jer@foxnews.com. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel, and thanks to all of you for watching. we'll see you right here next week. fox news alert, a horrible accident, shocking families enjoying a day at the circus. welcome to america's news headquarters. we want to warn our viewers first, though, that the next images are quite disturbing. here's what happened. eight circus performers falling several feet to the floor during a high wire act. one dancer on the ground was also injured. it happened during a performance of the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus. >> the ringling brothers sir

does says nothing of this scale involving this many performers has ever happened. nine performers are in the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. it all happened at 11:45 at the dunkin' donuts center in providence. we have video of the accident. take a look at this, this is disturbing. this is also known as the human chandelier, eight performers are attached to an apparatus, all of a sudden, the apparatus gives out. and the performers, all women, fall 25 to 40 feet to the ground, injuring another dancer that was actually down below. remember, they're being hung by their hair on this apparatus. the circus says they do this act about 12 to 14 times a week, and it's been done since january of this year. the circus also says the rest of the performers are concerned, obviously, and they're sending their thoughts and prayers to

them and their families. this is a tight group of people that travel together. witnesses report seeing some 35 emergency service personnel on sirkts performers being lifted on to gurneys, one of the injured performers did wave to the audience, which is good news, while being carried out. they're saying they're not life-threatening injuries, but nine performers are -- they have been in town since friday, and they have cancelled the remaining two shows for the day. we'll give you all the updates when we get them. >> they're together 24/7 so they really are like family. this is sadly not the first time there has been tragedy like this under the big top. back in 2004, an acrobat doing a tissue routine during a ringling brothers show in st. paul, minnesota, fell to her death after the -- a trapeze artist died after falling from the bars

with no net in front of a crowd outside los angeles. that same month in marietta, georgia, a tight rope walker because injured when he lost his grip on the wire after he stumbled and fell to the ground. and just last year, a performer in las vegas was killed while she was being hoisted into the air by a wire when it broke. let's go to some politics now, democrats are calling for a boycott of the committee to investigate the benghazi terror attacks. republicans have been trying to get answers for more than a year and a half as to what really happened. newly released e-mail from white house advisor ben rhodes, showing him shaking the talking points with then u.n. ambassador susan rice. those raising questions over what then secretary of state hillary clinton also had a hand in it. steve, what kind of democratic reaction are we getting today?

>> well, democrats say we have had enough benghazi hearings already. most notably, the appearance of former secretary of state hillary clinton on capitol hill. gordon schiff says it makes no sense for democrats to participate in yet another heari hearing. >> i think it's a tremendous red herring and a waste of taxpayer resources. so i mope that he has -- >> most other democrats agree, house leader nancy pelosi said this latest call for a hearing is subterfuge and harry reid calls it a partisan political circus. >> the republicans are still very eager to investigate these new developments, so what happens next? >> they'll call for the newly

released e-mail, they call that e-mail a smoking gun. and they'll ask for a house vote on a select committee to investigate the attack that did leave four americans dead in 2012. >> they were trying to create an impression to the american people that this wasn't a broad foreign policy they were trying to protect president's re-election. they saw this as a threat to his re-election. they created a political smoke screen. >> the truth about a terror attack simply did not fit the white house narrative at the time. >> okay, steve, thanks so much for that report. so here's the question, what impact would these er-mails hav. i'll talk about all of this a

little bit later in the show. tension and bloodshed ratcheting up across the ukraine as its prime minister says russia is waging a, quote, real war with this country. dozens of activists in the southern port city of odessa being freed after hundreds of pro russian demonstrators stormed their headquarters. today ukraine's prime minister individuals sitting the city and is now calling for an investigation. leland vitter streaming live with the latest. leland? >> reporter: and at this hour, that unrest in odessa continues and it's really important to look at it in the larger scale, odessa is it 500 miles, now spreading south and west after it started into this very key

pro city. those pro russian separatist went to the -- who had been involved in friday's violence. they got it. there is a new police chief in town that is now trying to calm the situation, but now we hear there is a pro ukrainian crowd. ukrainians haven't been able to do much about it. we saw yesterday the video of those armored personnel carriers -- today they moved out. they appeared to be outdunned and outmaneuvered by the pro russian separatist. just to give you an idea of how the numbers are shaping up hire. they have managed to take back just three buildings that the separatist have taken over. on the other side, the pro

russian accept it is attacks have taken over 20 additional buildings than the one they had. and the numbers on the microview really tell the story. obviously the ukrainians in kiev are backed by the united states t pro russian separatist banled by russia, who say they will use it's influence here in ukraine, if push comes to shove here, military analysts will tell you that the ukrainian military has about 6,000 combat ready troops here in eastern ukraine, the russian military has more than 40,000 troops staged on the russian border, those are not good odds for the ukrainian government, back to you. >> not at all, so let's hope push does not come to shove. leland, thank you so much for that report. meanwhile yemen stepping up it's attacks against al qaeda. there are also reports that several of yemen's soldiers were

killed. it's part of an ongoing offense in the southern province and follows yesterday's killing of an al qaeda leader. a fox news alert, leader jerry adams being released from jail without charges in belfast, northern ireland. in fact we have live pictures now of him speaking to the press. officers arrested the 65-year-old adams to question him about what he was the army's belfast commander in 1972 and that he ordered the killing of a belfast mother of ten. police sources are saying authorities would also send a file of evidence for potential charges to british prosecutors. adams denies the allegations. we'll keep you posted on that story. meanwhile two alaska state troopers shot to death, killed

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seven times. nathaniel kingas has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. amplgts democratic congressman calling on his party to boycott a proposed special committee to investigate the benghazi attack. republicans are pushing for a probe into the obama administration's response to that deadly attack. after e-mails surfaced showed the white house involved in what may have been a cover-up in the days to follow that attack. but democratic congressman adam schiff says it's a closed book. >> we have had four bipartisan investigations. i don't think it makes sense for us to give this select committee any more contribute than it deserves. >> the state department told the libyan congress that there was a terrorist organization that committed these attacks. why is it that we told the

libyans the truth and told the american people a lie? that's right at the heart of it. >> joining me now, chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner, hi, sus susan. why would any of the dins in congress want to boycott these upcoming hearings, representative schiff, as you heard, he's saying that to do so would not give the committee correct. that's why he's saying to boycott it, don't give it credibility. >> that is the democratic strategy here to discredit this committee. by doing so, they can perhaps convince the public not to pay any attention to it. that is completely at odds with what the republican as want to do. they want to keep benghazi in the spotlight. there are a lot of unanswered questions, four americans were killed, including the ambassador, but it also is in their political interests, not only to shine a spot light negatively on democrats in general, but who's their number

one candidate for the 2016, presidential elections? she hasn't made an announcement yet, but that hillary clinton, who was running the state department at the time and has so far managed to keep herself relatively untarnished in relationship to what happened in benghazi, by forming a committee, this does add legitimacy, and it keeps it in the spotlight perhaps into 2014, 2015. this could definitely end up yielding evidence or information that is unflattering not only to president obama and the democrats, but to hillary clinton as with well. >> so susan, if any of the democratic members of congress end up boycotting the hearing, you mentioned the american people and their perception of everything, would that cause american people to believe that this is just yet another republican led political witch hunt or a democratic political cover-up? >> you know, that's a great question, i think it's -- i'm on the fence on that. i these in some ways, the

democrats have scored a few point by trying to de-- everyon started laughing, like why are we picking on these poor irs employees? there's some legitimacy to that. this could backfire on the democrats if they try to strip this benghazi investigation of any legitimacy. because i think people want to know. the president's approval rating has sunk partly because of his hand ling of foreign policy. if democrats want to walk away and not participate, i think there will be a backlash. >> you know speaker boehner's

committee if indeed this is about political posturing across the board, i want you to tell me u where does each side stand to make mistakes? >> that's another great question, because first of all, let's see if kerry actually shows up, he's scheduled to be in mexico thet of the hearing. but if he does show up, if he changes his plans, and all of this could lead democrats in a really tough position. what do they have to lose? they have to lose talking about benghazi, keeping it in the spotlight, perhaps turning over more information that's unflattering, really to hillary clinton, who i think they want to protect most of all in this situation, for republicans, what do they have to lose? perhaps the public will grow tired of this and look at the republicans has not focusing enough on the economy and jobs and just turning their attention to attacking the administration. same old, same old. we need people in office, we're going to focus on the economy, i think this is one of the reasons you have seen the house speaker delay the formation of this committee, because they really

want to pick up seats in the next election, they want to take over the senate, have republicans in charge, they don't want to take the eye off the glitch filled obama care rollout. this will be a distraction from that. republicans are gambling, it will work o'in our favor. >> of course we don't forget that four americans did lose their lives that horrible night. okay, thank you, susan. >> thank you. >> and i want to tell you that coming up, we have new details on that horrific ringling brothers circus accident today in rhode island and new images of the incident as it happened. plus this is typically one of the busiest months of the year, it's may, right, time for moving, so if a change of zip code is in your future, should you rent or should you buy? we're going to tell you what the key deciding factors are. coming up next, stick around guys. i'm rdy, and i quit smoking with chantix.

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fox news alert. an update on our top story. at least one person in critical condition and 10 others seriously hurt after a circus act goes terribly wrong. the female acrobats plunging to the ground during a human chandelier hair hanging act is what it's called when their platform snapped loose. the accident happening about 45 minutes into the ringling and barnum and bailey show at the dunkin' donuts center in providence, rhode island. the women fell 35 to 40 feet to the floor.

here we go. may is traditionally one of the busiest months for moving, leaving millions of americans debating whether to rent or buy a new home. now, the answer, according to a new "wall street journal" report depends on where you live in the country. lets bring in brenda butner senior business correspondent and anchor of bulls and bears. hey, goos to see you. i want to get right to it because i love this question. where is it better to rent and where is it better to buy? >> first of all, renting is basically becoming more of an attractive option than buying across the country. a touchdown by deutsche bank that in 20 major mint areas renting is better than buying. it's cheaper. over a year ago it was just 15, so it really is ramping up. >> we're looking at the markets where it's a renters market. >> those are renters markets. can you see cities are

expensive, san francisco, san jose, silicon valley. >> orange county, san diego. >> exactly. >> where -- you mentioned renting. there's a buyers market. this is where it's better to buy. pop it up and we'll talk about it on the map. places to buy, better cleveland, rochester, tampa, florida, buffalo, new york, chicago. we've got that there. i want to get into the details and why. tell me why it makes sense to buy in some cases and why it makes sense to rent in some cases. >> let me make a case for renting. basically you don't have to worry about property taxes, home insurance. there's the whole issue of the clogged toilet. call your landlord and you don't have to get out your plunger. in this economy you get more flexibility. many people could not move to take jobs because they were stuck in their homes under water. it's also very hard to save up for a deposit.

credit is very tight. so there are a lot of reasons to rent. also, what about the financial nightmare during the housing bust. you don't have to go through that. >> in 30 seconds, tell me why it would be better to buy? >> there's a great deduction. there is the increase in value. you can tap into equity and use it for college tuition or whatever else. also the american dream. people want to own a home. >> you make good points for both cases. i appreciate that. get the biz from butner. stick around, "a healthy you & carol alt" is next. i'm so glad you could join me this afternoon. enjoy the rest of your sunday. ♪

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