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three lanes of the george washington bridge in new jersey were closed in fort lee, causing delays for emergency service vehicles and school buses making a lot of people late for work. first-responders, were reportedly delayed and getting help to a 91-year-old woman who later died. the tie-up supposedly intentionally caused in that political retribution effort because the democratic mayor of

fort lee did not endorse christie's re-election bid for a second term. emails show the christie's deputy chief of staff, bridge get anne kelly. caused traffic problems and that is her on the right and gloating about the chaos. david weild stein a close high school friend of christie he appointed to. government post. wrote kelly i feel badly about the kids, meaning students stuck on buses. they are the children of voters, kelly responds referring to christie's voters, referring to the his opponent, democratic senator, barbara buono. he said in a statement yesterday, i'm outraged to not only i misled by a member my staff this is completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge. one thing is clear, this type of behavior is unacceptable and i will not tolerate it.

expect to hear more in just under two hours. martha: we'll see if anybody gets fired in this news conference and exactly what the governor plans to do about it. what investigations are there into all of this, eric. >> reporter: there are a lot of them going on and seeming growing. port authority inspector general's report on this is due. new jersey transportation committee have been holding hearings with one more set later today. more are promised. there is potential u.s. senate investigation. buono who lost the race to christie is calling on the u.s. department of justice to step in. a lot is going on. we expect to hear a lot more in two hours. martha: he will step in front of the microphones and try to push back on this, we would imagine and explain what happened and what he knew or didn't know about it. eric, thank you very much. >> to say the george washington bridge is a major traffic artery, that would be an understatement. 108 million vehicles use the gwb as it is called annually, making

it the world's busiest bridge. approximately 300,000 vehicles per day cross that bridge. the two-level gwb is the only 14-lane suspension bridge. martha: know it well. go across pretty much every day. sometimes there is a lot of traffic in the fort lee area. apparently on this day it may have been manipulated over the course of a couple of weeks. the big question is what he will say. how quickly will he get out in front of it. he has a reputation obviously somebody who doesn't put up with any shenanigans. he isn't afraid to step out there and somebody made a mistake. perhaps that person will lose their job. we don't know. we'll see what happens. send us a tweet, let us know what you think about all that. do you think it has ramifications for his political future. we want to know what you think. we'll look for them on twitter and put them up on the show. that is coming up. >> look forward to it. martha: this fox news alert, new outrage over the irs scandal has

bubbled back to the surface this morning. the white house, as you remember, promise ad full investigation into the targeting of conservatives for their political beliefs. now the justice department chosen a staunch obama supporter and donor to be the lead person in that investigation. so is that a problem? the nation first learned about the federal agency's actions nearly eight months ago when news of the scandal literally rocked the country, forcing president obama to make this promise to the american people. >> if in fact irs personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that is out ray just and -- outrageous and there is no place for it. they have to be held fully accountable because the irs as an independent agency requires

absolute integg -- integrity and people have to have confidence they're applying in a non-partisan way, applying the laws in a non-partisan way. martha: seemed like he was upset about this issue. that was back in may of last year. rich lou remember joins me now, editor, "national review" and fox news contributor. a lot of folks are asking, is there an irs investigation? because as far as we know most of these tea party groups have never been interviewed or questioned what their experiences were when they tried to get tax-exempt status. then you have this person who some say obama insider, crony perhaps, who will lead the investigation? >> i know nothing about this woman. for all i know, she is a woman of complete integrity, but at very least it creates an appearance of conflict of interest when you're a major obama donor selected to engage in politically insensitive investigation. and the amount of money she gave for government employee was quite substantial.

i think it was $3600 in 2008 and 2500 in 2012. you know this isn't a hollywood mogul. that speaks to a real substantial investment in president obama. and doj, martha, says, oh, look we can't consider people's politics or their donations in in making career decisions about them but this is something different. this isn't a routine promotion or anything of that nature. this is going out and affirmatively selecting someone for an extremely sensitive investigation. so on that level just seems outrageous. martha: it wonder says about the seriousness of the administration in terms of getting to the bottom of it and darrell issa says he believes this selection of this woman, and this woman's name is barbara kay boserman. she may be the most fair individual in the world. we don't know that. there is implication, that there might be, there is a conflict of interest as you said. do you think this has ruined

this investigation as darrell issa says? >> yeah, to the extent there is an investigation. as you alluded to a little earlier, we don't know how much of an investigation there is. the committee, congressional committee and oversight committee desperately trying to find out what is actually happening in this investigation. it was like pulling toth even for them to find out this woman had been selected to head the investigation and tea party groups, all the indications are, the fbi hasn't talked to any of them. so this appears to be an extremely inert investigation to the extent it exists at all. martha: we would love to have her on the show to talk about the investigation and, you know, what her intentions are and how she plans to get at the heart of it. hopefully that is the case. rich, thank you very much. >> thank you, martha. martha: see you soon. >> new details now on the fallout from obamacare. if you think because you have health care through your employer you won't be affected by the new law, think about it again. 42% of corporate execs surveyed say the cost of health care at their company is going up and

even more say they are passing the cost right along to the employees. stu varney joins us, host of "varney & company" on the fox business network. good to see you. the overall impact we know from the data that has been produced seems to be premiums are going up, deductibles are going up. is it no surprise, employers are seeing the same thing and passing it on to employees? >> no, no surprise whatsoever and by the way the source here is a very strong, firm, source. these are the chief financial officers of major corporations. these are people who run the money for the big companies and survey shows nearly half of them blame obamacare for the extra charges they have already passed along to their employees. and nearly two third of them say they blame obamacare for extra charges still to come. by the way, gregg, these extra charges mostly take the form of much, much higher deductibles. how the of pocket expenses had

to be paid right up front before insurance kicks in. basically, gregg, this is middle america getting squeezed. tens of millions of people. 80% of those people who do have health insurance they get it from their employer. these are people being squeezed and cfos are saying it is obamacare that is squeezing them. >> when the employer mannered date exemption for one year expires at end of this year, it could begin to affect jobs. what is the chamber of commerce intending to do? >> in his annual report the chief guy at the chamber of commerce, tom donohue he said, i will quote for you, gregg. >> he said 2014, we will work to repeal onerous health care taxes, repeal, delay or change the employer mandate. and he says we will head to court to sue if necessary. in other words, obamacare faces the implaquable opposition of the chamber of commerce which is the largest business group in the united states and very powerful. >> they may not have standing to

sue until the exemption on the employer mandate expires at the end of this year. we'll have to wait and see. stu varney. good to see you as always. >> thanks, gregg. martha: well a chilling cry for help. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> we need help. we're coming off -- >> where are you at? >> coming off 80. on a side road. we lost our brakes. there are eight of us. martha: wow, what a story this is. a van careening down the mountain after the brakes failed. tragic ending what police say may have been the driver's fatal mistake. >> plus president obama set to announce the so-called promise zones in several cities. steve forbes tells us what he thinks this is really about. martha: she testified about obamacare's failures under oath. but what is kathleen sebelius telling the truth? why key republicans say sebelius could face perjury charges. >> -- merck shell snyder is the one responsible for this

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martha: the white house is on the defensive after highly critical comments from former defense secretary robert gates. president obama and vice president biden opened up their weekly lunch to the cameras in five years, perhaps a sign of solidarity. the move came just hours after details leaked from gates' memoir. much he questions the president's leadership an blasts the vice president's judgment in the book, the rest expected to come out next week. jay carney says the tiling of the lunch and pictures, just a coincidence. he says the president has full confidence in the vice president. >> the president has said many times that he greatly appreciates the advice and counsel the vice president gives him on matters both domestic and foreign and that is absolutely

the case. martha: general jack keane joins us next hour with his take on the memoir that is sending shockwaves through washington and he has read the entire thing. he will be with us coming up. >> you're telling us that those who just shopped are enrolled. >> i told you, sir, who is enrolled. >> that is why we're frustrated because we don't get the truth out of you. you can not say as you have numerous times these preventative care services are, quote, unquote, free of charge, can you? >> they are free to the consume, yes, sir. >> there is no free lunch, madam secretary. >> if you have preventative care and prevent a more costly hospital stay -- >> i got it the. gregg: well that was kathleen sebelius you may recall under oath testifying about the failed launch of obamacare's website in the weeks after the disasterous rollout but key

republicans say they think some of her testimony was not entirely honest and truthful. in a 12-page letter house oversight committee chair darrell issa warning sebelius she could face perjury charges if she doesn't correct her testimony. congressman trey gowdy sits on the house oversight committee. he joins me live. congressman, always good to talk to you. so the letter, and i have excerpts here, correct the record and be truthful. what in your judgment was she allegedly not truth if you about? >> secretary sebelius has always had a complicated relationship with the truth for the three years i have been in congress. go back and think about how difficult it was for us to get the documents in the first place, the documents we're now using to judge the veracity of her testimony. think about to the fall where she said, the law requires us to launch on october the 1st, when there is no law that requires that. lying to a television camera or a reporter is one thing. lying to a committee of congress

is actually a crime, no matter how unpopular we are, you still can't lie to a committee of congress. there are three areas chairman issa is concerned about. number one the testing done prior to the launch. there is a woman named teresa fryer. her testimony is in direct contravention or direct conflict with secretary sebelius. gregg: right. >> it is tough to win those cases which is why we need the documents. gregg: sebelius also testified that the might tree corporation, recommend the launch proceed on october 1st. is that also in your judgement not true? >> yes, well, let me say this, there is evidence that casts that testimony in an untruthful light. gregg: the company said they were never asked. >> yes, there is a conflict between the mitre corning and secretary sebelius and another government employee, teresa pryor why we need the documents.

in one person says the light is red, the other person says the light is green, one may be lying, they may be mistaken. we need to know what sebelius knew before she came to congress. gregg: in order to be convicted of perjury you have to prove someone knowingly an intentionally commit ad material false misrepresentation of fact. maybe she was just uninformed and many of her critics say she is incompetent? neither of those are a crime, are they? >> no, incompetence is not a crime. if it were i wouldn't have very many colleagues and i probably wouldn't be here either. let me say this you have a duty to educate yourself. think back to clapper. clapper said he gave the least, untruthful response. that is not an option. you either say yes, no, i don't know. or you can do like lois lerner did and infolk the fifth amendment but you can't testify falsify. did she know? did she have a duty to know? that is what the documents will

tell us. gregg. >> she doesn't want us to have the documents. last time i was on the show because she was instructing third parties not to give us documents we need to determine whether or not she lied to us. gregg: should she be fired or resign? >> if you want to go back in a time machine two years ago, yes. i mean, he can't get anybody else confirmed because that person will have to answer the questions that she won't answer. i don't know if you heard her testify about the hhs contraception mandate but she is in over her head. she doesn't know the law and she doesn't know health care. how can oversee the rollout of a takeover of 1/6 of the economy when you don't know the law and you don't know health care, you're going to have to ask her boss but i thought she should have been gone a long time ago. gregg: congressman trey gowdy, good to see you as always. >> yes, sir, you too. martha: doctors are calling it a nightmare bacteria. a strain that has infected dozens of people at one hospital

and why drugs do not seem to be able to help. our medical team is in on that. gregg: new details on that horrific crash that left one dead and six injured. >> are you going westbound? >> we have no, i don't know where we are. >> hang on one second. >> okay, okay. jerry, as pardon as you can.

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there are eight of us. >> are you going westbound? >> we have no, i have no idea where we are. >> hang on one second. >> terry, terry. >> 911. >> transferred. they have lost their brakes on 80 westbound i believe. >> hello? >> i got nothing else. ma'am? >> yeah, i had incomplete from her too. >> they have lost their brakes. there are eight people in the vehicle. gregg: wow, police say the driver took an exit for a dead end street. the van was going about 50 miles per hour, hit a car, and went down an embankment and then caught fire. martha: health officials are calling this a nightmare bacteria. it is a drug that is resistant to treatment and it is spreading in suburban chicago. so far the cdc says that 44 people have already been affected. dr. marc siegel, member of the our fox news medical a-team joins me this morning. >> good morning martha.

martha: what is going on here. >> that nightmare bacteria comes from the director of the center for disease control, tom friedman, a expert on preventative medicine. he is very concerned about that bacteria, here is how it happens. we overuse antibiotics. we don't disinfect properly in the hospital and clings to things like respirators and catheters. if you overuse an antibiotic, martha, the bacteria the most resistant is the one that survives. we don't have the antibiotics to treat it. because drug companies don't have the incentive to make new antibiotics. that is the perfect storm. this is the first time, this is the big headline, we've seen this many cases in one area. this is a very deadly bacteria. it can kill up to 50% of the people it infects. it's a big, big problem. cdc says we need to do something called detect and protect. here is what this means. find the backer tear yaw in someone that has it quickly, detect it, isolate them, and then protect doing a much better job of disinfecting, washing

your hand, wearing gloves, wiping down the equipment. you wouldn't believe what hospitals actually look like. i don't want to point fingers here, but hospitals need to do better job of disinfecting. martha: unbelievable. we look to hand sanitizers next to every door. feels much more is being done in that vain and you say it is not? >> i think hand sanitizers are terrific. because not everybody washes their hands the way they should. they should be outside every door. i'm talking health care providers. bacteria can live on doctor's ties lab coats. how often do you have the lab coat cleaned? are you wearing gloves for every patient? how much casual contact is going on? this is really important. cdc did a big study last year. they found that 23,000 deaths linked to resistant bacteria and two million serious infections. resistant bacteria occurs because we're over using antibiotics. it causes resistant bacteria to thrive. that is a big problem whether a

super bug like mrsa or this bug or these are the big killers and we have to watch out for it. martha: i have got to go but i want to ask you very quickly if we can, mark. this is affecting the elderly for the most part. people hospitalized or health compromised so far. should people outside of those areas be concerned about this? >> martha, that is a great question. yes, it is mainly the run-down immunocompromised. here is the problem, people that are healthy, it could colonize them. it could spread to somebody healthy, they don't get sick but they spread it to somebody who is more run down. overall could be a big problem to the community as well as the hospital. martha: have to be very aware of. mark, thank you very much. >> thanks, martha. gregg: gregg: pope francis is breaking protocol as he greets well-wishers and pilgrims in st. peters square yesterday. we'll tell you who the lucky guy is who rode shotgun in the pope

mobile. martha: always wrecking protocol. always surprising. president obama taking on poverty in some u.s. cities and calling this program promise zones. he is meeting with several senators before making official announcement today. among them are his biggest critics including rand paul. can he win them over? will this plan do anything? forbes media chairman steve forbes joins us live. >> our economic freedom zones we think would help areas across the country. in fact we're a little perplexed that his new promise zones don't apply to detroit. wondrous waffle bars. ryan, your hotel's robes are fabulous. so i'm choosing all of you with hotels.com a loyalty program that requires no loyalty. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho

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gregg: welcome back. developing now in "america's newsroom," the search is underway for a missing sailor after a navy helicopter crashed 20 miles off virginia beach. the chopper was on a training mission when it made an emergency water landing. four of the five crew members were rescued. two died at the hospital. president obama is expected to announce as early as next week more oversight at nsa, curbing the agency's access to phone records which could include restrictions on spying on foreign leaders. 13-year-old jahi mcmath is on feeding and breathing tube. the family's attorney confirming that doctors connected both tubes at the undisclosed location long-term care facility where jahi was taken sunday. the teen was declared brain-dead after undergoing a tonsillectomy. martha: fox news alert this

morning as president obama is set to unveil his so-called, promise zones proposal. it is aimed at targeting poverty in several u.s. cities. before he makes the announcement today, he will meet with several top senator, among them a frequent critic of the president, kentucky senator rand paul. >> the president, you know, is rolling out something called promise zones and, they say the sincerest form of flattery is it imitation. we're glad he read about my economic freedom zones in detroit and rolling out the promise zones. we don't know exactly what that means. martha: parts of senator paul's home state are being included in the president's promise zones. steve forbes is the chairman and editor-in-chief of forbes media. joins me. good morning. good to have you here. the five areas we understand the president will target, san antonio, texas, philadelphia, los angeles, southeastern kentucky which is in rand paul's home state and choctaw nation of oklahoma.

what do you think of all this? >> well, jack kemp had the idea, late jack kemp 30 years ago on enterprise zones and rand paul was even better version he unveiled three weeks ago. the key thing is not pouring in more federal money. the key is easing tax burden so people rise up. reducing and slashing property taxes. rand paul proposed reducing income taxes, getting rid of capital-gains tax, corporate tax. while we're at it, how about having real choice in education so you get good schools in the areas again. we know what works. the key thing will the president unveil something that goes beyond throwing more money on project that is haven't worked in the past and allow entrepreneurs to rise up and resurrect these areas. martha: what we've seen so far, we'll get more details from the president today, looks like in the tens of millions to fix up urban housing developments that fallen into disrepair. we all see examples of those all over. they're very sad. buildings that are in need of

repair. education. more money, to, put toward education. as you point out, there are other options out there. we've seen in places like newark, new jersey, where, you know, the money hasn't made a difference. they spend more money per student than many places in the whole country and numbers are declining. >> exactly. martha: it is disheartening. is this an effort to say you did something? >> the president is unwilling to take on teachers unions. we know charter schools work. a handful in new york work. the new mayor wants to get rid of those. a handful in newark and other areas. they have accountability. they work. parents get more involved. win-win for everybody except the politicians. so we know it works the key thing again reducing tax burden, regulatory burden in terms of housing. if people own their own houses or entrepreneurs are allowed to come in and create affordable housing you see in places like chicago, a lot of these problems would be solved. martha: you know, i mean you are a businessman and a successful

economist and observer of what goes on in the country. why do you think the president, you know, we look at some things that haven't worked, right? is this encouraging sign he will have lunch or a meeting at least with rand paul today? do you think that he is open to some of the ideas that you and rand paul are talking about if he wants to perhaps make it work? >> he hasn't been in the past. he has had these charm offenses in the past and always failed because he is unwilling to make any changes. hopefully today maybe that is the beginning. new year's resolution i don't know. maybe he will be willing to understand some of these things but jack kemp pointed out 30, 40 years ago, if you reduce regulatory and tax burden on people, people do real things. you don't have to have a top-down approach. bottom up approach and -- martha: business people are always looking for a place where there is good opportunity, right? to start a business or a in a town or city that is kind of a low financial entry point for you where you know you have a good workforce ready to go and not onerous regulatory

environment that will make it hard for to you start a company. >> the whole idea of promise zones or economic freedom zones gets the whole thing. why not make the whole usa a promise zone in terms of real tax reform and other regulatory reforms that unleash the entrepeneural energy in this country? martha: what is your outlook? when you look at the economy in this country and you hear about this proposal. sound nice, might make some people feel something is going on but what do you think, what do you think? >> the economy, barring a foreign crisis and there are a lot brewing out there, barring a big crisis the u.s. economy should do well this year compared to the last four or five years. i think we can break out of the 2% zone, get up to 3%. that is still pathetic by u.s. historic standards but compared to the last four years that is one huge step forward. that is why the stock market is doing well, they sense something will be doing better than we've had in recent types. martha: what about republican economic initiatives?

some on your side would say, where are they? where are the ideas about how to really spur growth and get rid of some of these regulations? >> well, rand paul has a good one and number of house republicans have good proposals in terms of counter to obamacare which will become more and more relevant as the thing collapses. obamacare is the greatest social experiment failure in this country since prohibition and i think republicans do have a number of proposals to step in and deal with this problem. martha: steve forbes, thank you very much. >> thank you, martha. martha: we'll see what happens. another promise. we'll see if this one is fulfilled. thank you for being here, steve. >> good to see you, martha. thank you. martha: gregg? gregg: well, let's take a look at the markets right now. the dow jones industrials are up 38 points. earnings season begins today. investors reacting to first quarter reports from some major companies. the dow closing under 16,500 yesterday. that was down nearly 70 points. we'll keep an eye on the markets for you. martha? martha: it was a blastoff

delayed by the sun. why a solar flare is delaying a trip to the international space station. gregg: the state department is close to finally designating those responsible for the benghazi attacks as terrorists. what took them so long and will it be enough for families of the victims? >> it's time to really, to acknowledge the fact that we made some mistakes. we need to hold these, our leaders accountable. and it's just time. it's past time. for over a decade

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martha: former congresswoman gabrielle giffords marking three years since the arizona shooting that nearly took her life with this thrilling celebration. of life. that is gabby giffords jumping out of a plane. she landed without injury at a skydiving site between phoenix and tucson. six people on the day that she was hurt were killed.

13 others were injured in that shooting rampage at a giffords meet-and-greet event in tucson in january of 2011. boy, what an inspiration she is. she said, i plan to spend my 40s originally raising a family. gregg: right. martha: and pursuing my career which i loved as a congresswoman from arizona. i realize now that god has given me a different plan and she hopes to devote much of her time to making sure that what happened to her is less likely to happen anywhere in this country. she is a remarkable, remarkable woman. gregg: indoom itable spirit and and determination. she goes on and on. all right. new developments now in the benghazi terror attacks. the state department is set to finally designate a former gitmo prisoner and his group as terrorists over their alleged role in the attack. this comes nearly 16 months to the day after the attack yet state still refuses to connect the group and its leader, again

a former gitmo detainee, to al qaeda. doug schoen, former advisor to president bill clinton, fox news contributor. brad blakeman joins us, served as deputy assistant to president george w. bush. gentlemen, good to see you both. you know, doug, 16 months, what took them so long? >> i don't know and i think that is one of the reasons why we ought to have commission of inquery set up on a non-partisan basis or bipartisan basis by the house of representatives to find out what in fact happened. i think the argument is pretty clear we ought to do that before we get into the presidential election. we ought to get the answers to the question of who did it, why it was done, what the role, if any the film was, so we make very, very clear to the american people why four americans tragically perished including an ambassador on a 9/11. gregg: you know, brad, his gitmo file state that is he has long ties to al qaeda. he trained with al qaeda.

al qaeda gave this guy, bin qumu, a monthly stipend for his family and yet, when you watch the state department, the spokeswoman yesterday, she consistently said al qaeda was not involved in the benghazi attack, nor its affiliates. come on, whether they're affiliates or ties or linked or inspired in the words of hillary clinton, what difference does it make? is state department just dancing on words here? >> absolutely. look the semantics played by this administration were played almost in the first week of the presidency in 2009 when he refused to have him or his administration acknowledge a war on terrorism. there was no war on terrorism. it also didn't fit the president's narrative in 2012, that al qaeda was all but finished thanks to his efforts. this doesn't fit the narratives. they're engaged in semantics. the american people already made up their mind as what this was. the state department now saying it is terrorism but, it wasn't al qaeda related.

gregg: right. >> the american people know better. they're trying to tell is the sky is green. we all know it is blue. way past the time the president's outrage should be put to action. why haven't these people brought to justice. gregg: stick with you in just a second, bring up the point doug brought up, about a select committee in the house. john boehner as speaker consistently refused to do so. five members went to him yesterday and tried to talk him into it. here is a sound bite of uncle of sean smith to lost his life that day in benghazi. listen. >> we need one body, we need one body that has one point of focus that can really get to the truth. we need real truth and accountability. it has been missing in action. gregg: is doug right? boehner is making a mistake here by not appointing a select committee? >> there should be a select committee. doug is right. american people have the right to know. hillary clinton needs to be in the seat and testify under oath. the fact she was not deposed

when the president had his quote, unquote, joint investigation, bipartisan commission is an outrage. the fact that pickering did not see the benefit of her testimony when he was in charge of that office. especially in light of gates' book where we know president and hillary were engaged in making political decisions against the best interests of the american people. this is another evidence of the fact it is more likely than not that political decisions were made on the heels of a reelect was selfishly made. we know that in light of the surge decisions made by both hillary and obama. gregg: doug, if bin qumu, and ansar al sharia, his group, are in fact designated as terrorist organizations behind the benghazi attack, does that pretty much discredit "the new york times" long investigation which said, oh, there's no al qaeda involvement here? >> well, i would think so. i read "the new york times" article and i was frankly a bit flabbergasted, gregg because it

seemed to white wash the entire issue to suggest no al qaeda. the film had more impact than we would have ever thought according to them and goodness, gracious, reading the reports this morning, even in "the new york times," gregg, about what the state department is likely to do friday rebuts the central thesis of their argument. gregg: yeah. and a survivor was there and saw everything. >> correct. gregg: told lindsey graham there was no protest out there. >> correct. gregg: more to come i would think. doug, brad, good to see you both. >> thank you, gregg. martha: one of the faithful gets the ride of his life. pope francis picking up a passenger in st. peter's square going for a spin in the pope mobile. gregg: what fun, huh? plus a launch to the space station delayed all because of the sun. we'll explain. ♪

gregg: all right. how would you like to hitch a ride on the popemobile? well that's just what happened to one lucky priest after pope francis recognized his old friend from buenos aires in the crowd at st. peter's square. breaking with protocol, the father invited father fabian for a ride. he couldn't contain his amazement at the pope's offer. >> translator: no, i couldn't imagine he would ask me to get on the popemobile. i would ask, what am i doing here. the pope said, come, sit down, sit down. i was very moved. gregg: pope francis is certainly known for breaking with vatican

traditions and opting for minimum security. he doesn't even live in the beautiful papal apartments in the palace. he lives in a tiny little room in the guest house. martha: he is a humble man. shaking things up in a big way on daily, weekly basis he does something that makes us stop and say, wow, we haven't seen anybody that position do that kind of thing in a long time. special moment for that priest. wonderful. two outer space now. the launch of a private spacecraft in virginias has been delayed due to massive solar flare. the unmanned cargo ship is standing by in hopes of blasting off from the flight facility this afternoon. it will deliver a ton much supplies to the crew at iss. steve harrigan is live on this from miami. steve, what will this cargo ship take up there when it can finally get going? >> reporter: martha, hopefully 1:00 today that will begin. the 17-foot cargo ship will carry 3,000 pounds of gear, much of it for scientific experiments

including ants from a school class in part to determine how ants fare in space but also in part help young people get encouraged to be interested in space exploration. they will bring up fresh fruit for the six crewmembers on board the international space station. this is really the latest in a launch of an unmanned rocket to try to help resupply the international space station by a private firm. >> i think you're going to see that the united states is going to continue to build up our launch rate and build up our capabilities to carry payloads, commercial satellites and individual humans into orbit. >> reporter: sending humans to the international space station by u.s. private firms is hoped to take place by 2017. until then nasa is paying a heavy price to the russians, $1.7 billion to serve as space taxi for u.s. astronauts, martha. martha: it has been a big issue but they got an extended lease on life at the iss, right?

>> reporter: that's right. four more years, assuming the next congress and the president go along with it, to 2024 for the international space station. that will too come at a price, about $3 billion a year. supporters say it is very important to continue to learn how long-term experience in flight affects people, potentially with future trips to mars planned. so some heavy-duty research going on there and four more years for the space station, martha. martha: steve, thank you very much. >> reporter: thank you. gregg: chris christie is stuck in a traffic scandal believe it or not. the new jersey governor is set to hold a news conference and address allegation that is members of his staff closed down lanes of a major bridge just to punish a political rival. bret baier on that next. martha: and president obama preparing to unveil his promise zones. we just talked to steve forbes about this but can those promises really be delivered? we're live at the white house. [ male announcer ] meet mary.

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martha: fox news alert, just an hour away now from new governor chris christie, he will face reporters answering his critics on a local scandal that has now been thrust really into the national spotlight today. welcome, everybody, brand new gregg: a set of e-mails and text messages now revealing that governor christie's staff may have intentionally closed highway lanes for political retribution causing massive traffic jams and commuting headaches. martha: the governor putting out a statement yesterday saying, quote: i am outraged and deeply saddened to learn i not only was misled by a member of my staff, but this conduct was made without any knowledge. brit baer joins us now, good morning to you. this seemed initially like a

local matter, but because it is chris christie and because he is on top of the polls really for the republican side right now or usually up near the top, it's an issue. >> yeah, good morning, martha. yeah, it potentially has big actions. that really will tell how far, how many legs this has, whether there is more information that comes out, that he knew more than he said he's known about this and whether it is just at a lower level that his aides were really putting the political screws to this democratic mayor of fort lee, new jersey, who did not endorse the republican governor's re-election bid. i mean, he was touting 16 democratic mayors endorsing his re-election for that sweeping re-election in november. and part of that whole narrative -- and that's a overused word -- but part of that in that re-election campaign was that he is this bipartisan figure in a blue

state, and that is part of his national appeal, at least one would think in his 2016 potential campaign. so the fact that this would be an aide putting the political screws to a democratic mayor who didn't endorse him would kind of break that whole veneer of, you know, not politics as usual, and that's why it's really a headache for chris caryty. martha: -- christie. martha: i hear you, the other political narrative is that he's brash, he's tough, he's plain spoken, and it could be -- we'll see what happens here at 11:00 -- that he uses the as an tunnel to demonstrate that he doesn't put up with any you know what among his own staff. >> martha, you know better than i do being in new jersey, but i wet we see -- i bet we see a different tone at this news conference than we have seen at previous news conferences as far

as confrontation with reporters. i bet he kind of is apologetic but yet saying that he's going to get to the bottom of it. i would make the odds are that he's going to say that these are aides that didn't tell him. it's important to point out there have been a number of stories how he's tried to stop this whole investigation. "the wall street journal" had a story back in he's that he called governor cuomo and said that his appointees were digging into this too much. and then these e-mails surfaced, and according to the reporting, he was caught off guard by it. we'll see what he says within the hour. but, obviously, critics of governor christie are jumping on it, and it's important to point out, martha, there are not a lot of republican defenders yet of governor christie, and that's another point on national scene is potentially a problem for him. martha: yeah. i think it was rahm emanuel who said every crisis presents an opportunity, and there's no doubt they realize the importance of this news conference and how he handles

the this situation. and as you point out, if there's anything lying teacher here, they -- deeper here, they may have to deal with it as well. so what will the governor of new jersey say in this news conference, and will it have an effect on his political future? send us a tweet @martha maccallum. we'll put some up at the end of show. some people feel it's a local issue, they don't care, there's a lot of bigger things out there they're much more concerned about. others say how he handles this will be indicative of what kind of nominee or potentially president he might be in terms of how e handles it. tbrg greg one would expect some pink slips involved in this thing. martha: he's indicated that's maybe where this is going. gregg: it's hard to hold him responsible for some overzealous rogue worker. martha: he'll have to prove that's what happened. gregg: in the meantime, president obama set to unveil five of his so-called promise

zones a bit later today, something that is really somewhat similar to jack kemp. remember his suggestion about three decades ago? ed henry is live at the white house with the details. ed, what's the president going to say today? >> reporter: well, good to see you, gregg. bottom line, this is part of the president's broader push to focus back again on the economy, maybe a little bit less on health care after the botched rollout, and he wants to talk about something called promise zones. but what's interesting, this is a promise that's been a year in the making basically. it's not really a new proposal. he announced this in his state of the union last year, and so now this is something as you move forward whereas he's got another state of the union coming up on the 28th, he wants to talk about the minimum wage, he wants to talk about extending unemployment benefits, but specifically five areas including philadelphia, san antonio where there's been a lot of poverty for a long time, he wants to expand federal tax breaks, he wants to extend more federal aid to these cities, try to grow some jobs. here's jay carney talking about

the approach. >> we feed to provide -- we need to provide the kind of opportunity to our kids so that they can enjoy the economic mobility that made this country great and that made it an accepted fact about the united states of america thatr no mattr what your circumstances, you could be anyone and do anything. >> reporter: now, interesting that fox has learned that senator rand paul, the republican who's been a thorn in the side of the president on a host of issues, will be at the white house today for this event. that's a rare bit of bipartisanship. the reason being southeast kentucky one of the areas for the president's so-called promise zones while rand paul has a plan of his own called the economic freedom zone. we'll see if they actually come together. gregg: maybe some common ground. that would be nice for a change.

>> reporter: imagine that. gregg: you know, beyond senator paul, are there other republicans saying they want to do something about poverty as well? >> reporter: there are. they're not going to relate the president own -- let the president own this space, if you will, as he tries to frame the upcoming elections. you've got paul ryan who's been putting proposals on the table, marco rubio, the republican from florida, both of those gentlemen along with rand paul potentially looking at the 2016 presidential race and saying that they took a race and saying that they took a lot of criticism on health care, president's law but didn't have a plan of their own, they are now putting forth plans. and marco rubio says in particular that what's different is the president wants to expand the federal government, they want to help the states get empowered. take a listen. >> and my proposal is this, the current government programs that are designed to address poverty, they help alleviate some of the pain, but they do not help people rise above it. we have got to deal with that. and with opportunity inequality,

the president's got the wrong focus. >> reporter: you can see a lot of plans floating around. we'll see what actually becomes reality because, as i noted, the president pushed out his so-called zones a year ago, and we're just now seeing the meat on the bones. gregg: ed henry live from the white house, thanks. martha: meanwhile, lawmakers heading to the oval office in the next hour talking about nsa surveillance and possible new limits on the spy agency after this revelations from the former contractor edward snowden. catherine herridge is live on this in washington. what are we hearing ahead of this meeting, catherine? >> reporter: well, martha, a key issue, the phone records of american citizens and whether the government should continue holding them or whether a third party like the phone company should be responsible. but a leading critic caught up with fox news last night saying the administration's statements in support of the phobe records is simply not standing up. >> what is most important is that it is now very clear that

the government's argument for this very expansionary version of collecting, essentially, millions of records on law-abiding americans is falling apart day by day. >> reporter: and wyden says there are a growing number of lawmakers who believe the nsa collection is not efficient and flying in the face of the u.s. constitution. whether a legislative fix for fisa, the foreign intelligence surveillance act, is in the cards, a leading republican says it's possible. >> well, i think probably when this is over, there will be at least an attempt by some members to change fisa, to change different portions of the law. i'm sure there'll be a robust debate just as there was when it was put in place. >> reporter: supporters of the nsa say the programs work and explain why there's not been another 9/11 and the snowden leaks have been damaging to sources and methods as well as

our intelligence relationships overseas. martha: who's under pressure really here, catherine? >> reporter: well, the president is under pressure. the white house is not pinning down a day for his address on nsa reform, but the word on capitol hill is it's most likely the 15th, and there are internal divisions on the the intelligence committee as well. senator dianne feinstein offered this assessment: >> three members of the president's committee spoke to us, and i think they made clear their report did not say they wanted to end the program. that's for us to discuss with the president. >> okay. >> it'll be a private conversation. i'm sure and i think, you know, we're entitled to have a private conversation. >> reporter: feinstein's critics have claimed that she has been sort of too inside the loop, if you will, and not objective enough in her oversight leadership, martha. martha: all right, we'll see what comes out of it.

thank you very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. gregg: new fallout from robert gates' memoir that has sent shock waves across washington. >> i think that the one thing that the american people constantly trust in is the military. it's kind of a rock. and when the administration doesn't trust in the military establishment, then you have serious issues. gregg: retired four-star general jack keane will be with us. he has read the entire book. he joins us with his reaction next. martha: looking forward to that. and also another state allowing the use of medical marijuana after pot was made completely legal in colorado. so are other states ready to go that way as well? we're going to talk about it. gregg: and disturbing new videotape surfacing showing a diaper-wearing toddler with a very foul mouth as adults laugh and join in. well, authorities are stepping in now. [bleep] [bleep]

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gregg: police are now investigating wht caused that train crash and derailment in utah. we're told one of the freight trains rear ended the other, forcing one off the tracks causing some pretty serious damage to the other. three railroad workers suffering minor injuries, both trains union pacific. carrying grains, one of the engines spilling fuel. no word yet on when the tracks will reopen. martha: well, shock and some outrage from several u.s. veterans over claims made about the obama white house in the robert gates book that is going to be out next week. excerpts have already been released. but among other things, the former defense secretary says president obama did not believe fully in his own war strategy, yet sent thousands of american soldiers onto the battlefield, and this is the reaction from several veterans.

>> it's a gut punch to everyone they sent and those families and those who served and sacrificed to say i wasn't quite sure whether this would succeed, but i sent you anyway. >> i think most families who read in this book will be shocked at the ineptitude and the amateurishness of those at the very highest levels of our decision making. >> has allowed our soldiers and marines and navy corpsmen to be killed or maimed in a war the president doesn't believe makes sense or that he doesn't believe he can win. that is as low as any president in our history has gone. martha: a lot of emotion and strong reaction there. i'm joined now by retired four-star general jack keane. he has read the entire book. he's also the former vice chief of staff of the army and a fox news military analyst. general keane, good to have you here today. >> glad to be here, martha. martha: i guess the first question because you have read the entire book and most of us have not, is it being mischaracterized based on the

quotes we've all got so far? >> no. certainly, secretary gates waited to page 557 of the 600-page book to place in italics the sentence that everybody is talking about in terms of the president not believing in his own strategy. so he clearly knew what he was doing and wanted that degree of emphasis. but the book is certainly about a lot more than just that. it's also about his love for the troops and his personal responsibility he believed he had in sending all of those troops to iraq and to afghanistan. he wrote those deployment orders for the surge troops, and he knew that he was sending some of them to their death and also being maimed. and he personally embraced those emotional feelings. and i think as he admitted, his judgment was being clouded by those emotions and his concern for them so much that it was a factor in his resignation. martha: all right. so that raises the question that has been raised, why didn't he resign sooner and why didn't he

voice those very deeply-felt emotions and feelings about how this was going? >> well, i suspect he probably did inside the confines of the white house. but he was -- it was a losing battle, martha. vice president biden and the national security staff had the president's ear in a way that secretary clinton, secretary gates and the military generals did not. and the fact of the matter is they undermined the decisions the president made, and i believe that's truly unforgive can bl, because that forced the president to pull the troops, the surge troops out early. and the fact of the matter is that decision we have never recovered from because we were never able to use those troops up in the eastern part of afghanistan the way we had achieved success in the south. and we are leaving that problem to the afghans as we begin to leave. martha: all right. so the argument that i'm hearing is that although bob gates did not, you know, speak up

forcefully or resign during the presidency, the reason he is speaking out now with this book is that he believes there's still system of this story to be told -- still some of this story to be told. is that what you think the motivation is, for the troops and for afghanistan? >> yes. i've thought a lot about -- i know secretary gates. i served on his policy board for four and a half years while he was in office, and i briefed him a number of times on iraq and afghanistan. i'm not a close associate, i don't want to make it out to be more than what it is, but i do know the man. he is a man of deep character, in my judgment. so why would he write a book when a president is still serving that is so critical of that president? and just as you say is my conclusion, he clearly does not want to have happen in afghanistan what he saw happen in iraq and walk away from a war after we have been so successful. he wants the end in afghanistan to be a positive ending for america and for all of those troops who have sacrificed so much. his motivation is our troops, and the troops that are still

serving there, it is my judgment. and he knows he's going to take on criticism as a result of this book, and he's willing to accept that, in my view. martha: do you have any hope personally that that can be achieved, that we will finish differently in afghanistan than we finished in iraq? >> you know, that's a great question, martha, and we're all hoping that that is the case. but i'm, i'm very skeptical about this administration's capacity to make the right decisions in terms of the size and scale of the force that we leave and also the funding for the afghan national security forces. those are the two key decisions. and i'm very doubtful about those decisions with this president and his staff. martha: all right. very good to talk to you as always, general. thank you very much. general jack keane. >> okay, martha. gregg: some chilling new details in the manhunt for a road rage murder suspect. >> being advised, there's still an active shooter. this was not a self-inflicted shot.

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involved in a similar case only hours earlier. >> we think it's a completely random act. we didn't come up with any link at this point between the suspect and the victim. the fact that we have encountered similar incidents, because of all that and the violet nature of this crime -- violent nature of this crime, we think that the person that did this could strike again. gregg: mark fuhrman, former l.a. police department homicide detective joining us, good to see you. is this a guy that's capable of anything? what do you make of the statements by police? >> well, gregg, it's interesting that i think this has moved from a road rage incident to a very specific premeditated crime where the suspect is using the highways and his vehicle to actually make contact with random victims. and i think that's pretty clear with the police spokesmen and their statements. gregg: you know, the police are also saying the encounters were random, especially with respect to davison. of but the acts that were

engaged in were deliberate, calculated and violent. does this mean there's a violent psychopath on the loose? >> well, they're looking at mo, and they're trying to see just exactly what the connection between suspect and victim are. this is, actually, a mobile sniper that is finding his victims, much like a sniper would being in a stationary location, looking for people walking or moving in a vehicle, he's mobile himself, and he's looking for a victim, and then he engages them. if these two shootings are connected, and i suspect that they connected them up loosely by the type of weapon or the bullet weight, style and manufacturer, even ballistics possibly, but i think that they've connected these two shootings up at least thus far. gregg: well, they're asking for the public's help. does that suggest that they don't really have any workable

leads? >> well, this is a tough case. when you have a complete disconnect between victim and suspect, you have no forensic evidence, you have a vehicle shooting from another vehicle. the only forensics you have is the weapon. so they possibly might have add casings if it was a semiautomatic weapon with the second shooting, but you have to look at this. they need the public's help with any dark, small-type pickup vehicle that belongs to somebody that boasted about or was angered about people on the freeway, the highways, anybody that said anything about this post, any vehicle that is seen abandoned in their neighborhood, anything that they see suspicious on the highways and any of the, you know, relevant states. gregg: okay. mark fuhrman, thanks very much. good to see you. >> thank you, gregg. martha: so back in washington the battle over unemployment insurance is still being waged

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martha: were back with this fox news al. we're waiting for comments now from new jersey governor chris christie over this bridge traffic scandal, that news conference getting underway less than half an hour from now. so we're going to bring that to you at the top of the hour after a series of e-mails and text messages surfaced potentially showing members of his staff had plotted to shut down the busy highway lanes on the george washington bridge as political retribution. that is the suggestion in all of this. we're going to take you to this news conference as he attempts to get this sorted out, and we'll take you there live at 11:00. gregg: fox news alert, a showdown over unemployment benefits continuing this hour this our nation's capitol. the senate in session at the moment, we're watching for any progress today on a bill to

extend the long-term unemployment benefits. that measure still has several hurdles to clear, several key republicans now threatening to pull their support. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill with more. mike, what is the latest on this strugglesome. >> reporter: well, gregg, we heard from harry reid a new moments ago, and he has resisted the attempts by republicans to pay for a three month extension. he says if lawmakers are going to insist on paying for it, it should be a full year extension, so he's pushing his senate colleagues on the republican side to come forward with pay-for suggestions that would cover a full year of long-term unemployment benefits. this comes as white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer floated an idea in "usa today" saying pass a three month extension now, and president obama will sit down and negotiate a full one-year extension considering the lack of trust between some in congress and the white house, i'm not sure that will fly, but we should hear from speaker john

boehner about that idea later this morning, gregg. gregg: you know, mike, if they don't pay for it, if there's no offset here for the cost, will it pass? >> reporter: it does not appear that it will. of course, there were six republicans that voted in favor in a procedural vote the other day to take up this issue, to discuss it, but several of them have come forward saying it's got to be paid for, otherwise i'm not going to vote yes for another 60-vote threshold that is needed to move this issue forward. i don't want to get too much into process, but bottom line, they're going to need at least five republicans to support the next vote on unemployment insurance extension, and at this point some of those who voted yes the other day are saying they will not vote yes again unless it's paid for, gregg. gregg: mike emanuel live on capitol hill, thanks very much. ♪ ♪ martha: so new york has now become officially the 21st state to allow medical marijuana use for those suffering from cancer and other serious diseases,

although the drug still remains illegal in the state. here's new york governor ann dry cuomo with his plan -- andrew cuomo with his plan. >> we'll establish a program allowing up to 20 hospitals to prescribe medical marijuana, and we will monitor the program to evaluate the effectiveness and the feasibility of a medical marijuana system. martha: the larger implications of this across the nation, david webb is the host of the david webb show on sirius xm and a fox news contributor, richard fowler is a radio talk show host and welcome, gentlemen, to you both. >> good morning. martha: you know, 21 states now medical marijuana, but i think what's getting the most attention is whether or not that opens the door to the recreational use issue that we're seeing playing out in colorado and washington state. so, david, how do you feel about that? >> well, first, martha, like many americans i'm for the proper use, legislated and proper use of medical marijuana for the severely ill, cancer patients, severe cases of flaw coma. i'm not for doing it by

executive order because then it opens the door to not only other issues, but to enforcement issues, to preventive issues when it comes to preventing misuse. these programs have been badly administered in the past, and rather than lack of go with the albany dysfunction where democrats want to tax something and republicans don't want to go at and discuss how to write proper legislation for the state, we now have a case that opens the door with a keys case which is no monitoring and no way of doing crew enforcement. martha: all richard, let's jump to the big national picture here for a moment and whether or not we're sort of on the slope where we see many of these states that have medical marijuana approval going the way of colorado and washington state where it's also approved just for recreational use. >> well, identify got to tell you finish i've got to tell you, martha, i don't have a libertarian bone in my body, this would be the only one i do have. i think there should be less

government when it comes to the use of marijuana. i think every state and every governor's going to be watching what happens in colorado and washington state the. how much money can the state actually generate, how much money can this bring in, how can it cut the state's deficit, how can it decrease the prison population, and that will be the determiner of what happens across the country. but i think new york is taking a step in the right direction and saying, hey, listen, if you want to have a joint because you're feeling sick, you're allowed to do that, and i think it's a great thing. martha: you know, i looked at vid grows in colorado, and you've got sort of clubs where you can go and hang out, everybody's really happy, they're walking into the shops, they're buying -- you can get an ounce, $400 an ounce, you know, because there are so few places where you can go in and buy it. here's a look at some of the shops where they're selling it. you can get a quarter of an ounce outside the state, and you're not allowed to take it across the state lines. they're worried people are going to keep going back and forth and buying more and trying to sell it in the secondary market. but just in terms of the big

picture as a nation, is this the the direction that we want to go in, david? >> no, it's not. and we'll use california as the example or san francisco was one of the best test cases of failure where what happened was there were people who bought marijuana legally and then went and used it to trade or sell to trade for other drugs. we have a problem with drug abuse whether it's farming as in fh, pharming parties in this country with pharmaceutical drugs, and we don't want to open the door by creating another avenue of trade for other drugs that poem want to -- people want to use. it is a gateway drug for many, it may not be for all, and we cannot have a society that essentially has an intoxicant that is not moderated in some form. it's why it's illegal. martha: as a parent, i look at this and say -- obviously, it's still illegal for kids under 21 -- but you have to think about the message here. we spend an inordinate amount of time telling kids they should never smoke cigarettes, drink

alcohol, so how do we turn around and say, oh, if you live in colorado, you can smoke pot legally. richard? >> the difference here is that both cigarettes and alcohol are legal for people who are either 18 or 21 respectively, and i think that should be the same principle we have on marijuana. and here's why. there is actual medicinal purposes to marijuana. the director of the cleveland clinic said there's medical purposes for it -- martha: everybody knows that, richard, but the question is do you want to start opening up the door? we're trying to tell kids no drugs, you know? no alcohol, no drugs, okay? you shouldn't do things that are bad for your body. so now what message are we sending by saying, yeah, you know, it's legal. and when you get old enough, jeez, sure, you can smoke a joint too. >> i think every drug should be taken in moderation. i think we should all agree on that point, alcohol, cigarettes or marijuana. but i think in this particular case it's time for the government to get out of the way here. i think we've seen harsh government regulation. i'm not the one to say that,

martha, usually not coming from me, but there's harsh penalty for nonviolent offenders who are, who happen to have marijuana who are selling it or buying it, and i think we can save money, we can generate revenue, and on top of that i think we can release, you know, sort of roll back some government regulation. martha: i gotta go. >> this revenue approach in this, quote, tax revenue, is a farce. >> that's not true, david. >> there's not enough tax revenue -- >> the attorney general -- >> let me finish, richard. let me finish. martha: real quick. i've really got to go. >> the tax revenue from the sale of marijuana, legal or otherwise, not enough to make a dent in the deficit. martha: it's like the argument to open more casinos because you got a tax base from it. >> exactly. martha: i gotta go. david, richard, thank you. bye, guys. gregg: police are now stepping in after a controversial videotape goes viral, a cursing toddler. [bleep]

>> [inaudible] [bleep] gregg: should the parents face criminal charges or lose custody of their child? our legal panel weighs in. martha: yeah, there's a more pleasant picture. a throwback thursday james bond style when 007 first got behind the wheel of the ultimate automobile, folks. what a nice picture that is. gregg: that's a beauty, isn't it? ♪ ♪ farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer.

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martha: so great, isn't it? 49 years ago to the day james bond got behind the wheel of his tricked-out aston martin, complete we jekyll to have seats and machine guns. multiple chapters of the 007 franchise, the most recent appearance was in skyfall, remember that? starring daniel craig as the latest incarnation as the superspy. the original one from goldfinger sold at auction in 2010 for over $4 million big ones. worth every penny, though, for somebody who has that money, right? gregg: wow. omaha police taking a toddler into protective custody. this comes after a videotape of the child cursing and repeatedly using racial slurs and other obscenities. and the video went viral. take a look at this.

gregg: well, if you hear it without the bleeps, it's really sad. dan shore is the associate managing editor at kroll, richard roth is a defense attorney. richard, did police do the right thing this taking the child into custody? >> absolutely. you have to balance a lot of things, and the bottom line is this is a one, maybe one-and-a-half-year-old toddler. the parents posted this on the internet. the kid used swear words 25 -- 35 times, used the n-word ten times -- gregg: but the police say there's no ed of -- no evidence of a crime on this tape. >> there is no crime, but when he goes to kindergarten, what

happens? there's certainly a basis to have some kind of family investigation to determine whether or not this is something that should be allowed in our society, especially when finish the language that was used. gregg: you know, dan, the aclu is gets involved saying they're going to file a lawsuit against the police department for excessive force and, you know, releasing this videotape they say has overtones of racism. here's the statement, we'll put it up on the screen, of the omaha police officers' association. gregg: um, what do you think? did they do the right thing? >> i think they did. they probably should have blurred out the child's face initially, they did that later. but it's important to note this video was published publicly on

facebook, so it's not as if the police seized it and then published it online. this was done by the parents or the uncle of todayler, and this shines a -- toddler, and this shines a light on the cycle of violence when kids at a very young age are talking about sex, violence and other issues. gregg: i would not be surprised, richard, if a judge decided to hold a fitness hearing to determine whether or not in the best interests of the child these parents are fit parentings. i looked up the nebraska statute on this, it talks about abuse. doesn't say physical. this could constitute verbal abuse for a child, neglect or failure to give proper care. what do you think? >> no, absolutely. this could very well be failure to give proper care here. this child is learning obscenities, learning words which one would not want a teenager to even use. at a very -- at such a young age that the child can't know the implications. it's deplorable. gregg: right. and another case in nebraska talks about a parent's conduct

that seriously is detrimental to a child, and in that particular case, presential rights were terminated -- presential rights were -- pa rental rights were terminated. >> possibly, however, they investigated the surroundings of this child and other children and found there to be safety concerns, and they removed the kids. so obviously, not surprisingly, there's other factors in that home that seem to provide a dangerous environment for that kid. gregg: it's really sickening to watch. dan shore, richard roth, thank you both. >> thank you. gregg: martha? martha: all right. let's go over to jenna lee and find out what's coming up on "happening now." jenna: we're waiting to hear from new jersey governor chris christie who is set to address charges his staffers intentionally blocked traffic at the busiest bridge in the world as political payback. there's a live look at where we expect the governor. we'll bring that to you live, top of the hour. plus, it could be breakthrough, a big breakthrough, for thousands of cancer patients who may never

have to undergo harsh treatments. who has what researchers call the survival protein? we'll tell you about that and much more ahead on "happening now." martha: thanks, jenna. so a truck driver was stuck out in the cold trapped under his rig and literally frozen to the ground. how his worried wife helped save his life from a thousand miles away. >> i thought about, you know, our kids and grandkids and that we just had christmas, and i was just thankful he was still alive. ] we could say a lot about the most track-tested is ever... but the truth is... we don't have to. the experts have spoken. now it's your move. ♪ smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release smartcontrol technology

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gregg: well, this is quite a story, a truck driver saying his wife saved his life from halfway across the country during last week's snowstorm. tim rutledge got pinned

underneath his rig. his wife kept calling and calling. rutledge couldn't reach his phone in his pocket, but because of the vibrating, it eventually got sort of wiggled out x he managed to take voice control of the phone. >> i remember saying, i said whoever this is, whatever you do, don't hang up the phone. if they hung up the phone, it was going to be my last chance to talk to anybody. gregg: that's amazing. rutledge spent hours laying on the ground. doctors say it is truly amazing he did not get frostbite. he's alive and okay. martha: well, a brand new public library offering a glimpse of the future. inside you'll find rows of computers, tablets, ipads, not a sight, folks. casey steegal's live in dallas. this looks more like an apple store than it does like one of my favorite old-fashioned libraries there, casey. >> reporter: yeah, martha. you know, it really does,

certainly not the conventional libraries that we're used to. you won't find a single hard copy of a book inside or a periodical. this is the bib lo tech down in san antonio, texas, and everything inside is digital. and they are outfitted with tons of technology, 48 imac computers, 40 ipads, 200 nook tablets and 600e-readers. visitors we ruse the more than 17,000 digital titles, click on what they wallet, then it is download today a device and they leave the library with it. the brains say it's far cheaper to operate than the public libraries of the past, a real selling point in these tough economic times. >> we don't have to have a huge building. we're in one-third of the space of a normal branch library. we don't have the expense of stocking these books, people borrowing them, losing them, wearing out. the books that we have are not going to wear out. >> reporter: and if users have

their own device at home, they can download titles on the web, they don't even have to go to the library, martha. martha: no doubt in my mind this is the way we're going. i see more and more computers at the library already as it is. casey, thank you very much. greg greg we are awaiting a news conference from new jersey governor chris christie who in a few minutes will speak publicly for the very first time about the george washington bridge controversy and revelations that one of his top aides may have deliberately created traffic jams to punish a political rival. there are some fairly incriminating e-mails if they are truthful and accurate that would suggest he wanted this aide to shut down a couple of lanes, creating havoc. and the governor is going to be addressing it in just a moment. we'll be live. stay with us.

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merit that does it for us the press conference with governor christies is at the top of the hour. bill will be back tomorrow. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: we start off with a fox news alert. we're awaiting a news conference any minute by new jersey governor chris christie who will speak publicly for the first time since bombshell e-mails and text messages were revealed suggesting that top aides in his administration may have powerfully gridlocked traffic on the george washington bridge. the mayor on the new jersey side of the bridge who apparently refused to endorse the governor of the in a statement yesterday, christie denied involvement in the scheme. chris christie is regarded as a top prospect for the republican nomination for president in 2016 a lal