paying musical tribute to elvis breath lee. presley. he visited elvis' graceland. he left a pick on he will evangelist's grave so he can play in heaven. what a nice tribute. bill: nice. hope you had a great weekend. see you tomorrow. martha: "happening now" starts now. we'll see you back here tomorrow. jon: take a look at the dow up almost 200 points so far today. a couple of reasons for this we are told. the bank of japan and the european central bank both said they will continue to stick with the easy money lending policies that have helped markets around the world rally this year. the s&p 500 up 17% in the first five months of this year. also different knee, the retailer, they are reporting very strong sales indicating americans have money to spend. home prices also up this year according to the case-schiller

housing number index. jenna: index, either one. all easy money, jon. jon: all easy money. at any rate it all looks good to wall street and that is why the dow is up 189 points at the moment. we'll keep and eye on it throughout the day. jenna: brand-new stories and breaking news. new questions about attorney general eric holder's future at the justice department. it's not just the republicans who say he should resign in the wake of scandal. we'll break down that story for you. senator john mccain making a secret trip to one of the most dangerous places in the entire world right now, the new details about the senator's surprise visit to syria. who he met there, and what is behind all of this? what is really happening on the ground? also a very important story for parents, a new study on kids and sleep. we'll tell you what can affect whether they get some good shut-ean help, it's all "happening now."

first we start off this tuesday with the pressure mounting on attorney general eric holder with growing calls across the political spectrum for america's top law enforcement officer to step down. glad you're with us,

>> attorney general holder seems to be aeu love and uneven gauged when it's -- aloof and uneven gauged when it's convenient and incompetent when it matters most. we need an attorney general who is hands on communicating with the president. that does not happen withhold hold. with with eric holder. >> an arizona republican reupbt duesed the latest resolution with dozens of cosponsors and says holder is failing to uphold his constitutional obligations and continues to be evasive to congress and the american people. now liberal media outlets, blogs and democrats are questioning holder's recent decisions. >> it seems to me clear that the actions of the department have in fact impaired the first amendment.

reporters who might have previously believed that a confidential source would speak to them would no longer have that level of confidence. >> liberal bun date pill press called for holder to be fired and the huffington post days ago had a giant headline saying it's time for holder to go. still the president says he has complete cough dense in his attorney general saying he does his job with integrity. jon. jon: thank you. jenna: let's get a little bit more on a specific case. we are learning more about attorney general holder signing off on a search warrant for fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen. doug mcelway is live in d.c. with more on this part of the story. >> reporter: not only did the attorney general sign off on that search warrant he actively discussed it with his staff. that is really important because only two weeks before that friday admission by the doj holder was testifying under oath before a congressional committee that he had never sought the

potential prosecution of reporters. he said, quoting now, that is not something that i have ever been involved in. that's why many republicans are calling for an independent counsel among other things. they believe holder is unfit to conduct an investigation of his own department when he was intimately involved. >> we are beginning to criminalize journalism and i think that should worry us all. having said that when classified information is leaked out and in the public that could put our operations or american operatives in harm's way we've to find a way to pursue that too. this is clearly an over reach. >> most democrats are shying way i from the aeu.ment of independent counsel. they are mindful that attorney general holder was trying to strike a balance between national security concerns and a free press. >> it is a question of classified information. someone working for our government on our side violated their oath and disclosed that information to the press, and it happens with some frequency i might add. but having done that, what is the government to do?

if in fact that disclosure could endanger our military forces, or those who are cooperating with us to fight terrorism. >> reporter: other democrats are calling for a new media shield law. it has broad bi-partisan support. senator chuck schumer says under such a law if the government wants to go to a member of the press and say you have to divulge your sources, for example, it first would have to go to a judge who would impose a balancing test. critics say, however we already have a media shield law, always have, it's called the first amendment, quote, congress shall make no law a bridging freedom of speech or of the press. jenna. jenna: a good reminder, doug, thank you. jon: for more on this let's talk with nina easton a fox news contributor, and a a writer for fortune who magazine. not surprising that jason chaffetz would be on the attorney general's case but when

the huffington post and others jump on the bandwagon that spells trouble for the attorney general, d doesn't it? >> the attorney general is one of the few appointees who stayed in this next administration and he's very close with the president, some described him as an alter ego type of figure. the pressure is mounting on him, it's a dangerous time. this week he's going on what we might call an apology tour trying to talk to the media, leading members of the media to say, look we are not after you, we are not trying to criminalize your behavior. one of the most troubling revelations to come out just today was he told a daily beast reporter that it wasn't until he read about the rozen case in "the washington post" a couple weeks ago that he realized what a big deal that affidavit was that he signed off on. and keep in mind, that affidavit not only listed rozen as a coconspirator which is taking things way beyond a radical theory of enforcing that act,

thes the espionage act. it cited rozen's reporting techniques, trying to play to the ego of a source, general reporting techniques, and so he was criminalizing that. the fact -- and now we know from doug's reporting that he spoke with his staff about it. so, for him to be surprised that that is what he signed off on, and the magnitude of what he signed off on is really troubling. jon: no other reporter ever in history has tried to flatter a source or play to their ego. what he are they thinking there at the justice department? is there a bunker mentality going on or what? >> i have to sit back and wonder whether this is very much like the irs case. in the kwez for the i.r.s. to enforce laws on the not for profit institutions that he this first went to conservative groups because very much in the water then was the administration and the president

talking about these kinds of groups being a danger to democracy. likewise, fox has a relationship with the white house dating back to 2009 in which the top communications official there wouldn't even let white house officials come on air with fox. so, you wonder if there were some blinders on when they were dealing with this case. keep in mind in the ap case where they went after records of reporters, the attorney general recused himself, not so in this case. jon: it seems like it's a white house that just doesn't want to brooke any kind of criticism, and is using all of the incredible powers of the federal government to go after some of those folks. >> well, in this case to be fair it's not just about criticism. it is about national security leaks in their mind, although they really haven't shown us what kind of national security damage these cases did. in the ap case ap agreed to hold the story for several days until

this operation was completed, so that they wouldn't upset national security. so it becomes a question of, you know, ap didn't endanger national security. they have taken this question of cracking down on leaks over national security just way past the bounds of where it should be. jon: democrats were incredibly rough on alberto gonzales when he was attorney general under george w. bush, bush 43, have they -- are they thinking about doing the same kind of thing? is there the same kind of backlash against eric holder? >> i think a while for it to develop. i think gonzalez was under attack early on. the attacks against holder have -- it's dash in conservative circles of course with fast and furious and so forth he's been very much a target, people have been angry and wanted him to leave. but the fact that this is now spreading to liberal critics who for example are angry about signing off on the president's drone policy or gan guantanamo

r-r. particularly th guantanamo. the rozen case is bringing this to a head. jon: thank huh, nina. jenna: the whole debate about the debt ceiling, the good old days -- jon: is there a debt ceiling? >> we could be heading for a bit of a deja vu, the u.s. treasury shifting money around to stay under the debt ceiling. there is only so much they can do before it becomes a big problem again. what lawmakers are doing now to gear up for the next major budget battle. amanda bynes and her wild weekend. how she now plans to sue the new york city police department after her arrest. we have the 411 on her antics, maybe on her wig too. how can you have that picture up and not talk about it? jon: that is not her real hair? jenna: huh-uh. more on that story, next.

>> i think everyone should stick to the principal that the united states pays its bills on time and that's what we have said we want to do. that of course is what the president says he wants to do. the united states should not become a deadbeat nation. so we have to pay our bills. that is just the bottom line. >> reporter: we've heard for months a great deal of talk about the concept of a grand bargain, something that incorporates deficit reduction, entitlements and perhaps tax reform. >> we've got this looming deadline of the end of the fiscal year and then the further looming deadline of the debt ceiling should put pressure on the white house to come to the table and at least talk about cutting the entitlement spending and reforming these programs so that they will be there for future generations.

>> reporter: these huge fiscal issues all coming together at once in the months ahead could lead to a really big deal, perhaps a ten year path to balance or an ugly fight where much of washington grinds to a halt. jenna. jenna: sound familiar now. in the meantime i guess we'll just enjoy summer until that time. >> reporter: absolutely. jenna: mike, thank you so much. mike emanuel live in d.c. jon: nice to know we can pay the bills through labor day. brand-new developments in syria's civil war to tell you about. they could spell trouble for peace efforts there. what russia and the european union are doing and what it means for syria's rebels. plus, the latest on senator john mccain's surprise visit to that nation. and what parents need to know to improve sleep in children, genetics play a role, but there is something that could be a lot more important. we'll tell you about it coming up. i'm over the hill. my body doesn't work the way it used to. past mprime? i'm a victim of a slowing metabolism? i don't think so. new great grains protein blend.

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jenna: welcome back, everyone. arizona senator john mccain is visiting syria amid few fears of an arms race sending weapons to both sides in this bloody civil war. senator mccain a frequent critic of u.s. policy towards syria made a surprise visit and is making that surprise visit to meet with opposition leaders. he favors sending arms to rebel forces. the white house says they knew in advance about the senator's visit and they look forward to speaking with him when he gets back. in the meantime the eu has decided to lift an arms embargo on the syrian opposition while maintaining all other sanctions against the regime. at a meeting in paris a top u.s. and russian diplomates were hoping to accelerate peace efforts. now we are learning that russia plans to provide syria, the bashar al-assad government specifically with sophisticated antiaircraft missiles.

michael singh is a former director of affairs at the national security counsel. it seems that the news on syria often comes in waves, what do you make of this latest news over the last 24, 48 hours and what does it tell us about the state of the war inside syria? >> sure, well, you know, things seem to be going in a sense from bad to worse in syria, jenna, a place where we have tremendous strategic interest. we've seen hezbollah tkroul down and say it was increasing its commitment to that fight. we are seeing increase in the support of the regime from iran. we are seeing russia's pronouncements about weapons. all the while we have the u.s. and our allies basically sitting on the sidelines. and the eu decision is a good one in that it at least frees the way forearms shipments to the syrian opposition but it's not actually a decision to give the opposition arms. going into any sort of negotiations, any discussion of dip phroepl mac diplomacy it's

the u.s. and our allies that really lack leverage here. jenna: what do you make of mccain's visit? >> i think what he's doing is useful. he going into syria demonstrates that there are members of the opposition that we could potentially work with. it's not all sort of radical elements here. i think that put a little bit of extra pressure are on the administration to reconsider its policy of not arming the opposition. just like for example the israeli air raids into syria earlier defeated this notion that syria's air defenses were too strong to take on. jenna: let's talk about that in a moment. one more question on mccain. when you see the pictures of a lawmaker, high profile lawmaker inside syria one might think, oh, look it's safe enough for him to go inside. is the timing half his trip, michael, does it really tell us that, that it's somehow safer inside syria, or is his trip to force our hands because bashar al-assad is actually winning? >> you now i think syria is anything but safe. there is fighting going on there all the time and it's getting i think more dangerous not safer.

i think i wouldn't sort of over interpret the trip in that sense, i would just say i think what senator mccain is trying to do is to show a little bit of boldness and a little bit of leadership and show that look, you know, there are people here who want our help, who need our help and who we can work in. i think the visit will actually be useful in sort of illustrating that. jenna: we'll wait and see what he says when he comes back, his observations as well from the ground there. quick final question about these -- the news out of russia about the antiaircraft missiles, the eu as you rightfully pointed out says it will arm rebels but that is not immediate and we don't really know what that means or who they are going to arm. the rebels don't have aircraft. so when russia says they are going to give these antiaircraft missiles and we know we have aircraft and israel has aircraft, what are we to make of that? >> jenna this is old fashioned power politics. you're right the rebels don't have aircraft, they don't have helicopters, this is aimed at limiting western options, limiting u.s. options. we talk about, for example,

perhaps one day imposing a no-fly zone or conduct being air strikes in syria or our allies do the same. russia provides syria with this kind of air defense in order to limit that option and give itself and its allies more leverage going into any kind of negotiations or kind of determination of the outcome. so russia sort of is putting skin in the game and the u.s. on the other hand is sitting on the sidelines and that puts us at a tremendous disadvantage. jenna: what is next? >> i think what's next from the u.s. perspective is we're hoping for this peace conference to take place in geneva, but again that sort of is getting pushed off into the future while the regime's forces are gaining momentum on the ground, while you why the regime's allies pouring more assistance in and really events on the ground going against u.s. interests. and so i think, again, what is going to happen here is events on the ground are going to start do over take our efforts to shape an outcome that is advantage taj just to us, jenna. jenna: russia really wants iran to be present at the peace

talks. we'll continue this watch a th-s we have been, michael. always appreciate your thoughts. >> thank you, jenna. jon: another concerning story a new report about china stealing u.s. sensitive military information. technological know-how our country does not want china to have. we are live at the pentagon with new details. also, she lived in constant fear for months not knowing whether somali pirates would kill her at any moment. now this american aide worker held captive is speak being out about the ordeal and her dramatic rescue thanks to navy seals. for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact that i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. join today and find out

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jenna: right now, a story of survival and heroism. jessica buchanan was working as a humanitarian aid worker in somalia in the fall of 2011. her mission was theech teaching children how to avoid landmines that changed one day when jessica and coworker were kidnapped and held captive for 9 days. some of her captors were children the same age as those she was trying to help. after three months in captivity, jessica was rescued by a team of special operators. she recently documented her life-changing experience in a book called, impossible odds. >> i think the main reason for writing this book was to be able to say very publicly how greatful we are for all of the support and for everything that everybody's done. jenna: so take us back to the day that the kidnapping

happened. i read that you had just the day before written a text to your husband to say, in case i get kidnapped will you come rescue me. did you have any sort of feeling something bad was going to happen? >> i think i was afraid to be there in general, you know. kidnapping was not something that i had actually thought would be a reality. i was more wary about getting caught in some sort of cross fire, you know, something, something like that, or an automobile accident or something. and you know, it is, the worst kind of irony to write a message like that to eric and then to actually have it come to fruition. it's insane. i think subconsciously my, my mind knew that, you know, i needed to gear up and get ready for what was coming and, you know, that was literally the first thing i thought as the abduction was taking place. i can not believe i just sent that text message to

eric. jenna: a women's intuition is powerful thing no matter where you are in the world. >> absolutely. jenna: you were carjacked virtually. this group came to you and took your car. tell us about that moment. >> that's what i thought was happening. that's what i hoped was happening we were being just carjacked. generally what would happen if you're being carjacked they would bombard the car, take over, demand your money, your cell phones, everything, jewelry, everything and then kind of drive a couple of miles outside of town and let you out and you could walk back to town but as we kept driving, kilometer after kilometer i realized okay, this isn't a carjacking. like something more is going on here. this is much more serious and maybe an hour into the actual abduction i looked at my colleague and was able to whisper to him, what's happening? and he looked me straight in the eye and he said we're being kidnapped. and, i just, i remember just

starting to cry, like silently cry because, i had no idea who these guys were. i didn't know if they were extremists linked to al qaeda. i didn't know if, you know, they were just wanting money. did they want to kill us? i had no idea how this thing was going to play out but the representative thought in my mind was, my life has changed forever. from this moment, no matter how this thing plays out i will never go back to the same life that i had. jenna: when did it set in that help wasn't coming, at least immediately? >> i think, once we got through like, maybe the first two weeks. you know, i think we held on to hope that this was going to be a speedy process. we kept thinking, and saying to ourselves and to each other, we're in. go workers. we're humanitarian aid workers. we've been in these

communities. we have relationships built with these people, you know. we're not just tourists or, you know, freelancers without support, without sieves in place to take care of situations like this. and the more time that passed, i think the more hope i lost that this was going to be a speedy process and i decided in order to get through this since i had no idea how long this ordeal was going to take, i had to kind of segment things in three month increments. i got through the first three months and then i decided okay, i made it through three, i can make it through three more. let me get through the next three months and i will, you know, decide whether i can make it through another three months. so, to me, i had to compartmentalize everything. jenna: how were you treated during that time? you talked a lot about sexual assault and feeling relieved that that did not happen to you. >> yeah. jenna: as in so many stories

we have seen. but how were you treated? >> i definitely was not treated well. there was a lot of, just, terrorizing us psychologically, you know. threatening to sell us to al shabaab, the extremist group. threatening to cut off our heads. mock executions. getting us down on our knees and i thought, actually the first night when we were abducted that i was going to be executed. you know, just, a lot of aggression. a lot of force. a lot of physical contact in terms of being shoved and stuff like that. you know, i'm a woman. surrounded by anywhere from nine to 26 men at all times. so, you know, even the, prospect of going out to use the bathroom in the bush was a very threatening situation

for me because i didn't know, you know, what would happen. jenna: coming up next hour on "happening now", jessica will tell us more about this dramatic story about how she was rescued and also share her thoughts on how her experience impacted her life and how she feels about her country. that is coming up 12:30 eastern time. jon: i look forward to that. jenna: incredible story, right? jon: a new warning out about a scam targeting grandparents. coming up some brand new details how it works. what you and your family should watch out for. jenna: my grandmother was involved in this. jon: somebody on the set here knows a little bit about this story. plus disturbing allegations by a troubled former child star against the new york police department. what is amanda bynes claiming now? ♪ bonjour

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jon: from our ounce of prevention department, a word of caution now about some pretty common scams that bilk millions of dollars each year from unsuspecting and often good-hearted americans. according to the fbi some of the most common include various telemarketing frauds which someone calls you up and asks you to send money to people you don't know or give personal or financial information to strangers by phone. another one you should look out for is the so-called nigerian letter or 419 fraud. it requires you deposit money into a foreign account in the exchange for percentage of some sort of reward. guess what?

you will never get it. a scam which falls in the category of so-called advanced fee schemes you're asked to give money to someone in exchange for something greater value in return. all these are completely illegal. consumers lose about $525 million a year to these scammers. actually an 8.3% increase in losses reported just since 2011. jenna: i have a bit of personal story to share today. jon: it is an interesting one. jenna: that ties to this news. last week i'm at work and get a voice mail message from my grandma. she sounded very upset. this is very unusual she would call me and leave a voice mail. she asked me to call her right away. of course i started thinking of worst case scenarios. it is my grandma, right? i call her back and proceeds to tell me someone called her. i was in trouble. i needed money and talked to her for 20 plus minutes about what they needed her to do. the phone call was confusing. they knew a lot about where she lived and it was tough to determine what was real here. turns out, this type of scam

is something our state department just recently issued a warning on. it is called, the grandparents scam because, grandparents are targeted. i called morgan wright after this happened. he is a frequent guest of our show. a former advisor to the state department. >> hi, jenna. jenna: nice to see you, morgan. he really knows a lot about cybercrime, morgan, to say the least. grandparent scams. if something comes into the e-mail you can erase it. if someone calls and knows information about your grandkid, enough to make you stop and listen for a little while. what are you supposed to do? >> look, what they do, they do a common trick, they don't say your name, they say hi grandma, or grandpa, it is me. they reply back, jenna, probably what your grandmother did or bill or steve? they use that information, the first step is to develop confidence, that hey, look, the develop credibility. i am in fact that person. then the scam begins from there.

then the next thing they do they set the hook. they say here's what is happening. they create a sense of urgency. i need money right away. goes into asking for money, but biggest thing, keep it secret. what you can do don't buy into it. if somebody is in jail they're not going anywhere. spend a couple minutes and call to find out what is really going on. don't buy into the sense of urgency these scammers used on you. jenna: that's what my grandma did. she gave me a call. we figured it out. they gave her a lot of information. they told her they were a law enforcement official and gave her a number, a 877, number which i proceeded to call, probably not very effective because i was a little angry about this. someone picked up the phone and says u.s. embassy, like they're a government official. we know u.s. embassy is not going to do that. >> right. jenna: i can't believe they would give a phone number people can call, we have rereceipt he hadly called them the last four days just to make conversation. >> right. jenna: turns out, in the

answering machine, that comes up every once in a while when we call, it is a canadian number. is that typical. >> right. jenna: what is that about. >> look one of the areas, it comes out of quebec, a 914 area code. the canadian government has its own phone site, phone busters.com. they originate out of quebec and other parts of the world to be fair to canada. they give reverse social engineering answer. they call you this is the embassy, that is not going to happen. a lot of times when embassy will call, there is actually a service the state department has for citizens who are overseas. but the first thing you should always do, says it is you or, first thing you do, you call to verify where are they located? where are they at right now? that will be the first step of stopping this scam from happening. jenna: how do they know who to target, morgan? how do they know this number goes to a grand parent? >> it is, what it is dialing

for dollars. you simply pick up the phone and keep dialing when somebody answers who appears to fit your audio profile, seem to be elderly, potentially a grandparent, that's where you do that. if somebody says, hi, it is grandma, it is me. can't be, because i don't have any grandkids and i'm too young, they hang up the phone. the law of large numbers. if you call enough people you will get certain amount of people to answer. after that you get a certain amount of people to engage in the scam. jenna: by the way they're not asking for a huge amount of money. they're asking for couple hundred dollars and or thousand dollars i called the police department where my grandmother lives. i didn't know what to do. she did not give them any money. there is no crime. there is nothing you can do to prevent them from calling back. >> with things like this, even though you may be one of a thousand, contact internet crime complaint center, ic3.gov, national white-collar crime center. they document the things. when jon was talking about

the statistics, that's where these things come from. it is important to do that. while your one call may not be the straw that breaks the camel's back, you get enough of these they identify groups and people responsible for them. what they will get a lot of cases put together, it will eventually rise far enough on the radar and they will take down the guys and target them and go after them. jenna: i hope they do. i can attest with that. that i was angry. mess with me, fine. mess with my grandma, you we have a problem. >> there is special place for those that go after the elderly. we're happy to help you go after them. jenna: amen, morgan. >> you betcha, jenna. jenna: mention to your grand parents or anyone that is elderly. it is is to happen. jon: she knows, now, right? jenna: she will not be messed with. no more. it did make her nervous for a little while. that is what i'm upset about. they didn't get any money but they made her worry. jon: especially because these folks didn't grow up in era of this technology when you could trust your

neighbors. jenna: exactly. we'll keep calling the number. jon: good. new information right now involving child star or former child star amanda bynes. she is 27 years old now and making some serious accusations at the nypd. claiming she was quote, sexually harassed by a male officer during her arrest last week. julie banderas has the "fox 411" for us. julie? >> reporter: amanda bynes wants payback after her arrest. she is threatening to sue the entire new york city police department to get it. do you like the wig? that is the one she sported in court. she claims the arresting officer touched her inappropriately to put it mildly after illegally entering her apartment. she accuses the officer of wrongfully arresting her for smoking pot and throwing a bong out of her 36th floor window. she says she was put into a mental hospital against her will. her tweet which exceeded 140 character limit by a

longshot by the way, addressing the sexual assault and. my lawyer and are taking this offense so seriously. everything they did was against the law and the judge saw there were no drugs on me or proof of any type of bong or mental illness, end tweet. bynes tweeted last week she hasn't touched drugs or alcohol for years because she is lerge i can to them. are you feeling sorry for her or not? well this next twitter exchange will not help. she is in a war of words with tweeting rihanna. tweeting chris brown beat you because you're not pretty enough. rhianna tweeted back, you see what happens when they cancel rehabilitation intervention. she came home after facial and work out with a trainer like the good girl she sis. we reached out to the nypd and says bynes sexual assault allegations are completely untrue.

credible civilian witness with the officers, told investigators that none touched miss bynes inappropriately. she is back in court july 9th. we'll stay tuned to find out which wig she chooses to wear. jon: i will go with ray kelley's nypd on this one. >> i don't know if there is any credibility on her side. we'll wait to see what the lawyer has to say. how will she argue this one? that will be interesting. jon: please keep us updated. >> i will. jon: thanks, julie. jenna: another cruise ship nightmare. why passengers aboard a royal caribbean ship were forced to cut their trip in half. it is quite dramatic. we'll tell you about it. plus is your child having trouble sleeping tonight? doctors say it may be part of their dna. what can you do about that? we'll tell you coming up

jon: right now some new

insight on children's sleep patterns. a recent study suggests genetics play a key role how long kids sleep at night. while environment, you know the sleeping environment, is a major factor in the kinds of afternoon naps they take. dr. nina radcliffe is a practicing physician and a new mom. so let's start with your baby. is your baby sleeping at night, dr. radcliffe. >> absolutely. it took a lot of effort. i read every single book i could get my hands on and tried every gimmick and every wife's tale to get my baby to go to sleep. jon: they did it in an interesting way using twins, how much your child sleeps at night in large part is determined by genetics. >> that is interesting because identical twins have identical genes as opposed to fraternal twins who have different genes. when they tried to differentiate between genetic and environmental this is what they do. found that children get a good's night sleep most likely it is because of

environmental effects. jon: okay, but obviously sleep is important. i mean a lot of kids don't like to go to bed at night. i've got teenagers. they want to stay up forever but there are some clear health benefits from getting a good night's sleep. >> absolutely. not being able to sleep well is associated with childhood obesity and poor school performance and behavioral changes. it is not just a problem in adults we see. a problem with children and there are things we can do to prevent that. jon: if you put your child down for a night of sleep, how do you know if they're tossing or turning or coming up, or waking you up and telling you they want a glass of water, how do you know whether it is genetic or i don't know, something they ate for dinner? >> nighttime sleep is appears to be more genetic than environmental. you have to be sure whether it is attention-seeking behavior and you postively reinforcing that. children need water at night, because you go in there, give them attention, talk to them, sing to them, so it is

difficult. once you determine they're not actual needs, they're not having a fever, not going to the bathroom, more than likely this is positive reinforcement. jon: i used to be so envious when my kids were younger, of the parents i put my child down to 7:00 at night and he sleeps till 7:00 in the morning. genetics again. >> it could be due to good sleep hygiene. you need discipline with children. many people talk about sleep training allow the child to go to sleep, make sure all the needs are met and allow them to cry it out. a child getting a good night's sleep is very important. sometimes you have to have good discipline to do what is best for your child. jon: regular bedtime, a good thing for a child. >> definitely for children and adults. jon: dr. nina radcliffe. thank you. jenna. jenna: this wildfire already forced thousands of campers to evacuate the mountains and many are forced from their homes. will the winds help the firefighters or fuel the

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jenna: new details emerging about yet another cruise ship nightmare, thousands of passengers head back home, probably relieved. hi, everybody, glad to have you with us. i'm jenna lee. jon: are there cruise ships out there still sailing? jenna: i guess they are, right. jon: i'm jon scott. there was a fire at sea with names breaking out on board a royal caribbean sheufp cutting short the voyage for passengers who took a seven-day cruise to the bahamas.

royal caribbean says the ship never lost power. a substantial area caught fire on several decks and passengers report they lost air conditioning. with the hours passing the ship got hotter and hotter. steve harrigan is live in our miami bureau with that. how dangerous was this. steve? >> certainly disorienting and fearful for many of the passengers, staff members aboard that royal caribbean ship actually went cabin to cabin pounding at doors at 3:00 in the morning on memorial day. some of the passengers could see the flames but many of them could smell the smoke from the fire. >> the captain came over the speaker and we were asleep. when i opened the door to our cabin that's when i smelled smoke, they instructed us to put on our life vests and go to our muster stations. >> the cause of that fire is still unknown. it burned for two hours, destroyed parts of several decks, and the moore insist them. moring system, there were no

injuries but two of the passengers fainted, jon. jon: what is next for the passengers own board ufrpblgts royal kaeubz officials are down in the bahamas. they will get a free sraeupblg around and 50% off their next voyage, this is the second time this year there's been a cruise ship fire. carnival crews liners saw one of their ships stranded in the gulf of mexico for five days in february after an engine room fire. jon: steve harrigan in miami, thank you, steve. the fire on board that royal caribbean ship was far from the only recent trouble on a cruise that steve was mentions. last month the cdc reported more than 100 passengers and crew members got sick with a stomach virus on the celebrity millennium ship. the luxury liner, c u.n. ard's queen elizabeth had a bought with a similar virus back in march, dozens sickened from that bug. the nightmare crews on carnival's triumph where an

engine room fire knocked out power leaving the stranded ship without air-conditioning, working toilets or kitchen facilities. all that cannot compare to the tragedy at sea aboard the costa concordia back in june of last year, that crashed into a reef and sank off the coast of italy. 32 people died in that dies aster. jenna: back to land where a massive wildfire is threatening homes near santa barbara county. -pt weather is not cooperating with efforts to contain the fire. strong winds are helping to spread the flames and force firefighters to suspend efforts to battle the fire from the air. adam housley has the latest there los angeles. what do we know now? >> reporter: fire conditions here in california are pretty much similar to what you'd see in september or october -fpblt it's that dry out here in much of california. the fire, this one really took off in a matter of minutes due to the high wind. the good news is overnight those winds died down seupt lee, the marine layer came in which

brought up humidity levels, temperatures down low and allowed firefighters to get a better handle on the fires. it's burning aye way from more populated areas right now. all of that is good news. later this afternoon the high winds are expected to come back gusting as much as 50 miles an hour. if they do shift and there is a possibility that could happen that could below the flames more towards populated areas. what happened yesterday was significant. in a matter of minutes campers were forced to evacuate leaving watermelon cut on the table and hot dogs still on the grill. jenna: speaking of grills out there what could you tell us as a possible cause? do they think someone started this on purpose or accidentally? >> officially they are saying it is still under investigation. we've heard a number different reports that a couple of campers in one of the campsites saw folks that were done with their fire, they tkufpl -pld the kohls on the ground and drove away. the thing you are told not to do they did, they left a campfire unattended and didn't leave it inside the containment area you

are supposed to keep in. some of the campers believe that is what started the fire when the winds kicked up and got the kohls going and they burned into the brush. officially that has not been determined. jenna: hopefully firefighters get a bit of help from mother nature somewhere over the next several hours. adam, thank you. >> reporter: absolutely. jon: an oregon teenager who police say plotted to blow it his high school is headed to court today. 17-year-old grant acord will be charged as an adult with attempted aggravated murder. classmates says he discussed building bombs but never mentioned to plan to target their school. prosecutors say he was inspired by the columbine attack. his mother released a statement saying quote my heart goes out to everything with grant's struggle with pandas, a rare form of ocd. i understand the efforts of law enforcement to keep our beloved community safe. jenna: quite a statement by the mother. a major scare in the sky when a

passenger tries to open an emergency commit door mid flight. the 23-year-old man made unusual statements, witnesses say. they are not being specific about that, but unusual statements before he tried to open the plane's door. the alaska airlines flight was headed from anchorage to portland and ten minutes away from landing . passengers and crew members say they used shoelaces and seat belts to restrain the man. 137 people were on board at the time. thankfully no one was hurt. jon: remember the president's charm offensive, where he left the white house to wine and dine republicans at dinner back in march? well, two months and a few scandals later, and some republicans are feeling a bit jilted. apparently concerned the president is not following through on his plans to negotiate a deficit reduction package or reforms for social security, healthcare programs, and the tax code. joining us now bob cusack, managing editor of the hill. i know, bob you are not the president's schedule keeper, but

what happened? the charm offensive was big news for about a week. where did it go? >> it was, john, that's where republicans say there is no follow through that they had a very nice meal, a couple of meals actually with most senate republicans aeu tepding a republicans attending one of these dinners. we are no closer to a grand bargain. time is are running out. the nation's debt limit will be hit either in the fall or maybe the late fall and we are no closer to any type of deal. democrats say, jon, that well the president put in the social security change to change cpi and republicans just said okay, well we are not willing to compromise. the bottom line is that there will have to be a deal made at some point and the charm offensive at least to this point has not yielded a result. jon: more than any other president, at least in my memory, he has often taken to the microphones when he's got the bully pickup it and blamed republicans especially in congress, i mean on the house side, for the lack of progress in getting his agenda enacted.

why not continue the charm offensive? why not have some of these folks back to another dinner at the white house and try to get something done? >> that may happen. it has surprised republicans that the president hasn't asked for that yet or there hasn't been kind of an exchange of paperwork are trying to reach a compromise. that is some of the the criticism on the left against president obama too on closing gitmo, he'll give a great speech on closing guantanamo but won't follow through witness. we'll see if he follows through on that issue. republicans say it's up to the white house to call those meetings. they had a nice meal a couple of months ago but there is a lot of would, that needs to be done. jon: it has been widely reported that this is a president who likes to make the big pronouncements sort of come up with the grand scheme but does not like to personally get involved in the negotiations, you know, get his hands dirty in some of what it takes to make legislation. >> yeah, and that's where you can see maybe vice president joe biden get involved.

he was the one who really struck the fiscal cliff deal late last year, early this year and biden has very good relationships with mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell the republican leader in the senate has not one to either of the two dinners that president obama hosted. biden has a good relationship with mcconnell as well as speaker john boehner. there has to be a deal in washington or it will get as ugly as it did in 02011. jon: we are going to need another debt ceiling increase pretty soon. it has the potential to get pretty ugly if these two opposing political parties can't find some common ground. >> that's right. of course the republicans are investigating the recent scandals, and that could put more distance between the white house and congressional republicans, just when you thought there couldn't be any more distance there could be in the months ahead. jon: bob cusack from the hill, thank you. jenna: video today of a remarkable rescue.

a newborn baby trapped in a sewer pipe. where it happened and why it's sparking outrage around the world. jon: also, new developments to tell you about in the brutal murder of a young british soldier on the streets of london. what police are saying today about the suspects. jenna: we'll hear more this hour from jessica buchanan the american aid worker held captive in somalia for three months. more of her compelling struggle for survival and courage next. >> the whole night erupted into gunfire and all i can think is, i need to get as low to the ground as possible, because i'm afraid i'm going to get caught in this.

jon: the tphaoeubg could he corporation is making it official. it is cutting ties about the cancer charity founded by cycling great now advertise grazed lance armstrong. the company is ending its licensing agreement with the live strong foundation. ao*eufrts the latest fallout since lance armstrong admitted to doping. nike ended its personal

responsibler ship deal with armstrong last october. live strong says its charity work remains strong and its committed to continue helping cancer patients worldwide. jenna: brand-new information on the brutal murder of a young soldier in london last week. 25-year-old lee rigby served in gans and was in afghanistan and was the father of a little boy. he was repeatedly hacked by his murderers who were screaming islamist jihadi messages. one suspect has been released from hospital and is now in police custody. greg palkot has more. >> that is the latest development here. it's been nearly a week since the hacking death of that young british soldier but the investigation continues, the questioning continues. over te saw 500 police involved in that investigation, house searches, arrests, four people remain in custody, that includes the two main suspects. but as you just noted as we've learned the past 15 minutes one of those two has been discharged from the hospital, he's been

basically transferred to a london police station where it is expected he will begin to be questioned. so far in the time that the two have been in the hospital they have not been questioned about this. the police certainly will have a lot of questions. there certainly are a loath of questions about the other main suspect, his name is michael. it was revealed over the weekend that he was picked up by kenyan authorities in 2010 trying to join up with an al-qaida-linked group, which has caused such a stir in england right now is he was sent back to the uk and allowed basically to operate freely for two and a half years after that. a committee is set to investigate this issue later this week. tensions remain high over the attack. the center of london yesterday was the scene of a nation in a list group, an anti-muslim group staging a hoch nasty protest. there have been who mosques attacked and war memoria

memorials tampered with. 4 h-fp one beneficiary of the sad event, the uk military charity called help for heros. the young soldier 25-year-old lee rigby was wearing a sweatshirt with the name of that charity on it. since the incident the equivalent of a million dollars has been donated to that charity, just one side, jenna of a huge national outpouring following this insurance department. again, as you noted, the breaking news, one of the two main suspects discharged from the hospital, now in custody in applies station where questioning is expected to begin. a lot of questions indeed to be asked by police. back to you. jenna: certainly, greg, thank you. jon: a story ahead about one of our favorite heros, a seven-year-old battling brain cancer who became a youtube sensation when he ran that 69-yard touchdown during nebraska's spring football game. his rookie card fetched bids for thousands of dollars at an auction to benefit cancer

research. guess what, now the bidder refuses to pay up. the little boy and his father will be here live with a heart warming update. also, the jury could begin deliberating her fate later today as the manslaughter trial of karen kelly wraps up without her taking the stand in her own defense. our legal panel weighs in next. i'm in my work van, having lunch,

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earlier today and the jury could start deliberations within hours. she is charged with the death of her 46-year-old boy friend. prosecutors save she pulled the trigger. she has claimed self-defense and said her boyfriend committed suicide. this is a really strange one. it's important to know that he had received medical treatment after he had threatened to hurt himself but this was years before. here is what apparently happened. at 4:49am on the morning of h-fp july, 2011, kelly called 911, take a listen to this tape. >> did he shoot himself? >> i don't know what to do? >> listen to me did he shoot himself, yes or no. >> no, no, it was my -- >> who shot him? >> it was an stent, it was an accident. >> did you have the gun? >> i did, but it was an stent. >> okay. i understand it's an accident. where is the gun now?

>> in my bedroom. >> reporter: the seemingly conflicting accounts are really the crux of the case in florida. to further complicate matters kelly has allegedly told a responding officer that evening that the couple had argued earlier in the night and that she warned him she would shoot him if he returned to her home. well the defense tells a very different story. it maintains that kelly was alone in her bed asleep when her home alarm went off. at that point they say she got the gun from under her bed and that was before her boyfriend entered the room. kelly's attorney says that he then grabbed her arm, accidentally shooting himself. he died of a single gunshot wound to the right side of his face. that charge is second-degree murder. kelly faces 30 years in prison if she's convicted. a lot for you guys to talk about right now, jenna. jenna: quite a case, isn't it? i'm speechless. heather, thank you. jon: we have an ace legal panel to weigh in on this trial. we willis wiehl, a former

federal prosecutor. doug burns a former federal prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. doug, you heard that 911 call, she is calling it an accident, she is calling itself defense, she didn't mention suicide. >> i know, those of us in this business honestly try to handicap where is the truth. honestly for her to be contemporaneous lee saying it's an accident to me indicates that really she should not be convicted. let me say this. in baseball, right, you have the rule tie goes to the runner. that's like a legal rule, that is a burden of proof rule. if you can't proof that the empire that the throw beat the runner then the runner is safe. >> man you are doing a good job, such a good job but you're wrong. >> certificate tkwruseriously. they have been unable to prove who fired the weapon. >> she's told two different stories, that tells you everything you need to know. >> that doesn't matter. >> hello it does. >> human beings have this proceed pens a tee to lie. physical evidence doesn't, and they can't prove who fired the

gun. they have residue on both of them. the wef weapon was inches from his face. >> when the jurors hear this there were two conflicting stories. react jodi arias lie and lie and lie to jurors and she doesn't take the stand. i know they are not supposed to hold that against her. they haven't heard that she was too emotional to take the stand. >> she a is lecturing. >> i'm giving a lecture here, is -- they didn't hear any of that but they know she didn't take the stand, and you and i know if we were on the defense for our life for a manslaughter or something like that we would be taking the stand. you can't keep us off the stand to say it was an accident. she is not taking the stand, dog. >> much as i hate to disagree with you. -- much as i hate to agree, sorry, i myself am surprised she didn't testify in her own defense and get up there and say consistent with the tape recording we were discussing, it was an accident, et cetera. however, you know as well as i do that a jury is not supposed

to take it into account. >> but they do. they do. >> everybody in the courtroom was expecting she was going to take the stand. she gets up and says i'm too emotional. >> i can't do it. >> the judge will i strubgt th instruct the jury, do not that i can into *bgt the fact she did not testify. >> of it highlights for the jury the fact that she not take the stand. >> you're right, but the counter argument, is the case was not proved and that's why i didn't take the stand. >> no. jon: is this a lesson though from the jodi arias case? i mean i imagine her lawyers saw jodi get up there on the stand for 18 days and maybe not do herself a whoefl lot o whole lot of difference. >> arizona law allows jurors to ask questions. it's not the same here. >> jon's point is excellent. you often do more damage by testifying and you can get a quilted by not testifying.

oj simpson, do you remember ta case in. >> no, i for got about that completely. jon: what about the alcohol uses? there are other recordings of her that night about where she is weaving and not exactly all together upstairs. >> that factually hurts her. which ever she is saying afterwards is it alcohol-induced? what is going on. >> spin it the other way, she is so drunk that you can't rely on what she is saying. jon: it's going to be an interesting case for the jury to decide. >> he's always got the defense perspective when i'm right with the prosecution perspective. >> generally you have the stronger case. this is a defense case i most respectfully hoop submit. jon: i would like to get lis wiehl's hop treatise on tie goes to the runner. >> can we get that treatise. >> i'll make sure i get that research done. jon: she faces 30 years, a long potential penalty in a manslaughter conviction. thank you both. jenna: a disturbing new report

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a. jon: agreeing nation nat security concern for the united states. a new report obtained by "the washington post" reveals many of our most advanced weapons systems, including combat aircraft like the f35 joint strike fighter may have been hacked by chinese cyber spies. analysts say china easily could use the design to beef up its own defense industry or maybe even hand over the information to nations hostile to the united states. jennifer griffin live with more from the pentagon. >> reporter: this is a report that was compiled after 18 months of investigation by the pentagon's prestigious defense science board. it was released last january. what is new is that "the washington post" has obtained a classified annex to the report which outlines nearly two dozen

sensitive pentagon weapons systems whose designs have reportedly been breached, poreses of those high-tech weapons systems stolen by chinese cyber hackers. among the weapons systems compromised, the advanced patriot missile system known as pack 3 recently sent to you are turkey to provide tefrpbs from syrian missiles. the navy's ballistic missile defense system and the army's terminal high altitude area defense system, which defends against ballistic missiles and recently was deployed in asia. the v22o stri. and a combat ship. most worrisome is the breach of the stealth fighter aircraft which has cost the u.s. taxpayer $1.4 trillion. pentagon spokes men have been quick to remark that the cyber attacks from chi pieces of information about the programs and they believe the

weapon systems are still secure. a chinese foreign ministry spokesman pushed back on recent accusations of cyber theft and spying. >> china opposes hacking in any form. we have said many times that cyber attacks are a global challenge. since it is technically untraceable it is very difficult to find a source and identity of the hacker. >> reporter: the pentagon report stated back in january that the cyber threat from china is, quote, serious with potential consequences similar in some ways to the nuclear threat of the cold war. remember, the president plans to meet with the head of china next month for a summit. jon. jon: pretty ominous stuff there. jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. jenna: to the second part of our conversation with jessica buchanan, an american aide worker kidnapped in somalia and held in the wilderness for more than 90 days.

jessica remember -gs the shear terror of her captivity up until the very night she was rescued. >> they are carrying around loaded ak47s, machine guns, there were grenades in the cars, explosives in the back of the cars, so it wasn't even just that i was worried about what they were going to do to me, i was worried about an explosion taking place because they drove like maniacs, maybe they would accidentally pull the trigger on the ak and then, you know, my head would be blown off. it was just constant terror all the time. jenna: bring us now to the night that you were rescued. what happened? >> it was just a night like every other night, you know, the only difference is that it was very, very dark that night and i remember i woke up you know in the early hours of the morning thinking, wow, you know, if i had the strerpbgts i was very ill at the time. if i had the strength this would be a great night to try to escape because there is no moon, there are no stars, and

strangely enough all of the pirates that were there that night they were all asleep. no one was up keeping watch, and so i heard a -- scratching noises in the grass and i thought they were these large beat beetles. i was looking for them and couldn't find them. i decided to go back to sleep. i hear one of the guards closes to me, he gets up and i pull the blanket away from my face and i see him and he's standing with his ak and he's ready and has a look of terror on his face and he's trying to get the other guys up and the whole night just erupts into gunfire, and all i can think is i need to get as low to the ground as possible, because i'm afraid i'm going to get caught in this. and i don't know who it is that has come after us, but i'm positive that it's not good, and that it must be another group coming to kidnap us away from the other group, because that was always a constant threat.

i just i think mentally i just gave up at that point because i was so tired, i was so tired trying to be strong. jenna: did someone say to you, something to indicate, hey we are on the same team, we are hear to help you? >> not until the gunfire ceased, and then there were all of these hands on me. i had my face covered, i was burrowed down into the ground, and i was starting to fight because i thought that it was another group of somalis coming to take me, and then they said, jessica, jessica, and first it was strange that somebody knew my name and secondly, it was an american accent, it wasn't a somali accent, and they said we're with the american military, we are here to save you, we are here to take you home. and so i just -- i was just in the most complete shock and i couldn't understand how they got

there, and what they were doing there. it just was completely beyond my comprehension. and i couldn't find my shoes to walk to safety. one of them picked me up and carried me, just ran with me across these fields to a point of safety, and at one point they weren't sure the premises were completely secure, so they formed a ring around me and then had me lie down and three of them just formed a human shield on top of me, and kept me safe until the helicopters came in. jenna: our hearts are racing listening to you tell the story. it's just an amazing story to hear from you, and you can tell how impact -- how could it not be on one's life. i'm curious how this has changed how you feel about your country. >> well, you know, i just feel like i belong to the greatest country on earth. i mean, what place has the capacity and has the resources

to do something like this? i just feel so very fortunate, so very lucky that they knew i was out there and that they cared. and, i mean, seriously, what country cares about one citizen, not much, to send in seal team six to come in and to rescue them. and then, you know, once we got onto the plane to take us to a military base one of them comes over to me with an american flag and he just looks me straight in the eye and he says, welcome home. and i just have never felt prouder. jenna: where is that flag now? >> it's at home with me on display in safekeeping and it's a constant reminder of just how very fortunate i am to be alive, to be here with my namely and to actually have come back to live in the u.s. now. jenna: her family includes now a

young son, not even a year old that is tkp-g on al is going on all of the book trips with mom as she is talking about her book and possible odds which is a book dedicated to telling this story about her incredible time in captivity but also that incredible rescue as well. jon: two great sides to that story. she is an american trying to do good work in somalia, gets kidnapped and the navy seals come in and rescue her, holy cow. jenna: that was the night of the state of the union and the president went to leon panetta and said good job tonight. there was controversy about it, about the rescue and politics get involved, but hearing from jessica it's one person, one small universe that is getting impacted. we are glad she is safe and her coworker as well was rescued and he's also safe. good ending to a story. not often we get those good endings in such circumstances. jon: great, great story. well there is growing outrage today after a newborn baby was found trapped in a sewer pipe.

we'll tell you where it happened, and the disturbing story of how police say he wound up there. also the winning bidder of a cancer patient's trading card refuses to pay up. coming up, we'll hear from the little boy whose run to the end zone captured american hearts. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol.

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jenna: his battle with cancer and his triumphant dash for the end zone captured america's hearts and now this little boy,

he's not so little by the way, is doing it again. remember this video of seven-year-old jack hoffman who ran for a 69-yard touchdown in the nebraska spring game there he is celebrating. jack got his own upper deck trading card to commemorate that day. he signed a few of the cards and auctioned one off on ebay with plans to donate the money to pediatric brain cancer research. the winning big was $6,100. get this twist, the person who placed the bid had no intention of paying, and so what do you do next? we have some news on this. joining us now is jack, his father andy hoffman and james denton, one of the buyers in all of this. and we'll get to how the story came about. jack a, this is the first time we've been able to speak on tv i'm glad you're here with us in that awesome uniform that you have on. before we get into the business side of it, jack, can you just

describe to me what it felt like to run all those yards to a touchdown? >> yeah, it felt like being a real husker almost. >> a real husker almost. was it just so loud in there? what were people quelling yelling to you? i see the players yelling at you on the field there. >> uh-huh. jenna: it was pretty loud, huh. >> uh-huh. jenna: why do you like the huskers so much? >> because rex is on that team. jenna: rex burke head is one of your favorite players ever. >> uh-huh. jenna: maybe in the entire world. >> yeah. jenna: i bet so. so, dad, after that run you and i spoke a little bit on the air u said one of the big points of talking about the video is that jack has brain cancer and you want to make sure that attention goes to what effects many children in this country. and so we saw this story just last week about auctioning off these cards, but the bidder, you

know, backed out. so, what news do you have for us today, andy? >> well, after the run, you know, upper deck came forward and said we want to get involved, so they made three blow up-sized cards of jack to commemorate the run and to raise national awareness for pediatric brain cancer and help raise money. the cards were numbered one of one -- one of three, two of three, three of three, and the first card a few we can ago was placed up on ebay for auction, and following the bid as you described the bidder refused to pay. and so following that the media got a hold of that story and, you know, we had a number of, you know, at least a dozen people call us after that really just incensed by the whole process, wanting to get involved, and three people in particular came forward, and offered to pay $10,000 for the card. and so what we are very excited

to tell you is that all three of those persons have agreed to take one of the three cards and each pay $10,000 for the card, and so what would have been $6,100 for one of three has now turned into $10,000 for each card for a grand total of 30,000 tkarz. jenna $30,000. jenna: that is big news for a cause you really believe in andy, and especially jack. our viewers may recognize you from "desperate housewives." you need to explain to us your connection with jack, and the cornhuskers, and tell us why you said if this guy doesn't give the money i'm going to give the money. >> i was reluctant to come in and do this that. they made it easy and it was a no-brainer. i literally saw as a dad of two kids that are eight and ten years old on my home page online that this story turned sour about this card that was donated, the proceeds would be

donated to the team jack foundation. that is not acceptable. i looked it up and saw what it happened. and saw that mike from a store in nebraska started this. i looked him up online, i called and he answered the phone. i said i know someone backed out. i'd be glad to pay $6,100, and see that you get the money. he recognized my name and voice and i'm just one of three guys. jenna: he was in the "desperate housewives" fan. >> i think his wife was. i want to reiterate i'm one of three guys that came forward. i happened to have been on a tv show. we started looking at the team jack foundation, my wife and i did and found out things like the chemotherapy that jack is having is almost 30 years old. the treatments are. and there are not nearly enough i think awareness about pediatric cancer, and in particular the brain. we just decided to do whatever we could to help out. i'm just representing the other guys that came forward and we all decided to match each other so they have seed money for their next fun raising thing, which they've been doing for

over a year, this isn't new for these guys. jenna: we are glad that you are did and especially put a face to it. sometimes come forward and it's anonymous and it's nice to see a face associated with it, the they gentlemen that came forward. we will put up the website for you guys, the foundation will be on our website as well. where kp-fl is the money going? what are you doing with it? >> you can go on to team jack foundation.org to learn more about it. we've started a new campaign called the big give and it's our foundation's hopes that key could match the number of views on youtube with dollars. 8million views on youtube we'd like to see that equate into $8 million raised for pediatric brain cancer research. we are using the $30,000 generated from the cards to launch that campaign. we would like everybody to get involved. jenna: just real quick a final question here for jack. jack we know you can run. but how is your throwing arm? >> what? jenna: how is your throwing arm? >> good. jenna: you're pretty good? you look like -- what is your

favorite position in football? >> running back. jenna: running back. what i the other one? >> probably the quarterback. jenna: you like both. i think you've got a big future, big future ahead of you, jack, thank you both -- all three of you for coming in. jack it's finally meet you. we've talked a lot about you behind your back. i'm glad to fine finally see your face. thank you both so much and we will continue to follow jack's story. hope to talk to you very soon. >> thanks, jenna. jon: had the potential to be kind of an ugly story, had a happy ending. jenna: right, who backs out of that, you know? it's nice that james and the others stepped forward. jon: an amazing rescue caught on tape, a newborn baby stuck in a sewer pipe. we will he'll tell you about the extraordinary lengths that rescuers took to free that little boy.

jenna: an unbelievable rescue caught on camera. firefighters in china helped free a newborn baby stuck in a sewer pipe of all places. they had to cut out a large section of the pipe and and took the baby to the hospital. the doctor successfully freed the child. the child was said to be in stable condition and police are now searching for the parents. take a look at that. the baby is okay, thankfully. jon: a prominent philadelphia lawyer has to answer questions from police after his 26-year-old girlfriend is found dead inside his home. heather nauert has the story from our newsroom. >> reporter: this coming out. philadelphia, that is where a high profile attorney there is being questioned after his 26-year-old girlfriend was found dead inside his condo over the weekend. homicide detectives are now looking into the case right now, but we're told that charles

perutto junior is a witness in the case and not considered a suspect at this time. his girlfriend, you can see her right there, 26-year-old julia law was found face down in the bathtub after 10:00am on saturday morning. local news reports indicate that the lawyer was out of town over the weekend and was not at home when her body was discovered. you can see him right there. a friend of the lawyer's found law unresponsive in the third floor bathtub at his condo. the friend apparently went to the house to pick up some belongings for the lawyer, that's when he found her and called police. the lawyer putting a statement up on facebook on sunday morning calling her his soulmate hippy and also saying that he was grateful that they made every minute count, a bizarre story coming out of philadelphia and we'll keep following it for you, jon. jon: heather nauert in the newsroom, thanks. jenna: new information on the woman at the center of the i.r.s. scandal. lois learner is refusing to testify before congress, is on paid leave and today we are

learning more about how much she is getting paid and the bonus she could soon receive.

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>> we know a lot of you are interested on how to get on team jack. if you want to join, it's teamjackfoundation.org. they're doing a lot of great things as far as trying to further the cause of peed pediac brain cancer. he's got a great future in college football. >> it's a little sobering to mention, but jack is actually

entering the final stage of 60 weeks of chemotherapy. his family has been through a lot. we love watching the video but we know it's important to keep up with them and what they're doing next. we like sharing that with you. thanks for following that and thanks for joining us today. >> "america live" starts right now. fox news alert. on a new bombshell in a growing washington scandal. as fox news confirms that the house judiciary committee is now investigating whether the attorney general of the united states lied to congress under oath. welcome to america live, everybody. i'm megyn kelly. this new twist breaking in the last hour. it involves testimony that the attorney general gave on may 15th. during that sworn testimony mr. holder told lawmakers that he had never been involved in the potential prosecution of the press for disclosure of material. that statement came just hours befo