kellie pickler hanging with us now. tomorrow a former u.s. marshall revealing secrets about the marshall service. you'll be shocked. listen to army rangers. and normal or nuts. >> she'll be in the after the show show. log on right now. >> be yourself. bill: good morning, everybody. we have been watching this story throughout the night. a tragedy in west virginia. at least two people confirmed dead after a mine collapse. two minessers are trapped beneath the rubble. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: the word is the roof fell in. families rushed in get news of their loved ones.

>> reporter: west virginia state police are confirming there are two people dead in this coal mining accident. we are told two people are trapped now police are confirming two people dead. there are reports of people dead but fox has not confirmed the names. we now know they did not survive. police say their bodies have been recovered. bill: .we know what happened? >> reporter: according to the health mine safety it was ground failure. it was a coal outburst. it's a sudden outburst of coal and gas. that's coming in that this was caused by a coal outburst at the brody mine number one in boone county. it's owned by patriot coal based

in st. louis, missouri. this mine had 253 significant and substantial infractions against it in 2013. coal mining is a very dangerous industry and there are a lot of rules and regulations so it's not unusual there would be some sort of infractions a mine might have. we don't know how significant these infractions were in 2013. bill: sat sad youth news out of west virginia. martha: miners losing their lives no ply their trade is nothing new. back in 200629 people trapped underground. 12 of them were killed. one person survived but was seriously injured. the accident happened after a

pocket of methane was struck by lightning and exploded. a congressional race took a shocking turn when a candidate died suddenly at this home. keith crisco was locked in a race with the former "american idol" contestant clay aiken. >> reporter: police say he died of an accidental fall. friends and political rivals are expressing sadness over his death and expressing admiration for a man who was raids on a

dairy farm and went on to get a degree from harvard and to the white house. republican incumbent congresswoman re may elders said his kindness and dedication to his principles are models we should all strive for and he will be missed. even at this point the democratic primary is too close to call with clay aiken leading in the by 200 votes. aiken does not need need to pass the 40% threshold long he maintains his lead. if a nominee end up being picked

he or she will challenge incumbent renee ell merks rs in the fall. u.s. skies are in the skies of nigeria to help search for hundreds of school girls. a u.s. official confirming the manned missions began yesterday. this as nigeria's government is weighing all the options including a possible prisoner swap. that's the image we got yesterday. what do we know about a possible prisoner swap? is that a possibility? >> reporter: originally the government seemed to rule out any negotiations. they said they wouldn't pay a ransom, then there was the release of this video and it seems to have moved the nigerian

position a little in the last 24 hour. there is an apparent offer from the leader of broke * to release the girls in exchange for prisoners held by the nigerian government. there i room for negotiation now. still the nigerian government isn't ruling out anything and they are saying a military opening is still there as well. bill: back to the u.s. involvement, what type of help are we giving to nigeria. >> reporter: the pentagon says it would be 10 uniformed military personnel in addition to freedom fbi and the justice department. but now we are hearing there are aircraft flying over nigeria, they could be drone or manned, we don't know yet, but that's

larger assistance than weep originally thought. the total number of americans assisting nigeria is closer to 40. so the force is growing. in addition to the americans there is chinese, brit and israeli advisors as well. nigeria is getting what lot of help from around the world right now. martha: new questions on whether of any people are calling out islam and its treatment of women. bill maher says women are treated as property. he spoke out saying muslim groups still have not come to terms with this. >> we listen to many well-meaning muslims who say it has nothing to do with islam or sharia or the koran, it's an aberration. and what we are seeing time and

time and time again is sadly it's not an aberration. martha: former u.n. ambassador john bowl on will join us on this at the bottom of the hour. bill: legendary radio host casey case emicase -- casey kasem is . he has parkinsons and can no longer speak. his daughter onlyeth yesterday appointed his temporary caretaker by a court. she says somebody took him not long after she visited him last week. >> a few hours later he was ripped out of that facility and taken across state lines or out of the country. >> reporter: the attorney for the children say he could be on an indian reservation. more on this in a live report

out of l.a. coming up on our news hour. this was one of the most read stories on our website. there is a lot of interest in his fate and well being and right now it's a mystery. martha: there is a chaotic scene rocking a quiet suburban neighborhood. the whole place he can explodes after police say the was intentionally set on fire. a police officer lost his life in this house. we'll get to a live report what happened there moment away. bill: rapper jay -- screen left attacked by his wife's sister at a hotel elevator. what the heck were they talking about. martha: the cdc confirming a second case of the deadly mers virus found in the united states. health official are the

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a grain injury after -- a brain injury after suffering a fall and blood clot. that forced her to push back her testimony on benghazi. the man who made the comment is a former deputy chief of staff to president bush and fox news advisor. as much as i understand it, this was at an event in los angeles last thursday you were featured there with robert gibbs. how did this comment come up suggesting hillary clinton may suffer from brain damage. >> no, no with no. i didn't say she had brain damage. she had a serious health episode. my point was from the 7th of december in 2012 through the 7th of january of 2013, she underwent first she had apparently a serious virus, they

announced then on the 15th of december she at some period in the past week fallen. they didn't say when or where. she was recovering at home. on the 30th of december it turns out she had a blood class. they won't say where. the next say they say it's behind her skull and her brain, her right ear. she is in the hospital for four days. she goes home. she is back in the office on the 7th and testifies on the 25th wearing special glasses that allow her to deal with the double vision this episode cause. hillary clinton wanted to run for president but she wouldn't be human if this didn't enter in as a consideration. my other point is this will be an issue in the 2016 race whether she likes it or not. every presidential candidate is asked for their health records -- and vice presidential

candidates. they turn them over to a battery of doctors and they examine them in detail. everybody says she will run and sheep probably is. she'll be 69 by the time the 2016 elections. she'll be $77 if she serves two terms. this ends up being an issue. john mccain, here is the headline from u.s. news and world report. john mccain's age and health could be an issue. bill: as far as i know nothing was recorded that night. due know otherwise. >> i don't know. it was in the morning. bill: the post writes rove stunned the conference when he suggested hillary clinton might have brain damage. >> i never used that phrase. she had a serious health

episode. when you go through a serious life episode it causes you to look at life differently. she is in and out of the office starting on the 7th of december after she returns. she returns on a friday from the czech republic and it begin an over a month long period where she has a serious illness that ended up putting her in the hospital. we don't know what the doctors said what she has to be concerned about. she has hidden a lot. bill: i understand the point you are making, when she reappeared at the hearing she had thick glasses on. it quoits as saying 30 case in the hospital and she is wearing glasses for people who have traumatic brain injury. our research says she was in the hospital for three days. >> she goes in on a sunday, she comes out on a wednesday. but this is a 30-day period where she is fighting something.

she arrives back from a virus from the czech republic. on the tenth they announce she is postponing a trip to the middle east. then they announce he's cancelling it and they announce sometime during that week that she was so dehydrated she has fallen and hit her head and they won't say when and where that was. she misses the testimony on the 20th. she is recovering at home, answering emails. sunday the 30th of december is when she goes into the hospital for some kind of an exam and is admit and is there until wednesday. so she spend over a month fighting this whatever it is, combination of virus, dehydration and concussion and they are not particularly coming. on the 30th they won't even say where the blood clot was. bill: you are clearly raising questions about what happened there. a spokeperson for hillary

clinton says karl rove has deceived the country for years but there are no word for this level of lying. she is 100% period. >> i thought their first response was better. tell dr. rove she is 100 per. i won't be the doctor sitting on the "new york times" board examining the issue. them would be better off saying at the time it happened, here is what happened. here is her doctor, he will tell you what the followup will be. how long she'll have these glasses and what the ramifications are. but my other point is a more personal one. i bet you this is a part of or calculation. when you go through a health incident like this any presidential candidate has to ask themselves am i willing to do this for 8 years of my life,

run for two years, it's a natural thing. bill: you have been hit with the following line. karl rove is desperate for a good candidate a and he doesn't have one. >> i'm the gift that keeps on giving to the democrats. my name couples in more emails in to the defeat democratic candidate than i can count. i am confident every time i make a statement the democrats will turn it into a fire. have them stand up and say no she won't be concerned at all about her health and this won't be part of her calculation. second of all get ready. the "new york times" will be skag lot of tough questions about every candidates' health, they always do and it will be an issue. it was an issue when george w.

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bill: virginia's governor giving a pass cause for last week's hot air balloon crash. three people were killed when the balloon hit a power line.

the governor said the investigators say pilot was probably unaware of electrical lines and could not pull up higher in time. >> they hit a power line that apparently wasn't on the map the pilot was look at or not looking at. but we don't know for sure. martha: a terrifying scene caught on camera. a police officer shot and killed after responding to a domestic disturbance call at a newmpshir. that home was later set on fire as news cameras had their -- as news crews had hair cameras rolling. witnesses say they felt this blast through the entire neighborhood. >> when i got here 20 minutes later is when they had the massive explosion.

it literally shook the ground and a black cloud of smoke came up in the air. you could see the flames shooting up over the trees. martha: what .we know about the sequence of of events. reporter: police were first called to this home in brentwood, new hampshire as a result of a 911 call reporting a fight between two men in the property. among the first to respond, officer steven arkell. he was the first to go into the property. he was shot dead almost immediately. other officers tried to get in and them were met with gunfire. an around later that huge explosion, the news helicopters were rolling the cameras live at the time. we don't have it on tape but i

can tell you they were shocked by what they saw and heard at that point. the suspected gunmen according to the authorities died inside the property. martha: now the big question, what was going on inside the house. >> reporter: the suspected gunman. 47-month-old michael nolan we are told by officals, he lived in that property with his 86-year-old father walter nolan. wall for nolan was removed before the fire and explosion on a stretcher. you see him there. he appears to be sitting up to some extent. his injuries whatever they were did not appear to be serious but we have no word on his condition now. then of course there is officer steven arkell, he was 48 years old. a part time officer for 15 years. the father of two teenaged girls

and he coached lacrosse at exeter high school. >> i join all granite staters in mourning the loss of brentwood police officer steve arkell who died doing his jock, protecting his community. >> reporter: the governor ordered all flags to fly at half staff today. we are also expecting a new conference by the new hampshire attorney general at 1:00 p.m. we'll get a lot more details on what preceded these tragic events. martha: what a loss and what a tragedy for the family and the school and the community. bill: stunning siept to see that. you don't expect that to be the next thing to happen and it did. severe flooding hitting the nation's midsection.

basement after basement has been flood as a result. we are live in the extreme weather center to find out who is going get hit today. martha: is the left too soft on islam? bill maher calling out liberals for giving extremists a pass saying the religion treats women like property. are too many being too politically correct on this issue? >> they called broke * an aberration. they call them a scandal. that means they are in that state of denial. man: definitely more murdery than the reviews said. captain obvious: this is a creepy room. man: oh hey, captain obvious. captain obvious: you should have used hotels.com. their genuine guest reviews are written by guests who have genuinely stayed there. instead of people who lie on the internet. son: look, a finger. captain: that's unsettling. man: you think? captain: all the time. except when i sleep.

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bill: a storm causes massive flooding northern ohio west of cleveland. fire crews had to rescue drivers after cars were stuck and the roads were washed out. five inches of rain falling in some areas and knock ought trees and power lines. one of my sisters was caught up in that. they have been up all night bailing out the basement like thousands. >> reporter: i hope they are okay there in ohio. bill: all in time. >> reporter: we saw tornado from parts of the plains and 40 inches of snow. the big concern is flooding

across sections of ohio and it's moving to new york and northwestern pennsylvania. it's been very localized with several inches coming down in a short amount of time. that's bringing flooding issues. you can see warnings across the cleveland area. and erie, pennsylvania. we have flash flood warnings up along the buffalo area. the storm system is a relatively slow mover and it has a lot of moisture with it. all the way down to parts of the gulf coast. in eastern texas and arkansas we have concerns for flooding. there are watches an in effect. columbusing. , large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes will be a

concern. bill: we know what happened last time we got that warning. let's hope it's not and repeat. martha: bill maher slamming liberals over what he's calling their too soft approach for calling out radical islam for what it is as surveillance flights over nigeria hoping to find the kidnapped girls. bill maher says it's time for the left to start canadian deming islam. >> there is no connection to condemning this with the religion. that's what i'm seeking to do because i think that's the elephant in the room. in the religion at large women are seen as property, second class at best, often as property. liberals like yourself don't stand up for liberalism.

it means equality of women. no death threats. martha: there was you a [applause] from the crowd. i should have said to start condemning islam. am bass dear john bolton is here today. what do you think? >> i think part of the problem that he identifies is that the left, the academic establishment, the obama administration are reluctant to cite size islamic terrorists and radical islamists because they fear that the rest of the muslim world will take that as a criticism of islam generally. thremple. there are several things wrong with that. i don't think there is an islam world any more than there a christian world and they have different thoughts. to say they are not capable of

distinguishing between terrorists and other muslims is patronizing and condescending. that's part of the denial that terrorism caused by islamic extremists. march * you think about alcoholism and any other issue. until you recognize where the problem is coming from and you have a good grasp much it you can't begin to solve the problem. as you pointed out, this reflected on one of the largest populations in africa. nigeria is a huge country. if it has a problem that has resulted in the kidnapping of these girls when need to look at it with clear eyes, right? >> and we need to go beyond the immediate tragedy we see unfolding. the idea that somehow the

president's wife said in her saturday radio address, this has too to do with adult men suppressings aspirations of -- suppressing the aspirations of young girls. understanding what's happened here and its relationship top terrorism to libya and mali and nigeria. them spring from a common radicalism within islam that the problem for the people who live there and around the world. martha: one of the most eloquent speakers on this issue is ali and she was on with megyn kelly. >> when you convince men that it's okay to kidnap girls and

sell them into slavery. they say we liberated these girls. you have to understand that's somehow it is devised from islam unreforms. martha: she wants the religion to step into the world as it is today and to continue to be a popular and productive religion. but she says you simply can't do that unless you take a look at what some the tenets are. >> i think this tragedy in nigeria caused people to look at boko haram and think about the implications and the fate of these girl girls gripped public attention. let me say a word on behalf of boys. a few months ago boko haram killed 50 teenaged boys.

they are terrorists. it's beyond male-female. it's a larger issue that's a threat to the people of nigeria, it's a global threat. the threat of international terrorism' stemming from radical islam continue toots grow and we act like it's over. that's the basic mistake. martha: their killing has bin indiscriminate. when you look at the moves the u.s. is making. we heard from conor powell that there are 30 planes involved in this now. >> i think we ought toling this into a larger counter tir rainfall strategy for north africa which i don't think we have. the borders among the countries are not exactly demarcated like they are on the continent of europe. the terrorist groups can come and go pretty much as they

please. i think we need to work with all the governments in the north africa that are capable of doing it and want our help because stemming this terrorist threat is important. it's important for us. people can come from those places and attack targets in europe or the united states. it's a lot closer to europe and therefore to us than al qaeda and taliban are in the hills of waziristan. martha: ambassador, thank you very much. bill: 11 minutes into trading a day after the markets hit record highs for the s & p and the dow. we are looking at possibility that people are starting to consider and think about dow 17,000. >> martha: not too far away. i remember when it was 10,000. big deal that was. 17,000 on the dow.

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martha: just one of many acts of heroism by a firefighter. a firefighter walks into an inferno and grabs a flaming gas tang and brings it to safety so his team can hose it down. the team rushes in to retrieve

13 gas tangs. the scene was under control in an hour. no one was hurt thanks to the great bravery of the firefighters. bill: a stunning report claims the obama administration knowingly freed hundreds of convicted immigrants. the "washington times" says immigration and customs enforcement released 36,000 in the process of being deported including 16 who had been convicted of murder. thousands convicted for drunken driving and others convicted of sex crimes. rich lowry is here in the studio. how did this happen? how do we put murderers back on the street. >> reporter: these are 36,000 people with multiple convictions. 88,000 when you put them together collectively. the administration says. >> of these were under court

order. but the author of this report said most of them were discretionary. the administration says they will be monitored or will have to report back with officers from immigration authorities. but who knows when you will see any of these ever again. bill: the home country didn't want them. you can't blame them. why do we have to continue to live with them not in our prisons but on our streets? >> reporter: they should be held obviously. but when the home country won't take them, you have had courts say you can't hold them indefinitely. but mine is saying those are not most most of these people. interior enforcement under this administration despite the spin has drastically declined. and they get numbers of supposed record numbers of deportations. basically an accounting gimmick where what used to be called returns, them catch you at the

bored and turn you around and say you are going back to your home country. they are now count can those as removals which are typically considered deportations. while interior in the country your chances of getting deported slim they are trying to say they are increase deeg pore takes. bill: if you are caught on the bored and sent back home that's considered a deportation. >> correct. interior enforcement according to jessica vawrn, the last two years, decreased 40%. so you have this bizarre situation where you have this admin spin over tougher enforcement and you have the left going crazy and protesting the administration's heartless enforcement policies at the same time interior enforcement has declined and all independent kaigs are it will decline further. bill: i.c.e. said 16% of the

murderers released were mandatory releases. i.c.e. came under fire because they blamed the sequester and budget cuts. it turns it had nothing to do with the sequester. >> if they want more rooms and beds to hold these people they should go to congress and ask for them. but it hasn't because they have very little interest in interior enforcement. it seems as though the chances of getting immigration reform/amnesty are declining. so the way to get that end with that legislation is to act administrativeley to gut their own enforcement. the spin has been we are focusing on criminals. this story shows even the criminals are ... bill: does this help or hurt? >> it hurts. the opponents of immigration reform on the right, one of the arguments they make, you can't

trust this administration to enforce the law. the more stories you have like this the more resonance it has. bill: the "washington times" is all over this today. martha: proof that road rage only leads to bad things. watch this after an apparent case of driving angry and literally pushed that car off the road. you have got to see what happens next. bill: beyonce's sister going on with jay-z. it wasn't just the 50s. it was the foot and the leg andd the shoe. that was one elevator ride ... i don't want to think about the alternative. i don't even know how to answer that. i mean, no one knows how long their money is going to last. i try not to worry, but you worry. what happens when your paychecks stop?

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martha: a family fight is becoming public. tmz be takenning this video. she swings at the rearp. body guards trying to hold her back. what do you think we are look at? >> this is a sibling issue. i don't think it's as big as we think. beyonce is emotionless in this elevator. she is remaining calm. you see beyonce, she stand back with her arms fold. it raises the question, has this happened before. is this the dynamic of the relationship? but she is professional and she knows she has to maintain a front.

there was no sign of her sister. you might see her more than beyonce. no one comment. so this could blow over. the heat is on the hotel. this is a celebrity friendly hotel or used to be. so the only thing we heard of any possible reference to this is an instagram post that she put out called the prayer to god. it says lord i lift up every one of my relationships to you and ask you to bless them. i pray each one will be glorifying to you. help me to separate myself from people who are bad for me and surround myself about people hoff good for me. what do we know about solange.

i didn't know she had a sister. >> solange likes to party. let many be honest, if you are in solange you are in the shadow of beyonce. march where petty much everybody tonight shadow of beyonce. the instagram was posted a couple days after the incident. so it's been within the week. before the video came out but after the accident. >> maybe she is hoping for a divine intervention for that relationship. bill: the second case of the deadly mers virus hitting the united states. we'll took you our medical a-team about what you need to know about that. march already where is casey kasem? the bizarre story and what we now know about this mystery.

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martha: for years he was the most famous dj in america. now casey kasem is missing. welcome, everybody, brand new hour of "america's newsroom." glad to have you with us. bill: i'm martha -- i'm martha mark. bill: i'm bill hemmer. there is court battle between casey kasem's children and his wife. he is 82. he suffers from ad vanned parkinson's disease. his wife's tell us a judge kasem is no longer in the united states and not even in this country. his children desperate to find him. martha: william la jeunesse live in los angeles. this is odd twist for the legendary dj. >> reporter: this would be a bizarre story in any family but most hall of fame broadcasters don't disappear. the 82-year-old radio legend is worth 82 million bucks. he had barkin son's until last

week was in a santa monica hospital. then he was gone. they blame his 60-year-old wife jean. >> he is a sick man. this is a man that should not be moved. this is the sixth time jean kasem has moved my father to hide him from his family and his friend. sixth. >> reporter: kasem had three children by his first wife. they claim jean, the current wife the 30 years is spiteful and jealous and cut them off from their father. jean was not in court yesterday. even her attorney admits he does not where casey is. the bottom line, you guys. this takes family feud to a whole new level. martha? martha: what exactly did the court do in this case? >> reporter: three things. number one, it appointed daughter, kerrey, who you heard, conservator for her father. appointed an investigator. finally can not be moved again without a court order. the judge is not happy with the

wife who last appeared in episode of cheese about 20 years ago. she says the chi single-handedly shattered life of her father and falsely claim their stepmother is wicked. that she is not actually keeping him a prisoner. of the basically for 40 years you guys, as you know, he counted down the american top 40 every saturday morning. he signed off with those memorable words, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. speculation, now, martha could be overseas or on an indian reservation in washington state. martha: what a mess. what a sad situation for this guy. what a wonderful dj he was. we all grew up listening to him. william, we'll see where this goes. bill: tuesday today, voters heading to the polls in two hotly con tested races. one in nebraska getting special attention. ben sass and shane osborn facing off in a race that pits tea party against the republican

establishment. carl cameron with this live in washington. set the stage for us. carl what are you looking for in this race? >> reporter: it has been cast as two-person race. there are many candidates, there are six of them. senate seat for retiring senator mike johanns, republican. it is a very red state. so whoever wins the primary is likely to be the next senator. until a couple weeks ago everybody thought it would be a two-person race. first candidate got into it a decorated war veteran and navy pilot, shane osborn. he won early on a lot of tea party support. he is seen more establishment candidate and backed by out-of-state super pacs one tied to senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. came midland university president, ben sash. he hit with a big slash. cover guy on number of magazines. former bush administration official. he won over a bunch of national tea party groups and endorsements including prominent folks like ted cruz and sarah

palin. there are 17 groups spending on the two. sasse and osborn. most of it is on sasse against osborn. the nebraska world herald blew off both osborn and sasse. he said he is too tied to out-of-state groups and osborn lacks specific. and endorsed omaha, nebraska banker, sid dinddale. he never ran an attack and started to surge. all the attacks seemed to be focused on sid dindale. it would be a three-person race. there is so much money spent on this. everybody calls it tea party versus establishment. the truth is, bill, there are not a lot of differences between as gone and and sasse. or kins dale. out of six or seven that will run, whoever will ultimately will be republican nominee or republican senator. so the seat does not switch hand. it stays on republican side of the ledger in all likelihood in

november, meaning republicans still need another senate seat. that is why west virginia is important. there is open seat. shelly more capito, republican congresswoman is the considered republican nominee, essentially decided on her. there is democrat, natalie tenant there. whoever wins in that seat for the, into the fall is likely to be republican. one that the gop thinks they can pick up, knocking off the democrats seat held by jay rockefeller because of his retirement. bill: we're watching nebraska. we're watching west virginia. and we're going to watch you tomorrow to tell us what happened. thank you, carl. >> reporter: you bet. bill: carl cameron in washington. martha: this fox news alert. a wave of car bombings has killed 28 people across baghdad. the explosions rocking mostly shiite areas of the city. as iraqi shiites sell operate the birthday of their most sacred martyr. the bombings are part of surge in violence undermining iraqi

government's stability to chief stability there. since u.s. troops pulled out in september of 2011, some 13,000 iraqi civilians have been killed. >> staggering. >> there is new effort on the hill to free a u.s. marine jailed in mexico. andrew was arrested after miss ad freeway exit and mexican authorities found three guns in his car. duncan hunter sending a letter to defense secretary chuck hagel, saying in quote in light of the mexican government's incarceration of andrew i you consider suspending training and equipment to mexico until andrew's case is resolved. lawmakers are calling for his case to be expedited and have all charges dropped. bill: we talked to his family about this. martha: members of congress may have to stop flying first class on taxpayer's dime.

they introducing a new bill, if our military has to fly coach so should congress act. how about that idea, right? great concept. republican congressman walter jones that members of the house and senate should not secure luxury travel attacks payer defense and especially not do so when the nation is buried in $17 trillion in debt. with more. byron josh, correspondent for "washington examiner." what do you make of it? >> can you believe they didn't already have something like this? martha: no, i can't. >> congress actually has passed such measures for the executive branch. and members of congress routinely get outraged when the department of this or the department of that has wasted millions and millions of dollars. but they don't have this requirement that if a member congress flies, commercial, that they can only fly coach. they can't use taxpayer monies to purchase first class tickets. so this bill is the first time they have tried this. martha: you know, i mean it is mind-boggling especially when

you consider many members of the senate and congress, if they want to buy their own first class ticket on a plane i don't think anybody has a problem. to use taxpayer-funded money, especially when as we pointed out in the intro, members of our military fly in coach, really sends the wrong message, doesn't it? >> right. and congress is also worried about what you mentioned at first part of your question, which is, there are a lot of rich people in congress. we have learned in the last year more than half, first time, more than half of all 535 members of congress have net worths over a million dollars apiece. many of them who are very, very wealthy who have their own jets by the way. so this is something that congress does have an image problem as a millionaires club, not just the senate but the house too as a millionaires club. martha: remember hole issue with nancy pelosi flying back and forth on a jet. certainly she has enough money to cover those expenses. i mean, you know, just one example of, she argued that she needed to be able to get back

and forth quickly. that's why she needed that. they seem to be able to justify any expense. >> weigh using military jet which is insanely expensive than a first class commercial plane ticket. for military jets, i believe she was flying a 757, costs a whole lot to fly across the country. martha: fascinating. crazy. thank you very much, byron. see you sir. >> thank you, martha. bill: explosive new climb from inside the white house. tim geithner saying he was told to bend the truth on sunday morning talk shows. charles krauthamer says that is nothing new. >> this white house has an arms length relationship with the truth. you could argue all administrations do but here you get the idea that it is less than arms length. bill: remember this was the white house promising to be the most transparent ever. great panel on that. we'll take it on in a matter of moments. martha: we told you yesterday about the plan for a satanic mass at harvard, if you can believe it. new details what is going on

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yesterday. a follow-up today. they were planning on holding that black mass for what they called, educational purposes. martha: critics taking aim at president obama's repeated promises his administration would be the most transparent in history of the this coming after former treasury secretary tim geithner suggested that the white house asked him to say things about the economy that were not completely true. in his new book, this is what he writes. i objected when dan pfeiffer wanted me to say social security didn't contribute to the deficit. it wasn't a main driver of our future deficits but it did contribute. the pfeiffer said the line was a dog whistle to the left, a phrase geithner writes he never heard before. charles krauthamer the latest revelation is par for the course in his opinion. >> this white house has an arms length relationship with the truth. you could charge that all administrations do but here you get the idea that it is less than arms length of the it is actually a clearly, manipulative

relationship with the truth that it is to be used or abused or inverted in order to quote, send a message, to send a dog signal. everybody knows that social security is in deficit. the treasury makes it up. and therefore it contributes to the deficit. geithner knows that and therefore he wasn't prepared to say an outright lie. obvious arithmetic lie. martha: bob beckel, former democratic campaign manager, co-host of "the five." tucker carlson, co-host of "fox & friends weekend." bob, let me start with you. the reason this is such an issue this is president said he would bring hope and change. that things were not going to be like they were in previous administrations. they would be transparent and simply tell the truth, whatever the truth was. this looks like that is not the case. >> a lot to learn from the state legislature in illinois to get to the white house. look, charles said, every

white house has arms length relationship with the truth but the truth here is that when you talk about social security as a driving force behind the deficit, that is a signal to democrats and base that is not welcome. so i understand why pfeiffer said what he said. i would not, and i don't believe that is what pfeiffer, geithner ended up saying by the way when he went on the shows but in truth, it is part of the debt although it is not by law, you're not supposed to leave excess into social security system. you're supposed to have treasury bonds. that is too complicated way to put it. there is no way the democrats want social security to be seen as a principle driver of the debt and it is not. martha: the bigger question here is the issue of transparency and a straightforwardness that was, as i said, you know, you cast it aside, this is what president obama said when he was running for office. let's watch. >> transparency and the rule of

law will be the touchstones of this presidency. our commitment to openness means more than simply informing the american people about how decisions are made. it means recognizing that government does not have all the answers. martha: that was at time of the inauguration. tucker, what do you make of all this? >> that was a promise he could never keep. you can only be transparent when you have nothing to hide and they have a lot to hide and key things they're hiding that a lot of their major policy decisions are driven by politics. consider this increaseddably revealing moment between geithner and dan pfeiffer. pfeiffer never had a job outside of a being a spokesman. he is not an economist. here he is a flak in his 30s lecturing the treasury secretary the guy in charge of america's economic policy on basic economics. imagine that, your tim geithner. you ran the new york fed. you're a serious guy and this flak is telling you how to present social security and telling you to represent a basic fact checkable on google in

public. that is remarkable scenario. only administration rused politics as the central criterion for decision making would have a situation. >> can you name me one administration doesn't use politics as driving force hyped policy? >> they all do but is it central pores? is the factor that determines your position? it should never been. sometimes it is. but in this administration again and again and again and again and again you see policy-driven by politics. the left doesn't want to hear social security adds to the deficit? tough luck. that is reality. administration is lecturing us on science is running away from provable facts what does it tell you? >> what does it tell you get in war in irrake and false pretenses and flat-out lies? the obama administration, has he way gone beyond what he said in that brief clip? of course he did. did he know what he was getting into the white house? he did not. had they then learned how to use their communication tools in a

way to bend things to their political satisfaction? yes they have. i'm not surprised by that. i think administrations do that. his may do a little more than others. >> ask anybody that covers this. martha: look what tim geithner said and look what stephanie cutter wanted him to say at a later position point which was about executive bonus, whether or not they should be paid out. i'm not going to say that. to his credit he chose not to say it and didn't. they have also had similar run-ins with people who had perhaps bigger understanding of the economy, peter orszag, wanted to extend bush tax cuts. he wrote an editorial about it. he got chastised for some reports. cory booker tried to stick up for venture capitalists, when president running against mitt romney. that didn't go over very well. there is narrative here not to be messed with, tucker? >> this is so filled with irony. the critique of the last administrations, they weren't competent. and here you see example after example of the political people,

not the policy people, like literally children who are acting aspects men telling the experts what they ought to say and what the facts are. that is just mind boggle. i'm surprised tim geithner could handle it as long as he did. >> obama administration in original campaign was driven by ategies. that was the way he got into the white house. >> exactly. >> the way they did that was to manipulate communications strategy as best they could to fit into his narrative. so it is not a surprise to me that you will see that carried on of the same people, many of them who were in the campaign, carried off into administration, young people you're talking about. >> true. >> often times, i sat in on those meetings where you brief a secretary about to go on to a sunday talk show, you emphasize the best politics you can. good secretaries will say that ain't going to cut it. i can't say that. martha: guys, thank you so much. tucker and bob. >> i agree with bob, thanks. martha: landed on that note. >> there is deadly virus that made its way to the u.s. it has

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martha: this could be a possible case of road rage caught on video. two women got into an altercation on a san diego freeway. driver of the pickup truck veers across traffic and knocks the other car off the road. both crash. the pickup flips over as it goes over that sign area. the police initially caused this as accidental collision. if they determine it was intentional, charges could range from assault with a deadly weapon to attempted murder.

bill: cdc out of atlanta confirming a second case of middle east respiratory syndrome, known as mers here in the u.s. the virus has been deadly overseas. the patient identified as a health care worker traveled on four separate flights from saudi arabia to london. london thin to boston. then from boston to atlanta. and finally from atlanta to orlando where he was admitted to a hospital. health officials asking everyone that who thinks they may have been exposed to come forward. good luck with that. dr. marc siegel, professor of the medicine, nyu langone medical center and member of fox news medical a-team. good morning. we're starting to learn about this. the early days of sars, bird flu, all the different viruses we covered over past 10 years, it is an education in the process. what dowhat do we need to learnw about this? >> first we need to stick to the science and stay away from the fear. that is always been the problem. that was the problem with sars back in 2003.

if this is very similar virus to sars and it is also very similar to the common cold. it is called a corona virus. can get it by touching surfaces. can get it by sneezing and coughing on each other. that is the kind of virus it is. you know something? it is very hard to transmit. that is the good news. more good news? it hasn't changed genetically since 2012. it is not mutating all over the place and becoming more dangerous. bill: that we know of. >> that we know of. fair enough. bill: a person has it. breathe on another person, touch another person, that is how you come in contact? >> close contact. not just touching somebody but really close contact. that is why health care work remembers getting it, bill. they're really close to the patient. they're working with that patient every day. they're touching stuff. getting breathed on, coughed on, repeated contact. that is why health care workers. these two cases are not connected in the united states. bill: the two u.s. cases. >> right. bill: no connection? >> no connection. both health care workers.

both in saudi arabia. both are in isolation. there is no evidence right now they're spreading to anyone. bill: they were in saudi arabia. >> that's right. bill: they're in the u.s. now. look at this number. 538 reported to the world health organization. this goes back over the past two years. 145 deaths globally. that's a 25, 27% rate, and 118 of those deaths in saudi arabia. why? >> couple of points on that. number one the centers for disease control believes, and i agree with them, increased surveillance recently in 2014 is why we're seeing more cases it may have been underreported before. now why the deaths? it is because people don't have immunity to this virus. this is what happened with sars it first came out. over time people develop immunity. you get more spread and less deaths. so this is a very high mortality rate. it's a respiratory virus. it causes a lot of secretions of the if we don't have immune system to fight back you're at risk. bill: to final points, no

vaccine, no treatment but as you point it it is still rare and the main virus is fear? >> the biggest treatment is isolation, bill. take someone that has the case and isolate them. everybody watching this, no matter how well we do today, everyone watching this will think, can i get it? can i get it? i will tell you what the cdc says, they probably read my fear book. you know what? you can't get it. it is extremely rare. we need to inform you but you will not get it. bill: that's why we brought you on today, dr. marc siegel in new york. >> thanks, bill. martha: the health care scandal rocking the va is getting a lot worse as we get new allegations more patient care delays at yet another va hospital. we have a live report on the latest. bill: 33 years ago today pope john paul ii was shot in st. peter's square. we'll take a look back at what that assassination attempt and dramatic story from a key witness who watched it all. >> the first thoughts through my mind was, why are there

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martha: we have new details on the va scandal as there is mounting pressure on veterans affairs chief eric shinseki to step down. we hear new allegations of problems at another va hospital this one is in south texas. peter doocy live at the white house. how is the white house responding to yet another one of these stories and the calls for the va secretary to step down? >> reporter: martha, the va

secretary, eric shinseki still has the president's confidence. we heard yesterday the white house thinks that shinseki is the right man to remain at the helm during this national audit of crooked scheduling practices at va hospitals from coast to coast because the white house is looking at it in the big picture. they say so far this year the va already handled 162 more claims than at same point last year. so nationally, the white house thinks that things are already moving in the right direction. >> we are confident that there has been significant progress made in reducing the size of the backlog. and, and that has been a focus at the va. and of the entire administration. >> reporter: we also heard yesterday that the white house thinks shinseki is the right person to implement any changes that may be necessary based on the ongoing investigation into why veterans were treated so poorly by the veterans affairs

department. martha. martha: do republicans think shinseki is the right man to make changes at va given his tenure there? >> reporter: no, martha. they do not. he is still the most senior person at the veterans affairs department where veterans were denied the treatment they deserve. >> he needs to come out massively and change some things. i don't think he survives this to be honest with you. the head of any company would be run out of town with these kind of results. he is a great guy i'm sure but at sop point we have to have answers. i want to see, massive, massive changes to the va. >> reporter: in the last hour we got word that 24 members of the texas congressional delegation are calling for immediate investigation into facilities in san antonio, austin and waco amid reports of supervisors telling employees to make sure it looked like wait time who were as close zero days as possible and leaving vets hanging for months. and those two dozen congressional member, martha, those two dozen lawmakers want immediate consequences for

everyone involved. martha: one thing to be sure, our veterans deserve better. let's hope they get it as a result of these investigations. peter, thank you very much. bill: it has now been three days since the nfl rocked america. the miami dolphins taking swift action against defensive back don jones after he sent out a tweet critical of the draft pick of michael sam. the openly gay player was seen kissing his boyfriend celebrating a his selection by the st. louis rams in final round. jones is fined, suspended and ordered to go sensitivity training because of his public reaction. after the kiss he tweeted out, omg. made the comment, horrible. and since apologized and took the tweet down. david webb, radio show host and julie roginsky, former political advisor to senator frank lautenberg. good morning to you.

>> good morning, bill. bill: i don't know what the nfl will tolerate. i don't know what the line is between free speech and what is considered offensive by others. seems to me like we're redefining what this is as a saturday night. ladies first. >> well i agree with you and i think the michael sam kiss was wonderful. i think if it were man and woman making out people would have no problem with it. i'm all supportive of people doing that but at the same time i think first amendment is more important than anything else. while i'm supportive of michael sam with his right to make out with amani time he wants on national television as well i do have a problem with the fact that somebody is getting suspended for voicing their disagreement. bill: you're okay with what don jones sent out? >> i'm not okay with his views but not okay with him getting suspended. bill: fine, educational training, suspend from the team until he completes educational training. >> omg. 140 characters, first amendment, right to say anything.

come on, bill. let's look at this. if it was a man and woman would be the nfl's get a room moment. this was a long, ongoing play, drama, whatever you want to call it being played out. and the same reaction from a man, if he tweeted get a room would they sent him to sensitivity training? one i agree with julie he has a right to say it. in america you have right to say what you want even offensive to someone. not about being offended but right to say it. is gay the new black in nfl? anyone gotten down on two-point is it stance on a line, what players say to each other an that line we would have to have sensitivity training against things said about your mother, your sister, your brother, you name it. this is football. overgrown boys -- bill: three out of four point stance. miami head coach joe philbin we're disappointed to read don's tweets during the nfl draft. they were unacceptable. we regret comments had on such an important week on the nfl.

i don't know if that came from the dolphins or that possibly came from the league. the fnfl says we'll have zero tolerance for any pushback. >> i got to tell you, maybe words were inappropriate. i think they were but doesn't mean he doesn't have the right to express them. it does. it is his point of view. this is happening last couple of weeks. condoleeza rice gets banned from rutgers, i'm sorry, gets disinvited from rutgers. bill: withdrew after the protest. >> i'm sure she didn't voluntarily. recently christine la guard head of imf, smith college thinks she is on press sieve to women because she runs imf. it is real world. just because you don't agree with him doesn't suddenly mean you can't hear opinions. bill: they died for that right. >> look at nfl. the nba has similar approach. these are the organizations blamed, call it corporate politics with political correctness. add to the fact that you have

cause that rejects that speaks against violence, by muslims against women, gets degree taken away against berkeley or wellesley. this is problem when institutions decide what is appropriate. bill: boomerang effect on a lot of stuff. goes out and comes back and we figure out a balance in between. stephen @ smith, friend of fox and in the building, he said this people should have the freedom to not want to be associated with that, or not want that in their face, referring to saturday night, nfl draft. i don't have a problem with it but i respect those that do, saying if you disagree, that's your right. stephen smith is the one who said, get a room. >> by the way, he is right. for that whole episode that played out, man and man, man and woman, get a room. you just gotten drafted. you ruined your moment by many becoming a controversial figure, do it in the privacy of your

whole. bill: was it controversial. >> of course it was controversial. they have right to express their love for each other. they have the right -- bill: hang on. >> they have the right to make out on national television the same way you have to the right to make out with your girlfriendings however you want to do it. everyone opposed to do it and being disgusted by it should have the right to express their opinion. bill: watch the issue coming up in the league. >> they will have a special flag in case somebody gets insulted on field? will referee carry something for perceived insult against somebody's mother or sister. this is nfl, tolerance and how much on each side and so it goes. david, julie, thank you. >> good to see you, bill. bill: martha. martha: this is a big story this morning, dozens of secret letters written by former first lady jacqueline kennedy have just been uncovered. the letters were written on 14 year period when kennedy met when she was 21 years old. but she wrote to him throughout

her husband's presidency and give a rare glimpse into her private life in her last and most moving letter. kennedy wrote i feel more cruelly every day what i have lost. i always would have rather lost my life than lost jack. these letters are going to be sold at auction next month. they are expected to sell for $1.6 million. she also reveals in these letters, bill, very intimate, she only met him twice as we said but he was obviously a source comfort. she wrote to hill over the years. she wrote about concerns for her husband and whether he would be too much like her father who was not always faithful to his wife, her mother. real interesting window. bill: sure is. 1.6 might be the floor. martha: could be. we'll see. bill: a lot higher. an atheist group goes up against the pentagon. why they want the military to appoint a chap rain of their own. why would that be? martha: boys of summer in for a big shock. a baseball field looking more like a field of dream for

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bill: late spring snowstorm turning a baseball field into sea of white. this is what the colorado rockies home field looked like yesterday morning. good thing they were playing away, right? coarse field is -- coors field is blanketed in snow and ice. by the afternoon, voila. fortunately the field has plenty of time to dry out. the rockies don't have a game until friday night. the team sent that out on twitter feeds. martha: crazy. insane. the snow must stop and baseball must start in ernest. get them out there. advocacy group is reportedly getting ready to ask the defense department to appoint a atheist chaplain. you're thinking, hmmm is that an oxymoron?

military association of atheists and free thinksers is expected to make this request. retired u.s. navy captain chuck nash, retired military and military analyst. good to have you here. what do you think? >> it is an oxymoron. a chaplain for those who have never served in the military or experienced what chaplains do, if you consider an atheist and a chaplain a religious believer and religious person compared to someone thinks that human existence is all there is and is nothing more, the human existence, there is nothing more is single purpose tool, it is a knife. a chaplain is swiss army knife. although the chaplain has a blade, there are many other tools that the chaplain brings to far more complex problem to care and nuture religious believers to times of loneliness, stress and danger that person can also be a

counselor to non-believers. most chaplains i know would well like a chance to have a non-believer to talk with them. not to try to convert them but to let that person learn the other side of the story. so they are counselors as well as religious teach years right. so you know, but they're going to ask forean atheist chaplain. there is not unlimited number of positions in any one of these service groups right? >> correct. martha: are they asking for that to replace the other chaplain or in addition to the other chaplain? >> there are only so many chaplain billets on the each of the services and within each unit within those services of the at some point if they were to do that that would displace that swiss army knife with a single blade. and someone who is a non-believer would have a very difficult time taking care of the crew of religious people when predominantly there are religious believers, in poll after poll in the united states, most americans believe in god.

they may not be active religious participants but they are believers. martha: that's true. let's look at this statement. it is sort of a statement of thought that is on the military association of atheists and free thinkers website. none atheistic service member,ing a not ticks, humanists and serve honorably within our nation's military. chaplains should support none theistic service members with same enthusiasm, support and services they provide for theistic servicemembers. that doesn't sound like a problem within and of itself. >> it is happening today, yes, exactly. what this group is proposing, martha, is to take that limited number of billets and downsizing military, and replace them with people who really only can effectively counsel a small minority of people within the service and not cross and take care of and minister to the vast majority. it's not, it just doesn't make sense on the face of it.

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finished. >> love and sportsmanship, if you help somebody, you're still losing. >> the energy from the crowd made me like stronger. martha: love that right. claire carried her twin sister 370 meters. they finished last but neither was too upset about it. well-done, ladies. bill: today marks 33 years since the assassination attempt on pope john paul ii. on this day in 1981 shots rang out in vatican city. the pope was shot by a terrorist. decades later one of the witnesses is finding hope in the saint's experience. we say saint now. lauren green live in the studios here in new york. who is this witness and what was it like for him? what is his story, lauren? >> reporter: his name is david deperro. may 13th as you can imagine is seared in his mind, the day pope john paul ii was shot. he was nine-year-old american traveling to role on a family vacation. he and his group had a front row of view of pope john paul ii in

st. peter's square. he was one of the lucky ones to shake the pontiff's hand and few minutes later he heard fire crackers. >> the first thought in my mind why are there fire crack officers they're not even done yet. firecrackers come at the end. when we found out that the pope had been shot, i was just as confused then as i am now. >> reporter: so close was deperro's group, two women with them were also shot. they actually survived. bill? >> how did this inspire him, lauren? >> reporter: you know, pope john paul in a gesture that surprised many people forgave his would-be assassin. at the pope's request asked the italian government to pardon him. the pope showed mercy is big reason why the pontiff was recently canonized. he found strength in the legacy of now, st. john paul. >> i think the message john paul

always brings is the same, be not afraid. even if you have been shot, be not afraid. even if you're scared and don't know what's coming, be not afraid. >> reporter: deperro is filmmaker and publicist. he says after witnessing the shooting his faith became much more real. for him the shooting was in very odd way actually a blessing. bill? bill: lauren, thank you for sharing that. lauren green here in new york. martha: a terrifying scene caught on camera. a huge home explosion and a police officer shot and killed. so what was going on in that house and what sparked that?

martha: daring rescue in a swift river. a man boating with his dog in oregon when the dog jumps out and got swept away of the dog managed to swim to base of a cliff. but couldn't reach him because of strong currents and he called for help. the dog is doing just fine.

like a relief when stories end well. yay for mazy. bill: well done. we got a run. martha: see you tomorrow, everybody. have a great day. "happening now" starts right now. >> fox news alert and don't hold your breath on construction of the keystone pipeline. that project essentially put on hold now until after the midterm elections. good morning, i'm jon scott. >> hi, everybody, hope you're off to a great day so far. i'm jenna lee. we told you about the potential of this yesterday on "happening now." it is reality. bipartisan energy bill falling shorts on votes in the senate. republicans demanded amendments including one for the canada to texas pipeline which supporters say could contribute to job creation and energy independence. opponents say it doesn't. it will not contribute quite as much. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill with the latest on this story. so, mike, how much frustration is there this morning regarding th