"outnumbered" on the web. and click the overtime tab and we'll be right here talking who knows what? and we'll be back at noon eastern. "happening now" starts right now. right now three developing stories we are watching this hour. we are awaiting police news conference on the death of robin williams set to begin in an hour from now. and more fallout on hillary clinton's criticism of the president. they will both be the at a party in martha's vineyard. >> and heading for ukraine. emphasis on reportedly they are not welcoming humanitarian aid. and that raises fears of a possible invasion. >> first the helicopter carrying aid to iraqi refugees crash canned with an american

journalist on board. welcome to "happening now" now, i am jenna lee. >> and i am ed henry in for jon scott. what is not known is why the aircraft crashed in the first place. carrying out future air strikes on isis will be difficult. the terror group is changing the battle plan. and jennifer griffin joins us with more on this. >> reporter: hi, jenna, we understand the new york times writer and photographer have been rescued and are safe. several iraqis including the pilot has reportedly died in the crash of the iraqi aid flight to the refugee hiding in the singjar mountains from the isis' fighters. it was a rescue flight that successfully rescued women and children off of the mountain yesterday. they are seeing a shift in isis'

strategy around singjar following the limited air strikes. until now they were behaving like an well organized army and taking military objectives as it marched across iraq and now they are relying on classic insurgeancy tactics. >> they had been in the open and now they are disa pate and hide amongst the people. the targeting will be more difficult. >> in some ways, that shoes how effective air strikes will be. one of the reasons they marched over iraq the iraqi air force didn't exist. the u.s. ground forces would be needed to permanently needed to push isis fighters back. >> there will be no

reintroduction of the american combat forces into iraq. >> right now, we learned that pentagon planners are looking into how to get the yazidis off of the mountains. the likely target would be a humanitarian corridor and looking at a range of options and we could know what is required later today, >> we'll talk about that later on in the program, jenna. and remembering a man today who made everybody laugh. robin williams, dead at age 63. we are awaiting a new's conference where we may learn more information about how he died. williams was found unresponsive in a san francisco home in an apparent suicide. william is out there. ro bin williams began the career. and we have seen poignant pictures and memories that are pouring in from them?

>> reporter: i tell you what, this is where robin williams got his start, comedy circuit in hollywood. at the comedy store and laugh factory in sunset boulevard. look at the marquee. challenging robin williams to take the comedy talent and make god laugh. but outpouring in los angeles, an outpouring of appreciation and notes and candles on the star on the hollywood. and instead of a moment of silence, comedians celebrated his career in movie, tv and stage. >> anyone working today would look to robin williams and pull influence from him. i feel like he's one of the greatest comedians that lived. >> he would come here and i hear you work in the laugh factory and comedy store.

and that's where i started. he just kept saying plow forward. heroes to fame and became cocaine. it gave him an excuse not to talk. he quit after john belushi died. he was chlor years. and returned to rehab in 2006. he battled depression. he said to abc it was like a standing on a pres pice and a little voice said jump. he returned to robberiy rehab where he took a photowith a woman in the dairy queen. >> he would take a picture with anyone that wanted it, and there was a lot of sadness behind those eyes. but i will be honest with you, i

never experienced that. >> he was a super nice guy. we anyhow he had struggles but didn't know it was that bad. >> shock, sadness and stunned and can we hear from the people who worked with him. one quality that separated him from others in the industry with egos and entitlement, he was genuinely a very nice guy. >> he stood out in many ways. robin williams was a big supporter of the troops and chose to give back to the uso and did it in again and again and again, visiting troops in 13 countries over a course of dozen years. uso, robin williams entertained 90,000 u.s. servicemen and women in that time. the uso called him a part of their family forever that will be sorely missed. >> protest grow nothing

missouri, over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. they are rallying in the office of the prosecuting attorney as tensions remain following the death of michael brown. mike has the latest. >> reporter: hi, gjenna, the demonstrations are going on unplanned. and the latest demonstration formed up outside of the county prosecutor's office. the intent is to pressure the prosecutor to bring charges or see that nothing is swept under the rug. protestors clashed with the police last night. it formed up outside of the quick time convenience store. it was ransacked and looted when the demonstrations flared in riots. police fired tear gas and rubber

bullets to disperse the protestors. five people were arrested last night in addition to the 32 arrested over the weekend. the family of the son that was shot has now a lawyer. he said the police version doesn't wash and brown was assassinated in broad daylight. >> that he would be chased and shot and then he puts his hands up, that the police are supposed to protect them and repeatedly shoots him. >> and now, there was more looting last night on a shoe store on the opposite side of town. they can't say definitively. >> thank you so much. >> and a big international story and the latest truce between israel and hamas, as negotiators are trying to work out a perm nept ceasefire. and more fallout from hillary clinton's criticism of the president's handling of foreign

policy. readers need to be skeptical of her sudden transform augz. and a close call on campus, a car barrels through a barrier nearly taking out two pedestrians.

a ceasefire in gaza holds for another day as talks continue in egypt. rick has more. >> reporter: jenna, one of the key issues for palestinian negotiators in cairo is opening the border to allow more goods for palestinian people. we went down to the raffa border crossing where gaza meets israel and egypt. and we sue them trying to get in egypt. there was only one bus and these were people with foreign passports. it palestinians can can only go

to egypt with medical emergency or special circumstance. and we went to southwest raffa where smuggling tunnels were discovered. >> this is a network of tunnels built between raffa and southwest gaza and eh egypt. it is 7 or 8 feet tall and metal on the walls and destroyed by the israeli forces who blasted their way through the area. you can see the scene of heavy fighting on the side of the building there. the egyptians have destroyed hundreds and hundreds of these tunnels over the years and in some cases used to smuggle food and humanitarian goods and other cases smuggle weapons and ammunition. that is how hamas was able to build an arsenal of 10,000 rockets before the conflict

began. obviously they are a problem for both the egyptians and israeli. they are concerned it would be used to rebuild underneath the borders. >> thank you. >> new fallout from hillary clinton's criticism of president obama's handling of foreign policy. the former secretary of state said the president's failure to aid syrian rebels contributed to the rise of isis militants and said great nagszs need organizing stupid stuff and don't do stupid stuff is not an organizing principle. and now a piece in the wall street junioring said mrs. clinton is walking a very fine line. we'll get to that in the mnlt. we'll have howard dean and charlie herts. i wonder joe. if there is any other way to

explain this than hillary clinton becoming not just a popular. but looking at 2016 and i have to head for the gates and get out of here? >> i think that is part of the calculation, but this is where she's always been. what is interesting to me, ed, this cost her the nomination in 2008. positioned to the right of barak obama as a hawkish demcrate running against the guy who voted against the war. she had to implement his policies no matter what she advised him. but it is interesting in terms of whether she is underestimating the change in the democratic party, post george bush's presidency and what that made as a challenge to her in the primaries of 2016 if she decides to run.

>> i am glad you mentioned george w. bush. i noticed a tweet from david a xelrod. he meant invading iraq in the first place. what did this president say. and this is the fact that the the previous administration screwed it up in a start. >> that was a veiled reaction that hillary clinton voted to invade iraq as well. i am sure it was. i agree with joe about the fact. i think it is kind of strange that she would be underestimating once again the degree to which her party is loathe to go to war and nation building expenses. it could blow up in her face. but it is a political move on her part and the reason is,

because of the naive policy of the administration believing that you can have a vacum in the middle east and it will be filled with good leaders if you step away. politically, she has to distance herself. and i am sure with a lot of help from her very smart and abled husband, they have figured out, this is how they need to begin stepping away from the administration. but as joe said, i wouldn't be surprised if it didn't back fire on her. >> hillary metaphoris. and reasons to be skeptic. and looking at bob gates' book. strongly supporting a surge in afghanistan, hillary told the

president that her opposition was political and went on to say the iraq surge worked. and it was political. and to hear two of them making administration in front of me was surprising as it was dismaying. this idea that the initial reaction. it was great for hillary clinton to breakaway from the administration. can't she looked too cold and calculating and that back fired on her in '08? >> that is the point i was making. it is seeming to be a replay of what she did in 2008. it may be a not understanding of the big shift in the democrat party caused by bush's policies. and the other part of it is, we had a president who had ground troops and another president who

just did the opposite. pulled out of using ground troops. hillary is trying to get to the middle of it is not either or. we have to do both. that may help in the 2016. and the republicans are going to look strange when it is sort of hey, only if obama had listened to hillary. we would have a better foreign policy. >> charlie, i wonder if there is a middle ground; they are not calling for ground troops to be sent back to iraq. >> i don't know if there is a middle ground. the fact remains that a lot of politicians such as joe biden and hillary clinton voted to send troops in war and yes, it was ugly and the mistakes were made. there was never wars that

haven't had mistakes and they proved too politically onerous with them and they back pedalled. and a lot of people will never forget that and to see hillary clinton back flipping again for what is most apparentally those reasons is damaging to her. >> i suspect we'll talk not only 2016 but iraq again and again. it keeps coming back. an international agreement reached to send humanitarian aid to ukraine and the red cross has no idea what is on the convoy of trucks from russia and the pentagon is admitting that air strikes will not be enough to stop the isis terrorist. what is next? >> we don't want to suggest that we effectively contained or

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targeting is going to be tough and can more difficult. >> a fox news military analyst joins us now. colonel cowan, now what? >> i wish it is a little boy, and wish you all of the best. >> thank you. >> we are fighting pretty tough guys and they have been insurgents before and started out inn bar province in iraq and moved to syria and got all of the military. and they tried to fight a conventional war and learned that the united states has air to devastate. but they will continue to make success as they move throughout the country and intimidate and consolidate and do it without taking the heavy losses that they will take if they work in a conventional mode. >> my baby on the way, i just

want to bring you to this story in this way. as our viewers know. my husband is a veteran of the war in iraq. i think of what situations would bring my husband back to war there and what situations could bring my children to war? and i read something like this from secretary kerry. >> there will be no reintroduction of combat forces in iraq. no one is looking forward to a return to the war we travelled. is that making it more or less likely that we will have to reengage at some point in the ground? >> my only son came back from afghanistan on the sixth term. you and others that has troops on the ground. i am concerned. i think we will cut a fine line. use cam bot troops on the ground and meaning organized military

units and differentiate them from advisors on the ground. we know there is a number of advisors over. there if we work alongside the iraqis, we'll have to carry the brunt of the battle against isis and need u.s. advisors working with the front line units as i did many years in vietnam to call in air support and artillery and position targeting that makes a difference and work on the intelligence program. my thoughts we'll probably have advisors out there. and i was wounded three times as an advisor in vietnam. but we'll need them to have an effective campaign against isis. >> even if you are on the ground there is a risk, it is not just "boots" that are put at risk. colonel, let me ask you about the iraqi prime minister. he talked about the united

states and also talked about russia one of the things we are looking at when it comes to russia they are sending a convoy of 300 trucks to ukraine. they say it is humanitarian aid. what is going on here? >> you know, when putin was to blame of the shooting of the malaysian air liner. he sent in more military equipment to the separatist. i don't think he will slow down in his desire to take over portions of eastern ukraine. he is probably trying to send material and equipment and supplies to the separatist. many people think he may include more combat troops and frankly he doesn't need a convoy to get more people in. i don't think putin is backing down and will try to get away with. it if the red cross inspects all of the vehicles and assure that

there is no military equipment then we let him go. i don't think putin doesn't want that to happen. and ukraine is bearing the brunt of the confrontation on its own. >> my husband thanks you for the prediction of a boy. i think he is in an agreement with you. thank you very much. >> a lot of big stories including jenna's pregnancy and also looking back on the life and career of robin williams. coming up. we expect a new's report on his death at age 63. >> and a household chemical could be putting your child at risk. >> we want to hear the facts and myths about pregnancy. log on to fox news.com/happening now. jenna is waiting patiently for this. waiting patiently for the baby. "

right now a quick check on the headlines awaiting the press conference on death of robin williams. he was found dead in his san

francisco home an apparent suicide. president obama bringing up money for disaster in washington state. more than 300,000 acres are burning. a spanish missionary priest died of ebola in madrid. he contracted it in liberia. >> and the dangers of household products of pregnant women and can their unborn babies and raises questions about the family safety. there is antibacteria material. in tooth paste and the chemical may be linked to developmental issues. dr. manny alvavez is on fox newsment and a member. approximately team. researchers found it in woman and in the unborn children. >> they found it in the women's

urine and we know that it affects the endokrien system. that has to do with metabolism and hormonal imbalances. a lot of companies are removing the chemical from a lot of every day products. i have a problem with the products from china and there you may find they have the try close. >> i antibacteria is a marketing tool to sell you more soap. basic soap and water does the job. we are paying the dividends on having chemicals. you are talking about detergents, it has to be removed. >> there is a lot of questions on someone who is expecting

a child. and many viewers asked me the big question, is it a boy, or girl. i don't know what it is yet. we thought it would be fun to ask the members the fox family and others behind the scene. their predictions and why and double check it with dr. manny. listen. >> boy. >> it is a girl. >> i would say boy, i think a boy. >> i go for a boy. >> boy, or girl. >> boy. >> is it a rule of thumb of carrying high or low. >> i don't know what it s. what if it is department of. >> i will say a boy. i have nothing to back that up. >> boyor girl. >> i am going with girl. >> why? >> i think it is the stomach hangs lower it is a boy. >> you think i am hanging higher.

>> i think so. >> it is a girl. >> it is amazing. very impressive. you think it is a bi or girl? >> all of this carrying high and low thing. i don't understand it. i had two boys and i don't think anybody anyhow. but i think maybe a boy. >> you think it is a boyor girl. >> i feel boy. i had two boys and i may be bis aed. but it is sticking straight out like a boy. >> maybe you should celebrate that belly. >> i will miss it. >> boy, or girl. what are you feeling? >> boy. >> no hesitation. >> no. it is it a boy. >> do you know. >> no. >> all right. so theories. there what about the carrying and stuff. if you are carrying straight out it is a boy, and high it is

a girl. any truth to that? >> that is a common myth. i argue it doesn't matter. this comes from the fact that male babies are heavier than female babies. over all on birth weight averages. and the lower it sits and so on and so forth and that doesn't man out for me. >> medically speaking we are not sure about this. >> a baby girl will steal your mother's beauty and see you are having a girl in your face. >> the estrogen from the little female baby get in the circulation and does a number on your skip. >> i will getting that now. >> that is sometimes is true. and female fetus can enhance. >> more pimples it is a girl. >> yes. >> baby girl will give you more morning sickness.

>> exactly. the estrogen. it is because you are reacting to all of the pregnancy hormones. it is long stage nauseousness, that speaks to a female. >> what if you have nausea throughout the day. >> that is. >> i have a lot of those weird things. rate of the heart beat can tell you the gender of the baby? >> i think in my personal experience. and i do a ultra-sound. i look at the heart beat. and i 160s to one seventh. i think it is a by and most of the time it is right. for me, a fast heart bo the first trimester. >> and what about cravings. pregnant women who crave sweets are having a boy, and sour they are having a girl.

>> guys like sweet stuff and this is part of the process. i don't know about that one. but yeah. >> so pregnancy cravings are not a determining factor. >> not for me. and what about the pregnancy brain/pregnancy clumsiness. i have experienced. that sometimes a lot depending on the day. if you have more clumsiness or pregnancy brain which is forgetful. it is likely you are having a girl? >> i don't know about that. >> i take that out of the equation. to me heart boat and the skin, and maybe the shape is a indicator. >> you are sitting in front of me. what do you think. you are a doctor. your husband has gained a little weight, right. >> and little bit. little bit. and compared to me not much. >> and i would say you are having a boy.

>> i put it altogether. i am taking the auds from all of the family in fox. and looking at the shape of the belly. and i got the whole thing and i feel a boy, and you know, putting it altogether with the odds of everything. i am going with a boy. >> and what do you think? you are new to this group. >> i heard you were sick a lot and can doctors say that is a girl. skin thing, girl. and last but not least martha said girl. and martha said girl. >> we have a spliet decision on the set. >> do the ultra-sound and make it easier on everybody. >> i am glad we went through those theories. good to have your expertise. and i think it is professional knowledge. >> dr. manny could deliver it

today. >> great section and all of america would be watching. >> talk to the boss about that and probably need preapproval. >> doctor on call all week while we are here. >> and good news and bad news about the jobs in the economy. the good news, most jobs lost in the recession have been recoveried. so what is the bad news? we'll tell you next. factors n negatively impact good bacteria?

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killed kevin ward. will it provide any new clues in the top of the hour. shocking new numbers about the financial crisis. the u.s. economy recovered the jobs and replaced by one paying 23 percent less. lauren joins us live from the fox business network. pretty dramatic. >> you were making 50,000 and now 38,000. not good news. there is good news here. yes, we recovered all of the jobs lost in the recession. more job openings and seeing the most in 13 years and believe it or not more people are quitting their jobs. that is when you quit you have confidence in your ability to find a new job. and that is where more problems come in. and that is the jobs that we are creating and we largely lost many of the high- paying

manufacturing and construction jobs and middle-class jobs and replacing them in hospitality and health care, right. and we are seeing the gap between the rich and everybody else. they are reaping the benefits and middle-class is getting squeezed in the wages. there was a report out this morning and said congratulations. they are all getting three percent increases this year. three percent increase in your salary. however, your boss is getting five percent increase, and then a 26 percent bonus increase, and the ceo of your company, their compensation package $10 million. and so i think in the good/bad report. six years post recession, it is mostly bad news, back to you. >> lauren, thank you. >> i say girl for jenna, too, by the way. >> and we have back up.

>> thank you tis good. >> and john, and surrounded by predictions of girls and guys on twitter don't agree. >> u.s. postal service reporting a net loss of 2 million from april and june. that was way over last year. this despite a hike in stamps and other services. the postal service increases the package and shipping business and increased revenue. they are having to set aside billion for future retire's health care can. >> a show down in two states over what is a gold mine for energy companies. >> and also a car comes dangerously close to hitting pedestrians. and the video you have to so to believe.

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a close call on a college campus in britain. a car comes flying over hitting the railings and then smashing into a wall nearly striking those pedestrians. the driver was taken to the hospital with head injuries. he's in stable condition. police now trying to figure out what caused that crash in the first place. a battle over fracking that is drilling for natural gas. it's illegal in new york but in pennsylvania where it's allowed, it's brought an economic boom. here to talk a little bit more about this, david lee miller in montgomery, pennsylvania. >> reporter: behind me is a power plant facility that is under construction that will use natural gas. the state of pennsylvania extracts natural gas from the ground using the process you

described. fracking. new york state, nearby, has the same opportunity but has a different story. times are tough for parts of new york state. labor department statistics show a region called the southern tier lost 2.7% of its jobs. but directly across the state line, the economy in pennsylvania is booming. unemployment is lower and job creation is up almost 9%. a key reason for economic disparity is hydraulic fracking. the controversial process banned in new york state is allowed in pennsylvania. >> they say for every well that's created, there's over 100 jobs. different types of occupations for each well. >> reporter: a dairy farmer that lives across the border in new york where fracking is not allowed says it's vital to his family's future. >> we would stay in the business. it would guarantee the next generation would still be on this farm. >> reporter: the city of almira, new york, seven miles from the

state line is reaping benefits from fracking because its airport serves as a getaway to pennsylvania. the county executive says legalizing fracking would further help the economy. >> a substantial increase in the number of jobs, substantial increase in the investment. >> reporter: critics of fracking are not convinced and warn of long-term environmental risks. >> it brings riches to few and permanent ruin to many. >> reporter: andrew cuomo has not indicated when the fracking moratorium will be reversed. pennsylvania's governor was here to underscore the importance of fracking to his state's economy. jenna? >> david lee, thank you. we're now just minutes away from a news conference in california. police expected to release new information on the death of robin williams. this as jenna reminded us is one

of the most poignant moments of all as fans mourn his passing. listen to this moment that was so dramatic. >> i want to thank my father up there. the man who when i said i wanted to be an actor he said wonderful. have a backup profession like welding. thank you. god bless you. ugh. heartburn.

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>> we asked what your favorite myths or facts were about pregnancy. we had interesting responses. one said a lady i worked with had six boys a year apart and insisted i would have a boy. we were planning for a girl although we didn't know. she said with all six pregnancies she only put on weight in the stomach area and not anywhere else. i did have a boy. i won't ask you to weigh in on

what i'm doing. and girls are carried all of the way around. boys are like headlights. all out in front. from behind some women don't look pregnant at all from a boy. again, i won't ask your opinion. jack dunn says if you drop early your child is a boy. maybe that's what i'll do with the weight thing and from ken, no-brainer. she, meaning me, is married to a texan. boy. maybe twin boy. i can confirm it isn't twins. >> you know, it's funny. i asked after we were done, i said does spicy food work? he says that will bring along the baby. if you have a spicy dinner tonight, i may get a shot at a solo anchoring gig. i love working with you. don't take it the wrong way. >> are you feeling crowded, you, me and baby? >> hold off a few more days. i want to work with you. >> thank you for your responses. tomorrow we have favorite fox news faces giving me parenting advice.

you work on that. thank you for joining us, everybody. "the real story" with gretchen starts now. >> thanks very much. we start with a fox news alert because we're about to get new details on the death of robin williams. being remembered today as a beloved comic genius with a big heart but many demons. hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. the actor was found dead in his bay area home less than 24 hours ago after an apparent suicide. 63 years old. autopsy to pinpoint the exact cause is being done today along with toxicology reports. the marin county coroner division initially saying death by asphyxia. police set to give us an update. we'll go there any moment and we'll give breaking developments exactly when they happen. in the meantime, let's go to claudia cowan outside of the sheriff's office. hi, claudia. >> reporter: hi, gretchen. as we await this