free blitz on belichick. thanks to my panel and all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. and we start with the fox news alert. another atrocity by the islamic state. there is the new video that claimed one of the two japanese hostages the man you see on the right has been killed. now those terrorists have a new set of demands to try and spare the life of the second hostage. hello, i'm eric shawn. >> i'm arthel neville. thanks for joining us here in america's news headquarters. the islamic state originally demanded $200 million for the two men to be delivered within 72 hours and that ended yesterday. earlier today a video went online showing this, the second hostage holding a photo that

appears to show the other hostage dead. but the post was reportedly deleted quickly and a website affiliated with the islamic state group disagree about whether the message is authentic. japanese officials are working to verify the video and they call it outrageous and unforgiven. john huddy is covering this from the middle east newsroom. what do you have? >> reporter: well, yeah, arthel u.s. intelligence officials are trying to authenticate the video. look, it's hard to look at it and in particular it's also hard to listen to. now, take a look one more time at it. it shows 47-year-old freelance journalist kenji goto what appears to be a picture of the beheaded body of contractor haruna yukawa. we blurred that picture out because obviously it's too graphic. now, the video has an audio track of a man claiming to be

kenji goto imploring shinzo abe to accept isis' new demand, a prisoner swap. goto in exchange for a woman named a sajida al rishawi. the japanese foreign ministers have been in jordan reportedly trying to communicate with isis. we don't know much more than that. but we know that last week isis showed the two men and demanding $200 million from japan for their release, giving tokyo 72 hours. that deadline as we know expired yesterday. a video with a countdown clock was posted online along with images of other dead hostages. but nothing else until today. now in the audio track again of the man claiming to be goto, he says that he loves and misses his wife and also loves and misses his two child

so again, a very difficult video to look at, to listen to, and the authenticity of it is being confirmed at this point. >> john huddy, thank you. eric? well, arthel police meanwhile in spain have arrested four suspected jihadists there. they had to move fast claiming an attack was imminent. they say the four men are two pairs of brothers. radicalized and well trained. they arrested them in the small enclave in the spanish territory just south of the strait of gibraltar gibraltar. they also found guns and extra license plates and the alleged radical brothers behind "charlie hebdo," they seem to be an increasing pattern for the radical jihadists. a man accused of conspiring to kill americans abroad pleading not guilty in a federal courthouse in brooklyn.

muhammad esa was extradited to the u.s. from canada. he is charged in connection with the terrorist network that carried out suicide bombings in iraq including one that killed five servicemen in 2009. he is being held without bail. and it's starting turning to politics now. many are calling the unofficial beginning of the 2016 presidential campaign. today, you know some of the biggest names of the republican party are testing out the conservative chops. they're doing it at the iowa freedom summit as they consider potential runs for the white house. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in des moines, iowa, with the latest. >> well there's been raucous applause here at the iowa freedom summit. this is billed of the first of the 2016 cycle because the candidates have been organizing staff, talking about fund-raising getting their

political action committees ready all over the country. jeb bush and mitt romney are not coming here so it's an opportunity for the more conservative candidates viewed by iowa caucus goers at the more preferred at this event. this is a very conservative organization and so far the biggest applause getter was governor scott walker. he brought the crowd to their feet with more applaud and longer longer applause. he argued that the gop and would-be presidents have to be much more conservative and bold. he talked about how he's cut taxes in wisconsin. wisconsin taxes are lower than four years ago. he talked about how he has passed and signed restrictive abortion laws in wisconsin and defunded planned parenthood and the conservatives here loved every second of it. earlier speaking is donald trump who said he's seriously considering a presidential run.

he has been saying that every four years for 20 years now, but he did have something to say to the conservatives that they again lapped up. big message to how things are going here. he said that mitt romney choked in 2012. his words. and suggested that the country isn't ready for jeb bush or are tired of the name bush. really panned both of the two republican front-runners establishment wing of the party here, and they're not. later this afternoon we'll hear from new jersey governor chris christie. one of the things that scott walker did was actually talk about his tax reduction in wisconsin and said, i's not -- and asked the group how many other governors can talk about that? already positioning between walker and christie. we'll hear from the likes of rick perry later this afternoon, ted cruz and two candidates who have already won the iowa caucuses in the past -- mike huckabee and rick santorum. so both of them have organization and a lot of support here. this is very, very conservative republican politics and it is in fact setting the tone, the pace and a lot of the issue tenor

that will make up the rest of the next 13 weeks -- 13 months. 12 months and a week to the iowa caucus. >> all right. just about a year from now. carl, as always it's beginning. thank you. we'll have more on what's going on in iowa later on in tonight in the 6:00 p.m. edition of "america's news headquarters." you can watch the freedom summit in its entirety because it's streaming on fox news.com. president obama cutting his india trip short to go to saudi arabia following the death of king abdullah. this comes after the white house said there was no reason for the president to go, so why the change in plans? and the makings of a counterrevolution in yemen. thousands taking to the streets there. they demand our president and parliament return to power. what it means for the fight against terrorism and what it means for us.

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time now for a quick check of the headlines. the u.s. is sending some of the defending counterterrorism operations. meanwhile demonstrators throughout the country protesting the resignation of their president and the cabinet as yemen as you know has become a hot bed of radical islamic terrorism. the coalition against isis has launched ten new air strikes. that's at the besieged border town fighting there for months. kurdish forces are standing their ground and now control about 80% of the strategic area. and ukraine's president has cut his trip short to saudi arabia. that after rebel rocket fire killed at least 29 people. he's calling for an emergency meeting to discuss defending that city against the

russian-backed rebels despite repeated pledges of a cease-fire there. a change of plans for president obama. he is cutting his india trip short to instead go to saudi arabia to pay respects to the family of late saudi king abdullah. he passed away earlier this week. this comes after the white house yesterday defended their decision to send vice president joe biden. listen. >> wouldn't it make sense for the president to go to the funeral for king abdullah? >> that is something that is typically by tradition and custom that's only -- that's only attended by other muslims. but what is common in this case for world leaders to go and express their condolences and to be received by the royaq2 arabia. at this point, and other leaders in saudi the vice president will lead the american delegation because the president is likely to be in india while that's taking place.

>> okay, he's bring in a former communications adviser to president obama and mercedes schlapp. good to see both of you. >> good to be with you. >> cory, i'm going to start with you. clearly a change of plans. it was supposedly only going to be vice president biden now it is indeed going to be president obama who is going to attend the funeral of king abdullah. is it important considering that saudi arabia is considered a key ally? is it important for president obama to attend king abdullah's funeral? >> it absolutely is. and it makes total sense that they would make this change. i mean, look president obama knew king abdullah personally. he admired him as a reformer, he opened up opportunities for education for his citizens as well as for women to participate in elections including candidates and in voting. when you consider that saudi arabia is one of our most important allies in the region when it comes to the fight against terror it's important

that the president be there and have an opportunity to establish a relationship with king abdullah aziz who is coming into power now. >> now, president obama is there in saudi arabia, but he did notñq attend the actual funeral services. but he's there to show respect. take it away, mercedes. >> absolutely. i mean, he probably looked at the list of world leaders who are going and it was prime minister david cameron and prince charles as well as france's president francois hollande. he is looking at the world leaders going. he can't miss this opportunity like he did in the case of france, you know, several weeks ago. i think it's very critical. especially with saudi arabia, both share a very common interest in ending this growing threat of the islamic state and so it's critical that we have american presence there and appropriate that president obama changes his plans. this is actually a good thing to do once in a while and head over

to saudi arabia. >> all right. let me jump in there, mercedes, staying with you. because you mentioned something and i want to go there. one of king abdullah's top priority was to stop iran's power and the president warned congress that additional sanctions would undermine talks with iran and now we're learning that speaker boehner invited netanyahu to address congress. is speaker boehner out of line? >> well, i think speaker boehner has every right to invite the prime minister netanyahu to come and address this critical issue that we're seeing. it's an issue with iran. you know, i think coming from the white house's perspective i can see obviously they feel that prime minister netanyahu and speaker boehner should have reached out to them as well. but at the end what we do know that prime minister netanyahu doesn't care too much for president obama.

we know that in 2012 he invited governor romney who was then a presidential candidate to -- over to israel where they had a reception for him. he's not very thrilled with how the administration has talked about him, one of the white house officials -- >> sure. because i'm -- let me jump in and let cory respond. so does that still -- give you the okay to have speaker boehner personally invite netanyahu to speak before congress? >> well, unfortunately this is one more example of where the white house and congress are not in sync. it is odd, it is odd indeed that speaker boehner would invite bibi netanyahu to speak before congress. especially just two weeks before an election. and that's the primary reason that the white house has given for not meeting with him on this particular trip. because he's -- he's a candidate in an upcoming election and they don't want it to seem as if they're trying to persuade the people of israel to support him because of that.

so it's appropriate that the president is not visiting with l- him, but it is odd that speaker boehner extended the invitation. >> mercedes let me give you the last word, 20 seconds. >> i think the administration is giving that as one of the issues. i think the underlying tension that exists between benjamin netanyahu and president obama has been going on for a long time. they don't see eye to eye on iran, on the jewish settlements expanding. so there's the issues percolating for a long time. i do believe that netanyahu doesn't feel necessarily that president obama had been a great ally in helping protect israel. >> okay. well, you're not alone, but i'm sure corey feels different. but i have to leave it there. thanks to both of you. arthel, before 9/11 before the boston bombings and before "charlie hebdo," there was the deadly terrorist attack 40 years

ago on france's tavern. those responsible in 1975 were never brought to justice. coming up, the son of one of the victims and the lessons we have not learned when facing the terrorists. you're here to buy a car. what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. truecar has pricing data on every make and model so all you have to do is search for the car you want there it is. now you're an expert in less than a minute. this is truecar.

it is a symbol of america and our very heritage. george washington bid farewell to his troops at the end of the revolutionary war in 1783. this is one of the reasons why the puerto rican terrorists bombed it 40 years ago today in 1975 killing four businessmen and among them a 33-year-old banker his name was frank conner. since the bombing members serving time for conspiracy and weapons charges have been pardoned and no one been convicted for the attack. joe conner was 9 years old when

his father was killed on that date and joins us now. first our condolences and sympathies for your family this day. >> thank you for having me here and giving your father a voice. >> what would that voice be and what would he say and what do you say as you look back to what happened? >> he was killed -- we were celebrating my 9th birthday and my brother's 11th birthday that night. he was a family guy. he just wanted to be home with his family. the faln were his executioners, his judge jury and executioners and they took it upon himself to go and plant a bomb and kill him. i think he was 33 years old. he was a new york city kid. he got a job at the bank. his mom was a -- was in the facilities at the bank where he worked and she got him a job there so he wouldn't become a cop or a fireman, he'd have a safe job. little did he know that day he went for lunch and he was murdered. >> not only him but your cousin was killed in the world trade

center attack in 9/11. you were down at the world trade center. have we learned enough in the last 40 years? >> no i don't think we have. i see what is going on now. several years after they were alefta left arrested, they were given clemency. we're starting to see some of that happening. >> are you worried about that? >> i worry strongly about that. i think it only occurs just terrorism, i think the release of the faln encouraged terrorists all over the worl:e they stepped out of prison two years almost to the day before 9/11 and i think not that they were connected necessarily but i think that we're sending that message that terrorism will be tolerated by this country. in the old days we didn't do that. we wouldn't negotiate with terrorism and i see us falling back into that. >> you fight against that. the clinton administration gave clemency to 16 members of the faln and that group was responsible for 120 bombings.

>> over 130 bombings in the u.s. between 1974 and 1983. >> and the message of that to you? >> well, it was all for politics. hillary clinton was running for senator at the time. al gore was going to be running for president and aireric holder was the deputy attorney general who came up with the idea to offer clemency to the terrorists. it was to ingratiate hillary and al gore to the puerto rican community. they were didn't accept clemency for 30 days and one of them oscar lopez rivera is still in prison because he turned down his clemency in 1999. >> and one of the other major figures in the faln willie morales who was the suspected bombmaker very well known, he fled to cuba where he is now. what should happen to the are 70 of them that fled to cuba hijackers convicted murderers, convicted cop killers they're

there and now we're reaching out to cuba. do you wait to see the day when!ñ willie morales is in federal court? >> he should never go to federal court. he's been convicted already. he should be put right back to prison. the return of these fugitives should be conditioned -- our normalization with cuba needs to be conditioned on the returning of these terrorists. we allow them to harbor terrorists, william morales the list goes on and there should be no -- no connection to cuba anymore until we get these people back. i've been fighting for william morales' return since the early 1990s and we have the ability to do it and we should do it. >> thank you for your strong message of lessons learned and sadly not lessons learned over the last 40 years. >> thanks for giving my father a voice. >> absolutely. the new england patriots holding a news conference any minute now. it's not clear what the news

conference will address. but it comes after the nfl said that evidence shows the patriots used underinflated footballs during the first half of the afc championship game. the league is still investigating and we are monitoring this and we'll bring you as the news breaks. so, keep it right here on fox news channel. we're back after this break.

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hello, welcome to america's news headquarters. >> hello everyone topping the news this hour there are new warnings that yemen could become a breeding ground for even more terrorists that after the collapsed of the american-backed government there. why our security officials are so concerned. plus snubbed by the white house. why president obama says he will not meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the israeli leader invited vice speaker boehner to address congress in march on the nuclear danger in iran. the measles outbreak that started at disneyland? well it continues to spread. why they say it is more dangerous than previously thought. but first we start with the fox news alert. as we have been reporting one of the two japanese prisoners held by isis has been executed. the surviving hostage seems to

hold a photograph showing the beheaded body of the other hostage. the isis terrorist photo earlier this week showing the two hostages and threaten to behead them if japan did not pay a $200 million ransom for their freedom. and now we're learning the terrorists no longer want money. instead they're issuing a new demand saying that they will release the second hostage if jordan releases one of its prisoners. japan prime minister's meanwhile is strongly condemning the reported killing of their citizen. we'll continue to follow, of course, this developing story. meanwhile, the u.s. putting the brakes on some anti-terror operations in the middle east amid the uncertainty in yemen where armed rebels tied to iran pushed the pro-american government out of power. now, that's according to "the washington post" and reuters. their sources say the u.s. counterterror campaign is actually, quote, paralyzed. we've got more now from the washington newsroom and one of

those reports specified that they're saying that it's the partial stop if you will, so they can assess the chaos on the ground. >> exactly. this is about as fluid of a situation as you get. yemen has never been a paragon of stability but in the past 48 hours it's gone from merely dangerous to lawless and chaotic. up until this week their intelligence services cooperated with the cia and others in the fight against terror. these reports indicate the folks we used to call aren't picking up the phone anymore. even the pentagon says the picture on the ground is unclear and who is in charge is a matter of opinion not fact. the latest reports, though, indicate iranian-backed rebels control much of the capital. if true it would lend credibility to the idea that the united states now has precious few real assets among local eyes and ears. >> we can't operate there now despite the investments we've made. then when you put that on top of the fact that you've got this chaos in saudi arabia as you're mentioning, we have really very few options on how we move

forward to go after the bad guys. >> yemen's tribal lands have long served as a breeding and training ground for al qaeda and are now home to its most powerful branch. last year alone the u.s. carried out 23 drone strikes against terrorist targets with the help of yemeni security forces and they considered the recently resigned president a key ally in the fight against terror. >> certainly a willing partner in yemen as in many places around the world. it makes missions like that much more effective. there's no question about it. we have also proven the ability to go after terrorists in various places around the world unilaterally and we will still retain that right, that responsibility. >> so, who exactly are the iranian-backed rebels possibly in col of yemen? well, it's these guys.

they aren't exactly pro-al qaeda, in fact, they are at odds with the terrorist group. that said in the video you saw of them chanting they were saying death tobp israel, death to america, which taken at face value would probably give even the casual observer pause when thinking about the chances of a fruitful relationship continuing with yemen and its security forces. >> thanks a lot. well the white house says president obama did call saudi arabia's new leader from air force one expressing his sympathies after the death of king abdullah. the president plans to cut short his three-day trip to india to then fly to saudi arabia tuesday to pay his condolences. king abdullah as you may know died yesterday and he was succeeded by his half brother who says he'll continue with the same policies and the president plans to meet with the new saudi rulers. and president hollande and david

cameron will pay their respects. a cadenadian man is accused of coordinating attack that killed five u.s. >> mohammed essa pled guilty in brooklyn today hoop weighs ae was arrested in canada and he faces multiple charges for helping to orchestrate the murder of five american soldiers in a suicide bomb attack at a u.s. military base in mosul, iraq, in 2009. the 36-year-old was emotion emotionalless in court. according to court documents he worked for a tunisian terrorist network that has tiesbv to terrorists in iraq. he traveled to mosul, iraq, to

attack american and coalition forces during the iraq war. two of those terrorists would go on to blow themselves up in an iraqi police complex killing at least seven people. and on april 10th, 2009, one of those terrorists drove a large dump truck packed with explosives to the gate of forward operating base killing five american soldiers. canadian officials tapped his phone and searched his computer, internet and e-mail accounts finding he had numerous conversations with members of the terrorist network. he plotted terrorist attacks in iraq and in north america and said he wanted to die as a martyr against, quote dog americans. the canadian was extradited to the u.s. friday. and in a statement u.s. district attorney loretta lynch today's extradition demonstrates to those who orchestrate violence against our citizens and soldiers that there is no corner

of the globe from which they can hide from the long reach of the law. if convicted he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. >> okay, brian, thank you very much. and we are taking now,zj this is a fox urgent. the new england patriots holding a news conference and we'll listen in to bill belichick. >> -- several years growing up in a football family. being around this game my entire life, it's clear that i don't know very much about this area. over the last few days i've learned a lot more than i ever knew, like, exponentially more. i feel like this is important because there have been questions raised, and i believe now 100% that i have personally

and we as an organization have absolutely followed every rule to the letter. i just feel it on behalf of everyone in the organization, everyone that's involved in this organization, that we need to say something. so i've talked to and gathered a lot of information from members of our staff. i have talked to other people familiar with this subject in other organizations and we have performed an internal study of the process. and i think there's certainly other things that i can do and there's maybe other research that can be done. but i'd say at this time i definitely have enough information to share with you. and so based on the eventsdq of

today, i feel like now's the time to do it rather than wait and so i know this is kind of an impromptu thing, but that's just the way it worked out. first of all, let me start with the process. as tom explained on thursday, i think the most important part of the football for the quarterback is the feel of the ball. i don't think there's any question about that, and the exterior feel of the ball is not only critical but it's also very easily identifiable. when i feel a football, i can feel a difference between slippery and tacky. i can feel the difference -- the texture of the ball of how -- what degree it's broken in. if you put five balls out there which ball's broken in the most which ball's broken in the least. that's easy to identify and that's the essence of the preparation. we prepare our balls over time

and we use them in practice. that preparation process continues right up until the balls are given to the officials prior to the game. that's when they are finalized, if i could use that word. i would say that in that process i've handled dozens of balls over the past week. the texture of the balls is very easy to identify. the pressure of the balls footballs, ism a whole different story. it's much more difficult to feel or identify. so, the focus of our pregame preparation for the footballs is based on texture and feel. and i think tom went into that extensively on thursday and he obviously could go through it a lot better than i can because he's the one that touched them.

but that's the heart of the process. so, we simulated the -- a game-day situation in terms of the preparation of the footballs and where the footballs were at various points in time during the day or night as the case was sunday. i would say that our preparation preparation process for the footballs is what we do. all right. i can't speak for anybody else. it's what we do and that process we have found raises the psi approximately one pound. so, that process of creating a tackiness, a texture, a -- the right feel whatever that feel is, it's just a -- you know, it's a sensation for the quarterback. what's the right feel, that process elevates the psi

approximately one pound11 based on what our study showed which was multiple balls multiple examples in the process, as we would do for a game. it's not one football. when the balls are delivered to the officials locker room the officials were asked to inflate them to 12.5 psi. what exactly they did i don't=o know, but for the purposes of our study, that's what we did. we set them at 12.5. that's at the discretion of the official, though regardless of what we ask for, it's the officials discretion to put them where he wants. again, that's done in a controlled climate. the footballs are prepared in our locker room. they're delivered to the officials locker room, which is a controlled environment. it's whatever we have here is

what we have there. when the footballs go out on to the field in game conditions whatever thosee, whether it's hot and humid whether it's cold and damp, whether it's cold and dry, whether it is -- whatever it is, that's where the footballs are played with, and that's where the measurements would be different than what they are -- possibly different than what they are in a controlled environment. and that's what we found. we found that once the balls -- the footballs were on the field over an extended period of time in other words, they adjusted to the climatic conditions and also the fact that the ball -- the balls, you know reached an equilibrium without the rubbing process that after that had run its course and the footballs had reached an

e equilibrium that they were down about 1 1/2 pounds per square inch. after we brought the footballs back in after that process and we retested them in a controlled environment as we have here, then those measurements rose approximately one-half pound per square in the net of 1 1/2 back to a half is approximately one pound per square in to 1 1/2. now, we all know that air pressure is a function of the atmospheric conditions. it's a function of that. so, if there's activity in the ball relative to the rubbing process i think that explains why when we gave them to the officials and the officials put it at let's say, 12 1/2 if that's, in fact, what they did, then once the ball reached its

equilibrium state it was probably closer to 11 1/2, but, again, that's just our measurements. we can't speak specifically to what happened because we are not -- have no way of touching the footballs other than once the officials have them, we don't touch them except for when we play with them in the game. but it's similar to the concept of when you get into your car and the light comes on and it says low tire pressure because the car's been sitting in the driveway outside overnight and you start it up and you start driving it and the light goes off, it's a similar concept to that. so, the atmospheric conditions as well as the true equilibrium of the ball is critical to the measurement. in no -- at no time were any of our footballs prepared anywhere other than in the locker room or in an area very close to that.

never in a heated room or heated condition. that has absolutely never taken place to anyone's knowledge or anyone's recollection, and that's -- i mean that's just not -- it didn't happen. when you measure a football, there are a number of different issues that have -- that come up. number one, gauges. there are multiple types of gauges. and the accuracy of one gauge relative to another is -- there's -- there'swh+ariance there. we're talking about air pressure, all right? so, there's some variance there. clearly all footballs are different. so balls -- footballs that come out of the similar pack, a similar box, a similar preparation, each ball has its own unique individual characteristics because it's not a manmade piece of equipment.

it's an animal skin. it's a bladder. it's stitching. it's laces. and each one has its own unique characteristics. so whatever you do with that football, if you do the same thing with another one, it might be close but there's a variance between each individual football. footballs do not get measured during the game. we have no way of knowing until we went through this exercise that this has really taken mace. so, when we hand the balls to the officials, the officials put them at whatever they put them at, but let's just say it's 12 1/2. that's where they put them. then the air pressure at that point from then on until the end of the game we have no knowledge of. and honestly it's never been a concern. so, what is a concern is the

texture of the footballs and, again, that's the point that tom hit on hard on thursday. we had our quarterbacks look at a number of and they were unable to differentiate a one pound per square inch difference in those footballs. they were unable to do it. on a two-pound differential, there was some degree of differentiation but certainly not a consistent one. a couple ones they could pick out, but they were also wrong on some of the other ones that they had. so, you're welcome to do that yourself. but i can tell you from all the footballs that i've handled over the last week, i can't tell a difference that there's a one-pound difference or half a pound difference in any of the footballs.

again, anyone who has seen us practice knows that we make it harder, not easier to handle the ball. and our players train in conditions that a lot of people would recommend that we not dry them. that's what they do. very physically and mentally tough team that works hard that trains hard, that prepares hard and have met every challenge that i've put in front of them. and i know that because i work them every day. this team was the best team in the afc in the regular season. we wonxt two games in the play-offs against two good football teams. the best team in the postseason. and that's what this team is. and i know that because i've been with them every day, and

i'm proud of this team. so, i just want to share with you what i've learned over the past week. i'm embarrassed to talk about the amount of time that i've put into this relative to the other important challenge in front of us. i'm not a scientist. i'm not an expert in footballs. i'm not an expert in football measurements. i'm just telling you what i know. i would not say that i'm mona lisa vito of the football world as she was in the car expertise area, all right? at no time was there any intent whatsoever to try to compromise the integrity of the game or to gain an advantage. quite the opposite. we feel like we followed the rules of the game to the letter in our preparations, in our procedures all right, and in

the way that we handle every game that we competitively played in as it relates to this matter, all right? we try to do everything right. we err on the side of caution. it's been that way now for many years. anything that's close, we stay as far away from the line as we can. and in this case i can say that we are as far as i know and everything i can do we did everything as right as we could do it. and we welcome the league's investigation into this matter. i think there are a number of things that need to be looked into on a number of levels, but that's not for this conversation. i'm sure it will be taken up at another point in time. and this is the end of this subject for me for a long time. okay? we have a huge game. a huge challenge for our

football team and that's where that focus is going to go. i've spent more than enough time on this. and i'm happy to share this information with you to try to tell you some of the things that i have learned over the last week, which i've learned way more than i ever thought i would learn. the process the whole thing, is much more complex and -- i mean there are a lot of variables that i was unaware of. it sounds simple. and i'm not trying to say that, you know, we're trying to land a guy on the moon, but there's a lot of things here that are -- that are a little hard to1ñ get a handle on. and, again, there's a variance in so many of these things. all right? so i'll take a couple questions and then i'm moving on. >> bill, did the nfl share with you the pregame document that -- >> you would have to talk to the nfl about anything they did or

didn't do. >> you don't know if they documented? >> look tom, we could sit here and talk about some of this stuff for two hours, all right? you want to ask the league any questions about what they do or don't do, you should ask the league. i'm just telling you what i've learned and the study that we've done and the experience that i've had over the last few days in looking in to this matter. that's all i can tell you. i'm not a scientist. and i'm not a league official. >> do you feel like -- do you feel like after the amount of work and research you put into this week that you will be exonerated from this whole thing? >> i just told you what i think. that's what i think right there. >> is your game preparation compromised at all? you usually spend this week in a lot of game planning. >> i spent a lot of week in game planning. a lot of this week yeah. >> has any of it been compromised? >> i told you, i thought this was an important issue and we

addressed it. that's what we did. >> bill from the sound of it, if i'm hearing you correctly, it sounds like a combination according to your(t simulation of essentially atmospheric or weather conditions and then stressing that the officials did inflate the balls to 12.5 psi? >> look you can take the atmospheric conditions out of it because if the balls are measured in the same atmospheric conditions, then it's a nonfactor. but if you measure a ball in a controlled condition like this and you measure a ball on, let's just say the night that we played baltimore, there's no way they're the same. you take that ball and set it outside and the ball becomes accustomed to those climatic conditions and those temperatures, there's no way it's the same. now, if you take it out and bring it back in and let it sit for "x" amount of time then, you know, it probably is the same. so, no, that's not the issue. although depending on where balls were measured and how they were measured, you know that's

a whole nother discussion. this situation is the preparation of the ball caused the ball to i would say be artificially high in psi when it was set to the regulated level and then it reached its equilibrium at some point later on, an hour two hours, into the game, whatever it was, that that level was below what was set in this climatic condition. i think that's exactly what happened. and i think anybody who wants to do those experiments should go ahead and do them themselves. don't take my word for it. but i'm telling you, like, we haven't -- we're trying to)o get to the answer to this and that's what we have. >> you said you are trying to err on the side of caution and stay on that side of the rules, but with the videotaping it was clear that you pushed the envelope on that. is that something that changed? >> look, that's a whole nother

discussion, but i'm just -- the guy is giving signals out in front of 80,000 people, okay? so we filmed him taking signals in front of 80,000 people like there were a lot of other teams doing at that time, too okay? forget about that. if we were wrong then we've been disciplined for that. >> that's clearly not trying to do everything you can to stay on the side of -- >> the guy's in front of 80,000 people.&ñ 80,000 people saw it. everybody sideline saw it everybody sees our guy in front of 80,000 people i mean, there he is. so, it was wrong. we were disciplined for it. that's it. we never did it again. we're never going to do it again. and anything else that's close we're not going to do either. >> so is that a change -- >> i am talking about what you said a few minutes ago, you always try and stay -- >> we always do. everything that is close we're always on the side of caution. >> there was a lot of talk about science here today. did you have any science people help you in your investigation? >> we talked to a lot of people.

>> how much time did you spend on it bill? >> i don't know. i didn't log it. >> bill are you tryingí[ to define what you found with your investigation or are you just -- >> look, i came in here thursday, and i told you that i didn't have any answers. i just -- and i'm very confident in the things that we've talked about. the study that we did. the going through with a fine tooth comb everything. i'm 100% confident everything that i've told you. that's what i believe. that's what i know. that's what it is. i'm as transparent as i can be on this, period. >> is that a yes, that you feel relieved by -- >> look i did what i did. no, i'm not using those adjectives. i told you what i did. that's what it is. >> is there one thing that caused it to rise 1.5, a heater, do you know what it was? >> no, it was never put in front of a heater, i just said that, tom. >> i'm talking about whatever you do to prepare the ball to

make it to rise -- >> you rub it. you try to get the texture to get what the quarterback wants it. >> i'm trying to establish -- >> i said that, tom, at no time was the ball ever put in a heated environment, all right? >> it didn't lose heat. you remember it -- >> last one. last one. >> we rub it to get the ball to the proper texture. yes, it's rubbed. i don't know what is vigorous. what isn't vigorous. we're not trying to fine polish it here. we're trying to get the football to the proper texture the quarterback wants to grip it. does that stimulate something inside the ball to raise the psi? i would say yes, it does. >> based on all the research that has been done i'm curious, what do you do, then differently going forward? you are going to err on the side of caution make sureftthat -- >> well that's another -- you're getting into another whole area here. you're getting into another whole area as it relates to the next game. that's exactly right. i couldn't -- and that's exactly

why -- exactly why this whole process was done for that very reason. and i don't know the answer to that question, but that's a very important question. yes. okay. all right. thank you. >> do you think the nfl will change the rule next year? >> three parts tired seven parts testy. patriots coach belichick started off the news conference saying, quote, i believe 100% that i personally and we as an organization followed every rule to the letter and then they went on to talk about atmospheric conditions equilibrium, they lost me a flat tire a man on the moon. and then i tuned out. i got no answers. did jim gray get any answers? do you know what happened? >> did you know that footballs reach an equilibrium during a game? we just heard that. that was a master's degree tutorial on the elements and physical property that the go into putting air into pigskin and you know that 11 of the 12

patriot footballs were somewhat deflated while it seems the seahawk balls were fine. after that short tempered and seemingly frustrated tutorial by mr. belichick let's check in with mr. jim gray who7 has covered 13 super bowls and will be covering this one. they said no one did anything wrong knowingly do you buy that? >> it's my 38th super bowl to cover. >> oh, wow, sorry about that. >> but i do know that it is not, eric polishing fine china, we know that as well. look, if this wasn't the patriots, if this wasn't a team who has been so dominant, if they didn't have spy-gate and the scandal that bill belichick just referred to several years ago, this wouldn't be going on. if this was the titans and the jaguars, nobody would care. this is the patriots. you know, we're going to get to the bottom of it. it looks as though the patriots on their end have concluded what has happened. until we find the smoking gun or until the nfl finds some ball

boy or somebody who did something, that nobody to this point they have found or has owned up to, i'm going to take bill belichick what he just said, and i believe he's telling the truth. i said that a couple days ago. i believe tom brady's telling the truth. they don't need to do some of the things that they're being to win. hike like bill belichick said they are the best team in the afc all year. they had the best record in the national football league this year. so, the things that they're being accused of they're not doing because they're breaking and flaunting all of the rules.gv they're beating teams. the score was 45-7. legarrette blount had 148 yards. he could have been running were a pillow and they could have had guys with seven machine guns and four tanks and they couldn't stop him. so, i mean, really i don't know. maybe it's just a boring week in between the super bowl. and if they have cheated and if they have done something wrong, mr. wells and the nfl who are now investigating this will find

out, and they will be punished and they will be fined and it will get worse if the patriots who say they are cooperating aren't telling the truth. so we're just going to have to wait to see, but the facts as we know them now, there was some deflation. we don't know how it happened. maybe what mr. belichick just said is just what happened. >> you mentioned ted wells is a lawyer who was brought in to investigate. walk us through this for a second. what happens to the footballs, they are pressurized to 13.5 to 13.5 pressure per square inch. they're checked by an official and then what happens before they're brought out to the field? and what window is for them to potentially be deflated if someone actually did that? >> it also depends on the officiating crew eric. the balls, then, are checked and authenticated. they then put a mark on the balls. each team provides 12 balls they want to play with and 12 backup

balls. 48 balls, 24 per team. they then check off the box and they authenticate it with a mark by the official or whoever in the officiating crew is given that assignment. those balls, then, stay in the officials locker room until the approximate time of game time which is 10 or 15 minutes before and they are walked out onto the field onto the respectivedñ sidelines. here's where the nfl has this all wrong. why do they ever leave the possession of a league employee or official? why are they turned back over to team officials and team employees? that's fatally flawed in the first place. this is an officiating issue and it's a process that's really bad. >> that's a great point. do you think the rules should change, the nfl, the league should keep these balls before they go out onto the field? >> absolutely. why would you not? who in god's names thinks that's a good idea? that you would then turn them back over to a team? and, look you know, we've heard quarterbacks say that there's an advantage to having a flatter ball, a more deflated ball.

then you heard aaron rodgers say that he would like the ball beyond the pressure. he would like it at 14 to 14 1/2. and that he would like to throw a ball that is harder and more full because he has a bigger hand. so, i mean we're getting into all kinds of stuff, you know that, again, like bill belichick said, you know, it gets scientist. it gets into hand sizes, it gets into slippery. all kinds of stuff. perhaps the nfl should just take all of these teams out of the middle of it. and the quarterbacks want the balls a certain way andgy he fans want to see the quarterbacks handling the ball that, you know, there's a vested interest here. they want to see the guys perform at their best. they don't like the wax and the sheen and everything that comes out on the balls. the big complaint at the super bowl almost every year is the balls are slippery and they are not in the control of the teams. everybody talks about it's hard to get used to it. the rules have been changed

they'll practice with the balls this year and go back into the nfl custody. this is a process problem. this is officiating. if the balls were deflated and if you have an official every down they're holding this ball and they don't notice that it's deflated, i mean, come on. it's a problem they have to address and they need to get ahold of it. >> finally he said during the news conference at no time was there any intent to compromise the integrity of the game. do you think that game was compromised? >> i do not. because the balls were secure in the second half. and you can say perhaps what led to the second half score being 28-0 in the patriots favor tom brady was 9 for 9 with the balls that are legitimately and authenticated and that were changed at halftime and meet the standards. he did better with that ball so, no, the game wasn't affected at all. it's farcical to believe that it was. even the colts players that have spoken on this issue not one single player has said that's the reason we lost because the

pressure of the football was 10% or 15% less than it was for the patriots. come on, that's ridiculous. the outcome of this game had absolutely nothing to do with the pressure of the balls. the only reason this is being/ú discussed is because of the past problems the patriots have had, the substantial fine for spy-gate. >> all right jim gray, we thank you for your insight. although bill belichick says he doesn't want to discuss this issue anymore it probably will be looming over the super bowl before we get to kickoff. >> perhaps eric, but i bet you that coach belichick will just now say from now on we're on to seattle much like he did after the kansas city game, on to cincinnati, i think he's done. >> i think the fans and some other folks won't be. thanks jim. >> thank you. we'll switch gears now. the u.s. reportedly freezing some operations against the al qaeda terrorists in yemen this after iran-backed shia rebels seized control of the capital and pushed the government out of

power. yemen's president was a huge u.s. partner in the war against terror. so, how does this affect our policy in region now? mark dubowit is executive director for the defense of democracies. i want to start here, how were they able to pull this off? how does it complicate matters? >> el, with they were able to pull it off because they were getting significant backing from the government of iran and it certainly complicates matters because it undermines president obama's counterterrorism strategy. only four months ago he said that strategy used against the islamic states in iraq and syria would be modeled on the success of the counterterrorism strategy in yemen and somalia. today it looks like that strategy is not as successful as the president had believed. >> and that strategy is put on hold at least they are saying temporarily so they can assess the chaos on the ground because you've got no u.s.-backed government in place. so what now?

>> well it's a serious problem for the united states because their allies in the capital of yemen were very instrumental in providing real-time intelligence on the ground to help the united states direct its drone strikes against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they consider aqap the most dangerous affiliate of al qaeda having been responsible for the most recent terrorist attacks in paris and two aborted plots against airlines that would have struck the united states, so this is a serious development for u.s. counterterrorism. >> and does this give al qaeda there in yemen room to become even more forceful and gain more ground, if you will? >> it does. it strengthens al qaeda in yemen. allows it to expand its territorial expansionism. it also strengthens iran. this is what people are forgetting today the islamic baghdad and beirut damascus and now saana.

bad developments for two significant u.s. enemies. >> as you know, we've already established that these rebels are backed by iran. i want to ask you, do you think, mark, that this is a reason to take off the table the diplomatic talks with tehran about their nukes? >> i don't think it's to take off the table or stop the negotiations but i think it's a real message that the united states has to start pushingj[ back against iran. not only with the nuclear negotiating table but also regionally. i think the obama administration has been very concerned about pushing against the iranians. i think they're concerned the iranians will walk away from the table and they've given the iranians free rein to push ahead regionally and achieve regional dominance including in yemen and syria syria, in iraq, in lebanon, in gaza and they've been making significant concessions at the nuclear negotiating table allowing iran to develop nuclear

developments. >> you say keep the talks going? >> keep the talks going but enhance new pressure. there's new sanction legislation that will be introduced next week -- >> pardon me. president obama along with david cameron, said no more pressure, no more sanctions could lead to military confrontation. you say what to that? >> i say that the iranians have been negotiating with the u.s. and the europeans for over a decade. they have rarely walked away from the table and when they walk away from the table they come back. the only thing that the islamic republic of iran understands is pressure and the only way to break the nuclear intransigence is enhance the pressure. increasing the pressure will make war less likely and more likely that there will be a reasonable compromise over iran's nuclear program. >> mark dubowitz, thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. there's growing controversy over the congressional invite that stirs the pot of protocol

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a fox news alert concerning an faa security situation at hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta. here's what we know as we look at live pictures from our awillat there. one runway was closed. two planes had two bomb threats on two separate planes and we are told that these are credible threats. we're talking about southwest airline 2492 and delta flight 1157. now, the planes were escorted by two fighter jets to hartsfield-jackson airport. the planes have landed. everyone is being escorted off the plane by the fbi. and a bomb squad is on scene and we do have now a statement from southwest airlines saying due

to, quote, a security situation the aircraft operating flight 2492 was taken to a remote area of the airport where customers and the aircraft are being rescreened. our number one priority is the safety of our customers and people we cannot comment on the nature of the security situation. and this is a developing story. keep it right here on fox news as we learn more, we will bring it to you. the prime minister of israel set to address congress at the invitation of speaker john boehner. the speaker turns out never ran that invite by the white house or the state department as per usual protocol. now, the white house says president obama will not meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu so close to the israeli election. the prime minister set to address congress on march 3rd. the election march 17th. but is there much more behind this growing controversy? here to discuss the connection between politics and diplomacy chief congressional correspondent for the

"washington examiner." is congress being rude or is the white house being dumb? >> i think this has to do a lot with not just what's happening s[zi &háhp &hc% in israel and iran but what's going on between congress and the white house. republicans have felt increasingly sidelined by the president who has used executive action over the past few years to sort of go around congress and do things his own way. now, the iran negotiations are something that's clearly drawn a lot criticism from republicans and democrats in congress. they'd like to go ahead with these sanctions to try to get iran to come to the table with more realistic terms that they feel would protect the progress of a nuclear arms being built in iran. the president said he's going to veto that, so i think what speaker john boehner has done in the house is used his own version of the pen and the phone, which is rather than consult with the president which is the usual protocol, he has used his power and authority to be able to invite whomever he wants to come address congress and so --

>> he has a right to do that i guess. >> that's right. >> "the new york times" called it a hostile attempt to lobby congress obviously for these iranian sanctions and they say that mr. boehner is disrespecting the president. do you think that's the case or that the speaker and the congress they can do what they want? winston churchill and others have addressed congress. >> that's right. i think in this case too, the argument on the side of the republicans is that the president has gone ahead and done things without consulting congress, that members on both sides of the aisle would have liked to have been consulted over and so they feel hey, we have the authority to do this. we've invited netanyahu to come speak and they alsozb feel this is also directly related to the negotiations with iran and the threat of iceslamic terrorism they feel the president has paid short shrift to, they want netanyahu to make the case that they feel the president didn't make in his tuesday state of the union address. the speaker came out the following day and said he didn't give this the proper weight,

we'll invite the prime minister to talk about it and give it attention we think it deserves. >> quickly do you think the president will turn up? he'll be out of town that day? he'll be out at a factory in young youngstown? >> it's gone along along this way netanyahu and the president. the president has not met with him as much as people would have liked. i'm sure netanyahu would have loved the audience with the president and i don't think you'll see the white house back down on this and netanyahu will talk to conference and go to the apac conference and i don't him at the white house. >> it will be a strong message from the israeli prime minister for all americans to hear and we'll see what happens when he does take that stage. thank you. >> thank you. free speech taking center stage at one state for the first time ever accuses a musical artist of supporting gang violence all because of his violent lyrics. our legal panel takes up the case next. when it comes to good nutrition...i'm

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prosecutors in california going after this rapper brandon duncan on nine counts of criminal conspiracy for rap lyrics alleging his quote, involvement in local gang violence. to be clear, no one is alleging duncan pulled any trigger but he's being prosecuted under

california law because he is allegedly a member of the gang responsible for heinous crimes and because law enforcement officials claim his lyrics promote andm support gang violence. now he could face 25 years to life behind bars. let's bring in robert shauk, a defense attorney, and misty maris, a trial attorney. good to see you both. what is the prosecutor saying? >> the prosecutor is arguing he was an actual member of the gang, that he had a general knowledge of the gang's activities and he financially benefited from those gang activities. their argument is hinging on their ability to show he's an actual member of the gang. >> how will the defense present their argument? >> there's no nexus between tiny doo's generic rap lyrics talking about guns and any criminal activity. he has never been arrested or convicted of a crime and they can't prove that his sales of his albums are tied to any gang activity or violence. >> what about for the free

speech and expression component? >> that's the interesting part here because we're talking about the ability to have your artistic expression and what the line is between that and furthering crime. the outcome of this case will be very interesting. >> exactly. we're not breaking any news stories here. gangster rapper rap albums have been coming out for decades. there is always discussion of violence and guns and none of those other rappers are being prosecuted. so what makes him any different? everything in his album is generic, nothing specific. >> the situation with the new media element of gang activity, that's what the statute's targeting. they are saying now there's facebook, there's rap lyrics. is this instigating more gang violence. that's what they're looking to do in this particular case. >> okay. we know at this point the trial date is december 4th. will it make to trial or will the charges be dropped before then? >> it will make it to trial. they will hash out whether or not tiny doo was an actual member of this gang. that's going to be the hinging point. >> doesn't matter if it makes it to trial. i don't think it survives. i think he would be acquitted if he was brought to trial on the charges as presently

constituted. >> is this a weird interpretation of the law? >> right now,uc it's will this statute be constitutional no matter what if it's challenged. >> we will bring you back when the trial starts, if it starts. thank you both very much. eric? much more coming at the top of the hour. isis claiming that one of the two japanese captives that it has been holding has been executed. they have issued new demands for the remaining hostage's release. what did bill belichick have to say about the deflated football controversy? that's coming up on the fox news channel. yes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just not found in any leading multivitamin.

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we start with the fox news alert. the president condemning a new video from isis that reportedly shows a japanese hostage beheaded by those terrorists. the white house just releasing this following statement from president obama saying quote, we stand shoulder to shoulder with our ally japan and applaud its commitment to peace and development in a region far from its shores. we will work together to bring the perpetrators of these murders to justice and will continue to take decisive action to degrade and ultimately defeat isil. welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. >> that video released today almost 24 hours after a ransom deadline imposed by the terror group had passed. in it the surviving hostage kenji goto, is shown holding

what appears to be a photo of the beheaded body of murdered hostage, haruna yukawa. it also contains a new demand by the terror group. john huddy is following this with more. >> reporter: first isis wants $200 million in ransom. now it's demanding a prisoner exchange. take a look again at this video. in it, the voice of a man claiming to be free lance journalist kenji goto implores japanese prime minister abe to accept isis' new demand of a prisoner swap. goto for a woman named sajida al rishawi, who is being held in jordan accused of taking part in a 2005 mosque bombing. foreign ministry officials have been in jordan since last week actually reportedly trying to communicate with isis. we don't know much more than that.d- possibly they have been trying

to work out some kind of exchange. again, we only have limited details on those meetings. but last week as we do know, isis posted a ransom video online showing the two men, 47-year-old kenji goto, a freelance journalist, who had been working in syria and iraq and also 42-year-old haruna yukawa, private security contractor. as i said, demanding $200 million ransom from japan for their release giving tokyo 72 hours. that deadline passed yesterday. a video was released showing a countdown clock and images of other dead hostages. we were waiting to see if anything else was released between then. now, of course, today we see the apparent execution of yukawa. japanese prime minister abe spoke earlier today. he called it an unforgiveable unacceptable and outrageous act but said also that japan would not give in to terrorism. >> outrageous and unacceptable indeed. john, thank you very much.

back here at home, two commercial airliners have been escorted by fighter jets. that after bomb threats at hartsfield jackson atlanta international airport. this all coming down this afternoon. atlanta is one of the biggest airports in the&uu world and authorities say delta flight 1156 arriving from portland, oregon and southwest flight 2492 which was from milwaukee, they were affected by those threats. the bomb squad was on the scene and checked both planes after they landed safely.ú4 airport spokesman says the threats were credible. passengers were searched and interviewed but so far there is no word on a possible motive or who may have issued the bomb threats. there is political unrest in yemen. rortdly reportedly forcing the u.s. to suspend some if not all of its counterterrorism efforts in the country. reuters citing officials who say the counterterrorism campaign is paralyzed. the nation is home to one of the al qaeda's most dangerous groups.

we are following this story from washington. >> reporter: yemen has never been a paragon of stability but in the past 48 hours, it's gone from merely dangerous to lawless and chaotic. up until this week, their intelligence services coordinated with the cia and others in the fight against terror. these reports indicate the folks we used to call aren't picking up the phone anymore. even the pentagon says the picture on the ground is unclear and who is in charge is a matter of opinion, not really fact. the latest reports indicate& iranian-backed rebels now control much of the capital. if true it would lend credibility to the idea that the united states now has precious few assets among the locals' eyes and ears. >> we can't operate there now despite the investments we've made and then when you put that on top of the fact that you've got this chaos in saudi arabia, we have really very few options on how we move forward to go after the bad guys. >> reporter: yemen's tribal

lands have long served as a breeding and training ground for al qaeda and now it's home to the most powerful branch, aqap. last year alone the u.s. carried out 23 drone strikes against terrorists with the help of yemen security forces and the obama administration considered its recently resigned president a key ally in the fight against terror. yesterday, the pentagon said things might be more difficult now but they will do what they need to. >> certainly a willing partner in yemen, as in many places around the world, makes missions like that much more effective. there's no question about it. we have also proven the ability to go after terrorists in various places around the world unilaterally and we will still retain that right, that res0ymsibility. >> reporter: so who exactly are the iranian-backed rebels possibly in control of yemen? here they are. they are chanting death to israel, death to america, which

taken at face value would probably not get even a casual observer pause when thinking about the chances of a fruitful relationship continuing with yemen and its security forces. >> thank you very much. the chaos in yemen of course is a big focus when president obama visits saudi arabia. he will be paying respects to the late king abdullah who had been a long-time ally in the fight against terrorism. president obama is cutting short his three-day trip to india to make that trip. he is expected to land in new delhi later today. during the flight, the white house says on air force one the president called the new leader to personally express his sympathies. they also are said to have discussed the president's plans to visit saudi on tuesday. king abdullah, as you may know died yesterday. he was 90 years old and has been succeeded by his half-brother king salman. president obama plans to meet with the new saudi leader before returning to washington. all of this coming as the latest round of iran nuclear

talks wrapped up this weekend. leaders from the u.s. and six world powers meeting in geneva to reach a deal on iran's disputed nuclear program. iran's foreign minister met separately with secretary of state john kerry and warned against new economic punishments punishments. >> the sanctions built by the u.s. congress will kill the joint plan of action that we adopted last year in geneva. the president of the united states has the power to veto it but our parliament will have its counteraction. >> both republicans and democrats have backed fresh sanctions against iran. to the elections in our country. potential 2016 hopefuls a chance to speak their minds and rally early support. it's all happening right now at the iowa freedom summit that's occurring in des moines iowa. earlier, donald trump was there and he had some strong language pretty much for everyone.

>> mitt ran and failed. he failed. the last thing we need is another bush. i am seriously thinking of running for president because i can do the job. >> he's throwing in his hat and maybe others are. taking a live look right now at another potential contender former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. you know this event is the unofficial kickoff to the presidential campaign and many potential white house candidates from the republicans are attending the event including new jersey governor chris christie, former texas governor rick perry, senators ted cruz, rick santorum and this happened, some big names are skipping the event. one big name who is not is our chief political correspondent carl cameron who is live in des moines. >> reporter: it's great fun listening to donald trump and others talk about whether they are seriously considering it or not. he has been talking about running now for four presidential cycles.

rick santorum on the stage behind me is actually the reigning champion here in the 6x hawkeye state. he won the iowa caucuses in 2012, beating mitt romney and what amounted to a late night recount on caucus night, only by a handful of votes. mr. santorum will campaign again in iowa. he is already hiring staff and spent a lot of time he's in the middle of a five-day bus tour around this very forum. eight potential presidential candidates here today, nine if you count donald trump and a couple others who have suggested more playfully that they will consider it in order to get attention and/or sell books. but the guy who has really brought the house down and gotten rave reviews is wisconsin governor scott walker. he gave a speech to the republican national committee last week in san diego and it got lukewarm if not bad reviews. it's not being energetic enough. he seemed to have turned up the heat utoday. he got really strong ovations by ticking off a rapid-fire list of achievements as governor of wisconsin. take a listen to this. >> let me just tell you a couple

examples. since i have been governor, we passed pro-life legislation and we defunded planned parenthood. i got to tell you, we have taken on an aggressive agenda. we have not only done that but we cut taxes. i mentioned that before but we went big and bold there as well. we reduced taxes by $2 billion in the hard-working tax payers of our state. in fact, we lowered taxes on employers, on individuals, on property. our property taxes are lower today in wisconsin than they were four years ago. how many governors can say that? >> how many governors can say that. that is seen by most of the people here as a direct shot at one of the upcoming speakers the governor of new jersey, chris christie. new jersey is a state with some of the highest taxes in the country, property taxes particularly high. christie has been battling it but he does live in a state where there's a lot of democrats and that's one of the reasons why republicans here in iowa in the heartland in general tend to be somewhat suspicious of republicans from the coast. they think they tend particularly in the northeast to

be more liberal. christie isbc coming here hoping his charisma and personality can overcome that. he has promised to campaign here hard. all of these would-be candidates are cautious about their language. they don't like to say they are candidates and campaigning because of laws. they have to create a legal vehicle to raise money and go out and do this. many are just in the exploratory stage which has words in the tax code in the law that says they are allowed to quote, test the waters here in the heartland of the country. it's mostly corn fields shall not a lot of water to test. it's also frozen here in iowa. all these republicans are trying to heat it up. eric? >> thanks so much. testing the waters. testing the corn fields. we'll have the full wrapup with carl later on at 6:00 p.m. on our america's news headquarters in about two hours from now. of course, you can also watch the full freedom summit streaming right now on foxnews.com. i'm embarrassed to talk about the amount of time that i have put into this relative to

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president obama plans to go to saudi arabia after cutting short his trip to india next week. the white house says the president will pay his respects after the death of saudi king abdullah. he also called the country's new leader, king salman from air force one to personally express

his sympathies. this all highlights the importance of saudi arabia to the u.s. ambassador dennis ross is a former special mideast coordinator. he is also a fox news foreign affairs analyst. good to see you, ambassador. >> nice to be with you. thank you. >> absolutely. tell me, is it critical for president obama to show respects to the now deceased king abdullah there in saudi arabia? >> well i think it certainly helps. it's a measure of how we value the relationship. it will be something that is seen by the new saudi leadership and i emphasize new saudi leadership, not just king salman but those around him as well as an indication that the united states values the relationship very much. i think that's important right now, because i think not only do we have a common enemy in terms of isil but the saudis have a number of questions about us as it relates to how committed we are to iran and the effort to negotiate a deal, a nuclear deal with iran.

does that come from their perspective at their expense. >> right. as you well know, one of king abdullah's top priorities was to stop iran's power from spreading. i ask you, do you think that the politics between the u.s. and saudi arabia will continue as they were under king abdullah's watch? >> i think there's going to be a lot of continuity. i think king abdullah in the last couple years suffered from a number of real physical infirmities and i think you saw the emergence increasingly of a kind of collective leadership there. i think we are going to see more continuity than change and i think the approach towards us will be very much the same. look the saudis see the united states as their ultimate guarantor when it comes to security but they see iran as trying to change the balance of power in the region. the coup in yemen led by the houthis who the saudis see as being armed and largely financed by the iranians, only increases

their sense of being encircled by the iranians. there's an acute sense of threat from iran. one of the things king salman will want to know from the president is not just are we committed to the relationship but how do we look at what iran is doing in the region and are we so determined to have a nuclear deal that we are not paying the kind of attention to the rest of the region that the saudis would like us to pay, having the president address that and reassure them i think is very important. >> having said all that, do you think that the talks with tehran regarding their nuclear program should be taken off the table because as you know, there's a big rift in washington. some people say the talks are over, we have been talking for a long time. the president says no hold off on any further sanctions because it could lead to military conflict. you say what, sir? >> well i say it makes sense to see if you can reach a deal. i think it's very important though that the flexibility in the negotiations needs to be demonstrated not just by us but

by the iranians. i'm fine with us being at the table but i also think it's very important that the iranians understand in the end, it's more important for them to have this deal than anyone else and that we are not more anxious for it than they are. the more they get the sense that the united states is going to stand firm on this, the higher the likelihood that you will get a deal and a deal that in fact will be one that's worth making. >> you are saying they should continue talks and hold off on imposing further sanctions? >> look, i think if you even look at what the congress is contemplating, they are talking about adopting sanctions but not implementing those sanctions unless the iranians violate the current joint plan of action or diplomacy runs out. my view is that basically we should find ways to put pressure on the iranians. i understand the president's position that new sanctions now even though it's not implemented can create a problem for the talks, but i think we should be looking for ways to signal the iranians that the price of what

they are doing in the region is something that's going to go up. that's another way of signaling that in fact from our standpoint, we are not prepared to allow what their behavior is in the rest of the region to any way become acceptable to us and when it comes to the nuclear issue, we don't want that deal so much that we will turn a blind eye to everything else. >> it's certainly complicated, to say the least. before i go, if you can give me a short answer on this. if everybody across the globe world leaders are watching president obama's moods and policies, especially as it pertains to the middle east, what's the perception? >> i think the perception is that the united states has talked about the priority that it attaches to fighting isil. i think there's a sense that this is important, there's a broad coalition for dealing with it. i think many raise the question of are we doing enough in that regard. when we talk about degrade and ultimately defeat, is the character of the military enough to in fact begin to roll back isil.

that will be the measure that we are really determined to fulfill the objectives that the president has identified. >> ambassador, thank you very much. good to see you, sir. thank you. >> thank you. my pleasure. the peace deal hasn't worked. ukraine's president now calling for an emergency meeting of his military in response to more attacks in his country. president poroshenko has cut a trip to saudi arabia early, cut that short, to try and coordinate the reaction by his government. this comes after a rocket attack left at least 29 people dead. this occurring in the embattled port city of maripol as pro-russian rebels continue their assault on his country. one rocket hit a market. observers say the attack marks a significant increase in hostilityies by the pro-russian forces who are apparently trying to capture even more territory. a fox news alert and a live look now at one of the planes grounded in atlanta. as we reported earlier, two commercial airliners escorted by

norad fighter jets after bomb threats at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport this afternoon. it is one of the busiest airports in the world. authorities saying delta flight 1156 from portland oregon and southwest flight 2492 from milwaukee were affected by the threats. can't tell which one of those is that plane we're looking at. but a bomb squad was on the scene and checked both planes after they landed there safely. an airport spokesperson says the threats were credible, passengers were searched and interviewed but there was no word on a possible motive or who may have issued the bomb threats. a new video from isis reportedly showing a japanese hostage beheaded by the terrorists. now the group is demanding a prisoner exchange for the second hostage. a terrorism analyst weighs in on the situation coming up next.

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. now back to our top story. the latest atrocity from the islamic state as we have been reporting, the terrorist group has released a new video claiming that one of the two japanese hostages they had been holding has been executed. the united states is now demanding a prisoner exchange for the second japanese hostage it still has. japanese authorities say they are working to verify the video and call it quote an outrageous and unforgiveable. how can we finally stop isis and this barbarism? a terrorism expert joins us. eric, it seems especially heartless and cruel they force one hostage to apparently hold the photo of his beheaded colleague. >> yeah, you know this is isis' m.o. the scary thing about it is that their barbarrism, it isn't repelling many young radicalized muslims right here in the u.s. and europe. they are actually attracted to this kind of thing isis beheading innocent people,

journalists. there is an attraction by many here in the west to that kind of barbarism and savagery. that's why we have seen thousands of westerners flocking to join isis in syria. these beheadings are not going to stop. number one isis with these hostages have demanded hundreds of millions of dollars from western governments who want to get their hostages back. the europeans, for example, have bucked up and given money to isis to get the hostages back but number two, again, the more savage with beheadings and killing women, children, the more they do this horror movie type violence, it seems the more popular isis becomes and the more recruits they draw into their ranks. >> that is so repelling and so unbelievable. we are seeing the photos of foley, sotloff, the list goes on and on. now you have a situation where they want money. is that an indication perhaps that the air strikes are working or is it just being a criminal

type of regime, they think that's one way to stock their coffers? >> that's one way, you hit the nail on the head. even before these air strikes, isis was demanding ransom money for these hostages. now they made money through the illegal oil trade, through this hostage trade, and u.s. air strikes have had an effect, but at the end of the day isis is still gaining new territory, especially in syria. now they are even approaching damascus, the syrian capital. that's number one. number two, we still have western recruits every day, by some accounts, 1,000 recruits a month still flooding into the islamic state to join this group and we saw just earlier this month in france an isis sympathizer killed four people at a jewish supermarket. we had a cell broken up in belgium directed by isis. we may be hitting them pretty hard in iraq but they still seem to be expanding and i don't think president obama has been serious enough, to say the least, in confronting this group. >> that would mean putting

potentially more american troops on to soil there, special operations and that sort of thing. what are the chances of that happening, first? answer that first. >> well, great point. i think number one we have about 3,000 u.s. troops in iraq right now. most of them in advisory roles. look, i'm not a military strategist but i can tell you from people i speak to, it seems that the only way to really crush isis and the beheadings it's not going to stop until we decisively crush this group. the only way to do that is to have some kind of ground presence to take them on. air strikes are great but number one, we have limited most of the air strikes it seems to iraq where isis' real stronghold is in syria. so at the end of the day, you will need some kind of significant ground presence there. doesn't have to be too significant but some kind of u.s. ground presence i think if we want to defeat this group. if that's the goal to defeat isis, then you are going to need some kind of ground presence to do that. >> it could be another way besides bombs and bullets.

in the hearts changing. as you said the 1,000 or so a month that's estimated to go over there, how do you take disaffected or disassociated young men who are attracted to that radical philosophy how do you stop them and say no, that is not the way and can we physically stop them in the first place if they pick a flight to istanbul? you don't know if they are going to sneak into syria. what does the west do to change their soul? >> well here's the problem with relying on -- with getting them in istanbul, that means we have to rely on turkey to an extent which they have not been helpful in many ways in stopping this isis threat. at the end of the day, this is an idealogical struggle. at the end of the day, what we really need, what would be great, is if there was a massive movement of moderate muslims to speak up stand out and speak out against jihad. i would love to see it. i'm here in d.c. right now. i would love to see a million muslim march on the national mall. if we are not going to see a massive movement of truly

moderate muslims step up now after everything we have seen from 9/11 to isis to paris, i don't know when we are going to see it but that's what we really need at the end of the day. we have seen egyptian president talking about a reformation inside of islam. that's powerful stuff. at the end of the day, that's what we really need. >> that is the theme that is becoming emerged. we will see if it can become successful. good to see you. thank you so much. a canadian man pleading not guilty to u.s. terrorism charges accusing him of working with a militant group that carried out deadly bombings against u.s. troops in iraq. one of the attacks killed five american soldiers back in 2009. the 36-year-old entering his plea in federal court in new york. if convicted, he faces life in prison. guess what? you know the 2016 presidential campaign? some say it started today. at the freedom summit in iowa.

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ernst at the iowa freedom summit earlier today. ernst one of at least two dozen republican law makers making the rounds at this year's summit, thought to be the largest gathering of potential 2016 gop presidential hopefuls. ernst of course just gave the gop response earlier this week to the state of the union. rebecca berg is here, a political correspondent for the washington examiner. good to see you. let's start here with the telegraphing of who is there in iowa and who is a no-show. >> well you have most of the potential candidates who you could see winning the conservative vote going after the conservative vote there in iowa today because they are all hoping that they will win over the favor of congressman steve king, who is hosting this summit and who will hold a lot of clout with conservatives in iowa. conspicuously absent today, mitt romney, jeb bush two of the potential front-runners for the presidency and also marco rubio and rand paul are not there. these are some potential

candidates who might not go after the conservative vote in the same way, and also might be a little embarrassed to appear onstage with steve king because of some things he's said about immigration in the past, for example. >> then how much do you think this is about setting political policy versus personality contest, trying to get that likability factor in? >> this is certainly an introduction and when you are trying to make a first impression it always helps to be likeable. when scott walker got up onstage today, for example, and gave his speech, people were very surprised at how likeable he was, at how charismatic he was, and that's kind of what they're focusing on at this point. you do have a lot of people at this summit like senator mike lee from utah who came isn't running for president. he said so. but he came to speak anyway and talk about some of those policy issues. but for the people who are looking at running for president, this is just to get their face out there in front of iowans and reintroduce

themselves. >> who is likely to drop out after the iowa conference or shortly thereafter at least? >> no one is really even in the race yet. >> that's true too. but you know what i'm saying. >> right. >> they are testing the waters as it actually says in the official document. >> exactly. they are all testing the waters. what that process entails is they go to states like iowa to states like new hampshire, and see is there enough support for me to run for president. are there donors who would fund my campaign, are there people who would get excited about me running. so this is what this process is. in the late spring we will see people officially announce their candidacy for president. right now it's a huge field. reince priebus made a list of people who are looking at running and it came out to 24 potential candidates. that will probably come down before the actual primary but it's still going to be a very big field of republicans. >> but they've got to narrow it down because at the end of the day, there is only so much

campaign funding to go around. there's a lot of money but folks only want to give it to certain candidates. >> right. that's what you're seeing as the focus right now with candidates like mitt romney and jeb bush, some of the more establishment front-runners, they are looking to shore up support among big, big gop donors. but you're right it's going to be very hard for some of these lesser candidates to get the kind of money they need to run for president. but by the same token in the age of super pacs, you need really only one rich person to support you and you can go on for a long time. like newt gingrich in 2012. >> rebecca berg, thank you very much. i'm sure we will talk about this several more times before the election. thank you very much. there has been anger on the streets of miami. this is the obama administration moves ahead with its diplomatic talks in cuba. the white house says those talks are an important step forward but take a look at this. some cuban americans heatedly disagree with that. we will look at both sides

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the united states and cuba take the first major step in trying to haw relations putting high level diplomatic talks in havana. describing them as productive and positive. but they note there are still profound differences between the two countries. the obama administration says the talks are an important step forward, but some cuban americans take a look at this they heatedly disagree. protesting and expressing their anger over all of this on the streets of miami. do they have a point? john huddy is a cuba expert and journalist who covered cuba and ho also lived there. good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you again. >> do you think that -- >> go ahead. >> i think there is only one truth about this whole situation and i think you learned this as a journalist. that truth is there is room for bitterness on both sides of the florida straits. you're going to see that overt next months and years.

but i would also point out relative to those pictures the video you saw, that the polls show that a majority of cubans in florida support what obama is doing. you got the people that are protesting and waving signs and probably throwing a few punches. but i think the cubans support this. both sides in havana and cuba and america. >> do you think this is a wise move? they still have arbitrary detentions, political prisoners have only increased. they had people in work camps and the money seems to flow to the castro brothers and its regime. >> i haven't seen any hard evidence that says that the castro brothers are enriching themselves and are the typical haiti dominican republic type of dictators. i don't believe that's true. i think the benefits here far outweigh the negatives and the truth is, you covered business news. if you hire me to take over this

problem you have with your company called cuba, it is a disaster. it's a fiasco. in five years, i don't deliver, you're going to fire me. if it goes another five years, ten, 20, 30 40, 50, 52 years of failure, the policies that i've imposed, are you going to keep me in the job? no, you're going to fire me. the embargo and hostility and all of this has failed and around the world, we've been condemned for that. in my opinion and this is going to inflame a few people in miami, but i think the majority may agree. in my opinion, this was a daring humane and long overdue thing and i support it. >> what do you foresee five years from now? do you see progress in cuba? do you see more democracy? do you see further release of prisoners? >> that's the big question. five years from now, i think i would say if i was a vegas guy three to one in five of the fact that cuba will have a mixed

economy, a very different form of government. it will be engaged in heavy trade, tourism and strong relationship with the united states. i think there will be major changes. but this is not guaranteed because as we've seen yesterday the two sides sit across from each other. there is a lot of problems. from the cuban end they say you've been conducting 52 years of subversion against us. you tried to kill our people with these assassination attempts. we come back and say yeah, to the wall. you shot a lot of people and they were all thugs and they weren't all hoodlums. so we got to go back and forth and back and forth and what i really think may happen the media has been covering this story about obama is going to close guantanamo bay. what they may not know is i think obama and i have sources say he's going to call the navy base, period, but use that as a bargaining chip f. it's done well, the cubans want nothing

more than to get that 45 square mile, one of the best harbors they want that back. and it was taken away in 1903 by the plat amendment which you know basically gave the united states total control over it. >> we're running out of time. but that's a bombshell if that -- that's a huge bombshell. do you think there is a realistic possibility that this administration would give guantanamo bay, that huge swath that big chunk of their country back to the cubans and what would that mean? >> yes. it would mean that those people who have looked -- by the way i'm not saying that i believe all of this. but there are people who say we have been a bully, that we've treated this little country, that is really no threat to us -- in a very inhumane way. and that giving back guantanamo bay would rehabilitate that image and we're not just the encloses sass from the north. we're not just a yankee impeerist, but we are the shining city upon a hill that we really believe that we're a special people. there is something called

american exceptionalism and i think doing that would create that image once more. >> john huddy, thank you with an intriguing potential bombshell here about guantanamo bay. and you grew up there. so i thank you so much for joining us today. >> you're welcome. >> don't miss our in-depth special on fox news reporting cuba losing the last battle on the cold war tonight and sunday a at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel that. does it for us. "the five" is up next. i'm arthel neville. eric shawn and i are back in an hour yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief.

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