"happening now" starts right now. see you then. >> a fox news alert on the remarkable survival story that simply captivating our country today. investigators in cleveland, ohio just releasing new details about three missing young women suddenly found alive after more than a decade. right now we have pictures of two of these young women. we're told they all appear to be in good physical health following an evaluation last night at the hospital. authorities have not provided specific details about the circumstances of their captivity over the last decade. this man is one of the three suspects, all brothers, now under arrest for the alleged sid tphapgs. kidnappings. we'll be live on the ground in cleveland moments from now. jon: new developments to tell you about on the her or on the highway, the survivors are a deadly limo fire speaking out and their version of events is much different from the story the driver has told.

a surprise volcano eruption catches of group of hikers completely off guard killing several people. the dramatic rescue to pull the others out alive. republican governor chris christie tells the "new york post" about his secret weight loss surgery. what we know about the operation, and why the governor says he did it. it's all "happening now." five words from a frantic emergency call that led to the rescues of three young women held captive for years, help me, i'm amanda berry. family members always held out their hope that their loved ones would come home alive one day. a very good morning to you. i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. some are calling it a miracle. jon: interest is. jenna: we are learning more and more about the story by the moment. there are breaking developments out of cleveland, ohio this

hour. two of the three women who vanished in separate incidents a decade ago, one of them amanda berry managed to break tree free from the home where they were held, go the to a neighbor's house and called 911. >> thankfully, and i mean thankfully due to amanda's brave actions these three women are alive today. >> all i know is amanda broke out the bottom of the door to get out. obviously the door was secured. jenna: one of the women is the mother of a 6-year-old child found inside the home. it's believed to be the child of amanda berry according to police. police have the three brothers in custody. garrett teny is live in the cleveland neighborhood where this all happened. garrett what tkho we kno know about the three suspects? what we know from police that one of those brothers, 52-year-old ariel castro lived in the home three days down from where i am. we know from police that he was a school bus driver. we learned in the press conference earlier this morning that in 2004 authorities came to

this home after castro was accused of leaving a child on the bus. no one was home at that time, and no charges came about as a result of that incident. we also know that ariel along with his two brothers, 52-year-old pedro and 50-year-old o'neal are in uld can. at this point police are only beginning to scratch the surface of this investigation. >> there is ten years of logistical information that has to be sorted through, numerous interviews have to be completed, the fbi evidence recovery team is processing the scene. they worked until 5:00am this morning. they will regroup later this morning, and i anticipate that it will take a few days to completely process the scene there on seymore. >> it's expected that charges westbound filed against the brother within the next 36 hours, jenna. jenna: according to the reports and the 911 call, garrett, these women were inside that home,

locked inside at this time just yesterday. so it's been a remarkable 24 hours. what do we know about the women, and how they are doing today? >> reporter: that's the good news, jenna, as far as what the hospital was saying the women are all in good physical condition. they were released earlier, and we know they are back home with their families and friends after being held captive for the last ten years. we also know that when police found them they said that they were skinny and in need of a good meal. obviously the emotional health of these women is also a big concern, and that's something that authorities and doctors are going to be looking at in the coming days. jenna. jenna: after ten years they have a lot to talk about to catch up with friends and family. garrett more on the story as we get it. thank you so much. jon: for more on this very strange case we are joined by peter krause, a reporter with the cleveland plain dealer. peter, do we know anything more about how they were held? were they physically restrained

inside that house? >> well, we don't know. those questions were asked at the press conference this morning, and the police did not give any specifics on that. i mean one can -- it's not hard to imagine, you know, that -- you know, what may have gone on inside the house. i mean these three women were kept there against their will for so long in a relatively small house. as to whether or not there were restraints or anything like that that were used, we similarly don't know at this time. i'm sure we will find out soon. one interesting thing is that the woman -- one of the women, amanda berry who was kidnapped in 2003 when she was only i believe 16, she has a six-year-old child that obviously she gave birth to in captivity. what role that played in keeping her in that house we don't know. jon: right. but, you know, credit her for so much, but just the fact that in

that 911 call you can hear her say, i'm amanda berry, i've been kidnapped. i mean, even elizabeth smart when she was freed from her ordeal she had been seen sort of walking around with her kidnapper, a bit of stockholm syndrome i suppose. but amanda berry in that phone call, man she sounded like she was totally aware of what her circumstance was and she wanted out. >> oh, clearly, clearly. and that's what is so stunning about all of this. how were they able to remain in captivity for so long? were they in that house the entire time? we don't know for sure. you know, it's a fairly small house, fairly close together. some of them are boarded up. neighbors had no idea they say what was going over there. it's a mystery as to how all of this was able to go on for so long. jon: we know that the guy who owned the home was a bus driver, a school bus driver.

>> he had been, yeah. jon: had been. not currently employed? >> that is our understanding. skwro*pz when abou. jon: what about the other two brothers are. >> i do not know much about those two. one is older and one younger. jon: one neighbor said he had been at a back door barbecue with castro the ownerf the home. >> i think that was charles ramsey who might have said that the one who -- jon: who rescued the girls. >> who rescued them. i can't really tell you a lot about that. the neighbors i talked to said that mr. castro, ariel castro who owned the house was -- kept to himself, he was cordial, just friendly, but he was not all that outgoing. he always would enter his house from the back door, he'd lock his gate after he would take his pickup truck and motorcycle and put it back behind his house, never came in and out the front door, so, you know, it wasn't

all that unusual. and the neighbors really had no idea what was going on. jon: you get the sense that the ab successes of those young women just hung a cloud over cleveland that hadn't been lifted, and now that it has been that town must be electric. >> oh, it was euphoria yesterday, of it really was. absolute euphoria. these situations where you have abducted teenagers, how often do they have a happy ending like this? hardly ever. and there will be a lot of difficult difficult times i'm sure going forward for these women, adjusting and also questions that the police will have to answer and so forth. for right now obviously people are extremely happy that what they viewed as a miracle happened. jon: a decade of their lives stolen from them. they are alive and apparently in good health. 4 thank you for stopping by to talk to us. minutes from now a former fbi

agent helps us delve further into this case. investigators have ten years of evidence to comb through. where do they begin? a closer look at the next steps coming up. jenna: we'll stay with the story as we get more. we have a quick story out of washington. for the very first time the pentagon is directly accusing the chinese government of launching cyber attacks on american targets, including military and defense. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more on this. what is new about the pentagon saying this? why are they suddenly coming out now and making the statements? >> reporter: well, this is an annual report. what is real he i remarkable is how direct the pentagon was about these attacks, these cyber attacks, and who they say is to blame. and they clearly blame the chinese military. >> the chinese military continues to explore the role of military operations in cyberspace as a future modern warfare. in 2012 numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the

united states government continued to be targeted for intrusions some of which appear to be attributable directly to prc, government and military organizations. >> reporter: the report follows alarming revelations from senior officials at a private cyber security firm who say the chinese have been hacking into some of of the u.s. government's most valuable military secrets and intellectual property for years. since 2007 kinetic, known for its work on intelligence used b. government has fall even victim to a massive robbery of information. terror pwhao*euts are data that equal millions of printed pages. the most sensitive information in the hand of the chinese liberation army are secrets about satellites, drones, military robotics and the u.s. army's combat helicopter fleet, jenna. jenna: it sounds like information we'd prefer not to have out there. how is china reacting to this report and news? >> reporter: the chinese foreign

ministry has reacted vehemently denying that its military is behind the attacks. they say this kind of report out of the pentagon does not help diplomatic relations. >> china has said many times it firmly opposes any form of hacking attack. we are willing to have dispassionate and constructive dialogue on cyber security with u.s. side but we firmly oppose any groundless criticism and hype because groundless hype and criticism will harm bilateral efforts at dialogue and cooperation and the atmosphere for that. >> reporter: it's not surprising that the chinese denied this activity. back to kinetic the truly disturbing part of this breach according to u.s. officials it appears kinetic was alerted about their security weaknesses but it didn't take the necessary steps to fix them until it was too late. jenna: jennifer thank you. jon: how about this story they may look like n u.n. s, but police say they were anything

but saintly. why all three are under arrest now facing serious charges. and new questions about the deadly limo fire that killed five women on their way to a wedding celebration. the driver speaking out about the tragedy. >> they had music on in the back. she knocked on the thing, like i said i thought she wanted to smoke a cigarette.

jenna: happening *p "happening now" in cleveland ohio. three women who spent the last ten years held captive are currently reuniting and reconnecting with their families. amanda berry the one on the left of your screen is the one that was able to get out of this home where she's been presumably held for a decade, and make that fatal -- i shouldn't say fatal, the 911 call that led to her rescue, the rescue of not only amanda but gina and michelle. unfortunately amanda is not reuniting with her complete family today.

her mother basse passed away three years after she went missing after three tough years of looking for her daughter. and her family says that the mother died of what they call a broken heart, as you can imagine. right now the home where these three young women were held also with this young six-year-old believed to be amanda's daughter is an active crime scene, and investigators are live at that scene right now trying to piece together what exactly transpired over the last ten years. we'll bring you back to cleveland as we hear more about this investigation. jon: when you see the map of where those three were when they were last seen, very, very close to each other, and those three disappearancess i disappearances over the course of three years, three different women, young girls really at the time disappearing, it was just so eeri erry and so bothersome for that city.

and now in one fell swoop on a monday evening for all of them to be recovered alive and, you know, essentially okay, that is absolutely stunning good news. jenna: from what we know right now according to investigators, as far as their overall health the three young women appear to be in good condition. we have so many more questions about what they went through. some neighbors thought that that house that they lived in was a vacant home. some saw the man in question, one of the suspects in all of this going in and out of the back, but overall not a lot of noise coming from that home, and not a lot of indication that anyone was really living there. so we'll bring you back to ohio as we learn more about this investigation. jon: we'll be speaking with a former fbi agent coming up. right now new information in some other stories we are watching around the world. a new helicopter made of carbon fiber crashes into the ocean off the coast of new zealand, it was caught on camera during a video shoot meant to promote the chopper. the navy rescued two people and

board before the helicopter sank. ka hrupl me ancouldcolumbia police arrest three women posed as nuns, caring drugs taped to their leg. five hikers dead seven other injured after a volcano in the philippines began spewing ash and rock. the smoke plume visible for hundreds of miles. helicopter rescues are suspended because of low visibility. it last erupted in 2009. >> to california and the limo fire that killed five women. the driver of that limousine is now speaking out about the tragedy giving his account about what happened. the flames broke out on the way to a wedding celebration for one of the victims. now at least one survivor is saying that the driver should have done more. claudia cowan could you is live on this story. what do we know so far? >> reporter: we know the limo was over the limit.

there were nine passengers on saturday night. that tickling con town car was only licensed to carry eight people. we have here a violation of policy and possibly a factor in this awful tragedy. and now one of the survivors is speaking out. she describes the nightmare that claimed the lives of five of her friends when black smoke and flames bee ban filling the passenger compartment, she banged on the partition to get the driver to stop but she says the driver, orville brown didn't listen. when he finally did pull over she says he got out and that was it. she says she was the first to escape by crawling through that narrow partition, only when she got stuck did brown return to help her and then three operateses get out. she says she was desperate to rescue the others. >> ph-p two guards help us h. they came over and help us. i said i need to go back. i couldn't go back in any more.

>> reporter: no you can't go back in there any more. all the women in this bridal party were nurses, originally from the philippines, and jenna, the names of the victims will be released later today. jenna: what is the driver saying about all of this? >> reporter: 46-year-old orville brown said he did as much as he could do giving the chaotic and dangerous situation on that bridge. he says the flames engulfed the limousine in 90 seconds and created a back draft that effectively prevented the back doors from opening. listen. >> the doors were unlocked. the lady or the guy, i'm not sure right now h i there are so many things going through my head. once they opened the back door that's when the flames -- the fire got oxygen and -- >> reporter: brown says he believes the cause of the fire was electrical. he'd only been driving in limo for a few months to help raise money for at risk kids. he says hess donating his next two paychecks to the families of

the victims. and of course, jenna, the investigation continues, it's likely to take several weeks. jenna: we'll keep up with that. claudia, thank you. jon: three women and a 6-year-old child escape a living nightmare in cleveland. their horror story of years in captivity, shocking the entire nation. coming up, oprah winfrey's interview with several family members who never gave up hope. also, the u.n. launching and investigation of north korea for crimes against humanity h. allegations of torture and forced labor camps that hold hundreds of thousands of people. we'll look at this abusive regime and its dangerous threat to regional stability. the kyocera torque lets you hear and be heard even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all good? [ chirp ] getty up. seriously, this is really happening!

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jon: we have fox news alert on the three missing women found

alive in a cleveland home, police admit now that they responded to that home since the girls' disappeared. aoeufpts thit's the latest twist on the kidnappings that have stayed in the headlines for more than a decade. rick folbaum has a closer look. >> reporter: these are friends and family members who never gave up hope that they would once again see the women alive. all those prayers paying off. you can only imagine the happy reunions that are taking place in this community. the disappearancess, while at consistently in the national spotlight over the last decade have always been on the fbi's radar. back in 2007 the oprah winfrey show devoted a whole episode to the stories. here is a little bit from that. >> my name is beth serrano. my sister pwerz went missing april 21st, 2003. she would be 23 years old today. >> amanda berry left work about 7:30 at night work being at the burger king, got done with her shift and began walking away from work. that i the last time she was

seen. >> what's been the hardest for me is amanda has been gone for too long and i want her home. >> reporter: now amanda berry is home. sadly there won't be a reunion with her mother. a local county councilwoman in cleveland who is close to the family says that amanda's disappearance took a major toll on her mother's health resulting in a string of illnesses that eventually claimed her life in 2006. so many unanswered questions as to how something like this could go on as long as it did and so many emotions, jon as these women and this young girl are now reintroduced to their own lives. back to you. jon: everybody wants to have a lot of answers and those might not be forthcoming because those women obviously have to go through a lot of psychological counseling and debriefing in the months and really years ahead i suppose. >> reporter: a rocky road i'm sure. but they are safe. jon: that is the good news. rick folbaum thank you. jenna: right now the president is holding a white house summit meeting with the president of south korea, and they are talking about nuclear north korea, and the regime's growing

threat to the region. in the men time north korea is threatening military retaliation over joint naval drills now underway between the u.s. and south korea. gordon chang is the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world. thighs nice to have you back on the program and talk a little bit about this issue. we have so much of our time and effort concentrated on the middle east these days or oub jus obvious reasons, syria, benghazi, libya, for example. how would you assess for our viewers the national security threat coming from north korea and from that region overall? >> north korea is of course a threat, but it's also bad because of china and north korea has a relationship with iran. north korea sells everything it makes, ballistic missiles, nuclear technology to the iranians. we are dealing with a connected threat between the middle east the persian gulf on the one hand and north asia on the other. behind both north korea and iran of course is china. this is a very serious threat

for us. jenna: jennifer griffin brought to us that report. it's an annual report from the pentagon directly pointing at china and saying you're the one to blame for the cyber attacks. it's pretty strong language in comparison to what we've heard in the past from the government. what would you make of that language coming from the united states also one day before this important summit meeting with south korea's president? >> we should have heard these words years before, because we've known that the chinese and the chinese military have been behind these attacks, but we have not been willing to say that in public. one of the important things was in march the director of national intelligence, james clapper said that these cyber attacks are the number one threat on the united states elevating that a. we know that china is behind most of these attacks, so really what chapper was saying but he wouldn't be willing to put it in those words is that china is our number one threat. we need to have some honest conversations with ourselves, because we haven't been willing to do that. i'm glad the pentagon said those words today, but nonetheless we

should have heard them earlier. jenna: what does the alliance with south korea mean to us and our safety? >> well it's important because south korea stands in basically protection of japan. you know we talk about japan being the cornerstone of our relationships in asia, you can't get japan unless you have south korea. the south koreans for 60 years have stood with us and we've stood with them. the important thing though is that the south korean as are starting to lose their confidence in our ability to defend them because in february a poll was released that said 66% of the south koreans want their own nuclear weapons. south korea is already protected by the u.s. nuclear umbrella so what a basically the south koreans have been saying is that they no longer trust us to defend them. so it's up to president obama really to instill that trust and we have a long way to go with the south koreans. a lot to prove. jenna: we are keeping an eye on nuclear proliferation wherever it happens in the world. would you help us make sense of

something. we had the two different headlines coming from north korea, one is that they were taking missiles and moving them away from the coast and some were saying that is a sign they are not going to be testing these missiles that they have, and that would be looked at as provocation. we are hearing from north korea if we do anything wrong over the next couple of days with the military exercises they are going to retaliate. what are they doing? >> well, this is traditional north korean tactics of turning up the temperature and turning it down, and they sometimes do it at the same time. you know, clearly we've got to remember, though, that although it's good news that they took these two missiles and put them back into storage there are three more mobile missile launchers on the loose in north korea. so we can't let down our guard. this thing about the west sea is really important, because, you know, they said that we were engaging in these live fire drills, which we weren't. in north korea's mind those live fire drills are provocations, because in 2010 when the south koreans were actually engaged in live fire exercises there the

north koreans used that as an excuse to shell an island killing four south koreans, two of them civilians. the spring is always a very dangerous time in the west sea. we have to pay a lot of attention to what is going on at this moment. jenna: we'll continue to do so with your help. nice to have you on the program. >> thanks, jenna. jon: syria no surprise blames israel for air strikes that reduced targets to rubble inside syria. it calls them a declaration of war. now there is new word the bashar al-assad regime is giving the green light for one group to prepare for an attack on the jewish state. live in jerusalem with breaking details. we are also following the dramatic developments in cleveland, ohio right now. three cases that mystified police in that city for years now solved after three women are found alive, held captive there for more than a decade. a former fbi agent on where the investigation will head from here as we await new information on exactly what happened inside

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jenna: what will happen next? the question that surfacing in the wake of the reported israeli airstrikes on syria over the weekend. those strikes hit key military sites in and around the capital of damascus,

including weapons believed bound for the iranian-backed terrorist organization hezbollah. the assad regime has now given a palestinian militant group the go ahead to make preparations to attack the jewish state. that is according to a spokesman for that group based inside syria. leland vittert is live in jerusalem with the latest developments. leland? >> reporter: hi, general ma. so -- jenna. so far the syrians have not made good any of their threats. they're left with a few options. they can attack the jewish state directly. they can do nothing or send their proxies out to do something. either attack israel or israeli interests abroad. for his part president assad said publicly to kuwaiti newspaper, the next time there are airstrikes into his country that is when he will respond. the israelis for their part, trying to make nice. not make anymore war as the saying goes. they however are being clear. the issue is not with president assad but it is with hezbollah.

if they have intelligence from syria allowing transfers of weapons from iran through syria to hezbollah they will strike once again. israel has tried very hard the past couple of years to stay out of the syrian civil war and keep their distance from it however the video we are seeing now coming out from inside of syria and reports inside syria do show that the government there is seeming to gain the upper hand, at least so far. also they're getting a lot of very serious help. the syrian government has hezbollah fighters inside syria and they are helping to secure a route from the syrian coast down to the capital of damascus. that is one of the reasons that the united states senators are now talking so much more about arming this syrian rebels. here in israel now, two days after these airstrikes, after there was certainly a great increase in tensions the israelis are trying everything they can to ease tensions. they opened civilian airspace in israel's north. they're talking about how they do not want anymore provocations. that said there is the

feeling here at some point if these strikes continue president assad will strike back. he and other his friends will extract some type of a price from israel. whether that plays into the israeli leaders calculus going forward is yet to be seen. jenna. jenna: leland vittert live in jerusalem. leland, thank you. jon: back to our top story, three women kidnapped in ohio in separate incidents roughly a decade ago are free this morning. at the time two of the victims were teenagers. police allege three brothers held their victims captive at the home of one of the brothers. all three are now under arrest. investigators have now years worth of evidence to pour through while still trying to respect the traumatic ordeal these women suffered. >> as far as investigations, you know, we believe we've got three suspects. we're going to charge those suspects. we believe he have the people responsible for that. so right now, we want to let them spend some time with their family and take this process very, very slow and, respectful to their families

and to the young girl's needs. jon: bill gavin is former assistant director for the fbi in new york. he is vice president of guardsmark, an international security services company. first, bill, your personal reaction. sometimes those of us in the media, people in law enforcement, we get a little jaded by all the crime and so forth we have to cover and investigate but when you heard these free women are free, what went through your mind? >> it was just horrible, jon, those of us in law enforcement and those of you in the press that you can be somewhat hardened to some of the things that occur but nothing can ever harden you to something like this. these are three young people, two young girls, when kid mapped and -- kidnapped and an older woman. god only knows what was done during that time frame. agree with your last guest you untir viewed who said it must go very slowly. you have to respect what is going on with the children

now. they may still be children in their minds while they're in their early 20s. the fact it was a 6-year-old i believe might have been involved in this whole thing. that is whole another set of facts. it will be very, very difficult but they will parse this slowly but surely because i firmly believe that the police now have the right three people in custody. the fbi's function of course will be to offer any resources that they may need to cover out of state leads or any profiling or any psychological services that they can give them. that will be done without question. jon: yeah. i am just so surprised that after ten years in captivity, amanda berry was, was willing and able, you know, to scream, to stick her hand out that door and scream that she was being held captive. that she still had the mindset to want to get free after a decade. >> god bless her, jon. that is a lot of internal strength. one never knows what went on the basement of that house.

one only suppose. any image you can conjure inside yourself is not a good image. that lady the intestinal fortitude to get herself free when she could. that is tremendous us did. hats off to everybody that took a part helping her get out of the house and getting the police in and, good for the police department as well. jon: they will be combing through the house, obviously crime scene tape still surrounds it. what would they be looking for? what kinds of evidence will they be gathering right now? >> they will gather all kinds of physical evidence they possibly can. how, under what conditions were these poor women kept. under what condition was the child kept? how did that all come about. they will be looking also, jon, any records or anything there might be somebody other than those three people. perhaps not, perhaps so. one never knows until they start to unwrapping that whole set of circumstances to see who else might have been involved if in fact they were and to what degree

of horror these three women were put through. jon: bill gavin, formerly with the fbi. it is just an amazing story. amanda berry a decade ago, april 21st, called her family said she was getting a ride home from the burger king and never made it home. wow! thanks, bill. >> shameful. thank you, jon. jenna: one family member calls it a miracle and we can understand why. coming up the 911 call that helped free three young women locked away for a decade. >> i'm in a home. >> okay. what is going on there? >> i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years and i'm here, i'm free now. ♪ [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments. ♪ to more efficient pick-ups. ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ from tracking the bus.

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jenna: mohawks and spikes at an event that gets worldwide attention as the fashion oscars. it is the met's annual gala. this year's theme, punk rock. julie banderas is live here in new york, right here in the studio, right across from me. hey there. no spiked hair. you don't see my feet. where could you find madonna, beyonce, sarah jessica parker and pregnant kim kardashian all at same place? met gala in new york city if you're wondering. dressed in punk theme glamour stand stepping out for the metropolitan museum gala. he daringes to a faux hawk jessica parker to bee --

beyonce in her rebel wear and very pregnant kim kardashian adorned with her very serious boyfriend kahn kanye west. also happening with a be happening now favorite, madonna. to fashion moments depends on the week, word. the costume exhibit runs from may 9th through august 14th here in new york. let's get this straight here. lindsay lohan is at a drug rehab but she is allowed to take drugs? apparently betty ford is giving them to her. listen to this. as part of a koirlt order she is serving 90 days at rehab clinic but while there she will be allowed to take the powerful drug adderall. the prescription is filling the prescription, because lohan says she was diagnosed with attention hyperactivity disorder. she said before checking into rehab she would be allowed to take the medicine. towarding to "tmz", doctors

at betty ford are reevaluating her diagnosis and whether the drug is necessary. if they don't feel she needs ader all, she will cut her off. only thing she will be able to smoke cigarettes unlike the other place she ditched. jenna: out of the corner of my eye, i can feel his critical stare. you feel it? you're not even looking. >> reporter: you're judging again. don't judge. jon: what lindsey needs is a daddy to apply some discipline. jenna: we'll add context to that. >> reporter: do you have any extra time? maybe a hobby or something? jenna: why not. you already raised four kids, right? you're experienced. jon: most of my work is done. >> reporter: you have her pilots's license. fly her fromla. to betty ford. jon: i don't think lindsey and i would last long in a room very long. jenna: you know what she needs for the good of hollywood. jon: big move by chris christie, new jersey

governor undergoing lap band surgery to help him lose weight. what are the risks of this increasingly popular procedure? we'll take a closer look. also police speaking out about the rescue of those three missing young women in cleveland. three men are in custody now. so what is next in the case against them this we'll speak live with ohio's attorney

>> well new jersey governor chris christie going under the knife to try to and lose weight. he told the "new york post" he decided to undergo lap band surgery after turning 50 this past fall. governor christie says the operation has already helped curb his appetite and according to reports he already is losing weight. we have a doctor who is medical internist who specializes helping patients lose weight. you obviously help the

patients with this post this type of surgery. he did this surgery because he wants to be alive for his children in the years to come. when it comes to weight loss issues, will this surgery guaranty that, that weight loss will no longer be a problem for him? or will weight in general no longer be a problem for him? >> surgery is no guaranty for long-term weight loss. it can certainly help people who are truly obese. people very obese when they get the surgery often gain the weight back. they don't necessarily have a lot of weight loss to begin with and they can gain it back. jenna: based on what we've seen chris christie over last couple years he has been very open the fact he struggles with his weight. just based on what we can see, would he be a good candidate for the surgery? >> he was a very good candidate for the surgery because he was so obese. what i read he already lost over 40 pounds. about the 200,000 americans reach year get some form of weight loss surgery, and

this particular one that the governor had is a lap band. and what they do, they tighten up your stomach. they literally put a band around the top part of your stomach. and they shrink your stomach to the size of an orange. so therefore you have a little food. it gets greatly expanded. you really can't eat that much at a meal and it can decrease appetite. jenna: what about complications? >> complications with a lap band are pretty rare. it is a lot safer than the more invasive types of surgery but the most important thing is follow-up. getting healthy. making sure that somebody's metabolism is good. making sure they're compliant and controlling appetite. so surgely for a very obese person may be the first step, but after that, medical weight loss, and continuity of care is extremely important. jenna: he said in the past that he works out with a intraer. he tries to do an hour a day. so he will have to continue that. the surgery is not a fix-all. you just get it and suddenly

you're going to be skinny? >> absolutely not. the surgery is not a quick fix the governor will have to learn to eat healthy. he will have to exercise. even for people that lose it without surgery, exercise is the key for weight maintenance. jenna: we've had this conversation with a few different do doctors on the show and one of the things that have been brought up with regards to lap band surgery it may be available for people that are not necessarily obese but maybe 50 pound overweight and can't just get down from that. because of the health issues associated with being overweight, some doctors say we should do the surgery for more people, maybe people not 100 pound overweight but maybe 50. what do you think about the evolution of the surgery and where it is going? >> i disagree with using it people not extremely obese. i've seen in my practice, that, many patients come in after having something like the lap band. they take off 20, 30 pound and gain most of it back. realize when your stomach is that small it is very difficult to eat a lot of high fiber nutritious foods.

for that reason people can cheat, i have patients come in eating fettucini alfredo and chocolate pudding. jenna: sounds delicious but not the right thing to eat. but they can digest than that apple or cucumber salad. >> correct. >> doctor, thanks for coming on the program. jon? jon: it is the big news of the day, three women imprisoned in a cleveland home for a decade or more are finally free. all because one of them was able to make a frantic 911 call with the help of a neighbor. the call you have to hear is coming up. the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we're going to let them die. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. and that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts more within reach.

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>> for amanda's family, for gina's family, for michelle's family, prayers have finally been answered. the nightmare is over. jon: we are getting new information on the incredible story out of cleveland. three young women missing for ten years found inside a home. three brothers now under arrest. good morning, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. welcome to the second hour of "happening now." the three young women all released from the hospital just a short while ago, and they're said to be in good health. they disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004. two of them just teenagers at the time. not a single neighbor reporting any problems at the home where they were held captive, but police were called to that home before.

>> the housing does not have any records of permits or violations at that address. our records show that the cleveland fire department and our emergency medical service have not been called to that address. at the this time our records show the cleveland police have responded twice to that address, once in 2000 and another time in 2004. jenna: just how the women were held inside that house remains a question. yesterday amanda berry managed to break free. then she made this chilling call to 911. jenna: berry identifying ariel castro to the 911 dispatcher,

and police arrested him and his two brothers in connection with the kidnappings. castro living at the home, apparently, where where the gire found. a neighbor helped berry's screams yesterday and helped her escape. he said he had no idea what was going on inside that home. >> i've been here a year. >> okay. >> i barbecue with this dude. we eat ribs, and what not, and listen to salsa music. >> and you had no indication there was anything -- >> not a clue that that girl was in that house or anybody else was many there against their will. because how he is, he just comes out to his back yard, plays with the dogs, kicks it with his cars and motorcycles, goes back in the house. so he's somebody you look and you look away because he's not doing anything but the average stuff, you know what i'm saying? there's nothing exciting about him. egg, until today. jenna: until today. the ohio attorney general and former senator, general dewine, what goes through your

mind when you hear this story? >> well, it's an unbelievable story. of course, everyone in the community is very, very happy about this. in the has rivetted the community for a long time, and, you know, this is very, very good news. but now what we want to try to figure out is, you know, how did this happen, how did it happen that no one knew they were in this house for all these years. jenna: any questions about the police work or the investigation over the last decade? >> no, there's no indication that there was anything wrong with what the police did. i mean, i think we're going to have to look at the totality of the facts. you know, what it brings to mind is kind of look at the big picture nationwide in ohio, we have a lot of missing children. and, you know, what we do in the attorney general's office is to try to find them we go up on the web page and put their pictures up, we send out every envelope that goes out of our office here, for example, has a missing child's picture on it. we work with local law enforcement, and, you know, most

of the kids who are missing in a year's time are found. in fact, most of them are found within 24 hours. but there's a lot of sick people out there, and we know that. and we know that there are predators out there, and this is just one more tragic example of that. jenna: you know, you mentioned your databases, just the amount of children that go missing in the state of ohio but also nationwide. do you have any indication now with the information that you have in front of you that these three brothers under arrest are responsible or involved in any other kidnappings? >> we don't know that at this point. but, certainly, that's something that, you know, everyone's going to be looking at. the fbi's involved, the cleveland police are involved, our office. we're going to be looking at that. just so many unanswered questions, you know? we're less than 24 hours into this, and a lot, there's a hot to be learned. ta-and-a-half are there any other persons of interest besides the three brothers? >> i don't know that, whether there are or there are not. again, there's a lot more to this story, and we're just

beginning to see it. jenna: we all are, and it's just -- it almost boggles the mind, just the idea of being locked away for ten years and what these women went through. t amanda, gina and michelle and how they're doing today? >> no, i have not. just the same reports that you have. jenna: sure. >> you know, i think one thing that this does bring to mind is how much we in law enforcement depend on the public for information. and we now have the ability with social media. social media sometimes can be destructive as it was in our tubenville case, for example, but it can also be very helpful. and we need the public to be more involved keeping their eyes open, and i'm not saying anybody was doing anything wrong in this case. but just in general when we're looking at missing kids or we're looking to solve kids, we need the public's help. jenna: it's amazing to think that these three women went missing before some of the social media that you mentioned

like facebook or twitter were really around. >> absolutely. jenna: that's the last ten years, right? >> it just tells how much the world has changed in a decade. jenna: how do you balance that just real quick, general dewine, how do you balance, you know, wanting the public to be involved, relying on each other rather than relying simply on government, for example, to get involved in a case like this? what's the right balance? >> well, with we never can have -- we never can have too much information. we're more unhappy to get information and run it down and it turns out not to be valuable, that's okay. so people should not worry about that. if they've got some information they think may be helpful, they should be turning it over to the appropriate authority, the sheriff or the prosecutor or the police or the attorney general. too much information, that's not a, you know, that's not something that's going to occur. we need more information. jenna: we can relate to that on the news. what's next for your office, sir? >> well, we're going to continue to -- we've reached out already to the officials and people in cleveland. we have a victim unit in our

office, and we become involved when we have a case like this both in victim compensation, but also just having people on the scene who will work with family members or who will work with the community, and we've already reached out to them. jenna: we certainly want everyone to get the support and the resources that they need. unbelievable. ohio attorney general mike dewine. general dewine, thank you so much for the time today. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. jon: now to a disturbing story from the u.s. air force after the chief officer of the sexual assault prevention team is arrested and charged with sexual battery. national correspondent steve centanni has that strange one live from washington. steve? >> reporter: hi, jon, yeah, another sex scandal for the air force. this time the officer in charge of preventing sexual assault was himself accused of a sexual crime. 41-year-old lieutenant colonel jeffrey crew zinn sky charged with sexual battery sunday. he was immediately suspended as head of the air force sexual

assault prevention office. he was arrested in crystal city, virginia, not far from the pentagon for allegedly assaulting a woman while under the influence of alcohol. chuck hagel talked with defense secretary michael donnelly, and the pentagon spokesman put out this statement saying: >> r eporter: residents of the air, military and civilian alike, were shocked to hear of the arrest. listen. >> i'm a little freaked out that someone in that position would do that. >> it may more so reflect on his personal character. again, i don't -- than it does a statement about the military at large. >> reporter: this comes as congress scrutinizes two cases where generals overseeing sexual assault cases overturned guilty

verdicts, once in italy and another in a case out of vandenberg air force base, california. and it comes as the pentagon's unveiling a report today on sexual assault in the military. according to one senator quoted by associated press, it shows there are more than 70 sexual assaults involving military personnel every year. jon? jon: steve centanni in washington, thank you. jenna: attention, online shoppers, the senate signs off on the marketplace fairness act, a bill which still needs to go before the republican-controlled house will require all major online retailers to start collecting sales tax. rich edson joins us from the fox business network with more. of. >> reporter: good afternoon, jenna. and the bill appears to have lost some momentum. it grants states the authority to collect sales taxes on online purchases from larger internet sellers. current law only allows states to levy sales taxes be the online retailer has a physical presence in that state like a warehouses or a store. if not, no sales tax.

traditional retailers say current law gives internet sellers an unfair advantage. one house sporter, congressman peter welch, writes: >> r eporter: house leadership is deferring to the committee process. >> i would probably refer you to chairman goodlatte of the judiciary committee. i think they have jurisdiction over this. i've not talked to him about it, i don't know what his intent is in terms of whether he's interested in moving it through his committee or not. >> reporter: and judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte says his committee will look into alternatives, adding: >> r eporter: a committee aide says they have yet to schedule a hearing on the issue. the bill's supporters acknowledge this effort could take some time in the house, though they say last night's

overwhelming senate victory gives them enough momentum to eventually get this to the president's desk. jenna? jenna: rich, thank you. jon: we have a wit of an update on that story we told you about yesterday. a recreational soccer referee dies after a teenage player upset over a call slugs him. the serious charges this 17-year-old could face now, and new reaction from the ref's family. plus, at the the pump what the epa wants to administer of to gas that could cost you more money. ♪ ♪ i'm here at my house on thanksgiving day,

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jon: "happening now" in utah, a pross he plans to decide soon on charges for a teenager accused of punching a soccer referee who later died after slipping into a coma. rick has more on that story.

>> reporter: well, he's a 17-year-old, and he's already being held in juvenile detention, jon, on suspicion of aggravated assault. but the prosecutor says more serious charges could be coming as he works through the local laws there that are on the books. he's trying to determine what's appropriate and the fact that the suspect is a minor is a bit of a complication for him legally, he says. you talk to the referee's family and friends though, and they say they want to see justice. >> he took my daddy away from me. and i feel sorry for him. he was old enough to do what he did, then he's responsible to pay for it. >> we need to talk to our kids about being nonviolent, talk to them about sportsmanship, talk to them about respecting the referees. >> reporter: the ref died this past saturday after slipping into a coma the week before. he had just called a foul on the suspect during a soccer match when the suspect came over and

punched him in the side of the head. the blow resulting in swelling of the brain that led to the coma, just an awful story all the way around with one silver lining, i guess that the ref was an organ donor, and his death wound up saving many lives according to his family members. they're holding on to that. and we will say on top of this story, jon, let you know the prosecutor's decision on charges once it's announced. jon: and he just sounds like a great guy. what a loss. rick folbaum, thank you. jenna: well, there's a growing energy debate right now over a major epa ruling that could soon force oil companies to increase the amount of ethanol that is blended into gasoline. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more on this. >> reporter: well, jenna, it's not that refiners oppose ethanol, it's how much they are required to blend from 10% today to 15%, an amount that automakers say will damage your car. >> we just feel that it is not safe for the consumers, it's not safe for their engines. >> reporter: refiners don't like it, neither do most

environmentalists or automakers. >> 95% of today's cars are not suited for e-15 based on what the people make those cars have told us. >> reporter: so why does the federal government require consumers pump more and more ethanol into their tank? >> when the law was passed, we were 60% dependent on imported oil for our liquid transportation fuels. today we're only 41% dependent. and a good part of the reason for that is the growth of ethanol. >> reporter: first mandated by congress in 2007 as a clean domestic fuel, gas sold in the u.s. is now 10% ethanol. the epa supports increasing that to 15%, but the auto industry says e-15 corrodes pumps, fuel lines and injectors. >> the problem is that congress has mandated more ethanol into the gasoline pool than we can safely put. >> you put e-15 into the vehicle, it's not going to burn it, your engine's going to wear prematurely.

>> reporter: automakers say they won't cover damages caused by the higher blend. >> they are not going to honor their warranty if the claim relates to the use of e-15 where it's not appropriate. >> reporter: ethanol makers dispute that. >> e-15 has been sold in this country for the past nine months with no issues whatsoever. this is a lot of hysteria that's being driven by the oil companies because they don't want to see more ethanol used in gasoline. >> reporter: so the epa may reluctantly delay the e-15 mandate. if not, lawmakers may step in. but right now this, jenna, is a lobbying war between farmers and ethanol versus refiners and automakers. jenna: interesting, william. thank you. jon: new questions surrounding the dramatic rescue of three women in cleveland ten years or more after they disappeared. why the father of one woman says police didn't do enough to find his daughter back then. plus, we'll take a look at other cases like this in which missing children were found alive. then the deadly terror

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jon: well, right now we are awaiting a verdict in a dramatic murder trial. jodi arias accused of stabbing her boyfriend, jason alexander, 27 times, shooting him in the head and slitting his throat. arias claims it was self-defense, that he was abusive. the jury in this case has several options including

first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter, a charge recently added. the jury could also decide to acquit her altogether. so let's talk about some of these possible outcomes with lis wiehl, a fox news legal analyst, doug burns, also a familiar face here. he is a former federal prosecutor. why add the manslaughter charge? the manslaughter option? >> because you want about casey anthony where the prosecution did not have anything except first-degree murder. so when the jury decided not to go with that, they had nothing to fall back on. here you have the manslaughter, i'm not sure i would have done it because i think second-degree is what's going to be happening here, i think that fits the crime, but i understand to at least give them that. jon: all right. second-degree murder, doug, or would you go higher than that? >> i just want to back up and say i agree with you, that putting in manslaughter leaves too lenient of an option, in my opinion. i agree with lis, i think the correct outcome just from my

lens would be a second-degree murder. the reason i say that, this was a highly emotionally-charged encounter. she completely lost her head. at the end of the day, you want to figure out what really truly took place. by the way, casey anthony, she administered chloroform to the kid, she accidentally died. here woman gets into an encounter, loses her head. >> i think the jury is going to come down to second degree, but the prosecution, i think, did a great job of showing premeditation. there was a gun missing from the grandparents, the same gun that was used -- all these things. and she conveniently forgets all that happened, to we that's all premeditation, so they could find first degree. jon: they never found the gun, but it was the same caliber of weapon that was missing from the grander parents' house. -- grandparent's house. that all smacks of premeddation, the gas can -- >> well, i'll give you a better one. this man was abusive to me all these months. why'd you go over there? >> right. why'd you follow him?

>> that's my first argument, jon. but the thing is, lis and i have also discussed, it's so interesting because when you're in a trial, you face two completely different reactions from jurors. the one reaction is, look, you know, she completely lost it, etc., somewhat sympathetic. the other one is, man, she was up there for 18 days wasting her time, lying, compounding a series of earlier lies. they could really punisher if her that. >> i can't believe i'm switching on you here -- [laughter] but they did humanize her a little bit, so that may make it more difficult for people -- >> lis wiehl as a defense attorney? >> i know! >> i can't believe it. >> i'm not defending it. >> she's a defense attorney. jon: let's put this on the calendar. [laughter] but we do want to talk a little bit, too, about this -- >> yeah. jon: i mean, it's great news out of ohio. it's horrible what happened to them. >> right. jon: and i'm just wondering, you know, can they -- what kind of penalty can these kidnappers face? >> wait a second. we're looking at three counts at

least of kidnapping, i hate to say it, but i'm sure there'll be sexual assault and rape charges coming, and we're not looking at death penalty because nobody died, but we're definitely looking at life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> i agree. with the multiple victims, stacking different what we call, you know, statutory charges -- >> right. concurrently. >> and i'll tell you what, with the caveat that we're not licensed to practice in that jurisdiction, the reality is the statute for one kidnapping probably carries life. >> right. you run them consecutively, they're not going to see the light of day. jon: is it possible that -- well, i guess what i'm wondering is are these poor women going to have to get on the stand -- >> good question. jon: -- and, you know, tell the story of what happened to them, and will the prosecutors push for system kind of a deal? what leverage do they have if these guys are looking at the prospect of life in prison with no parole, what leverage do prosecutors have -- >> that's a great point. >> that's a great point. here's what you can do in some

cases. for example, there's a 6-year-old girl involved, you can do with a child, you can have hem in camera so they never have to take the stand and testify. but the sixth amendment says you have a right to confront your accuser so, yes, i mean, for the prosecution to go forward, they would probably have to put at least one of these women on, and let's hope that with some counseling they can do it, they can actually put them on. some victims say it's actually good for them to be able to confront their accusers. jon: let's hope there's some kind of a plea agreement at least on their behalf. >> i agree with you, jon. jon: that they won't have to take the stand. doug burns, lis wiehl, thank you both. >> my pleasure. jenna: the father of one of the young women that was held captive for years says there was never an amber alert issued for his daughter, and he's upset about that. why investigators say that's not necessarily unusual in these sorts of cases. plus, we're also taking a closer look today at some other high-profile kidnappings involving young people that were suddenly found. that's next.

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jon: lawmakers are gearing up for a key hearing tomorrow on the benghazi terror attack, as new details emerge about the night that militants mobbed the american diplomatic compound in libya and killed four people, including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. three whistle-blowers are set to testify, including the man in the middle there, gregory hicks, the number two at the time in country to ambassador stevens. he's expected to tell lawmakers

that american officials in libya tried to get the pentagon to scramble fighter jets or benghazi but the defense tk departmen department said help had no units to respond at that time. the white house is making it clear it's done nothing to suppress witness testimony. >> last week you said from this podium that the departments of state and defense had told you and had told congressman issa that they were not aware of anyone else from either department who wanted to come forward and say anything about this. now that there are it looks like at least two or three witnesses that will be speaking to darrell issa, speaking publicly at a hearing on wednesday, do you think they told you the whole story last week? >> i don't under. these witnesses are going to talk to congress and we have said that we are not aware of anyone who has been blocked from speaking to congress, if they so choose to or want to speak to congress. >> they were not blocked over the last eight months? >> we are unaware of anyone being

blocked from talking to congress, if they chose to or wanted to speak to congress. jon: senator lindsey grahams a member of the armed services committee. it's good of you to join us. if you were able to hear what jay carney had said there, to you agree that nobody in the administration blocked anyone from testifying? >> he needs to call the state department. i wrote a letter weeks ago asking the state department to provide the names of the five security officers who were involved who were responsible for providing protection at the consulate in benghazi. i got a letter back yesterday saying that they are not going to be provided, the names won't be provided to mow or congress because they are worried about the identities of these people being compromised and there is an ongoing fbi investigation. number one we can interview these people without revealing their identities, and this is not a crime we are trying to solve, we are trying to get to the bottom of a national security disaster. so, jay carney called the state department and get them to change a their mind about

telling me that these witnesses will not be made available. jon: gregory hicks, who was the number two state department official in the country that night says he was trying to get the defense department to scramble fighter jets to at least over fly the compound and make some noise, maybe scare to people off. the administration seems to have indicated that that would have been sort of a breach of international protocol. >> that's ridiculous. jon: we violated pakistani air space to death osama bin laden. >> that is a ridiculous excuse. the idea they couldn't get there in time is puzzling, because they did not tell us when they attacked the consulate how long the attack would last, so i asked dempsey and panetta at the time that you were made aware of the attack on the consulate did you know when it would be over? this could have went for days. the idea they didn't scramble the jets because they couldn't get there in time defies common-sense, and if this is the excuse given we don't want to violate libyan air space, that is ridiculous.

i'd hate to be serving in some volatile region of the world if that is the american policy because nobody will ever have your back. jon: you've been one of the voices in that building, the capitol building railing about what is going on here. fox news has done a significant amount of reporting but other outlets have not. now all of a sudden it's on page one of "the washington post" and other papers today, the fact that gregory hicks' account is going to be told to congress. are you pleased that the story is finally getting some legs? >> yeah, not for me, but for the people who lived through the debacle called benghazi. cbs has done a pretty good job, especially cheryl atkinson and bob for. the reason i want the information to come out is because america needs to hear the truth about what happened in benghazi, a and what washington was telling the american people about benghazi did not reflect the truth of what happened on the ground. it was seven weeks before an election, i think they were jealously guarded the narrative

that al-qaida was on decline, osama bin laden is dead we are all safer and benghazi destroyed that narrative, and it's time for the people who lived through benghazi and the families of those who died to hear the truth, it was a terrorist attack from the gentlemen beginning and the excuses as to why they couldn't be reinforced really don't make sense. we are going to hold people accountable. the goal is to hold people accountable in an appropriate way. jon: what if it turns out that those two former navy seals, tyrone woods and glen doughtery keulgd i killed in the seconds waeufpsecond saeufz of attacks, what if it turns out that their lives would have been saved if a quicker response. >> what in benghazi was a department trap and hillary clinton and the state department ignored warnings for months. what does that mean to not have any military asse to, s available. what does it mean to be told there are none available? are we being misled here? yes we want to know could it been prevented?

the families need to know the circumstances of how their loved ones died. those in harm's way the american people need to know that they were under attack by al-qaida groups, know the by a riot generated by a video that had nothing to do with this. the truth matter as in times like this and we also need to understand is our foreign policy working? is this lightfoot print leading from behind outsourcing to nonexistence governments because you don't want to have a large american presence, is it working? i would suggest that this is exhibit a that our foreign policy in the mideast is not working. jon: a lot of questions yet to be answered, perhaps we start getting answers tomorrow at the hearings. >> one last thing. i hope there is bi-partisan desire to get to the truth here, because there should be bipartisan desire to find out what happened to these people and why the story told in washington was so wrong. jon: a very important point. senator lindsey graham thank you. >> thank you. jenna: now this fox news alert and so many questions remain after the dramatic rescue of three women missing for ten

years in cleveland. three brothers arrested in connection with the kidnappings after one woman managed to escape with the help of a good samaritan nearby. police responding to this home in 2004 as part of an unrelated investigation involving one suspect. when no one answered the door apparently they just left. that may not have been one of the missed opportunities in this case, and there is no way of knowing now with the limited information whether or not that was indeed a missed opportunity. the father of one of the missing women says no amber alert was issued the day his daughter didn't return home from school because he says nobody witnessed her abduction. what are the guidelines for the amber alert system? rick folbaum is live in our new york city newsroom with more. >> it's a very good question, jena, when gina dejesus went missing original here back in 04 there was no amber alert. police in shrefd sai evidence cleveland says alerts must be reserved for people in imminent

danger and when you can locate both the missing child and the suspect. there was concern that people would become desense tied to amber alerts if they were issued too often. this angered her father. he criticized that back in an interview he gave in 2006. it's leading to a lot of second-guessing as to whether the guidelines for when an amber alert is or is not issue, whether the guidelines need to be changed. in cleveland the police have a lot of latitude. the official guidelines say an alert may be issued only if the following three conditions are met, one, if the missing child is younger than 18, two, if the child is in immediate danger, and three, if police have a description of the suspected abductor, and the vehicle that he or she is driving. but in fact law enforcement sources say that alerts can be issued, or not be issued really at the discretion of the police, no matter how many of those things are met. another issue seems to be an

outdated amber alert infrastructure in the city of cleveland that has led to delays of up to 70 minutes from the time an alert is issued to the time the public hearings about it. one of the many things that the mayor in cleveland, frank jackson says will be looked into during this ongoing investigation. back to you. jenna: so many different angles to explore. we know a little bit about this story, certainly much more to learn. rick, thank you. jon: and we will continue our coverage, the dramatic rescue of those three women in cleveland brings to mind other high profile cases in which missing children have been found alive months, even years after they disappeared. eric shawn live in our new york city newsroom with that. eric. >> reporter: you know a long-time abduction -gs are rare but not unheard of. there have been notable cases in the past. most children who go missing do not end up as captors for many years. one former abduct tee gone for nearly two decades today has a message to the three victims in cleveland. she's jaycee erbg dugar.

she was 11 years old when kidnapped in south lake tahoe in 1991. she was missing for more than 18 years. she was discovered after her captor brought her and their two daughters to the campus of of the university of california berkeley. police were suspicious, alerted authorities and the defendant is spending 431 years in prison. in a statement she says of the three women in cleveland, quote, these individuals need the opportunity to heel and connect back into the world. this isn't who they are. it is only what happened to them. the human spirit is inc resilient she writes, more than ever this reaffirms that we should never give up hope. other cases include shaun horbeck11 years old when he was taken while riding his bicycle near his home in missouri. for more than four years he was missing and found with another boy in the apartment of michael devlin. he pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. of course one of the most

notable abduct tee cases is elizabeth smart taken from her home in an affluent neighborhood in salt lake city, utah in 2003. just 14 years old, found nine months later, just a few miles from her home a abducted by a drifter and girlfriend later convicted. the national center for missing and exploitedded children say 2,000 children go missing every day in our country. more than 99% are returned safely. most they say are runaways or just walk off by mistake or part of a domestic dispute. those who are ab subgted the center says, 81%, 81% escape and their own accord. and more than half realize something is wrong and they are able to flee before they are caught. jon. jon: you wonder if this case is going to bring changes to police procedure, the amber alerts, all that of kind of thing. >> reporter: exactly. jon: eric shawn, thank you. jenna: former governor scarred by a sex scandal seeking redemption. the special congressional election in south carolina that is getting a lot of attention today. plus, could we soon see our

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jenna: "happening now," what us next for syria and dictator bashar al-assad? secretary of state john kerry meeting with the russian president today vladimir putin in moscow. kerry says he's hoping to find some sort of common ground on how deal with syria's civil war

now two years old. russia, one of bashar al-assad's biggest benefactors and supporters over the decades is seen as the key to any sort of solution to nudge the dictator to step down if that's possible now. a key u.s. senator says he thinks the united states is moving closer to arming the rebels but with important conditions. no one wants to see american weaponry fall into the wrong hands. republican bob corker earlier today. >> well, you know, a lot of it, charlie at this point is actually, it's almost symbolic. i mean we have the extremists as you know, a nightmare would be alne4usra gaining control of syria. that would be worse -p bashar al-assad being there. we've known for a longtime which of the groups are more moderate and more secular. you never have total control. i think it's time for us to change the balance and that's the right way to do it. >> we a columnist from the post. you recently asked this question

in one of our columns, is bashar al-assad winning? is he? >> he's been making significant gains over the last couple of weeks. in january and february because of saudi arms that arrived the rebels made some advances. but in april bashar al-assad's forces began to hit back and began in many ways to reverse the gains. they conquered a key town outside of damascus. hezbollah helpers are fighting in the western part of the counsel tree driving back the rebels. i wouldn't think bashar al-assad is close to a strategic change in the game, he's pushing the rebels back from vital areas. the way things currently stand he's not looking to step down any time soon. jenna: what do you think would change that? >> undoubt end lee the improvement of weaponry to the rebels' side personally to the more responsible elements among the rebels that do exist, without wishing to exaggerate their level of responsibility but they do exist would certainly help the rebels to perhaps begin to tip the

balance. i want to say there's been over the last 48 hours a massacre in a place close to the coast committed by pair a military regulars, and it's very, very worrying indeed. if things don't change on the ground soon in syria i think we'll be shaoeg more and more acts of that kind. more weaponry to the rebels amount the very least. very possibly a humanitarian corridor in the south could help. jenna: we haven't heard anything about the massacre in light of all the conversation about syria. can you give us a little bit more information on that, what do you know? is this just a regular town, if you will, is it a rebel stronghold? what should we know about that? >> it's not a rebel stronghold it's inside regime controlled area close to the town of banya in the western coastal area, a village, and another massacre closer to banas itself. around one hundred people killed from what we're hearing. this was committed by irregulars close to the regime. the real worrying element is we've seen for a longtime the

possibility that the regime will try to clear out a zone for itself for its control in the western coastal area. this is a sunni majority town within the area. this may be the beginning and i say this with care this could be the beginning of a process of ethnic cleansing taking place. if it is we could be seeing more of this in the days and weeks to come and that is deeply worrying about anybody concerned about syria. jenna: i only have 30 seconds, is that the game changer that people talk about? >> i don't think that will be the game-changer. well in terms of the response, i'm really concerned this could start to happen, and given i'm aeu tpraeuld the weakness we've been seeing from the west and i have to say also from the administration in the last weeks over the issue of chemical weapons i'm not sure hoop sure that ethnic cleansing in the western area would be a game-changer. but it should be on a strategic and ethical level. jenna: thank you so much, we appreciate your input. jon: it is the big news of the day, the incredible story of

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jenna: fox news alert back to our top story today, the remarkable rescue of three young women who disappeared about a decade ago and police in cleveland have arrested three brothers in connection with this case. we're told all three women appear to be in good physical health following an evaluation at the hospital. but authorities have not provided any specific details about the circumstances of their captivity. the aunt of one of the young women had this to say. >> all three girls, god works in mysterious ways. you would never -- i mean it's just unbelievable,

unbelievable. these girls -- these women are so strong, stronger than i am. i will tell you that much. and they all have a positive attitude. jenna: we are continuing to follow the story and we'll bring you updates as we get them. jon: right now voters are hitting the polls in south carolina's first district, a special election pitting former republican governor mark sanford against democrat elizabeth colbert bush, some describing this as a bid for political redemption for sanford after a public fall from grace regarding a bizarre disappearance an extra marital affair back in 2009. colbert bush is the sister of comedy central host steven colbert who helped her raise money by attending several fundraisers. jenna: smuggled dinosaur bones are leading home. where the priceless fossils were found and their journey back. where were they? we are live in the story next.

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>> well, jenna, you can go home again, it turns out. dinosaur bones are being flown back to mongolia where the dino once roamed. a t rex was smugd into the u.s. by a guy who ran a fossil business. >> look at that. >> i.c. e officials contacted momongolian authorities to they wiltellthem they're getting ther dinosaur back. they're so happy they're

building him a new home. the cost of the plane ride back to mongolia being covered byy by careeran area. >> an entire t rex? how do you do that? >> thanks for joining us. >> "america live" starts right now. fox news alert. with new details breaking in the remarkable story of three young women who escaped a home in cleveland, ohio overnight after a detecte decade of being held . the choppers are up over the house of horrors. welcome to "america live", everyone. unbelievable day. i'm megyn kelly. their survival story and escape from captivity gripping the country. amanda berry was 16 when she vanished in i 2003. gina dejesus just 14 when she disappeared in 2004. michelle knight was 20 when she went missing in 2002. police believe they were