bill: great to have you back. martha: thank you it is very nice to be back. thanks a lot. bill: enjoy the weekend. martha: you too. 4 "happening now" starts now. see you back here on monday. bye-bye. jon: a happy mother happens day martha. brand-new stories and breaking news. jenna: the administration says the intelligence community was tasked with putting together the talking points with what happened before, during and after the deadly attack in benghazi. the new report that contradicts the white house account. sick and depraved beyond words. police now say dna shows ariel castro is the father of the 6-year-old girl rescued from his home. plus the alleged crimes against three young women held captive were so horrific an ohio prosecutor is considering seek being the death penalty for the suspect. more on that. and the president laying out a very aggressive agenda for his second term. and now republicans in congress essentially say, bring it on.

in taking action already to oppose some of the president's policy. what does this mean for us? we'll tell you what is going to happen next on "happening now." as we ease on into friday on what's been another busy "newsweek" there are some more questions swirling in washington this morning as a new report reveals there are were a dozen versions of the now infamous administration talking points on benghazi. glad to have you with us on this friday, i'm jenna lee? i'm jon scott. abc news is reporting that many of these changes came from the state department and not from the intelligence community. contradicting what the white house said about the talking points last november. the revisions reportedly include requests to delete references to an al-qaida-backed group and cia warnings about terrorist threats in benghazi in the months leading up to the attack. these talking points, as you might remember, were given to congress and to ambassador susan rice, who made the rounds on the

sunday talk shows. chief washington correspondent james rosen joins me now with more. break it all down for us, james. >> reporter: indeed i want to give you a kind of a guided tour through the drafting process for these talking points in realtime courtesy of this report by jonathan carl of abc news which in turn pwupld builds on documents published by steve hayes of th "the weekly standard" last week. the u.s. ambassador pressed a false negative on benghazi five days after the tere race tax that killed our ambassador to libya and three other americans. an early cia draft of rice's talking points produced friday afternoon september 14th stated quote the agency has produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al-qaida in benghazi in eastern libya. noted since april there have been five other attacks against foreign interests in benghazi by unidentified assailants including the june attack against the british ambassador's convoy.

we cannot rule out the individual had previously surveilled the u.s. facilities. also contributing to the efficacy of the attacks. that raised red flags for victoria newland who according to the abc news report dashed off an e phaeufl to the white house and intelligence community colleagues saying quote the early cia draft could be abused by members of congress to beat up the state department nor for not paying attention to warnings. why would we want to feed that either? concerned. when the revised talking points still included references to the al-qaida-linked group sharia as having been involved. she sent another email saying we don't want to prejudice the investigation. but an unidentified national security official at that point pushed back responding to new land the fbi did not have major concerns with the points and offered only a couple minor suggestions. it was at that point that deputy national security adviser ben rhodes weighed in noting that the talk being points should reflect all agency equities. he then called a meeting of top deputies for the follow day, the

saturday before ambassador rice spoke to reshape the talking points some more. jon and jen a. jon: wow, james rosen, thank you. coming up later this hour we will speak with "wall street journal" editorial page editor paul gentleman go about the potential political fallout for the obama administration from all of this. jenna: the man charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and rape in the case of three women held captive for a decade in cleveland, the ohio attorney general who spoke to us earlier this week announcing preliminary dna test results confirming that ariel castro is the father of amanda berry's child. this new information comes as prosecutors say they may seek the death penalty forecast r-r. for ariel castro. he's currently in custody on $8 million bond. the three women were rescued from his home on monday after being held there for ten years. horrifying details coming out about their ordeal. we are live in cleveland, ohio with more on this.

what does the impact h-rb of the new information from the attorney general have on this case? >> reporter: it bolsters the prosecution's days against ariel castro. there were rape charges, obviously with the dna test we just received from the attorney general it confirms those allegations made. i should note they rammed the dna through all other cases in ohio to see if there were any other dnha matches. they did not find any. they are expanding it to the national level going through the fbi's national date a base to see if there are any other keck withs that as well. jenna: that could be an important part of the case as we learn more about ariel castro. what about the girls, i should say the young women now, garrett, what are we learning about what they went through? >> reporter: yeah, based on applies report, we learned that ariel castro, he kidnapped all three of these women by offering them rides home. chained them in the basement and

then repeatedly beat and raped them. amanda berry told police that she was forced to deliver the baby sitting in a plastic baby pool. now, i'm going to quote here and we have graphic for that of what michelle knight told police. she said, quote, castro told her that if the baby died he'd kill her. this is while he was being -- she was being forced to deliver the baby. she continued to i satisfactory, michelle then stated that the baby stopped breathing into her mouth -- stopped breathing into her mouth and then michelle breathed air for her to keep her alive. so many of these details as they continue to unfold just as to the nightmare that these women continued to go through. obviously it's going to be a long healing process. that is something that they are continuing to go through. the fbi has said it's going to take some time, we want these women to decompress before we talk to any any further, interviews to get more information and build this case, they are going to wait off a little bit. jenna: thank you, garrett.

jon: congressional republicans are mounting new challenges to the white house this week. lawmakers blocking a cabinet nominee for instance, also slamming the brakes on a key healthcare advisory board. so what is behind what looks like a republican show of strength? chief political correspondent carl cameron live in washington with that. so, is the g.o.p. picking more fights here, carl? >> reporter: in short, yeah. it's been six months that they've been studying what went wrong in the last election. it's now sick months until the next election and republicans are quietly stepping up their offense fighting back. that means more second term bloops for president obama on capitol hill. minority republicans in the senate boycotted a committee vote. it was on jena mccarthy. earlier this week they delayed a vote on the labor secretary's nomination. that is the second time they slow walked him. house speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell yesterday up end the ante even further with a

letter to the president refusing to appoint anyone to the obama care's independent payment advisory board. critics have been calling that the death penalty for quite some time. here is what the letter said, quote because the law will give ipads15 elected unaccountable individuals the ability to deny seniors access to innovative care we respectfully decline to recommend appointments. it's on, republicans are fighting back, they recognize there is an election coming and the president has now got lame duck blues. people in his own party will be worried about their own elections because he doesn't have one. jon: presumably the democrats are accusing these republicans of obstruction here. >> reporter: sure, that goes with the territory, particularly in a second term president whether you're a democrat or republican. the g.o.p. is undaunted by any of it. john boehner has announced since the whoh time since the fordable care act has become law they will vote to repeal it. they want to give the class of 2013 an opportunity at a vote to

i will can it listen. >> they've been asking for an opportunity to vote on it and we're going to give it to them. >> in another round of obstruct is in eupl and hostage taking and another round of trying to block anything obama does. f it sound like deja vu all over again well it's not. this is the president's second term, republicans on capitol hill face elections next year and the dynamics all change in the weeks and months ahead notwithstanding the loss that took place last year for the g.o.p., jon. jon: carl cameron in washington for us. thank you. jenna: 12 men and women in arizona facing a life or death decision. they convicted jodi arias of first-degree murder. now they must decide whether she will die for her crime. two experts are here to tell us what the jurors may be thinking now. also, more than two weeks trapped under twisted metal and broken concrete, one woman pulled from the rubble alive. how did she survive? an amazing story next.

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jon: some international headlines we are following right now. police clash with protestors at the western wall in jerusalem. the group of trying to top liberal jewish women from praying there which has traditionally been viewed as a role for men. a recent court order now backs women's rights to pray at the western wall. a daring rescue caught on video in china as emergency workers save five men strand ned a flooded river after several failed attempts. a line was thrown out to them which they used to pull themselves to shaeuft tee. a miraculous rescue in bangladesh. crews save a woman trapped for more than two weeks in the rubble of this collapsed building. she survived on dried food and water that was nearby. also she is expected to recover. more than a thousand people were killed when that garment factory came down april 24th. the number of dead is expected to rise. jenna: right now convicted kill

leer jodi arias is on suicide watch in an arizona jail. on wednesday a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder. now 12 of our pe, rs will decide whether she should die for her crime. what could convince a jury to recommend the death penalty. susan constantine is a jury consultant and w. susan, first a question to you. this jury came in on wednesday. they were laughing, kind of having conversation as they walked into the courtroom, according to our producer that was inside, and when they announced the verdict they did it with no hesitation at all. what do you think this tells us about the dynamics at play here for this jury, specifically? >> well, this tells you that there was a sense of relief when they were laughing, they felt light hearted. the pressure was taken off of their shoulders, and these are very a authoritarian jurors, the

ones that could actually take the needle and inject it themselves. this release for them was really a great feeling, that it's finally over and done with and they found that she was guilty, and you know what, they are okay with it. that's what i'm seeing. jenna: it sound like you're saying in your mind as someone that takes a look at juries you would not be surprised if they came back with the death penalty, based on what we've seen in the case so far? >> without hesitation. jenna: dr. chuck do you feel the same way? >> i think i agree with some of the.that my colleague made, mainly there is a sense of relief, they had this huge task in front of them to decide whether or not someone would be convicted of probably the most serious crime a person could be convicted of in our criminal justice system, which is murder. so, a sense of relief, they've done their job, in terms of that. but now the second part is a little bit harder, making a decision whether or not a person should live or die, you know, that is not an easy thing to do. as we know, most juries tend to shy away from convicting,

especially women of getting the death penalty. jenna: you know what, dr. chuck we have to remember too that these people are much different than the people they were when they first walked into the courtroom so many months ago. look at what they've been through. they've heard horrific case, seen grizzly photos. some of the worst of the worst things you can possibly see. how do you think that affects their mental state and also their ability to make this sort of decision? >> now, jenna that is a really good question. we don't talk about that enough. if you can think about this they are looking at these gory pictures. they are hearing the gory details of this tragic, unconscionable act between these two people, obviously resulting in the untimely death of this young man, jodi's ex-boyfriend. i think to some extent there is some numbness but also there could be some trauma sets in. if you read about the reports that jurors have to do this kind of work they talk about insomnia, anxiety, depression.

no wonder at this point in our society we haven't really talked about this before and provided psychological counseling and debriefing to the juries because they are going through a hell of a lot. jenna: to do their civic duty. that's right. what about this break? we thought we were going to start the next phase of the trial yesterday, but that has been delayed now for a few days. what do you think that break will do for these jurors? ph-p. >> well, you know, it's one of those things h it can actually retraumatize them, there is no doubt about that. they are trying to break away, get back into their normal life again, all of a sudden it's halted again. there will be frustration, anxiety that happens. here is the thing that i'd like to mention, these jurors were death qualified, meaning they go through individual voir dire to determine whether they could inject, or not say inject the needle, necessarily, but whether they could carry out a death penalty. let's say on a scale of one to five, one being the lowest, five being the highest, they are looking for people that say they

can. that is telling me a little bit about their demeanor. i agree with my colleague here too, they can be -- traumatized, you know, i'm not surprised if they don't have post-traumatic stress syndrome afterwards. jenna: doctor do you worry about how that cost impact the decision that they are eventually going to make? >> i mean, definitely i worry about the impact on a decision, but more importantly as a mental health professional i worry about them as people. agains aeu said looking at these pictures, hearing the gory details that would have an impact on anyone. in most situations we provide mental health counseling, debriefing, but, again, it's one thing to say that you've committed to being able to send someone to the death chair, whatever this may be in this state, putting the needle in their arm as my colleague says, it's another thing to actually decide to make that happen. most humans have a problem with that. the research shows that they tend to shy away especially as it relates to convicting women to die. jenna: dr. chuck and susan,

thank you so much. we have to remember the facts of the case. the cold-hearted facts of this are grizzly and horrific. that is what they h-r and we can't change them. we look forward to having you both back. thank you so much for the time today. >> thank you, jenna. >> thank you. jon: a new report reveals there were a dozen different versions of the official benghazi talking points, many of the changes not made by the intelligence community. so what -- that's what the white house has been saying for months, i should say, that the intelligence community ordered those changes. we will look at the political fallout of all this next. plus, prince harry continuing his visit in our nation's capitol paying his respects to the fallen heroes at arlington national cemetery. more on the royal trip coming up. ♪ [playing of taps ]

jon: right now new reporting reveals there where are 12 difference versions of the official administration talking points on the benghazi terror attacks, revisions. the report from abc newsletters says the state department played a big role in the changes that were made, including dropped references to terrorism. of course it was a terror attack last september 11th that took the lives of four americans, including our ambassador. paul gentleman go is editorial page editor at the "wall street journal." so, victoria newland at the state department obviously had a significant role in changing the original talking points, shortening them and saying essentially, why do we want to give ammunition to congress in referring to terrorism here?

>> that's very clear from the emails that that is the case. and i think this is important because the white house spokesman, jay carney had given the impression that the talking points were simply a product of of the the intelligence community, nobody else really had a say. now we learn that in fact other agencies did have a big say, including attempts to mitigate the references to the terror groups linked to al-qaida that were involved and the warnings in advance of the attacks from the intelligence community. jon: there are some who are saying this is a the tempest in a tea pot, not an important story. we were in the middle of a presidential campaign, it was a very tight race at that point and the obama administration was trying to make, you know, a point of the fact that they had delivered osama bin laden. >> osama bin laden was dead and al-qaida was decimated and the tide of war were receding, remember those are the lines that the president used. it contradicted that narrative.

jon: was an invent truth to borrow a title. >> there is no question about that. quite apart from the politics back in september in the campaign, four americans died, and a u.s. ambassador on american soil overseas was attacked. quite apart from a presidential race you need accountability for that. how did that happen? and this was an attempt, i think, fairly, i think, to obfuscate that accountability and that's why the house is entirely within its rights and i think ought to keep pursuing this. jon: has there than accountability to this point? >> to this point no. we still don't know the full story. and i think that there are now republicans in the house, frank wolf, not a very partisan member from virginia saying, you know what we need to coalesce this into one committee, bi-partisan to looking at this with deposition authority and subpoena power, and i think that there is a movement building in the house to have that happen. jon: there are lots of questions yet to be answered. so it would seem. paul gigot from the "wall street

journal." be sure to check in this weekend when he hosts the journal editorial report, saturday, 2:00 park m eastern on fox news channel. jenna: coming up next from jail to a job. ex-cons learning new skills to help them succeed after a life behind bars. a closer look at an inspiring program coming up in a live report. and beer is flowing across the country today, and it's not just because it's friday, people, it's for a whole other reason. our next guest says the craft beer boom in this country is an excellent example about what happens when you lower taxes and strip away regulations. jon will tap in next. girl vo: i'm pretty conservative.

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jenna: brand new stories coming up next hour and brand new details in the horrible kidnapping story out of ohio. freshg reports about ariel castro's interrogation. what he said, how he acted. we'll talk about the legal issues as the prosecutor in the case says they're now considering the death penalty. a two-time olympic medalist is dead after his catamaran capsizes during training for the americas cup. the latest on this tragedy off the coast of california. reality check on gun violence in america. what you may not know about crimes involving firearms. that's ahead next hour. prince pariis wrapping up the washington leg of his u.s. tour. the it 8-year-old visiting

wounded warriors at walter reed ba these today. earlier today he participated in a ceremony at arlington national cemetery honoring our military personnel killed since 2001. he laid a wreath from at the tomb of the unknowns. liz bet pran is live in washington. >> reporter: the prince started his morning at the wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington cemetery. he spent time in section 60 visiting iraq and afghanistan soldiers graves. for men and women who fav the ultimate sacrifice in a on where the prince served as a helicopter pilot. he also met with the wounded at walter reed hospital. a packed morning before taking off for colorado. he will watch british forces compete in at wounded warrior games. that is pair a olympic event for wounded servicemen from across the globe. sandy ravaged areas in new jersey before participating in a polo

match in greenwich, connecticut. not too much room on the itinerary for any nights out. and governor chris christie says he wants to keep it that way. >> he will come to see the destruction for himself first-hand and he wants to be helpful. i'm going to be spending the entire day with prince harry. so believe me, nobody is going to get naked if i'm spending entire day. >> reporter: now that being said the feeling on this tour is a little more solemn and serious. in fact just yesterday while visiting with lawmakers on capitol hill the prince learning more about halo trust, the world's largest landmine detection charity, a cause very much championed by his late mother, princess diana and he is making quite a impression with law makers. >> he has known that i have been shot down and i alleged that he was probably a much better pilot than i was since he didn't. and you know, we talked a little bit about that. >> reporter: jenna, i will say wherever he goes he will usually catch a trail of adoring fans, mostly young woman trying to get a glimpse of the very eligible

bachelor. they're usually giggling an taking photographs. jenna: i can't believe that. really? >> reporter: it was not predicted. jenna: yes, not at all. breaking news here on the fox news channel. i have a feeling, elizabeth, chris christie and harry will get along just fine. that will be an interesting visit. >> reporter: it will be a great photo-op. jenna: elizabeth prann in d.c. thanks very much. >> reporter: have a good one. >> friday and the weekend is here so let's talk a little bit about beer. the beer industry hit a major milestone. less than 40 years ago there were fewer than 50 breweries in the entire country. now there are more than 2300. brewers will tell you besides water, hop and yeast, the most important ingredients are low taxes and less regulation. we have the author of the audacity of hops. the history of the america's beer revolution. he is here to tell us about the amazing success story.

what happened to the american brewery industry that it suddenly exploded into the number of breweries? >> two things happened beginning in 1976. it was then during the ford administration there was a big push by private industry to lower the excise tax on a barrel of beer from $9 to $7 for smaller producers. this was at a time when there were fewer, as you said, fewer than 50 breweries in the united states. so the excise tax was lowered from $9 to $7 per barrel. doesn't sound like much. jon: it doesn't. >> that is actually more than 20%. okay. so cost of business goes down more than 20%. two years later, president carter signs into law the legalization of home brewing at the federal level. so suddenly, cost of commercial business is lower. and all these home brewers who were operating underground and you know, trepidations about sharing information, or about

importing material from europe, suddenly could. jon: i didn't realize that the prohibition laws that allowed, you know, home wine making and so forth didn't apply to beer. >> right. >> it was technically illegal to brew beer at home in this country back in the 1970's, huh? >> absolutely right. after repeal in 1933 home wine making was legalized. home brewing was not for whatever reason. while the government did not really crack down on home brewing there was always that fear that could happen at any moment. so that put a child on entrepeneurship. jon: let's flash forward to today. a lot of the story are condensing. maybe people will run out to buy your book to read bit all, flash forward today, what has it done for the economy in this country, relaxation of regulation and taxation? >> jon, it is kind of amazing. i do track this in my book the audacity of hops, we've gone from fewer than 50 breweries to more than 2700 now. a lot of the home brewers

became after 1978 they became the early commercial brewing superstars. it caused a explosion in home brewing and beer-tasting conventions. the great american beer festival which is held in denver every fall is the largest tasting beer festival in the world. it started with something like 22 booths back in 1982. now it is a ridiculous amount. they sell out 50,000 tickets in half an hour. jon: wow. >> every state has at least a couple of breweries. some like california, new york, north carolina, michigan, have dozens. it creates 10 of millions in tax revenue a year. tens of thousands of jobs as you can imagine. and some states in particular and some cities like new york, philadelphia and san francisco are using it as, using craft breweries as economic development. as the craft brewery comes in it gentry nice the neighborhood.

jon: all because of a $2 cut in excise tax. >> yes. jon: audacity of hops. key play on words. jenna: when he said denver and that is where the beer conference is. >> i got to go home all of a sudden. jenna: that's right. jon: i would like to get a ticket. that's what it sounds like anyway. jenna: it is friday. we can talk about a little beer. we can talk about inspiring stories specially on week like we've had, right. this is a story about a program that is turning lives around. and former inmates and gang members learning skills to succeed in life thanks to a program called homeboy industries. it is based in los angeles and provides a number of free services and provides job opportunities. adam housley is live in los angeles with more on this. adam. >> reporter: jenna, homeboy industries has been aren't for 20 years here in lows loss and literally helped thousands of former inmates to get back on the straight-and-narrow from everything legal services to counseling and tattoo

removal. there has been more than 800 tattoos removed. i'm sorry, 800 a month. so you add, times that out by 12 months, tells you how many tattoos are removed per year. 800 a month tattoos removed a month. priest that started it gang-related ink is the number of obstacle many men and women face when searching for a new jobs. they have several cafes in los angeles and city hall and a new one opened up at l.a.x. every employee is a member of this program. boyle says the homeboy industries helps save the state and county millions a year because it keeps these men and women out of trouble. >> we offer them a way out of this life, the gang life. so it is not enough to tell them to get off this crazy freeway called gang involvement. you have to have exit ramps. so this is a clear, marked, well-known exit ramp for gang members. >> reporter: now homeboy

industries is not the only place we had a chance to visit. we went to redemption foods in hollywood. has similar jail to jobs type idea. every employee was an ex-con. the place was packed. the food was excellent. we bought lunch to try it out. the owner says it is to give people a second chance. phillip spent 40 years behind bar, is beyond grateful for. >> all those years in prison, most of that i was a negative influence. a negative role model. and something my kids couldn't be proud of. my mother wasn't proud of it. today my mother, you know, she can look at me and hold her head up and introduce me, that is my son. my children can look at me and say that's my dad. >> reporter: dan is the who wanted to give back to the community here in hollywood. he started redemption foods. the man you heard from there, spent 40 years behind bars he tears up that owner gave him his first set of keys it feels like he has some sort

of ownership in the business and someone who trusts him. here's a man jenna, that spent more than 40 years behind bars, who tears up because he was given a set of keys. jenna: what a story. adam, thank you very much. >> reporter: absolutely. jon: unemployment rate the way it is right now, they come out of prison where are they getting a job? jenna: adam says the food is good too on top of it all. jon: great program. great program. in syria the civil war has been raging for more than two years. we'll talk with ven yates why this war is looking more and more dangerous every day. the boston terror suspects becaming faces of radical islam in america but is there another face in the muslim community that tells a far different story? not what you might think. you will meet here next. ♪ .

jon: a fox news news alert. you remember on april 17th there was that horrible explosion in a fertilizer plant in west, texas. it was widely assumed that was simply an accident. well, maybe not. the texas department of public safety has announced that it is launching a criminal investigation into

the cause of that explosion. they are going to be joining the local county sheriff to conduct that investigation. in the meantime this is a separate event. could it be related? we do not know. but an ems technician in west, texas, named bryce ashley reed, 31 years old, is being held without bond now after being arrested by federal marshals for possessing what authorities described as a destructive device, an explosive device. we are continuing to follow both of those stories. again no links announced yet. but the parallels are kind of interesting.en spoke at funel services for one of his fellow ems workers who was killed in that explosion in west, texas back on april 17th. we'll stay on top of it. jenna: well over the last few weeks we've been talking a lot about the boston

terror suspects, the brothers, one of them an american citizen, were going to american schools, they were emersed in our communities but allegedly motivated by their faith to commit murder. with their faces on television screens and internet and newspapers for close to a month, it is now once again sparked some debate about muslims in america. and that said, if we're going to have that debate, they're not the only face we should be looking at and we have a new face for you today. this young woman is a inker songwriter whose new cd, judgment day, comes out today. she is an american girl who is using her voice for change within islam. it is one top i can that she tackles but certainly around important one. we want to introduce you to here. joining us now, congratulations this is a big day, second album. >> second album. thanks for having me. jenna: tell us a little bit how you got into music to begin with? >> well, i've always been a musician for as long as i can remember. i can't really remember a

conscious moment where i just started singing. it has always been something i've done. i like to think myself only as a singer but a musician. i write my own songs. produce my own songs. i play guitar and violin and accompany myself. it is important not only to be a singer for me but to be a musician. jenna: we've been listening to your songs all morning. some of our viewers may not have heard some of your music yet, tell them a little bit what you talk about in your songs. >> i talk about a lot of different things. one of them being political freedom, freedom within our society. women's rights is very big focus of mine. i believe that freedom is a universal human right, that everyone wants, whether you're muslim, whether you're muslim-american. whether you're from india or whether you're from america. whether you're from anywhere in europe. it is a universal human right and every single person on this earth for the most part wants that right. i guess what i'm trying to convey, that muslim-americans want that same thing. muslims all over the world

want that same thing. jenna: some of the things you talk about in your lyrics have to do with the way some people would like muslim women would to be dressed. some things you talk about are arranged marriages. why do you choose music as your format to talk about some of these issues? >> well, music has a funny way of appealing to people's emotions in a way sometimes hard news can't. when you hear a song that sticks in your head with a message that can be a very powerfull thing. not only do you have a melody stuck in your head but you also have a message stuck in your head. when you're trying to bring about change, i write pop music. it is a very hopefully a very catchy thing that will stick with people. jenna: i was thinking about taylor swift a little bit today. thinking about her. she is around the same age as you. she chooses difficult topics. chooses some of the guys she dates. you could do that too. you could choose something not so political. it takes real courage to talk about some of the things that you're talking about. what's been the reaction from your community, from the muslim community to some

of the things you have to say? >> there will always be naysayers but for the most part it has overwhelmingly been positive. most people assume most americans would look -- muslim-americans would look down on a singer talking about women's rights and freedom but at the end of the day muslims want freedom. the response is very positive and they have been very receptive to it. jenna: i first learned about your story because a friend of our show launched this moral courage project and talks about people and profiles different people outside the muslim community, inside the muslim community that have moral courage and she featured you and that caught my attention. one of the things you said you feel you're walking a fine line between critiquing your community and also defending it and that must be challenging? >> it's a hard-line to tell because you're a critic and you're an ambassador at the same time. i try it convey to a lot of my fellow americans, hey, i'm american too. i was born and raised here and then at the same time, i

do take, i do make it my business to speak about things in my community that i disagree with because i feel without acknowledging that we do have problems we'll never actually solve them. it is a very fine line to toe between an ambassador and a critic and hopefully good music and the rest will follow. jenna: speaking of good music, how can people find your music. >> cd baby, van camp. itunes. hopefully itunes will be out pretty soon. it has taken a little bit. jenna: i'm no expert but i can say your music is excellent. we're glad to have you here and we wish you the best of luck. we look forward to having you back and following your story. thank you very much for your time today. >> thank you very much. jenna: is jon? jon: president obama launch as new effort to try to promote the affordable care act that sweeping health care law which even he calls obamacare is not popular with most americans ahead after many looking house vote to repeal it. we're live in washington

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jon: and then there were two. "american idol" serving up surprises in last night's results show. the judges and fans seemed to agree that the top three singers were all incredibly talented but last night's cut still came as a bit of a shock. julie banderas is live in new york here with our 411, "fox 411." julie. >> jon, coming to a television near you the "american idol" final two. we now know who will compete for the tight of the next "american idol.". 22-year-old kree harrison and 23-year-old candice

glover, who auditioned for the show three times. she would youed the audience with the the judges call the best in "american idol" history. they will compete next week's finale. part two they announce the winner. last original judge standing will take his final curtain bow next week. in a statement to his fans beginning with yo, yo, yo, that was terrible. randy jackson producer and judge since season one will not come back to the panel for season 13. he is proud of how quote, how we forever changed television and the music industry and is looking forward to focus on his company, dream merchant 21 and other business ventures. there was speculation that the show will get a total overhaul after rumors of friction between panel mates, nicky minaj and mariah carey but no word next who the next season's judges will be. up next on the big screen, f scott fitzgerald novel,

"the great gatsby" will get a 3-d makeover and leonardo dicaprio will get the lead role. with tobymac geyer and kerry mulligan and starring. this film takes place in the roaring '20s, a time dicaprio calls epic. >> this is the amazing time period amazing emergence of the superpower the democracy that is america and has the frivolous on pew lens wealth and you feel like it is a endless party. >> the great gaat by is in theaters today. jon: julie banderas, thanks we'll be back with

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jenna: brand new stories we're following right now on "happening now." prosecutors could seek the death penalty against the cleveland man charged with kidnapping three women and holding them captive for years. an olympic gold medal winner , the latest on that. also a high-tech international crime ring stealing millions from banks around the world in a matter of hours. no guns involved, just computers and tony atm cards. more of that -- phony atm cards. more on that on "happening now." jenna: big news, noon here on the east coast. the united states is now confirming a developing security situation right now in libya

saying the united states military stands, quote, ready to help if called in. hello, even, i'm jenna lee. we have that breaking news coming up. jon: welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. lawmakers on capitol hill are trying to get to the bottom of the benghazi terror attacks, and the british embassy in the tripoli is withdrawing some of its staff said to be because of security concerns. and according to a brand new state department warning, a number of u.s. government personnel already have left that city. our national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with this breaking news. >> reporter: hi, jon. fox news has learned that the u.s. military has alerted two military units based in europe to be on standby if needed to help with the deteriorating security situation in the libyan capital. a specialized marine unit based in spain is in the process of being repositioned, we're told, and a response force made up of special operators in europe in institute guard, germany, has been put on heightened alert.

u.s. officials are increasingly concerned about a dee tier rating situation in tripoli where armed militias have taken over certain government ministries in the last two weeks. protests on sunday broke out in the capital. the u.s., britain and france on wednesday issued a joint warning saying that the, essentially, the militias need to observe the rule of law amidst concerns about rising tension between armed rival factions. in benghazi today there were two explosions at police stations there. the state department issued this warning, this travel warning thursday. quote: >> r eporter: the british issued the following warning, quote:

>> r eporter: again, fox news has confirmed that two u.s. military units in europe have been alerted to be on standby in case they are need inside the capital tripoli given the deteriorating security situation. one of those is a marine task force that is based in marone, spain. the other is comprised of special operators who are based out of germany, and they are on heightened alert as we speak. jon. jon: jennifer griffin, that's very big news. thank you. jenna: more on that story as it develops. in the meantime, new details on a horrific accident in the waters right around san francisco. a british olympic gold medalist killed when his team's yacht capsized. this was during practice for this summer's america's cup we're told 36-year-old anders simpson was trapped under the boat for just far too long.

claudia cowan's live in san francisco. claudia, i'm a san francisco native, born and raised there. the weather can be a factor we know, it can change very quickly around the bay area. what was the weather like yesterday? was that a factor at all? >> reporter: jenna, yesterday it was sunny and breezy, a small craft advisory was in effect, but for these expert sailors the conditions on the bay were just perfect for taking practice runs. some witnesses say the catamaran flagged under the royal swedish yacht club was foiling, that's when one of the twin holds rises too high, and the boat will flip. all 11 crew members onboard the 72 foot long cat were tossed into the bay including the team's strategist, andrew simpson, 36 years old and a decorated british olympian who won gold in beijing. he was submerged under the boat for ten minutes, and can despite numerous attempts to save him, simpson was pronounced dead after being brought to shore. >> everyone worked really hard

to not have this outcome. these are always difficult things to report, and our hearts go out to the family of the member of the racing team. >> reporter: another injured sailor is doing okay, but this team is devastated. a press briefing is coming up soon, we could learn more about the investigation whether it had something to do with the weather or the boat, possibly with the rigging as well as the team's plans for the future with the america's cup races now just a few months away. jenna: and this isn't the first america's cup mishap. >> reporter: no, it isn't. you'll remember back in october the practice catamaran used by the defending oracle racing team capsized. the wing sail just busted, but everyone survived. and the team actually salvaged this boat, and they still use it. but this latest incident is raising new questions not only about the design and stability of these high-tech boats which can go up to 45 miles an hour, but also about the safety of this race course out on the san francisco bay which, as you know, jenna, is often

treacherous. jenna: it is. they're so beautiful when you watch them, but, obviously, some factors at play to take a closer look at. claudia, thank you. jon: heavy media coverage of recent mass shootings probably gives you the impression that gun violence is on the rise in this country. well, guess what? not true. as lawmakers consider new laws to control guns, the numbers show a dramatic decrease in gun crime in this country. but most americans probably believe the problem is getting worse. doug mckelway lye in washington with a -- live in washington with a reality check for you. how much has gun-related crime actually dropped, doug? >> reporter: jon, it's pretty remarkable, and the interesting thing, it's inverse to the increase in gun purchases. there are roughly now 310 million to 400 million guns in private possession across the united states, but this department of justice study examining gun crime over the last 20 years finds that gun-related homicides declined by 39% while nonfatal gun crimes dropped 69%. sure to add fuel to the debate

over background checks at gun shows, it found that among prisoners convicted of gun crimes, only 2% of them bought their gun at a flea market or a gun show. >> a few takeaways. one is that law-abiding gun owners aren't the problem, never have been, never will be. the second takeaway is the guns, the shotguns and rifles that president obama and mayor bloomberg want to ban aren't the problem because they're rarely used in crime. and the third takeaway is gun shows, which they've been focused on and obsessed with for 20 years, represent less than 1% of the guns that are used in crime. >> reporter: when asked yesterday about this study, house minority leader nancy pelosi said the assault weapons ban that congress passed in 1994 -- and which expired in 2004 -- may have contributed to this crime drop. >> depths have gone down in large measure because of the legislation that was passed and then some states picked up on.

but the problem is even though we have great laws in california they do now, maryland, new york, connecticut, you can name many states, as long as those guns can cross state lines without having a background check attached to them, we still need that legislation. >> reporter: but the study found that handguns, not assault weapons, were used in the overwhelming majority of gun violence, jon. jon: some eye-opening numbers there. there's another study out, the pew study, that finds americans are badly misinformed about gun violence, right? >> reporter: yeah. this pew study finds that 56% of americans believe that gun crime is higher than it was 20 years ago, and only 12% of us think it is lower. americans' perceptions have been heavily influenced by the focus on newtown as well as by gun control debates following those shootings. jon: doug mckelway with a reality check from washington. thank you. >> reporter: my pleasure. jenna: a global bank heist said to be one of the biggest in history, more than $40 million,

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jenna: "happening now" we're following developments in syria and reports, apparently, of a rare truce in an opposition-held neighborhood in damascus allowing family, parents and children to gather supplies. still, this 2-year-old civil war, as some describe it, rages on really. the analysts are raising serious new concerns about the conflict growing more dangerous by the day with refugees pouring into

neighboring countries. some of them are allies. the simmering conflict between hezbollah and israel now at the forefront, and there's, of course, the growing violence between religious and ethnic groups inside syria. this among, also, reports the assad government is using increasingly brutal tactics including the reports of chemical weapons. stephen yates is a former deputy assistant to the vice president and currently the ceo of d.c. international advisory, and tom pierce, a correspondent for the christian science monitor. he just returned from syria last week. nice to have you both with us as we continue to explore this story where there are so many dynamics truly at play. tom, i'd like to begin with you because you were just in syria last week. what do you think our viewers need to know about what's actually happening on the decide? inside? >> i think the most important thing to understand is that it's getting worse and worse by the day. i first started going into syria in late august, and the violence

was bad, but now it's escalated to a point where not only are we worried about violence, but we're seeing a sharp rise in the level of extremist groups, you know, the group that pledged allegiance to al-qaeda recently. so we're seeing the opposition is really becoming much more extreme and also the violence is just steadily ratcheting up and up, and now we have 8,000 refugees a day fleeing outside of the country. so it's really the humanitarian situation is horrible, the violence is awful, and it's really the situation is just rapidly deteriorating inside. jenna: and, tom, just for some context for our viewers, this isn't the first dangerous place you've traveled to. tell us about your past experiences and how what you're seeing inside syria compares to that. >> certainly. yeah, i've worked extensively in iraq and afghanistan, and i've never seen violence to this scale or just where it affects so many people. certainly in both iraq and afghanistan civilians were

affected and often killed or targeted by the violence, but inside syria you'll see oftentimes where it's just indiscriminate killing. you know, for example, last week i drove true a neighborhood that had been -- through a neighborhood that had been hit by a scud missile. and it levels an entire city block. there's nothing precise about these weapons that are being used, and we're just talking about widespread death and destruction that i haven't seen anything like this certainly in my experience reporting. i certainly think this is fairly unique in recent conflicts in terms of the destruction and loss of life we're seeing. jenna: we're seeing some of the photos actually, tom, that you took on the inside and the devastation. i mean, it is immense. i don't even know if there's words really to describe it. steven, just to bring you in a little bit on this, you know, tom gives us his observations from the inside. we've heard from officials here that there are no good options, but that's different than having no options. so, steven, what do you think about what tom has to say, what policies we should be discussing when it comes to syria? >> well, tom's perspective is

very important on this. the ground truth has been moving in a tragic direction for some time, and it sounds as if it's getting worse and worse by the day. it's true that we don't have good or easy options when it comes to syria, but we also don't really have the luxury of sitting back and just letting the chips fall where they may. there's the risk of this broader sectarian conflict enflaming the region, there's the risk of if we just sit back, some kind of a strike hits israel to whom we're treaty-bound to support and defend. and our country just has not been prepared at all for what the president may think he may need to do should these kinds of worse scenarios spill over. plus there's the refugee traffic tahas overwhelmed -- tahas overwhelmed some areas of neighboring countries that may not be stable themselves long if this endures. jenna: for example, jordan have been important to stability so far. >> right. jenna: in the region. tom, we talked somewhat about the refugees. this is a map of the region just for our viewers.

something that you reported really stood out to me about the humanitarian aid that americans are providing inside of syria. you said there's something very interesting going on about whether or not we're getting even some credit for providing the humanitarian aid. tell us a little bit about that. >> yeah, that's correct. the u.s. actually does provide with relative perspective to the other countries and organizations providing aid, the u.s. does provide a fair amount, but they've made the strategic decision not to brand their aid. and by brand i mean to print an american flag or some kind of indication as to where it's come from. and they've decided not to do that so it, you know, groups that are receiving it or distributing it don't encounter problems that could endanger their safety should they be stopped at a checkpoint by a group that has kind of anti-american sentiments. so much of this aid that the u.s. is passing out there is done kind of covertly or -- not covertly, but certainly without any advertising or fanfare. so the u.s. really doesn't get much credit for what it is doing

there. but it still should be said that the aid that is being given does not come close to meeting the need that exists in syria. jenna: besides the humanitarian aid, steven, if you were advising in your former role as you were about some of these national security affairs, what would be your next step? >> well, first, i would want very much to try to work closely with allies most closely affected by the situation there. i think we should be very hesitant about a u.s.-led role in the intervention just as tom was referring to on the aid. any kind of military security intelligence support, there will be sensitivities about an american presence. but turkey, jordan, people on the arabian peninsula, israel, all of our allies that are around this area have profound interests. we should be coordinating and supporting what they can do to help shape events. what we've done to date has been minimal really by standards of in terms of changing the trajectory of where this conflict is going. it seems like it's getting stuck in a wag, a longstanding

quagmire, standoff, and i don't think our allies can sustain that alone. jenna: i could have this conversation go on for a few hours with both of you. i appreciate, steven, your expertise and, tom, your observations from the ground. we look forward to keeping in touch with you in the weeks ahead. thank you to you both. >> thank you. jon: some major media outlets condemning the congressional hearings on benghazi, pointing fingers at conservatives saying it's all just a witch hunt. our news watch panel weighs in on some of the coverage. also, ariel castro facing charges of rape and kidnapping for holding three women prisoners in his home for a decade or more. could he also be charged with murder? how hard would it be for parts to prove it? -- prosecutors to prove it? our legal experts join us next. not bad. this tree has deep roots, strong limbs... things are pched and not pinned. nicely done. thboys love it.

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jon: the cleveland man accused of kidnapping three young women and holding them prisoner for years could get the ultimate punishment if convicted. prosecutors now say they might seek the death penalty for ariel castro for allegedly starving and beat withing one of his victims to force her to have several miscarriages. this means even more serious charges could be coming. >> i fully intend to seek charges for each and every act of sexual violence, rape, each day of kidnapping, every felon yous assault, all his attempted murders and each act of aggravated murder he committed by terminating pregnancies that the offender perpetuated against the hostages during this decade-long ordeal. jon: fred tecce is a former federal prosecutor, arthur acool ya is a fox news legal analyst,

they are our guests right now. what are the chances of getting a murder conviction for having aborted these fetuses who probably otherwise would have survived? >> you know what, jon? i think it's going to be a tough cause, but it's a case you have to bring because the facts dictate it. and i think the only way you can win is find the country's foremost medical authority who can come in and testify as an expert that when you starve a woman and then you beat her about the stomach, that that's going to cause a miscarriage and that that was the production mate cause of -- proximate cause of a deathment. jon: a lot of this would depend, i would think, on the testimony of these poor women themselves, and i don't know if you want to put them through that. >> that is perfect, jon. that is perfect, exactly. and this is where it comes down to the debate in america. when you talk about the ultimate punishment, yes, that is the ultimate punishment as to the law, but is it really ultimate punishment? think about it, jon, how many violent deaths, good people die in violent ways. here's a very bad person, and

you're going to lay him on a gurney after he has his last meal, after he meets with his religious adviser, he's going to lay down, and they're going to put a little needle in his arm, he's going to calmly fade off -- >> hopefully. >> see, i disagree. that's not punishment. let him sit in a cell for ten years. let him not eat for two weeks. let him have somebody bounce up and down on his belly. in my opinion, that's the ultimate -- >> well, and you know what? i can't say that you're wrong about that, but i'm going to tell you something, every once in a while there's a crime that society cries out for the death penalty. to evidence society's outrage and just -- jon: i totally agree with you, fred, but here's the deem. when you listen to that district attorney saying, you know, he wants charges for every day of -- >> right. jon: the jury instructions alone, the reading of the charges would take three weeks. this would be a trial that could go on for a year or more, and those poor women would have the sit through this. >> and i agree with you.

ultimately, you may make the decision that in order to spare the victims any further agony and torture, you're going to make a deal to put this guy in a cage for the rest of his life. not just any cage, the worst general prison population in america so he can feel what it's like. >> and this case is not about deterrents. let's hope nobody out there out there is committing these kinds of crimes. jon: yeah. >> this is about punishment. how to punish this guy. and you don't want to punish him by punishing these girls and over and over and over again. the faster this case is resolved, the better it is for those young women. >> i agree. i can't disagree with that. personally, i'd like to see the guy executed, but there are countervailing forces. jon: there is the possibility he could get the death penalty out of all of this. >> there is, but not without a long trial and putting these women through more to have -- torture. jon: let's talk about another case that's very much been in the news, jodi arias. she had an interesting interview with our fox affiliate in phoenix right after she was convicted. i want to play one clip of that

and then get an opinion from our legal panel. >> the worst outcome for me would be natural life. i would much rather die sooner than later. longevity runs in my family, and i don't want to spend the rest of my natural life in one place. you know, i'm pretty healthy, i don't smoke, and i would probably live a long time. so that's not something i'm looking forward to. um, i said years ago that i'd rather get death than life, and that still is true today. i believe death is the ultimate freedom, so i'd rather just have my freedom as soon as i can get it. jon: all right, fred. so she says she would prefer to have the death penalty. now, the prosecution has already played other tv clips -- >> right. jon: -- in this trial. other tv interviews she's done. could they grab that piece of tape, play it for this jury and say she wants you to put her to death, go ahead and do it? >> you really want to watch that in context. you need to listen to the voicemail message that she left for that reporter, and when you do and you listen to that and

review that in that context, that is the most manipulative -- i used to think that the woman was vile, despicable, now she's murderous, and she's the most minutive person i've -- manipulative i've ever seen. do not be fooled. >> the answer to your question is, yes. jon: they can play it. >> oh, yeah. >> all of her prior statements are admissible. not to do a promo, but i believe geraldo's doing her whole -- that's a long interview, he's doing the whole interview on saturday night to show what's going on in her mind. she's making my point about the cleveland guy. i don't think she's wrong. death is a better place to be than being in a box in on security, the same thing day in, day out. and, jon, i'm speaking from experience listening to clients that i've had. [laughter] they say being alone in a box is the worst thing -- >> well, in general. and for her in particular because this woman lives for the media spotlight. she's on trial for her life

before the verdict even comes in, she's on the phone with that reporter telling him, listen, if it's murder one, i'm going to talk to you, if it's murder two or three, i'm going to wait until after the sentencing. >> that's sociopathic. >> it's sick. it's not sick, it's just wrong. jon: i think sociopath is a pretty good description. >> that's a perfect description. >> i just got a check mark by jon on friday. [laughter] >> we were talking about beer earlier. where is it? jon: arthur, fred, thank you both. jenna: trouble, jon, the two of them, for sure. jon: yes. jenna: a spectacular cyber crime spree. high-tech bank robbers stealing millions of dollars from atms around the world. how they pulled it off, and is your money safe? plus, how the mainstream media is reporting the blockbuster testimony in this week's benghazi hearing. our news watch panel covers the coverage next. [ femalannouncer ] from more efficient payments. ♪

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john boehner is taking it a step further saying the law will be terrible for everybody. >> obama care is going to drive up the cost of healthcare, drive up the cost of health insurance and make it harder for small businesses to hire workers. hyannis port we believi believe that with the core of who i am. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure that we don't wreck the best healthcare delivery system the world has ever known. >> reporter: in a conference call yesterday health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says her agency will spend $150 million to teach people how to enroll in obama care exchanges after allies have been critical of the public information campaign. she said, quote, investing in health centers tester for outreach and a says tans provides one way the obama administration is helping consumers understand their options and enroll in affordable coverage. the president's healthcare event will be here at 2:40pm in the

white house east room. jenna: mike, thank you. jon: well some of the mainstream media doing their best to condemn this week's blockbuster congressional hearing on the benghazi consulate attacks, describing the investigation as nothing more than a witch hunt. so what about it? is this story finally turning? let's talk about it with our news watch panel, judith miller a pulitzer prize prize winning investigative reporter and author. kristen powers is a columnist for the bailey beast and both are fox news contributors. take a look, judy, we assembled an examination of how much time was devoted to coverage of the hearings on the various cable channels. i think we have that graphic to put up. perhaps no surprise, msnbc didn't give it any coverage. cnn tkpwaeufp it 17 minutes of live coverage. fox didn't cover every single minute of it but we had 108 minutes of the hearings on the day that they transpired.

and then when you look at the nightly newscasts, i'm sorry the morning newscasts and how much hop this was covered, the today show there in the middle you see gave it 27 minutes of crime coverage, and 229, that is 2 points and 29 seconds to benghazi. the morning show devoted 18, almost 19 minutes to crime coverage, and 53 seconds to benghazi. i'm sorry that was abc, "good morning america." and then cbs gave crime almost ten minutes an three minutes 21 seconds devoted to benghazi. your take, judy. >> we are finally getting coverage which is completely different than what we had up until this point. you can say in that respect there's been progress. but, look, i think the talking points from the democrats and republicans haven't changed. and the democrats are still saying, this is just an exercise

in partisanship and the republicans are saying, this is worse than watergate. and therefore we still have a highly politicized scandal, and incident in which we have a lot of questions. jon: you see it differently kirstin? >> i think that it's being politicized on both sides. it's not really news worthy because it's washington d.c. and everything is politicized there. it's the media's job to be able to sift through that and to see whether there's news. the fact that republicans want to politicize this. and they do, doesn't change the fact that the testimony was very compelling, and there was important information in that, and so for reporters just to say we don't even have to look at this because republicans are politicizing it, why do they cover everything? every issue we have is politicized. >> they do have to look at it. the fact that the sunday talk shows are going to be devoted to benghazi, finally finally indicates there has been progress. >> these because of the abc news

story that came out about the talking points. this is of course -- anybody who's been watching fox for the last, you know, eight months, basically, should know all of this. it's basically, everyone has been completely vined date * vindicated and everyone is acting like it's new news or no news interestingly there are democrats that are claiming that when the fundamental complaint has always been that the story that was given out about what happened was not the accurate story. it was a cover up for mythica phr*euft cal reasons. political reasons. i even hesitated to say cover up up. the state department actually changed the talking points to protect themselves politically. jon: and i don't know i would challenge, there is the photo on the front page of "the washington post" the day after, and probably some other papers as well, the day after the hearings shows the face of dorothy navahas woods, the widow

of tyrone woods, the exnavy seal at the ciaannex is that night, picked up weaponry to try to defend the folks under attack, was killed -- actually did killed in a mortar attack but bled to death in part because we just couldn't get help there in time, or, you know, they couldn't get him to a hospital in time, however you want to see it. tell her that this is not a story. >> that's right. and also the testimony itself was extremely moving, and illuminating. it was the first time that the american people have actually heard what happened on the ground in benghazi spelled out by the people who were there. i' left with a lot of competing claims that have to be sorted out. i just hope that the media don't drop this story now that they've discovered it. jon: you talk about it being political and it is but politics is the process in this country by which we choose our leaders, by which we choose the people making decisions for us.

>> look, i think that darrell issa has done a lot of witch hunts against the obama administration and has sort of today us hraoe daluded his impact. people would look at this and say, maybe this is a witch hunt. it's not. there has been a lot of good i think if people were following this instead of big into the white house spin, which is this is fox news and look the other way, when there was great reporting coming out of fox news people would not be playing catch up. they would know a lot of what they are finally trying to discover. jon: some of the media outlets linked to the party are finally doing some stories and we welcome that. >> eventually maybe even msnbc. jon: don't hold your breath. >> hope springs eternal. >> thank you both. we'll have more news watch, thopl 2:30pm eastern time. jenna. jenna: up next, jon, as we age so do our hearts. now scientists may have found a way to reverse the aging process

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jenna: no matter how young at heart you feel little can be done to reverse the signs of an aging heart until now,

apparently scientists have discovered a protein that may be able to keep our hearts young. dr. steven reisman is a cardiologist and founder of the new york cardiac diagnostic center. what happens to our heart as you age. >> the heart stiffens not only because of age but of frequently undetected high blood pressure or hypertension. you can develop a condition a condition resulting in heart failure. it's the inability of the heart to pump properly or back up of blood into the lungs and you get short of breath. jenna: interesting. that happens as part of the natural aging process? >> yes. it also occurs frequently. the biggest risk factor is hype tere tension, diabetes and aortic stenosis. the most common one is aging and hypertension. jenna: the researchers at harvard isolated this protein and tried it out on mice. by injecting a bro teen into the bloodstream of the mice they found that the heart looked

remarkably younger in 30 days. is this some sort of fountain of youth? >> it's a very interesting study, because it takes this protein called gdf11, they found it in their experiments and they inject it into mice who had stiffened or old age hearts. within 30 days they got better. i do tphopbt if it's applicable to humans. it will take another three, four, five years to get studies done. jenna: why does it take so long in you think when we can tree it out object humans. >> it has to be proven to be safe and it also has to be proven to be effective. these clinical trials you have to go through a hospital review board, you have to get approval from patients and you have to do the study, and the study takes time, it takes several years. jenna: whether it's your heart or anything else, first of all why is it p in other organs, like the skin. >> we do know there are preteens

and factor that can create new blood vessels, which is effective in people who have had heart attacks. new protein -- proteins have been found to be effective in must ooh lar skeletal disorders. we are maybe not there yet but there is a lot of research going on. jenna: wishful thing. >> maybe soon hopefully. jenna: what goes through your head when you read something like this in. >> it's exciting but i want to see what happens over time in humans. not everything pans out. i like the idea of it and the findings seem very impressive with the reversal of the stiffen stiffening of the heart. jenna: why would it just go into the bloodstream? >> what happens is when they inject it into the bloodstream it finds the location where it will be useful and all the blood goes into the heart anyway so it's going to get there. jenna: it's nice to be moderately excited about it. and we'll continue to watch this study and see if it's really

antiaging for the heart. it's exciting. doctor, thank you so much, nice to have you in studio. >> thank you. jon: good news there. hundreds of miles high above earth the space station is orbiting the planet right now and we are learning there is some trouble up there. it is forcing a big change in plans. an update coming up.

>> a spectacular cybercrime. a network of global hackers stealing $45 million in just hours from atm's. harris is following this story. >> reporter: this is international but it's hitting home now. there are indictments against suspects, that they are rounding up in this massive money haul. on february 19th hackers infiltrated a credit card processing company based inside the united states. of it handled visa and mastercard prepaid debit cards. for some reason they liked 12 of those card accounts, they deleted the spending limits on them. that allowed them to take a huge

amount of cash off them. they made phony cards with the numbers of those accounts and then passed the cards out to a network of thieves. those teams of crooks then went to atm's with the fake cards to scoop up the cash. in just a few hours, jenna, as you said, thieves around the globe made 36,000 transactions, so they shopped with the cards, and then they withdrew more than $40 million in cash from the atm's. of course when teams of people get to the cash machines this is what you get, pictures, because there are cameras at those machines. in new york city alone a team of eight people made 2900 withdrawals stealing $2.4 million. here is a picture that was released by the u.s. attorney's office in new york city. they say it shows a man dent need as defendant reyes hitting manhattan cash machines. here is the map with the targeted locations that surveillance photos of the suspects hitting those various

atm's show. one guy's backpack in one of the pictures looked like it was getting heavier and heavier as he continued to leave each cash machine. so far they've arrested seven people accused of operating the new york cell alone. it appears that the network that carried out the thefts at the atm's hit 27 countries from canada to russia. back to you. jenna: thank you. jon: we are following a developing situation right now aboard the international space station where nasa officials say two astronauts are preparing for a possible spacewalk to fix a leaking cool and the line. na>> reporter: it all started yesterday when astronauts noticed something unusual outside. take a look at this video, in this video shot by nasa astronauts you can actually see tiny white flakes floating way way from the international space station. they are believed to be frozen ammonia leaking from a cooling loop in one of the solar arrays

providing power to the space station. here is how the mission commander describes it. >> i was back in the docking compartment looking dash tkharb you catalk being. there is a very steady stream of flakes or bits coming out and rotating towards the forward as the truss eurgs rotating. >> astronauting tried to fix a smaller leak in the same general area back in november. it remains unclear whether that leak has gotten bigger or whether this is a completely new leak. before going to bed astronauts prepared their space suits for a potential spacewalk. nasa officials say they have yet to make a final determination on whether to send astronauts outside to further inspect and repair the leak. if the leak continues astronauts will have to shut down the power channel that it cools, but this is just one of eight power channels on the space station, each with its own independent

cooling loop. so nasa officials say power can be rerouted from other sources to keep systems running normally, and they say the crew is not in any danger. nasa has scheduled a news conference at the johnson space center in texas for 3:00 central time. we hope to learn more then. jon and jenna become to you. jon: sound like a very difficult plumbing job ahead. >> reporter: indeed. jon: thank you. jenna: speaking of outer space a sight to behold for sky gazers, the ring of fir fire eclipse, and the amazing pictures next.

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