♪ what's in mind we just got word that the video has been changed online. the controversial allah sign was plur blurr blurred out on youtube. see you tomorrow. fox news alert. north crow yaw said to be flexing its muscle yet again. south korea saying the north fired four short-range missiles. the response seen by many in response to military drill by u.s. and suit korean forces there. kim jong-un government asked that the military exercises be postponed. we're watching breaking developments throughout the hour. after days of protests and pressure from across the political spectrum, arizona's governor jan brewer makes her decision and vetoes the controversial religious freedom bill. that law would have allowed business owners to deny service

based on their religious beliefs. that is developing today. as we say good morning. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america ace newsroom. martha: booed morning bill. i'm martha maccallum. after meeting with both sides, governor brewer believes she made the right decision. >> with every proposal thats my desk and i gave careful evaluation and consideration especially senate bill 1062. i call them like i see them, despite the cheers and the boos from the crowd. bill: the day after, claudia cowan is live from phoenix with more from that there. good morning, claudia. >> reporter: good morning, bill. governor jan brewer is being applauded by gay rights groups and roundly condemned for those supporting religious freedom. quieting the emotional uproar over this controversial bill that put arizona in the national spotlight. governor brewer vetoed senate bill 1062 late yesterday after meeting with lawyers, citizens

and lawmakers. in the end deciding that the measure was a devisive solution to a problem that didn't exist. >> senate bill 1062 does not address a specific or present concern related to religious liberty in arizona. i have not heard of one example in arizona where business owners religious liberty has been violated. >> reporter: opponents called the measure, state-sanctioned discrimination because it would have provided legal protection to business owners with strong religious beliefs who refuse to do business with certain customers. not so who argue those on the other side. they called it small change to existing law that covers religious freedom. supporters said over and over the bill would not create new opportunities for discrimination but would allow a business or individual to cite the law as defense if they were sued for refusing to cooperate with people whose lifestyle they didn't condone on religious ground. the family research council which supported the measure,

said brewer caved to cultural bullies but the business community is relieved as are some of brewer's fellow republicans including several senate members got the legislation passed in the state legislature and reversed course and called the whole thing a mistake. the bill has left arizona divided. the state legislature is divided and bruised as well. i'll tell you football fans are happy, bill, because the nfl threatened to pull out having the super bowl in phoenix if this measure became law. bill: there was that threat. claudia cowan leading coverage in arizona. martha? martha: mixed reaction coming in on this decision. former governor mike huckabee said it would make discrimination harder in his opinion. on closer examination seems to be a lot of outrage over very little. "star trek" actor and gay rights activist, george takei tweeted, this picture of air sown's flag, open for business to everyone.

reality star, josh dugger, oldest son of bob and michelle on 19 kids and counting. politics over principles. jan brewer had two days, until saturday to make the decision i believe. i believe this is what most people expected. bill: we thought it would get down to the wire. it did in the. that is the story from arizona today. four minutes past the hour. martha: fox news alert now. rival protesters clashing in ukraine's crimea region. police arrested in riot gear trying to keep the peace. these scenes seem familiar, don't they? pro-russian demonstrations took over a town square much like what we've seen in kiev. the protesters stormed into the local parliament building. the rising tensions spark fears that the mainly russian-speaking east and south will not acknowledge interim authorities. meanwhile ukraine's state prosecutor's said an

international warrant has been issued for ousted president yanukovych. he is wanted in the deaths of 82 people, mainly protesters who were killed last week in the bloodiest crackdown and violence in ukraine's post-soviet history. yanukovych was reportedly last seen we're now hearing in moscow. bill: martha, i want to look at region here now. ukraine obviously an area of concern we've watched for some time. if you advance it one graphic we can show you why there is so much concern about the possibility of a country being, well, split in two. eastern ukraine and western ukraine. what vladmir putin would love to have is access to the waterways down here in the black sea. okay? crimea is an area here that is dominated by ethnic russians. about 52 to 58% according to the last census but that was some 10 years ago. there is a major port here in odessa. another major port down here. if putin had a chance to split

the country, take at least eastern ukraine, he would still have the access to the waterway down here on the black sea and that would be critical for russian strategy trying to get the black sea and eventually out to the mediterranean. that is happening today. also the parliament has approved a new prime minister. that is just crossing a couple minutes ago. so there's a lot of news again out of this country today and should be for quite some time. whether it is split or not. martha: since the end of the olympics, putin seemed to change his stance on a lot of this. we'll talk with bret baier coming up about all of this. meantime the bureau of alchohol firearms and explosives is still having problems keeping track of their own guns. remember the "fast & furious" situation? officers in these cases simply forgot their weapons, left them on top of cars, inside of restrooms in some cases. dozens of firearms reportedly lost or stolen between 2009 and 2013. the atf says many of those

weapons were later recovered if that helps you be at peace with this story. ellison barber, staff writer for the "washington free beacon." ellison what did you find out about this? >> what they found this milwaukee newspaper said 45 guns were reported lost and stolen between 2009 and 2013. atf says we have 2400 special agents. that adds up to being only 1% of the total guns lost. so it is not a rampant problem but what is important to note that it is happening with atf more than any other law enforcement agency. on a large-scale, "fast & furious." they have had a problem with keeping track of guns. in 2008 there was an inspector general. >> reporter: ed on exact same issue, special agents are misplacing or having their guns stolen. so it's a problem that has been happening for a while. it arguably brings up some valid questions in terms of oversight, who is watching this and what are the penalties when they have their guns misplaced or lost? those recently changed.

that raises valid questions whether or not altering that penalty was a good idea. martha: some of these stories, when you look at them, gun on top of a car. later found on an offramp. another an inagent left his car on top of the car and daughter drove off to a friend's house. seems they are pretty careless. >> i can be a careless person, i didn't pack shoes if my suitcase. as writer i make sure i always have a laptop because it is integral to the job i perform. same issue with guns. seems like you have even with a small percent, you still have enough people are being negligent with their weapons i think it raises cause for concern. martha: one thing, i never leave without my smartphone. other stuff you sometimes forget. the important stuff you don't. allison, thank you very much. >> you bet. bill: 8 minutes past the hour now. you heard the horror stories, people who were happy with their health care, losing it but now suffering but harry reid says

that is all lies. reaction from senator john thune on that. plus there's this. >> you don't get to tell your side of the story and not be subjected to cross-examination. that is not the way it works. she waived her right to fifth amendment privilege by issuing an opening statement. she ought to stand here and answer our questions. martha: that is the way it works is the question today, because former irs official lois lerner called back to congress to testify but now she wants immunity. so why would she want that, you have to ask yourself? or she says she won't come. congressman trey gowdy joins us on that. also there is this. >> we can not breathe back here, go. >> please leave all personal belongings behind. we'll let you back on when it is clear. bill: that is where you don't want to be. frightening moments high in the sky. smoke filling a plane's cabin. the crew rushing to open the emergency exits. how this ended in a moment.

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martha: how about this one? dozens of delta air lines passengers were forced off of the plane after the main cabin filled with smoke. >> we can not breathe back here. go! >> please leave all the personal belongings behind. we'll let you back on when, when it is clear off the plane. martha: one passenger captured this scene on her phone as always happens these days in these situations. they're on the ground though by the way. you can hear a flight attendant telling everybody to leave your stuff behind. the flight arrived in oakland from los angeles. no injuries were reported. no word what caused this emergency. it happened before they pulled up to the gates. suddenly whole thing filled up with smoke and everybody was in a big rush to get out as you can imagine and is under investigation now. >> you can claim your fifth amendment right but you can't also make a statement. she waived that right. she is going to come here. now she says she will be glad to come up to capitol hill to give

her immunity. we're not interested in giving her immunity, she may have to pay consequences for what she did or did not do. bill: that is jason chaffetz, congressman from utah talking about lois learn her may find herself in the hot seat again. we told you house republicans want the face of irs scandal to testify next week, next wednesday but her attorney says she will not come back unless a court compels her or shoe you'll she is given immunity. republican congressman tray gowdy sits on oversight committee. >> i'm fine. bill: i'm trying to figure out next wednesday if she shows and sits down and ask her a question and she takes the is a repeat of what happened last may. is it possible? will it happen? >> it can happen, if that happens we'll have to evaluate whether or not to hold her in contempt of congress and could include a visit from the capitol police and could be incarcerated. what is more likely to happen i think is her attorney will do

what he should have done months ago, which is write out a proper bill, write out for us what she would testify to. it is not going to be used against her but it is not immunity. we're never giving her immunity. what he asked for, he comes across as someone who hasn't been to law school. we're not giving her immunity, period. bill: apologize for the interruption here. but if she is asking for immunity, what would that suggest then? >> well, that she is guilty and that we should buy a used car over the telephone. nobody does that. we don't know what she's done. why would you give someone immunity when you have no idea what criminal conduct they have engaged in? i don't know if she killed jonbenet ramsey. why would we give someone immunity when we don't have any idea what criminal conduct they engaged in? you write out a proffer. the prosecutors evaluate. we decide whether we would rather have you as a defendant and a witness. right now i would rather have

her as defendant because i don't think she has any credibility. bill: so no on the immunity issue. what about going to a federal court to compel her, will you do that? >> sure. and then your grandson can ask my grandson how the investigation is going on because that will take forever. if we go to an article iii court and ask them to find that she waived her fifth amendment privilege, the president's going to be back in hawaii and you and i will be doing something else for a living. we need something done in this investigation now. it would be great if the department of justice did what they're supposed to do. jason chaffetz should not be talking about immunity with you. the department of justice should. but they won't do their job so we're going to have to do it for them, bring her back and hopefully, under a proffer she will tell us what she knows about this investigation. and then clear -- bill: clearly, the way you're talking suggests that she is hiding something or perhaps she's hiding a lot. what do you think she knows? >> well, she was the head of the

exempt entity part of the irs. she was the author of the email that we're going to discuss something off plan. she was the one who initially apologized, remember that at that boring aba conference where they leaked this apology. i think she connects this scandal all the way to washington and she is holding out for a better deal but it is not going to be immunity until we know what your testimony would be. and you can't sit there and say you have done nothing wrong and nothing illegal and then hide behind the fifth amendment and expect us to give you immunity. that is not going to happen. bill: i'm just trying, what happens next week then? what do you believe on wednesday morning? what happens? >> she comes. invokes her fifth amendment privilege. darrell issa elects to hold her in contempt of congress and her lawyer smartens up and let's go in the back and discuss a resolution to this. those are two things that can happen. bill: where does it go after

lois lerner? >> you know, bill, i hope that the department of justice at some point takes this investigation seriously because as you know i can't prosecute lois lerner. i can't indict her. i can't put her in prison. only the executive branch can do that and the president after his super bowl interview said there is not a smidgen of corruption. if the doj will not do their job criminally, we'll have to do our job oversight. congress can not prosecute her. we can't indict her and put her in jail except for contempt of congress for not talking. bill: one more point from yesterday's hearing whether or not anybody has been fired. watch. >> how many in the department have been reprimanded or terminated as a result of that latest scandal and scrutiny of various organizations? >> that process is still, there is a review board that leadership from the top on down is all gone at this point. and several of the people are no longer at the irs. bill: i take it, zero?

do you have other information on that? >> i think all of that is latin for zero. not a single person has involuntary lost his or her job despite 12 months of investigation and admitted wrongdoing, no one has been fired. bill: march fifth is the date, next wednesday. trey gourddy, republican from south carolina. >> yes. thank you. bill: martha. martha: remember the anti-muslim filmed that was once blamed for the dead did i terror attacks in benghazi is back in the news again. we will tell you why this morning. plus this. >> i have a lot of -- >> i have the right to give you back. you. >> hit me in the face. >> get off of my -- bill: we're seeing this once a week now. there is brutal attack on a bus driver caught on video. what in the world started this? martha: whoa. >> [bleep] >> get -- [bleep]

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bill: there's a man in custody after a vicious beatdown of a bus driver the violence caught on surveillance camera on board the bus. a bit after warning. some of you may find this video disturbing right here. >> get. get. whoa. [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] >> get out. >> calm down. bill: on it went. you will need more than one guy to get him off the driver. the beating followed an argument after the bus driver ordered the passenger off the bus for using profanity. they used video to i.d. the man in the state of washington. he is facing sought charges. the bus driver is bruised but recovering.

martha: federal appeals court is demand that youtube pull a film insulting muslims off the website. and this is over a copyright complaint this is the same film that the obama administration initially blamed for deadly attack on our consulate in benghazi of the this is a built of a clip of it if you haven't seen it. william la jeunesse with the latest on why this is national news today. of the william, what is going on here? >> reporter: martha, the ruling has nothing to do with benghazi or president obama's ask that youtube remove the film because it is anti-muslim. rather the judge said actress was lied to her about herro, that misrepresentation violated her copyrights. the actress is garcia. they claim producers never told her the film was about muslims. after the it was done her voice was dubbed over and manipulated to predict mohammed, as a fraud, pedophile and womanizer. according to the chief judge

garcia's performance was use in a way she found abhorrent and subjected her to harm and even death. despite that, youtube was told to take it down. but now it has. that pleased the actress. >> i'm thankful to 9th district court. they spent their time, took their time to come up with, justice worked and prevailed for me. that's all i can say. >> reporter: bottom line she read a script for sound of music and the movie turned out to be the "texas chainsaw massacre." and that misrepresentation the judge said violated her rights. martha: obviously we talked so much about this movie and whether or not it had any impact whatsoever on the attack on our consulate, william? >> reporter: right. you know, it did not have anything to do with that, but that is not what of course the administration said. it claimed at the time that u.n. ambassador susan rice said the attack on the consulate in

benghazi was react to this film. that was absolutely not true but it made for a good story. it is true in other parts of the middle east this anti-muslim film sparked violence. but to say it led to the death of four americans is contrary to intelligence reports and what eyes on the ground told their superiors. as for the ruling the free speech scholars said that is stunning precedent. that it would extend copyright claims too far against the first amendment. they worry about censoring speech. this is the ninth circuit. it could be appealed to much broader panel of judges. we'll see if google and youtube do that. martha: william, thank you. bill: big changes will come to supermarkets across america. we'll tell you about the first changes to the food label in 20 years. and then there's this. >> i feel like i've been put into a "sophie's choice" kind of position. i feel at the end of this year we'll be without health insurance. martha: so harry reid calling

people like betsy tandadde are on be our show that obamacare forced her off old plans and at higher costs. he says these people are liars. reaction to the claim that the nightmare stories about obama care are simply not true he says. we'll talk to senator john thune about that coming up next. i do a lot oresearch on angie's list before i do any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust.

bill: markets are opening. 9:30 in new york. fox news alert on the new jobs

numbers are in for the week. the number of americans seeking jobless benefits, they rose 14,000. 348,000 for the week. that is a five-week high, a sign that job growth has been slowing in the first two months of the year. many economists expecting that number of last week's claims to be lower. 348. there it is. martha: well it is all in your head he says. senate majority leader harry reid says all the bad stories americans are telling about their bad experience with obamacare are simply false. >> plenty of horror stories are being old h told, all of them untrue but being told all over america. stories from whole cloth, lies, distorted by republicans to grab headlines or make political advertisements. martha: really? so senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said democrats he believes will do anything to defend obamacare including that. watch. >> they're desperate because every single one of them provided the vote that passed

obamacare. it has been a disaster for the country. they're afraid they will pay the price for it this november. martha: south dakota republican john thune is on the senate finance committee and chairs the senate republican conference. senator, thank you, a pleasure to have you with us this morning. >> good morning, martha. of the nice to be with you. martha: what was your reaction when you heard what mary reed said. it was pretty astonishing the majority leader of united states senate and get on the floor and call americans liars. it was offensive to me and people i represent and insult to hard-working people all across the country suffering as a consequence of this bad law. martha: why do you think he said it? >> i think they're very frustrated. they are getting all these bad stories coming in. you got millions of people who had their coverage canceled. you had millions of people who have seen premiums go up. millions of people who lost their doctor. more recently this last w medicare advantage program, millions of seniors who are having stories coming out about premiums going up and losing

coverage. so it is a really bad story. i think they would like to just live in denial or something but the reality is there are americans all across this country who are suffering as a result of this law and they're sharing those stories. we get them in our office on regular basis. i think every senator does. why it is so, hard to explain why harry reid would go on the floor of the united states senate say what he did. it is an insult to millions of americans. martha: you've got 6.3 million americans who lost the insurance policy that they had. the latest poll numbers for the president show 59% of people are disappointed in the obama presidency. one of the major pieces of legislation if not the major is obamacare, so it has to be representing a big chunk of that. it strikes me as politically not wise to alienate half the country essentially. >> yeah. it is completely tone deaf and, these guys are trying to turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to what

is happening across the country but i think the question should be for other democrat senators, do you agree with your leader? if you don't, why are you not out there defending your constituents and sticking up for them because this really does insult people all across the country. the majority leader of the senate really owes millions of americans apology for what he said. he tried to walk it back a little later in the day. the truth that statement is out there and i think it just shows the hubris in washington, d.c. and why people across this country are so cynical about politics generally but about big government solutions to problems in this country. the democrats in the senate believe this is the perfect solution. how could the american people not like it? how could they have these stories of all the harm being cause the. they're out there. the impacts are real and being experienced by the american people and democrats in washington would like to ignore it and try and suggest that it didn't happen. martha: you can kind of hear the engines revving up for the midterm arguments on this because democrats obviously know

this is going to be a tough situation, a tough issue for them in those elections. we heard harry reid reference the koch brothers and say they were to blame in putting out these stories that he claims are false. that you know, essentially propaganda. that is not the word he used but what he suggested. then you have this statement from president obama yesterday as well. let's get your reaction to this. >> if you reach out to your republican friend who can't stand obama but is, but is basically a nice person and they just, you know, they, you know, but they, you know, they watch the wrong newscasts or -- the work you're doing is god's work. it is hard work. martha: what's your reaction to that? >> well, again i think the president, president's approval ratings ratings are something sagging and looking for somebody to

blame just like the senate democrats here in washington. just like harry reid, they want to blame somebody else for all these stories that are coming in from the people across this country about the bad impacts of their law. they have got a sluggish economy. chronic high unemployment, massive amount of debts piled on. a lot of people who had their insurance canceled, seen their premiums and deductibles go up and lost their doctor, this is a bad story, a bad narrative for democrats generally. i think president is looking to blame the media, to blame fox news. you know to blame republicans and according to harry reid i guess, all these people across the country who are now making these things up. they're looking for anything that would distract from the issues that the american people care deeply about. i think that the democrats are going to have to answer for this year is they run up to these midterm elections. martha: definitely trying to claim the moral high ground and say that republicans and conservatives and people who are against this policy are on the other end of that spectrum. so it is going to be interesting

to see how it all plays out. senator, always nice to talk to you. thank you very much. we'll see you next time. >> you bet. bill: this might be the biggest makeover for food labels we've seen in two decades. the obama administration is proposing changes like highlighting calories and sugar content. elizabeth prann on that live in d.c. what are the changes we could see, elizabeth? >> reporter: well some of the significant examples, bill, are the calorie font size and accurate representation of the serving size. as opposed to two servings normally seize, the 2 1/2 servings in the coke bottle you will see all the calories for one bottle and added sugars and certain vitamin content. if you needed glasses before you will not need them anymore. you will see the number of calories pretty clearly on the side of a box or a bottle. the food and drug administration say the servings now are misleading while fatwas the focus when labels were designed more than 20 years ago, the science has shifted. now the focus is calories and serving sizes. you will also be able to clearly

see the amount of added sugars. many experts recommend consuming fewer of these sugars are better because the calories take away from the intake of nutrient-rich foods. first lady michelle obama is incorporating this in one of the initiatives of the let's move campaign. >> folks are starting to think about what they eat and how active they are so they are scrutinizing labels. they're asking questions. they're changing what they feed their families report or the we'll hear more from the -- >> reporter: we'll hear more from the first lady hours from now. bill: what is the cost to change all of this, elizabeth? >> reporter: but the price tag is pretty huge and it will not happen overnight. it will take maybe years to update all 700,000 products. one administration official estimates the relabeling could cost the industry about $2 billion. that being said officials also say the results will between 20 and $30 billion in health care savings as well as other benefits over the next 20

decades. bill. bill: appreciate it. check out the labels. martha. martha: well as the president is blaming tv networks for his problems there are new polls on how many people are quote, disappointed in this presidency. we'll talk about that coming up. bill: also obamacare may be the big star of the midterms. ads running across the country, for and against the health care law. we'll find out whether or not they're working. ads like these. >> doing fairly well, fighting the canesser, fighting the lukemia and then i received the letter, my insurance was canceled because of obamacare. w, comfort keepers provides a variety of in-home services while truly connecting. comfort keepers. keeping the comforts of home. call comfort keepers now to learn more.

martha: well the boss ton marathon announcing this year it will have a strict, no bags policy. it is of course in response to last year's bombing, that killed three and injured more than 200 people. runners will not be able to bring backpacks, bags, rolling suitcases and strollers. bags will not be allowed in certain areas near the start or

finish line and along the course. they can check gear in clear plastic bags on boston common. bill: they will be running. most americans are still sour on the president and job he is doing. "new york times," poll finds, six in 10 americans are disappointed in the presidency. only 40% said they are satisfied. doug schoen, former advisor to bill clinton is here to defend that, kind of, and monica crowley, radio talk show host and both are fox news contributors. the numbers are not getting better. has to be a reason for that. look at economy. get on record, monica. >> i think obama and his team set up unreasonable and impossible expectations from the very beginning from the 2008 race where this would be a man who would reduce the rise of the oceans and so on. impossible to meet those expectations. i also think rhetoric and some of the mistruths that this team has put in place and articulated over many years now running

smack into reality. so obama care will save you and your family $2500 a year or if you like your plan you will keep it or america will be respected more in the rear world and unemployment will be down to 6.5%. all of those things have not come to pass. all of those people are disappointed and disillusioned. bill: she has a long list. >> she does. bill: when we have more time. can you defend this doug. >> i don't think i can defend it but i think i can explain it. the president has made a political and i dare say idealogical decision to go solidify his base. he is looking to mobilize, disaffected democrats, the ones who came now in 2008 and 2012 and mostly on the left. he is not governing from the center but left-wing perspective to mobilize, union money and. he has given up trying to get the sensible center and just

trying to mobilize a constituency that elected him twice. bill: as a strategist you do that for a reason. you do that because your base is weak. >> that's correct. bill: and you're trying to make sure they are firm before november. now back on the polling numbers. we found this in that "cbs poll." 51% disapprove. that is down five points in a month. in a month. you can continue now. what about the job rating on foreign policy? 48% disapprove. on the job rating on the economy, 5% disapprove. you link that economy number with the jobless number that came out an hour ago and it has gone higher yet again. you're right around the 350 mark. >> that is the key. the number on the economy which is closely related to obama's overall job approval number. the approval number on foreign policy too, less important to the average voter but that was sort of the one thing holding him up was his conduct in foreign policy, national security. that economic number for him, and for democrats by and large, closely tied also to obamacare,

and the failure of that americans are going to be going to the polls in november, bill on those issues, pocketbook issues and they are extremely disappointed. after trillions of dollars in unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus we're still in that kind of a poor economy. bill: doug, on monica's point there, as a democrat, how much does that concern me? >> it concerns me a lot but there are a couple of other things that should be said. the reason why obama has a chance with this strategy is two things. the rating of congress in the poll is 13%. the republican leadership is well below the democratic leadership. the obama administration strategically will just run a negative, scorched earth campaign. given disat faction with the political class and people like senator mitch mcconnell, they believe they have a fighting chance to hold the senate and limit their losses in the house by running away from their economic record with attacks on arguably, equally if not unpalatable republican opposition. bill: monica, you made the point

when the lies meet reality and that what seems to be settling in. >> yeah. i think also there is something else going on. i think that is true as it applies to president obama and the democrats but when you delve deeper into this poll bill, what you see is a wider disaffection with washington in general. there are a lot of establishment republicans ought to be afraid of these numbers as well because the disconnect now is sort of less, left and right and republican versus democrat or conservative versus liberal and more about the ruling elites, the ruling class, versus everybody else. and this makes for a very toxic environment. i think for everybody going into november. bill: you agree. >> absolutely agreeing. in fact that is one of the reasons why the obama administration are positioning themselves on the side of the people for fairness, for redistribution against the republican party, bill, that has no narrative. that has no arguement. that just says no. bill: back on this poll, quickly. 25% of the democrats expressed that disappointment. >> i think they should. bill: are they disappointed in

him and his policies or think he is not liberal enough. >> some say he is not liberal enough. others say they are disappointed in his policies or result of his policies. the fact that there is gridlock and no progress. bill: thanks to both of you. >> thank you. bill: 40% of independents are not happy. >> right. bill: that is really -- >> harbinger of ill for the administration. bill: thank you, doug. thank you, monica. what's next, martha? martha: coming up the poet giving a kiss to a little admirer. why the pontiff's mini-me caused quite a sensation in st. peter's square. look at this little boy. plus this. >> obamacare has me worried. i always put my patients first. taking time to listen and get to know them. bill: many believe this win the obamacare election. how ad wars are centering around one central issue. >> my time be spent navigating a complicated system or helping people get well? what will happen to my patients if i have to close my practice? [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ]

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>> from hollywood, the dating capital of the world, it's ""the dating game"." here is the star of the show, your host, jim lang. >> thank you. bill: that is an american icon right there. jim lang, the long-time host of "the dating game" has left us, dying yesterday at his home in mill valley, california of a heart attack. best known for hosting "the dating game" for more than a decade. look at those guys. here we go, ladies. since 1965 he helped people pick a potential suitor in secret. celebrities like mack call jackson, steve martin, farrah fawcett all appeared on the show. he later returned to radio. his first love as morning disk

jockey before retiring 80 years ago. jim lang lange was 81 years young. martha: you had that then. and hot tubs and fantasy suites. that was a much simpler time. that was first reality shows. send them on a date. tell them how the it was. bachelor number two, bill hemmer. bill: step right up. martha: obamacare has been front and center and will continue to be as we get closer to midterm elections as balance of power is back up for grabs in very real way. both sides are using the affordable care act in ad campaigns as you might imagine to attack and defend candidates. peter doocy is live in washington for us. peter, how involved are these outside groups really in the early ad campaigns we're seeing? >> reporter: very involved, martha, especially the right-leaning americans for prosperity who already spent close to $30 million since late

summer to introduce americans to people they say are victims of obamacare. >> was doing fairly well, fighting the cancer and fighting the lukemia. then i received the letter, my insurance was canceled because of obamacare. >> reporter: that lukemia patient received two pinnochios by "the washington post" fact checker. they say she overstated out-of-pocket costs but she stand by her story and republican strategists say now is the time to introduce voters to people like julie. >> now we have to set the stage for november. remember in the summer, people will be taking off and tuning out and ramping up again after labor day. >> reporter: several republican candidates have ads of their own hitting opponents for votes in favor of the affordable care act martha: what about the democrats, how are they responding, peter? >> reporter: they have some obamacare related ads but not nearly as many.

many candidates in close elections highlighting their support of less controversial obamacare provisions. >> to cut waste and fraud in medicare. >> force insurance companies to cover cancer and other preexisting conditions. >> reporter: democratic strategists predict soon obamacare will be old news. >> to me as more people get enrolled and more people have access to health care, it becomes less of a tangible issue for them. >> reporter: even republican governor bobby jindal warned recently that his party can't blast obamacare. they need to propose new policies as well. martha. martha: thank you very much, peter doocy. bachelor number three. bill: come on down. pope francis came face-to-face with his mini-me. the pope kicking off carnival with a kiss for a 19-month-old sporting this year's must-have costume. looks good. mardi gras marks period before

the lent tin season begins, ash wednesday. the boy's grandmother made the papal costume. it was a gesture of love toward the holy father. martha: he is crying in every picture. the boy is like, aw! bill: great idea. martha: someone tweeted yesterday, todd letter upset because someone wore the same outfit as him. bill: happened to be the pope. martha: we've been covering the story all throughout the week. there is more unrest to tell you about bubbling in the ukraine today as this political divide grows more intense. rival protesters are clashing in another part of ukraine in a key southern region raising concerns of defiance against the new western-leaning government there. bill: bill: many parts of the america getting much-needed rain but that is the picture that results. heavy rain creating very dangerous conditions like those. we'll tell you where next. ...you could be a victim of fraud.

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martha: we are back with this fox news alert. tensionings reaching a boiling point in ukraine as russia begins to flex its military muscle there as well. gunman seize control of government buildings and have now raised the russian flag over that building. welcome, everybody, a lot going on this morning in america's fuse room. bill: i'm bill hemmer, a lot of headlines out of ukraine, a direct challenge to the new western-leaning government in kiev, and as the protests escalate, word oust toed president is hiding in russia, getting protection from moscow and insisting he is still the rightful leader. awl michelle ogg watching all of this, the headlines now and more from london. >> reporter: hi, bill, yeah, a fascinating turn as viktor yanukovych shows up in a five-star hotel and then, reportedly, he's gone off to a

sanatorium or a health farm outside the capital. now, the situation remains tense with clash in the predominantly russian peninsula of the ukraine where the famous y'all that -- yalta talks at the end of world war ii. cruise shut ups ceded it to ukraine in the ukraine in the '50s. russia has fighter jets on the border as part of what it calls regular combat preparedness exercises. parliament has been named with the new prime minister, bill, saying that they have already located missing funds to the tune of $70 billion courtesy of the last government, spirited away, apparently, into offshore accounts. bill: a lot to follow. mar thats has finish martha has more here now. martha: where does the united states stand on this situation? secretary of state john kerry saying that this is not about the united states versus russia.

watch. >> we're hoping that russia will not see this as sort of a continuation of the cold war. we don't see it that way. we do not believe this should be an east/west, russia/united states. this is not "rocky iv." march good of to have you here -- martha: good to have you here, bret baier. they may not want vladimir putin to perceive as a cold war chess game, but perhaps he does. >> yeah. it was interesting to hear the secretary of state it's not rocky iv, you know, 1985, rocky balboa against ivan drago -- martha: very food trivia. >> and and rocky wins in the end. critics are saying vladimir putin may be looking at reruns and wants drago to win this time, and they want the u.s. maybe to have a little bit more

stallone. it's clear that putin is making moves here with his military and all the thing that amy kellogg just talked about. this is happening realtime, hour by hour, and the create mania region -- crimea region is vulnerable. there's stuff happening. the question is what the u.s. will do. just in the past few minutes you had defense secretary chuck nagel in nato saying that it is a delicate time and that nato needs to have very cool, wise leadership and urge the russians to communicate. i just don't know if that's going to happen. martha: you know, you look back, and i think so many people look at this and say, well, we don't want to be militarily loved in this situation, but you -- involved in this situation, but you go back to the cold war and the way reagan used language and american values to make very clear to russia where we stood and which side of the ball we would be on given the choice between, you know, more total tawrn government and a democracy

that the people wanted. the president's not using that kind of language in this situation even. >> yeah. i mean, clearly, the u.s. does not want to escalate this. they do not want to get into, as secretary kerry said, a cold war situation. but the problem is that a lot of people looking at that say putin does want to press the issue and does want to keep ukraine in the fold, and there are so many elements of natural gas and oil that go to europe through ukraine that it's, it's imperative for the e.u. and the u.s. to step up and do something. now, how this develops in the next couple of hours, i think, is really going to be key, and we're looking at a situation that could be something that really spirals into a civil war. martha: yeah. they may not want it to be, but with it may be something that he was to address in one way or the other, so we'll see. also coming up tonight you're going to talk about the five-year anniversary -- hard to believe it -- of the tea party

and that moment when rick santelli on the floor of the chicago merc started talking about outrage and supporting other people's mortgages. what a movement. >> yeah. we'll talk about that on "special report," and you think about all the influence the tea party has had. no matter where your ideology is, it has really been a movement that changed politics in the u.s. a lot of places around the world there are protests that have been about increasing wages and about increasing the retirement age, this was a protest about keeping to the constitution, about reducing national debt. it was very different, and it really took hold in 2010. and how much influence they have now, i think, is really analysis question that we're going to get into tonight on "special report." martha: let's take a look at what ted cruz had to say about coming elections, because he clearly has been one of most vocal people that movement.

>> you don't win elections by rolling over. it demoralizes people. you win elections by drawing a line in the sand, by giving people a reason to show up and vote. look at the last four congressional cycles. in '06, '08 and 2012 we followed leadership strategy of keep your head down, don't rock the boat, don't stand for much of anything, and republicans got annihilated. martha: that's the big debate in the republican right there, right? >> yeah, it really is, and you see this debate playing out all over the country. right now these primaries are starting. just in colorado there is this ken buck stepped down as a challenger to mark udall. corey gardener is the representative that is now going to step into that race. that's the tea party stepping back from that race, it seems. is that a lessening of the tea party's influence? we don't know, but what ted cruz is talking about there, i think, is going to play out over the next few weeks in these primaries all around the

country; georgia, south carolina. we're going to see this realtime in politics. martha: it's going to be a test for the tea party and how strong they still are. we'll look forward to that tonight. good to see you here. >> thanks, martha. martha: see you later. bill: and there was a rocky very too. north korea has fired what are believed to be short range missiles. north korea said to have launched four into the waters off its eastern coach. kim jong un's regime routinely testing missiles but today's launch starts after military drills between south korea and the u.s. closer to home now, extreme weather alert. powerful storms hammering california, bringing much-needed relief to a state suffer suffering from a months-long drought, but that now triggering a huge demand for sandbags and protection from the water. maria molina's on that in our

weather center. >> hi, bill. you know what? the drought across the west so bad, we have about 40% of the western part of the country looking at severe to exceptional drought with some of the worst categories for drought and dry conditions that we've been experiencing for months out here. and when you get very heavy run along these areas, you start to see runoff, the moisture doesn't get absorbed by the soil, so that elevates that risk for mud collides. and the other reason -- mudslides. we're not just expecting one storm system. take a look at lawyers farther -- areas farther west. three storms over the next several days set to impact parts of california and the rest of the west, and these storms really have a lot of heavy rain with them and are also forecast to produce very heavy snow, several feet expected along portions of the sierras out here across california. this is great news in terms of the moisture that we need, however, the drought was so bad, that this is not going to wipe

out the drought, but we'll take whatever we can get. several inches of rain expected across l.a., accumulations possibly reaching half a foot of rain. flash flooding a big concern not just for higher elevations, but even lower down into the lower elevations. and, bill, the wind? gusting up to 70 miles per hour in some of the higherions. lower elevations, 35 mile-per-hour winds possible, so the wind another big component of the story. bill: for parts of that state, they went months without a drop of water. >> yeah, and now -- bill: big change. maria molina in our weather center. martha, what's next? martha: new claims that president obama is crossing the constitutional line over and over again. >> i've got a pen be, and i've got a phone. and i can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. martha: we're seeing what that really means, right? so now one prominent professor says that the president, although he agrees with a lot of

his ideas, is bringing our constitution, he believes, to a tipping point. very serious talk coming up with jonathan charlie. bill: also, stunning new safety concerns after a train explosion forces nearly an entire town to leave their homes. tell you about that. martha: and from glowing pop star to bad boy in under five years. now there's new videos that have just been released showing justin bieber doing the heel to toe walk at jailhouse sobriety test. his celebrity descent, or is it, next. ♪ ♪

bill: you might remember this massive derailment of a train carrying oil may be leading now to changes in how the u.s. transports fuel. a member of ntsb saying that the

rail cars used to ship oil out of north dakota are a, quote, unacceptable public risk. even if the safety of the cars has been voluntarily upgraded. those comments came if december after an accident in which a train carrying oil derailed and then exploded. ♪ ♪ >> i believe we are now at a constitutional tipping point in our system. it's a dangerous point for our system to be in, and i believe that your response has to begin before this president leaves office. no one many our system goes it -- in our system goes it alone. martha: that was constitutional law professor jonathan turley testifying on executive overreach by this president. jonathan joins me now. welcome. great to have you here this morning. >> thank you. thank you. martha: you know, you talk about this as being dangerous, you also say that you have supported a lot and do support a lot of the president's policies, but that you feel we're at a, quote,

constitutional tippin point. explain that for us. >> well, you know, our system is incredibly resilient. it's been through or wars and depression and civil unrest. but the system itself is based on this notion of three bodies that are sort of in orbit, that balance. they're locked together, the three branches of government. and that tripartheid system, as it's called, protects civil liberties, protects individual rights, was with it prevents any one branch from assuming so much power that it becomes dominant. well, what we're seeing -- and it's not, didn't begin with president obama, but it certainly accelerated under president obama -- is the concentration of power in the executive branch. and we are at a point that i consider quite dangerous. it's not that president obama's a dictator, i'm not questioning his motivations, what i'm questioning is his means. we have to stamp act as citizens

and accept that policies change and presidents change. the one thing that can't change is the system that has served us so well. that system is, in fact, changing, in my view. martha: you say we may look back one day and really rue the data everyone sort of sat back and watched this happen. >> i do. what's so surprising to me is that i've watched this destabilization occur over the course of the last two presidents, and there's not been a whimper of regret or opposition of any substance coming from congress. that's something the framers didn't anticipate. they assumed that the three branches would jealously protect their own authority and also protect the other branches from intrusion. martha: yeah. >> we now have two branches that are virtually inert, the legislative and judicial branches. martha: i mean, that's what is so very shocking here. when you talk about the system that was set up, i mean, it didn't ever foresee, i don't think, two of branches just sort of lying down and taking it.

and that's what you saying we're -- you're saying we're watching happen here. >> that is rather curious was one of things -- because one of the things we teach our children in school from the federalist papers is that james madison anticipated ambition would combat ambition. martha: right. >> really they did not anticipate the level of enabling that has occurred particularly through congress where they have of become quite passive as their authority has shifted -- martha: why do you think that is? do they not care? too busy doing something else? why? >> well, it is a good question. one would think that self-preservation alone would dictate some action. i think part of it is is this common view that all is fair in love and politics. we have such a poisonous political environment that members don't seem to want to consider what the long-term implications are of a president who can circumvent the legislative branch, can effectively become a government unto himself. that's the type of danger we're

looking at. and what worries me is that constitutional ground is very easy to lose, but to regain it comes at a very high cost. martha: yeah. i've heard you talk about, you know, the passion, you know, when you were younger or and i think you said you were a page on the hill -- >> yeah. martha: -- people had a passion for the process and a passion for the rules and how almost a religious, you know, feeling about how important they were to maintain. and, you know, we should point out that one of the most egregious examples that you and others have pointed to is the way the president has rewritten the rules of the law on his health care act with congress barely blinking an eye. >> well, it is a great concern because many of these changes are occurring in areas where the president asked for legislation and was rejected. and then he turned around and did it unilaterally. the fact that i happen to agree with some of those policies doesn't change the fact that i think the means are wrong. and you're right, you know, i remember as a congressional page

when there were people walking those halls of congress that did put away party alliances. they did fight more their institution the way james madison really anticipated. those voices are remarkably few in congress, and i was astonished in the hearing when i testified that this was not a point where all members could agree upon. you know, they can certainly disagree on policy, but to watch their power usurped by another branch you would think would concentrate the minds of all members. martha: yeah. i mean, it's shocking really when you put it that way, and perhaps you should run for congress, because -- [laughter] i mean, you know what i mean? what you're saying is that people, members of congress used to say, look, i have my feelings about policy, but even when i agree with what is being done, i can't stand by and watch it happen if it, you know, if it usurps the constitution. so that we're clearly not seeing and perhaps it's reflected in

the approval numbers that are dismally low. jonathan turley, thank you very much. >> thank you. bill: 20 minutes past the hour. it is nearly tax season, oh, joy. are you in a surprise because of obamacare? find out about that next. martha: plus, a school mix-up that has parents fuming. we're going to tell you about the grandpa -- he brought home the wrong kid. it happens, right? >> demanded that immediate disciplinary action is taken against the administration. this unbelievable and terrifying incident that our family has been put through has placed spotlights on our school's lack of security especially during parent pick-up and -- [inaudible]

martha: oh, boy, some connecticut parents are fuming over what's being called a case of mistaken identity after a

5-year-old son was picked up by a confused elder orally man -- elderly man. he was there to pick up his great grandson who is an entirely different child. the man only realized the mix-up when he got home. don't know why little boy didn't say, hey, i'm not supposed to go with you. the boy's mom is outraged. >> he informed me that our son was taken mistakenly home by another child's grandfather. he reassured me that he knows the man and that our son is safe. my husband and i feel at this point the police needed to be notified. martha: oh, boy. the school acknowledged that it was a mistake, and they say they sow that they will -- vow that they will never let this happen again. bill: so the tax man's coming thanks to obamacare. millions of americans might be scratching their heads very soon trying to figure out what they owe uncle sam under the new law.

gerri willis, anchor of "the willis report" and a fox business network is here to give us some guide posts here. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: it's my-up. that a lot of americans -- my hunch that a lot of americans are in for a surprise. >> they're in for a bad surprise. there might be some four-letter words thrown around. middle class people are going to be on the hook, and it's to pay for obamacare. bill: so this was not here in april of 2013, but it is here now in 20. >>, and -- 2014, and what is on the horizon? >> so it's your 2013 tax filing that's at risk here, and here's what we're paying. we're paying more money to support medicare, almost 1%. 0.9% additional on your income, okay? so your salary, your pay. you're going to pay an additional 1% on that to support obamacare. on top of that if you're an investor, you're going to pay more money for capital gains, more money on your investments. if you sell a stock, you make a

whackload of dough, you're going to pay more for that, 3.8%. think about that. this is a disincentive to the investing, in my view. bill: 3.8 president? >> yeah. bill: when you host your show on fox business, are the viewers aware of what's on the horizon? >> we've been pounding the table on because i think there's a big ugly, ugly situation coming up for our viewers. so the people impacted, generally speaking, are making 200,000 as supping l filars, 250,000 joint filers, and it's not going to be pretty. i have to tell you, every accountant i know was telling their clients at end of last year to prefigure their taxes to get ready for what's coming, because taxes are going to be higher. if you have to borrow from somewhere to make that tax payment, they wanted people to be ready. bill: and your big point though is it's a disincentive to invest, which i think would slow down or have some sort of impact on the growth of the economy,

would it not? >> i think this is bad news for the stock market, this is bad news for invest ors, this is bad news for companies, right? who rely on the public markets to raise money on there. so this is not good for the economy, generally speaking, in my view. bill: just yesterday we were talking about the shared responsibility tax. [laughter] the srt. that's when you don't have insurance and you can't prove it and because of obamacare, you are penalized. what's, the $95 or 1% -- >> it's more than that. it's $95 or 1% of your income, whichever is greater. you're making $80,000 out there, it's $800. and that's year. next year it goes up even more to 2.5 -- bill: i need a memo pad to take note of this list here. we're going to stay in touch with you. >> thank you. bull bull we'll let our viewers know what they need to know coming up in april. >> not pretty. bill: thank you, gerri, talk to you later. martha: well, the secret files of the clinton white house are

secret no more. remember all this? thousands of documents that have been hidden from public view are now an open book showing how the president ran the administration along with the first lady, hillary clinton. the revelations in those papers, james rosen going through 'em now, he's coming up next. bill: also, martha, new warnings about the future in afghanistan, and this is serious. talk of a total u.s. withdrawal. it heats up. the grim outlook in a moment with colonel ralph peters. ♪ ♪ okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu.

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martha: revealing the secrets of the cln white house. fox news confirming that a trove of documents in the clinton presidential library in arkansas that has been hidden from public view will soon come to light. chief washington correspondent james rosen's live in d.c. so, james, jump the gun a little bit, they're not ready yet, but what do we anticipate this these documents? jr. martha, good morning. we're talking about some 33,000 pages of documents stored among a total of 78 million pages of paper records, an additional 20 million e-mails, the vast bulk of which haven't even been looked at yet by any archivist, all stored at the clinton presidential library in arkansas.

as was first reported by politico, these documents were withheld for 12 years under standard restrictions and were, thus, supposed to be released a little over a year ago. the p2 restriction has to do with appointments to federal office, and those files could contain sensitive information about nominees, appointees or even perspective candidates for federal posts. np5 covers confidential advice shared between the president and his advisers or amongst two or more advisers to the president. during her own run for the presidency in a debate with then-senator obama, then-senator hillary clinton assured the audience that the archivists at the clinton library were preparing these secret files for public access. >> they are moving, and they are releasing as they do their process. and i am fully in favor of that. now, all of the records, as far as be i know, about what we did with health care, those are already available. others are becoming available, and i think that, you know, the

archives will continue to move as rapidly as the circumstances and processes demand. >> reporter: we have confirmed that about 20-25,000 pages of these 33,000 secret files have been approved by all concerned parties for release to the public sometime after march 26th. martha? martha: it's going to be very interesting to get a look inside of those. in terms of of this level of withholding these presidential documents, is that unusual? >> reporter: well, one presidential historian who has visited half a dozen such of presidential libraries told us it is the case that j. edgar hoover across 48 years of directorship of the fbi and a man known to have a penchant for secrecy did not squirrel away a total of 33,000 pages of secret files. scholar also cautioned us about the actual volume of records that will become public after march 26th. >> i will believe what's released, i think, when you see what's released. because there are all kinds of technical categories of release.

for example, a document is released even if -- it's considered released even if one line of it is unredacted and the rest remains blacked out. >> reporter: one interesting fact here, both former president clinton and the incumbent, president barack obama, had to sign off on the release of those 20-25,000 pages that are going to become public sometime after march 26th, martha. martha: well, folks would be interested in this even if there wasn't the possibility of hillary clinton running for president, but now that there is, they will have an even more interest in, take an interest in seeing those. james, thank you very much. >> reporter: thank you. ♪ bill: there are new questions being raised as u.s. troops get ready for a total withdrawal from afghanistan which is possible by thened of this year. by the end of year. defense secretary hagel saying it could potentially hurt confidence among afghan security forces. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey,

also expressing concerns about the future many that country after president obama ordered preparation. want to bring in lieutenant colonel ralph peters, sir, welcome back here to "america's newsroom" and good morning. >> hi, bill. bill: general dempsey said in this today: it is having an effect on the enemy, and in some ways i think encourages them and intelligence supports that. so then is the president negotiating publicly with karzai to any effect? >> well, no. i think the last phone call to karzai in this week was really to cover obama's political flank. remember, he was criticized for not trying hard enough to get a us of forces agreement with al-maliki in iraq, and he's making sure this time he's got the phone logs that show, well, you know, i called karzai, just couldn't get a deal, but with i gave it the old college try. that said, if we are out of of afghanistan by the end of this year, we need to avoid in this

clientitis. it's not going to be a tragedy for the united states. iran, ukraine, syria, iraq all matter a lot more than afghanistan. the tragedy for us in afghanistan, bill, was that after we did the right thing in 2001 and we just pounded the hell out of al-qaeda and the taliban, we then decided to stay and try to remake a tribal culture in our own image. it was doomed there the start. so while i would prefer to see a residual force of 8-12,000 for counterterrorism and training, if karzai and his people who are increasingly iranian-backed want us out by the end of the year, that tells me no more american casualties, so i say sayonara, dude. bill: really? >> yeah, really. bill: you're okay with that? >> well, you know, you've got to be realistic. what are we going to do? if the afghan government won't sign a status of forces agreement, do we stage a military coup to stay? do we get rid of karzai

ourselves? it's not for us. and, again, there are, there would be penalties more us leafing afghanistan but not -- leaving afghanistan, but not nearly so great as losses elsewhere. again, i say what's going on in ukraine right now matters far more than afghanistan does. so i feel and i've felt more a long time that, you know, you've got to hammer the enemy. the british learned early on in afghanistan the policy is butcher and bull. when they attack you, when today hurt you, you go whack them, then they're quiet for 10 or 20 years. but you cannot, cannot, cannot no matter how many hundreds of millions of dollars, how many american lives you sacrifice, how many troops are maimed, you cannot reform a culture that is perfectly content to live in squalor, corruption and -- bill: we -- >> by the way, the taliban will fight for what they believe, and the afghans we spent tens of billions of dollars equipping and training, if they won't fight for the afghan government in kabul, that should tell you something. bill: we brought you on to talk

about afghanistan. twice you've drifted into ukraine. i would be remiss not to ask you why. if putin were to win or if ukraine gets split into east and west, how much of that hurts our geopolitical strategy? >> well, bill, you just look at a map. if he is able to gobble up all or just half of ukraine which he might settle more half, it just changes the geopolitical land landscape. it does reignite something like the cold war. putin senses that we're weak, and what i'm hearing here in washington, all these people talking, well, it doesn't make sense for him to go in militarily. piewt p doesn't operate on our logic. he's emotional, he's vindictive, he's hateful, and he is now humiliated and embarrassed by events in crew crane, and he wants -- ukraine, and he wants to reestablish the empire of the czars. bill: this is something we will continue to talk about. ralph peters out of washington today. good to have you back. martha: well, he rocketed to

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bill: all right, quickly now, some breaking news on iran. a showdown over sanctions heating up again on the hill, democrats blocking a bill with funding for benefits or power or nation's veterans because it includes sanctions against tehran. president obama said repeatedly let us work this out in talks with tehran. with me now, republican senator lindsey graham out of south carolina. senator, welcome back here to "america's newsroom". >> thanks for having me, bill. bill: why revive this effort,

sir? >> the sanctions are crumbling. the only reason the iranians came to the table is because of the sanctions which really hurt their economy. and since the interim deal, let me read what the iranian, the head of the iranian nuclear agency said about interim deal. the iceberg of sanctions is melting while our centrifuges are also still working. this is our greatest achievement. so the economic sanctions are collapsing after the interim deal. the value of the iranian currency has gone up by about 30 percent. of their inflation rate has been dramatically lowered. over a hundred foreign delegations have visited iran, lining up to do business. their sales of oil to india has doubled, their economy is resurging, and the interim deal has done nothing to dismantle their nuclear program. the prime minister of israel said the iranians got a great deal, the international community got a bad deal, so i

want to put sanctions back on the table to let t the western world know that we're serious about sanctions and let the iranians know the pressure is not off and harry reid is blocking this legislation. bill: harry reid won't brick it up for a vote, you know that, and the white house has said, listen, leapt us talk it out. -- let us talk it out. [laughter] >> well, this is the same white house that has brought you the rest of world. at what point in time do we have to question the president's judgment about foreign affairs? at what point in time does the obvious begin to win the debate in washington? obama's foreign policy is failing on all front. the sanctions are crumbling. iran's economy is surging, and at what point in time will the congress weigh in and reset the table? if we do not sanctions at the end of six months, the goal is to dismantle their nuclear program, take away their ability to enrich uranium. this administration, i think, is going to allow the iranians the

capability to keep producing uranium for nuclear material. you're leading down the road to armageddon. i'm trying to reset this before it's too late. bill wul understood, but, you know, the majority leader just two days ago said he's holding firm to his position. what do you say to harry reid? >> i will say to the american people harry reid is making the mistake of a lifetime by not putting sanctions back in place before they crumble. that if the pressure is off the iranians militarily -- if they think we will never hit them militarily and after syria, how can they think otherwise, and if the sanctions crumble, what's to stop the iranians from just defying getting a deal of a lifetime? the western european nations have a different view of what the end game should be versus the israelis and most members of the congress. so i am trying to elevate the issue. i've got 59 co-sponsors for a new iranian sanctions bill that only takes place after the negotiations are over and if

they fail. and harry reid is following barack obama's dictate. barack obama's running the united states senate. if i could get the bill on the floor for a vote, bill, it would get over 70 votes at a time when we need to reset the relationship between the world and iran. bill: on this bill quickly now, it would help 22 million veterans and their families, and republicans and democrats both support that. is this the strongest hand you have, senator? >> it is one of the strongest hands, but stopping the iranians from developing a nuclear weapon will help 330 or however many americans we have and the rest of the world. it will protect our friends in israel. we're making the mistake of a lifetime. this is north korea all over again where we let the pressure off. if the only thing between an iranian nuclear weapon is a bunch of u.n. inspectors, god help israel, god help the rest of us. the sanctions are crumbling, bill. we need to reimpose them so we can get a better deal. if the pressure's off, this deal

is going to fall apart. bill: we'll see if this one will be successful or not. >> i will keep doing this until we get it successful. bill: got it. senator graham, thank you for your time. martha: let's find out what's coming up on "happening now." jenna: hi, martha. new polling on how voters are feeling, what role obamacare's playing if all of this. plus, dan gel henninger from "the wall street journal" on the connection between slow economic growth here and the violence we're seeing around the world. an interesting piece. and, martha, this might be a topic more for bill rather than you. [laughter] fresh evidence that men have a biological clock. so give him a little elbow or something. bill: there is no question about that. [laughter] you are precisely right. [laughter] i think. martha: more on that later. bill: but i'm no doctor. martha: all right. well, justin bieber just keeps getting himself in the news, right? what a difference a few years can make in a teenager's life.

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♪ ♪ martha: here we go again, right? new video released of justin bieber's jailhouse sobriety test back in january. miami police released this video, it shows the 19-year-old pop singer stumbling a little bit. i think he's pretty much on the line. i said to bill, i could make that stumble just walking completely sober in high heels. but theres it is, for what that's worth. the breath test showed that his blood alcohol content was actually below the level that would have made him drunk by

that measure. he did test positive more marijuana and also for xanax which some people say should get a little more attention in this story. meanwhile, he's on the cover of "rolling stone" this month with the headline, "bad boy, why he can't behave." there you go. dr. keith ablow is a member of fox news medical a-team. good morning. >> hey, martha. martha: what do you think of his situation? >> well, i think his situation should be concerning to people who care about him, and it should be concerning to the rest of us because when you've got a role model who's speeding around the streets that reportedly were blocked off by his, quote-unquote, loving dad taking xanax, supposedly provided by his, quote-unquote, loving mom, you have a presumption for disaster. -- prescription for disaster. this isn't fun and games. this is being on a medicine that we have not heard was prescribed to him, so illegally obtained,

xanax, some amount of alcohol -- martha: which is to relieve anxietying right? >> el, it can -- well, it can be when it's prescribed appropriately x it is effective for some people. but the idea of a mom giving her son some xanax, a dad, yeah, let's go drag racing, this is just more of the same is. i main indiana that there isn't -- maintain that there isn't a child star who's in good shape because their lives were commandeered by their fame- hungry parents from the beginning anyhow. martha: it's a troubling situation. and, you know, the mom who went through her own trials in her life says, you know, he's -- he'll work it out. we all go through this stuff, and he's going to be fine, he's going to work it out. >> yeah. well, you know, working things out, we hope he will. but in order to work things out, sometimes you've got to look back and say who's really loved mesome who really cares about me? was it all the fans, was it my parents who may have pushed me to their own narcissistic

benefits to this form of art? why is it that i'm still on a roller coaster? and it's tough the get off that roller coaster. so, of course, his mom would say let the band play on. but somebody who might be especially concerned for him would say, dude, you were racing in the streets, high on a bunch of different stuff. i don't care if you walk the line almost well enough or not, you're a mess. martha: you know, we take a look at that "rolling stone" cover, and it doesn't appear that any of this is bad for business, you know? and in some ways you can equate what he is going through with miley cyrus, that sort of transition from being this perfect, you know, baby-faced, fresh-faced kid to trying to transition into some sort of adult version of themselves that's still marketable. and, clearly, he is marketable. "rolling stone," by guess was it wasn't their utmost desire to put him on the cover, they know it's going to sell magazines.

>> there will be laughs all the way to the bank except your kids, martha, and my kids who are being shown a, quote-unquote, role model who happens to be abusing -- reportedly -- can his mother's prescription med caution, drinking -- martha: yeah. this is him doing push-ups in his jail cell, by the way. >> yeah. well, there you go. i think we've got to get back to some heroic role models and saying with a bad boy and jeopardizing people's lives, can you imagine what sort of a person speeds while on multiple mind-altering substances, risking other people's lives? this person is a character lodgely a bad guy. -- logically, a bad guy. martha: we'll see. dr. ablow, thank you very much. good to talk to you. bill: brand new poll numbers on the economy, foreign policy and a lot more.

bill: what was your favorite

moment of the past two hours of your life? martha: remembering "the dating game." bill: i agree with that. remembering the jim lang. martha: we had three doors with the home game and you could put in different bachelors. we did. bill: that was at the maccallam house. fun times. martha: "happening now" starts right now. jenna: today's top headlines and brand new stories you see here first. jon: she is the social eight on trial for the murder of her ex-husband. the jury hears what was really planned for the victim on the night he died. scare in the air. a flight forced to makage emergency landing. what happened inside the cabin that had everyone worried. a armed robber messes with the wrong guy. why a convenience store clerk is being called a hero this morning. the whole thing is caught on tape and all "happening now."