enface's daughter. and great to see you. have a great time with joel on bring your daughter to workday. bill: terror strikes three american doctors. they were shot and killed in kabul by the security guard hired to protect them. martha: i'm martha maccallum. kabul police saying two of these american doctors killed are a father and his son. teegd this tragedy, these people are volunteers. they are dedicated to treating afghan women and children.

>> reporter: 5 or westerners were going into the cure international hospital in kabul run by a pennsylvania-based charity. they have been there for a decade in kabul. as they were going through a security checkpoint one of the guard hired to protect them opened fired. three of those killed were americans. one of those wound was an american nurse. the guard then opened fire in the rest of the hospital. he was either shot or shot himself. but he was wound and taken down. ironically he is in custody and is receiving medical treatment at the very hospital he just attacked. bill: two women were shot and killed inside their own car. is this part after wider campaign to kill foreigners, connor? >> reporter: attacks on

westerns in afghanistan are common. but they are not necessarily all run by the taliban though the taliban usually takes credit. but the effect is chilling as we have seen the attacks increase whether they be on police or on american trainers or civilians. i was just in afghanistan for the elections, while the elects went very well, i saw fewer and fewer foreigners around kabul and around the country and that has an effect on afghans who lack access to hospitals or education. martha: the murder of these american doctors rice mind of how violent afghanistan remains. tear jr. attacks are on the rise there. militants targeting civilians

and westerners who were over there trying to in any way they can and obviously taking their lives in their hand when they do so. in the past three months 20 foreigners have been killed in afghanistan. bill: the tragic death coming out of the u.s. the white house said it wants american troops hope i the end of this year. the u.s. with 33,000 troops in that war down from 100,000 three years ago. martha: the administration ... opposing regulations for e-cigarettes.

requiring approval for new products and health warning as well. logics herks cigarettes president said his company would welcome regulations. >> as long as the regulations are science-based and reasonable and allow the user to use them in a supportable way we'lling in support of these regulations. martha: what are they proposing? >> reporter: a whole lot. antismoking groups are saying what took the government so long to do this? the tobacco control act has been in effect since 2009. they will cover a number of nicotine-based products. probably most notably, e-cigarettes.

it vapor rises nicotine infused vegetable oil. it would require manufacturers to submit ingredient lists. include warning labels. prohibit marketing without fda review and prohibit claims of reduced risk. anti-smoking groups are saying it's a good step but it's still just a first step. >> it's a leading cause of death killing a half million people a year. it will continue to take a nationwide commitment to reduce tobacco use. >> reporter: some manufacturers could try to challenge these regulations in court and it could be years before they are implemented. martha: what is the industry saying about these products

today? >> we went to a local shop in atlanta, they say they are ok with regulation on restriction of sales to minors. but they disagree with the bands on advertising and claims of reduced risk. >> if you look at the thousands of ingredients that go into cigarettes and the 3 ingredients that go into the e-liquids i think it's easy to say this is a safer alternative. >> reporter: the own years of this shop say they agree with the regulations. they say the industry up until now has been like the wild west. martha: very interesting. bill: a fox news alert. there is a blistering report on thcharles edwards the former

inspector general. the report shows he was more of a lap dog than a watchdog. we found that mr. edward was a compromised inspector general who was not exercising real oversight. it said a lot more than that. michael warn, staff writer. i want to read to you from the report. routinely shared drinks and dinner with department heads and gave them information about the finding and timing of investigation. how is that for an inspector. >> this is a total bureaucratic mess. when you think of what an inspector general ought to be. an ig ought to be independent. he was getting drinks with people and seeking legal counsel from the dhs office.

he's ultimately supposed to be representing congress and the people making sure our federal agencies and departments are doing the work -- bill: taxpayer dollars. he was seeking job with the administration at the time to be the permanent inspector general overseeing the dhs. that's a department with a $39 billion budget and 22,000 employees. >> that's and lot of money and a lot of people. it raises the question, is there a culture at -- hs that encourages this d at dhs that encourages this behavior. if this is the culture at dhs, then why is the ig's office not a part of it? you look back, there is all kinds of problems. the fbi was investigating the

homeland security ig's office and they put two of their inspectors on leave because some agents down in texas said they were asked by higher ups to falsify some information for reports. it sounds like there was a problem at dhs. the whistleblower you would expect to be blowing the whistle wasn't doing it. bill: you live in washington. does this happen more often than we think? >> i think that -- a lot of times when you get these big bureaucracies you are encouraging this intermingling. everybody in washington lives together, they know each other. you have got to sort of be if you are an i.g. have a spine of steel to not fall into the trap of from ternizing with the people you are supposed to be doing oversight on. there is one silver lining of this story.

this bipartisan investigation, that's a good sign that maybe washington is sort of wake up to problems like this. bill: it's our money, it's called ethics. drinking and having dinner and spilling secrets. martha: live in another state ... the debate over gun rights is reignited after a new law allowing gun owners to carry their weapons just about anywhere. >> the person should have the right and ability to protect themselves. guns don't kill people, people kill people. >> reporter: in other one final word for our viewers agrees, though. we'll have a debate on that. bill: secrets from the deep says. new technology shedding light on a centuries old shipwreck. martha: the gop says they are

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martha: a new gun debate is intensifying in georgia. the governor signed a controversial law. people can bring their guns into churches, bars, restaurants. >> they are creating a society where everyone is forced to live in a killer. >> be killed society. >> it goes back to the fact that guns don't kill people, people kill people. if somebody is sound mind enough to have their gun permit they should be able to carry freely wherever they choose to. martha: georgia's new gun law goes into effect in july. bill: vladimir putin warning there will be consequences if you crepe uses its army against

pro-regs activists. >> we have been preparing for the prospect that we are going to have to engage in further those are teed up. it requires some technical work and coordination with other countries. bill: lieutenant colonel ralph peters with me, a fox news strategic analyst. they are teed up and ready to go. >> the president needs to stop preparing and start doing. again and again we have seen this rhetorical lion give birth to a dead mouse when it comes to deeds. the time for reasoned debate and internal debate is just gone. ukraine is crumbling. it's already been invaded.

now it will have a formal invasion and we are still doing nothing. the bottom line is this. for all the rhetoric and international hand ringing, for all the reported sympathy for ukraine, for everything the administration has said, ukraine is still completely alone defending itself with no help from any other country in the face of naked aggression in the year our lord 2014, it's not supposed to happen. bill: bill richardson he he expected to call for light arms within a matter of days. richardson says it's going to happen. he could be close to this administration. does he know something we don't? >> he may. but i think he's speculating. i would welcome the provision of small arms to ukraine.

but that's a symbolic gesture such as sending 200 paratrooper to poland. their former president yanukovych purposely broke ukrainian military to weaken it for this oh kaig so his russian pay masters could roll over ukraine. providing small arm sounds good, but they need heavier weapons. they need the training to use the weapons. bill: i don't know if they are going to get that. >> they are not. >> what do we know that's happening there, colonel? are russian soldiers coming across the border? these pro-russian supporters occupying the buildings. what can we say about the conditions? >> we know russian special forces and military intelligence personnel specially trained for

subject version have already infiltrated, essentially invaded ukraine. they have been the matter mind behind the building takeovers. they are lining up local thugs and sympathizers. behind them on the bored are 40,000 to 50,000 heavily armored troops ready for a formal invasion. john kerry personally agreed to that idiotic agreement in geneva. bill: the wrong shots sets this thing off. bill: david millbank,

"washington post." more tourists and architects of world affairs. it $isn't that obama projects a weakness, it's that he doesn't project anything. >> i disagree. he does project weakness. this is a man who has rattled a tin saber time and time again. he's in east asia now, he is have iting our allies who are very worried we won't honor our treaty commitments. people may say why does ukraine matter? the fate of ukraine and what putin is allowed to get away with will affect the future of the eurasian land mass. and it could lead to a catastrophic military conflict.

at some point the west need to stand up to putin. i'm not for military across to save ukraine. but rigorous and fierce sanctions may not save ukraine but they could stop you interest in long run. he doesn't understand and they will exploit the weakness. martha: there are new developments in the shooting deaths of two teenagers. byron smith says he nactd self-defense in the basement of his house but prosecutors and friend of the victims are calling this murder. >> he showed him the gun or anything they probably would have ran scared. i would have. martha: smith's home surveillance could be used against him. bill: send out a distress call.

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them. that's virtually covering the entire island. three men were two women were exploring so they are ok. martha: you have got to be careful out there. to this story which is riveting and awful in so many what is. there is new evidence in this double murder trial going on in minnesota. byron smith is accused of murder in the shooting deaths of two teenagers. he claims he feared for his life and he shot them in self-defense. the jury is rinsing to a chilling audio recording that he made in his home. it's 6 hours long.

it end long after these two deaths take place. he talks to himself afterward and in it he says i don't see them as human. i see them as vermin. what did you learn in court yesterday? >> a lot of compelling evidence came from an edited audiotape. he refers to the home invaders as vermin. less than human. he said he felt like he was cleaning up a mess, worse than vomit. he was doing his civic duties. before the shootings you can hear byron smith on the tape rehearsing his first meeting with lawyers. predicting that he was going to have a problem. martha: how important is the timing? there is long stretches in between the shooting of the first person and second one, right. >> 10 minutes between the time

that nick brady came count stairs and was shot and haley was shot with a rifle. the rifle jammed. you hear in the audiotape smith saying sorry about that. he changed weapons, shot her again. she didn't die right away. the evidence shows she struggled to breathe and smith drug her into another room and delivered the finishing shot. the prosecution says he set this trap, it was a revenge killing. smith says he was in fear after a series of home break-ins. there is word these two young teenagers had done this thing before. it's a tragic case from every single angle. thank you very much. we'll see what's next. bill: tragedy striking american volunteers.

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martha: tragedy striking americans in afghanistan this morning. 3 american doctors killed at a hospital as they were heading to work in kabul by the afghan security guard who was hired to protect the doctors taking care of women and children at this maternity services hospital in kabul. it raises concerns about the safety of americans as the united states prepares to withdraw almost all of our forces from afghanistan. joined here in new york by congressman randy forbes, congressman, welcome. what are you learning about what happened here? >> the fact that we have three innocent people that are killed. they are there to do something that's very good and all after

sudden tragically their lives are over. it's something that we are seeing but it is knot something that is unpredictable. one thing the afghan insurgents wanted we were going to pull out so they could go to any supporters of the united states and say they are going to be gone. we are going to come after you when they leave. we are looking around the globe seeing one foreign policy failure after another and it's part of it. the ukraine situati. what the russians wanted most was to get our missile defense systems. what the iranians wanted most was to get their sanctions pulled off. what the northt koreans want most is to get our land mines pulled up. we understand the administration is considering the ottawa treaty. the president is on a trip to the asia pacific. and he travels over there having tried to pull a carrier out of

our fleet. half of our cruiser fleet. 11 of our cruisers and reducing our military down and dismantling it. that's a concern most us have around the globe. >> let's go back to the beginning. go back to the election of president obama. one of his main messages was the decade of war is over. we'll get out of iraq responsibly. we'll get out of afghanistan responsibly. but he said this is the right war, afghanistan. we need to be aggressive in afghanistan. we need to make sure al qaeda is decimated. we need to stay there and make sure there is a secure -- these were afghan police security guards. probably trained by u.s. forces. and they -- what security did they have at this point in sort of staying on the side of the americans who were there to train them in the first place? >> that what's we have been saying all along.

when you drop that number below 10,000. they say that's not enough troops to do what we need to be doing there. >> reporter: one of the 5,000 people left in that country when you see what's going on? >> if you are an ally of the united states and you supported the united states and you say by this date no matter what happens we are out of there. >> martha: why leave one single person if you are going to go down to those numbers. >> if you are not going to provide what we need to protect the men and women who are there you need to get out. the big mistake the president made when he announced the time certain we are going to get out. it's one thing to get out. martha: what about the future leadership. we'll talk more about k.t. macfarland.

i have got to give these people credit, they waited in line to vote in this election. this is a maternity hospital these poor doctors have been attacked at. and wanting to be able to vote, right? >> a lot of them did that because they thought the united states would be there to protect and help them. they came out because we told them about these principles of freedom. and many of them did that. they put their lives on the line and now we are turning our back on them and walking away. we are doing that to our allies all over the globe today. that's where i end up where i started. why would you want to be an ally of the united states. how do you know they will be there when you need them. i think that's what people in and already think today. martha: the president is saying we have got your back. >> if you look at the healthcare

policy, it's a healthcare moment in foreign policy. you say we are going to have the pivot but they haven't put the resources there to do it. bill: new jobless number. 329,000 americans seeking first-time unemployment benefits in the first week. stuart varney host of varney and company business network. is there a reason for this jump? >> reporter: these are disappointing numbers. it was hoped we we jump below 300,000 layoffs. here is the concern. we are into yet another year where green shoots for the economy. and hopes are dashed. this uptick in layoffs is not a good sign. we found out job creation is not

robust. income growth is pretty much flat. we have an uptick in layoffs. bill: they were blaming the easter holiday for this. what gives with this. >> reporter: to some degree weather and holidays are special factors that have a minor effect. but this is a big jump in layoffs. bill will be facebook says they are doing great. apple came out with and boomer. >> apple made $10 billion net profit in 13 weeks. facebook made $642 million in 13 weeks. these are major american dynamic companies which are making the running for the rest of the world. they are creating an enormous amount of wealth. very profitable. but they don't hire. modern technology does not require a lot of workers.

it does not require the creation of a lot of middle class jobs and that's a problem for everyone. bill: it goes to the stubbornness of that number that's not coming down just yet. that's why the middle class in america is losing ground and canadian middle class people now have it better than we do. technology is part of that problem. bill: you are not thinking of going from new york to ottawa, are you? report. martha: three inmates take down a prison guard and hold him hostage telling the media they quote have nothing to lose. we'll tell you how this turned out. bill: taking down harry reid. republicans say the mid-terms are the perfect chance to get rid of harry reid as the senate majority leader. >> harry reid is so dirty and so unethical that some of these

things have to happen. you have to put a marker down and say wait a second you are not going to use a taxpayer website and a taxpayer twitter account to attack republicans. 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 avo: all of great britain, all in one place book on expedia before april 30th and save up to thirty percent.

martha: a correctional officer is being recovered after being taken hostage by three inmates. he was attacked with a shank at an ohio correctional institution. the three men had the officer handcuffed fear several hours. he was eventually released unmarmd. these inmates are headed to a maximum security facility. bill: rnc chairman reince priebus setting his sights on harry reid filing a complaints with the senate ethics

committee. >> harry reid is so dirty and so unethical that some of these things have to happen. you have to put a marker down and say wait a second you are not going to use a taxpayer website and a taxpayer twitter account to attack republicans. >> you want a doover on those word? >> not at all. i might choose harsher ones. bill: stay tuned for that. the gop taking aim at senator reid. the shift in the balance of power he says. radio talk show host monica crowley ... you are me houring this up here. the words are pretty strong, dirty, unethical. i don't know if has gone that far before. >> no, he hasn't. he hasn't used this salty

rhetoric before. i think the republicans are prepared to ramp up their language and attacks not just on harry reid, but on democrats. they see the republicans are in the ascendancy and they know not to take these poll numbers for granted. bill: last time around they threw a ton of money into the state of nevada and did not unseat harry reid. will this strategy work? >> it's a different election. reid is not on the ballot. however, there is a larger question directly responsive to what you are asking. will a harsh negative campaign of the type prebus is launching for the republicans, a party with a negative rating of over 50% work and achieve poll purpose. if all the republicans do is attack attack attack. i'm not saying they will achieve the result they want.

republicans at 45, you need a net gain of seats. does the harry reid strategy work. >> i think it's part after larger strategy and it's already work. they are going after harry reid because he's a huge lightning rod. he's a obama hitman. he blocks legislation that come out of the house and refuses to bring to it the floor. the last time we had an election in 2010 obamacare was a theoretical proposition. this time around obamacare is a distinct reality for tens of millions much people and not in a good way. harry reid is the lightning rod but the message will be spread to all of the democrats because they all supported obamacare. bill: do you equitable with that? >> sure. the polling evidence shows some

modest democratic increase in the senate races in arkansas and louisiana. so it isn't clear to me there will and massive republican sweep. and i return to where i started. you have to give people a reason to vote for you. just aming up the rhetoric d just amping up the rhetoric and calling people names doesn't work. bill: speak of elects, in new york city yesterday jeb bush said he's thinking about running for president. that's the quote we have from this catholic charities event. >> it's not the first time he said he is thinking about it. i think he probably will run and he will be the main establishment figure which will cause chris christie some headaches. the problem for jeb bush is number one the name. his compelling argument is vote for me, i'll be the third bush president.

he has strengths but he has weaknesses with the conservative base. he supports common core and amnesty. he has to get to the republican primary to become the nominee. bill: would you admit he will be a formidable candidate? >> a positive, inclusive message that would reach his andics. he recognizes the need to balance the budget in a balanced way. sure there are negatives for the extreme right wing of the republican party. but for republican mod reats's a great candidate. bill: as a democrat would you fear a jeb bush candidacy? >> if he's able to get over the real challenges monica offers, three bushes and the issues he would be their most formidable election candidate. >> i agree to some extent with

doug. but not just politically but culturally. there is a huge insult to want to see the pressure. i think that might be working against him. i think it might work against hillary clinton for that matter. but if the donor class continues to back him i think he's got enormous advantages and others like marco rubio and scott walker and chris christie will have to overcome that. got to run, monica, thanks to you as well. martha: crews have high-tech equipment to pinpoint a ship that sank a century ago. we look at the city of chester. bill: like a scene from mix impossible *. you will not believe what these base jumpers lept from.

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bill: a daredevil duo setting a base jump record. they dropped 2,700 feet from the world's tallest building, dubai. they are not the first to jump from that tower. they had a special platform built to add another 500 feet. that helped them break the world record. they pulled the cords on the parachute. you have got the smoke effect coming out the left ankle.

martha: i' -- i'm amazed they pulled it off. but congratulations. a 12-year-ol -- a 126-year-old k was discovered off the coast of california. it sank in 1988. will, how did they finally find this? >> it was initially found more than 100 years ago. back then scientists attached a wire to a tugboat and took the wire across the san francisco bay and it got caught on the hull of the ship. last year noaa came across the city of chester while they were

looking for another shipwreck. since then they have used sonar imaging to get a look at the shipwreck that has been in the san francisco basins 1888. the captain took a wrong turn and crashed into another ship. >> as she goes back and flips under the boilers explode. you have people on the decks rushing trying to get to that bow. >> reporter: 1 people end up dying. the oceanic was carrying chinese immigrants. initially the crash was blamed on the oceanic. many chinese lost a number of lives on those ships. >> back then how difficult was

it forships to wreck. there is a lot out there. who possibly more common than you would think. we are told there is more than 100 shipwrecks in the san francisco bay or right around it. this is the second deadliest wreck. the first was in 1901. that wreck killed almost 130 people. as for this shipwreck we are told there is no plans to raise this ship wrek but noaa says they plan to put an exhibit onshore. bill: former vortex is gone. there is a possibility of record-breaking weather. how about a weather events that could have an impact on the hurricane season. martha: a followup to a crazy story we told you about yesterday. a s.w.a.t. hoax. police teams swarming a house after they were told of a bloodbath inside. but the whole thing was phoney.

the police chief looking for clues to find out who did this.

>> terrible story. a lethal attack in afghanistan. three american doctors shot and killed by the afghanistan security guard who was assigned to protect them and the hospital they were working in. i am martha maccallum. >> and i am bill hemmer. this is one thing you fear the most working them. afghan officials say all three were doctors. two of them a father and son. an american nurse said to be wounded in that attack and the gunman was injured and is now in custody. >> kt mcfarland is here and good morning to you. obviously, just an awful story.

what do you make of it? >> i think this is how the afghan war ends: with them killing americans. we are leaving. american facilities are hardened and they are not going outside of them. so military targets are hard to kill. who is easy? civilian americans who are there to do good. the doctors, the teachers, the aid workers. but they don't have enough in the budget to have security. so the americans are soft power and soft targets and we will see more and more of this. >> this is a woman and children's hospital. it was a u.s.-funded charity hospital in kabul. these people giving up their time and now their lives to help people on the ground. the president told the american

people that this was the right war and afghanistan was where we needed to be and security a stronger, more stable future. in what shape are we exitting from that war? >> our goal was to go in after september 11th and kill al qaeda. he succeeded by 2001 doing that and pushed them out of the country. but instead of doing a hot pursuit into the afghanistan to kill to remaining ones we stuck around. we were there ten years and didn't succeed in nation building. president obama came in and said this is the just war and good war and we have to win this war. he surged with a time withdraw safety and the bad guys said we

will wait until you leave. are we trying kill al qaeda? they moved on. they are in libya and yemen. are we trying to kill the taliban? that is way too many. and we will stick around and nation build? that will take 30 years. i say pack up, come home, 2000 americans died, hundreds of billions spent and who wants another report where american civ civilians are dieing over an unachievab unachievable goal. there is hope about bringing a sergeant who was taken captive. the people holding him with ready to make a deal with the

u.s. officials. state and defense departments and the cia and had fbi are working on the case. a deadly bombing on a police check in iraq. ten people killed including four police and a dozen injured. a car drove with explosives into that area. a similar incident in the same area a month ago killed 36. deadly crash said erupting between the government fighters and pro-russian forces and both sides say two were killed. this is after the ukraine vowed to take back buildings taken by the pro-russian forces. leland is live and have the

ukrainians made any progress in the fight for these buildings? >> they made a little progress, bill, this morning. they took over checkpoints but the russian separatist were able to take them back. that is all we know. actual facts are hard to obtain since the propganda is going on. we don't know if the ukrainian army retreated or they were beaten back. reports inside a pro-russian stronghold says the town is quite. the separatist look to be controlling some of those buildings still and they are dug in with sniper nest on top and armored personal and tanks and rpgs along with a number of

homemade russian weapons they would use if the ukrainians made their way in. the separatist are more than willing to keep fighting and willing to die for the buildings they have taken >> what are the russians saying? >> vladimer putin called this attack a serious crime. as you know over the past week or so he has threatened to use force not only to protect russian citizen and what he calls russian interest here inside eastern ukraine. there were military drills today in response to the military action and he ordered his military to have another round of drills. and keep in mind, the russians have 45,000 troops on the ukrainian border poised and ready for the order to invade. the ukrainians are not trying to

roll over but over not give vladimer putin the pretext to invade. we will see what happens today. potentially record-bricking elnino is expecting and it could affect billions of people. changing the weather pattern across the state. maria is live. the weather has been so boring, do we really get more excitement? >> we have not had enough records for this winter and other weather situations buchlt billions across the country and even the world. i want to explain what el nino is. in the pacific ocean off the coast of south america we have cooler water. with el nino you see warmer

temperatures in the eastern pacific ocean and that is what causes all kinds of changes across the world >> what is the potential impact on the united states? >> then we see changes with the weather and one is with the hurricane season. in the atlantic ocean you will see increase wind sheer and that will hinder the hurricane development so less activity with the hurricane season. and colorado state university and dr. gray every year issue a forecast for the 2014 or following at lantic season and they are predicting it to be below average. on average you see 12. this year they are forecasting nine. but regardless of how many

systems we are expecting it only takes one hurricane to cause significant damage and impact. in 1992, we had hurricane andrew. it was a very quite year. we only had seven named system that year but you had category five andraw that was devastating in florida. more precipitation in california and parts of the south and southeast and that is welcome news for agriculture which has taken a hit. we have drought conditions and this is welcome news. we need the rain. we will welcome it. >> i like that. more rain. fewer hurricanes and we hope there is not a big one among those named. thanks. very interesting. there is controversy over a movie that isexpected to be played at a 9/11 museum. why muslims say the film about

al qaeda is offensive. we will talk about that. >> and gusty winds fanning the wild fire and with crews think it will be under control >> and charles crad hammer says the white house will regret letting drug offenders walk out of jail. >> there is going to be a day when democrats rue the day that they didn't on immigration sentencing stand up and say it should nots be done this way. in the nation, it's not always pretty.

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moving ahead with president obama's plan to release many non-violent drug offenders from federal prison and granting them a presidential pardon. it is the latest unilateral action the president has taken. and on special report last night charles crad hammer said he thinks democrats will rue the day they failed to oppose their own president. >> it isn't he is not abiding he is becoming unconstitutional. it will establish a principle that a republican comes into office and says i cannot paint against capital gain taxes so i will order the fbi not to collect it. >> are they worried about it? tucker carlson is here. seven days a week he works. good to have you here, tucker. >> hi, martha.

>> why are democrats not worried about it charles thinks they will rue the day? >> there are important principles at stake. a lot of democrats think the demographic changes in america have been so profound there is not going to be a lot of republicans elected in the future. whether that is true, i don't know. but the problem is this is abetting bad government. all governments tend toward dictatorship. they all do. the founders understand this and that is why they created the separation of powers so it is isn't focused within one branch. we have seeing a focus of power with the executive, the president, and obama has exc

accelera acceleraexce accelera accelerated that. and it is odd because obama was a law professor. i don't know why congress and the republicans are not throwing a bigger fit about this. it is a big deal. >> it is. and charles' example of he ran. if you ran on eliminating the capital gains tax i will institute the government won't collect that. the idea is i know and the leader knows what the rest of the people want and if congress is going to get into the way the right thing to do is go around them. >> this is the problem with moralism in politics. you always wind up in a place saying this is too important not to do. there is almost a religious zeal. you saw it in the campaign.

we are the ones they have been waiting for. there is a metaphysic here and this under current of it would be immoral not to. these people are suffering and we are going to help them process be dammed. all leaders feel like they are the anointed one and have a right or obligation to do this. there is a danger in this. i am not calling obama a dictator but that is the direction you move with this stuff. >> the suggestion it will come back to haunt how. any leadership, or administration or congress rather, that they let the president do this. and let's pull up the number of executive orders. 178 this president. clinton has 364 and there has been content talks and how

significant they are. i wonder if we are so living in the moment, forget the ramifications, i want this now >> and there is a feeling there is something wrong with a congress that spends time debating things. we call it gridlock and that is a bad thing. but the system was set-up to be at odds with itself. the more they are deliberated and hashed out and argued out the wiser the results. you don't fear slow action. you fear immediate, hasty action. >> i think the problem a lot of americans see is that the process of that debate doesn't ever end up getting them somewhere. they don't end up with the best possible outcome and this side gives a little and the other does. so it isn't worth it. >> it is ugly and no one gets everything they want. but consider the alternative.

it is like churchhill's line that democracy is an awful form of government except the other forms. whenever one side gets everything they want, with obamacare for example, you wind up regretting it because it isn't wise almost always. >> thank you, tucker. always a pleasure. >> it was a fake call to the police leading to a dramatic seen outside an unsuspected teen's home. the teen was in the shower. 70 officers outside. the latest on the investigation that turned out to be a prank and why it maybe a real issues across the country. >> and change filtering down to electronic cigarettes. the new proposal for this multi billion industry.

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>> i would say we can agree there is a problem when 4th graders are caught selling pot in elementary school. that is what happened in colorado where adults are able to buy pot legally. one student bought in marijuana and another kid traded a can of soda. notes went home urging them to keep the drugs locked up. >> the more troubling fact than having marijuana on the campus is that both of these students prooccurred the americir grandp.

>> did that happen when you were a kid? grandpa and grandma having a rolled up baggy? >> i would have gotten my tail kicked. unbelievable. they don't think anything it is wrong with it, of course. there is a dangerous prank known as swating carried out by ga gamers who make false reports. this one involved a threat saying a teenager murdered his mother. this is a nationwide program and we have a guest to talk about this. 60-80 armed officers showing up at his house. he is handcuffed and carried away. you are angry about this and i can understand why. explain. >> well the deployment of that

response is expensive to the taxpayer, dangerous to the police officers and it is unnecessary. putting the taxpayers at financial risk and officers at risk is infuriating. >> they get points for how many show up, how many people are arrested. >> the gamers try to one-up each other in every facet life. so to top this one based on the response it has, and the national attention, the next person may tie try to up the ante by claiming something worse than killer your mother and brother. >> why is it so difficult to

find this person? he made a phone call playing online. do we have the ability to find and track them? >> no, we absolutely do. that is we why called the fbi in. it will be a lengthy investigation because we have to get into ip addresses and powerful businesses rather it is microsoft or verizon or any of the cable providers. so what we have done initially is issue an order to preserve. any business that we feel has information we have ordered them to preserve the records. >> why do you say this is a nationwide problem? >> it occurred down south, numerous times in california, massachusetts, this is the third incident in nasa county in three years. >> third time in your county

alone. 60-70 armed police officers. was that enough? >> absolutely. we are very well trained in this. one of the things i want to point out quickly is when we respond to a shooting we have two different approaches. active shooter, the police officers on the scene must act immediately with whatever resources they have. once we determine it isn't an active shooter we can do a controlled response using the train tatted they practed on a bases so they can enter with minimal damages >> $100,000 is out there for information on who made the phone call. thank you for your time. three times in three years is enough to make anyone upset. the national 9/11 war museum

is set to open next month. but there is a new controversy ever a film you will see and muslims are saying it is about al qaeda and they find it offensive. fair and balanced debate coming up. plus this -- >> [praying] >> scientist unleashing drones now to study tornados.

>> there is a movie playing at the new 9/11 memorial and a group that watched the video are concerned saying unsophisticated viewers that don't understand the difference between muslims and al qaeda may lead to c contronitation. they want the movie not there. we have two people to discuss this with us today.

good morning to you both. i don't know what the mumia abu-jamal -- museum is going to do -- but what do you think about the confusion between islam and al qaeda? and islam and jihadist and whether you can tell the two a part >> this is important because your country has never been more pluralistic and separate at the same time. it is impossible to not be offended. they are missing the opportunity to demonstrate a better narrative. i am a christian and i don't have time to list all of the t outrageous things. we think be offended or provoked. and by provoked, i say cowhen something offends me i need to

be proactive not reactive. and i think this group is being reactive. instead of saying how do we work with the memorial to tell the story of peaceful muslims that live in america and don't represent this. >> i think that is a great point, ken. you have not seen the film, neither have i and neither has jess. is there a place for this film? or are they oversensitive? >> i think there is a place for the film particularly with the museum and the educational value it will have for years to come. i was working in lower manhattan on one new york plaza on september 11th. i was one of the folks there on the ground and watched the second plane go into the towers. it was a turning point in my

life and as it was my generation. the museum is going to be there for generations to come. it bears the burden of making it sure it has an objective purpose and let's people know what was happening and the reasons behind the attack and my understanding that is what is happening >> here is joe daniels president of the museum and this is what he said in part from the beginning we had a heavy responsibility to be true to the facts, to be objective and in no way smear an entire religion when we talk about a terrorist group and that goes to your point, jessica. >> and we saw the issues with the mosque being build near the memorial. it is a sensitive subject for those that lost loved ones. but it is why i left my life in new york and went into policy

and politics. it was life-changing but it is the opportunity to recall always as americans that we have a gift and grace that we have our freedoms, and liberties and we come from a place not of fear and hatred and out of ability of love and the ability that we have to come on and disagree on shows like yours and talk about issues and we serve as that light for the rest of the world. that is what we take going forward. we have to understand this historically >> very well-stated. and ken was shaking his head in agreement while you were talking. the statement about being true to the facts and how critical that is not just to our own national history but the world's history >> i sit here in atlanta just miles from the martin luther

king museum and i walk through and i am offended by what they did to my black sisters but i walk away with that experience that my muslim brothers sand tht is i will not allow that at a happen again. history and the knocked facts matter. >> they have a lot of attention and decisions to make in the days before opening. jessica ehrlich and ken thank you for your input. >> all right. there are shocking revelations about the va's system in phoenix. the veterans affairs. at least 40 veterans have reportedly died while they have waited for their appointments. this is a travesty. many are placed on an alleged secret waiting list and lawmakers are calling for an investigation into this. molly han burg is live.

how did this secret waiting list work according to the investigators? >> congressional investigator found when the veterans called to make an appointment or having testing down through the phoenix va health system they were put on an unofficial electronic waiting list and some from six months and up to two years. they were moved to the official waiting list once they were made available making it look like they were seen quickly. jeff miller, the chairman of the committee said as many as 40 veterans may have died from quote untimely care. and thomas lynch said he wasn't aware of the va having two waiting list. texas senator john corman put out this saying these reports

are heart breaking and congress should conduct immediately hearings and the president should implement someone responsible for rapid changes. arizona senators are calling for the senate to investigate as well. >> any response from the va in phoenix so far? >> officials are saying they are in the dark about this and waiting for more congressional information and va investigator information as they look into their own records as well. >> so far what we have looked at, we have not found any cases directly related to delays or access in care. >> the medical director of the va in phoenix said she has quote never directed staff to do a secret waiting list >> quite a story. more digging to be sure.

thank you very much. here is quite a story. yankees and red sox adding a bazaar chapter. second inning. you see the pitcher's neck there? that is pine tar. the red sox manager does doesn't like what he is seeing. that is pine tar and you are not allowed to have that on your body. rules say you cannot have a foreign substance because you can touch the ball and make it do different. he said he was using it because it was cold last night. >> but it is still illegal. how did it end up on his neck? it was so obvious that huge mark on his neck i have to believe they didn't know it was there. >> i am thinking they will think

it is percent -- sweating. all of this reminds us from a scene in 1983 when george brett lost his lunch because they said the pine tar was too far down the bat. >> just play the game. >> brett's reaction from phenomenal. he has explaining to do and probably suspended for a few games. electronic cigarettes are facing regulation by the fda and by the feds are getting involved and trying to protect kids. >> and you could have a movie star in your home. attention barbia fans she is going hollywood. barbi

>> nasa lunch aof the hubble telescope and they have an un unblocked view and images are beaming back to earth.

the food and drug administration is moving to regulate e-cigarettes and it could be a change for the mul multibillion industry. they are fighting to fight off the most restrictive. >> we would hope this is a scied on the differences of the e-cigarette versus the traditional. there is no second-hand smoke is the reality. the things associated with regular cigarettes don't apply to electronics. >> and we have our panel here and welcome to you both. let's bring up the statistics because they surprised me in terms of how much this industry is growing.

$10 billion in sales by 2017 and sales double every year since 2010. i thought it was interesting there was a 5% conversion rate but 2.8% of the people smoking e-cigarettes were not smoking anything so they are picking up the habit and starting with these >> i think it is a gateway drug especially with younger people. that number is astounding where 80% of high schoolers who use e cigarettes use tobacco and 10% of high school students are using e-cigarettes. for very hard score smokers it has a rule. if i could prescribe it, i could tell you who it would work for and wouldn't. it has a role for quitting smoking. but for younger people it has a

problem. if has a flavor like cherry and you are addicted to nicotine and then smoking cigarettes. there is no regulation on the nicotine in these and they are selling them online up to 10%. the amount in an e-cigarette is 2-3 percent. that is the good news. if we can keep the amount of nicotine down in a e cigarette helps. 12 states ban it from minors. here in new york minors are not able to purchase the cigarettes. >> they said that with regular cigarettes >> i am dubious the regulations are going to help that much. >> let's talk about the business aspect of it. is this a beginning to the government being able to tax

these and get a peaiece of had action? >> that is exactly where it will go. but this is a little too late. everyone jumping on the bandwagon and there are no rules. it is the wild west out there. i talked to the head of georgia control center for these things and kids are getting poisoned by the cartridges that go in the cigarettes because they broke open and the kids are drawn because it is pretty and smells good. it smells like bubble gum or grapes. so they break it open, get it on their hands, it is toxic and they drink it and get hurt. i think the person you had quoted saying i hope this is science-based, well i hope the product is science-based. this is three times more toxic

than strychnine. it is nothing to play around with. >> to emphasis the point, it gets in through the skin, poisons baby, it has. increases blood pressure and heart rate. >> stay away. important for everyone to understand. new use for drones. how scientist are hoping to use drones to predict one of mother nature's most violent events and if they can how will that change the game for safety?

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politics and government offices that should be independent. and karl rove is here and he is going to look at the battle for the united states senate and where the key toss-up races stand. and we hear about the link between what we eat and cancer and there is less and less evidence to back up that claim. >> i will stick around for that. interesting. and starting monday, april 28th, "happening now" is on from 11-12 and 1-2 and in between at noon eastern we have a new show called outnumbered that features four fox women and one lucky man. it starts here noon eastern on monday. scientist in oklahoma working on a high tech way to

predict tornados. gathering drones to gather the critical information and save lives. casey siegel is on this. >> move over amazon. they will have unmanned air vehicles that would be able to measure wind speed and bear metic pressure and fly them ahead of a thunderstorms and gather the information and relay it back to the people on the ground. in order to do this, the uav's had to be durable. but scientist here at oklahoma state university believe that data could increase the warning time of tornados from minutes to possibly hours. >> our goal is to be able to do that in a thunderstorms before it forms a tornado.

we really want to be able to answer the question of why does one super cell form a tornado and not the other. we don't know the answers of that >> the program is in its infancy stages. they say they could be used for search and rescue and fly among the rubble for survivors. >> three many doctors killed in afghanistan after a security guard at the hospital they worked at turned on them and opened fire. we are learning more about the shooter and the victims and what it means for american policy there coming up. there coming up. across america, people are taking charge of

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described as a temporary comedy bringing barbie's playful personality to life, bill. we will see. bill: so funny. martha: "happening now" starts right now, everybody. bye-bye. ♪ jon: a supposedly independent watchdog for the department of homeland security now accused of playing politics. good thursday morning. jenna: a troubling report accusing the former inspector general of cozying up to the obama administration given department heads the inside track on investigations even covering up the secret service numbers accused of hiring prostitutes. we go to our chief intelligence correspondent. reporter: this is a significant report because it is bipartisan with oversight