eastern time. set your dv. if you can not be with us. martha: "happening now" is the next program. shannon: new reports that top al qaeda terrorists are alive and well and actively plotting to blow up american and european jetliners. welcome to "happening now." i'm shannon bream in for jenna lee. eric: hello shannon. i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. isis has the world's attention. you know al qaeda fighters? they're apparently still at it targeting us here at home. you remember the khorasan group, that group of veteran al qaeda members in syria? precision airstrikes bit tomahawk cruise missiles after learning that the khorasan terrorists were in the final stages of their plot to attack the u.s. homeland with bombs placed on airliners. well, guess what? now intelligence officials tell the associated press those airstrikes did little to disrupt

those plots to kill many innocent people. barrage of missiles, near aleppo in northwest syria? that just killed one or two terrorists. sending the rest into hiding to keep planning an attack on western commercial airliners. why didn't it apparently work? michael sync, zinc, former director of at fairs for the middle east council. back in 1998 bill clinton lobbed cruise missiles into an empty tent to kill bin laden. that we know how it worked out? >> you can't simply fight these groups from afar, using stand off weapons like cruise missiles. rolling up networks, disrupting plots and killing terrorists requires presence on the ground, not necessarily just troops but intelligence sources on the ground to gather information. i don't think it means though, eric, that these airstrikes were not useful. eric: when you're say they're

not useful, how not useful were they? >> well i think that we, one thing we need to remember the control of this territory by isis the other terrorist group, means you have a safe haven for groups like khorasan cell that wants to plot against the united states. so one thing an airstrike like this can do, although hard to say whether it did do it, to deny them the safe haven. interrupt efforts to get together to coordinate and plan their attacks in relative sort of comfort as it were. eric: how does it exactly deny them a safe haven? attacking where we think they could be. but if we miss them, they have may have altered their plans. >> well that's right. i think this is only really one element in the fight against terrorism. and i think that folks need to bear in mind that is the case. that also the fight against terrorism is going to be a very long fight. in fact one that will be with us for quite a long time. eric: how advanced do you think the khorasan plot is? we talk about the al qaeda yemen

affiliate tried to put a computer printer bomb on a cargo plane. they say this is the same thing. it can't be detected. where, how far are they in the process? how could they nokia the by the security in airports to get one on board? >> hard for us not privy to classified to say with any specialties at this. u.s. officials say this is specific plot, credible plot but not necessarily imminent, not necessarily about to happen despite initial reports say that was the case. we can say with confidence whatever security measures we put in place there are groups plotting to defeat the security measures. it is constant evolution on part of the terrorists. we need to be constantly evolve and vigilant. eric: the threat still continues and only seems to grow. michael, stay with us. we want your thoughts after update from turkish-syrian border and the effort to stop the isis terrorists to capture

kobani. the city is under assault from isis. kurdish fighters desperately trying to defend it. this as the u.s. is picking up its pace on the air campaign. there were more airstrikes overnight but the big question this morning, are they working? greg palkot live on the ground just across the border from kobani in turkey. hello, greg. >> reporter: eric, our contacts could say that those stepped up us air strikes might be slowing the isis terrorists up but they are definitely still on the march. take a look what we saw on the turkey-syria border today. can be deceiving. overall the syrian town of kobani looks pretty peaceful today but are to the past couple of hours we have been hearing a battle royal coming from the center of town just behind a long line of trees, is the kurdish defenders headquarters. according to our sources the isis terrorists have taken it over today but according to the combat that we are hearing from there the fight is still on. we have been told isis basically controlling the border crossing

between kobani and turkey. that is the very bad are to the kurds. that is the only way to get casualties and civilians out and reinforcements and resupply in. the terrorists to our approximations hold 1/3 of the town, despite the massive increase in airstrikes. since monday there have been 32 u.s. coalition airstrikes on isis targets around kobani. for the whole week before there was only five the concern is of course these have come too late. on this side of the border the mayhem continues. there were violent clashes for a third night in a row with ethnic kurds and turkish security. they are upset the government here is not doing more to help their kurdish brothers inside of kobani. turkey's role in the fight, certainly subject of meeting for two days between general john allen. he heads-up the u.s.-led anti-isis campaign and assistant secretary of state bret mcgirk meeting with turkish officials coming away from that with a promise to deepen bilateral

consultations. not much help for the 700 civil vans the u.n. says still caught in that town. back to you, eric. eric: greg palkot live on the border. thank you very much. michael scene is here. sync. what do you do with the tanks on border not doing anything, sitting idle, watching a potential massacre in kobani. >> the situation in kobani points to two big flaws in the obama administration strategy dealing with isis. air power alone will not be enough to stop isis's advance. we see that in kobani and anbar province in iraq. the obama administration recognizes that but would like the ground forces to come from allies like turkey or come from iraq and syria themselves. this gets us to the second flaw. that we're simply not on the same page as allies like turkey and frankly our other allies on

the region what should objectives of the campaign in syria be? they're focused on assad and isis. what exactly is our sort of regional strategy providing context for that. >> they say it will take a year to train ground forces and syrian rebels. this could be too little too late. >> i think that's right. if you look at the problem of ground force, syrian rebels, iraqi forces are long way off to do it themselves. it has to be u.s. troops and allies in the region. to get the allies in the region to contribute. you need to meet them halfway on the strategy at least, so far i don't think we've been able to do that with the turks especially with other allies. eric: the turks are sitting watching this town potentially fall. they are not doing a thing. look what "investor's business daily" says about the turks. turkey has formidable military with 300,000 men under arms. many amassed with tanks and other equipment on syrian border ready to go. it could quash islamic state warriors. it does nothing.

the white house is befuddled. the naive obama administration needs to recognize, turkey, key friend and ally, is neither today. as for its nato membership, that is a hold over from the cold war. michael general george allen is there today with bret mcgirk. should we kick turkey out of nato? >> i think that analysis is wrong, eric. what we need to realize about the turks, as problematic as they may be and whether you agree, they want to set up buffer zones instead of no-fly zones targeted at the assad regime. they are worried that actions against isis will embold assad regime and bring refugees over the turkish border and bring fighting more to the turkish border than it is now. that group that controls kobani or the group controlled kobani, syrian version of pkk which syria has poor relations. we need to address that problem which is implicit here. eric: michael what happens? what is going to happen? >> i'm sorry?

eric: what is going to happen? >> without some sort of progress on these issues, eric, it is clear isis is going to continue making progress in kobani or at least not be pushed back from kobani again by airstrikes alone. these are the issues we need to grapple with the turks. not a matter of grumbling why they're not doing anything. getting at sources of disagreement and finding some compromise on them. eric: seems to be diplomatic stalemate. meantime isis remains on the march. michael singh, always good to see you. thanks for the insight today. >> thank you. eric: absolutely. shannon: right now major new developments on ebola here and abroad. less than 24 hours before the rollout of stepped up screenings at five major u.s. airports, targeting air travelers from hard-hit liberia, sear sear sierra leone and guinea. the good news we have the deputy

was. cdc director tom frieden says this ebola outbreak could become the next aids epidemic if we don't take action. meantime the focus turns to europe where several potential cases are popping up. senior national correspondent john robert is live in atlanta with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, shannon. before we get to europe, ebola possibly had a ebola patient in isolation. this guy had no with anybody with ebola. they took him out of isolation. he is tested for other forms of illness. seven of them in the last 24 hours. in europe though, things are getting serious in madrid. seven more people volunteered themselves for isolation. they were in contact with nurse teresa romero who is desperately ill in a madrid hospital with ebola. she caught it while treating a missionary who came back for treatment. the people who isolated

themselves include a hairdresser who gave her a beauty treatment before she was diagnosed and hospital staff who treated here. meantime in macedonia, officials are investigating the death of a british man who died soon after he arrived in the country. there is suspect case in prague at the czech republic. at world bank imf. cdc director tom frieden struck ominous note likening this outbreak to the emergence of aids back in the 1980s. >> in the 30 years i've been working in public health the only thing like this has been aids. we have to work on this so this is knot the next aids. >> he worried about the economic impact of ebola to the degree it has in west africa. here at home in dallas this afternoon, house homeland security mike mccaul is holding a hearing at dfw airport discussing response of the texas ebola. they will focus one number of dropped balls. why the hospital sent thomas

eric dug can home after he first came in. thankfully no other cases emerged in dallas. duncan's closest contacts remain in isolation. none of them have shown any symptoms which is pretty remarkable. we earlier spoke with the dr. anthony fauci, that the nih has begun testing of a candidate ebola vaccine in the country of mali. now there are no ebola cases in mali but they chose three health care workers that they're going to test this on. phase one trials, shannon, to see if this vaccine is safe. hopefully early next year if it proves to be safe they can check out the effectiveness. maybe it might become more widespread available. there might be more widespread availability of this vaccine towards the end of next year. fingers crossed. shannon: that would be great, john. thanks for all the details. just minutes from now our medical expert will be here to weigh in on all the latest developments and talk more about the potential for new drugs to help treat ebola.

eric? eric: tragedy strikes a newlywed couple. they were found dead in apparent murder-suicide. police are investigating exactly what spark this tragedy that happened right after the couple said i do. plus we're watching a lot of very tight governors races across the country, especially the big one in wisconsin. they say the outcome of what happens there could affect the race for the white house in 2016. we'll take a look. and we want to hear from you. do you think that the media is overdoing the coverage of the ebola cases? a live chat is up and running right now. go to foxnews.com/happeningnow. click on "america's asking." tell us what you think. is it too much? is it enough? or not enough? and is it important? we'll be right back.

eric: there is new details on some crime stories that we're following for you now. authorities in indiana, they're investigating what sparked an apparent murder-suicide. they're looking at newly wed

couple's prenup and 911 calls from the bride. police say the group, george sampson, pulled an automatic pistole on his bride, kelly sampson and shot her in the head and chest. he was found in the basement with a gunshot wound to the head. in the alan prune murder trial there, the police say body of teacher melissa jenkins was found in the connecticut river weighed down with two sinnedder blocks. prune and his wife face hurt charges in her death. that happened in march of 2012. look at this. ohio police search for the guy in the video. he watched an elderly man leave wallet on counter in convenience store. look at that! he allegedly just swiped it. put it in his pocket and walked away. shannon: stakes could not be higher. election day just weeks away. control of the senate is up for grabs and there are 36 governors

races. more than a dozen of them too close to call. in wisconsin, republican scott walker and democrat mary burke are set to debate tonight. it is an election with important national implications according to our next guest. david cantonese is senior politics writer with "u.s. news & world report." good to see you. >> shannon, how are you? shannon: i'm good. you and i both know that scott walker's name is bandied about the potential gop nomination, if he doesn't win this race, that probably goes away. >> that makes it tough for him to run. if he wins and polls show him now narrowly ahead, he will be right in the mix of 2016 presidential race and i believe he probably will likely run. but look, he does have to get through this re-election challenge against mary burke. his recall election was all about his decision to curtail collective bargaining rights. democrats decided they didn't want to run on that anymore. basically conceding that issue to walker. so now they have a candidate in

mary burke, a businesswoman, with a lot of private sector experience, who is running on economics, saying governor walker, pledged to create 250,000 jobs and he hasn't hit that mark. and that wisconsin can do better. so she has kept this race pretty close, pretty tight. it will be interesting to see how she performs against him in their first of two debates tonight. shannon: well, we know there has been ongoing fight in in wisconsin over voter i.d. law. late last night the supreme court issuing a order that basically strikes it down. what democrats an challengers to that law had been hoping for. how much do you think something like that could factor in a race that is this tight? last "real clear politics" average is less than 2% separating them as they go down to the wire? turnout is important. things like fight over voter i.d. law. seems like some little things factor in. >> estimates show there is probably 300,000 voters in wisconsin that this could

potentially after effect. that a registered voters but don't have the proper i.d. now, whether all those voters are going to turn out in a midterm, probably not. i mean estimates obviously show a lot of these registered voters don't come out. but, it could be an advantage, if there is advantage for the democrat because, statistics show that minorities are more likely not to have the voter i.d. now they don't need one to go and vote. the question is, are they going to be aware of it? we're three weeks out. sort of confusing. first they were told they would need one the now the supreme court acted. basically democrats have to get out a message, to tell the voters, hey, you don't need one. you can show up and will vote. that will be incumbent on them to make clear their base voters. they need the base to come out. we know polls show republicans are more energized midterm. democrats need something to

motivate their side. shannon: how much will the debate factor in this night? >> only if someone make as mistake. they get a lost media attention. unless there is moment walker or burke make as mistake. there is more pressure on burke given being the challenger and more to learn about here. shannon: david, great to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks a lot. eric: shannon there are new clues and an arrest following a gruesome discovery in mexico. more mass graves south of the border. the big question today, did the police kill protesting students and bury them in mass graves? there are more potential ebola cases emerging outside of west africa. that raises new concerns about the current outbreak. head of centers for disease controls issues a new, stark warning.

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eric: did police kill protesting students and bury them? that is an investigation in mexico. suspect led them to four more mass graves containing burned human remains. that is where 2badly burned bodies were found last weekend. 28. bodies could be students that were murdered after demonstration. they believe the students were burned by gang members and police. they were protesting hiring practices and clashed with police and disappeared last september. the mexico attorney general said a security operation resulted in 34 arrests. most of those arrests are of local police officers. shannon: a nursing assistant who is the first person known to caught ebola outside of west africa is in stable condition. after authorities described her condition as critical. meanwhile we're following a

potential case in paris where doctors are awaiting test results on a woman who may have contracted the virus in africa. authorities in macedonia say there is only small probability now that a u.k. man who died there yesterday had ebola. all comes as cdc director tom frieden says the current outbreak could be the next aids epidemic if we don't take action. we have a director of the texas children's hospital center for vaccine development and founding dean of national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. doctor, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. shannon: i know you're part of the task force down there dealing with this in texas. obviously the first case in the u.s. here to be diagnosed in the u.s. was in dallas and a couple of members of congress now from texas there, senator cornyn, congressman mccaul, calling for texas airports to be added to these travel screenings of international passengers coming in. what's your take on those screenings? are they going to be effective?

>> well, i think there is some added belts and suspenders as i've been calling it to the initial screenings they have leaving airports out of west africa. it is not foolproof but i think it will provide some added value. the response in texas i've been very pleased w the state health department worked very well with the centers for disease control and so far this is the only case. we've not had any evidence of multiple cases or even additional single case. shannon: doctor, i know that we had john roberts reporting little bit earlier with these companies working on possible treatments, possible cures. the research is ongoing but there are so many questions about and haful of cases -- handful of cases getting serum or very limited treatment drug. can you tell us, explain what that is all about and why there are such limited quantities, prospects for getting something more? >> well, so, i think the real answer to controlling the ebola

virus infection in west africa is going to be the use of a vaccine. we have two very exciting candidate vaccines that are being tested now. i think the goal will be to accelerate them as quickly as possible in the three affected countries. the problem you get with vaccines, they are biologics. meaning they are produced either in bacteria or yeast or plants and they're not as quick to develop as small molecule drugs. so they do take more time. there is a bit of an art to development of the vaccine. that is slow to us a little bit but i'm hopeful we're on the right path to move forward. shannon: do you have a concern about potential cases popping up in europe or are you convinced they will be able to cont isolal patients, much the same way we're doing right now and you all did in texas? >> so we're going to get the odd case here and there. we're going to see term you used is pop up.

you're absolutely right. we'll see cases pop up here and there but we're looking in a very different situation in places like the united states and europe where you have the opportunity and ability to identify patients, to trace down contacts, isolate them. this is, we're looking at very different situation in the u.s. and europe than we are in west africa where that is not possible because their health care infrastructures are been totally decimated. so, i'm not, i usually agree with dr. frieden on most things comparing this to hiv aids i don't think is quite a good metaphor because i think we have the ability to contain ebola outside of the three affected countries and although those three countries are getting decimated i do not see this at this time turning into a global pandemic. shannon: doctor, thank you very much for your time today. all the best as you continue to keep an eye on things in texas. >> thanks so much. shannon: eric? >> we certainly do. we know obamacare has been a

defining political issue for four years now but seems to be recently fading from the headlines? why? what does that mean for the upcoming midterm elections? he is charged with abducting one missing college student in viinia. a new report on what jesse matthew may have been doing the night another young woman who vanished in the same city a woman who was later found dead. north korea celebrating a major milestone but its young leader? nowhere in sight. where is kim jong-un and what does it mean for the despicable communist dictatorship that threatened war against us?

eric: still to come in this hour of "happening now," obamacare, falling off the radar of news coverage. one of the big issues they thought could decide the midterm elections. our media panel will take a look why it is not in the headlines. the man accused of kidnapping a university of virginia student linked to a murder of a student at another school. the question, did he get into her taxi. opening statements of the murder trial of bob bashar. prosecutors say he had his wife killed so he could chase a new free lifestyle. >> speculation grow growing over the whereabouts of north korean leader kim jong-un. he missed a important national anniversary paying tribute to his father and hasn't been publicly seen reportedly since he attend ad concert on september third.

chief correspondent jonathan hunt with the latest on this mystery. >> reporter: shannon a deepening mister indeed. no one outside of north korea is certain where kim jong-un is and very few inside the country probably know for sure. most experts and for that matter u.s. officials don't believe there has been a coup and the best guess is kim is sick and simply doesn't want to appear in public. the last couple times he was seen in july and august, he had a pronounced limp. that could be caused by gout. state tv documentary in typically breathless fashion recently alluded to a health issue. listen here. ♪ that news anchor saying in part that kim jong-un is quote, lighting the path for the people like the flicker of a flame despite suffering discomfort. and if kim jong-un is physically weak he is likely to be

politically weak too. and that matters to us because north korea is a nuclear-armed nation, one that is continually developing longer range missiles. so we need to know who is in control of those weapons. then there is the ongoing tension on the korean peninsula. south korean activists, released balloons on border between north and south today, protesting kim jong-un's dictatorship. in response, north korean forces fired across the border with the south korean military returning fire. instability experts say it is obviously very dangerous. >> in times like this the default position is always to take the hardest line possible. we've got to remember that these are adult who is are killing each other and some of them have access to nukes, long-range missiles, and large stocks of chemical and biological agents. this not good news. >> reporter: the longer kim jong-un remains out of sight the more dangerous the situation becomes as the various groups within the north korean

leadership compete for power. now u.s. officials may say they're not overly concerned at this point but you can be sure, shannon, they're watching all this very closely. >> creates grave concerns but also potential opportunities. jonathan, thank you very much. eric? eric: well, shannon, just over three weeks to go to the midterm elections republicans are optimistic about their chances in both the house and the senate but surprisingly some analysts say the defining issue will not be obamacare. take a look at this. day over day media coverage of the president's health care law. this year? there have been 72 articles in total. look at number last year at this time. 424. so why the drop? and what does it mean? judy miller, a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter and author and tammy bruce, radio talk show host and fox news contributors. judy, is it not in the news because it is working or is it failing? >> it is not in the news because we still don't know and it was

last year's story. it faded into the background. in fact, "politico" called it background noise. other people are calling it the incredibly fading issue but it is not fading among single women. for them it is still the second most important issue and the democrats are hoping that they're going to be favorably impressed with obamacare. that they will turn out in the midterms. hence that is their view but i think it plays into a broader meme, are we safe and secure? i say part of security is health. and i think that questions about obama's competence in that area may hurt the president in the midterms. eric: tammy, is that just it? terrorism, islamic radical terrorism? ebola all these other threats have just trumped some of the concerns about obamacare? >> what some people consider a disaster of a obamacare now looks like it is disneyland for the obama administration. please, bring back the disaster of obamacare for us. you know, the only other worries would be that ebola is infecting

the obama care website which apparently is not the case yet. so we're looking at dynamic for the president, if it was success based on your first question, we would be hearing even more about it, because you are thinking of something that might be helpful for obama and the country as a whole. i think the media is not covering it because it hasn't been good. also when you have a media that is reliant on shiny objects. you had the first opening, the first dynamic to sign up. that went away. they were working on it. nothing really has been fixed yet but we have the new opening to sign upcoming up of course in november. and people once again are getting canceled. walmart announced that they are dumping 30,000 of their employees from health care because of unexpected health care costs. so this is going to be moving back into the easy framework for media to cover. eric: they're talking about that. just before the election, a lot of people will get dropped. prices will go up. >> that's right. eric: they will not have insurance. they will suddenly find out a big surprise in the envelope

when they get the mail and blaming obamacare. how does that affect what happens? >> not before the midterms. the really serious rate increases will come afterwards when corporations start having to, you know, pay these costs. and employees start having rates really go up. but that is, look, it has been a busy year. tammy, i disagree with you. i think it faded as an issue because one, the obama administration hasn't been transparent about a lot of issues. we need to evaluate its success or failure but second, look what has been going on. va, ebola, isis, invasion of ukraine. there is a lot going on. irs scandal. >> it hasn't just faded. if it was good news it would be top of the news. the media would be -- >> no. eric: if it was good news, wouldn't josh ernest start with the daily press conference, hello, everyone, we have great news on obamacare? blah, blah. aren't they cranking out press

releases? >> we have good news on obamacare. 3.8 million people who signed up. >> i think it is 3.people. millions are wrong. >> millions are there. health care costs going down for the first time. >> not for families. individual costs are going up. they're feeling this. you are getting personal cancellation notices before the election. eric: you know what will happen of a the election? when these prices go up and people get canceled, do the same segment. how come now there are news stories about obamacare. >> where were they before? eric: thank you so much. >> thank you. eric: shannon? shannon: well, eric, a major development in the bizarre murder trial of bob bashara. he is accused of first-degree murder for allegedly arranging the death of his wife. so many twist and turns. potential break through in the abduction of uva student hannah graham. details that link the death of her to another virginia college student. the suspect in this case, what his former coworkers say he was

doing the night this woman, morgan harrington, disappeared nearby.

eric: "outnumbered" is up at the to hour. sandra, harris what do you have. >> isis appears on verge of another victory seizing control of a most after syrian city, the city of kobani. we're still bombing them over there. what can this mean for the strategy to defeast the terrorist army. a former nfl executive says the league ignored hundreds and hundreds of domestic violence cases because quote, our business was to win games. what impact will this have. >> chief executive officer of microsoft in hot water. did you hear what he said? >> our #oneluckyguy, gotten hot water speaking out on a topic just like that. meet him at the top of the hour.

>> i feel you should pay me more, i feel it. is that how that works. eric: karma does not pay the rent. >> thank you, eric. >> new information on jesse matthew, the suspect charged with abducting missing university of virginia student hannah graham. sources now confirming at least two cab employees informed investigators that matthew was working as a cab driver the night murdered virginia tech student morgan harrington disappeared years ago of she was seen getting into a cab the night she went missing october 2009. no arrest have been made in her case but state police recently tipped someone off that forensic evidence links the 32-year-old to harrington's disappearance. let's bring in our panel. fred tecce, former federal prosecutor, arthur aidala, criminal defense attorney and fox news analyst. welcome to you both. if you're advising this guy,ck l trouble he is facing.

how do you tackle the case? >> well, that's a great question. first of all, he has to keep his mouth shut. you make sure your client doesn't speak. what is very interesting, doing research on this case, investigators were told about him, about my potential client years ago when harrington was missing and they never, they never really pursued it. in fact, allegedly his coworkers at the cab company used to make fun of him saying that the sketch regarding the harrington thing looked like him. apparently he would get voice bring upset and would disappear for hours at a time. so if i'm his attorney, i not feeling too good right now. >> yeah. shannon: fred, there are so many other discussions and links going on with this. apparently, we're told, that you know, sources say that police have tracked down that cab and have gotten their hands on it in the last couple months. they have got to think potentially time to comb it for forensic evidence. i don't know how much would be left years later. >> with you would be surprised,

shannon, how much evidence is left years later. even fingerprints and possibly dna out of the car. evidence will come and it will continue to mount against this guy. what makes arthur such a great lawyer if he was representing this guy he may want to get his money up front because i think the case is continuing to grow against him. ultimately if i was prosecutor, i would put the death penalty on the table. virginia has death penalty. give the guy opportunity to spare his own life and ultimately tell us where these bodies are buried. we need closure for the family. that is one of the jobs of law enforcement. shannon: if you have seen hannah graham's parents tear fully begging for information to come to terms with this nightmare. it is heartbreaking. you hope some unwould be persuaded. we're following another sensational base case. jury selection in the bob bashara murder trial. that he was church deacon and having an affair and had his

wife jane killed which a handyman to pursue alternative lifestyle. he denies any role in his wife's death but pleaded guilty in 2012 of charges trying to have the handyman who strangled his wife killed in jail allegedly so he couldn't testify against bashara. arthur, the guy is in jail for putting out a hit on his alleged hit man. also not looking too good for this guy. they seat ad jury. five women i understand and the rest men. sounds like they're ready to move forward. what would you expect in tuesday's opening arguments? >> as defense attorney you would talk about how crazy this cases. there are reasonable doubts all over the place. that the handyman, probably will try to make the handyman the murderer. and make this whole part about my client paying him. that is just what the handyman is saying because he is one who did the killing. i had nothing to do with it. i love my wife. my heart is broken. i can't believe this happened. shannon: fred, what do you do with the fact that he put a hit on the hit man which he didn't

ask to kill his wife? >> he put a hit on the hit man of the guy is a complete prince. and does this to leave a different lifestyle. the handyman has no motive to kill his wife. >> that lifestyle what is that? shannon: don't want to go there on day time television. >> i will say this what, the question is, what did the sadist do to the masco exist? absolutely nothing. bottom line he had his wife killed and people will testify about his alternative lifestyle. shannon: you're seeing pictures of dungeon he apparently had. a member of his defense team said they will keep the evidence about his kinky lifestyle out. it is not relevant. we'll leave it there. >> not relevant, fred. leave it out. shannon: more than we should hear on day time television. thank you both. good to see you. >> have a good weekend. shannon: you too. eric: happened again, another major chain for those of us with a sweet tooth admits there was a big data breach. we'll have details about that.

plus what a week on wall street. they better be popping the dramamine after the roller-coaster ride. stocks are a little calmer today. what you need to know to keep your money. the conference call.

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remember that massive surge on wednesday? that free fall yesterday. the worst one-day drop in more than a year. let's take a look. the dow is up a teeny-weenie bit, 15 points. what is happening and why? lauren simonetti with us from the fox business network. lauren, please, please, please, explain what is going on? >> it is a difficult explanation but i will absolutely try and the good news is that the dow, at least is up a little bit. okay, so this week, gave us the best day of the year and the worst day of the year and heart palpitations for many nervous investors wondering what the heck is going on. we'll show you trading this week, the dow is down 273 points on tuesday. up 275 on wednesday. and down 335 yesterday. that is the most volatile stretch in more than three years. and it is at a time when the phones are ringing at financial advisor offices. everyone is looking, for, a, a reason for sharp moves and b, a bottom. when is the selling going to

stop? the reason is slowing growth in big economies. germany is powerhouse of europe. its economy is sputtering. in china, prediction growth will slow to five-year low on third quarter. china is the world's second biggest economist. here at home there is disconnect between when policymakers will raise interest rates and when we think they will raise rates. as pour the bottom of this market, we have not found one. stocks are mostly lower today. the dow just turned positive but tech and chip stocks are leading declines. oil price, they touched their lowest level in more than two years. that is pressuring transportation sector. what investors seem to be buying are the safe bets out there. utility, health care stocks and staples. you have to brush your teeth and wash your hair, right? that is what we're buying. looks like you did too. eric: deodorant. invest in all that. thank you. shannon: here is what we're working on the for the second hour of "happening now." we're learning that the cruise missiles launched by the u.s. may have not gotten the job done

against the al qaeda cell khorasan and those terrorists are still hatching plans apparently to target us here in the u.s.

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