they don't know anything. he is going down >> and down goes clooney. >> we will see you later. "happening now" starts now. >> devastating tornados tearing through the central and southern states and more storms expected today. i am jenna lee. >> and good morning. i am eric sean in for jon scott. these tornados have been hitting three states, wiping out homes and rescuers are sifting through the rebel to find more survivors. >> a news conference is about to begin in the hardest hit area of mayflow mayflower, arkansas, a suburb of little rock. >> jenna, 16-18 fatallies in the

state of arkansas alone. they have told us the press conference is still an active search and rescue mission because you can see back here a home that has been levelled and there are canine units and also first resonders going door to door searching for communities. if my photographer continues to pan that way you can see how the damage goes on and on. in fact this twister stayed on the ground for 80 miles. cutting a path of destruction and sometimes the funnel cloud was half a mile wide. it happened near 8 p.m. as it was getting dark and making it difficult to see with the rain and cloud cover as the people

hunkered down for safety in this northern little rock suburb. >> we were playing as it was goes crazy and thanking the lord to us through it. >> a small town in northern oklahoma took a direct hit. qua paw, oklahoma. one person is dead in that state today. destruction in kansas hitting near baxter springs, kansas. they don't know how strong the tornados were on the e-f scale. but the national weather service will have teams on the ground throughout the three states trying to determine that. local reports from some of the weather men and experts are putting the wind at about 135 miles per hour which is e-53

tornados. it goes as highs e-f5. i talked to the man in his home and he said he and his wife were inside with their dog and they were in the bathroom. the front of the house collapsed and the roof ripped away and they could see the sky. absolutely terrifying but they are happy they walked away without a scratch. >> that is amazing they survived that. a good reminder of the families impacted by the damage we are seeing. we will stay close and follow this throughout the day. and new information on the claims of the shocking neglect and possible cover-up at a hospital in phoenix, arizona. 40 vets reportedly died waiting for medical care that was denied due to fake paperwork making it look like the waiting time for a doctor was reduced.

some president of the united states is weighing in saying he is going to get to the bottom of what happened. windel gold is live. ed henry asked the president about this during this visit. >> he asked the president about this in manila where the president going to wrap up a northern asian trip. he admitted some veterans might not be getting the help they need but he is going to look into it >> as soon as i heard this i ordered the secretary of veterans affair to investigate and we have an ig investigation taking place. we take the allegation very seriously. >> the president said this budget increase for the veterans administration reflect this commitment as commander and chief. >> and what do we know about the

investigation as it is on-going? >> the chairpen of the house committee on veterans affairs says there are indications two sets of records were kept by va health system to hide the delays. sharon helman is the director and denies this. her acousers say the delays were hidden so well she received a bonus. they will warrant more than firing people responsible. >> this is intential misconduct and putting our veterans on a secret list and they die. there are potential criminal charges here. >> the american legion isn't

convinced that the veterans administration is investigating this aggressively. a meeting with the senior va official produced no useful answers about the issue. >> if these charges are true it is unforgiveable. possible new division emerging over obamacare. kathy morris roger suggesting reform should be taking place within the law framework perhaps turning away from repealing the law. this comes after john boehner says repeal isn't the answer possibly. karl rove is warning this isn't going to be helpful. and what is going on? we have the staff writing for the hill here. nice to see you. i want to point out that congress has been on break for two weeks. they were made in the home

districts of boehner and rogers. is this part of their reelection strategy or the gop strategy to turn away from repeal? >> i think they got a lot of flack from the right because there are a lot of people on the ground trying to turn out conservative voters ahead of november and are using appeal to do that. that is why rove said this wasn't helpful to say what many are saying privately which is the idea of obamacare is likely here to stay. they don't want to tell that to voters because they want them to turn out because of the unpopul unpopul unpopularity of the law >> what do you think the republicans will do with the law? >> house republicans have been

saying they will rollout on alternative to obamacare and we have not seen that bill yet. we know it is in progress but there is a debate going on. i think in 2016 we will hear from candidates that still want to get rid of it. it has not become a poplar law like the democrats thought. i think we will have to wait and see. this is one of the issues that holding the republican party and karl rove knows that. he knows the establishment and tea party conservatives can rally behind this. >> he was asked is this helpful to the gop and he said no this isn't the strategy that we should be employing. one of the other comments that has surface said about this whole debate about obamacare and whether to repeal it is the point that over the last several weeks, the momentum has changed.

now democrats are embracing the health care law more and this is putting republicans on the defensive where they were not on there before. what is your opinion on that? does therese seem to be a transition where the health care law isn't what either party thought? >> i think there is a transition taking place and the political calculus is shifting for the gop. the republicans have been behind repeal always and they use the law's unpopularity now. but when you look at the polls most people oppose it but want to see it fixed and not fully repealed. the gop is in a tough position. they know the law is unpopular but they are deal wilderness

generati generation -- deal wilderness generation a system that is there to sta we would like you to chime in on this issue. medicare is tackling issues and is this a preview of what to come as the health care spending climbs again? what do wyou want to know about the afford. and you chose the news. what stories are we missing. perhaps there is a great local story we are missing. go to foxnews.com/happeningnow or you can tweet me directly and i like to answer you during the show even. we are looking forward to new additions to "happening now."

>> sometimes you tweet like right now. coming up, a breaking story, a new york congressman has been arrested and he is under indictment for fraud, perjury and filing false tax returns. michael grim and the latest charges against him and what prompted the investigation. and we will have the fallout after the los angeles clipper's owner making shocking comments made on type >> i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. who gives it to them? does someone else? do i know that -- who makes the game? do i make the game or do they? do i make the game or do they?

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rahad >> a big story today. the nba commissioner is facing

increasing pressure over a growing scandal involving the la clipper's owner, donald sterl g sterling, and racist comments he made. >> he is a billonaire and being brought down by a mistress. his ex-wife is upset he used their money to buy cars and a house for his girlfriend. she told the sterling's these items were a gift and refused to return them. and then a man, allegedly sterling tells her not to invite blacks, including hall of famer

magic johnson to game. >> you can bring them in and do whatever you want. the little i ask you is not to promote it and bring them to my games. >> it is the world. you go to israel and the blacks are treated like dogs >> do you have to treat them like that? >> there are white jaws and black jews. >> and are the black jews less than the white jews? >> a 100%. >> silver could fine him or suspend him but he cannot sell the league without consent. silver expects to make a decision by tomorrow's game against the wariers. players could boycott the team and other owners could freeze him out until he sells the team. >> they could make it

uncomfortable and difficult for him treating him as a outsider. >> he settled an apartment case after refusing to rent to black and mexicans. and he said he wanted to fill his team with poor black boys from the south and was in trouble for that >> a sports journalist is going to join us to talk about what can the nba doing and how does sterling's history over the last decade play into this. we mean break that down in 20 minutes. eric? he is a formal fbi agent turned congressman and he was arrested by his former employer.

michael grim is facing a variety of charges. and that is lynch having a news conference about the republican's arrest saying he filled false tax return to hide over a million and paid employees off the book and congressman grim lied about it. mail, wire and health care fraud and perjury and joining us now is fox business charley gasper. two found fundraisers have been charged but the restaurant in new york, they say he has ties to the gambino family >> i have known michael grim for a long time. he is a marine, fbi member,

lawyer goes to congress and he is considered well inside the house and then to have something like this which occurred right after he left the fbi is astounding. these charges are serious. the timing is suspicious. this guy went inside the fbi which makes the gambino cases interesting because he went inside the mob. he was controversial inside the fbi and this was going on for two or three years. and you have to ask why are they unveiling this. they have been talking it up about the charges. i started hearing about it a year and a half ago. he is running for congress. the republicans can't take him off so it is good chance the republicans lose that seat in the staten island.

>> let's look at the restaurant. health delicious is what it is called and on the upper east side. if you are an fbi agent are you going to be in business with someone who has ties to the gambino family. the allegations don't deal with the campaign but the way the business was run with a million bucks and the gross receipts. >> people are innocent until proven guilty we should point out. listen, the fbi can start businesses all of the time. but if you are an fbi agent and a lawyer you would make sure people are paying taxes and he doesn't hire illegal immigrants and doesn't perjur himself.

>> remember what happened? he was being interviewed at local new york one and scott asked him about the investigation and the congressman sounds like a tough guy saying i am going to throw them off the balcony and quote break him in half like a boy >> yup, he has a bad temper. listen, i am not so much worried about this and i think michael grim is worried about this as he is about the charges. he can go to jail for a long time. i will say this, eric, i don't think this case is over against him. there is a fundraising angle of the case that could lead to more serious charges. this is the beginning for grim not the end. >> he is expected to be arraigned this afternoon and we will have more than that. and a new dark reality about electricity cost and the problem with our power grid that could

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institution. a warning our electricity bills could be going up and the polar vortex is exposing a problem with the power grid. it was cold and that will expose something but what is the bigger picture here. >> i have a good stat this morning saying there are 15 million people in new england who live in driving distance with the largest forming gas in this area but the heating and gas prices were at records in that area because there is not enough pipelines to carry the gas. so a double digit percentage increase in the last decade and the same to come in the next decade. we have people who have less

cheap supplies. kohl -- coal plants are shutting down and there is a shift to wind and solar. 30 states mandate this and those sources of are more expensivexp. >> if they build pipelines is this temporary because the infrastructure hasn't caught up or will the switch to renewable energy keep the prices up. >> long run it maybe prices will be in check because by the way high prices cure high prices because it will force people to use electricity. if you are going out to buy a refr refrigerator you better find the

energy saving ones. the natural gas is here but it is high demand and the heavy fleet trucks are shifting to natural gas so more demands >> my refrigerator isn't efficient especially if i leave the door open. >> mine has an alarm that goes off. >> everything was okay in my fridge. don't forget. we want to hear from you. we have the return of america's asking. another big story is this raising debate over vack vack vaccinations. we put together an interesting panel on 1 p.m. what is your take on this? go to foxnews.com/happeningnow.

it is national vaccination week. this is one reason why we are talking about it. we want your thoughts and we will bring them to the doctors. >> you know, elizabeth warren, the senator from massachusetts, she is a rising star in the democratic party and there is a push for her to run for president. but are the media covering her fair fairly. and the shocking scandal rocking the nba. some say it maybe the latest in the pattern. what should the nba do?

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jenna: right now a quick look of what's still to come. controversy off the court. what the owner of the clippers accused of making racially charged comments and it's not the first time he's facing trouble like this. what should the nba do? we have background for you. memorial service for the connecticut teen stabbed to death on the day of her junior home. this as the student accused of attacking her faces a judge today. a discovery, where dinosaur fossils are turning up. >> she seems like the media's new golden girl, elizabeth warren. there's even talk of the rising democratic star should run for president. she denies making a white house

bid but she has a book out and is making the media rounds. joining us is jim pinkerington and alan colmes. both are fox news contributors. jim, welcome to you both. let me start with you. we have three articles in the nee "new york times," she's all over the place. >> it's a complete media swoon. it's juicy full of liberal progressive ideology but she names names. she goes after figures in the obama administration such as larry somers whom the media enjoys picking on so she's got a total package there of liberal democratic ideology and gossip. i think that the only thing that could derail this permanent media infatuation is if she changes her mind and decides to run for president in which case the media will be crossed.

as long as she's a figure bashing wall street that the media will love her, if she ever got to the point where she was challenging hillary clinton in 2016, i think there would be a big change as media enforcers decided they would really want to put their chips on hillary and not warren. >> the book is called "a fighting chance." do you think the media is in the tank for her? >> no. i think she's got a book out doing press. george stephanopolous challenged her on the consumer protection board. it was not a softball interview as conservatives would like to believe. it's her moment because she has a book out. let's not forget how she was attacked incest -- incessantally for claiming she was a partial indian. george stephanopolous didn't

challenge her on something that would make the republican party look better. obviously she'll be the target of conservatives as she gets press on her new book. >> that 1/32 claim, that was want true. >> she was attacked. she wasn't given a free ride about that. >> that was then. that was then. >> i'm sorry. she hasn't been attacked in the last 10 minutes. i'm sorry. >> do you think she'll run for president? >> no. but i think she'll be a good vice president candidate. there's a piece in the times about why not an all woman ticket? if hillary clinton was running, she would cover her left plank. politico said she's one of the favorite by wall street. if she can't get jeb bush, they'll be good with hillary

clinton. >> what about that? hillary and warren? >> it was a striking piece about how wall street, again, would be perfectly happy with a chris christie versus hillary clinton race and n 2016. they think they couldn't lose. they're probably right. allen raises an interesting part. elizabeth warren as a vice presidential come knnominee. >> what are the chances of that? >> pretty good. sorry, alan. >> i think it would be a good ticket. >> the book is called "a fighting chance." we'll see how she's treated as she makes the rest of the media round. always good to see you. thanks so much. jenna: today is the day to view fox latest edition "outnumbered." are you ready to go? what's going on? >> yeah. we've been doing your workout

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jenna: we continue our coverage of the controversy surrounding clippers owner donald sterling today. he's accused of making racially charged comments caught on tape. some say these comments are consistent with a pattern of behavior by sterling for years. take a listen. >> david, you know, i guess i'm surprised that anyone is surprised. i mean, donald sterling's reputation is such that one could say if you keep a vicious dog for awhile and you know he's vicious, you can't be surprised when one day it bites someone. donald sterling's racial history is on the record. it has cost him money. it cost him his reputation long before this. so i'm kind of amazed that anyone is surprised at this. jenna: sports editor for the "wall street journal" joins us on this. >> good morning. jenna: when i heard him talk about this, i realize i didn't know too much about sterling's

past. what should we know about him? >> i think that's true of a lot of players in the league right now didn't know this as well about even the guy they were playing for. he had multiple incidents where he's accused of being a racist. he's two lawsuits where he was accused of discriminating against his tenants. and he settled both of them and then he had another lawsuit by a former g.m. for wrongful termination. in that case, they ended up siding with him on that one but he was accused of running the clippers like a plantation. this has been out there for a long time. jenna: how do you think that factors in? >> i think it factors in. this is something we've known and i think it presents a question on why, if the nba knew about some stuff, they hadn't acted to sanction him before. jenna: what do you think it is? >> i'm not sure why they haven't. it was not directly connected to his clippers business. maybe that's why. jenna: we should mention these lawsuits came up and the allegations he did settle were that he was not renting to

minorities. >> right. and some he wasn't doing repairs for african american tenants and that kind of thing. jenna: there were clear racial lines on those allegations. what happens now, jeff? >> it's an interesting question because adam silver, the new commissioner, it's an important moment for him. he has the players and the fans very upset and i think he has to do something or people will be really upset. i think he can certainly fine him but how much is fining a billionaire, even $1 million, that is not going to satisfy people, either. i think he can also suspend him. that hasn't been done in the nba but there's a precedent for that in other leagues. mlb, the owner of the reds was suspended twice for making racist comments. jenna: because he's one of the two sole owners in the nba of a team, what he can actually be forced to do legally or otherwise because we've heard, again, this speculation about what's to come. some say they're going to force

him to sell the team. is that even possible? >> i think a lot of people want him to sell the team. it's not that easy. you can't just kick out an owner. they have a constitution and you're not -- i think you can do it maybe if they weren't paying the bills but to do it for something like this is tricky. he can come back and sue the nba if they did that for violating the anti-trust law saying he was forced to sell below market value. he has a case if they do that. jenna: we haven't heard from him at all. >> no. his ex-wife said something. jenna: that will be interesting to see if he says anything the next several -- do you think he will? is he that type of personality? >> i think adam silver does not want him at the games at least for the remainder of these playoffs so i think we'll see something from silver pretty soon saying maybe he can't come to the games for x amount of time. jenna: you mentioned players, both in the team and for the league, maybe that didn't know this about his history, the clippers last time were wearing their clippers jerseys inside

out. they had the black bands around their homes. everyone can see these athletes make millions of dollars. to be in this and the middle of playoffs and go to work, that can be challenging. >> they're in a very tough spot. this is a sad sack franchise. now they're in actually a great moment, in a playoff and, you know, for them to do the protest shows that they're upset. there was talk of boycotting the game. they want to show they're not happy with this man and happy to be playing for him. jenna: developing story. eric? >> there's a new development to tell you about in the unusual legal battle that involves a teen that pleaded guilty to strangling a young girl. the mother of the convicted murderer wants to file a complaint against her defendant son and his father. and digging up history. we'll tell you about the incredible dinosaur discoveries that have been made in one state. [ male announcer ] ortho crime files.

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jenna: a look at crime stories we're continuing to follow for you here. defense attorneys continuing to present their case in the murder trial of a minnesota man accused of killing two teenagers. byron smith claims he acted ee self defense when he shot the teens who broke in his home. a connecticut teen was stabbed to death on prom day. this is the 16-year-old classmate accused of her murder. he's set to be arraigned. mother of a new jersey teen who killed a 12-year-old girl will be allowed to file a civil complaint against her son and his father. justin robertson's mother is seeking to hold her son and ex-husband liable for any potential damages stemming from a lawsuit brought by the victim's father.

>> fossil hunters have discovered real treasure in the utah desert. they've uncovered new information about dinosaurs and the land they once roamed. their findings in the issue of the national geo graphic magazi magazine. >> it's amazing. given what's out there today, the area where an amazing amount of dinosaurs and incredible diversity of dinosaurs found was a desert today. it's known as the grand staircase. it's an empty wilderness, no roads. 75 million years ago it was more of a swampy, lowland like northern louisiana. >> it was called laura midya? if we were out there back then, what would scare the you know what out of me? >> anything would scare the you know what out of you. the only mammals were the furry little mice running around

trying to keep inconspicuous. the dinosaurs were just magnificent animals who lived at this period. some species they discovered there were rhino sized, jumbo rhino sized, horned animals that had beautiful frills with 15 horns on them. most elaborate, most decorated dinosaurs ever found. >> and what happened to them? >> well, as you know, something bad happened to the sign daughters about 65 million years ago. the prevailing theory is that there was a six mile wide asteroid that hit the yucatan about that period, although that hasn't actually been -- consensus is not complete on that. that was the catastrophe that occurred at that point, wiped out the dinosaurs. that was the end of a long run for them 150 million years of

ruling the earth. >> now we've got supersonics and 7-elevens popping up all over. >> we do. and right nearby you have some of the most magnificent national parks. you have bryce and zion and all of that but right in the middle is this wilderness where you can't really survive unless you go very well prepared. >> we've been out there covering a story and it's spectacular. the tourist guide showed me, these are dinosaur footprints. was he pulling my leg or were there really dinosaur footprints? >> you can see them. the footprints are rather older than the period that we're looking at but the -- when i was out there last spring, there are so many fossils on the ground that you really have to watch where you're stepping in order to not step on something important. it's just unbelievable. >> beautiful country, beautiful

part of our wonderful nation and thank you very much. i would urge anyone to go out there, go to utah. you would enjoy it. thank you. jenna: sounds like a great area and interesting story. killer twisters in the u.s. and tornado ravaged areas could get hit with more dangerous weather today. we're live with that story plus it's the return of our live chat and america is asking and we want to get your take on the story about the out of control billing for medicare on the "new york times" today. could this be a sign of things to come? what do you think? and another medical controversy, the raging debate over vaccinations. on a week the cdc wants you to pay attention and get your children vaccinated, where do you stand on this? let us know by going to fox news.com/happening now and click on america's asking to participate in the chat. we'll take your suggestions, making sure we get them all in when we're back at 1:00 p.m.

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