fox news alert. we're awaiting a memorial for the victims of the boston marathon bombing. vice president joe biden, massachusetts governor deval patrick and other boss tin officials are set to attend. one year ago the bombs went off near the finish line at this iconic american race, killing three people and wounding more than 200 others. an mit officer was killed days later during a shootout with one of the suspects. at today's tribute there will be first-responders. and we saw so much heroism. we'll have the opportunity to celebrate that that memorial will begin in an a hour and we'll bring it to you live. jenna: we start out today with a tense confrontation in the murder trial of oscar pistorius. hello, i hope you're off to a great tuesday. >> i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. jenna: good to have you back.

>> good to see you. the prosecutor wrapping up a tough five-day cross-examination of the olympic runner, accusing pistorius concocting the story of killing his girlfriend reeva because he said he thought she was an intruder, saying the athlete deliberately shot her after a late-night argument. pistorius requested that his face not be shown during the testimony. >> wish you get back to the fact that you shot her. >> i don't know, my lady. i was scared. >> i know, i'm asking you, you said, we should blame you for having taken a life. that's what you said yesterday, am i right? >> that's correct. >> who should be blamed for you having shot her? >> my lady, i believed there was a threat on my life. >> so, once again we have, we shouldn't blame you for the fact thaw shot her? am i right?

>>, my lady. >> we shouldn't blame you. we should blame somebody or something. who should we blame? >> i'm not sure, my lady. >> should we blame reeva? >> no, my lady. >> she never told you she was going to the toilet, should we not blame her? >> no, my lady. >> should we blame the government? >> i don't know who one should blame. jenna: here we are again. paul tilsley has been you in the courtroom throughout the trial and joins us with the very latest. paul? >> reporter: after seven days on the witness stand, prosecutor gerrie nel said i have nothing for this witness and pistorius could go back and live in the dark. "the blade runner"'s performance under cross-examination as dreadful. two lawyers here agree he has done irreparable damage to his case. one academic said he should have never gone on the witness stand in the first place. in his final few hours of

cross-examination, the so-called, pitbull, gerrie nel still gnawed away at pistorius. as you heard he asked whether we should blame reeva for the shooting? then he went on to say, who should we blame for the black talon rounds which ripped her body? nel asked, referring to the hollow-point bullets he chose to load into his gun. and there was more. >> you armed yourself for the sole purpose of shooting ant getting her. >> not true, my lady. >> that's what you did. afterwards, didn't you, overcome by what you've done? that is true? >> that is true, my lady. >> only because, it was your intention to kill her, you realize that? >> reporter: nel got pistorius to swing the cricket bat at the bathroom door in court.

he did so so powerfully, one one occasion presumably by mistake in a chilling moment, jenna, he actually hit the door. in what can only be perceived as damage control, pistorius's aunt lois handed out photos of a valentine's card reeva left fors car reportedly at his house. barry riu got the athlete to read out the card on the court. on the card reeva written three important words, i love you. jenna? jenna: this is top pick for our legal panel later this hour, paul. thank you. jon: >> jenna there is growing optimism among republican leaders they can win control of the senate in this year's midterm elections. some republican incumbents are facing challengers from the tea party. now gop officials have been using what they call quiet diplomacy working with the tea party to try to avoid potentially divisive candidates from winning primaries. let's bring in ellison barber, staff writer for the "washington free beacon" on this.

ellison, republicans only need six seats to take control of the senate from the democrats. do you think they could reach that target. >> it seems like they can, midterms favor democrats. democrats defending 21 seats and republicans have to only defend 15. in those states seven are those that mitt romney one in 2012. if this time favors them this is it. you have the president's approval rating lower and affordable care act a big burden on red state democrats. in 2012, republicans only needed four seats to gain back the senate. of course there is time for something to come up. right now they have certainly a lot of conditions in their favor. they have a lot of particularly, four, four seats, four senate races really look like they're leaning red. three are toss-ups. montana, south dakota, arkansas as well as west virginia. and those are ones look like they're leaning red. they still have to worry about

potentially north carolina, louisiana and alaska. those seem like they're possible to switch over. >> you talk about conditions working in their favor. you have conditions the fact that the establishment in some ways is kind of quelled the tea party rebellion. that certainly can help? >> right. certainly that is good example where that potentially happen wad in colorado, ken buck ran against senate against michael bennet in 2010. he was one of those candidates but not so bad but potentially a gaffe prone. he was potentially running again. they have more a generally electable candidate running in the senate. condition buck is running for congressional race. they have positioned themselves where they have a lot more viable candidates. tea party was expected to be a really big force in places like kentucky and south carolina. they haven't been. only race where you have a strong tea party candidate is in mississippi, against thad cochran. a lot of people thought matt bevin in kentucky would be a big candidate against mitch mcconnell, he is down in

some polls 20 to 40%. >> why is this? even in south carolina lindsey graham's tea party challenger kind of fizzled? what happened? the tea party activists are out there and engaged. is it better a republican conservative than a complete tea party candidate? are they seeing this. >> the reason for, tea party is integral part of the republican party. tea party is not a party. they're a. mo. if you look back to 2010 they were the reason the republicans hold the most seats since 1946. it is not accurate that the tea party is losing influence. they have a strong voice. part of that they have a stronger voice within the party and don't necessarily need those strong, vibrant tea party candidates initially as they did in 2010 because they're already in there with republicans. you have more conservative leaning candidates this time around. >> you're saying their influence has grown and felt more this way by not having these challenges? >> i think so. a lot to a big degree. look at house us, how much say

they have over there. you also see on senators like mike lee and ted cruz and rand paul are considered very influential in the party. they're tea party guys and seen the republican party. they don't really need necessarily to have all these initial primaries as in 2010 when they were trying to combat as they saw a much stronger left bent because of a result of barack obama. >> say the gop does take control of the senate, they need 60-vote supermajority. joe manchin of west virginia. angus king, independent from maine and very strong conservative on budget issues. how does that play into the factor, due to the fact if republicans take control of the senate? >> they may potentially lose some red state democrats that would be inclined to vote with them. you could see a situation even if republicans do have the majority, where it could be a bit more partisan and divided than it is now because you have people like kay hagan and mary landrieu who occasionally will lean voting a little bit more with republicans not very often. you could see them losing people

like joe manchin, those type of mentalities. red state democrats they can sometimes count on to be a vote in their favor. you may have less of those moving forward. >> fascinating. the tea party has been a huge influence. ellison barber, thank you very much. >> you bet. jenna: it is only fair and right we talk about the irs. the irs is preparing for a next step in obamacare. the agency is about to track and find people who did not buy health insurance by the deadline. how aggressively the irs will collect the fines is a big question as agency is already under fire for last year's political targeting scandal. fox news correspondent shannon bream is live in washington with more. shannon, what do we actually know how the irs plans to enforce obamacare fines? >> reporter: jenna it will take a lot of agents and personnel. irs commissioner i don't know koskinen says the agency has a job to do and it will get it done. as taxpayers navigate either paying for their plans or paying a penalty the irs will bare the bulk of enforcement.

in an online interview with "usa today," koskinen said taxpayers should expect the agency will do just that. >> i think there are some people must have thought, well, if we don't give them money they won't make it work. they don't understand the agency. we do statutory mandates and we will implement the affordable care act and acat. it is called. >> reporter: saying sequester cuts really hurt the irs, adding if the agency continues at current levels it could risk quote crippling the irs, jenna. jenna: shannon, the agency appears to feeling aft shocks after the rules regarding tax-exempt groups and examining that. what's the status of that right now? >> reporter: koskinen is very pay wear of the toll it taken on the public somewhat already negative perception irs. scores of conservative groups along with handful of progress sieve groups came forward they were harassed and targeted after applying for tax-exempt status.

former irs commissioner mark everson praises koskinen efforts to address the concerns. he says any new regulation must work to restore confidence in the agency. >> the service needs to call it absolutely down the middle. the problem with all the c-4 mess last year was that there was a clear tilt, if you will, towards more examination of conservative groups and that is just, just unacceptable. >> reporter: by the way, more than 150,000 comments poured in on that newly-proposed federal regulation coming from both the right and the left. jenna? jenna: big story today. of the big story moving forward. shannon, thank you. >> jenna you may remember this horrible killing. college athlete visiting from australia gunned down on a oklahoma street. a murder that shocked people all around the globe a fourth suspect is charged in what police are calling a "thrill killing." plus some scary moments on a southwest airlines flight?

have you seen this videotape. a doctor stepped in trying to restrain an unruly passenger who authorities said wanted to get out!

jenna: well a man accused of trying the open the exit door on a southwest airlines flight in midair is now facing federal charges. the plane was headed to sacramento to chick on sunday when witnesses say during flight, joshua suggests pushed past flight attendants and became unruly. several passengers including a doctor had to retrain him. will carr with the bizarre story. what happened here? >> reporter: jenna, this happened about an hour into the flight. the passengers had settled in and all of sudden they started hearing screams. i want you to look at cell phone video we have. the video cops a little bit after the incident happened. you can see airport police

escorting 23-year-old joshua lee suggestion off an southwest flight that made emergency landing in omaha. when suggestion made a move to the door, flight attendant started screaming and several passengers jumped on suggestion and put him on the ground and including a scott porter, doctor from uc-davis medical center and they believe he was most likely high on something. >> he wasn't making a lot of sense. his pupils were dilated. i don't know, what kind of drug he was on. >> reporter: dr. porter has a wife and two kids. he said when everything went down he i am mered started think about his family. jenna: that's amazing. we would love to have somebody like dr. porter on a flight when that happens, right? oh, my goodness, haj imagine what it is like to watch that play out. what kind of charges he is facing because of his actions, not dr. porter but joshua.

>> reporter: i would like to have dr. porter sitting next to me. suggestion is facing suggests facing serious charges. suggs. some local affiliates say he has a long criminal history. he has arrests on disorderly conduct and drug-related crimes and passengers say that, they're just thankful that dr. suggs and some other passengers stepped in when they did and were so brave because they're not sure what would have happened if they hadn't been able to do that. jenna: definitely a scary situation. we'll await to learn more exactly what is going on with him. will, thank you very much. >> reporter: you bet. eric: can you imagine, being on that plane? jenna: not a comfortable flyer, anyway, eric. it would not go well for me mid-flight. eric: someone tries to open the door. jenna: you have to land and get back up in the air to fly your trip. eric: just because of cabin pressure i don't think you can open the door but prospect of someone trying. coming up. he was a young, promising

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eric: right now a forth person is being charged in that infamous murder that shocked an sickened all of us so crawled "thrill kill" case. you may remember australian baseball player christopher

lane. he was fatally shocked while jogging in oklahoma the young group that was behind the attack and killed him, they claim they randomly targeted lane because they were board. arthel neville live with the latest on this investigation. arthel? >> hi, eric. accessory after murder is what odessa barnes has been charged with. barnes is 22 years old. he is from duncan, oklahoma, which is 90 miles southwest of oklahoma city. that is the same place where 22-year-old christopher lane was killed. charges against barnes brought down monday making him the fourth person charged in the so-called "thrill kill." you might remember, one of the teenagers tied to the crime reportedly told investigators that they fatally shot the college baseball player last august because they were bored, didn't have anything to do. so they decided to kill somebody. 16-year-old chauncy loon narcs and 18-year-old dewayne jones are charged with first-degree murder. investigators allege that luna, fired the fatal shot from the

back seat of a car jones was driving. newly-charged barnes is accused helping to hide the weapon after the shooting. barnes pleaded not guilty. his bail was set at $150,000. christopher lane, 22, from melbourne, australia, was visiting his girlfriend's parents in duncan, oklahoma last summer when he was killed. lane was preparing for his senior baseball season at east central university where he was attending on a baseball scholarship. another teenager was charged with accessory after the fact. he is 16-year-old james francis edwards, jr. prosecutors said they will drop a first-degree murder charge against edwards if he continues to testify against luna and jones, two of the other teens charged in this truly-senseless crime. eric. eric: just unimaginable. arthel, thank you. jenna: we're going to turn our gaze overseas for a moment. we have breaking news as tensions escalate in ukraine.

ukraine's acting president is announcing an antiterrorist operation to stop pro-russian insurgents. just crossing the wires moments ago we have reports of heavy gunfire being exchanged at one airport in eastern europe. we're going to watch the news as it develops. meantime this is all playing out as leaders in russia and the united states exchange words. our senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler as the latest. wendell? >> reporter: jenna presidents obama and putin spoke for the first time in a couple of weeks yesterday but the conversation, the phone conversation really only served to highlight their differences over the situation in ukraine. that country's interim president says he has begun the operation to clear pro-russian separatists out of police stations and government buildings they have seized in the eastern part of the country but the progress, if there has been any, is difficult to see. it would appear that the pro-russian forces are digging in. the white house says president obama's phone conversation with

vladmir putin yesterday, in it the president expressed grave concern about the russian government support for the actions of armed pro-russian separatists who threaten to undermine and to detablize the government of ukraine. the kremlin says, quote, the russian side stressed that protests in southeastern ukraine are a result of kiev's authorities unwillingness and inability to take into account interests of russian and russian-speaking population. press secretary jay carney says that the evidence that russia is behind the instability in eastern ukraine is pretty strong. >> ukrainian government arrest ad number of russian intelligence agents in ukraine. many of them armed. there's evidence that protesters have been paid to take the actions that they have taken. and as you note you saw this coordinated effort in a number

of cities across eastern ukraine all at once that sure didn't look organic to, observers from the outside. >> reporter: arizona republican senator john mccain who is pretty persistent critic of the obama administration's foreign policy is calling on the u.s. to provide weapons to the ukrainians. that country's president, interim president, wants the u.n. security council to peacekeeping forces but the white house says there is no military solution to the crisis in eastern ukraine. jenna? jenna: wendell, thank you. eric: jenna, it's tax day, april 15 of course, and tax fraud, that costs us billions of dollars a year. how they say thieves are targeting innocent victims to get rich and the problems the government could have to try to stop this identity theft. the government wrapping up the tough cross-examination of oscar pistorius. the olympic athlete describing

the night he shot his girlfriend through the locked bathroom door. >> i was crying out four the lord to help me and screaming out loud, my lady. >> so you were screaming out loud? >> that's correct, my lady. >> that carried into the bathroom? >> that is correct, my lady. >> and you have the bat in your hands, while you're hitting the bat, the door, you were screaming? ♪

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jenna: a fox news alert out of kansas city right now. we're awaiting a news conference on the shooting spree near kansas city just over the weekend. three people were killed. we're going to monitor the news conference when it starts and bring you any news as we get it. admitted white supremacist remains in jail in connection with the shootings that killed three people. there's been some movement over the last 24 hours about both local police and federal police investigators calling this a hate crime and how this can impact the case. we'll bring you up to date as we get new news on that. there's a look at the podium. in the meantime, it's a frightening and growing trend. more people feel -- stealing information to get tax refunds. 28% of americans have had their personal information stolen and that's up from 11% last july so it's increasing quite quickly.

that information taken includes social security numbers, credit card numbers, banking information, you know how it is. joining us is robert, an identity theft and mc afee online security expert. we're going to certainly get the video footage of people in line at the post office but so many of us are filing our taxes online. how safe is that really? we're putting a lot of information out there. >> so the act of filing taxes online in and of itself is not a problem. it's those that have access to your data and then file on your behalf fraudulently that's the problem. jenna: and how many people can get that information? how easy is it to get access? >> yeah. the advice that i'm seeing recently regarding, you know, protecting your information is protect your social security number which is impossible because the horse is out of the barn, the cat is out of the bag. we've been giving out our social

since we were kids to jobs, schools, colleges and eventually, you know, law enforcement has it. it's in government files and records. it's everywhere. how can you product data that's all over the place? the reality of it is that the i.r.s., the system is based on the honor system when you're filing taxes and the honor system is broke. jenna: how do we fix it? >> yeah. the i.r.s. has software that defect anomalies but with the amount of files, tax returns that are filed every year, both via paper and electronically, they're losing this battle to the tune of about $4 billion a year. over the years, as we progress with a variety of technologies that identify the device from which it's filing along with properly identifying citizens with effective identification, that will begin to solve the problem but we're at least 10 years away from that. jenna: it sounds like a massive

undertaking what you're talking about. a smart plan but a massive undertaking. criminals are bold. some of these guys, two of them are actually on trial for this. they were using eric holder attorney general's name and social security number to try to get a tax refund. that's crazy, right? so think about they thought they could get away with it. but is it easier said than done? if you have some basic information, is it pretty easy to rip off the u.s. government? >> so all the bad guy needs to do is work for a company that has socials on file and basic access to either accounting or h.r. information and they can, in turn, use that documentation to file hundreds of tax returns under these people's information, get it done by the first week of february way before, say, those victims file their own returns and get their returns in their behalf. and bad guys, it's so easy for them. they're doing it from overseas and getting the rebates sent to europe and asia and ireland and

other places. jenna: you would think it would raise red flags but apparently not. >> you would think. jenna: i know you're a dad, robert. one of the things that we're also seeing, a huge rise in trends is that children's social security numbers are being taken and then they're filing for taxes using your kid's name and number and you don't know it because your kid is probably not filing taxes unless they're old enough to. what's your advice to parents on that? what do you do? can you check your child's records in a way to head off any identity theft? >> i hate to come off as being hopeless but this is kind of a hopeless situation until they solve it, right? until they make the necessary investments. one thing you can and should do that doesn't necessarily protect you from a tax identity theft is get identity theft protection and what that does is it locks down your social on your credit making your information less appealing to criminals. along with that you can get what's called a credit freeze which additionally locks down your data, preventing new

account fraud and then do the other things like important stuff like anti-virus, anti-spyware, you know, making it difficult for bad gi to use your data without your authorization. jenna: so when a bad guy walks past a car with a car alarm, they move on because this one looks challenging. something we should all examine. thank you so much. >> thank you. thank you. >> you shot four shots through that door knowing that you're standing behind the door. >> that's incorrect, my lady. >> that you knew that she was talking to you. >> that's incorrect, my lady. >> she was locked in the bathroom and you armed yourself with the sole purpose of shooting and killing her. >> that's the prosecutor grilling olympic runner oscar pistorius on the final day of his cross-examination in his

trial. pistorius insisting he didn't know his girlfriend was in the bathroom behind that door when he shot her right through it. he's been sticking to the story that he thought she was an intrude he were. lisa and doug, he admits he shot her. >> yes. >> blasting through the door and saying, i thought there was an intruder. i don't know where she is. she's not in the bed. do you buy this? >> i don't buy it. i really don't. we've had five days of his testimony. this prosecutor is excellent going after bang, bang, one after fact on fact on fact on fact and there are inconsistencies and that's what this prosecutor is bringing up. if all of this screaming is going on and she doesn't respond doesn't make any sense. >> doug? >> think about it. common sense 101, two, three and four for that matter. think about it. hey, who is in there? what's going on? reeva is going to respond. case closed.

end of story sfwlchlt and he's saying, remember, first, last time, oh, i told her to call the police. i had get under the bed. before in one of the other hearings, there was nothing about that. he didn't even know she was there. so these inconsistencies, he's piling them up, the prosecutor is. if you were so worried about protecting her, why didn't you do that? why didn't you go towards the toilet? the prosecutor brought out why would an intruder be hiding in the toilet with the lock -- from the inside of the toilet? it doesn't make any sense. >> when was the last time, once again, little rhetorical question, that the burglar locked himself in the bathroom? seriously. >> he could have said i have a gun. come on out. i have a gun. >> the point is, hey, whoever is in there, i'm armed. you stay right there and get what? you get on your cell phone and call 911. the story makes no sense. as we used to say, ladies and gentlemen, no jury here but your honor, the reason it's not

making sense, it's not true. >> does he have a closing argument like we do? >> there's going to be a rebuttal first and then closing argument and all in front of this judge and two assessors, no jury here. it should wind up fairly soon. >> what is the key? he said, for example, before i could think i pulled the trigger. i didn't consciously pull the trigger. at the same time, he's saying there was an intrude engineer there. how does he have it both way snz >> exactly. that's what the prosecutor brought out. one time -- this time you're saying it's instinct. before that you said you thought there was an intruder. again, you can't have it both ways. >> also a story that's not true doesn't hold up when you look at it really close. if you asked me what did i do, i stayed home, watched this movie. no matter how many detectives look at it, if it's true, it will hold together. i say sadly because you've seen remorse. he's devastated by what he did but the reality is his story simply does not hang together.

>> if he thought she was in the bed, why didn't he take her out of the bathroom, get her to safe passage before shooting into the toilet? if you're so concerned about your girlfriend, why don't you make sure she's safe? >> if he's convicted he faces life in prison. what's the standard, because it is a judge, and you say there's two helpers. >> the way it works, it's interesting because my aunt did a documentary film about south african justice and the point is, she's an expert. you have a judge and you have two assessors. the assessors are the finders of fact and the judge determines the outcome of the case. the standard is beyond a reasonable doubt just like here in the united states and they have a right to appeal. >> aren't assessors more like note takers, though? they influence her a little bit. >> the judge will decide the case. >> when you talk about what the judge has to decide, is it the same standard we have? it's a reasonable person would have pulled -- >> that's important. the point is, you can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt he didn't in his own subjective mind. >> but that doesn't matter.

>> that's not the test. great question. the test is, objective reasonableness by an objectively reasonable person. you could say oscar pistorius, for whatever reason, his handicap, whatever, in his mind thought he was under siege. what a -- would a reasonable person shoot through the door? >> no. >> and he signed a note saying he has to know whether it's an intruder or not. >> he would not be allowed to shoot through a closed door. >> guilty on something. it may not be premeditated. >> culpable homicide with three gun fires. >> on the me meditation, some people think it takes weeks or months to plan. it can be in an instant. >> people say he didn't plan it. to be consciously decided to shoot her that instant, that's

premeditated. >> what a tragedy. >> it really is. >> thank you so much for your analysis. jenna: whatting -- happening now, so many americans are rushing to file returns before the deadline. we'll talk a little bit about taxes but in a different way. do you know one state taxes how many times you flush the toilet? it's true. more surprising facts about taxes and hopefully we'll make your day a little lighter. also a serious story. a russian fighter jet buzzing a warship several times. military calling it a provocative action. vo: once upon a time there was a boy who traveled to a faraway place where castles were houses and valiant knights stood watch for the kingdom was vast and monsters lurked in the deep and the good queen showed the boy it could all be real

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jenna: a fox news alert now. associated press reporting heavy gun fire at an airport in eastern ukraine today after ukraine's government sent troops in to take control of it from pro russian militia men. we're getting word from the acting ukrainian president that

order has been restored but we'll keep you posted on that. this comes after a fighter jet goes dangerously close to our warship. that ship, the u.s.s. cook, was in the black sea conducting routine operations amid escalating tensions between russia and ukraine. let's bring in captain chuck nash. i want to start with the news we just got from the associated press about gun fire being exchanged. this is consistent with other reports we've receives of just the tensions boiling over. you're hearing about fire being exchanged and people being injured. this seems different now than where it was at a few months ago. what do you think about it? >> the russians are turning up the heat and when they do that, of course, and you've got heightened tensions like this, there's always the opportunity for one side to do something that causes unintended consequences and then it spirals out of control.

this is a dangerous game that the russians are playing. they're trying to ferment a civil war inside of the country to be quite blunt. that's what they're doing. jenna: these reports of gun fire exchanges at the airport is right after we heard about a conversation that took place between vladmir putin and our president just over the last 24 hours. what do you make of the timing of that following the phone call so closely? >> we have shown weakness for years and vladmir putin has seen that and now is taking advantage of it. it's one of those things, jenna, where you don't suddenly, after years of abusing your body with drugs and a bunch of other stuff, so to speak, then go to a doctor and say, okay. i need to get fixed. well, the time to think about that was a long time ago. we should have been showing peace through strength. not withdrawing from the world in such an obvious manner that it gives license to our enemies.

jenna: and this is getting personal now. we heard reports yesterday that approximately is confirming that this russian fighter jet was buzzing around our ships and not responding to communication from the ship and acting provocatively. it seems that the margin for error in that is very small and it includes, you know, our ship and our men and women out there that are serving. what do we do now? how does the calculation change or should change and what should our actions be? >> well, first off, the russian pilot and the navy, u.s. navy ship, are operating -- should be operating under an incidence at sea agreement that was signed in 1973 between the united states and the soviet union. that agreement, and i have flown under that. i have flown by russian ships under the rules of that agreement and it allows you two passes, 1,500 feet horizontally and a minimum of 1,000 foot altitude.

sounds like this guy did 12 passes on the u.s. ship which is way beyond the protocols. it sounds like he was at one point at 500 feet, not 1,000 but he stayed 3,000 feet away. so it wasn't as if he was nose on, you never overfly a ship of the other country. you always fly parallel to their course but 12 passes is excessive. anything more than three would, under the old rules and the way we used to operate with the soviet union, would have been considered harassment and would have had an incident at sea filed against the other party. jenna: what should the repercussions be? pentagon tried to talk to russia about this and -- i mean, there was no communication between our countries so is it just it? we don't do anything? do we do something? what do we do? >> the embassy in moscow should go to the russian military. they have those open channels

through the military and go to them, lodge a formal complaint and then say, hey, you know, this agreement that kept us from doing stupid stuff? better break it out and re reed -- reread it. you're doing stupid stuff. jenna: it's involving us more and more every day. >> and it's getting dangerous. jenna: certainly, sir. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> that it is. just over 12 hours to go before the deadline to file your taxes. have you done it? you know, there may be some taxes that you didn't know about. like in new york, get this. there's actually a tax on bagels. are you kidding me? that's our official food. and you wouldn't believe what else is taxed in some states. jenna gave us an in about toilets. what are they doing? we'll fill you in on that and more coming up. 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.

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jenna: today is tax day and many folks are rushing to get their returns out on time. we're looking at bizarre taxes you may not know about. maryland taxes flushing toilets. utah tacks partially unclothed workers. all sorts of fun taxes to talk about. the tax history project and tax analyst joins us now. joe, because of your job, your taxes must have been done in january. you have to get them done early. >> you would think. but actually, no. i file an extension so -- jenna: it's okay. i'm sure you're amongst friends here as we talk about this. you take a look at some of the interesting taxes we've had in our history and you say one tax in particular on margin points out some of the interesting parts of our tax code. how so? >> i think that one of the things you see happening in the tax system is sometimes

politicians can't resist getting too cute with taxes and instead of using them to just raise money, which is most of what they should be doing, they decide to use them for something else and in this case, they decided to use a tax to protect butter manufacturers. you know, dairy farmers. so margin was new. this was back in the day, you know, back in the early part of the 20th century and margin was a threat. they put a special tax on it. but this is when they start to get too cute. they only taxed yellow margin because regular margin is actually white and they said, well, the yellow stuff is dangerous. we'll tax that more and tax the white stuff less and that kind of like weird distinction just causes all sorts of problems and it encourages people to find ways around it so the margin -- margarine guys were like, great. we'll sell white margin with a yellow dye attached to it. jenna: i'm just curious, what do

you think is the most bizarre tax that you've seen or come across or think that americans should know about? >> well, i mean, i think that might be one of them historically. these taxes against strip clubs and things like that, that's js a roundabout way of trying to ban something without actually banning it. what i think they should do is if you want to do something, do it straight forwardly. don't just try to tax it out of existence. jenna: and that's the question. why do we have such a complicated tax code and the question that so many of us confront every year. we would love to have you back. there's a couple of taxes we didn't get a chance to talk about and we want to talk about taxes with you. it's amazing. we appreciate it. thank you so much. >> no problem. >> i vote for the most unusual, the toilet flushing in maryland. what's that about? jenna: there's something about the preservation society. >> and how do they know? jenna: there's a lot of questions that we don't have answers for right now or time for. >> coming up here on the fox

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jenna: a memorial honoring the victims of the deadly boston marathon bombing getting underway marking one year since the tragedy. hello, everybody. welcome to a brand new hour of "happening now." >> it is a day of solemn remembrance, reminding all of us about the enduring spirit. joe biden set to speak moments from now in the heart of boston where thousands have turned out in honor of the victims. the chaos, of course, unfolded shortly before 3:00 in the afternoon. one year ago today. as you'll recall, three people, including little martin richard,

who was only eight years old, killed on that day of the marathon when the bombs explode the near the finish line. a fourth person, shawn collier, a police officer at m.i.t., he was shot and killed just a few days later allegedly by the suspected bombers as they tried to make their getaway in cambridge. tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev led police on a desperate four-day manhunt and even saw boston completely locked down. tamerlan killed in the shootout with police in watertown, dzhokhar tsarnaev found hiding in that boat stored in that driveway after the dramatic search we all witnessed. he has since been charged and now is awaiting trial. molly is live in boston with much more on today's memorial. what can we expect in the next coming hour? >> the heinz convention center is just a short distance from the finish line of the boston marathon where the bombs exploded a year ago.

a slew of dignitaries are expected to be at this invite-only event including vice president joe biden who was invited by the mayor of boston and as well as the governor will be there today as well as the former mayor of boston. it is invite-only so that multitude of dignitaries will also be speaking at this event along with some survivorors that survived last year's bombing. it's anticipated that about 2,500 people will be in attendance. first responders, doctors, many every day heros there on that day and saved lives. there will also be remembrances for the loss for martin richard, kristin campbell and shawn collier murdered days after the marathon attack. survivors will be speaking, including those that lost limb, a professional dancer who, with the help of a prosthetic leg, is already dancing again. >> following at the center, the tribute will move to the street where the bombs

exploded? >> absolutely. there will be a moment of silence for 2:49 this afternoon and there will be a flag raising. we saw an emotional ceremony there early in the morning in which the family members were there to remember the victims. there's an honor wreath. >> it's a day of remembrance in which we honor those and we'll bring you all of this live here on the fox news channel. thank you so much. jenna: before we do that, this monday more than 35,000 people will be running in the boston marathon. thousands more lining the streets to cheer them on. biggest concern for organizers is security. massachusetts governor patrick promising an airtight operation in describing the security preparings for the marathon as, quote, on steroids. for more on the security challenges at this year's marathon, let's turn to the former co-chair of the anti-terrorism task force and the c.e.o. of investigative management group. let's take this to two different parts. short-term is the marathon and then the longer term of what we

learned from the boston marathon attacks. short-term, how do you compare where security was last year and where it will be this year? >> right. you have a lot of different terms in the number of police officers and federal authorities who will back the police department this year. certainly this is highlighted not only in the state of massachusetts but also in the federal government. homeland security has done a study since this occurred a year ago and has given over a billion dollars in the past 10 years to the state of massachusetts. so all this information, all this manpower, all of these resources and training have come together to make really this one of the most safest marathons ever in the world. jenna: from the outside looking in and based on your experience as well working in new york city, will we see anything different? will it look different to those on the outside? >> it won't. and you know, we work all over the world with different police departments and people handle everything pretty much the same way. you certainly have a show of presence with police officers in uniform but primarily what

you're going to see are, you know -- what you're not going to see are the detectives working in the police department, homeland security, f.b.i., military operatives who are going to be monitoring the situation, walking in with crowds, looking for suspicious packages, looking for people dressed inappropriately and taking action. not just looking but making certain these people get stopped and searched. other aspect of this is the intelligence. not only have we beefed up the terms of manpower and this type of physical security but we've also beefed up the intelligence operations to be able to make sure that we're gathering all of the information surrounding anybody who might have an interest in attacking the -- really one of the most visible marathons in the world. so it's a matter of the intelligence operations, working with the enforcement and the security operations on the street, building those perimeters, sharing that

information. look at -- jenna, we have the state department, the justice department, homeland security, the massachusetts state police, the city police of boston. there are about 20 different agencies that work together from different parts of our government to make this work. it's not an easy task. we make it look easy in many cases but it really isn't. you know, this is a big problem because there's different rules in effect for everybody. jenna: sure. >> the state department even to pass information to the local law enforcement agencies, if they're getting the from russia or the middle east, there's a bureaucracy they have to go through. jenna: that's some of the things that we've explored and certainly that we saw as the manhunt was on for the suspects of this terrorist attack. and i asked this next question with respect to the victims and those who lost their lives in this terrorist attack. what do you think we've truly learned from what happened in boston a year ago today? >> look. one of the things that we learned is that we have to work with other countries as closely

as we can and share intelligence as closely as we can. i think we learned a lot from the response of the bombing and i think it was exceptional in terms of the training and the manpower and really what they did was at the appear hence -- apprehension of the suspects, everything after the bombing was textbook perfect. one thing that we came out of it with in the intelligence community is that we have to get better information from other countries and it's a little worrisome as we start to have trouble with russia, if you will. the relationship isn't what it was a year ago. it isn't what it was five years ago. we're having a change in the middle east in terms of american troops moving away from that. we have to keep this intelligence network. we have to work with these other foreign governments and continue to get information to prevent these kinds of situations. that, to me, is the most important factor and i think one of the things that we came out and learned from, from the bombing. jenna: reminder of a common

enemy, right? amongst so many countries. bob, gret to have your perspective today. we always value it. thank you. >> thanks, jenna. >> new developments in the deadly kansas shootings that authorities have labelled a hate crime. prosecutors filing murder charges today against the man accused of killing a 14-year-old boy and his grandfather outside of that jewish center as well as a woman at a nearby jewish retirement complex. frasier glen cross has been described as a long-time known white supremacist and former kkk leader. now he faces state murder charges. mike tobin has the very latest. mike? >> two charges are now on the books as well as the potential of a death penalty for glen cross who seems to prefer calling himself glen miller. first charge is first degree murder, premeditated first degree murder for the death of teresa. that carries a potential sentence of life with parole, meaning eligibility for parole after 25 years.

the other charge is capital murder and that's for the combined deaths of underwood and his grandfather. that capital murder charge carries a sentence of life without parole and the death penalty. prosecutors will not commit to seeking the death penalty yet. >> we don't take that decision lightly and that decision will be made after we get all the facts and evidence of this case. we have to make an informed decision before that is done. >> first court appearance for cross will be in just about 2 1/2 hours and that will be in the county courthouse. the u.s. attorney for kansas says they will come at him on the federal side as well pursuing federal hate triem charges. hate triem charges also, if there's a conviction, carry the potential for the death penalty but it takes longer on the federal side. investigators are still gathering evidence but the u.s. attorney for that district says they have an abundance of evidence. there's also the potential for more charges on the stateside. one of the things that was spoken about today at a press conference is the fact that cross is a felon.

he did three years in prison. he had no legal access to a firearm. >> he's a well known white supremacist for years, even ran for congress. what is cross like? >> his neighbors, some say that he is a quiet guy, kept to himself. others said because of all of his public rants, his internet rants, they knew who he was and they didn't agree with his racist and hateful views. >> such a tragedy. our hearts go out to the victims and the victims' families. thanks so much. jenna: seems like california has expanded deadline to sign up for health care will run out tonight. kathleen sebelius is on her way out and the president tapped the o.m.b. director to take over. burel's elevation as head of the h.h.s. may not be smooth sailing. we'll have details on that. uncle sam may take a bite out of

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jenna: tax day today. and not only that but obamacare reaches the signup deadline for n some states. as we get more information on the impact of the health care law, it remains some of the top issues moving into elections later this year. how do dems deal with it? how do republicans deal with it? that's one of the questions for juan williams and duelling editorials on this one from "the washington post." eugene says, listen. even though we've had more of a deadline for people to sign up, at the end of the day, the numbers are looking better. that is being reflected in polls and he's fairly optimistic. are you as optimistic for

democrats now? >> i'm more cautious. i think that clearly democrats remain on the defensive with regard to obamacare, the narrative, the advertising. you look at the advertising coming from republicans, jenna, it's consistent. and it's advertising that hammers obamacare as a burden on the economy, as expansion of big government and an intrusion into your privacy. these are arguments they continue to make. are they accurate? the fact is, all these people have enrolled. we're seeing a number of uninsured go down. c.b.o. says the cost of the entire program is less and we'll help to control our deficit spending. it's no question, republicans have made this the central message for the midterm election. jenna: let me just get that out for the viewers. what the number is that they have right now is just under $1.4 trillion, the cost of this law over the next decade, and they're saying it's $100 billion

less than they thought. so still a big number. the numbers are going to come up because of sophia burel's previous position. her office is responsible for fact checking into president's statements like if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. and he's really looking at her confirmation hearing as a moment to see how both republicans and democrats get to the bottom of how that was allowed to be said. what are you going to be watching for in the behavior? we know from republicans where they stand but how do you think democrats are going to go? do you think they're going to take a step back? >> i think that for the most part, democrats feel like they've gotten past the worst moment here in terms of the inrollment numbers being for them above the benchmark of seven million. they feel like they're through that moment and now they can get on with sylvia burel who was confirmed unanimously for her

job at o.m.b., has a long history in the involvement of the business industry as well as the government. her home state senator in west virginia, who is a moderate democrat, quick to criticize the president and obamacare when it's wrong has said he's thoroughly behind her. i think that the democrats in terms of mark's argument they should be pressing burel to explain if you had your insurance, you can keep it, they will slide by that. i think the republicans will go at her. jenna: do you want to answer that, how that was allowed to be told to the american people, even though now we realize there's been some adjustments made to that statement? is it still a big issue to be addressed? >> i think most people are past it at this point. one of the keys as we look towards the midterms is how are people going to vote? if they vote on obamacare, what do we see?

when we look at republicans, they don't like it. it's hard to find a republican who says good things about obamacare. and among democrats, what we've seen is numbers go down with that terrible rollout and it looked like an incompetent example of government at work. but now the numbers are starting to bump back up. and then finally, you look at independents and the independents are saying they don't want the repeal. they want to fix it. so as mark and republicans go at, you know, explain what you meant by if you have your insurance, you can keep it, i think a lot of people in the independent column, which is just critical in elections, those are the swing voters, will be saying like i feel like we're past that. but in terms of getting an answer, i don't think burwell will have a good answer. it's the lie of the year if you'll recall. jenna: who is focused on the rearview mirror, how much that matters and the route forward and who is focused on the way forward and how that's going to play into some of the campaigning we'll see in the

next few months. everyone is on vacation right now in congress, by the way, so there's no hearing. we'll get to it eventually. great to see you. thank you. >> it's tax day, april 15, and some new rules are really hitting some folks hard. coming up, we'll crunch the numbers with the taxpayer calculator. and doug will break it all down and what it means for us. and now there's some more proof that your kids, they have to get out, throw a ball, build a tree house. why tv could be keeping your kids up at night.

jenna: a fox news alert taking you to the live scene happening in the heinz convention center in boston, massachusetts today.

this is the beginning of the memorial event that's honoring the victims of the boston marathon bombing a year ago today what you're seeing right now is a musical performance from boston pops. this is starting off the beginning of a program that's going to include teachers from the governor of massachusetts as well as vice president joe biden and also some victims will be speaking as well. as this gets started, we're going to dip back and forth. there's the vice president, there's the governor of massachusetts. we'll dip back and forth to this event. we'll bring you some of what we're hearing today from the city of boston. >> right now some married couples taking a hit on their taxes due to obamacare. this as the feds try to find ways to pay for it. you know the full effect of obamacare may not be seen until you file your taxes next year. we have the taxpayer calculator here to explain. there will be a hit. >> a big hit for a lot of folks. there's as many as tax increases

or brand new taxes in the affordable care act. virtually all americans will be hit to some degree. they'll see higher premiums on insurers and medical device manufacturers but middle to upper income families will likely be hit hard. here are just a few examples of the many obamacare taxes. there will be new medicare tax for individuals earning over $200,000 or married couples earning over $250,000. new net investment income tax of 3.8% or individuals, estates and trusts that have income over $200,000. another tax increases the threshold for itemized deductions for inreimbursed medical expenses from 7.5% to 10% of your gross income. designers of the affordable care act say it was meant to reduce the federal deficit and pay for things like tax credits for middle class families and they say new taxes on businesses are

affordable given the expanded coverage. >> has a health care service such as drug manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, they all benefit from the expansion in coverage and that more people will have health insurance and be able to use their product more effectively. >> but skeptics say that's nonsense. one study finds that the medical device tax alone may put 43,000 jobs at risk. >> it raises the cost of these things so one of the promises of obamacare would reduce costs. more than a trillion dollars in tax increases on health care, raise the cost of health care. and that's why you're seeing the price of health care, the cost of insurance going up, not down. >> what is the obamacare tax burden for you? if you make under $15,000 it's just going to be a little over $59. if you make between $50,000 and

$100,000, the tax burden is just over $6,000. and if you make between $200,000 and $250,000, the tax burden is about $38,000, more than that. if you would like to know more about how you're going to be impacted, just go to fox news.com, your money, and click on the taxpayer calculator. happy april 15. >> thank you so much. a lot of people didn't know about that. fascinating to plug in your numbers in that calculator. jenna: fascinating and depressing sometimes. have you ever wondered how long it takes to earn all the money you need to cover a year's worth of taxes? we actually have that number for you. non profit group tax foundation says it should take around 111 days after the start of the new year for you to earn all the money you're going to pay the government. this year that day falls on april 21 also known as tax freedom day. that's next month. patriots day in boston and the boston marathon is next monday. >> you have to work all year until next monday? >> to pay everything you need to

pay to the government. i think we should celebrate by going shopping. okay? why not? >> maybe buy a beer or something. >> something like that. >> meanwhile, down south, have you heard about this? the weather. there's been nasty storms hitting millions of americans. damaging winds slamming one part of the south and there's some more storms on the way. and get this. as the north, i thought it was spring, braces for more snow. we'll again take a look at oscar pistorius, his trial facing off in the final day of the cross-examination. there are more dramatic questions that he faced on the stand. >> that's where reeva was. her head is where there's a lot of blood on the toilet bowl, on the seat. and her -- her legs were over here, my lady. across america, people are taking charge of

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new book about the gap between the rich, the very rich, and everyone else. and he says that without some action by world leaders such as big tax increases on the wealthy, the rich are going to keep getting richer. today he's here in washington where his book is adding new fuel to the debate over income in equality here in this congressional election year. he has collected 300 years' of data on wealth and income in 20 countries and ensures that the rich will keep getting richer for a simple reason. the return on investment, on capital has averaged 4% to 5% historically while global growth, along with worker incomes, has averaged about 1.5%. so the workers will never catch up, he says, but he says in his book there are nonetheless ways democracy can regain control over cap 'titaliscapitalism.

his big idea, a global tax on wealth. not a tax on earnings or income but on the assets themselves like a global property tax on the value of stocks, bonds, real estate and more. critics are attacking this idea on many levels. for example, they say p.t.k.'s research is skewed by data on the super duper wealthy like warren buffett and bill gates and p.t.k. says this tax would not work unless every country approves it. otherwise, they'll move to a country that doesn't tax them. it's highly unlikely it will happen but he hopes at the least, his book will provide the information for the healthy debate on this issue. jenna: i wonder what taxes he'll pay on his book sales and how that might impact his work. >> french taxes which are high. jenna: they are very high, aren't they?

interesting. thank you. zoom oscar pistorius says he doesn't know who to blame for the death of his girlfriend. today was the blade runner's fifth and final day of cross-examination and this dramatic trial. prosecutor is saying that this was no accident, that he really didn't think there was an intruder behind that door. contrary to what he claims he says that he knew that she was in that bathroom before he fired. the prosecutor challenged pistorius's percent of events. >> what would you do if you now want to do anything possible to open that door, why would you still run around with a gun in your hand? >> i don't know, my lady. >> it's because it's not true. you kicked the door while you had the gun in your hand. what happened then? >> i was screaming. i was screaming reeva, reeva. i was crying. i was crying the more desperate

i got that i couldn't get into the toilet. then i ran to get the cricket bat and then i ran back to the toilet. >> all this time screaming. >> crying and screaming, my lady. >> and joining us is lis wiehl and doug burns, former prosecutor. we've heard his tearful testimony. do you think he should have testified? has he helped or hurt his case? >> i think it probably helped his case as to he had to testify. there were two people in that scene. one is not alive to testify. much is about what he thought that night, what his actions, did they make sense. the other thing he wouldn't put a defense on if you thought it would open up some bad acts. you know, prior doors that have come in. everything, all the bad acts were in the indictment and had already come in. what did he really have to lose? not much. did it help him to the point where he's not going to be convicted? i don't think so. >> he admits he fired the gun.

he thought it was an intruder and not reeva. >> decision whether to testify in a criminal trial is a catch 22. you're sitting there at the defense table and you say, if he doesn't get up there, he's probably going to get convicted. but if he does get up there, there's a risk it could get worse and i'll give you the other side of lis' point because i think i disa degree a little bit on that. he may have made it worse in the sense that you saw the prosecutor. i agree with those who have said the prosecutor is a little over the top. >> i love this prosecutor. i love this prosecutor. >> but i'll tell you what. not to be a broken record, you know, the prosecutor is giving off the opinion, i'm an officer of the courts, an officer of the justice system and what you're telling us makes no sense. >> your point is that if gave -- him testifying gave the prosecutor a chance to really testify again. >> exactly. >> with all of the question after question after question and showing it doesn't make make.

i think that him just sitting there and not taking the stand after looking at the gory details and the evidence and what we're seeing, all of this stuff that came up in the trial, for him to claim self sdens -- defense, i don't think he could have done that. >> what do you think has hurt him the most? >> i go back to the testimony way at the beginning of the trial when you had that audible witness, a neighbor. remember her? no dog in this hunt, right? she heard that screaming and then the gunshots. i don't see how you get away from testimony like that. >> do you think that will convict him? >> i think that was so damning for him right out of the gate. >> i think there were multiple witnesses, right? correct me if i'm wrong, multiple witnesses said they heard female screaming first and then shots and then came -- i hate to use the term hail mary but it was. by the way, he has a high pitched voice. and by the way, he testified in a high pitched voice that i

thought was hokey. >> that first witness or one of the first witnesses was pushed on that and she came right back saying, no. that was not a woman's voice. that was a man's voice. >> and that's interesting because one of my family members said, wait a minute. why don't they compare his voice in court with voice elsewhere? one of the entertainment shows did that. they showed his high pitched court voice and then in an interview for the olympics. much lower. >> thanks so much. jenna: now turning to the weather, nasty storms slamming americans across the country. in the south we have strong winds whipping through mississippi. we'll show you that in a moment. p r.v. trailers and costs near the gulf coast last night and a much different scene in indiana today where it's still looking very much like winter. heavy, wet snow making for a messy commute. now more snow on the way for the northeast and strong storms still down south. our meteorologist janice dean is

live in the weather center with more. >> snow and taxes. i know. such a bad combination. >> we'll have to break out the chocolate. >> let's take a look at it. something we've never seen in chicago. okay? if you can believe this, yesterday they hit 60 degrees, 63 degrees and then they had an inch and a half of snow. that's never happened before. we are setting history. and detroit, yes. it is the snowiest season on record for you. i mean, if we're going to have snow, we might as well break some records. let's take a look at temperature change over the last 24 hours. in some cases, close to 40 degree drop in pittsburgh as this cold front moves through and yes, we're still seeing the snow across the ohio river valley, the great lakes, tennessee river valley and the threat for severe weather really kind of exists across florida but watch those temperatures drop and we could actually see some snow here in new york city overnight tonight and into tomorrow but it will be short lived. one thing we're going to see is

some record lows across portions of the east. even atlanta, 32 degrees. 27 in louisville. they have freeze watches and warnings across the ohio valley in towards the deep south. the good news is, it will warm up soon. jenna: and you just gave us all permission for a little bit of chocolate. that makes it all better. >> emergency chocolate today. i like t. there's the forecast. i like that forecast. thank you. >> nice to see you. >> snow and taxes on the very same day. guess what? get ready to share even more with uncle sam. we'll have the latest on the government's plan, get this, to tax -- like do you get free lunches at work and other perks like when you use your cell phone they give you but you use it for personal calls? they may tax all that stuff. you'll want to hear about that. plus why skipping out on meal time could have a serious impact on your relationship. the link between hunger and getting along with a special sun. [ female announcer ] it's simple physics...

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nutrition inharge™. jenna: you heard the saying, there's no such thing as a free lunch. uncle sam possibly taking a bite out of employees' food and more. the i.r.s. considering whether work perks that some big silicon valley companies offer should be taxed. you know the work perks. they sound great, actually. big tech companies. adam is live from california with more on this. adam? >> there are some great perks out there, he is personally for the high tech companies here in the silicon valley. it's also some other industries where the battle for a good worker is really coming down to what can be offered above and beyond the salary and that's where the i.r.s. has gotten involved. now, everything here, at least in this part of the world in the bay area, yoga classes, hair cuts, shuttle services, the food that is offered. executive chefs have been hired, providing amazing meals. most of the high tech companies

feed their staff here in the l.a. area. you can find lavish cafeterias on facebook and google and even takeouts. they provide big time spreads for their employees. >> employers are able to provide food when employees are on call in emergency situations. the question is, do tech companies fall into this category? >> and that is the big question because the argument the tech companies make is that the employees do serve a lot of hours in the office and that food is something they should get and not worry about losing down time. no one at i.r.s. will speak to us on camera. they are considering all of the freebies that are really fringe benefits and the worker should be taxed on that. that would change everything significantly and especially since many companies will argue that the long hours and some of the free stuff is essential. otherwise, workers wouldn't get as much done. >> if the i.r.s. wanted to stop the productivity of the silicon valley and of the economic

growth engine that this place is, then they can have at it. >> legal experts say most of the stuff would be taxable but they also say that if that was to happen, a lot of same companies would just increase salaries so the employees would be able to cover for that taxable income that the i.r.s. would tack on come every april. it's an interesting debate and it comes down to is the i.r.s. going to get involved? are they going to separate things out? if you're an emergency personnel, it doesn't count. if you're working in the high tech industry, it does. it's a delicate situation and a lot of perks are impressive that have spread, not just in the silicon valley but across the country to these industries where workers are at a high premium. jenna: it's a very interesting debate. are you like a free hair cut sort of guy or what would be your thing? >> being based in los angeles, yoga is great, right? it's a california thing. in l.a. i'll go with the free

shuttle service to work. jenna: and this would change things if they tax it. they're being quiet about it right now. >> right. sglop controversy now over at the common core. you know, the government educational standards. that after christians, including many catholics, say the federal standards conflict with their faith. peter doocy is live with that in washington. >> there's concern among many common core critics there won't be much of a difference between catholic schools and public schools if everyone is using the same standards. each diocese needs to determine if the common core is right for them. references say to drug use and social justice in some of the books that were selected for reading lists, they want to make sure their child is not exposed to those themes. pittsburgh catholics against common core, for example, say while this decision may seem practical for catholic schools, it minimizes duty for the whole

child in the mind, body and spirit. cardinal newman society says common core just focuses on college prep but they want catholic school students to also learn to live like christ. but so far, 100 diocese across the country out of 195 have decided to embrace some part of common core saying it improves quality and the national catholic educational association is with them. here is why. >> everything that we do, christ comes first. our faith comes first. so whatever standards we use, and we've been using standards for a long time, what we're going to do are use materials that are infused with the faith. we're going to use those aligned with our faith and use our faith to help us achieve those ends. >> national catholic educational association says they'll tell schools that are concerned about a particular text just to drop it and that they would recommend instead using biographies about

prominent religious leaders throughout history when possible. >> common core has kicked off a storm. thanks. jenna: a new reason for parents to limit screen time. what a study shows kids get less of the more tv they watch. we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagin how much we'll need

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>> a study confirms what many parents probably already knew. researchers finding that the more time your kids spend watching tv, the less sleep they get. joining us now is dr. campbell, cardiologist and assistant professor of medicine at university of north carolina. our parents are right. get out and play. don't sit there. go out, go out the door and climb the tree and call johnny. >> exactly. this new study was pretty darn impressive. for every hour of additional time they are spending watching

tv or in front of a screen, they actually see one hour -- sorry, seven minutes less sleep and that can add up. we now know that a lack of sleep is associated with obesity, heart disease and diabetes. and this is something we need to intervene on early in our children. >> how much sleep should your kid get? does it depend on the age or uniform? sgloits dependent on the age. younger children and teens need at least 8 1/2 hours of sleep because they are growing, their brains are developing and they need this time to recharge. and as we age, and become older adults, we need less and less sleep to when you're in the 60s and 70s, you may only need six or so hours of sleep. >> if you have a teen or early college student at home and they're sleeping to 1:00 every saturday, i mean, you're yelling at them saying get up, but maybe that's what they need? >> i think they do need some additional sleep but sometimes you might need to get them to bed earlier as well. they end up having a phase shift

in their sleep. they're sleeping later because they're going to bed so much later as well. >> here's another topic that's je jenna's favorite. it's hangry. you're all cranky when you get up in the morning and you have low blod sugar and there's a study about the way couples interact and their blood sugar. >> this was very interesting. this actually was done in a way where we looked at how couples' blood sugar varied throughout the day and how it related to how angry they were. they took almost 100 couples and gave them voodoo couples, replica dolls of their spouse and 51 pins and decided to particular -- stick pins in it twice a day. it varied waysed on blod sugar. blood sugar low, you stuck more pins in. >> what do you do to not have the low blood sugar? >> glucose, or blood sugar, is an essential future for our body. when our brain doesn't get

enough of it, we release hormones. we become irritable and anxious. you need to eat before you have big discussions. have that discussion after the bigger, after dinner, rather than before. >> come on. i've been accused of this once or twice by my husband, i have to admit. i just want to confess to our viewers that this has happened to me. what are you going to do? i have to eat more and have important conversations. >> i still don't think it's going to work. honey, it's not us. it's my glucose. that's not going to work. >> you need chocolate. >> that's it. yes. thank you so much. >> this just flows nicely for our next segment. kentucky fried chicken and the prom. there's things you don't normally associate together but they do go together. wait until you see the accessory the fast food chain says will spice up this year's look literally. that's next.

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>> and that is the decision easier. that is the risk. baby's breath and she looks like she likes it eric. i mean really. and kfc is making 100 of the approximate corsages. they are totally satisfied. and it comes with nowers and then a happy prom date. it is a small price to pay. >> how come the guy is saying why are we giving you that kind.

>> not fair and balanced. maybe they will think about it. >> thanks for joining us. everybody. america's nows headquarters starts right now. have a great day. a fox news alert. one city remembering the boston bombings. >> it rocked the finish line and injured hundreds and killing throw people. we have seen incredible courage and resilience. live pictures from boston where we await the remarks from vice-president biden. molly is live in boston as well. molly, boston is still strong. >> reporter: absolutely. it is an emotional day and tribute and remembrance and remembering those lives that were