got a huge group set up there. they all are after that iconic photo, bill. that's what it's all about. everybody's waiting for that picture that's going to last forever once it's taken. bill: and they've got 151 with you. good luck, and i hope she comes soon, might be a he. martha: have a good weekend. bill: "happening now" starts right now. jenna: if we get that breaking news, we'll be sure to tell our viewers. jon: he spent hours buried alive under 11 feet of sand, now new information on the condition of a 6-year-old boy. also, like a scene out of the sopranos, a potential witness in the trial of a mob boss suddenly found dead. what police are saying now about the investigation. and j.k. rowling now speaking out after it was revealed that she wrote a crime novel under a different name. why she is upset the secret's out. it's all "happening now."

♪ ♪ jon: good morning to you. we finally made it to friday, but it is still hot at least outside our studios. jenna: that's for sure. sometimes inside as well. jon: most of the country really. i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee, and we're going to start off with the economy. detroit is the largest american city ever to file for bankruptcy protection, decades of mismanagement catching up to the motor city once the symbol of american industry. in fact, the photo behind us, you're going to see it full on your screen in just a moment, is a photo of the old packard auto plant. it apparently produced luxury cars in the early 1900s, and that's how it looks like when detroit was booming. jon: and these days one of those cars is probably worth what that property is. jenna: that's probably true. take a look at the same property now. this is not an unusual picture for the city of detroit, unfortunately, with buildings, many of them, in shambles.

and basic services like garbage being pick up greatly reduced at a standstill. speaking at a news conference earlier early this morning, michigan governor rick snyder says it's really the only viable option. >> i don't view this as a terrible answer in the sense that now's our opportunity to stop 60 years of decline. this is fundamental. has anyone liked the detroit of 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago? how long has this gone on, and people have not stopped to say stop kicking the can down the road and do something. we are doing something. jenna: steve moore is joining us and as the governor just said, steve, for decades there's been questions about the financial viability of detroit. why now? why is the filing coming now? >> well, jenna, let me just give you a couple statistics on how bad things are in detroit right now. you know, if you look back 30 years ago, jenna, there were

about two million residents of motown. that means two out of every three residents of detroit have left that city in the last 25 or 30 years. you also have a city that is multibillion dollars in debt, and the biggest problem, jenna, is something we've talked about on this show, it's the enormous pension debt. so much of the budget in detroit is not going to providing services that people in detroit want; good schools, crime protection, roads and so on. a huge percentage of the budget is going to just pay for the enormous pensions of retired workers. this, i think, is the crux of the problem. big labor power that really has ruled that city for three decades. jenna: so, steve, how does a city bankruptcy like a city filing for bankruptcy like detroit differ from, let's say, a company filing for bankruptcy or an individual? what is different about that filing, and what does it mean for some of those pensions that

you say are at the heart of the matter here? >> right. well, good question, jenna. and you know what? the process is very similar for a city as it is for a company or an individual. the reason that a city goes through this kind of bankruptcy -- and this isn't the first time this has happened, jenna, it's just the biggest city in american history that has gone bankrupt. but, essentially, the reason that detroit has taken this recourse is that what it allows the city to do is to renegotiate many of the contracts, the labor contracts, many of the creditors are going to take a big haircut here. i was talking to some detroit officials who now say that some of the people who own these municipal bonds, they may only get paid 25, 30 cents on the dollar at most. so this is a way to restructure for -- jenna: but what about the people, steve? you know, there certainly are questions about union power, union leadership -- >> yeah. jenna: also the city workers that negotiated these contracts. >> yep.

jenna: but the ones affected are the ones who worked 20, 30, 40 years for the city of detroit. what happens to them? >> can they're probably going to take a haircut too. and the question is how much of those promised union pension benefits are they going to receive. we don't know that. that is something that will be negotiate canned with the -- negotiated with the bankruptcy judge, jenna. this will go to a judge, and they will decide what is fair. but right now the simple fact of the matter is detroit doesn't have the money to pay those benefits. they are technically bankrupt. they don't have the funds in the vault to pay the bills. so it is a tragedy for a lot of these workers, jenna, because you put your finger on the problem. a lot of these workers counting on these pensions may only get 50 cents on the dollar. jenna: well, and we'll see. we don't know exactly what will happen. we know a judge has to go through the process of allowing that filing to go through, but we were just seeing on our screen, steve, some of those buildings that you see in detroit where no one's living in them, the windows are knocked

out. there's 78,000 buildings in the city awaiting demolition. you mentioned this is the way a company structures their own bankruptcy. sometimes a company be divides itself, and detroit is a very big city. it's about 140 square miles. is there a precedent set where the city would divide up into different municipalities, and that's the way it would be saved? >> that's quite possible. that would be one option. you know, let me say this, detroit has a great mayor in dave bing, the former nba basketball star. i interviewed him a couple years ago for the paper. he is a real reformer. he wants to change this city and really rebuild it, and i'm totally with him on that. i think governor snyder has been a very strong reformer as well. look, this actually could be good news in the long run for detroit, jenna. i think -- jenna: sure. >> -- detroit is, you know, an iconic american city, it has a lot going for it if it can kind of turn away from those

policies -- jenna: how much time would they have? >> finish that are dragging it down. how much time do they have? jenna: do they have like a year to turn it around? how much leeway would they get before best case scenario the city reemerges, and it's so much better tan it was ten years ago -- than it was ten years ago? >> again, that will be decided by the bankruptcy judge about the terms of the repayment of the debts that it owes. but you were talking about, you know, all of the dilapidated and abandoned buildings. one of the things that probably has to be done is this demolition a lot of those areas and turn them into green spaces. you know, look, major cities can come back. a lot of cities are making a comeback. i still think there's a future for detroit, and i don't think this is the worst thing that could possibly happen. one last thing, jenna. jenna: sure. >> there will be some impetus for a federal bailout. i think president obama and the democrats are going to want to say, well, let's have the federal government give tens of

billions of dollars to detroit. i don't think there's going to be a lot of support around the country for that. detroit and michigan are going to have to solve their own problems. jenna: well, it's a slippery slope. like general motors, how do you do that but not bail out the city. steve, thank you very much. great to see you, as always. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: later in the program we're also going to talk to a man who advised detroit on how to avoid possibly filing bankruptcy. he did some good things, he says, but he had to leave in december. now the city is filing for bankruptcy. we'll talk to him about just how bad it is on the inside. jon: let's turn now to some new details on the deadly terror attack on our consulate in benghazi, libya. there are now claims that many of the survivors of the hours-long siege were asked to sign confidentiality agreements. that according to virginia republican congressman frank

wolf who believes that is keeping congress from getting to the truth. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live at the white house. does congressman wolf have proof here, wep dell? >> reporter: well, jon, congressman wolf credits what he calls trusted sources, but he's asked the state department to confirm the claim. there's been no responses yet. it's unclear whether the people he wants to talk to are covered by cia restrictions since there was a cia annex in benghazi which seems to have complicated the administration's willingness to talk about the attack including the initial claim that it grew out of a protest gept an anti-islam video. here's wolf on the house floor. >> so today i ask how many federal employees, military personnel or contractors have been asked to sign initial nondisclosure agreements by each agency, and do these apply to only those on the cover or have

noncovert state department and defense department employees been directed to sign them too? is. >> reporter: wolf says he's raising the issue because we're approaching the september 11th anniversary of the benghazi attack, jon. jon: and there seems to be a fight looming over money for embassy security. >> reporter: the house appropriations committee has proposed cutting the state department's funding by almost 20%, and the obama administration is concerned that embassy security would suffer. the measure cuts off money for several u.n. and national organizations, but republicans say it preserves embassy security funding. democratic congresswoman nita lowey says they're troubling, but she did not vote against the bill. it's part of a measure to rein in government spending that also targets the internal revenue service, but it is not likely to be approved by the democratic-controlled senate. jon? jon: the budget battles in congress go on. wendell, thank you. coming up next hour, we will talk live with virginia republican congressman frank

wolf about these developments. you know we were hoping to have him on yesterday. he wasn't able to get out of some meetings. we hope we can do it today. jenna: a fox news extreme weather alert, and right now the heat wave gripping much of the nation is hitting some of the highest temperatures. in the last 24 hours, alaska is the only state that did not reach the 90s. so we're pretty much all in it together. besides our friends in alaska. [laughter] we're pretty much all in it. the mix of heat and humidity is creating dangerous conditions as millions of people just try to stay cool. is there any relief at all on the horizon? maria molina is live in the fox news extreme weather center. it's been the same question all week, maria, when are we going to cool down a little bit here? >> reporter: yes. and thankfully, it's right around the corner. coming up tomorrow we're going to start to feel the um pacts of a cold front that's going to be dipping down from canada and producing much cooler temperatures across parts of the midwest, parts of the great lakes and be also into the northeast.

but for today we're still talking temperatures well into the 90s. like in new york city, yesterday you saw a high temperature at 100 degrees, today 97 will be the high. kansas city, 97, 94 in chicago, and we're talking 90s as far west as missoula, so even parts of montana, north and south dakota dealing with temperatures well into the 90s. when you factor in the humidity, that's what we're looking at triple-digit heat index values, so it's going to feel like 105 in new york city this afternoon, 101 in chicago. like i mentioned, here comes the cold front today into tomorrow across the northeast producing thunderstorms and, jenna, i want to show you this forecast. this is new york city coming up next week, monday, tuesday, below the average of 84. jenna: bad news when you think 82 looks cool. [laughter] >> reporter: it's going to feel good after this week. jenna: you right. got to look at it as positive. jon: she'll be wearing her parka. jenna: maria, thank you. jon: an update on that young boy

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you might have heard him yesterday during our time on the air touting what he says are some of the benefits of obamacare. he also called out critics of the new law, accusing them of playing politics. meantime, there are more challenges on capitol hill. in the house more than 20 democrats joined republicans voting earlier this week to delay the individual mandate which requires all americans purchase insurance or pay a penalty. so let's talk about it. joe trippi is the former campaign manager for howard dean and a fox news contributor, monica crowley is also a fox news contributor. joe, where has the president been? this is his signature achievement, he says, of his first term in office. he hasn't talked much about obamacare until yesterday. why not? >> well, a lot of democrats wonder why not. often i think the president comes out and talks about something, makes the case a lot longer after he should have. but i think the reason they made the case yesterday is because right now at this very moment

8.5 million americans are starting to receive rebates on the average of $100 check from insurance companies because of provisions of obamacare. and so it's -- i don't think it's a coincidence that just as people are receiving those rebate checks from their insurance companies, the president's talking about some of the positive aspects and positive things that are happening with his health care plan right now. jon: but, joe, the critics say those rebates are going to go away. this may be the one and only time some of those people get them. >> well, i don't know if that's true or not, but it certainly would be a good reason then to talk about it right now and talk about -- i mean, look, there are lots of things going on. the health care premiums in 11 states now are way below, for 2014 are way below what even the obama administration had projected, states like california, oregon, louisiana, new york premiums are much lower. so there are quite a bit of things to talk positively about.

look, the politics of this situation, republicans want this to be -- it's always tough at the early stages of a new program. it's sort of its lowest favorability point, make it as bad as possible for democrats going into 2014. the president wants to save his legacy and also make it good for democrats -- jon: monica has been so quiet throughout this -- [laughter] and i'm sure she has so much to say. but states like indiana are saying they could see 78% increases in individual -- >> yeah. sure, jon. you asked the question about why the president has been so quiet. this thing was passed three years ago, and the president has been awol in talking about it. it was unpopular when it was passed, and it has gotten increasingly unpopular. over the last couple of weeks, fox news released the latest poll on obamacare showing 58% of the american people want this thing repealed either in its entirety or if part, 66% of the

american people are, quote, very worried about what this law means for them. so despite what chuck schumer said at the time of passage three years ago when he said that the more people learned about obamacare, the more themed like it, the exact opposite has happened. also the president is coming out trying to sell this thing -- again, three years later -- he shouldn't be in this position, but he is because this thing is unworkable. and it's not just republicans. joe wants to try to lay all this at the feet of the republicans. it's his fellow democrats including two that helped to write the bill including max baucus the chairman of the senate finance committee who called it, quote, a train wreck, and jay rockefeller. so he's got members of his own party who are now saying, look, we can't institute this thing as is which then also helps to explain why the administration delayed the employer mandate. so he's got quite a mess on his hands, very unpopular, and he's still trying to sell it. jon: joe, 15 seconds but, you know, the unions came out and

said, look, in this thing is going to be a mess. we used to be for it but not so much anymore. he's gotten a lot of bad news this week. >> no, and it's not unlike what happened with medicare part d with george bush. he put that in. democrats, we hammered it. there were interest groups that thought it was a sellout to the pharmaceutical companies. it was horribly unpopular, it became more and more popular. now democrats cannot, won't even touch medicare part d. so there are a lot of problems with this bill, with this law, but it's going to get decided, it's going to be in the implementation if it's implemented, i think, it's going to be popular. that's why republicans are trying so hard right now. jon: if insurance rates in indiana go up 78%, i'm not sure you're going to get that popularity, joe, but we'll see. joe trippi, monica crowley, thank you both. >> you bet. jenna: a little boy buried alive for hours and now an update on the 6-year-old's condition. it's an amazing story of recovery. plus, dramatic new twists in

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jenna: well, right now an update on the 6-year-old boy rescued from an indiana sand dune. the little boy spent hours buried under 11 feet of sand before rescuers finally pulled him out. harris faulkner's live in the fuse room with the latest. just the fact he survived it, initially, harris was a surprise. >> reporter: oh, it's so true. doctors say that that little one had to originally be i didn't baited -- inti baited. they were trying to remove as much sand as possible from his chest from all the sand he

choked on, and now nathan westner has been upgraded to serious condition at a children's hospital in chicago. his grandfather says the child is feeling well enough to watch a little bit of tv, stood up and speak. that came from a posting on the church web site where the granddad is a senior pastor. the nightmare for nathan's family, as you know we covered it here, it began on friday, nathan and his 8-year-old friend were following their fathers when they started to climb a 12-story-high dune that's closed to the public in indiana. nathan fell through the earth and was buried in the sand for several hours on the slopes of mount baldy on the eastern edge of the indiana dunes national lake shore. more than 30 people took part in his rescue effort. we now know an air pocket possibly created by the same decaying tree stump that caused the sinkhole in the first place may have saved the child's life. his family believes god spared little nathan. doctors have all along said his road to recovery would be a long

one, but the upgrade now in his condition is certainly the kind of progress they were hoping for. jenna in. jenna: and can we're glad to all hear it. jon: that is amazing. new twists in the trial of reputed boston crime boss james "whitty" bulger as we get an update on a story that broke during this hour yesterday. authorities are now working to determine the cause of death of 59-year-old steven rakes. he was on the witness list until very recently to testify against bulger. his body was found the day after prosecutors informed him he would not be taking the stand. this comes as tempers flare in the courtroom when bulger comes face to face with a former partner for the first time in decades. let's bring in former federal prosecutor fred tecce and criminal defense be attorney -- [inaudible] welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. >> hello. jon: all right. the mysterious death first, fred. at first, the supposition was this had to be some kind of a

mob hit or something, and i guess we can only speculate, and that probably doesn't do anybody any good until the cause of death is officially announced. but the fact is this guy was on the witness list and then was told, no, we don't need your testimony. >> i was a fellow prosecutor, but i wasn't a doctor. i can tell you people who testify against the mob suffer from lead poisoning and the other was a disease which means they had more holes in them than they were supposeed to. they don't know why they died. so this guy, bulger's, either the most unlucky guy in the world or there are still members of that gang who want to send a message to people to say if you stand against us, you're going to be in trouble. jon: i guess we'll know once we get the autopsy results. there's even speculation that he might have committed suicide in disappointment over not being allowed to testify against the guy who he claims stiffed him of

his business, basically stole his, extorted his liquor store out from under him so that whitey bulger could use it as a money laundering operation. >> right. and fred's right. this could be some sour folks from his group that still have something against this guy and just want to send a message that if you're a rat, this is what's going to happen to you. i think it might be something where someone has something against whitey bulger and they're trying to make it look like he's still in the business. jon: speaking of rats, there was quite an exchange in the courtroom yesterday, fred, where his longtime cohort and confidant, apparently, testified that whitey bulger was a rat himself, that he'd had conversations with the fbi reporting on other criminal gangs. how does the testimony get received and sifted out by the jury when the guy who's testifying is a crook himself? >> well, jon, you know, when you're a prosecutor, those are the people that you have to put

on the witness stabled. i used to -- stand. i used to tell juries all the time, and i'm sure ashley will take shots, but i used to have to tell the juries, look, you want to know about plumbing, you call a plumber. you want to know about electricity, call an electrician. you want to know about a murderous mob group, you need to put a person on the witness stand. whitey picked these people as his friends, and we put them on. unfortunately, priests, rabbis and nuns don't usually show up as trial witnesses for you. jon: actually, if this guy was a rat for the fbi, this witness who received -- who testified against bulger, why is he not getting some kind of protection now? >> well, you know, he's serving a life sentence, so at this point he really has nothing to lose by testifying against him, and so at this point i think it's a power play. it's like, hey, you know, i'm here because of things you did, so i'm going to get you. and the worst thing you can do at this point, i mean, everybody knows that whitey bulger's going

to get convicted, so the worst thing that can happen is to go to prison labeled a rat. so they're taking some blows at whitey before he goes down for these crimes to label him a rat when he's in prison. jon: pretty interesting. a 79-year-old witness, steven "the rifleman" fleming testifying against his 84-year-old former boss, i guess. >> very interesting. >> yeah, maybe they'll get him a more cushy cell. jon: of course te yes marijuana mob figures. >> i mean, this is their world. this is kind of their last hurrah. they're getting to do this again, and the wod is watching. jon: fred and ashley, thank you both. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. jenna: well, a coroner's set to announce the cause of death for a young passenger in the san francisco plane crash. the chinese teenager was ejected from the plane and then accidentally hit by an emergency response vehicle. what exactly caused her death? we'll have that in a live report. also, detroit becomes the largest u.s. city to file for bankruptcy, but what is it like

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jenna: some new information today on the financial mess in detroit. the city recently brought in advisers to help get its finances in order. that group was released in december. now just seven months later, the motor city is filing for

bankruptcy protection. not necessarily a surprise, but how did we get to this point? mark ash is a former adviser to the city of detroit focusing specifically on public transportation. but, mark, you go into cities and try to teach them how to run like a company, how to better manage their finances and their budgets. what was it like, what was your time in detroit like? you were there for a year. >> you know, a lot of people would say it's not possible. we can run a public transportation system in new york for years where we cut fares, reduced reliance on taxpayer dollars, so people say can you take that to a place like detroit, the most challenged community in the country, and make it better? when we worked with major bing and his team, in one year we safed $39 million and improved customer satisfaction by 44%. so it shows just in one year with one agency how much better you can make it. but the city's so big, and the problems are so massive we wind up where we are today. jenna: what was key to you

getting to a surplus in that a year time frame? >> you know, i think what we had there is mayor bing really demonstrated great leadership, but it took 50 years to get where we are today, and so he'd only been in office for three years dealing with this. and is you just, you can't fix it in that short a period of time. the mayor was committed, wanted to make it better but had such a short window, he couldn't turn the ship fast enough. jenna: so the surplus that you mentioned, $39 million for the public transportation system alone. for context for our view viewers, it's estimated detroit's looking at some sort of debt around $20 billion? >> so to give you a sense of context, if you go back to the current five biggest municipal bankruptcies in american history, add them all together and double it, you're not to the size of detroit. jenna: so why couldn't you stay longer? could you have done more if you had more time? >> they were on a path where they were moving towards this emergency manager where all the power that's invested currently in the elected officials moves to this emergency manager, and

it's been clear for years just like when you're driving your car and the yellow light is flashing at you deal with me, it's going to be a problem, now the car's parked on the side of the road for detroit because they're out of gas. jenna: so what do you see in the next few months? we have to wait to see if the judge accepts the filing of bankruptcy, and then from there there's going to have to be this plan in place. how do you save detroit? >> well, there's going to have to be a substantial -- i think the biggest issue you've got there is the fact that they have continued to run public services back when they had a population of 1.7 million people. the population has declined by 63% in the last 60 years, but government continues to get bigger. they've got to make it smaller, and they've got to match what the taxpayers can afford. jenna: one of the reasons why this is such a big story is that it can set a precedent for other cities that are in financial trouble and how they deal with their unions and their pensions and their changing population and demographics. when we're watching this process, what do you think is the most important thing to

watch to what it means for the country overall and how we're going to fix our real financial problems that are still there despite the fact that we're out of a recession? >> so it's very easy to look at detroit and say we could see this coming, it's a detroit problem, shame on them, isn't this sad? the size of the detroit budget deficit is 34%. the size of the american budget deficit is north of 40%. we are watching what is coming at us, and america better take a look in the mirror and say we don't want to have this day happen for our country coming forward. jenna: i have to run, but there's talk about a federal bailout potentially. do you see that happening? >> you know, i think you have to really worry about whether or not the federal government will step in here and reward people for dysfunctional management. it's not something we should do, it's not something the taxpayers should invest in. detroit can get better, but we've got to make them healthy so they can stand on their open. jenna: it's nice to hear that from somebody who spent a lot of time there and knows what the

issues are. great to have you today. >> thanks, a pleasure. jenna: jon? jon: we have an update on the asiana airlines crash in san francisco. harris faulkner has some new information for us from the breaking news desk. harris? >> reporter: well, jon, right now we are about 90 minutes away from the san matteo county coroner's office in california coming out and answering a key question since the crash. flight 214 crash landed at the san francisco airport, as you know. at least one teenager died at a hospital after they were able to clear the scene. dozens of other people were hurt. it was a miracle more did not die in all of this. but one big question. a teenaged girl, 16 years old, we know was hit by a fire truck somehow as first responders were getting to the scene. the question, did she die in the crash, or did the first responders accidentally kill her by running over her with their fire truck? that is the question that we're

waiting to have answered as the zahn mateo county coroner's office reveals its findings in the cause of death for this young girl. asiana flight 214, as i mentioned, crash landed. and at the time what they thought was that these two young girls might have died in the same manner. now we don't know if that's the case. we'll await the answer. if the news breaks ahead of the time here on "happening now," we'll bring it to you right away. back to you. jon: please do. harris faulkner, thank you. jenna: stunning new surveillance video released of a deadly building collapse last month and a veteran police sergeant releasing new images of the boston terror st.s. totally -- suspects. we're going to zero in on what is going on in boston and why this man says he needed the public to see these images that they're seeing for the very first time. we have this for you, we'll show them next. ♪ ♪ what makes your family smile?

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jon: new next hour, top national security officials now warning that the damage from nsa leaks by edward snowden is, quote, very substantial. u.s. officials meeting at a security conference right now in aspen, colorado. meanwhile, the head of the nsa says snowden has given terror groups our intelligence community's playbook. and 6,000 residents forced from their homes as a major wildfire rages near palm springs, california. right now fire authorities are saying this blaze was caused by humans. plus, gophers in washington state still catching a break as 650,000 civilians mark their second week of unpaid furloughs. the workers on several military bases taking a 20% pay cut as the department of defense receives $3.5 million to preserve prairie land where these furry critters live.

jenna: well, some new surveillance video from a city bus capturing the moment of a deadly building collapse in philadelphia last month. we covered this for you live when it happened. six people were killed as that building crumbled, plumes of smoke pouring into the street. that's a salvation army thrift shop there on the corner: thirteen people were rescued, and city officials are in the middle of a third hearing into the collapse. the building that was behind that thrift shop was under demolition at the time, and they believe there was some sort of accident or there's a lot of questions about what exactly brought the building down. we'll keep you posted as we learn more. jon: everything's on video these days, isn't it? an investigation underway after a veteran boston police sergeant leaks pictures of the boston marathon bombing suspect after "rolling stone" magazine's controversial cover photo of dzhokhar tsarnaev.

harris faulkner has more on this controversy from our breaking news desk. >> reporter: well, and the reaction is rolling on. in a statement now boston police sergeant sean murphy, the photographer who showed the rest of the world what we hadn't seen before last night, says he released the pictures from the night dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured to show, quote, the real womanner and not someone fluffed and buffed for the cover of rolling stone magazine, end quote. now a spokesperson says murphy is subject to an internal investigation, relieved of his duties. but take a look at the pictures. you can see after tsarnaev was wounded in a gunfight with police and found hiding in a neighborhood one of them showing the police sniper's red bot on his face as officers prepared to take him out if necessary. here they're working on him for his injuries. tsarnaev and the brother he ran over and killed as he was trying to get away are suspected of setting off bombs at the boston

marathon in april. three people died, 260 others were hurt, many of them with life-altering injuries. in his statement, murphy also says these were real people with real lives with real families and to have this cover dropped into boston was hurtful to their memories and to their families. the "rolling stone" magazine has ignited a national fury for putting tsarnaev on the cover. the magazine standing behind its decision to do that. back to you. jon: yeah. you can see why so many people including that photographer police officer are so upset. harris faulkner, thanks. >> reporter: sure. jenna: well, the author of the famous harry potter series, j.k. rowling, says she is, quote, very angry about one of her biggest secrets being revealed. we have the details on that. plus, staying across the pond for a moment where there's high anticipation. we're on royal baby watch. i mean, who isn't, really, right? for the future king or queen? jon: that's right. jenna: come on, it's a little fun, right? we're live from london coming up

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jon: right now new info on some entertainment stories we're keeping an eye on. a hearing today in rihanna's lawsuit against a british retailer. racks of t-shirts have been on display at london's high court. the singer's lawyers are seeking damages from arcadia group which owns the talk shop fashion chain. j.k. rowling, the author, angry after learning her pseudonym, robert galbraith, was leaked. the harry potter author used the name to write the crime novel,

lashing out at the law firm behind the leak. the firm has apologized, but the secret is out, jenna. a little integration coming to animation domination. fox announcing today a fall episode of family guy will feature characters from the simpsons. jenna: i did like your british accent, by the way, that you fo. jon: i did my best. jenna: particularly effective when this baby is born. royal baby watch is at a fever pitch in london. all eyes on st. mary's hospital where kate middleton is expected to give birth if she ever arrives there. amy kellogg is live outside the hospital with more. amy? >> reporter: hi, jenna. well, we are getting some reports that security has pretty much gone away at kate middleton's family home which is about 50 miles from here. now, that does not necessarily mean that there is any indication of labor yet, but it could indicate some sort of movement. in the meantime, jenna, some of

the press have nicknamed the lindo wing which is the maternity ward where the duchess of cambridge will presumably give birth the limbo wing because it has been such a long wait. and the sense of anticipation is more acute among some with one journalist this morning saying she was doing all she could to stifle a primeval cry of despair that this baby hasn't come yet. especially, jenna, because the latest reports in one newspaper are that the due date is actually july 19th which, of course, is today. and that a very small group of doctors and personnel in the lindo wing had been sworn to complete sobriety since june 19th. and this, of course, even differs from the july 13th date that was widely believed to be the due date amongst members of the press. and then the betting public in britain had at one point said it was july 5th. so there's been an awful lot of confusion. now, we spoke to a chronicler of

royal and aristocratic life here who pointed out that it's quite a rare moment in history whereby a sovereign will have three direct heirs, in other words, a son, a grandson and a great grandson or daughter teed up to guarantee the continuity of the royal family. and though this royal couple isn't the first to be seen as user-friendly and in touch with the people, the fact that the duchess of cambridge doesn't come from an aristocratic family makes them particularly close to the people. >> i just think it makes the royal family more inclusive to most observers. i'm fine with that. she's a really nice young woman. >> reporter: meantime, as we sit and wait for the baby, the stores fill up with all sorts of royal baby memorabilia, and there will be more. reportedly factories in china are ready to go pink or blue, they're just waiting for the news. one of the more entertaining babe bay items we have seen recently is this music call

potty training throne and, of course, jenna, if the baby is a girl, she will eventually have a real throne to sit on. that's, of course, because the active settlement was recently changed which means that the first born, be it a girl or a boy, will automatically be heir to the throne. so there has been some confusion today, some questioning on the part of the media as to why the palace has been so reluctant to give us the due date. there's been speculation but no real news about that, and one former royal press secretary said it's because if the date's out and she's late, then there will be speculation that something's wrong. so in the meantime, we remain a bit in the dark here, jenna. jenna: well, we are rooting for her on "happening now." we're rooting for kate. i know there's a lot of pressure, a lot of attention, but we're rooting for her back here in the states. amy, thank you very much. back to you if we hear any developments. we'll be waiting anxiously. jon: a first-time mother has so much pressure anyway, and

they're just badgering this poor woman. jenna: that's why we're rooting for her. jon: that's right. jenna: we've got her back. jon: peace. more on the bankruptcy filing in detroit, the largest city to do so. how does it impact you? [ female announcer ] waiting, waiting...

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jenna: high noon on the east coast. fox news alert. new reaction and more fallout as the motor city is apparently running on empty and detroit files for bankruptcy. welcome to a brand new hour of "happening now." i'm jenna lee. jon: maybe bog seger could throw a big concert and generate money for the city. i'm jon scott. detroit is now in financial ruin. the largest u.s. city to file for bankruptcy. the city tracing he its financial problems, a long slow decline. disappearance of high-paying auto jobs led to the exodus of more than 2 million residents. the population falling to 700,000 today.

leaving a smaller tax base and hollowed out neighborhoods riddled with crime. mayor dave bing says the city will have to make the best of it. financial manager, kevyn orr says it is business as usual. >> i would like to say to the city residents to assure them and city services and conduct of city business it is business in the ordinary course. services will remain open. paychecks will be made. bills will be paid. nothing changes from the standpoint of the ordinary citizens perspective. >> michigan congressman gary peters who represents parts of detroit warns this bankruptcy could hurt other american cities, telling our chad pergram on capitol hill, the cost of debt will go up around the country for municipalities. mike tobin is live in chicago. so what are the detroit leaders saying there, mike? >> reporter: you know the emergency manager, kevyn orr and governor rick snyder say even

though this action is harsh, what they're doing is making up for 60 years of poor maintenance. they believe that by taking this harsh action, what they are doing is creating a new dawn for the motor city. >> but i also want to emphasize, i don't view this as a terrible answer in the sense that now's our opportunity to stop 60 years of decline. this is fundamental. has anyone liked the detroit of five years ago, of 10 years ago, 15 years ago? how long has this gone on an people had not stopped to say stop kicking the can down the road and do something >> reporter: with detrait $11.5 billion in debt the imaginer manager's office says there was only one billion -- billion in revenue. with chapter 9 filing they created a little bit of breathing room for the city. jon? jon: there were talks with some of the unions and pension fund managers that seemed to speed up

the chapter 9 filing, huh? >> reporter: there was an attempt to get a restraining order that would have prevented the city filing a chapter 9. this create ad dynamic of race to the court house. the emergency manager's office got the paperwork in first. got the chapter 9 filing that created a stay so no one can sue the city. you get a different take when you talk to the representatives of pension funds. they say what the emergency manager did was harsh. they were still in the discovery phase, still going through the numbers they hadn't even gotten to negotiations and suddenly you get the filing for bankruptcy, this historic filing for bankruptcy, jon. jon: what a big mess. thanks, mike. jenna: the auto industry was was and arguably could be still a backbone of detroit's economy. the bailout was a big issue during the recession and during the 2012 presidential campaign. the president repeatedly attacked the op-ed he wrote in 2008, calling for a managed bankruptcy to get the auto

industry back on its feet. >> he is hoping that if he just keeps on saying how much he loves cars over and over again, that you won't remember he wrote an article, that was titled, let detroit go bankrupt. jenna: governor romney born in detroit, rejected the accusation that he wanted the auto industry to go belly-up. >> i said they need these companies, companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy and in that process they can get government help and government guaranties but they need go through bankruptcy to get rid of excess cost and debt burden they built up. jenna: this is not all about the auto bailout. let's fast forward to now. the white house is issuing this statement when it comes to filing of bankruptcy for detroit saying quote, the president and members of the president's senior team closely will monitor the situation in detroit while leaders on the ground in michigan and the city's creditors understand they must find a solution to detroit's serious financial challenge, we remain committed to continuing

our strong partnership with detroit as it works to recover and revitalize and maintain its status as one of america's great cities. nina easton, senior editor and washington columnist for "forbes" magazine and fox news contributor. nina, let's pick up from the white house's statement about a partnership. there are questions whether or not we'll see a federal bailout of detroit. will we? >> i don't think the feds are in a position right now to be bailing out any cities. we've got our own fiscal crisis here at home that's looming, that nobody wants to talk about and i think the detroit situation shows, what's happening here in washington as well as the longer you wait, the more people are going to be hurt. and it's interesting, you were talking just now about the gm situation and the auto industry. what happened in the auto industry very much parallels what is happening in detroit. which is that there was overgenerous pensions and

benefits and the auto industry, yes, it was faced by a japanese competitors who were making smaller, more fuel-efficient cars and detroit was not responding to consumer demand in the u.s. that was the first blow against it but what really sunk the big three auto companies was that they labor was overpriced. we couldn't compete in a global economy with labor costs which were largely driven by these pensions. it was very interesting, in 2009, gm had 54,000 hourly employees on its payroll but it was paying a quarter of a million retirees pension benefits. so just shows you -- yeah. jenna: gm agreed to those union contracts. >> that's right. jenna: the company agreed, was accomplice knit that agreement. it was their choice to give the contracts, in the same way detroit agreed to the city contracts as well. the same arguments are made why we would not bail out companies considering our federal affairs and how we have a real tough time when it comes to our

federal deficit. the same arguments were made against bailing out companies. so how can an administration bail out companies but not bail out a city? >> well detroit is in a situation, i don't think there is any talk of washington bailing out detroit at this point. detroit may, yes, detroit made these agreements in the face of union, labor unions, public labor unions, that demanded these contracts which were urn, turned out to be too liberal for the times. look at the numbers, jenna. you have $18 billion in debt and just a billion dollars in revenue coming in. what does that do? that squeezes out public services that people need. like the police. like schools. the police in detroit, response time for police is about an hour. of course people are fleeing the city. i was there about a year ago looking at what is going on in the area. and there is actually thriving industry outside the city of detroit. it is not region.

it is the city itself. and the city itself is what is going to have to take this bankruptcy action and what it does, the action, cord action in this case, it gives the city more flexibility to see that everybody takes a haircut, whether it is creditors or pensioners, take as haircut so the city can start on, as the governor said, can start on a long path towards some sort of a revitalization. jenna: we will see what plan they come up with. that will be part of what the judge has to accept in 60 or 90 days to see what happens. we would love to talk you back about the industry actually working in detroit and to find out what direction the city is headed in. great to talk to you, nina. >> thank you. jenna: detroit has not always been a city on the decline. we tend to talk about it now. look at older photos. 60 years ago, bustling detroit earned its nickname the motor city. carmakers from chrysler to cadillac to dodge operated plants in the 1950s.

it was in its heyday when many people enjoying life-styles unthinkable to their parents and grandparents. there were hundreds of factories where parts depots were made and shipped all over the world. from 1910 to 1950 few cities were growing faster than detroit. jon: wow, amazing. fox news alert now. dangerous weather is scorching two third of the country. this extreme heat wave continues for millions. today's heat index values, near 100 degrees or higher. at least two deaths are blamed on the weather thus far a 78-year-old man in kentucky and a 57-year-old man in philadelphia. listen to the folks working outside in these brutal temperatures. >> 105 degrees. stifling heat. sun bearing down on you. got to make your money. >> today it was seen close to 100 degrees. it is pretty hot out here and i don't know if we're going to be able to make the whole day.

>> rick leventhal joins us live from times square in new york city. no jacket today, rick. >> reporter: a absolutely not, jon. and a triple threat in the new york area, in the northeast region. excessive heat warning. air quality alert and ozone advisory because of ridiculously hot temperatures. it is so hot that these costumed characters in times square are taking their heads off and you really never see that in fact the streets of times square, relatively quiet here on a noon on friday afternoon. and folks are trying to beat the heat out here. there are more serious consequences. in fact we learned it is so hot up north that the plymouth, in plymouth, massachusetts, pilgrim nuclear power plant had to reduce the power output because the heat made the cape cod bay water too warm to cool reactors. they had to reduce the power at the power plant. it is apparently now we're told back up to full power. across the city, people are

jumping in fountains and pools doing whatever they can to try to escape these ridiculous, stifling temperatures of 99 degrees with a heat index of 108. in fact the governor asked everyone to cut back on the power usage. they're concerned about widespread outages and brownouts. they're expecting a record demand on the power grid because of everyone using their air conditioning to try to get out of the heat. there are some businesses though, doing well. as you might imagine, air conditioner sales are up 40% across the region in major cities like baltimore, boston, new york, philadelphia. ice sales are up 10 to 15%.bottt 12%. jon, it is simply in a word, hot and people are being urged to stay off the streets and stay out of the sun which we're going to do right after this. jon: get in the shade, rick, especially in that black shirt. rick leventhal, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jenna: speaking of weather, a massive outof control wildfire is hurting a popular u.s.

tourist destination forcing thousands of evacuations the weather is not helping this. we'll take you up to the fire lines up ahead. congressman frank wolf renewing calls to investigate the benghazi terror attacks demanding answers after reports that benghazi survivors have been urged to keep quiet. the congressman is here. we'll talk to him ahead. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. [ male announcer ] glucerna. man: the charcoal went out already? ... forget it. vo: there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford original charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill.

jenna: fox news alert. a wildfire scorching more than 24,000-acres in southern california and it's now burning about two miles from the palm springs city line. the flames are about 15% contained. 2200 homes are threatened. over 3300 firefighters are on the scene. will carr is live near the fire in california. will? >> reporter: hi, jenna. those firefighters are back on the frond lines today and i want

to show you exactly where they are. take a look behind me. there is a thick plume of smoke shooting up into the air. so far like you mentioned this fire has burned about 25,000 acres. to give you an understanding that is roughly about 35 square miles and the firefighters are doing everything they can to save the community of idyllwild. so far the fire has burned about seven homes. it is threatening thousands more. a number about people in the area have evacuated. some have decided to stay actually. they tell us they're hoping these firefighters can get a quick handle on this fire. they're hoping for some potential monsoon wind coming in this afternoon. there is about a 20% chance of rain but right now conditions are dry, they're hot, and they're windy. >> it is hot for the poorer people out there that are really struggling with some rough terrain and temperatures above 100. plus you add the heat of the fire and it's a very uncomfortable, very hard to fight. >> reporter: so right now the firefighters are trying to push

this fire into the wilderness, keep it away from those communities. at the same time they're trying to figure out exactly what caused this fire. they tell us there was no lightning in the area when this fire started on monday. so they do believe it is human-caused. while they try try to figure out what exactly caused this fire, they're asking people in the area to be very cautious because, jenna, the last thing they need now is another fire starting while they're trying to get a handle on this fire. back to you. jenna: a good point. hope they get a handle on it, will. thank you. jon: there are new concerns over terrorists hacking phone lines. what if you dialed 911 and no one answered? some chilling details of 911 call centers actually underattack. and the u.s. government saying, gophers, saving gophers over jobs? a tale of government waste that will make every taxpayer think about what they're doing. coming up. [ male announcer ] this is kevin.

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jenna: right now, some new fears of terrorists crippling phone lines like 911 call centers this comes up after a hacker single-handedly shut down a hospital's communication. scary scenario. harris faulkner is live in the newsroom with more. harris. >> reporter: this began with a bizarre phone call to the emergency room hotline. they threatened to shut don't all the lines unless hundreds of was paid and moments later all six lines went dead. "los angeles times" broke this. for nearly two days, patients calling into the sadd hospital heard nothing but busy signal. looks like a hacker, probably using a laptop, generated enough calls to clog the hospital lines

and criminal pip the system. an e.r. line is definitely you want something to be up and running not to mention 911 call centers and police and fire department. so this threat is real. web calls not be easily traced to a number like calls to a phone company. that means criminals cannon mustily threaten anyone to pay up or risk their phone system being tied up. it is called, line flooding and it's a growing problem that law enforcement is looking for ways to stop it. imagine severity of issues calling the hospital, possibly dealing with heart attacks, who knows. to fight the problem, federal authorities are working with telecommunication companies to develop a caller i.d. system for the web but so far they don't have one. jenna? jenna: harris, thank you. jon: the pentagon is under fire for spending millions to protect gophers and other species when thousands of humans are facing furloughs. dan springer is streaming life from fort lewis, washington,

dan? >> reporter: jon we're talking about serious money that has been spent. nearly $400 million spend by the dod on furry critters over the last 10 years. meanwhile 6,000 civilian employees and 650,000 employees around the country who are on furlough because of sequester cuts. they're forced to lose one day of pay, forced layoff for one day per week, through the end of september. it's a 20% pay cut during that time. saving the dod $1.8 billion. but it is a hardship for those affected. >> it is our civilians back here who day in, day out sent the servicemembers off to combat, taking care of their families while they're deployed and reintegrating them back into the installation. asking them to sacrifice again is personally very painful for me to do that. >> reporter: but while the dod is furloughing humans it is spending millions of dollars to protect a pocket gopher.

all told, more than $12 million is being spent to buy land outside of j.b.l. m because the gopher lives on these prairie land. biologists can't say roughly how many of the gophers are left or makes them distinct from gophers thriving on plains in the midwest, but a ecome sift says if the gets impacted could affect training. so buying land to keep it from being developed is the right thing to do. >> although our primary mission is fighting wars and military training like other federal agencies we do have the requirement to support the recovery of listed species. >> but in fact the military is not exactly like every other federal agency. it can get awaiver from some of the tougher restrictions of endangered species act but the military in this case is choosing not to deal with it with regard to the gopher and other species. they're buying up a the land to create more of a buffer around the bases.

jon? jon: dan springer live in washington. thank you. jenna: the head of the nsa weighing in on edward snowden and why he says the damage he did to the united states is significant and irreversible. plus nearly a year after four americans were murdered in benghazi questions still remain. straight ahead congressman frank wolf on his latest demand for answers. man: the charcoal went out already? ... forget it. vo: there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford original charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. for the strong and the elegant. for the authentic. for at home and on the go. for pessimists and optimists.

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>> over the next three weeks i will be coming to the floor regularly to remind the american

people about the key questions that remain to be answered. i will also be sending a series of letters to the state department, the defense department, and the cia, formally requesting responses to some of these questions. why i'm skeptical that the administration will be forthcoming with answers, i do hope that these questions will underscore for the congress and the american people the woefully incomplete status of the benghazi investigation. jon: that's congressman frank wolf of virginia, vowing to get to the bottom of what happened on september 11th in benghazi. he's renewing calls for a select committee to investigate the terror attack and its aftermath. that deadly assault as you know, was initially blamed on reaction to an anti-muslim video. our ambassador to the u.n., ricy talk shows repeating the claim that the attack sprang from protests that spiraled out of control. that turned out to be false. the assault on

september 11th filled occur americans including ambassador chris stevens. since then congress has held hearings on what went wrong with witnesses testifying about the security situation on the ground in libya. >> mr. hicks, when you arrived in july, did the facilities in benghazi meet the minimum ospb security standards set by the state department? >> according to the regional security officer at the time in tripoli, john martin neck, they did not. >> now congressman wolf is again challenging the administration after reports that benghazi survivors were asked to sign letters preventing them from talking about the attack. in a letter to secretary of state john kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel as well as cia director john brennan, the congressman writes, if these reports are accurate it, would raise serious questions about additional restrictions the

state department has placed on those with knowledge of the benghazi attacks. joining us now, virginia republican congressman frank wolf. those ndas, non-disclosure agreements, do you know for a fact they were requested of american personnel? >> yes, i do know that they were requested and i know that they have been signed. i've been told that. and we're asking the administration for that, to verify it but secondly, if they give us the names of who signed those agreements. jon: so why would american personnel be asked to sign non-disclosure agreements? >> so the congress and the american people would not know what happened that night. jon: you think this is an active attempt by, what, defense department personnel, administration personnel, cia personnel? >> i think it's an active participation of quite frankly the administration, to find out, to make sure that the american people and the congress do not find out what went on.

and when the american people find out, think they're going to be shocked. jon: that's why -- >> yes. they have been asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement. if you recall last week it came out, some of the people who were with the annex there have now signed a book deal for $3 million, $3 million. so if you want to find out you can buy the book. it will come out next year. then another group, if you read the "vanity fair" piece, they also sign ad book deal which will come out this fall. the administration does not the american people to know what took place. jon: you write in your letter to secretary kerry and the others, you say, i also worry about the impact of any nda, that is the non-disclosure agreement, on congressional efforts to fully understand what happened that night and why the department, mainly the department of state in this case, responded the way it did. you think they're trying to buffalo congress? >> i think they're trying to hide it from congress and indirectly hide it from the

american people and the congress still has the capacity to subpoena these people. the non-disclosure agreement will not apply if they're subpoenaed by congress. that's why we asked for a select committee with subpoena power. the non-disclosure agreements can be enforced by the administration but if the congress subpoenas these individuals they must testify. what we're asking for the committees up here to get the list of those who have signed the non-disclosure agreements, and i now know some of them that have, subpoena them, bring them before congress and let's have a public hearing. jon: you've had hearings in front of congress already. >> never, we have never, we have never brought any of these individual before congress. i've been in touch with individuals who are connected to them. at one time they wanted to come before congress. they wanted to come. they wanted to come and tell the world what happened. nobody ever asked them to come. the administratn tried to keep them from coming. they all came into town. in fact some came into town

during that day in early june when they had a ceremony at the cia. they signed the nondisclosure agreements. they signed the book deal. now they're not prepared to talk because they have a book deal signing. listen, many of these men were heroes. they were heroes. when the american people find out what they did, they killed a large number of the bad guys. they are heroes. so i have no problem with signing the book agreement. what i want for them is to come in and testify before the american people. and that's why we need a select committee. jon: on that topic, 160 of you want that select committee. you are pushing for it. why is it not happening? >> well, we just got a new member today, congressman rohrabacher. so we're at 161. i think it will happen. i think there will be pressure. i would urge everyone to ask their congressman, are you a cosponsor of h recent 36, to set up, bipartisan select committee. but we are making progress.

back when i leave this interview, i'm going to the floor of the house to lay out the fourth question to raise more issues. i'm ultimately confident we'll get a select committee. jon: but you do have the august recess coming up. the select committee would what, leave after you return? >> you raise a very good point. when we return, two days after we return it will be the one-year anniversary, the one-year anniversary. that's troubling. keep in mind we lost four people, so what we're asking for is to subpoena the people who signed the non-disclosure agreement. they will be under oath. they should have public hearing and the american people will know what happened and why it happened. jon: also worth remembering the president promised to bring to justice the people responsible for that attack. that hasn't happened yet either. >> that hasn't happened. jon: congressman frank wolf of virginia. we appreciate you coming on today. we know you will speak in front of the congress in the next hour or some we hope to have you on back soon to talk about this issue. >> thank you, sir. thank you very much.

jenna: hard to believe coming up on the one year one-year anniversary. it comes up fast. the national security agency is assessing the damage done by fugitive leaker edward snowden. here is general keith alexander. >> we're telling them here's our playbook. here's how we're stopping you. we're telling them if you try a different method that is just plain crazy. what we're doing is irresponsible in this area and i think it is significant and irreversible damage to our nation. jenna: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is streaming from the aspen security forum where those comments were made in aspen, colorado. catherine? >> reporter: thank you, jenna. we heard from the head of the nsa, general keith alexander. he said the damage from the nsa leaks has been substantial and also irreversible and he made the case that the leaks have allowed the terrorists to get a playbook if you will to see how we run u.s. surveillance and in the end they're changing their

tactics. >> we have concrete proof that they have already, terrorist groups and others are taking action, making changes and it's going to make our job tougher. >> reporter: we also learned new information from general alexander about nsa leaker edward snowedden. it has been previously reported that a he was a systems administrator and contractor for booz allen hamilton. we know more details about his job. one of his responsibilities was to move large amounts data between the network systems to help facilitate sharing intelligence. that is one of the reasons he was able to get access to classified documents that virtually touched every element of the u.s. intelligence community. we also heard from a former director of national intelligence, a former head of the nation's intelligence services that back in 2009 the nsa went directly to u.s. telecoms and asked them whether they would store the phone records of american citizens. this is a so-called, metadata, so the record of who you call

and when and for how long. this request by the nsa was requested by the u.s. telecoms. that has meant the nsa has been in effect holding the bag on one of the most controversial elements of the domestic surveillance programs. general alexander also made the case these programs need to have a high level of secrecy because the terrorist threat from overseas is reaching deep inside the united states. >> terrorists use our communications devices. they use our networks. they know how to plan around this. they use skype. they use yahoo! they use google. and they are amongst us and they're trying to kill our people. >> reporter: what we heard from critics here at the security conference these domestic surveillance programs are really too broad to show any level of efficiency and that in effect there isn't a need to keep them secret especially when they're targeting u.s. citizens, jenna. jenna: catherine herridge live in colorado.

catherine, thank you. >> well the george zimmerman verdict sparking intense media coverage. you have been watching it all week. our news watch panel weighs in on how the media have done. also a scorching heat wave pushing temperatures into the 90s from coast to coast and some doctors warn it could cause some folks to boil over with heat rage man: the charcoal went out already? ... forget it. vo: there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford original charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill.

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chris matthews, saying he was speaking for all white people, apologizing to his black colleagues for racial up justice. and the outspoken former nba star charles barkley weighing in on media treatment of the story telling maria bartaromo on cnbc, agrees with the zimmerman verdict giving racists a platform to vent ignorance. editorial in the right-leaning "washington times," many members of the media compared the case to civil rights icons medgar evers and emmett till. an incredible stretch of fact and lon i can. kirsten powers is columnist for "the daily beast." both fox news contributors. what do you think overall of the media behavior since the verdict

came down saturday night. >> its better than it was before. there has been a lot of it. this trial continues to, many f the columns i read focused on the issue of whether or not this was a racial crime and a racially influenced verdict. a lot of thoughtful coverage there. >> we have, kirsten, a black president. we have a black attorney general. this nation has come very far since the murders of emmett till and med -- medgar evers. why compare those cases to those? >> i don't think they should be comparing to those cases. they really have nothing to do with each other. diminishes those cases to suggest this is the same. however this is a tragedy. i don't have problem with a question matt lauer asked and i'm surprised people made an issue out of it. if your child was killed, 17-year-old, and the person who shot him and he had been unarmed, i think you would

probably would feel like justice failed you. i think that is a fair thing to say regardless where you fall on this issue but unfortunately it has gotten so divisive because of claims, the comparisons, medgar evers, that, and then the other side i feel like the same thing is happening. jon: but it is not as though trayvon martin was shot in the back. you heard the one juror say she thinks he probably threw the first punch. he was on top of george zimmerman, straddling him and punching him and hitting his head in the sidewalk. >> this presumes it is okay to follow people at night. i'm putting myself in trayvon martin's position. i'm walking along. somebody comes up behind me. maybe trayvon martin was standing his ground. there are two side to this. the jury verdict i think probably was right but that is because the law is kind of screwy. jon: right. >> but i think, the idea that people can't see why this would be upsetting is what's concerning to me. that you have so many

conservatives sort of saying what's the big deal? trayvon threw the first punch that is oversimplifying what happened. >> it really is. the idea do you have a the right to walk home from a grocery store at night and not have an overzealous person feel that he had to protect his community? i think the "stand your ground" law of florida, received a lot of publicity. a lot of attention. and i think it is interesting that the president himself did not put this, did not frame this issue in terms of a racial crime. he talked about a lot of other things, including gun violence but he did not talk about race. jon: but the media have also been making heavy use of the pictures that the family first trotted out when this unfortunate case happened where trayvon is this innocent and angelic little kid, 12 years old. that is the picture often shown of him. in fact he was 17. he was much bigger than george martin and he had been suspended from school for a graffiti incident in which they inspected his backpack and found a bunch

of jewelry which he refused to explain. >> does that mean he should be killed? >> he was innocent. he actually didn't do anything in the situation and there are a lot of kids who get into trouble, white kids, black kids, kids of all races who get into trouble and i don't think we should say because of that, that we should assume that he is violent. jon: but again, we don't know what happened on that sidewalk and the media have turned it into a case in which, he seemed, you know, they would have you believe that he had absolutely nothing to do with what happened that night? >> i really, there is such a disconnect on this i don't know, i don't understand it. he was not person who, one person is on tape saying that he followed him. you know. so you're out, like i said i'm walking along. what i learned from this case, someone can follow me at night and i can not defend myself against that person because if i defend myself against that person, and they kill me they're justified. i think that is what a lot of people see in this case.

and, i'm missfied somean't see . >> exactly. jon: all right. we're going to, we're going to leave it there. catch more coverage with this battle when i host "fox news watch" this weekend. cover the coverage of the week's top stories, 2:30 eastern on fox news channel. jenna: we'll look forward to that. meantime detroit the city that once drove america's economy stalling and filing for bankruptcy. what this means for more cities around the country. we'll have much more on our top story coming up.

jenna: right now millions of americans are facing another day of oppressive heat and humidity. the heat index topping 100 degrees in parts of the northeast including new york city where the official high will be around 95 but take a look at the entire country. it is really not just the east

coast. 93 in mizola and 105 in phoenix. it is really hot. as temps two on day by day, people are at risk of falling victim not only heat related illnesses but also heat rage because tempers can really flair in these conditions. dr. david samadi, a mel per of the fox news medical a-team. before we get started, are you suffering from heat rage? do i snead to know anything? >> no, i'm okay. jenna: you look cool and in control. >> there is no anger. jenna: is heat rage a real condition? >> it is. there is published data from years ago, the summertime the level of violence is much higher and people get angry and cranky. part of it heat directly affects the brain. you're not sleeping as well because a lot of people may not have access to air-conditioning. lack of sleep and effect and tired of being pushed away. also in new york the traffic and everything else it ads up.

jenna: it is overwhelming in a big city but really anywhere day after day with the really high temperatures. on a more serious note we talk to our viewers about the concerns one can have when you're out in loft hot weather. it is easy to have it wash over us as it goes in day after day. how serious is the heat with when it comes to real health conditions? >> it is quite serious. looks like the whole country has a fever. we're looking at temperatures of 98 and above. one of the big concept west worry about is heatstroke. heatstroke is basically when your coartem ture reaches to 103 and 104. that is quite dangerous. our defense mechanism is sweating. by sweating that is your human air conditioner. you get rid of the heat. that is how you keep your coartem ture really low. what happens if you can't sweat and humidity is more important than temperature itself. the humidity prevents you from the sweat and it stays in. jenna: how do you get the temperature down really fast if

you need to? >> hospital we have cooling blankets. put ice. you should drink a lost fluids. when you become dehydrated your blood pressure drops. your heart will start pumping so the heart rate goes up. if you can't catch up, you get dizzy and fatigue. jenna: it can happen so fast. >> absolutely. >> i was recently in the grand canyon, one. people talk about there you can go from feeling fine to be really in a dangerous zone in a matter of few moments. it is not just the grand canyon, right? that can happen to children. >> any place. jenna: older people, anyone walking around. >> that is a very, very important point and i'm glad you brought it up. children have a very small research. please, please don't leave anybody in the car. that is quite dangerous. the temperature can go up and die. there was a story last week of a-year-old baby that died. that happens all the time. older people are susceptible. they're on a lot of medications.

they take diuretics, water pills, blood pressure medications. on a day like this you may want to be careful and not take all the meds. talk to your doctor because your blood pressure can drop. what you mentioned is quite important, you can go from feeling quite well to really sick within a few sections. how do you he keep it away? drink a lot of fluids or water. eight to 10 glasses of 8-ounce water is really important. jenna: make sure we do it on set. jon looks okay and well-hydrated but a good reminder. jump in the water. have a swim. have fun. jenna: dr. samadi, thank you. >> a massive archaeological find bringing the bible to life. a discovery they're tracing to a time hundreds of years before the birth of christ. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fiy thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer.

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