i don't know about that one. we'll see. bill: kind of like they wrote it backstage when they walked out there. martha: thanks, guys we'll see you on the radio coming up. "happening now" starts right now. bye-bye. jenna: today's top headlines and brand new stories you will see here first. jon: another day, another delay for obamacare. who is the getting the extension and why. new reaction to the report that the nsa uses secret technology to spy on computers around the world, even those not connected to the internet. plus a drug put at justin bieber's home? what police turned up and the legal trouble the beebs could be facing. it is all "happening now." jon: and we begin on this wednesday with a new detail for obamacare. hello, i'm jon scott. jenna: hope you're off to a

great day, everybody, i'm jenna lee. the white house extended another obama care deadline. this one concerns folks with preexisting conditions. wendell goler live at the white house with who are on this. wendell, can you explain more about this latest accommodation? >> reporter: the preexisting condition insurance plan was supposed to be a bridge for people's medical conditions that kept them from getting insurance or getting it affordably before the insurance companies had to cover everybody starting a couple weeks ago. there are still less than 30,000 people on the plan. at one point it was 135,000 people. a spokeswoman said hhs decided to extend it through march, quote, to insure that pcip enrollees do not experience a lapse in coverage because many are currently receiving regular treatments for such diseases as cancer, diabetes and hard disease. hhs already extended the plan through january because of the website problems and republicans say the latest extension is another sign that obamacare is not meeting expectations on a

number of levels. >> people finding out now that disproportionately older and sick. the result next year premiums will go through the roof. in the interim, all the companies losing money on the policies, every single one of them under obamacare will be have opportunity to be bailed out by taxpayers. that's wrong. we need to stop that. >> reporter: republicans say the problems may be worse than we know about but that the administration is not providing enough information. jenna. jenna: that is one of the criticisms we heard all along, wendell. what is the administration's defense? >> reporter: they knew that there were glitches and are dealing with them when they come up. hs secretary kathleen sebelius says some go back to the website problems and they're moving beyond that. >> we made a commitment that the website which functioned very badly at beginning of october would be a very different experience by end of november. we delivered on that commitment. we want to move for warped and

take advantage of the 11 weeks left. >> reporter: sebelius says healthcare.gov is up and running and very efficient right now. jenna. jenna: wendell goler live from the white house. thank you. jon: it is early in this election year but ads are rolling out targeting democrats who support obamacare. in an aggressive campaign ahead of midterm elections they're calling out house and senate lawmakers in at least a dozen states by name for standing behind the affordable care act. here is one focusing on north carolina democratic senator kay hagan. watch. >> hague ban continues to push for obamacare. supported favors for friends of obama and special treatment for congress and their staffs. who gets stuck with the bill? families and small businesses. kay hagan taking care of washington insiders, not north carolina families. jon: but are they effective? let's talk about it with lynn sweet the washington bureau chief from the "chicago sun-times." charlie hirt a columnist for the wash

ton times. this is echo what the obama campaign did to mitt romney early in the last election, putting out a bunch of ads that characterize him in very negative way and trying to establish him, the perception of him as a sort of out of touch rich guy before voters really thought much about the issues. >> well, one of the things early advertising does, in a sense set the narrative and that is what these republican and republican ad like groups are trying to do. they are trying to put the democrats on the defensive. and because of the bad start of obamacare with the website not working, it is harder for some to defend it at this early stage. now i think the jury is not out and we can get to it in this segment. there is another side to be said on this but in terms of the ads there is a powerful case to be made if you're an opponent to obamacare you have reality. it is not going to go away. so you have to figure out a way to attack a democrat.

finding the faults in obamacare early on is one technique to do it. jon: charlie, i mean obamacare passed with virtually no republican support. it is pretty hard for democrats to point fingers the other way and say it wasn't our fault. >> yeah. jon, i think that's the key point in terms of why this is such an effective strategy for republicans to use against democrats because it did pass on such bitterly partisan lines. they can, you know, republicans can go after democrats and go after them wholeheartedly without any fear of damaging any of their own in the process. and i think it really does put democrats in a very defensive position and quite frankly it, i think that from a government policy standpoint, it goes to show, it supports one of the biggest criticisms of obamacare which is that if you're growing to pass something that is this widespread, this sweeping, this massive a change for people in very personal lives, it should be done on a major, bipartisan,

broad bipartisan basis and this wasn't and i think that the democrats are, you know, president obama won't be paying for it but a lot of democrats in congress are going to pay for that, for that strategy. jon: lynn, the president and his advisors seemed to feel by the time the election rolls around that obamacare is going to be all ironed out. the problems will be water under the bridge and a campaign like this is not going to be effective. what do you think? >> i think it will be too soon to say that every problem will be taken care of by november and some people still have to get through primaries. those states are staggered throughout the nation. every state has a different schedule but there is a case to be made that of people who are finding coverage for the first time, who couldn't get any kind of health insurance policy, who's kids stay on policy, your viewers are familiar with some of this, but for those people who benefit that will be a counter weight to the people who may find fault with it. and those would be people who find that they have policies

that are more expensive than they are used to or anticipated. but certainly i want to underscore what charlie said. just as a political technique it makes a lot of sense if you're a republican you know you have no, no votes on your side who, you know, who have voted for it, to attack a democrat at this stage of the game. but you have to reckon, will this be an unpopular program as time goes by? i think in november things may be a little different. so they have to, you have to just be a little careful how you calibrate these anti-obama campaigns. jon: it should be pointed out, are focusing especially on senate races in which republicans represent, i'm sorry, where democrats represent states that voted republican in the last presidential election. that kind of thing. mary landrieu in louisiana is facing this kind of attack. kay hagan. we saw the clip from north carolina. mark begich in alaska, they're all getting hammered on this

score. so how do they answer, charlie? >> just to continue on with what you're saying right there, not only are they these ads effective in those particular targeted states, but the issue of obamacare, as a broader issue about the government thinking that it's the answer to all of the problems that americans face, that issue, that larger issue is a very good issue for republicans to run on and you see in a very red state like nebraska, where this guy, ben sass, absolutely come out of nowhere become a tour today force among conservatives, all because he is expert on health care and as he tells voters, he has read the entire obamacare bill and he can really tear it apart. this sort of thing gets see norm news traction among conservatives, not just conservatives. normal centrist voters who don't like the idea of the government telling them what to do or like the idea of the government is

the only answer to all of our problems. jon: we still have what, about 10 months to go till the midterm elections but the ads are already on the air. charlie hirt, lynn sweet. thank you both. >> thanks, jon. >> thank you. jenna: turning to another big story today, the nsa is responding to a new report that claims the agency is using secret technology to spy on 100,000 computers worldwide and that it expand create a digital highway for launching cyber attacks even if the computers are off-line. peter doocy is live in washington with more on this story. peter? >> reporter: that's right, jenna, the nsa can get inside more than 100,000 computers all around the world even if they're off-line with this technology that uses tiny transmitters either inserted inside of a device or tell thinkly snuck in through with a usb cable. that second example, usb cable, some nsa target help the agency

access their own stuff unknowingly by inserting a corrupted cable. the ability about all this is in today's "neyork times" and it is referred to quote as, active defense that targets chinese army more than any other group and has been since 2008. we asked the nsa about this report and they responded like this. quote, nsa activity are focused against and only against valid foreign intelligence targets in response to intelligence requirements. in addition we do foreign intelligence capability ies to steal trade secrets of foreign companies on behalf of or give intelligence we collect to u.s. companies to enhance their international competitiveness or increase their bottom lines. now the news about this capability comes just ahead of a speech friday where president obama is expected to announce some nsa reforms that he would like to see such as, limiting how long phone data can be

stored and protecting the privacy of foreign nationals. according to "the new york times" where it is also reported that the president is going to ultimately leave it up to congress to decide where your phone records are stored. the white house panel president obama asked for recommendations said that service providers like verizon and at&t should store them and turn over the records when necessary but the president is not expected to throw his weight behind that idea this week. jenna. jenna: we'll see what he has to say. peter, thank you. jon: there's a new high-level report from washington on the terror attack in benghazi that killed four americans. what we are learning now about how that assault could have been prevented of the. plus a manhunt for a cereal arsonist -- serial arsonists wanted for starting fires like. one on your right on people's porches. a vandal going on a very costly rampage. ooh, homemade soup! yeah...

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jon: in colorado police are releasing surveillance video hoping it will help them find the vandals who caused hundred of thousands of dollars worth of damage at a high school. you can see the suspects here running down the hallway of englewood high school after breaking in, the vandals went on a rampage, damaging computers, instruments and even setting fires. students there now reacting to all this destruction. >> i heard other people say that is frustrating because they have nowhere to practice now. >> one year my freshman year we got first place in the state marching band competition and they burned that flag down. and burned the one from the rose bowl. >> we're told the suspects broke in through a part of the school that was under construction. jenna: speaking of vandals, a fox news alert for the hunt of a serial arsonist in san jose, california, with more than a dozen fire fires started last week. he starts the fires on people's

porches by torching things like newspaper and furniture. the san jose police department releasing this sketch of the suspect after surveillance cameras in the area picked up his image. he is described as 25 and 40 years old, six feet two inches tall, a small build. there is 10,000-dollar reward for information on the case. there is the number on the screen if you have any information. in the southern part of the state they are facing their own fire danger with high winds and rising temperatures, making the fight against stopping wildfires tougher this year. william la jeunesse is in los angeles with more on that william? >> reporter: this is bizarre, jenna, we have a fire going on right now in north hollywood. firefighters should be fighting mudslides not fires. but from sacramento to san diego the state is bone dry. 2013 the dryest year on record which is why you are seeing these. a brush fire yesterday near santa monica brought traffic on the coast highway to stand

still. gridlock in west l.a. since pch is pretty much only road west into malibu and parts of l.a. county. even in northern california we had a brush fire that destroyeded three homes and forced evacuation of a small island between san francisco and sacramento. southern california is under a fire alert. high winds, dry conditions and no rain in sight. this man lost his home to a wildfire in riverside county. >> i was able to get out with my kids. my daughter is 3 years old. my newborn baby is 15 days old and they get out from the house. >> reporter: but the fires are just a symptom of a much bigger problem. governor jerry brown expected to declare a drought emergency. the snow-packed statewide is just 80% below average, tying the worst year on record. california gets 60% of its drinking and agricultural water from the snow pack in the sierras. even worse there is no backup.

the state's two largest reservoirs, less than 40% full. american river, 80% below normal. colorado river, 14-year drought, worse in a thousand years. first ever they will cut deliveries from lake powell. one city already said it will ration water. why do you care? food prices. california cattleman are selling off their herds right now, there is no grass. they can't afford feed. they may only get 5% normal water allotment. in the east coast and west you will pay more for fruits and vegetables come spring. back to you. jenna: that is so interesting. we talked a lot about bad weather in the east coast and how that affecting food prices. who knew about california. interesting for us today. thank you very much, william. >> reporter: you bet. jon: iran is now delaying nuclear talks just after its president called the agreement, a sign the west lad surrendered.

does this spell trouble for diplomatic solution to the iranian nuclear showdown? we'll go in depth on that. it was supposed to be a funny stunt. problem no one told the shark. what in the world were these twice thinking? that is coming up. [screaming] [bleep]

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jenna: well right now some new controversy over the iran nuke deal with tehran delaying talks with the u.n. nuclear watchdog group which were set to start days from now until february. there are growing calls for lawmakers and nuclear experts for the obama administration to release the exact text of this deal and the side agreement some reported on, whether or not it actually exists. meantime, senate majority leader harry reid is making it very clear that he has no plans to

allow a vote on the bill that would slot new sanctions on iran over its nuclear program even though 59 senators, including 16 democrats support it. senator tim kane is not one of the supporters. here is what he has to say about new round of sanctions. quote, we should not impose additional sanctions on iran in the midst of this diplomatic negotiation. i support the current crippling sanctions reg and i vote for. now is the time to give diplomacy a chance. this is on the heels of the iran 's president saying that this is the time that western powers have surrendered. we have a spokes man to four u.n. ambassadors. i want to play for you what the president's spokesman jay carney had to say about the surrender

comments in iran. let's take a listen. >> the agreement marks the first time in a decade that iran has agreed to specific actions that halt progress on its nuclear program and roll back key aspects of the program. stopping the advance of the program and introducing unprecedented transparency into iran's nuclear activities. while we negotiate a long-term comprehensive solution. so again, as i said yesterday, it doesn't matterrer what they say. it matters what they do. jenna: rick, your thoughts? >> boy, i actually agree with him. it doesn't matter what iran says, it's what they do. that's why it is so troubling to see senator kaine and these other congressional leaders back away from sanctions. what we need to be able to do is keep the pressure on up until the iranians change their behavior. agreeing to go to a meeting or agreeing to something on a piece of paper wrought change without

changing your behavior is no agreement at all. this is one of the problems i have after working at the state department for eight years. the state department thinks scheduling a meet something success. of the scheduling a meet something a tactic to get to success. what we need to do is hold the iranians accountable until they actually change their behavior. until they stop doing something. jenna: rick, if i could, there is big question what success actually looks like in this debate, right? in your experience working with the state department would interim agreements like the one just announced between our country and iran and several other big powers, would the text of that agreement be released to the public? >> sure. not only should the text be released but these side agreements which are called sometimes white papers and sometimes they're called non-papers, these are the details that absolutely go with the agreement and they have not been released. you know marie harp, john kerry's spokeswoman, she was very dismissive around said

well, there is no secret agreement. the fact of the matter, it was secret to us. it wasn't secret to those negotiating because they actually put an agreement, a non-paper, in with the agreement and they also gave that non-paper to the iaea who are not americans. so they should release it to congress. jenna: sorry to interrupt you because i want to make sure our viewers know what we're talking about. the last 24, 4hours there are a variety of reports in the "l.a. times" and other papers there is some sort of a side agreement that iran's foreign minister referred to. that spark ad lot of questions to the administration what side agreement are they talking about? is there something there? that's what you're saying any agreement or non-paper agreement quote-unquote in normal circumstances would be released to the public? >> absolutely. the agreement and all of the details that go with it, the details are what the state department is saying is a non-paper. it is what, no one in congress and certainly the american

public didn't know about. we didn't know there was this non-paper, extra information, extra details. and all we're asking for now is, release it. if you don't want to release it to the american public, at least, at least you should release it to the congressional oversight committees. so that congress can read it and know exactly what the administration is saying. what is troubling jenna, we found this out about, this detailed agreement from the iranians, not from the u.s. government. paul richter, who is "the l.a. times" reporter, very good reporter, was able to really deserver this by talking to u.s. officials and finding out some details that john kerry has never released to the public. jenna: and so what's interesting about that is because congress is pushing for, in a bipartisan manner, new sanctions. there is no vote scheduled. senator reid says he is not going to do it but one wonders if some details could affect the debate. "washington post" said in another round of sanctions they

said this the smarts may have accomplished the maximum good, by proposing the bill, raising the pressure on the administration and iran. what do you think about that? just a new sanctions to come and divided congress and white house enough to add pressure? >> i think yes, it would be if you would have not received the -- relieved the pressure and allowed the iranians to have access to a whole bunch of more money and really what you're doing is you have walked back some of the sanctions and you now have a new threat we would put some on and so it is really muddled. what i think the best thing to do is, keep all of the heavy sanctions, the hard sanctions on iran until they change their behavior, not when they schedule a meeting, we don't relief the when they change the behavior. jenna: interesting, difference between down payment and reward for changed behavior. rick, great to see you. always good to rely on your experience. thanks so much. >> thanks, jenna. jon: new report just out this

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released by the senate intelligence committee. what we now know about the september 11th terror attack that killed four americans. the supreme court taking up case involving buffer zones outside of abortion clinics. are they necessary for public safety or violation of protesters first amendment rights? using a bird cage to swim with the sharks? we'll tell you how that worked out. jenna: a few hints on that. an epic showdown putting abortion rights against free speech. that is unfolding at the supreme court after massachusetts passed a law creating 35-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics and their entrances saying it was needed for public safety. protesters say it hinders their free speech. shannon bream outside of the supreme court with more right now. shannan? >> reporter: find the balance will be very delicate and tough for these justices. they placed a premium on first amendment. many times in rulings that date back centuries from this court.

the state has said it needs to protect those entrances. it needs to make sure they don't get congested and people are safe and it is a public safety issue and today justice ginsberg asked, what do you expect the state to do? how can they preclear people in advance? can't do that with potential pros terse and want to speak to the women entering these clinics. they make a buffer zone applies to everybody, and works across the board. on the other side plaintiffs say they want peaceful conversations with the women. they have done that successfully in the past. no one screams. there is no physical intimidation and don't want to block anyone from the clinic. they have a first amendment right to share their views about abortion. they said directly limit that is. it impinges on first amendment freedom. the state has to narrowly tailor interest and anytime they limit free speech the plaintiffs argue that hasn't been done. there is lot of skepticism across the board from number of justice who had concerns about the size of the buffer zone. that it may be content-specific,

limiting specific speech. we'll have to wait and see. it was very spirited debate. a very spirited arguement today with a lot of passion on both side as we saw from protesters outside the court case, jenna. we'll have a decision by june. jenna: interesting case, shannon. thank you. jon: now a fox news alert and the senate tell against committee just released a bipartisan report on benghazi this morning, revealing more details on the deadly september 11th terror attacks on the u.s. consulate and cia annex in 2012, saying those attacks were preventible. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans died in those attacks. chief intelligence catherine herridge has been looking a the report. she has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: thank you, jon. just within the last few minutes we wrapped up an interview with a ranking member of the senate intelligence committee who said very directly that based on the intelligence assessments by the cia and the defense intelligence agency and warnings prior to

september 11th, 2012, there was no question among the committee members that the benghazi terrorist attack could have been prevented and but there was a failure to act by the state department to increase security and that is in part why the attack took place. in addition, senator saxby chambliss told fox news there is bipartisan agreement that the individuals involved in the benghazi attack included those directly affiliated with al qaeda. among them, sufian bin qumu, former guantanamo detainee. according to the senator he was one who trained participants in the attack in eastern libya. in addition the report says specifically there were members of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqap, who participated as well as the group, aqim, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb. to underscore the point this conclusion was reached by a

joint consensus on the committee, republicans and also democrats. a short time ago we heard from a republican on the house side who says the new evidence shows that there was no way that this is simply a phony scandal. >> we are well past a year and yet we have no arrests. we have, nobody has been captured or killed. it took the fbi 21 days even to get to benghazi to do this. this is why it is so important and why it matters and it is so demeaning for the president and the spokesperson and others to try to label this as quote, unquote, phony scandal. >> reporter: one of the key headlines that came out of our interview with the senator is that the state department resisted to provide witnesses and documents to the senate intelligence committee, and this was critical in their investigation. there was one document in particular that for months the state department resisted handing over and that was a

classified cable first reported by fox news that there was an emergency meeting in benghazi in august of 2012. and at that meeting, the state department in washington was told that there were 10 al qaeda and islamist training camps inside of benghazi. what the senator said is that this is in effect almost like smoking gun evidence that there was ample warning and yet again, the state department refused to act in this case, jon. jon: they also make the point the administration has not been helpful in providing all the documents they have asked for. >> well, that's correct. senator saxby chambliss told fox news that hopes because the confusions in the report are bipartisan, and they are definite as to the involvement of al qaeda and that the warnings were ignored, that it won't be the end of the story on benghazi but it will be a launching-off point to drill down further on why the state department has continued to block access to witnesses and to

documents that would help explain what mrs. clinton knowledge was during that period and also specifically what role the white house had in forming this public explanation of the attack linked to a video which we now know was certainly not the case and it was known within hours of the attack the senator just told us. jon: so the report is out but still a lot of questions left to be answered. catherine herridge. >> reporter: well, some, but the bottom line it was an al qaeda attack and there is agreement among republicans and democrats on the committee that the evidence supports it. jon: catherine, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jenna: much more on that with our guest kt mcfarland joins us at the top of the hour with her analysis and what the report tells us and where it will go from here and more reporting from catherine in the day. there is a report on a first american journalist expelled from russia since the cold war. this is ahead of the olympics.

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jenna: well the winter olympic games in sew think start on february 7th -- social think, amid security concerns in the host country of russia. we brought you the story of the first accredited american journalist expelled from russia since cold wartimes. >> it was typical during the soviet period to accuse foreign correspondents of being spies. but to make a direct accusation

of that kind against a journalist in post-soviet russia is in fact extremely rare. jenna: it is important to point out that satter worked in russia on and off for the last four decades. russian government claims visa issues were at center of all of this. but satter believes it is because of his criticism of putin and choice for winter games and how that will play out. today he wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" and vows to keep writing about russia, quote, russians need access to truthful information, given censorship of russian media foreign sources are able to provide. first expulsion of a u.s. correspondent is an ominous sign. it is a way of closing off hope for freer right and act against russia's future and ours here at "happening now" we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates as we get them. jon: police in california saying drugs found at pop star justin bieber's home are now being

tested. investigators found them while searching the singer's calabasas home in connection with a felony vandalism case. officers arresting a member of the star's entourage. adam housley is live from our l.a. bureau with more on that. adam? >> reporter: yeah, jon, whether a junk man with too much money and to too much time or possible prince looking for spread cred, it shows him throwing's at his home. the neighbor said bieber over last couple months caused problem. bieber's people believe he may have called cops. that is what we're told the reason why this egg attack may have happened. no martie what is used, an attack is attack. they allege there are $20,000 damage to the neighbor's home. they showed up with a battering ram and ton of officers. there were eight people inside of bieber's home, basically kept in one location as they went through searching for everything from surveillance tapes to computers, eggs, whatever they could find as part of the

investigation. bieber was questioned yesterday and will likely speak to him through his lawyer. >> there is a victim in this case who had extensive damage done to their home and that is a serious incident. you would not like your quality life, nor anybody would could be put in upheaval such as that. >> i certainly hope it doesn't continue. we didn't do the search warrant to send a message. that's not what we do but we hope maybe, understanding the gravity of this will change some of the behavior. >> reporter: as part of the search officers say they found what they believe were drugs inside the home. first reported cocaine and one of bieber's buddies little za was taken into custody and beat up a phone and arrested for vandalism with now two felony charges. they it may be cocaine. they're not sure what it might be. it may be molly or one of the drugs popular at l.a. drug scene. this is continued problems bieber has in the neighborhood.

30 miles north of downtown. more affluent people live there. former football players live there. he is known for racing his lamborghini at high speed where children play and people are taking it very seriously. jon: adam housley, take stay on it for us. thank you. >> are you back at the gym with a new year's resolution? looking at you, jon scott. jon: i am going to get there, yeah. jenna: a new study looking at the effects of extreme exercise with some potentially surprising results. we'll bring that to you. we'll introduce to you one big seahawks fan who's truly coming out of his shell. female announcer: get beautyrest, posturepedic,

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jon: well a stunt in australia

goes very wrong when a man tries to swim with the sharks using a bird cage as his shield. how did that turn out? patti ann browne live in the new york city newsroom with the results. >> reporter: luckily it turned out okay. it was close. sean harrington and his twin brother dean have a website that have extreme video suns described as the jackass of australia. this almost got him killed. he put a bird cage on for protection and jumped off australia's north coast where a shark was spotted. the shark went right for him and used the cage to fend off the eight foot tiger shark. >> turn around at you. [bleep] [screaming] [bleep] [screaming] [bleep]

>> reporter: well the cage was not reinforced steel type typically used by shark divers. it was a flimsy 50-dollars bird cage and needless to say it wasn't working so the terrified sean scrambled back on the boat. >> never seen sean jump in the boat so fast. probably one of the stupidest things he has ever done. >> i was laughing how scared he was but i'm glad he didn't lose his leg. >> reporter: that was his brother there. tiger sharks have more than 50 feet and are known as the garbage disposal of the ocean because they will eat anything. they don't typically target humans deliberately. scuba divers have been known to swim with them. this shark was angered because he had a hook in his mouth because of a different stunt. they perform many crazy stunts to bring attention to their surfing and clothing line the mad hueys. his wife is not amused. she said he will be in the

doghouse so long he might as well get it renovated. jon: his brother instead of reaching out to help him videos the whole thing. >> reporter: all about the business. jon: patti anne, thanks. jenna: a new study look as the over all effects of extreme exercise by zeroing in on ultrarunners who cover distances longer than the 26.2 marathon distance revealing a little bit how our bodies endure with more exercise. might pale surprise you. joining us dr. kevin campbell from the university of north carolina. we've done a few stories where extreme running is an issue for the heart. you talk about that as a cardiologist. what did this stanford focused study found about extreme exercise? >> they took a control group of sedentary people and compared them to the ultrarunners. they asked everything about from their heart health, their lungs, their prostates, their sleep patterns and then their raining and what they found the

ultraathletes did so much better in terms of heart attack stroke risk. less than 1%. very, very low risk. jenna: as they said they asked them all the embarrassing questions you don't want to answer. >> exactly. >> i thought it was also interesting that the ultrarunners in the runners were absent from work less than american adult because accident or injury but might be for the mentality of marathon runners, because i don't need anybody's help and go to the doctors. >> exercise boosts immunity. when you have a better immune system that is more easily able to fight off infection you will stay healthy longer. this study is important an tells us you can train hard and live a long time with good health. jenna: it showed the younger ultramarathoners did actually worse than those doing it for years and years. >> right. that was the surprising start. the younger you are, the more likely you are to get injured. i think older people have enough good sense to stretch, not push themselves so hard and plod along to get the job done but

you don't have to sprint. jenna: experience with age what you're saying. >> exactly. jenna: always comes up, especially when folks look at new exercises for year ahead. better to start running an jogging or is it better to hit the weights? interesting study looked at women and use of weight liftingg when it comes to specific disease. i know you're a lifter, dr. campbell. tell us about this particular study. >> we've known for a very long time, aerobic exercise, 150 minutes a week is very important to reduce obesity and heart disease and type 2 diabetes where your body doesn't respond to insulin well. in this study they added one hour a week of weight lifting. what they found in the women their rates of diabetes was very, very low. it seemed to increase lean muscle mass which made their ability to respond to insulin and resist development of type 2 diabetes. jenna: as a cross sitter, big take away from the studies is what? >> do something, get up, move. shake it up.

not just aerobics. not just weight lifting. something together, everything in moderation. jenna: just a little shot to prove to our viewers. you're looking tough there, dr. campbell. looks pretty serious. you like cross fit, huh? >> it keeps you young. jenna: that's for sure. dr. cam we, great to see you as always. >> thanks for having me. jenna: jon, 100 miles on the weekend no big deal. that is what dr. example says. jon: maybe on my bike. jenna: that sound pretty good too. jon: you can find seahawks fans where these days. meet marshawn pinch. he is a herm met crab. lives at seattle aquarium, a big seahawks fan known for his beach mode. he is named for marshawn lynch also known as beast mode. marshawn pinch has his little helmet to go with it. new developments with the keystone pipeline to tell you about. what canada is doing now and why the u.s. could lose that oil to

asia. plus a daring coast guard rescue of four crewmembers stranded on a sailboat with no power and no steering.

jenna: just hitting noon on the east coast, another bombshell report on the benghazi report. jon: intelligence may report on the attack and libyan conflict has just been released. it does. what the obama administration told americans after the incident. the report finds the u.s. should have anticipated and prepared for an attack. benghazi was under resourced. no u.s. monetary forces were in position to intervene to help. the libyan guards on site that night did nothing. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were murdered and the victims families have been pleading for answers ever since.

joining me now, kt mcfarland, security analyst and former deputy assistant in the reagan administration. the report out just this morning 85 pages, i don't know if you had a chance to read through it all, but are there any surprises to you? >> it is a bombshell. they concluded the attacks on benghazi were preventable. americans died and that could have been prevented. that is a bombshell. they say the reason is the state department did not tell the military had a consulate, the intelligence community did not sure what they knew about the al qaeda affiliates in the region. nobody was talking to anybody, and yet they should have been talking to one another. it is no longer a phony scandal. we have now gone past that, demonstrable proof from a bipartisan senate committee this is not a phony scandal, this is a real thing.

my conclusion is it is time for a special prosecutor for at least the house of representatives to appoint a special flight committee to get to the bottom of this because every week there are more unanswered questions about what really happened and why. jon: there are also conclusions vividly highlighted in this report the administration has not been helpful to the senate investigators. the committee notes the intelligence community state and department of defense provided the community with hundreds of key documents throughout this review, although sometimes with a significant amount of resistance from the state. this lack of cooperation unnecessarily hampered the committee's review. they are still not coming forward with the evidence even to a u.s. senate committee. >> they are stonewalling. there is demonstrable evidence the president knew there was a

planned attack by an al qaeda affiliate. there is a lot more information we are now getting out, it is time for a special prosecutor. i was in the white house during watergate, you don't want to give over documents that will make you look dopey or that you make mistakes, but in this case people died. the only way america will get to the bottom of this american people are going to know and the families will know why their sons died as if there is a special prosecutor who has ability to subpoena witnesses, whistleblower protection to them and get to the bottom of this otherwise the cover-up will continue, the files will be buried and nobody will ever know. jon: that is one of the conclusions of the report, but the glaring finding, finding number one, in the months before the attacks on september 11, 2012, intelligence committee

provided ample strategic warning that the security situation in eastern libya was deteriorating and u.s. utilities and personnel were at risk in benghazi. intelligence was providing the information, it is just nobody appeared via the state department was listening. >> that is the smoking gun, jon. intelligence was provided, so the question becomes why did the state department not act on that intelligence, why did they look the other way? my apartment building a new york city has more at his security september 11 anniversary than the consulate in the most dangerous part of the most dangerous part of the world. so why? there are a lot of unanswered questions. we have more and more unanswered questions. we have a smoking gun, demonstrable proof the attacks should have been prevented. the american people are out and explanation.

jon: that will get blasted in the report in terms of the accountability for what happened and the search for the attackers. nobody has been arrested in connection with that attack. >> correct. jon: we will continue to keep an eye on this and bring you any more information as we see it. kt mcfarland, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: in the meantime, congress trying to prove he can still get things done. the house expected to pass $1.1 trillion spending bill keeping a government-funded through october and avoiding another government shutdown. the money will also go to projects coming from both sides of the aisle including the military and highway projects and the president's proposal to back preschool education. >> former defense secretary robert gates speaking out about his controversial new memoir. in the book "duty" he talks with tension over foreign policy. earlier on fox and friends, gates was ask about the threat

to national security today. >> it was apparent from the book would like to see less micromanagement from the white house, but as much as anything, it is a message to congress as well about how damaging their approach and the way they are conducting their business is to the national security of the united states. people ask me what is the greatest threat to american national security today, i say this encompassed within the two square miles that involved the capital and the white house. meaning the paralysis, the sequestration of the defense budget, on and on. jon: president obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton admitted their opposition to the iraq surge was political. jenna: there is growing outrage today over change at the veterans affair that could have major impact on veterans

disability benefits. currently veterans are required to file disability claims by contacting va. they want require them to register online or complete a handwritten note instead. something critics say will put a major strain on our nation's veterans. griffin joins us this morning with more on this. jennifer, can you explain a little bit more of that reaction from the veterans group of this proposed change? >> yes, jenna. the biggest change is all veterans would have to apply on a standardized form online. veterans and veterans groups are up in arms. instead of helping veterans come and will prevent older veterans who don't have access to the internet from getting their benefits and younger veterans with traumatic brain injury from easily filing a claim. >> we have concerns because the average age of the american veteran is 64 years old according to a study in 2011.

the 2010 census reported 55% of americans 55 and older don't have regular access to the internet. >> the va moving in this direction is absolutely the right way to go. but to penalize veterans who don't have the capability for the opportunity of resources to file a claim electronically sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars is too much. it is too severe. jenna: the amount of time to fill out these forms and provide the documentation required would cause them to lose up to a year of benefits. jenna: why does the va sadist necessary to now do it this way? >> for dozens of years veterans have been able to make a disability claimant asked for benefits in a variety of ways. physically sending a a paper request outlining their injury. they could even submit on the back of a napkin as long as it was stated. this led to a chaotic system.

the va wants him to submit a standardized electronic claim. they say veterans would have a year to complete the form and submit the claim. this is a quote from a statement. the va want to make it as fast and easy as possible for veterans and their survivors to file for and receive an accurate decision on their claim. this proposed rule would require the use of standardized forms to help streamline the claims process and modernize the va system to make sure veterans and their family receive the benefits they need more quickly. the va says it will help them deal with 400,000 backlogged claims. veterans groups means it they won't get paid. jenna: jennifer, thank you. jon: we are following several stories this hour including this. before you fly, colorado doesn't want you getting high. what they're doing at the airport after making recreational pot use legal in that state.

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jon: welcome of the obama administration announcing another delay with the health care law. they are extending the enrollment deadline again with people with pre-existing conditions. this cap being pushed from the end of the month to march 15. just the latest in a series of delays for the troubled rollout of obamacare. joining me now, staff writer for "the hill." this is for people with pre-existing conditions, they are pushing it back. can you explain why? >> sure. this program for health insurance for people who could not obtain it on the private market because they were terminally ill. it was before the affordable care act protecting patients kicked in at the beginning of this year. federal health officials are telling us is they felt people within this program should have until the end of the regular enrollment period to sign up for coverage.

they are terminally ill. they may be undergoing treatment for cancer and don't want to interrupt their own medical coverage at this time, so i think it is important to distinguish between this kind of a delay, which is ultimately meant to serve consumers, and the delays in other parts of the rollout where the administration simply could not get its act together by a deadline. jon: whatever the reason, does not make them look competent enrolling this thing out. >> no, that is exactly right. it is important to understand even though some of these delays will affect consumers, especially the most vulnerable patients in the health care system, it is still a series of delays that tend to be confusing for people in the public who are merely trying to understand when they need to sign up for health care coverage. the diminishing returns on changes like this because as people hear about a delay here, a delay there, it is very difficult to have a new health care world.

jon: will these people who need more time be given more time to shop for new plans, or are they people who had pre-existing conditions and got kicked off of an earlier health plan and now need a new one under obamacare that is required? >> it is both, frankly. it applies to people under the pre-existing conditions insurance program. these are the people we're talking about even though many people signing up for coverage are not part of that program which currently has about 30,000 members are going to be receiving health insurance coverage for the first time because again insurers cannot discriminate against people with sicknesses or pre-existing conditions now under this law. jon: there are about 30,000 of those affected by this extension, but yet another extension, more than one dozen of them of various aspects of the limitation of obamacare.

jenna: that is exactly right. requiring larger firms to offer health insurance to their workers. that was supposed to kick in the beginning of this year and won't until next year. the administration delayed the rollout of the online insurance exchange for small businesses, small businesses supposed to be able to go online and compare plans in a way similar to people who visit healthcare.gov, that has been delayed another year. the rollout has not gone well for the administration. they have had a lot of trouble meeting these deadlines. in some cases obam people will benefit. jon: elise viebeck, thank you. jenna: a brand-new report showing america leading the way in the global economic recovery. next we will take a close look at the findings and if our economy has come to a turning point. plus, voting on a new constitution today. why a yes vote 50 the country face the same kind of political

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jenna: egyptians are voting for a second and final day today on a new constitution. egypt's military is behind this referendum hoping it will pave the way for the general to be president. they say this to get back the government that unseated morsi. they say could lead to more trouble with the ideals leading to democracy. as congress of post to pass a spending bill that would give $1.5 billion to egypt. michelle is a senior associate

the endowment for international peace and a cochair of the working group on egypt bipartisan group. it is nice to see you. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: in relation to the potential aid that could be going to egypt, you have been quoted saying there's a sense of our administration and other lawmakers sort of giving up on egypt. what do you mean by that? >> what i mean is this new bill gives the administration a great deal of freedom to restore all the aid to egypt, some of which has been suspended at the military coup this summer. it egypt carries out the minimum steps it is going to do, constitutional referendum happening right now, the legislation doesn't even require that the elections are free and fair or a real restoration of democracy. these changes in countries like egypt and other places are going to be long and hard.

the united states is having a hard time developing a sustainable policy. how do we encourage the emergence of democracy and economic prosperity over the long run? it seems like we're giving up already. jenna: one of the things i come up with his egypt elected controversial as it was a member of the muslim brotherhood, mohammed morsi. that raised questions about his power and questions about whether or not we are loyal to egypt or loyal to promoting administrations in other countries that are loyal to us. how do you think the balance should be when democracy can elect people that you and i don't agree with? >> morsi was a very effective president, he became very unpopular and the muslim brotherhood while they were in power did undemocratic things trying to concentrate too much power in their own hands. what they should have been allowed to do is fail through elections coming up. parliament elections coming this

fall. instead the military used this wave of popular discontent to step in and completely tried to crush the muslim brotherhood, to call them a terrorist movement and to carry out a very large campaign not only against them, this campaign has expanded to the young revolutionaries who led 2011. we are seeing are a solution to the military here. jenna: it is not just about the aid we are giving this year, but money over the last several decades. if the military does take control in an election, what do you think we would be investing in? what kind of a government? >> what we want for egypt is for it to be a reliable security ally for the united states and a good peace partner for israel. they can only do those things if it is reasonably stable. it will only be reasonably stable if the government is able to meet the needs of the people. that means economic prosperity,

a reasonable level of respect for human rights and political freedom. unfortunately the military government in power now, the defense minister becomes president or controls things with someone else out front as president he is taking egypt down toward persistence instability. that will mean egypt is not going to be able to be the partner we want it to be. the united states should not be using his aides to encourage an ally going down a path of instability. jenna: we were talking about benghazi today, libya of cores e in neighboring country to egypt and a lot of questions about libya, but here is a quick map of the area. we talked a lot about our intervention in syria, in iraq as well. how do you think our actions or lack thereof set a precedence for how we are approaching others in the region overall? >> what has happened in egypt

has already had its effect in other countries. people see that there was a democratically elected government however unpopular in egypt that it was overthrown and the united states didn't do anything much about that. unfortunately it is feeding into this narrative the united states doesn't support democracy, it only cares about its narrowed interests. buthat is not in our interested democracy will take a long time to emerge in this region. we have to find a way to find a way while we continue to work with government in counterterrorism and security of israel and other critical interest. jon: michelle, great to have your thoughts today. jon: more on international relations. looks like the keystone pipeline is going through. just not through the u.s. why canada cannot wait to start building, and who could get that oil now.

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jenna: new poll numbers out today showing a majority of

americans do not trust the government running health care. according to "investors business daily", 67% of you don't think the government is up to the task while only 31% say they think the government can make it work. a few percentage points are undecided. this is op-ed warning to readers in the same publication what is still to come with the new health care law. quote, confusion, bureaucracy, delays, crony capitalism, taxpayer bailouts, this is what health care under government control looks like and this is the beginning much the author of that bright prospect down the road, the senior writer for investor's business daily. this is just the start of you believe. what do you see coming down the road? let's just start with this year? >> there has been obviously a very rough start to this law and doesn't look like it will get much better this year. it will be a lot more cancellations. a lot of employees are going to find that their employer plans

are being canceled because businesses won't be able to afford the insurance under obamacare. so you're likely to see a new wave of cancellations later this year. later in the year, when people start to renew their policies under obama care, it is very likely that they will be higher than they are now, in part because not enough young people are signing up for policies. jenna: taking a look at editorials that support the health care law. as i was preparing to talk to you. i know you've been critical of the health care law. when you look at those that argue this is going to work out, there are two main arguments if you will. we'll start with one of them. one of them says, listen this is all like big government problems, medicare part b, rough start but it will get better. what do you say to that? >> part-d had a rough start. it is very popular. it had a rough start, people like it. medicare had a rough start and

seniors generally like it. there is important difference between a program like part-d and obamacare. the main thing part-d provide ad benefit seniors didn't have by and large. second it was voluntary. seniors do not have to sign up for part-d. if there were glitches or problems, it was an issue that seniors could choose to devolve themselves with. in this case obamacare is mandatory. you're required to buy insurance under the lay or pay a tax penalty. i think there is a big difference in terms of the long-term implications of the popularity of obamacare if, if the costs keep going up and people feel like they're paying too much for a product that they're being required to buy. jenna: here's another big argument that we hear as well. it is easy to forget how bad things were in the past. this is going to improve dramatically the insurance market for folks that have preexisting conditions, that would be uninsurable or young people. what about that argument? >> well, it's good deal,

obamacare is a good deal if you're older and you have preexisting health conditions because it basically asks the young and healthy to subsidize the premiums of the older and sicker. the issue is if young people don't sign up and early evidence is that they're not signing up in sufficient numbers, then the insurance pool is too expensive. that means that rates will go up and a few more people will drop out. there have been eight states that have done the same reforms that obamacare is enacting right now and the experience is pretty much the same in all of them. you see a rate spiral as young people stay out of the market. and it attracts only the older and sicker. so, it's possible that will happen with obamacare. jenna: interesting. the administration still looks at numbers they're getting. says they are solid at this time and we have a couple months left until the real, real deadline of people signing up this year. john, let me circle back to the

poll numbers you put out from investor's business daily as we conclude here. one of the things you point out in the article. it is not just critics of the administration, republicans losing faith in the government to run the health care plan. it is also democrats as well. i wonder in your opinion is the biggest damage from your legislation, again in your opinion, what it is going to do to our health care system or what it may potentially do to the way we really feel about our government overall? >> i think it is a combination of the two. to the extent this law doesn't work, you are already seeing distrust in government rising and you're seeing distrust in the government's ability to manage health care rising. in fact among democrats the number went up from 34% in december who say they distrust the government's ability to run health care up to 44% in january. so it's a big leap in one month. so i think that the two are hand in hand to the extent because obamacare is such a huge program and it is so well-known, to the

extent it doesn't work it will make people much more skeptical about government's ability to do anything big. jenna: we would love to have you back in a few weeks, maybe a few months. maybe sooner than that. let's check in to see how this progresses and see how some of your predictions go over the next several weeks and months. >> looking forward to it. jenna: thank you. jon: the keystone pipeline extension still seems to be a pipe-dream here in the u.s. but now canada is moving forward with a plan to move oil that would have come to the u.s. from alberta to the coast of british columbia where it most likely will be shipped to asia. the obama administration blacked for foot-on the pipeline as this oil might go overseas. dan springer live in seattle with a look at that. >> reporter: jon, what is perfectly clear canada is not just waiting around waiting for the u.s. to approve the keystone xl pipeline. producers in canada will get massive amount of oil in oil sands to market one way or the

other. keystone has been in limbo over five years. that is how long the u.s. state department has been studying the project. it has to approve the pipeline because it would cross a u.s. border. but while environmental review drags on a whole new pipeline from alberta to the british columbia coast has been developed, reviewed and now approved by canada's energy board. it is waiting afinal approval by prime minister stephen harper. >> this oil is going to be produced the question is is it going to asia to benefit their people or will it come to its largest trading partner in this case the united states to benefit our people, to employ americans? >> reporter: the enbridge pipeline as it is called is expected to carry half million barrels of oil per day to tankers that would ship it mainly to china but canadian producers don't call it plan b they say there is enough oil to fill enbridge, keystone xl and a third pipeline going east through canada. analysts expect production in

the oil sand to nearly triple by 2030. that has environmental groups on both sides of the border fuming. greens in canada still holding out hope they can block all the pipelines. >> many of us see this as a much larger movement for doing something about climate change, trying to be responsible in the world that we live in today. >> reporter: we asked but the u.s. state department would not give us a timetable for a decision on keystone xl although many believe 2014 will finally be the year, still president obama will have the final say. jon? jon: dan springer in seattle. thanks, dan. >> reporter: okay. jenna: brighter days ahead for the global economy in 2014 according to the world bank that raised its forecast for global growth for the first time in three years and it says the united states is a big factor, perhaps a leading factor in its outlook. our fox business network sandra smith is here with more on that. >> thanks jenna. the rosier outlook may suggest that the world economy may be

breaking free from the long and slow recovery we've been in since the global financial crisis. the world bank predicts that global gdp will expand 2.3% this year, full percentage point higher than 2013. that is also by the way higher than the 3% growth it forecast just last june the global economy has reach ad turning point says the bank as fiscal policy uncertainty no longer weigh heavily on richer economies such as the u.s. where the world bank is forecasting growth of 2.8% in 2014 that too up a full percentage point from last year. the bank's chief economist suggesting for the first time in five years there are indications that a self-sustaining recovery has begun among high-income countries suggesting that they may join developing countries as a second engine of growth to the global economy. they include a sharp rebalancing in china, protracted recovery in the eurozone and fiscal policy uncertainty here in the u.s. the

u.s. federal reserve starts winding down its monthly bond buying or stimulus program this month though it expects to keep interest rates low for at least another year. the world bank acknowledges that interest rates around the world will eventually begin to rise but says that will only cause minimal disruptions for developing countries. jenna, jon? jenna: pretty good overall assessment. >> a bit different than usual. jenna: we'll take it when we can. jon: a rosy outlook is a good thing. a new life or death battle in texas after a pregnant woman is declared brain-dead. her husband is in a fight with the hospital over whether to pull the plug keeping her alive. we'll update you on that very sad case. plus the coast guard called on to rescue a sailboat far from shore. an amazing video to show you next.

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jenna: the boat was headed to british virgin islands in new york. they got the support they needed but wow. jon: coast guardsmen and women do amissing jobs. amazing rescues out there. legal life or death battle at a texas hospital. march lease munoz who was 14 weeks pregnant fell unconscious last november. since then the doctors pronounced her brain-dead. her husband says in this situation neither one of them would want them to stay on life-support. the hospital says under state law they can not pull the plug on a woman who is pregnant. casey stiegel live in dallas with an update for us. casey. >> reporter: it is a heart-breaking story and one that sparked a heated debate across this country. should a pregnant woman be kept alive against her wishes with the slim hope of trying to save her unborn child? now we should tell you there are some documented cases around the world where a child has been born to a brain-dead mother and

survived but the majority of the documented cases show the baby only living a month or so. 33-year-old marlese munoz was 14 weeks along when she went into a vegetative state according to her family. she is in the 21st week of pregnancy in the john peters smith hospital in fort worth. most experts agree a fetus is not viable until the 24 or 26-week mark. her family is suing the hospital hoping a judge will order her doctors to discontinue life-support but the hospital is not budging for now. >> we followed the law. so whether it is state or federal law, if it applies in health care in the setting of a hospital we will abide by the law of the land. >> they're pointing to the texas health and safety questioned and it states that a person may not withdraw life sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient. however, the family is arguing she is no longer a patient by

definition because she's deceased. now this decision really struck a chord with pro-life advocates. the priests for life organization relating this statement to fnc. it reads in part and i'm quoting here, the lawsuit launched by eric munoz is nothing less than an attempt to kill his wife and unborn child. it's a sad mockery of the meaning of fatherhood and of love, life and law. we should tell you attorneys representing the munoz family declined to comment on camera. they're waiting for their day in court, jon, to be continued. jon: a heart-breaking story. casey stiegel in dallas, thank you. jenna: you can run but really can't hide these days. coming up how a growing number of u.s. police departments are turning to drones to track down ordinary criminals right here at home. ♪ hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain.

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jon: new details out today, revealing u.s. law enforcement agencies are using more drones when staking out suspected criminals right here at home. police departments are borrowing these devices from agencies like the u.s customs & border protection. experts say it won't be long before drones become a common tool in everyday police work. can you give us some examples of how agencies are using these borrowed drones, craig? >> sure. all sorts of law enforcement agencies, mostly federal but also state and local, as you can

imagine, find drones to be potentially valuable tool for conducting surveillance, looking for drug operations, trailing suspects in suspicious cars but also natural disaster response and customs and border protection is one of the few agencies in the united states that has permission from the faa to fly drones for that purpose in the u.s. jon: well, and military drones are not available. they're prohibited, right? the defense department is prohibited from using its drone in us air space? >> for law enforcement. they can train and test them but in terms of law enforcement, customs and border protection is one of the very few agencies with permission for safety reason to fly these things in us air space, that's right. jon: these have some very powerful tools on them. infrared radar cameras that can see at night, all that kind of thing. do i have to be worried if i go out in my backyard i will be

monitored by some kind of a law enforcement drone? >> well, i think that is a legitimate question, and one that will come up more more and more often's the government does open up us air space to drones. congress passed a law, saying it wants us air space open to commercial and drone traffic starting next year. it will take a few years to implement the safety standards. law enforcement agencies are increasingly going to do this. that's a big question. what are the guide lines, what are you the laws in terms of who, where, they can contact surveillance, of who, how long they can keep the video for. right now it is mostly limited to along the border but the border being anybody in the united states who lives within 25 miles of the northern or southern borders. that is where customs and border protection flies its drones. that is a big part of the u.s. population lives there already. jon: the appetite for this kind of thing among law enforcement agencies is apparently huge. reportedly according to document

that is the electronic frontier foundation got through a freedom of information act request, there were 76 missions that customs and border patrol flew for other agencies in 2010. in 2011, that number caught group pelled. so clearly some of these agencies get a hold of these things and find out what they can do. they want to keep using them. >> that's right. now, customs agents have to fly for them. these other agencies don't have their own drones. they're essentially provided for them on loan but there is no question there's a huge pent-up demand for this. law enforcement agencies have been trying to get their own certificates from the faa to fly them. again, once airspace opens up, every, pretty common sight now police departments fly helicopters, things like that. they are expensive. they need pilots. can only stay in the air so long. much cheaper to acquire drones and stay aloft much longer and cameras and sensors they have

are very powerful tools. they can see all sorts of distances and beam video to the ground immediately. jon: something like the search for the tsarnaev brothers in boston and its suburbs could they have called in a drone with infrared capability that might have found him hiding under that boat cover a lot earlier? >> that is speculation whether a drone would have found him. a lot of people were on the ground looking for these guys, and if you're under a boat, i don't know something from the sky would be able to see that but certainly law enforcement types say that kind of scenario, they want to be able to use drones for, conduct surveillance from the air over wide areas at one time. some of these cameras can cover periods of several miles at once. and give them zoomed in when they need close-ups. so again, it is cameras and these sensors are very powerful. that is law enforcement see that is as something that gives them a reallying up. jon: privacy concerns as well in

a lot of quarters. craig whitlock, who covers national security issues for "the washington post." thank you. >> sure thing. thank you. jenna: nerves of steel, that captain "sully" sullenberger pulled off a nearly-impossible save that day. a look at the landing five years after the miracle on the hudson. ♪ [ male announcer ] evenore impressive than the research this man has at his disposal is how he puts it to work for his clients. morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. co on in. [ male annncer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. [ male annncer ] it's how edward jones progress-oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on progresso.com.

hard to believe but today we are marking five years since the miracle on the hudson. that's when captain sullen berger and the crew is expected to join those rescuers. captain sullenberger making the split decision to put his jet down on the freezing refer after geese knocked out the pow thanks to his excellent pilot skills and quick thinking all passengers and crew made it out

alive. he department have to put the plane on the ground in a crowded new york city. >> we appreciate that. and i bet you can a lot more. >> he did an amazing job. he did. thanks for joining us. >> have a great day. america nows headquarters starts right now. thanks, guys, the president's remarks on the economy on the stump in raliegh, north carolina. welcome to hq. i am bill hemmer. >> and i am alisyn camerota. it is the president's first trip outside of the beltway. there will be a noticeable absence. democratic senator skipping theentious vent to stay in dc. brett hume is the analyst. great to see you. >> thank you, alisyn. >> should we read going to senator hagan skipping this? >> yes, she is in trouble and