when the bombings occurred. let's keep it safe throughout the day. we'll be here to cover that. martha, back to you in new york. see you tomorrow. martha: thanks, billing. that will be a tough moment but a great day in boston today. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: bold moves bit gop in deep blue territory with republican candidates looking to win senate seats long-held by democrats. hope you're off to a great week so far. i'm jenna lee. >> welcome, jenna. i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. trying to push for a win in the strong hold of oregon pushing monica wehby. they haven't vote ad statewide republican lawmaker in more than a decade. in west virginia, gnat at this

10nant facing uphill battle against retiring senator jay rockefeller. in colorado, caputo is up in some polls. democrats still say they have a chance to keep control of at least one house of the congress. what will happen? joining sus nina easton, senior editor and washington columnist for "fortune" magazine. fox news contributor and jamie wine steen, senior editor at "the daily caller." welcome, jamie and nina. out in west oregon, they have trouble with obamacare. that has become a number one issue in that race. >> that's right. if the republicans picked up the senate seat which would be huge, not only obama state, he won by a solid 3% margin in 2012, but it is also dealing with an incumbent senator there, jeff merkley. you're facing incumbent, liberal state but what you've got there is obamacare. this is the most disasterous

rollout in the nation. they were for months unable to enroll anybody and it is, and it led to investigations. it led to resignations of senior officials. it has been basically government incompetence at large. this is a really good issue. it is not philosophical. it is something really happening on the ground in oregon. so it does help the republican, the candidate that you just mentioned, the doctor. she is a pediatric surgeon. she's well-positioned to fight that. there is another republican challenger in the race we mentioned as well who has a powerful story. that primary is coming up. we'll see who is challenging the incumbent. >> look at commercial, jamie. we saw monica wehby, maim md on the white gown. she is a child neurosurgeon and made obamacare number one. talk about a potential nightmare for the incumbent. >> exactly, especially in a state that has such a botched

obamacare rollout as oregon. as you mentioned, i don't think the website is up and running yet to sign up online for obamacare in oregon. they just had hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to do this and failed. now you have a doctor coming in who opposed obamacare from the beginning. said, give me a chance. i'm someone who is, you know, against obamacare. it was not supportive of this democratic administration failed timely meant obamacare in the state. nationally president obama who pushed it along. it should be noted she is also socially moderate, socially liberal on social issues which is a big plus in oregon. she is, personally pro-life but she is pro-choice in the sense that she wouldn't do any laws to stop abortion. but she is for same-sex marriage. >> sounds like a lively race. natalie tenent, democrat, secretary of state at the moment she is surprisingly running behind. the fact is, you would think,

nina, she was the first woman musket tear a mountaineer at the west virginia university. she has the musket on the wall. coon skin cap. she is homegrown, hometown girl and she is trailing shelley moore capito in the race. >> i have the fact we have two leading women candidates in west virginia by the way. beyond that, west virginia, it is an open seat. so that is good for republicans. yes, democrats, and they have to be conservative democrats do quite well at the local level. it has not been a real open territory for republicans the at local level. >> joe manchin has been a success on statewide level. >> joe manchin, republicans, yes. and so, but, the thing that is going to help republicans is that that obama won that state, excuse me, obama lost that

state, just got 36% of the vote. statewide it is not really friendly environment for democrats and it's an open seat. so i think that helps republicans. >> jamie, nina just mentioned the 30 6% that the -- 36% the president received. 46% convicted felon serving time in texas won during the democratic primary campaign. what does that say that could happen in this race. >> president obama is not popular in west virginia at all. he is not a friend of the coal industry, a major industry in west virginia. democrats have a real uphill battle in this race. this is almost the opposite of the oregon race this is first or second likely seat to fall to republicans. the or gone race is number 1 har tsunami. this looks good for republicans. >> republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. a few more months to go. but two interesting races in

oregon and west virginia. take care. >> thanks, eric. >> turning to breaking new details on the crisis in ukraine. vice president joe biden heading to kiev this morning where he will meet with members of ukraine's new government. his visit comes as the international agreement meant to ease tensions is now very much in jeopardy with pro-russian gunmen refusing to abandon occupied buildings in at least 10 ukrainian cities. these are government buildings that they're occupying. ukraine's prime minister says what is happening in his country should have the whole world concerned. >> president putin has aa dream to restore the soviet union and every day he goes further and further and god knows where is the final destination. jenna: leland vittert is in eastern ukraine with the latest there. leland? >> reporter: hi, jenna. there is certainly a lot of people in this part of ukraine who would like to be part of president putin's new empire as he extend russia.

right now we just got back from heading north about two hours to the main separatist town, the pro-russian separatist town there, about 120,000 people live there as we showed up on main street, two large tanks, russian flags flying overhead, these are tanks that were taken off the ukrainian military. the russian flag was flying over the city hall that was now the capital of this new republic that they have decided to declare, the self-proclaimed mayor was guarded by heavily-armed men. we got a chance to talk to him he says that he believes russia is going to protect them as does most of his followers there at checkpoints around the city and throughout this region. there are signs up that say no usa. we asked him about president, vice president joe biden's visit to ukraine what they thought about that? they said they don't really care because they view the government in kiev that vice president biden going to visit as illegitimate. that shows you what a cold

warresque showdown this is is, east versus west. united states and europe very much supporting the government in kiev and moscow very much supporting the prorussian separatists. folks on the street believe their fate will be much more decided by moscow and washington than it will be at their own hand. back to you, jenna. jenna: much more throughout the day. kt mcfarland, general scales with a great panel later on. thank you. >> jenna, a deeply meaningful marathon moment in boston showing just how strong it is as well as our country as another wave of runners are getting ready to take their marks in the 118th boston marathon. ing security on everyone's mind after last year's deadly bombings at the finish line. the group behind this race promise the area will be the safest place on the planet. molly line at the massachusetts emergency management headquarters in framing ham. molly, a day of resolve, inspiration, hope and

remembrance. >> reporter: officials here say the security presence is unprecedented. we're standing just above the multiagency coordination center that is really the hub of today's event as far as security is concerned. there are more than 260 people in this underground bunker working for a variety of agencies, state, federal, private, volunteer agencies as well. there would be in event of any kind of emergency out on the course. there are more than 3500 law enforcement officials out there. hundreds will be in plain clothes along with massachusetts national guard members and soldiers and from approximately 20 states are in total there. providing specialized information on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and detection device, these teams that are in place. 100 cameras also lining the length of the marathon route. we had a chance to speak with curt schwartz, the director of the massachusetts emergency management agency and he talked about specialized training involved in all of this. >> about 700, almost 8 hunch our

law enforcement officers that will be deployed on monday will have gone through courses, most of those courses have been on detecting suspicious behaviors and how to manage different types of threats including ieds and other types of explosives along the course. >> reporter: this is also the place where the people here on hand would be able to communicate with washington, with homeland security, with the fbi. governor deval patrick, the massachusetts governor, stopped by here this morning along with the homeland security secretary jeh johnson. they took a tour of the bunker and getting an inside look how hard everyone is working downstairs. the governor is saying that everything has been done to keep this race safe. eric? >> molly, we're running with them certainly in spirit. molly line, thank you very much. jenna? jenna: eric why more children treated in emergency rooms, children treated in emergency rooms are getting a very

powerful drug. a painkiller described more than ever now to youngsters. why? we'll get into it. a teenager lucky to be alive after flying halfway across the pacific in the wheel well of a plane. the details of this life-threatening journey next. >> i would imagine flying at 35,000 feet it would be very cold on one thing. of and also, you know, 35,000 feet and that wheel well is not pressurized or temperature controlled. so it would be a miracle to, you know, to survive.

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jenna: welcome back, everyone. a california teenager is lucky to be alive after stowing away in the wheel well of a flight from california to hawaii. he survived the trip halfway across the pacific despite

frigid temperatures and lack of oxygen. william la jeunesse is live with the story. the story is raising a lot of eyebrows, william. how did he survive this? >> reporter: it's a miracle, that what they say. stowaways like this have 80% chance of dying. the temperature outside is 50 degrees below zero. inside the wheel well there could be heat from the hydraulic fluid. but when the body temperature falls below 58 degrees you're supposed to die. the officials say this teenager did not. the teenager was unconscious most of the flight and remembers nothing but survived. >> he looks pretty good from what i could see, again. young juvenile and didn't appear to be dirty and greased up from claiming to be in the wheel well. >> reporter: for context there have been about 100 similar stowaways. most bodies are removed frozen. others die from a lax of oxygen. doctors who study this say the

few stowaways do survive go into kind of hibernation. i'm quoting from an faa report. body temperature in hypothermia can fall to 80 degrees or lower. at the lower levels unconsciousness and lower heart and respiratory rates occur. therefore they needless oxygen. so if they don't have brain damage at that point they can still sufficient ear heart attack, jenna. during desent or decompression which is why some are calling this an aviation miracle. jenna: so what exactly was he doing on the plane to begin with? i mean what was the point of all of this? >> reporter: he had an argument with his family. so he decided to run away. security footage shows this teen jumping a fence at san jose airport. then crawling into the landing gear of hawaii air flight 45 on sunday morning. so this happened during broad daylight. the boy told officials that he passed out as soon as the flight ascended and he regained

consciousness about an hour before landing. he was found wandering around the tarmac with no i.d. when airport police saw him. the fbi says medically he appears fine and he will not be charged with a crime. i'm assuming there will be some kind of family reunion later today or tomorrow. jenna: wonder what that conversation will be like, right, william? how do you broach that as a parent. >> reporter: right, right. jenna: interesting questions about security at san jose airport if someone can sneak in and get into a wheel well. we have questions. william, thank you. eric: he is really lucky to be alive. coming up a very powerful drug now prescribed to children visiting the emergency room. why children are getting codeine despite the risks. international agreement in jeopardy with the crisis in ukraine threatening to escalate after of the killings at a roadblock shoot youth over the weekend. some people say president's obama's response to the crisis just is not working.

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if we can't offer faster speeds or save you money we'll give you $150. comcast business built for business. eric: right now some children heading to emergency rooms might be taking drugs that are just too strong for some adults. a new study found that the powerful drug codeine is being prescribed to more than a quarter of a million kids each year. patti ann browne is live at the breaking news desk with the latest on this troubling story. hi, patti ann. >> hi, eric. the study found 3% of children who visited emergency rooms over a 10-year period were prescribed codeine. use did go down during that period around the study covered the years 2001 to 2010 and that was before the fda's warning last year that this drug can cause complications and even death in children in rare cases. so experts say it is likely that codeine is now being prescribed less. still the study found that the number of e.r. visits resulting in a codeine prescription was at

least 560,000. it's a concern because codeine is an opiate and some people, especially kids, metabolize it too quickly. this can result in excessive sleepiness and breathing difficulty among other side-effects. codeine was commonly used for coughs until the american academy for pediatrics recommended against the cues. the food and drug administration advised using codeine for children's pain only in the benefits outweigh the risks. eric. eric: pat at this ann, thank you very much. jenna: separatists breaking the truce and a broker deal in jeopardy. "wall street journal" piece says quote, bilateral discussions between the united states and russia will suffer but they expect russia to cooperate on global security issues. some critics say mr. obama's swipe against mr. putin without backup or military stance embolden mr. putin to take at

advantage of ukraine. joining us kt mcfarland, fox news security analyst and we retired major general bob scales, fox news military analyst. welcome to you both. there are two sides of the coin, kt officials say we will be able to work with the russians. critics say, i'm not so sure. where do you stand? >> if you've been mugged, what are you going to do? you will get new locks on the door. have a security system. have a neighborhood watch. president obama has been mugged by putin. what has he done? none of the above. his plan he will ignore putin. he will not work with putin. he is going to focus on other parts the world more important to us. the fact of the matter is that president obama's rhetoric isn't mashing into reality. the reality we're not reinforcing nato. we're not helping the europeans get off the energy they mead to make them independent of russia. finally the leading from behind left a lot of opportunities into which the mugger, vladmir putin, is rushing. jenna: so, let's take that analogy further, general scales,

about the m is what we want to refer to vladmir putin. i think he might disagree with it but if we're looking for a way to back up our stance in that part of the world, getting back to what the critics in "the wall street journal" say, we need a military strategy. we need some sort of a political strategy as well. is it too late to even introduce a strategy at this point? >> no, it's not too late but we're really behind the power curve as kt said. look what have we sent there so far? a few obsolete fighter planes. we're going to send 150 solders to poll land for an exercise. if i were vladmir putin i would say, i'm winning. if a response as tepid as this is the best the united states can do, as putin keeps pushing and pushing and pushing the limits into eastern ukraine and consolidating his grip on crimea, anyone in the world, particularly vladmir putin, would say that his strategy of what we call, political warfare is being very, very effective

and there is no reason why he shouldn't continue because he is ahead of the power curve. >> the "new york times" give us interesting perspective, kt, why potentially what general scales is mapping out is coming to fruition. and what "the new york times" said over the weekend the president more or less decided he will never have a constructive relationship with vladmir putin and really turn towards a, a policy of containment if you will, to try to just make sure he down do more damage. what do you think of that? >> i think this is the administration's spin. their argument is, look, history is on our side. vladmir putin is playing a losing game over time. he is being, we have isolated him. he is no long ear player on the world stage. you know none of it is true because what has putin done? he is now, he is inking a deal with iran to do a barter deal for oil and food. he will do a similar thing with the chinese. that doesn't sound like a country that is isolated. he is making moves in eastern europe. if the president really wanted

to do something, the president keep saying alternatives we don't want to war with him on one hand and we have very do options and do nothing on the other hand. there are a lot of options and we're doing none of them. jenna: which side of that, general scales, do we risk making vladmir putin more important than we want him to be, meaning play into the hype around him unnecessarily, as some might argue? >> well, if obama is minimizing putin, it is for darn sure that putin is not minimizing obama. i mean this is a strategy, as i said before, that seems to be work and this idea of sort of like chipping away from at his economy isn't going to work first of all putin doesn't care about the economy. he cares about power. he cares about american weakness. he is hugely popular with the russian people and he is actually growing in popularity with very segments of western europe. jenna: at the very beginning when he took office that wasn't the case in russia.

you were seeing a lot of protests in the streets there. >> right. jenna: one wondered if there was real opportunity. quickly before i let you both go, of course vice president joe biden is in ukraine today. the president will head to asia tomorrow. we heard about the pivot east. that is where he would like to focus. in general what precedent do you think is being set for the next several years of his term, kt, when it comes to the foreign policy platform that he has right now? kt you first and then general scales. >> the reality he is leaving the middle east, right? he is declaring russia is no longer important. we'll not play much in europe or central europe. he will now pivot to asia. the problem the pivot to asia is 100 troops. that is not off of a pivot. reality we're withdrawing in every theater of the world. jenna: general scales? >> absolutely right. picking a fight with china is moving nothing more than a strategic distraction. they're failing in the middle east with the rise of al qaeda. they're clearly failing in the

standoff putin n a way put sin sort of mocking us. where do you turn to region of the world and emphasize the military component in a region of the world, any type of conflict is extremely unlikely or possible. this is nothing more than a strategic head fake. jenna: thanks to have you both. thank you so much. >> thank you, jenna. eric: jenna, more heart break sad to say in south korea as the ferry disaster becomes a central florida investigation. why the president of south korea call the actions of the crew, quote, akin to murder. a dramatic murder trial coming to a close in miami. breaking news of the man accused of killing his new wife. guess what, he has been acting in court as his own lawyer. we'll be right back. vo: once upon a time

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>> jenna: closing arguments beginning in a dramatic murder trial. man accuse of killing his new wife was acting as his own lawyer. what he just decided to do. we'll explain. also the president expected to grant clemency to hundreds of drug offenders, maybe thousands. we'll take a closer look at this controversial issue today. it may sound impossible but it's true. seats on planes could get even smaller. how airlines are looking to squeeze in even more passengers. eric? >> we'll be standing up like in the subway or the bus holding on one of these days. new information today about the south korean ferry disaster.

former crew members have been detained in the wake of the tragedy. captain and two other crew members have been arrested, as you know. south korean president now says they committed unforgiveable murderous behavior as for man 300 people are dead or still missing. david hyper -- has more on this heartbreaking story. >> very strong words today from south korea's president who condemned the ship's captain and members of his crew. >> the conduct of the captain and some crew members is unfathomable from the view point of common sense and it was an act of murder that could not and should not be kol traited. >> those who have broken the law or as she said, abandoned their responsibilities will be held to account regardless of rank. south korean government has also faced criticism from the

families waiting for news of their loved ones. the focus for a lot of anger is also on the captain of the ferry, members of his crew. he and six crew members have been arrested on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need. captain was in his cabin when the accident happened and he was one of the first to get off the ship. it's also been revealed that the third officer was in charge of the bridge when the ship made a sharp change of direction and may have caused it to capsize. the captain also admitted he didn't tell passengers to abandon ship immediately as he feared they would be swept away. dive teams continue to recover bodies from within the sunk jennifery today and some faebs who have loved ones on board the ferry have been visiting the area where it sank. and south korean officials have said today there is little hope of anybody still alive within the sunk en vessel.

back to you. >> so tragic. back here at home in a dramatic twist in the trial of that south florida man who is accused of murdering his new wife. prosecutors say he killed wendy to collect a $1 million life insurance policy. the trial has had some dramatic moments because he was representing himself. you know what they say when you do that. well, but now he's stepping aside, they say, and letting his standby attorney take charge and maybe it's not a moment too late. joining us is a criminal defense attorney and a trial attorney. let me start with you. >> it's way too late. >> what has this guy been doing? >> when you have a murdered wife and thief only been married four days. the first place you're going to look is to the husband. that's logical. but trials require more than logic. they require evidence and the

evidence in this case, thanks to both sides. the key witness is the ex-girlfriend of the defendant who was intimately involved in this murder plot. the jurors have to listen to her and decide whether they're going to believe her or not and that's a difficult task. >> heather, she testifying with immunity claiming she helped plan this murder and actually get him away from the murder scene >> she lost a civil suit for this murder in a wrongful death suit to the tune of $44 million. that's a bester burden of proof. you have to imagine they have good proof in this case. the defendant has been held in contempt of court in front of the jurors so there's no way this jury has a very good idea of him given the fact the judge held him in contempt. >> let's take a look at what this guy is like. here is a clip from him during the trial. >> i'm going to say something

that i should -- say that again. >> objection. >> this guy is no perry mason. >> heck no. this is so difficult because here's what we're worried about. in my gut, this guy is probably guilty, right? the jurors, when they have to look at the evidence and they're relying on the one witness who was probably involved, you could get a juror that doesn't want to convict this guy based on that testimony because there's a credibility issue there. and then what happens, you end up with a hung jury and what, the prosecution has to do this all over again? he's going to maintain his right to represent himself if there's another trial. what a fiasco. >> they've asked standby council to now do the closing. this gentleman who has our job and would have liked to prepare a closer now has to do it?

he's setting himself for appeal on ineffective use of counsel. >> he was sentenced for 30 days in contempt for arguing and basically threatening a witness. you don't do that as a lawyer. could that boomerang in a sense that maybe a juror, as you say, would say, well, maybe he's not nuts but he really is trying to defend himself because his life is potentially is at stake? >> i think any juror with two brain cells would say if you're innocent, hire a lawyer. you get a free one. the constitution lets you have a free one to defend yourself. why are you doing this yourself? but that jury could get mad at the prosecution and say, this is what you're bringing us? you're giving us one witness who is really -- her credibility is an issue. you don't have to the forensic stuff that we've become accustomed to and not hang their hats on that and possibly let this guy walk. >> what do you think? >> i think that the fact he threatened the life of somebody there in the courtroom in front of the jury is certainly going to work against him.

>> what did the judge say? you have to not use that? if the prosecution objects or something? >> you know, they saw it. they saw him threatening the witness. you can't unring that bell. >> we'll see what happens. it's going to go to the jury soon. see if his legal representation of himself worked. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> many people call it injustice. decades long prison sentences for minor, non violent drug offenses. others say you do the crime, you have to do the time. interesting debate. a new report that the president is planning on freeing hundreds of low level drug offenders. plus flying these days can certainly leave you feeling a little claustrophobic. if you think the airlines can't make the seats any smaller, think again. we'll show you. woman: how did we do it last time?

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from the president obama administration delay. it could be the end of the line for amtrak on several western states. why it could end railroad service with key areas in towns that really need it. a car slams into a church on easter sunday sending nearly two dozen people to the hospital. >> it's an issue that some add row -- advocates say has gone on too long. in some cases people spend years behind bars for mandatory sentences even if they are later pulled back or repealed. many requirements have. president obama is setting his sights on granting clemency to hundreds, possibly thousands of these non violent drug offenders. joining me to talk about this is the fox news senior judicial analyst. so judge, let's start very basic at the beginning. we're talking about a non violent drug offender. who are we talking about? >> two categories of people.

people that had the drug and used it just for their own use or people who sold it to others who used it for their own use. so we're not talking about drug gangs and not talking about crimes of violence. we are talking about the use of the drugs, even something as basic as marijuana is still illegal and the sale of the drugs is against the law under a federal law. so what happened was, back in the days when i was on the bench, there were minimum mandatory sentences and we were forced to sentence people to long periods of time for the sale of drugs even when there was no harm and there was no violence. congress again -- actually the united states sentencing commission then changed the minimum mandatory sentencing. the supreme court changed this interpretation of the minimum mandatory sentencing but only for the future. not for the past. >> so even though the law changed that put someone in prison, they would not benefit from the change of law.

they still remain in prison for 30, 40 years, for example. >> so president obama decided this is unfair and directed the justice department to find people who, a, have been sentenced to these long terms and b, where there was no violence and c, asked them to make an application for clemency and he will grant it to them. jenna: clemency means what? does it mean you're instantly out? >> yes. it does not mean you're pardoned. you still have the record. it means you're out on the basis of time served or as soon as the paperwork is done. the president could sign the clemency on a monday and you might not get out until friday but that's basically what it means. a pardon is entirely different. when the president grnts a pardon, that wipes out the offense. you could actually answer under oath that you were never convicted of a crime. jenna: that's an interesting distinguishment. this is a turn around for the president not grnting clemency

enough by some advocate groups. what did you think of this? if this is the case and it happens for hundreds, if not thousands, is it the right way for the legal and justice system to go? >> this is an area in which you'll get vast agreement among judges and ex-judges like me. you'll get a lot of agreement amongst cops and very, very little agreement among prosecutors. here is why. judges are of the view they should be free to sentence on the basis of the crime and the criminal, not on the basis of what the statute tells them. no two crimes are the same and no two criminals are the same. cops are of the view that they have far more important things to do than chase down people when they're using the drugs just for personal use. prosecutors, on the other hand, do not like this. they are terrified that drugs will become -- let's say marijuana will become lawful in the country. why would they be terrified? it will cut their budget.

they have to lay people off. they don't want to do that. what they're saying publicly is this is a scurge and we have to get it off the streets. jenna: it will weaken their power that basically the threat of tough federal punishment has been a tool to deter drug offenders. they say there's a way for them to use this as a deterring and also -- deterrent, i should say. but also to use it as leverage. another attorneys' group says it allows us to use it as lefage to get more information to get the real bad guys that we want to get. >> so if i'm the seller and i just sold three packets, they would say we're going to put you in jail for 30 years unless you tell us where you got those three packs from and maybe get some more from your supplier and let us tape you getting it. we won't go hard on you. we'll go after the supplier. jenna: that sounds like you want

to go after the bad guy. >> most people will commit a crime for the government taped so they can go after the other guy. is that really an appropriate thing for the government to be doing? financing a crime so they can catch the guy? jenna: that's a bigger question. and an important one. but real quickly before we end for the safety of families and communities across this country, what do you think is the right way to go here? just for basic safety for our community. >> i say this as someone who has harshly and repeatedly criticized the president. even a stopped clock is correct twice a day. i think the president is doing the right thing in this instance by granting clemency to these people. now remember, for families. marijuana is against the law against federal law everywhere in the country. if the states it's legal and the fed says it's illegal, it's still illegal. if feds are not going to enforce federal law, that's a different step. jenna: and we should mention the non violent drug offenses

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which also helps to strengthen memory. got all of that? >> i didn't know we had gamma frequency. laughter is the best medicine. >> absolutely jenna: fly can go leave you feeling a little bit like you're cramming into a sardine can. maybe even craving a visit to the krierchiropractor afterward. dagen, how? how is it possible to squeeze more seats in? >> well, there was a recent aircraft interior expo in germany and that was the very thing that exhibitors were showcasing. how to get more seats on to a single airplane. here is just some of the ideas that have been reported. diagonal seating doesn't sound too bad. seats that put passengers face to face so if you think it's bad, other dude behind you takes

his shoes off and puts his foot on your arm rest, can you imagine what he's going to do sitting in front of you? or reorganizing the way the lavatories are structured in the back so the airlines can get more seats in the rear of the aircraft. we all want to smell like the blue chemical deodorizer which is such a delicious cologne. you can't get it out of your hair. jenna: we were face to face, i would be like, hey, girl, what's going on? but you have to plan it a little bit ahead of time. i like to say do you have the flip seats? like the stadium seating? >> exactly. it would make it easier for the bottom of the seats to flip up. that was another design idea that was shown. so make it easier to board the plane but see, i try to wait until everybody is on board so you get to climb over everyone trying to get to my seat. jenna: how does it work? >> just to make the biggest

spectacle that i possibly can. i should point out these aircraft, it's at least last year were at record capacity, that of the planes in the air, they were more than 83% filled. so the airlines are just trying to figure out a way to squeeze every last dollar out of those passengers. one other way is to reduce the weight of the plane. that cuts down on jet fuel costs. jenna: they're looking to lighten the seats a little bit. we didn't even get to lightening the passengers. >> people are having a tough time getting squeezed into seats right now. jenna: it is not comfortable and knowing that the planes are at capacity is only further fact that the planes really are as crowded as we think they are. thank you. >> you're welcome. good to see you. >> just don't take out the lavatories. bio fuels are supposed to be better for the environment but turns out, according to one study, that may not be the case

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this easy-to-understand guide will answer some of your questions and help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that's right for you. jenna: noon here on the east coast. democrats are trying to find their fitting with winds shifting. a lot of different directions. welcome to a braf "happening now." >> and hello. i'm in for jon scott. president obama has been talking about increasing enrollments for the affordable care act touting new numbers but some democrats have been avoiding democrats as an issue a he had -- issue ahead of the elections. some are calling for its repeal. will it work? a staff writer for "the hill" joins us now from washington. they say half million or so

enrollments, you would think the democrats would be proud of that. what's happening? >> that's right. well, democrats, many of whom hail from red states in the midterms, many voted for obamacare but now they're facing constituencies not in favor of the law so they're having to thread the needle where they say i believe the law does do some good things but i'm willing to adjust things it doesn't do as well. so those are people like mark pryor in arkansas, and all of these candidates are really having a tough time particularly because news has gotten better for obamacare as you point out and there are a lot of democrats, including the president, urging them to run on the law. but the fact is, that the reform remains unpopular throughout the country. they're in tough position for sure. >> they're wiggling their way through this to get both sides of the issue. >> they are. repeal is not the most popular position despite the fact the law is unpopular. would people want is for the reform to stay but for it to be

combrufed on a bipartisan basis. i think that's what the incumbents who are so vulnerable are trying to do. they are trying to say they're problem solvers, working with unsolved parts of the law as well as the people under 26 can stay on their people's plans, very popular, and they don't want rid of that. >> eight million plus, could those all be potential votes for the democratic line? because they say they'll have health care but we don't know how many -- first of all, paid, the insurance premiums going up, the hospitals dropping obamacare, we don't know about doctors quitting because of it, too. >> that's right and i think the white house does want to leverage the eight million plus as a political constituency but whether they can remains to be seen. many of the people who benefitted from the law aren't people who tend to turn out to polls particularly in the midterm election. prens have the wind at their backs right now because the

older, white voters who tend to oppose obamacare are going to come out and vote in november. i think that the white house is going to continue trying to sell the law to publicize it particularly among the young people, among communities of color and among low prosecute people benefitting from the medicaid expansion hoping that that will lead to democrats being more supported than they otherwise would have been in november. >> would that be enough to help the vulnerable democrats? >> very hard to tell. 8 1/2 million or eight million plus is a better number that the administration has previously seen. no question. the white house is riding high and polls have shown that the law is starting to soften at least a little bit in terms of people that think it will hurt them, they see it as not necessarily affecting them. that's a trend line we're watching very closely. there's more time before november but we'll have to wait and see. >> and finally, a great political axiom, he said opponents have been more

mobilized than the supporters. you have anger, passion and really fire it up, a constituency against obamacare that would likely drive more people to the polls. >> that's right. and republicans have benefitted from that enormously since the law passed in 2010. in fact, when you look across the spectrum of policy issues, obamacare is the one where republicans tend to all agree which is really rare given the in fighting in the party right now. i think they are benefitting from that. they do want to take it to the polls. >> it's fascinating. we have a few months to go. thanks so much. >> thank you, eric. >> right now tens of thousands of runners preparing to cross the finish line at the boston marathon. city coming together in a huge show following yesterday's terror bombings. homeland security director speaking at a security briefing a short time ago about how the city is bouncing back. >> as americans, we pride ourselves on not shrinking from events like the tragedy of last year. we are a people who freely

associate and we're not afraid. we've come back strong and this terrific event and this tradition on this terrific day involves the real family. jenna: in the meantime, the winners of the women's race just crossed the finish line. she's the top american to finish the race, a good showing from her but not what we're looking for. we're watching the men's race. >> what a magnificent day and the weather and the enthusiasm and the support in boston. as you all remember those who are running now and remember the victims of the attack. as we follow that, we're also following another major development in terror and that happens to occur overseas. that in yemen where there have been drone strikes against some al qaeda camps. we have the very latest on that

from washington. >> well, thank you. according to the tracking data strikes in yemen dropped in 2013, almost 50% over the previous year and this reflected a policy shift by the obama administration to back away from the controversial program. since the release of this propaganda video last week from al qaeda in yemen, we've seen a handful of drone strikes. this video is seen as bold and a threat to u.s. interest with the head of a yup where osama bin laden threatened attacks against u.s. targets. analysts who have reviewed the tape note the leadership in yemen feels secure, operating openly and freely in some parts of the country. wheat not clear is whether the drone strikes are in response to the video or another perceived threat from the group that uses yemen as a training ground and a safe haven to built improvised explosive devices. bomb maker who was in yemen is the top target for the u.s. intelligence community. he was behind the failed

underwear bomb plot in 2009 as well as a tart ridge printer bomb blot the following year. the chairman of the house homeland security committee who has regular briefings on the counterterrorism campaign, telling fox this morning we're waiting for a readout on the casualties. >> i think the question is whether these are recruits that they hit to sort of downplay the recruiting capability or whether we got some more high value targets like the leader of this group, the number two in al qae qaeda. >> the groups are taking part in operations outside of yemen and that's a significant departure from what we've seen in the past. we already knew recruits took part in the benghazi assault in 2012 and now also found in syria as well. >> thanks so much. jenna: here at home, amtrak train service could be cut off to small towns in three states.

amtrak says it doesn't have the money to modernize and maintain the portion of the rail line that runs through a certain part of the country and now it's up to the states to come in and keep the line open. they have until the end of the year to decide what to do. >> yes. for more than 40 years, amtrak southwest chief has carried passengers from chicago to los angeles but now, the people who use that regularly are on the verge of losing it. >> this has been real handy for us. >> several rural towns along 600 miles of track may lose service in 2016. >> so what it is is a three state issue. western kansas, southeastern colorado and northern new mexico. >> amtrak says it will cost $200 million over the next decade to upgrade aging track on this historic stretch of line. >> steel rail does wear out and bridges do wear out. >> the track is owned by burlington northern santa fe

railroad which doesn't need the track to be as good for its freight trains as amtrak does for faster passenger trains. so amtrak is asking for help. >> basically talking about a five-way split. each of the three states, amtrak and the bnf railway. >> each state will have to come up with $40 million the next decade. >> we're looking at a state subsidy. the federal government will not step up to the plate so we will have to. >> amtrak says it must have an answer by the end of this year or it will move forward with plans to reroute the southwest track through oklahoma and texas removing dozens of jobs and millions of dollars from towns along the current route. >> i would not like that at all. they need this. >> all three states say they want the line. however, none have committed to the cost.

>> malaysian airlines flight made an emergency landing. a tire blue out shortly after takeoff. it carried 156 people. it was on the way to india and turned safely back. the sub continues to scour the indian ocean in search for the remains of malaysian flight 370. so far it's covered 2/3 of the search area but has yet to find any wreckage of that still missing plane. jenna: new controversy over another delay in decide whethering to approve the keystone pipeline. critics are calling it a political stunt by the obama administration and evaluating the president's foreign policy after a "new york times" columnist says when it comes to russia and the middle east, the president is not tough enough. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced.

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>> some winners in the boston marathon. the woman defended her title after winning last year. she was challenged by flannagan, a story that was inspiring. she led from 20 miles, from boston, really trying for that but instead, not to be. she came in, in second place. a man has won the boston marathon. we're told that he's an american from -- originally from atria but now an american. we have an american winning the boston marathon. meaningful, inspiring, important day especially after the bombings last year, a day of pride and inspiration and hope and determination as we salute them and all the 36,000 runners with their heart, we're all in a way running with many of them.

>> and many runners still running, we should mention. the man won in just over two hours. this is the first time an american has won the race since the early 1980's. real victory there. a man running for america. we'll keep you posted. a lot of runners still running and they'll be coming in all day. >> like at 6:30. last ones won't be through, if not until after that. >> and they count, too. as a runner myself, you count. new fallout over a decision by the obama administration that could effectively delay construction of the keystone pipeline until after the 2016 election. this comes after the state department said it would hold off on making a decision about the project until a court in nebraska weighs in on a new legal challenge to a proposed route in the state. explaining this all for us are chief washington correspondent live in the d.c. bureau. let's start off first with the reaction to the latest delay from the obama administration. what is that telling us? >> it's been furious and once again, a lawsuit has a degreed

to which the long running saga of the keystone pipeline is increasingly no longer a straight forward story of partisan politics but one that pits democrats against democrats. three of the democratic senators facing tough re-election battles this midterm cycle, not least of which they hail from key states. senator begich said i am appalled of the foot dragging. we'll miss another construction season and another opportunity to create thousands of jobs across the country. and senator landreau said, quote, this decision is irresponsible, unnecessary and unacceptable. administration is sending a signal of the small minority who oppose the pipelines can tie up the process in court forever. i plan to use my power to take decisive action to get this

pipeline's permanent approval. >> decision over the keystone pipeline is complex. it's one that has to be examined very carefully. it affects multiple states. what's also true is that incumbent senators like mary landreau understand the issues important on the ground in their state to their constituents. >> what's unclear in the announcement on friday is why the litigation in nebraska wasn't a clear obstacle months ago. jenna: interesting question. we're talking -- when we talk about the keystone pipeline, we're talking about the whole thing. a little known part of the story is that part of it has been approved by the obama administration. isn't that the case? >> that is the case. the final third of the pipeline from cushing, oklahoma is already largely built. energy resources will tell you the obama administration intervened to expedite permits for it. it's the first 2/3 of the pipeline from the tar stands oil

fields of alberta, canada that have remained under review for some five years now. >> what should american citizens conclude about their federal government and about the obama administration when its decision about whether or not to build a pipeline has now taken this administration longer than it took the united states to enter, fight and win world war ii? >> i think they should take from it that we take the process and the steps engaged seriously. i'm not sure there was a public comment option available during world war ii but that has been a factor for us. >> and if thisr does get built, it would be the second keystone pipeline from canada running more or less parallel to the first one. jenna: very interesting question, by the way. looks like it was gretly appreciated as well. >> as always, yes. jenna: your questions are received that way but an interesting context for us to consider.

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jenna: new questions about how clean bio fuel really is. a new study just released looking at bio fuel from the so-called leftovers from corn. it quantifies the damage to the environment when the cobs and leaves that make up corn residue -- or make up corn, it's the

residue, are removed to make bio fuel. these are the leftovers that sometimes are left on the field that replenish the soil. in other cases they're collected and turned into fuel. so the study looked at which is better for the environment. sfud study found that bio fuels release more green house gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline. i hope i did an okay job of explaining that, phil. the corn residue and bio fuel. why does this study matter? what does it tell us? >> this was supposed to be our future bio fuel, our feature. it wouldn't impact our food. we could use the leftovers and it would help green house gas emissions and was the answer to all our problems. what we're finding out is that's not the case. in fact, it adds to green house gases by at least 7% so we're actually going through this

process that it's going to be more energy intensive. it's going to release more green house gases into the atmosphere and the reason we're moving toward the fuel in the first place is starting to not make a lot of sense. jenna: the reason why it would release more green house gases? does that have to deal with the process itself for turning those items into fuel? >> it does. how you turn it into fuel. but you have to remember, when you get oil out of the ground, you run it through a refinery and that's all there is to it. when you look at corn from the beginning, you have to plant it. you have to get out in the fields. you have to have tractors that run on diesel fuel. they have to bring it in. they have to harvest the corn and then go back and pick up the leftovers and then process it again and turn it into a usable fuel. by the time you get done with that, you're actually using more energy than you actually save and you're releasing more gas into the atmosphere. the fuel itself is not quite as pure. when you go through the process,

you're burning a lower quality fuel and when you do that, it does release more bad things into the atmosphere. jenna: one of the things the study did point out is in the long run, bio fuel would be cleaner but it does raise the question, we're taking up a lot of inquiries about what direction we want to go in our country. do we know for the sure which is cleanest? is it natural gas? is it bio fuel? is it conventional gasoline? do we have the data that tells us? >> right now natural gas has had the biggest positive impact on gren house gas emissions in the history of the universe. some would argue we're not burning methane but it's had the gretest impact. the u.s., of course, has reduced the green house gas emissions the mow since the 1970's. why? we're using more natural gas. it's a proven fuel. down the road we can gamble on ethanol and bio fuel to maybe some day, you know, we'll be able to produce it in such a way

that it will be a net positive to the environment but that hasn't happened yet and the other thing, of course, is we're supposed to be producing these fuels to make, you know, prices a lot cheaper but what we saw is that in the first quarter of this year, ethanol prices soared. they're actually more expensive than gasoline and that's even with all the government subsidy money. jenna: corn itself is a product in many different items. want just popcorn that we like to eat but in a lot of products, corn syrup. when you look at prices in general, how is that impacting the price we're paying for food? there's a need for it as you map out. the timing of that is a big question but in general, what are we seeing the real life effects at the grocery store? >> we've seen the all prices of all foods go up dramatically. we've seen them go up 0.2%. part that far is because of our

policy. poor countries are blaming ethanol for causing strive in these countries. instead of using land to produce food, we're trying to produce energy and that's creating a lot of problem. some people even believe we're cutting down parts of the rain forest so we can plants even more corn to make even more fuel and a lot of environmentalists should be questioning whether this is really the right path to go on at this point. jenna: very interesting study sponsored by the federal government. thank you for working through it with us. we appreciate it as always. >> thanks. >> are you ready for another bio fuel? human spit. really? yep. how scientists say saliva could actually be used for power. we'll hear about that. can you believe that? also big changes at the obama administration to restore fairness to the criminal justice system. a major announcement on clemency coming up.

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noich we told you about this last hour. it's official now. a major announcement from eric holder about reducing once mandatory prison sentences for non violent drug crimes. mike is live from washington with more on this news. what is the argument for making the change? >> eric holder says there's still too many people in federal prisons under the old tougher standard and will have to spend

more time behind bars than they would today if convicted of the same crime. holder says this is not right. >> the white house has indicated it wants to consider additional clemency applications to restore the degree of justice, fairness and portionality for deserving individuals who do not pose a threat to public safety. justice department is going to recommend as many applicants as possible for reduced sentences. >> the justice department will detail new criteria the department will use in using one to recommend clemency applications for the president's review. jenna: as we mentioned, we heard reports of this. they had reports of this happening and then we get the official announcement today at noon. so it's still fresh but there must be critics already about this move. what are they saying? >> well, there are some who question about the justice department bureaucracy will be able to handle the cases fairly enough in processing thousands of likely petitions.

this is breaking news but we do expect some folks behind me on capitol hill. they will say it's not right, sends the wrong message of the consequences of bad behavior. jenna: a story we'll continue to follow. thank you. >> at least 21 people are hurt. have you heard about this? a car slammed into a florida church just as annual easter concert was about to begin. it happened in fort myers where police say the car barrelled through a brick wall and we want through several pews of the church. 200 people were inside attending easter services at the time. some of them were trapped under the car. >> 20 or more parishoners, they were using jacks from their cars. they must have came out from the parking lot and grbed the jacks and attempting to jack and manually lift the vehicle off several people that were trapped underneath. >> police say the driver told them she was looking for a parking spot when the car suddenly malfunctioned and they also said the brakes did not work right.

there's a new trend in college towns. have you heard about it? wealthy chinese investors snatching up prime real estate in places like manhattan and boston for their children when they attend college. some kids still in diapers. cheryl joins us live from the fox business network about this. it's hard enough to get into college, let alone compete with other parents. >> exactly. and then try to get housing for your kids when you eventually get them into college. it is fascinating what the chinese are doing. they're planning out 18 to 20 years ahead when the kids, as you say, now in diapers will be going to school. here are the cities where they've been spending millions on real estate. boston, new york, seattle. we've got brokers here in the u.s., especially in seattle, going over to asia, going to shanghai, going to hong kong to try to get the wealthy chinese to buy and yes, they are. a recent study in 2013 showed that 80% of high net worth

chinese planned on sending their children to study abroad. it's common for the parents to say what you're going to be doing and they follow their parents' ideas as far as where they're going to college and what they're doing for a career. these parents are spending millions of dollars. take 157 here in new york city. remember it from hurricane sandy. it's the big condo building on 57th street where the crane was dangling off. this is going to be the most expensive condominium complex in manhattan and they are buying -- one chinese woman spent $6.5 million for a condo. her child, her daughter is in diapers but she's going to be renting the condo out. she's expecting a 3% return so the chinese are not just making money by investing in u.s. properties but because they've been outpriced of their own properties over in china, whether you're looking at

shanghai or looking at hong kong, beijing, they're finding that it's a win-win for them. they make money on u.s. real estate and their kids get residency and don't have to go through the visa issues that does affect many chinese children coming to u.s. universities. so it's a very fascinating trend we're seeing from overseas. >> do you know what? they'll miss out on the important parts of college, your messy dorm. everybody in the dorm. if you're sitting up there on the 80th floor in a multi million dollar condo, you know, and getting your laundry done? >> i used to take my laundry home to my parents. i don't think they appreciated it but i did it anyway. >> thanks so much. jenna: business news now. united auto workers now dropping its appeal of a union vote at a volkswagon plant in tennessee saying the challenge could have dragged on for years incourts. in february workers voted against the u.a.w. representing them as a union.

union foiled an appeal after the election claiming interference by u.s. officials and the news today is that they're dropping that appeal. >> have you heard about this? president obama's foreign policy record taking a bit of a hit based on his personality. tampa new york times columnist with some eyebrow raising comments. he told meet the press that the president has, quote, a manhood problem. brooks says when it comes to challenges from russia or the middle east, he thinks the president isn't tough enough. >> let's face it. obama, whether deservedly or not, does have -- i'll say it crudely but a manhood problem in the middle east. city tough enough to stand up to vladmir putin? i think a lot of the wrap is unfair but in the middle east there's the feeling he's not tough enough. >> jim pinkerington and alan colmes, fox news contributors,

gret great to see you. does the president have a manhood problem? is brooks right? >> that's his phrase, not mine but brooks might have been thinking of the situation in syria where the president issued his famous red line almost a year ago now and asad of syria is not only still in charge but seems to be expanding and be planning another fake election. so maybe that's what brooks is thinking about. >> what do you think about that term? >> you can look at the expression on his face. he knew as he was saying it, it was a ridiculous thing to attack the manhood of the president because he was not militant enough against the former soviet union? was he man enough to get osama bin laden? was he man enough to get muammar qaddafi? was he man enough to get more al qaeda leaders than any other president? that's absurd to have to attack his manhood. peter baker said yesterday what the policy is, the longer term strategy to diminish russia's

ability within the world community to operate economically and it's a community -- it's a strategy which has been endorsed by the former ambassador to nato and it's just absurd to attack the president's manhood. he should be ashamed to say that. >> syria is a tremendous humanitarian issue. vladmir putin moving into crimea and may be potentially invading the south and eastern ukraine. is this like setting up the law professor versus -- >> no. what he's doing is increasing the tight rope around russia. if you look at peter baker's columns yesterday in the times, you see the long term strategy that's to diminish vladmir putin and he'll wake up one day and realize he has no financial clout anywhere in the world. simply doing something more militant is really the worst reason to start a war with somebody. >> i don't think anybody is talking about a war but -- >> some are. >> it seems to me that secretary kerry whom jackson at the "the

washington post" has been calling delusional keeps offering vladmir putin an off ramp to admit he made a mistake in threatening all of the ukraine. i don't think vladmir putin is very interested in any offer or deal. it seems like the deal they just made in geneva over the weekend has already been violated so i think what we're sort of looking here is the "new york times" kind of doing their best to cover for the president by saying he has a grand strategy here. old strategy falls apart so they have a new strategy. >> he told chris wallace yesterday that he would honor the geneva accord. let's give that a chance to work instead of rushing to attack the president's manhood. chris got an answer out of him. doing a good job. >> "new york times" piece yesterday on the front page said basically the president had given up on vladmir putin. >> he said he would work with vladmir putin the best he can but continue to tighten the noose around his neck

economically to make mim a piranha in the world community. >> what about teddy roosevelt and what he said? speak softly and carry a big stick. is that not what the president is doing? >> that's exactly what he's doing. >> or what about ronald reagan did to stop the soviets in the 1980's? he increased american's fuel. that was a brilliant strategy that reagan did. president obama wants to do the opposite. he wants to restrict american energy production. >> he is moving toward green energy so we're less dependent on foreign oil which is the best strategy we could have. >> the green energy isn't happening. what's happening is fracking. he is opposed to it. >> he should be and it will happen faster because of the investment the president is making in green energy. it will speed up the process. >> david brooks said that yesterday on sunday on television and live tv it can

come out and we'll see what he writes about in the op ad piece. probably be the subject of his next column. thank you. >> thank you. jenna: scientific breakthrough showing how the human body could pave the way for the next generation of bulletproof vests. sound incredible? we'll explain. encouraging news for america's pets, especially future pets in shelters. we'll explain.

jenna: fox news alert out of salt lake city. police officers are responding to a reported shooting at a federal courthouse there and this is what we're hear ago cording to the local fox affiliate at the time. apparently there was a case ongoing in one of the courtrooms and it was a case having to do with one of the violent gangs in salt lake city and according to the first reports we have, one of the people that is belonging to this gang or involved with this case in some way rushed a federal marshal who then opened fire. but again, initial reports sometimes are wrong so that's the first report we have. right now the building is evacuated and police are continuing to respond to the scene but initial reports say there was a shooting. the building has evacuated and one man taken out on a stretcher. as we know more, we'll bring that news to you.

>> a better survival rate for america's pets. according to the humane society, the number of dogs and cats being euthanized at animal shelter $ dropping dramatically. they say the reduction is coming as our pet population is booming. jonathan is live in atlanta with details. >> hi. it's because more of those pets have homes. spay or neuter campaigns has played a role in reducing the number of pets in the u.s. but animal welfare groups are thinking out of the box to keep pets out of the pound. merely half of the six million pets that enter shelters each year are euthanized according to the humane society. >> they were euthanizing about 15 million pets in 1970's. we're now down to about three million every year. of course, that's three million too many. >> animal welfare advocates hope to bring the rates closer to zero by promoting the shelter

pets like daisy and by helping animals to avoid shelters in the first place. >> we found so many calls of people that wanted to surrender their pets, they didn't actually want to surrender their pets. >> surrender counselor with the atlanta non profit that provides assistance to owners who are struggling with their pets. >> he was running around, jumping on kids. >> they have a training crate for keno that made it possible for robinson to keep him. >> anything that we can do to keep the animal from coming into the shelter we'll try to do. >> lifeline has helped two county shelters here in metro at lant appear reduce their euthanasia rates from historic highs around 85% to now below 20%. back to you. >> that's wonderful. remainder to think of shelters if you want a pet. >> that's what i did. >> absolutely. great.

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jenna: innovative new way to generate power. stem cells can generate small but usable amounts of energy from, get this, human saliva. dr. debbie is an assistant professor at school of medicine and it's relevant to the health field because it's fuel for teeny tiny medical devices. but when you read it, saliva as fuel, it's a say what sort of situation. how does this even work? >> i thought the same thing as you but it's not that unexpected. you think of fuel as oil or gas but if you think about it, we use sunlight for solar power,

use hydroelectric power that' water generated so basically in developing countries, scientists are looking at can we use waste water, sewage water to power things. there's water with bacteria in it. maybe they can cause a chemical reaction to convert chemical energy to electrical energy. we've seen bacteria do this before. that's where y we talk about ho our saliva is breaking down bacteria and that reaction does what? what would be a real life application of something like this? >> yes. if you put it in the mouth and using the saliva, you can use it for two purposes. first, use it for electricity. you can power small devices. you could use it for like a blood glucose monitor. jenna: this would be just a little medical device that might be put in your mouth like filling a cavity.

>> something along those lines. you could do it that way or the opposite where you track the saliva. in women who are ov lating or about to ovulate, there are changes in their issalivis sali. you may be able to help those trying to get pregnant to do so. jenna: we'll leave that story and maybe think a little bit differently about what's going on, on a regular basis. i want to ask you about this other story that has to do with embryonic stem cells. it's controversial but researchers say it could pave the way for the next generation bulletproof vest. how are those two things connected? >> yeah. so they actually found a strange property about they see embryonic stem cells. it's something that doesn't have a role yet. it could be a lung cell, liver cell so essentially they found

that it's kind of the opposite of play dough. if you have it in a bowl and you press on it or smoosh it, it gets thin in center where you pimpled it and go outward. most things in nature are like that. stem cells, if you push on them, they sort of resist you. they push back kind of like southern sponges. in a bulletproof vest, if you have a bullet coming through it, instead of actually thinning out and letting the bullet penetrate, it will push back and resist the bullet. jenna: do you think that's possible? >> some scientists, the things they come up with so creative, it's amazing. jenna: not only bulletproof vests but sound proof and super absorbent sponges. there could be a wide range of different things to be used for but the initial study. thank you. nice to see you at always. >> i don't know about the saliva but take a look at this. this is the most eco friendly beer run ever. why one group walked 10 miles to

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favorite people from fox and four females. and one guy. >> we'll see who that is. >> we are looking ford it. and great to have you here eric and america's news headquarters starts right now. thank you, guys, one year later in boston, a sense of closure for some and a lot of the pride for everyone in the town. it starts hq. i am bill hemmer live from the boston common. this is a special edition of hq. welcome back to elizabeth in new york. good day. >> thank you. it has been a year since the deadly terrorist bombings on the finish line that killed three people. that did