in the future. let me shift to a different topic. there is small study and that is very interesting and talking about brain trauma as well. for soldiers that come back, had a blast injury that affected their head and their brain and are exhibiting ptsd-like symptoms. a new study suggests that it may not be pts. did, it could be a hormone balance. what can you tell us about that? >> yes. this is a fascinating study. we had known for decades people that suffer brain injuries a certain percentage of them will have be a norm that function of the pituitary gland. it is at the base of the brain. it fights right underneath the brain. it is a tiny structure half an inch in diameter but it is called the master gland and directly connected to the brain. when there is brain injury the pituitary could be damaged. jenna: we'll get the other camera on it. you were pointing where it is. >> underneath the brain, attached to the brain. jenna: so is this study actually saying that

potentially, again, small study did, they're going to test it on small soldiers, a treatment for some of the symptoms that they were feeling ptsd-like could be some sort of a hormone therapy? >> it is absolutely possible. again this is a small study. there were 35 patients that were involved and i my hope is that they will study a much larger group. i actually believe this is an important area that may turn out to be extremely helpful in diagnosing and treating some of these injuries. very exciting. jenna: shows the knew autopsies of some of the injuries as well. doctor, great to have you. >> my pleasure. jenna: thanks for bringing in the brain. we're glad to have it on the set [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know

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at the suspect's mother. it is a brand-new hour of "happening now," thanks for joining us, i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. the mother may or may not be the help that people are talk being about, though. there are a lot of questions about who else might be involved here. jon: they are looking at the possibility of a third person at the marathon. jenna: the house and homeland security chairman says it appears the suspect had training e. wants to know if the older brother received guidance on building terror bombs when he visited russia last year or if it's somebody maybe inside the united states. there are questions about the mother, the role she might play. new york congressman peter king, a member of the homeland security committee said the russians had information about the mother, important information that they did not share with the fbi according to king. chairman mccall think is there is a connection. >> i think she played a very strong role in his radicalization process. i believe she is a person of interest, if not a subject. i do believe she comes into the

united states -- if she comes in she will be detained for questioning. jenna: one of the questions, a big question that has been asked over the last several days is what happened inside this family that may have changed the thinking of their sons. what sort of factors might be in play, just one of the questions being asked. if you take a look at the mother and the transformation that she went through over the last selfyears you'll see a big difference. the photo on the left is her as a young mother, the one on the right she has undergone a transformation. she said she was more influenced by her religion and islam. david lee miller is live with more. what do we need to know about the mother today? >> reporter: clearly, jenna, zubeidat has attracted the attention of the entire world if for no other reason than her behavior has been erratic, her bizarre news conferences, her pronouncements that her sons are not only innocent, but that the entire crime scene was faked, that authorities used paint

instead of blood. but there is one thing worth noting about her, that her son tamerlan when he went to russia in january of 2012 for a six-month visit, where was his mother? his mother stayed behind in boston. she was not with her son during that trip. authorities are now trying to retrace his steps. they want to know precisely where the older son went, they want to know with whom he met. over the weekend a russian language newspaper published an article saying that he was expressing interest in joining a muslim insurgency, and while he was overseas, when we talk so much about his mother, she was getting into trouble on her own. she was charged with shoplifting about $1,600 from a boston area department store. if she does return to boston it is very possible she could face criminal charges and be arrested for that shoplifting incident that took place about one year

ago. again, coinciding with the same time that her son was traveling to russia for purposes that are still not clear. jenna. jenna: david, when it comes to the sons, what else do we know about their radicalization? >> we know early on it had been reported that relatives claimed that the boys, specifically the older one, had been brain washed. brained washed by a mysterious man known only as misha. now at last it appears that misha's identity has been revealed. the new york review of books has published an article saying that they have discovered that misha is a ukrainian american, 39 years old. he lives in rhode island. he says he has not seen the brothers for some three years. he knew them in the past, he had nothing whatsoever to do with this plot to bomb the boston

marathon. he says he's been visited by the fbi, they took his computer, his phone, he says that his name is being cleared. and he told the newspaper, and i quote, if i was his teacher, speaking about the older brother, i would make sure he never did anything like this. so, it appears at least one part of this mystery has been unraveled, still a great deal more, many questions that have to be answered about the possible involvement of others. jenna. jenna: there are more questions. david lee, manning you. jon: let's talk a little bit more about all of this now with bret baier, of course the anchor of special report. no sooner had the tsarnaev brothers been dent need as possible suspects in this crime than unidentified investigators, presumably from the fbi, or federal agencies, were saying, it doesn't look like they had any help, they acted completely on their own. now, the story seems to be changing, and i just want to get your thoughts on why a story

like that gets out in the first place? who does that benefit? >> reporter: it's a good question, jon. there are a couple of things here. first of all when the names came ou originally, this organization, other media organizations went to the fbi and said, do you have any record of these guys, any interaction with these guys? and the original answer came back, no, don't know them. then the mother began to talk, and said that the fbi had questioned the older son tamerlan, and had tracked him in her words, for many months, and then we have the statement of course that in fact the fbi had questioned him. now after that was this interesting back and forth about the different agencies, and who knew what when? in fact two agencies were warned by the russians, the fbi and the cia, that we know of. we know that tamerlan and the mother were put on a government

watch list 18 months before the boston bombing. we know that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are now concerned about the so-called stove pipe of intelligence that the sharing was not happeng, about after the 9/11d a lot investigation. jon: congressman michael mccaul who is on the homeland security committee, in fact he chairs that committee was on "fox news sunday" over the weekend saying that it doesn't look to him like these two guys acted alone, that they had some training or some help. how much help are the russians being in helping us look into this? do you know? >> reporter: to hear the chairman of the intelligence committee, mike rogers talk about it, not much. in fact they have not been helpful at all, to hear him skreut. i describe it. the russians need to step up to the plate here and provide better information, in his words. there are some reports about the russians and what they may have in this. u.s. officials are now trying to

get to the bottom of what the russians had on both tamerlan and the mother. the question is about how many other people may be involved. the mother is obviously a person that they would want to question. investigators would want to question. you talk to terrorism experts. counterterrorism experts and catherine herridge has done great reporting about the detonators usedhese bombs, this is high-tech stuff. and the fact that they have put together these explosives without losing a hand or finger, and they made many of them, many of these eggs perfect experts would tell you is probably some training somewhere outside of just the internet. jon: yeah, and a couple of the previous suspects, like umar farouk abdul-mutullab who tried to blow the airliner had help from overseas in putting that plan together. be sure to catch bret tonight and every night. he anchors special report right

here at 6:00pm. jenna: many states are beginning to rollout plans for insurance he can changes. they have to get those set up. case in point is maryland, the statearylan where the ggest insurer plans to raise premiums by 25% claiming that the new law will require it, except even th to accept even the sickist patients. let's go to fox business network washington correspondent peter barnes. that is the question, that is maryland. what about the rest of us? what can we expect from our health insurance premiums? >> reporter: jenna some customers should be prepared for sticker shock as all this rolls out. individuals will be able to start buying policies through the health insurance exchanges you talked about starting next year. the nation's biggest health insurer, blue cross/blue shield has requested a 30% increase in premiums, looking at a 30% increase in premiums in tennessee for individuals.

the 25% increase in maryland you mentioned. and an 18% increase in premiums in rhode island. regulators will review all these, state regulators, and they are not expected to approve increases this high. but blue cross satisfactory says it needs to cover higher costs in even judge and obama's mandates to expand accs to who certain people and provide certain benefits. >> all policies will have to meet a minimum set of benefits that is tprar broader tha far broader than what many people are purring today. as a result the cost of coverage will increase to cover all the benefits people are receiving. >> reporter: rate increases will hit customers differently in different states. for example, proposed hikes are smaller in vermont which already had tough healthcare mandates, and increes will genly be aller for businesses that provide coverage for their employees, jenna. jenna: peter, what are healthcare advocates saying about this? >> reporter: they are angry about it.

a proreform group, families usa said the rate proposal in maryland, for example, is only the first step in the premium-setting process. at the end of that process the premiums will be considerably lower. blue cross has a history, families usa says started well before the affordable care act was passed of inflating its proposed premiums. kaiser by way of contrast is seeking only a 4.9% increase. jenna: peter burns live from d.c. thank you. jon: an unspeakable crime sparks a massive manhunt in california. this 8-year-old girl stabbed to death in her own home. now the search is on for the man who killed her. a live report on that next. and president obama having it both ways with social media, blasting its impact politicalcot the same time when it suits his purposes. let's talk about it with our news watch pam comin panel

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jon: breaking now, new details on a massive man hunt undery 4 northern, california for the killer of an 8-year-old girl. people in the small town of valley springs told to lock their doors as investigators gather evidence, including fingerprints. the little girl, seen here, leila fowler was home alone with her 12-year-old brother when an even trued der broke in and stabbed her to death. children are now reacting to this horrific crime. >> it's scary. i think he's out to get other people. >> a the hro of us here are used to keeping our doors unlocked, nlocked. a lot of families last night locked all the windows and doors for the first time. jon: claudia cowan is live in san francisco with the latest on the investigation. cloud yeah. >> reporter: jon, along with the

fingerprints you mentioned, authorities are analyzing months dnadence found inside the home and they have a suspect description thanks to the victim's brother who stood face to nice with this intruder before the man fled. now this 12-year-old boy is the most important witness in a murder that has rocked the small town of valley springs, in calaveras county, about an hour south and east of sacramento. leila was bleeding but still alive when her 12-year-old brother found her around noon on saturday. she died later that night. their parents were not home at the time. one neighbor saw the suspect run away. the brutal murder and growing manhunt directly affecting everyone who lives in valley springs, population 3500. many are shaken. some are verified. >> i was in these are on the way home shaking. i was even this morning still shaking. rights its there on my front doorstep. >> did they find him? you mean heres still around? oh, my god. >> reporter: over the weekend authorities went door to door looking for this little girl's

killer and combing the crime scene for evidence. they hope to have the results of those dna tests in about a week, and they are asking for any information about people who may have unexplained injuries, or who lefn unely after the crime was reported. and autopsy will be conducted today while over a hundred officers continue to search for a man described as six feet tall, white or hispanic and with this distinguishing feature, long gray hair. he was wearing blue jeans and a black or dark shirt. his age unclear. no suspect and no motive. police are believing up their presence at schools and bus stops and tomorrow night a candlelight vigil will be held at leila's elementary school. jon. jon: what a frightening story. claudia thank you. jenna: growing medical danger, deadly bacteria at our nation's hospitals. why this is happening and who i to protect yourself and your family. also charges that syria used chemical weapons putting the

president in a bit of a tough spot when it comes to policy after he warned unleashing any chemical weapons would cross a red line. lawmakers want to know if the president will match his word options and the stakes involved coming up. avs. [sound of gunfire]

jenna: right now the civil war in syria is coming closer to the regime as the prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. it happened when a car bomb went off near his convoy. some high-level officials in the bashar al-assad government continue to be targeted. this as president obama faces new calls to get tough on syria after the u.s. intelligence community finds some evidence the government there used chemical weapons against its own

people. this after the president warned the bashar al-assad regime that doing so would actually cross a red line triggering some kind of nonspecific u.s. intervention. here is house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers. >> it didn't be a dotted line, it didn't be anything other than a red line. more than just syria, iran is paying attention to this. north korea is paying attention to this. i think the options aren't huge, but some action needs to be taken. jenna: others point to the examples in our past. for example, point to iraq and urging the president to make sure that he has all the facts before taking action. >> i appreciate his deliberate approach to this. you know, we've had a little problem with going to the u.n. with the idea of weapons of mass destruction before, so we certainly want to finish the investigation. jenna: jonathan chancellor is vice president of research at the foundation for defense of democracy. a lot of argt abouticy and actionnd are the

facts. e are facts, bashar al-assad has been killing his own people, the rebels do contain some terrorist elements and there are chemical weapons. we do know that syria has chemical weapons. what are our options? >> are well, first of all i think it's important to note that this red line is i think an artificial one. the fact that the united states hasn't done anything while 80,000 people have been slotted in syria, that should be a red line in and of itself. you know when you take a look at the chemical weapons, fact that there are these al-qaida elements near them, hezbollah elements near them. the concern is not just that they might be deployed in syria but they might fall in the wrong hands and potentially be used against the united states. i think this begs for some amount of u.s. intervention in syria. i know there is a lot of concern about putting boots on the ground, there is a lot of concern about needing to shore up facts before moving forward, these are the lessons we learned in iraq of course. but there are some other steps that could be taken, deploying special forces, providing a

safe-haven, a no-fly stone, these are some of the tools available to the u.s. government and i see a very reticent white house at this moment. jenna: to your point we certainly do not want chemical weapons of any type being hughesed against our own people, as senator graham pointed out boston, the terror attack was a horrible chemical attack. if chemical weapons were used in a scenario like that it could have been worse. what about the options like a no-fly zone prevent that from eventually happening that terrorists get chemical weapons and use them against us. >> to be sure a no-fly stone or safe-haven will not stop chemical weapons there falling into the wrong hands and pope tension alley being deployed here in the united states. i think the broader goal is to end this conflict in syria. in other words, to have bashar al-assad fall to try to bring some stability to syria so that we can get our hands on those weapons of mass destruction and make sure that they are not just floating around out there and could potentially fall into the

hands of hezbollah, or other elements like those who might think about deploying them against -pt united states. jenna: it's been stew years and bashar al-assad still stands. there is no indication that he's actually getting weaker. so what is the key, if that is the end goal, jonathan, which is regime change, which the white house has talked about, what is the key now to having that happen? >> i think the key is having a white house that is committed to doing so. i mean talking about red lines, and then having those red lines be crossed, that ultimately poses a major challenge to our credibility and underscores the fact that the u.s. really lacks a strategy right now in syria. we need to take some definitive steps. we are obviously very nervous about doing so. we have a war weary population here, people who don't want to go back into war after iraq or afghanistan. i think we need to find some half steps, intermediate measures that could help bring about a conclusion to this syria conflict without necessarily deploying our men and women onto

the battlefield. jenna: david cameron the prime minister over in the uk says he's worried. he's worried that what happened in iraq is unfairly influencing our decisions in syria, and jonathan taking that a step farther of course no one wants war, that is not -- that is not anything that anybody would like, but is our lack of action in your estimate setting up a scenario where we will eventually have to go back to war in the middle east? >> well, i think we lack credibility right now, and that i think bodeses poorly for our overall ability to project strength in the middle east, to be able to determine some of the e're looking for, whether it's the palestinian-israeli conflict, staring down the iranians a he as they march forward toward the nuclear program. if we lack the credibility and don't back up our words with action i think a lot of the dangerous virginia skwraoepls are watching right now and licking their chops saying okay we have a weakened america. we can do what we please. jenna: we need action, in your

estimate jonathan you need now. we can't let this go another week, another month another -- >> yeah i would say this. we've been needing action for a very longtime. 80,000 people killed, more than a million people refugees from this conflict. we should have stepped in a longtime ago. our policy has been one of ambivalence. i think the united states has just not wanted to get involved shall and so we've contracted out this conflict to for example the turks working with the po opposition. and the israelis may have even gotten involved and targeted a couple of chemical weapons sites over the weekend. we've allowed other actors to step in on our behalf. we should be doing something, whether it's galvanizing nato support, getting the international community to take steps or doing it ourselves. we need to do something to bring about a quicker end to this conflict. jenna: it's a good point to end on. just because we are not there doesn't mean no one is there. we have to remind ourselves of that. thank you, i appreciate it as

always. >> my pleasure. jon: anybody need ha slightly used nfl quarterback? the new york jets have dumped tim tebow, the former ohio man ohiheisman winner is on waivers. what does the president think about social media, does he really hate it? our news watch panel weighs in. [ kate ] many women may not be absorbing the calcium they take as well as they could because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. i don'without goingcisionsds to angie's list first.um. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. with angie's list, i know who to call, and i know the results will be fantastic. angie's list -- reviews you can trust.

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jenna: "happening now", capitol debate on immigration reform. we hear a lot what happens will legal immigrants. but what about another side to this story? those who enter the united states legally but overstay their visas? william la jeunesse is taking a look at this live from los angeles. william? >> reporter: jenna, 40, by some accounts, 50% of the those in the united states illegally did not enter that way. most americans want those who overstay their visas deported. that will not happen because we currently don't know where they are or who they are. they came not over a fence but by plane. >> seemed like a typical 19-year-old. >> reporter: in 2007 he arrived from jordan on a 90-day tourist visa. two years later he tried to level this dallas high-rise with a car bomb. he also came to the u.s. on a tourist visa. 13 years later he plotted to blows up the u.s. capital. both are known in the immigration debate as visa overstays. >> currently it is a flaw.

we have a handful of cases among those who have been arrested in terrorist plots who were here overstaying a visa. and itorter: but it is not doesn't matter how secure the mexican border is. if someone can 10 enter it the u.s. as a tourist, student or businessman and simply never leave. >> you're talking about four or five million people and a large percentage of that, i think, could be tracked certainly to make sure that we know that they have exited the country. >> reporter: the problem is, we don't. while the u.s. collects foreigner fingerprints and photos who enter the u.s., there is no similar exit system. >> a tracking system for people means that i.c.e. now has data to enforce the law against overstays. >> reporter: despite numerous congressional mandates and billions of tax dollars the federal government failed to develop a entry-exit system, citing cost, inconvenience and opposition from the airlines. critics call that a national security disgrace. >> as a nation i think if we want to do immigration

reform, this is a critical component of it. >> reporter: now australia does have a system where your passport is scanned when you enter and when you exit the country. now the current senate bill envisions, jenna, a similar system for the u.s. within five years but only for airports and seaports. not ports of entry. not ideal but better than what we have now. back to you. jenna: being done else where so it is a model. thank you. jon: president obama takes swipe at political coverage on the internet and the rise of social media. it was the white house correspondents dinner over this weekend, a big event in d.c. the president telling a joke about buzz feed a website that tracks social content. listen. >> the problem is that the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you can't keep up with it. i mean i remember when buzz feed was something i did in college around 2:00 a.m.

[laughing] jon: cute gag. even though the white house maintains a heavy presence on social media promoting the president on web sites and pages like facebook, twitter, flicker and youtube, over the weekend the white house set up an account on social network and blogging site, tumbler. on "meet the press", white house correspondent chuck todd says president obama really hates the impact of social media on politics. listen. >> he hates it, okay? he hates this part of the media. he really thinks sort of the buzz -- fication, this is not just about buzz feed or "politico", he says the coverage of political media hurts political discourse and he hates it and i think he made that clear last night. jon: we've as semibelled our "news watch" panel. jim pinkerton, writer for "american conservative" magazine. alan colmes, host of "alan colmes radio show" and author of, thank the liberals for saving america. jim, did it sound funny to

you to have president obama complaining about social media in a joke fest. >> or sounds strange for chuck todd to take the president's side and the president is above all the frivolity of the white house correspondents dinner and serious man who sit around and thinks deep thoughts. seems strange give the fact he won two presidential campaigns on social media. they're very proud of it when it mattered or for the elections. now that the elections are over i guess the president has a new image with chuck todd helping him, i'm really serious, i'm above all of this. alan, what do you think? jon: alan, what do you think. >> that was a joke. a simple joke. it was a very good joke. if we believe that is taken seriously should we taken seriously sadly some people do he is a muslim socialist when he was younger? it was a joke. the fact this is a president who was the first president to use social media to get elected in two different elections. first president to tweet on twitter, with a signature bo,

whenever it is heing do the twe. so i just don't buy it that hates the social media. is there a downside? sure. but it comes with the territory. jon: but, that is, i think jim's point is that there are times when he makes good use of it, times when he likes to make use of it. >> like any other media. jon: but doesn't always work in his favor. >> to simply say he hates the social media, i'm not sure, that could be chuck todd's opinion. i like chuck todd. i think he is a good anchor. i don't see it from my vantage point. social media has been great for him. >> i think the point is, why would chuck todd of nbc, sister network to msnbc be so determined to get that point across on -- >> because the white else tells him to, i forgot. >> i think the president is making a pivot away from things got him elected. for news busters that the white house can't control the social media as they can control the mainstream media. so now he is mad.

>> wait a minute. you're first of all chuck todd is doing the president's bidding on purpose. that it is planned. also quoting news busters, admittedly right-wing website also said in the article by noel shepherd the reason he doesn't like the social media because the social media leans too conservative and doesn't give him the props mainstream media does which i don't buy it. social media doesn't lean one way or the other. >> social media reflects country as whole. the mane stream media as president obama said in white house corresondents dinner i'm proud to be all of you because all of you voted for me. >> they cheered obama when he said it. >> john mccain did a joke how the media was his base. it was a joke. >> reality, as you know, the data all show this by four or five to one margin supported obama in 2008, not mccain. mccain had a base among the media until he ran for president which it collapsed. >> difference whether or not

people in the media reported him and influenced reporting. those are two different things. jon: we're getting a big wrap from you two guys. >> i don't blame him. jon: always fun being in the middle of your arguments. alan colmes, jim pinkerton, thank you. jenna: scare us a little bit here. nba player, veteran of the league jason collins is making headlines. julie banderas is with the "fox 411.". >> could lines says i'm a 34-year-old nba center and i'm black and gay. coming out boldly, the world and worldwide web reacting first active openly gay pro athlete after making front page of "sports illustrated". the 34-year-old told the magazine i didn't set out to be first openly gay athlete playing in a major african-american sport but if i am i'm happy to start the conversation. reaction pouring in from everywhere. former president bill clinton congratulateds collins for coming out of

the chelsea clinton went to stanford with collins and his twin brother. very proud of my friend jason collins for having the strength and courage to be first openly gay player in the nba. the nba commissioner david stern releasing a statement which reads in part, jason has been a widely respected player and teammate throughout his career and we are proud he has assumed the leadership mantle on this very important issue. now when asked when he decided how to come out and why he decided to come out, collins said that he endured years of misery. gone to enormous lengths to live a lie and was certain his world would fall apart if anyone knew. now that he acknowledged his sexuality he feels he is whole for the first time he tell as magazine another popular athlete making headlines, quarterback tim tebow making headlines today. the new york jets releasing him with no pomp or circumstance the team released a statement that simply said, jets waive qb tim tebow. no mention of the statistics

with the jets because perhaps in part there were none worth mentioning. jenna: what a turnaround. green tie on announcing part of the team. we'll see where he goes next. could be a good thing, right? could be a good thing. jon: i liked him in a bronco uniform. that will not happen. jenna: you're biased. he is fun to watch. hopefully he lands somewhere good. jon: a good guy. a major public health concerns right now about hospital-borne infections as officials say one in 20 patients likely will get sick as a result of a hospital stay. what health care providers are doing to try to tackle that growing threat next. plus, a new suspect appears in federal court today in the case of poison-laced letters sent to president obama and others. the very latest twists on this strange case in a live report.

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jenna: "happening now", some serious new concerns nationwide about the growing threat of hospital-spread infections as officials say one in 20 patients get sick as a result of coming to the hospital. some of those infections from hard to treat "superbugs" and hospitals are trying new ways to wipe them out from standard cleaning products to high-tech robot-like machines. what is working? what should we know? dr. stephen garner, chairman radiology at new york methodist hospital. dr. garner, sometimes when we talk about the stories feels like revolt at nature.

nature is getting back at us for being so clean. what is the right expectation for hospitals? should no one get sick ever? >> you shouldn't get sick 100,000 debt as year. that is little much. when you go in for surgery more likely to die from the infection than surgery. that doesn't happen to all cases. certain people are susceptible to this. jenna: why are hospitals so risky? >> you know what it is? a lot of sick people are in one place. when you have sick people who are open to infections that you or i might not get sick from. so the doctor goes in. he is in the street. doesn't wash his hands. doesn't touches you and gives it to you. he is not immunocompromised. you are. doctors and nurses only washing 40 to 50% of the time. jenna: are those correct statistics? >> yes the studies show that. jenna: scanners are being put in when nurses and doctors enter and leave the room and wash them.

>> i don't want to see you until you wash your hands. should be accessible when you walk in the room. go to wash your hands its on the other side of the room. jenna: we're hearing that using too much sanitizer creates superbugs. so having doctors and health professionals do that 100 times a day, may it make things worse? >> it may. these are tricky bugs and adapt and mutate and avoid this. not yet but it could happen. jenna: one of the other options besides scanning and watching doctors and make sure you carry hand sanitizer. this one from a tex cast company and they make this device. >> a robot. jenna: $100,000. we have video for our viewers. we are curious. what does the thing look like? you roll it into the room and uses ultraviolet light that can hit bacteria and viruses. >> 25,000 times more powerful than the sun's lighting. goes through the surfaces. when you're in a room, not just patients equipment but what about the tv? what about the call belt for the nurse? these are all unteched.

jenna: what about the cost of this? is this realistic every room will have this? >> takes too long. takes two hours, too long to get turnaround time. as government and insurers penalizes hospitals by having infections not paying them for it you will see a change. jenna: what about that though? >> maybe that is the best motivator. jenna: the idea certain hospitals would not get paid if patients are readmitted? that is one of the reports out there. >> that i disagree with. say you don't get paid because you develop an infection so you had to stay in the hospital extra week. if you improve on that and hospitals will develop resources like the robot. otherwise why would you spend so much money on them. jenna: if you got your health insurance, medicare, medicaid, something government related. only thing you can do tell your doctors -- >> bar of soap is best thing. better than hand sanitizer which doesn't work against all the bug. >> bleach. >> should have it around the wipes. jenna: big fan of bleach? will be a lot of organic

fans that will have question. >> gloves. any color. jenna: doctors should consider wearing gloves more often changing those out if you don't want to wash the hands all the time. >> good news we're paying attention and it will change. jenna: your hands are clean, right? we shook hands. >> i will take a shower. jenna: thank you, doctor. jon. jon: we'll get the ultraviolet cart in the studio next. republican lawmakers are taking on the skyrocketing cost of food stamps by banning the purchase of some controversial items. why some democrats are up in arms about that. it is latest in a live report coming up. plus, some are calling it nothing short of a miracle. twin ponies born on easter morning. amazing story to share, next [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain...

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jon: closing arguments underway in the trial of a philadelphia abortion doctor. shannon bream has that live from philadelphia. shannon? >> reporter: well, jon, jack mcman, the attorney for kermit gosnell, the philadelphia abortion doctor accused of killing babies after they were born alive in his clinic started his defense, closing arguments. he took the bold step announcing that the defense rested without ever putting on a single witness. not even a character witness to talk about dr. gosnell. it was a bold step. many of the jurors seemed surprised. a couple of them seemed stunned visibly he had taken that route after all the prosecution put on 30 witnesses over five-week span to prove its part of the case. mcmahon says the babies gosnell were accused of murdering were not born alive. in addition to the murder charges he is facing there

are criminal charges what allegedly was going on at his clinic. the gramed jury describes it as a place of horror unlicensed workers were allegedly performing medical procedures and scores of body parts, by body parts were stored all over the clinic. the state health department had not inspected it 17 years despite numerous come plints and death of two patients after being treated there. one former patient we talked to wants to know why nothing was done. >> not only was it gosnell's responsibility but it was also the officials and the medical board of philadelphia to make it in the best interests for all of the women that went there and the lives of the unborn children that died at the hands of gosnell and even some of the women that went there. >> reporter: those closing arguments continue for now with the defense side, we will see how long it takes but it is conceivable the jury could get this case as

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ahead of the kentucky derby, we'll have a theme and talk a little about horse, dynamic duo making headlines. a rare set of twin horses named pint and half pint. that's for you, jon. one weighs 60 pounds.

the other is 40. the mom named dazzling design. this is a rare event. it happens in the horse world one out of every 10,000 births. both of the little ponies there are said to be doing fantastic. strong, healthy, et cetera, et cetera. future during bee winners i'm sure. >> they'll have playmates for life. who knew? i didn't know that horses -- that twin births were so rare. >> you learn something new every day. >> we wish them well. pint and half pint. >> thank you for joining us, everybody. >> "america live" starts right now. >> megyn: that last one from walnut grove. fox news alert, to the boston bombing investigation and new questions right now about what russian authorities may have heard on wire tap phone conversations between the now deceased suspect tamerlan tsarnaev, and his mother. welcome to "america live." i'm megyn kelly. we are learning that the

suspect's mother was on the radar in russia as a possible religious extremist as early as 2011. reportedly russian intelligence intercepted a phone conversation between the mother and her son, tamerlan, that is being described as, quote, radical. american investigators were never told of these secret recordings at the time and the feds say moscow never followed through on repeated f.b.i. requests for more information and that is why the f.b.i. is now saying it closed its case when it did not find anything per student to its own -- pursuant to its own investigation of tamerlan tsarnaev. catherine herridge joins us live now from washington. >> thank you. a short time ago, the white house asked whether it's concerned that the russians did not provide everything he would on tamerlan tsarnaev and miss mother before the attacks. he was pushed to explain whether the