reporting says yes they were in a fragile state as of this weekend and you get the sense just by reading it, they knew something and likely more than we did until now. >> i feel sorry for them and our hearts go to all of them. thank you for being with us. "happening now" starts right now. jon: and a fox news alert to begin. new england digging out of a monster snowstorm, five feet falling in less than two weeks. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> and i'm lee lee. more on the breaking news lut the day today but we have to touch about what's happening in boston. hard hit for sure by this storm. schools and businesses are closed, public transportation is suspended. hospitals forced to set up sleeping areas for workers. officials are struggling with how to remove the latest amount of snow, two feet since sunday. >> no city administration has dealt with this much snow in a very short period of time in the month of february. i know there are some other

snowier years that we're approaching. i think the snowiest record is 103 inches back in 1995 maybe but as far as a one month snowfall particularly in a short period of time. jenna: the storm moves out but there's potential for more snow for the east coast later this week. a major concern is the possibility of roof collapses. several partial collapses have been reported and the danger continues. one boston area school district closing all schools for the rest of the week because of the strain on buildings. with february now boston's snowiest month ever how much snow are we talking about? here are some stats on the boston snow totals with more than 600 crews and more than 400 plows out, boston has now been plowing for more than 117,000 hours. more than 226,000 miles have been plowed nearly the distance from the earth to the moon and

more than 59,000 tons of salt have been used thus far. jon: a tragic new development as the world tries to confront the cancer known as isis. family of kayla mueller, the young american woman held hostage by the terror group now confirms her death. it comes as the united arab emirates resumed air strikes against isis this morning. john? >> we've seen the pictures the images of 26-year-old kayla mueller smiling, beautiful young woman, radiant. now both the white house and her family have confirmed the death of the 26-year-old u.s. aid worker. about an hour ago, president obama released a statement saying that the country shares her family's grief. kayla's family also released a statement saying they're heart broken and that kayla was a quote, compassionate and devoted

humanitarian. she dedicated the whole of her young life helping those in need of freedom, justice and peace. she was captured in syria august 4, 2013 just 10 days before her 25th birthday. she wrote a letter to her family saying she was in a safe location unharmed and healthy. now, isis last week claims she was killed in a jordanian air strike, though jordanian officials call that claim purely propaganda and there's been no proof of that either the white house nor her family have been given any details about the specific cause of death. jordan has ramped up the air defensive after the horrific execution as we know by isis of the pilot. now the a.e.u. united arab emirates relaunched air strikes after suspending them last year. the u.a.e. resumed them this

morning. back to the death of 26-year-old u.s. aid worker kayla mueller. i mentioned her family released a statement and also a letter that she apparently wrote while in captivity. i read part of that. let me read to you the last thing that she wrote to her family. she said, to not fear for me continue to pray by god's will we will be together soon. jon: she sounds like a remarkable young woman. john joining us from our mideast bureau. thank you. jenna: for more reaction to the reaction of mueller's death let's bring in the senior fellow for the defense of democracies. big question now is what are we going to do about this? what should we do about this? >> that's an excellent question. i think that there's a number of things the u.s. should be doing to escalate isis' decline. the group has already been in a decline phase for a number of months now because the aerial

campaign is like a contrition upon it and beyond that it's also lost heavy armor and forces but also been using financial assets. some thing the u.s. could do are number one, put more special operations forces on the ground there. secondly, it could increase the amount of engagement with travel leaders. the last time with al qaeda and iraq was defeated during the iraqi civil war with the u.s. played a heavy role the tribes the sunni tribes required course. jenna: you were among those who were skeptical when the news first came out when isis claimed that kayla was killed in an air strike by jordan. we still do not know the cause of her death. he called isis a master of propaganda and they use the

death of americans propaganda on their behalf. it just seems different than the be headings they've released. what do you make the news today, the way it was telegraphed not only to the family but now to the world audience? what do you think that says about the group? >> at the time when i expressed skepticism, i said two thing. one was that i wasn't skeptical that she was dead. i held out hope as we should but i thought it was likely she was dead. it's the way they claim that she had died that she died in a jordanian air strike when jordan ramped up attacks that i was skeptical of it and i remain skeptical because that's a little too simple. they've never executed a western female hostage on camera and so how did they deal with kayla mueller is a problem that they had. executing a western woman, even for an organization that so high on killing people and broadcasting their deaths is something that wouldn't

necessarily have sat well with its army of supporters and. we don't know precisely why the obama administration and kayla mueller's family became convinced she was dead. they said there was some type of proof that they would be given, that the intelligent committee was able to confirm. this has been a quieter death one rather than isis claims her death, they say it was jordan that did so. they're demoralizing jordan for the air strike and causing a wedge between u.s. and jordan. jenna: that is what we were also reporting on the air was the skepticism surrounding the details that isis was saying about her death and still a lot to learn and we'll see if we actually do learn anymore specifics. i would like to read a little more of secretary kerry's statement on kayla's death and this is the final lines of his statement. he said isil and isil alone is the reason that kayla is gone.

like our friends in jordan we're resolved to get rid of this to the world and defeat terrorists whose actions include killing women killing children burning people alive. the secretary kerry talking about the death of kayla, the death of others as well. we received these reports from the u.n. of isis beheading children crucifying children not only a religious minority but muslim children as well. and in your answer to the last question saying that the execution of a western woman would be frowned on, in many circles even supporters of isis do you think they're crossing into territory of no return, that this is indeed the tipping point that many have talked about that will evoke real change and eventually their defeat? >> i don't think that this is the tipping point in kind of a

standard causal way. i think in other ways they're beyond this point and this is one more step in that regard. isis embraced the strategy that their predecessor organization had embraced. they were born out of al qaeda in iraq and al qaeda in iraq was known for doing what isis does. it was incredible brutal organization even by jihadist standards. not as brutal as isis but it also would behead captors on camera and al qaeda central leadership similar to the relationship with isis was upset about that. the chief deputy of al qaeda, the leader of quaid kwa a letter was written a letter. why is it you don't just shoot your captives? it would accomplish the same thing without looking so blood thirsty. isis has not only inflicted brutality but even by their own extreme interpretation of islamic law is a transgression

and so this builds weakness into the organization. jenna: let me ask you a question on that. because they used such violence and force, is the only way to counter them by equal violence and force? >> no. not by equal violence and force. i think it's an organization that can't be dislodged except by the use of force because they're entrenched in a number of different areas and i think it will be fairly broad based force, not just air strikes but also will require uprising which we see some signs. when we talk about equal violence in force, we're talking about, example, people beheading isis members. jenna: that's obviously not what we're inferring but the big question has been whether or not the use of force has to be oozed here because of the violence and brutality of the group. that perhaps it's the only way to counter them is by meeting them on their battlefield and that's been a big question for many policy makers. >> i think the answer is yes i think the use of force is

necessary. and the u.s. and other countries are using force against them right now. that's what the aerial campaign is about. i think that's actually a very easy question when you have an organization that is literally committing genocide enslaving women and burning people alive it's difficult to deal with it by anything but fighting it. jenna: and they've been doing it for months and months and months and months and the big question when we'll do something different ourselves. thank you for your en sights. we always appreciate it very much. big story we'll continue to watch today and more developments as we get them we'll bring them to the viewers. jon: man charged with the murder of chris kyle his story was chronicled in a film. that suspect goes on trial in texas. latest development from the courtroom coming up.

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jenna: new information on crime stories we're keeping an eye on.

stowaway who went on board a flight without a ticket is at it again. marilyn hartman travelled from minnesota to florida without a ticket and checking into someone else's hotel room using her own name and credit card. the big question is how she's getting on the plane. 10 women and two men have been chosen to decide whether ross is accused of murder. opening statements are scheduled for tomorrow and the judge in jodi arias' trial did not think to question individuals but it could be possible misconduct. jon: new information in the i.r.s. targeting scandal. remember that? a core to go a new article by bob cusack, the obama administration is refusing to release more than 500 documents on the agency's targeting of tea

party and conservative groups. quote, the hill sought access to government documents that might provide a glimpse of the decision making through a freedom of information act request. the treasury inspector general for tax administration opted not to release the documents covered by the request citing various exemptions in the law. let's talk about it with the managing editor and columnist for "the hill" and guy benson political editor of town hall.com, also a fox news contributor. one of those exemptions that the inspector general is citing is the fact that these are personal communications. now, how can government emails become personal communications, therefore, exempted from a freedom of information act request? >> i really have no idea. i think everyone knows who has gone to work in the age of the internet that you conduct your personal business on your personal email and that still

might be discovered in any kind of review if there was something that your superiors were hunting for. the other exemptions were about consideration of a possible prosecution of lois lerner and law enforcement proceedings. since we've seen no news of this forth coming, no one is talking about her, although her contempt citation is under court review. no one is talking about her being prosecuted so you can have it one of two ways. she's either protected by potential legal proceedings or her emails need to be turned over. so it's an interesting series of excuses that the i.g. delivered. jon: the president famously said he was outraged to hear about this targeting of conservative groups. where is that outrage these days? >> well, the outrage is long since passed jon, and now it's a phony scandal and taking a

step back, remember this is a president who promised the first week of his administration, 2009, that transparency would be a touchstone of his administration. in 2013 he admonished graduates in ohio state university. don't be cynical of the government. he yearned for better politics but here we have his administration repeatedly stonewalling and stymieing and impeding investigations into a host of scandals, including the i.r.s. matter in which you have the executive branch of the federal government actively targeting and harassing the political opponents of the president and now the administration continues and apparently decided just waiting this thing out is the best way to go because people will lose interest. that's the definition of cynicism. jon: there are some interesting -- there's some interesting information to be pulled from the dates on what information,

what emails we do have coming with all of this. >> well my -- as you know my request was submitted in the fall, was dragged out and they asked for an appeal and then they still turned up nothing but if you read the piece, you can see that the inspector general of the treasury department was aware and made the i.r.s. commissioner aware in may of 2012 of the targeting and the criteria being used for the targeting. i.r.s. commissioner had just testified to congress that march that there was no targeting and he did not readjust or fix his testimony following this revelation so there was internal acknowledgement of this long before the election took place. of course, we only learned about it afterwards. but there's been protection of this scandal since the beginning and ever since congress has failed to obtain the necessary information. there was recently an email

dumped from the treasury inspector general about these emails just this last week but no one has come up with anything relevant at this point. there was also the same type of document done in the benghazi investigation in the last two weeks. no one has come up with anything relevant from there, either. they continue to ask for all emails to and from lois lernor and they've not received the information they've been asking now for, for almost two years. jon: they were targeting after they denied targeting and on top of that the president is asking for more money to give the i.r.s. more power. what are the american people to think? >> you got me jon. it's been a very frustrating thing to watch the i.r.s. and its new commissioner have been complaining about their lack of funding now. we saw on the news just last week that the i.r.s. rehired hundreds of people who were fired for cause, including active tax evasion. this is bureaucracy run amok,

using in weaponizing in some cases against hard working taxpayers and the american people. one other quick thing on this particular report from bob. the way i read his story, this request covered 512 specific correspondences and emails all of which 512 of which were denied for various reasons, including the possibility of prosecution which is as of right now non existent. we have no indication whatsoever that's coming and i would just point out that about a year ago maybe perhaps forgotten element of this scandal, the woman at d.o.j. who was put in charge of the criminal investigation in this just happened to be a heavy donor to the d.m.c. and barack obama over the last few cycles. that story just seems to have slipped away because, you know, our attention span only goes so far and that's exactly what this administration has been counting

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was a one way ticket free falling from $100 a barrel down to about $44 a barrel. but we seem to bottom at that point. we rally back and that brought up gasoline prices and it doesn't help, jon, there's a strike right now at 10% of the u.s. refineries. the united steel workers have been on strike and that's added to the uncertainty driving up gasoline prices. you know if you look at the big picture on oil, the market has to determine whether they should worry about record supply today and what supplies may be six to 12 months down the road and that's the big debate on this market. should we focus about the oversupply of the day or the possibility that production cuts could actually lead towards much higher prices down the road? jon: and even in your business and i know you follow this every second of every day, there really isn't solid agreement on what's going to happen to oil prices, correct? >> no. there absolutely isn't. we heard the call that oil prices go to $20 a barrel but i think before october, before

opec flooded the market i don't think anybody was talking about $20 a barrel oil. they were shocked it could go to 50 and now the prices have fallen this low. other side of the coin we have the opec secretary general saying, listen. because of all these massive cutbacks in production, billions of dollars of capital spending cuts that projects aren't going to be built, he expected oil prices to rebound to $200 a barrel. the truth is somewhere probably in the middle right now. in the front end curve or the closer in contract for delivery, there's a lot of oil on the market. you know the question is at what point does that over supply become an undersupply? and that could happen especially if we see a rebound in the u.s. economy. jon: one of the things that has rebounded recently is auto sales. a lot of people went out and bought s.u.v.'s bigger trucks, gas prices were low, bigger fuel burn didn't seem to bother people. what do you say to folks now

that prices have starting to inch back up? >> i think that the american way. buy your big s.u.v.'s. the bigger the better. no doubt about it. listen. the americans love their cars but you know one of the things that you'll see in this low cost of oil, we have seen some of the biggest strides in fuel efficiency the last couple of years but when prices come down the u.s. consumer they don't care as much about fuel efficiency but we've learned in the past what goes down and what goes up once those gasoline prices go back up i think people will be looking for those smaller cars again. jon: and will u.s. oil output will it continue its pace that we've seen upuntil now? >> no. it's going to slow down but it's still going to grow. the international energy agency today basically came out and said that most of these production growth increases in production and oil in the world are going to happen here in the

united states. and they expect that to happen really for the next couple of decades. the problem is that at what pace? before the u.s. production growth was outstanding. we went from basically want being able to produce enough oil it meet our own needs to becoming one of the biggest oil producers in the world. we're on track to do that. but our road to energy independency is going to slow somewhat. we were on target to do that in a few years but the low price and this cut in oil rig counts and oil production is going to slow the march toward energy independence. it will be pushed back another decade or so. jon: nothing like innovation in the good u.s.a. get you back to trading there. >> thank you jon. jenna: new developments in the case of university of virginia student hanna graham. first degree murder charges against the prime suspect in her disappearance. we have a live report still ahead on that. also some of america's most expensive real estate is being bought anonymously by foreigners

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jon: it has been rumored nor days but officially confirmed now that kayla mueller, the young aid worker has, in fact been killed. she was held by isis terrorists somewhere, we believe, in syria. we now are told that the president, president obama has spoken to her parents today. he offered his condolences and prayers. according to a statement from the white house and has commended her commitment to helping others in need. the president committed -- has committed that we will relentlessly pursue the terrorists responsible for kayla's captivity and death and underscored his team will help the family in weeks and months ahead. there's no word how the family received the information that kayla is dead. it perhaps was a gruesome email but we know her family is

grieving as is the nation. just in virginia prosecutors have filed first degree murder and abduction charges against this man the one in the green jail jump suit there, jessie matthews in the death of the university of virginia student. 18-year-old hannah graham's remains found in a timber. officials just held a news conference. what do we know this morning? >> well jon, biggest news coming out of this is that while jessie matthew is charged with first degree murder, he's not charged with capital murder so he will not face the death penalty and prosecutors almost got hostile when the media started asking why this was. they simply wouldn't say why they decided not to go after the death penalty for jessie matthew and wouldn't comment about any of the evidence they have against matthew. he worked as a medical assistant in the hospital here in

charlottesville. hanna graham disappeared in november from the pedestrian mall. she was a student here at the university of virginia and very quickly surveillance video allowed police to zero in on jesse matthew. he fled to teches tech captured and brought back and the course of the investigation has been linked to a number of other crimes against young women including the link to the case of morgan harrington, a woman who disappeared in 2009 whose body was later found. police today saying they have no charges yet in the morgan harrington case. also compounding this is the fact that jesse matthew is charged with rape and attempted murder back in fairfax. that's a county about 100 miles from charlottesville, up near washington, d.c. that case is proceeding as is this case now against hanna graham. it's unclear when it may go to trial and prosecutors were so tight lipped here that there's really many more questions now about the kind of evidence and why they've made the decisions

they've made in terms of not going after capital murder charges than there are answers after this press conference by jesse matthew now being officially charged with first degree mur. something we've all expected here for a couple of months. jon: i suppose it is possible that prosecutors in another venue could pursue a death penalty case against him. >> it's conceivable they could if they had another case but you have the issue of the hanna graham murder and abduction. that's what he's being charged with now. that's so far the only crime they could bring the death penalty, whether there's a possible another case out there that we don't know about that has him linked to that they're going to conceivable ji go after capital murder charges, we don't know. one thing that prosecutors did say is they talked to hanna graham's family, advised them of their decision not to go on capital murder and asked us not to go try to talk to hanna graham's family and they said do

not try to chase a news story by asking them. jenna: new information as the "new york times" investigates the owners of some of the most high priced real estate in the country. that report suggesting some owners have questionable pasts. they purchased property anonymously through the use of shell companies and the big influx of foreign money is having a major impact on the real estate market here in new york city and raising questions about housing policy nationwide. next guest is the lead reporter on the story in "the new york times." some incredible reporting and we encourage our viewers to check it out. you say the theme of your report is touching on these trends foreign money, the use of shell companies. why does that matter? >> well you know first of all, it's a little surprising because a lot of people think of the cayman islands or the british virgin islands as being the secrecy haven but there's a lot of secrecy across the entire

united states. we did original data analysis in places like los angeles, miami, the california bay area and new york and found this huge prevalence of luxury properties those over $5 million owned behind shell companies and that make makes the owners typically secretive. the u.s. property market had historically been one of the most transparent ones that goes back to our founding fathers and their values about property being open and another reason is that the department of justice has stated numerous times in recent years that it's becoming more and more challenging for them to pursue investigations of people's assets when they can't find them. jenna: describe how difficult your experience or how challenging it was to actually find out who owns some of this property. >> well, i mean, not only are a lot of these owned by shell companies. behind a shell company would be another shell company so you would have like a delaware shell

owned by a british virgin island shell owned by a netherlands trust. we had to piece together clues from all over. we pierced through over 200 shell companies that owned in one particular complex in new york called the time warner center. >> and why did these buyers want to be anonymous? why use the shell company after shell company after shell company? >> well there are all different reasons people would want to use shell companies and some are not mysterious at all. they might be buying with multiple parties or using them for inheritance reasons or investment strategyies but they also have the effect of creating secrecy. i talked to a lot of owners who would tell me i can't wait to read your story because i don't know who my neighbors are. jenna: that's interesting. you're providing neighbors information about who could be living down the hall from them and it's important to point out there are lots of people that are owning this property legally and the use of shell companies

is legal but the bigger question is just about the impact it has on the real estate market here at home and also taxes because your story points out that some of these people are getting big tax breaks that wouldn't be available to american buyers for example. >> well the tax rates are available to americans but they've been attractive to foreigners and so has the secrecy. a lot of foreigners like that they can very quietly buy things here and that the people back home would not be easily able to find out about them. certainly not all the foreigners. but in new york you can buy $100 million condominium if you have that kind of money, and you know, at least the beginning you're paying something like $17,000, $18,000 in property taxes which for new york is a small amount on that purchase price so there are very big tax breaks going to encourage people to invest in the u.s. invest in new york and that's attractive to foreigners as is the ability

to buy in a very hidden way. jenna: we look forward to hearing more of your reports and having you back on the program. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. jon: fox news alert. signs of significant trouble in the arraignabian peninsula. u.s. embassy in yemen is closed. here is a statement published on the state department's website. due to ongoing security concerns in yemen, u.s. embassy has suspended all consulate services until further notice. we ask u.s. citizens to contact a u.s. embassy or consulate in a neighboring country. typically those steps are taken when there is warning of some kind of attack or terror operation directed against the embassy. we don't know the reason for it but the u.s. embassy in yemen closed right now. family of bobbi kristina brown making a critical decision

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jon: let's check out what's ahead on "out numbered." >> we're waiting for news on the american aid worker who was held hostage by isis. we'll take you live to the next hour briefing. >> fallout continues after president obama appears to blamed media for hyping terrorism. >> and a shocking twist in a domestic violence case that could put the nfl new policy to the test. >> all that plus the hashtag one lucky guy who has got amazing hair, by wait. >> he never expresses himself, either. >> how to get him to come out of his shell. we're hoping he does at noon. >> i'm curious. who is it? >> wait and see. jenna: thank you very much.

jon: there is word today of a decision regarding whitney houston's daughter who is in a coma at an atlanta hospital. with "new york post" reporting bobbi kristina brown's family has agreed to take her off life support tomorrow. the timing means she will die on the same day her mother passed away three years ago. we have the sad edition of the fox 411. >> certainly is a tragic end to a young life. family members of bobbi kristina brown plan on saying goodbye by letting her go on the very same day her mother whitney houston, died three years ago. in doing so they agreed to remove her from life support tomorrow. a brown family source tells the "new york post," pulling the plug on wednesday is a symbolic way to keep the mother and daughter together for eternity. this is about the only decision the two bickering families have been able to agree on. according to the post bobbi's grandmother came up with the idea and the browns came in

agreement to take her off the ventilator stroke of midnight. bobbi who shares the same name as her father has been under a medically induced coma since she was found by her boyfriend face down in the bathtub on friday. she was the only child of brown and the late whitney houston who died after she was also found unresponsive in a hotel bathtub. police are still investigating the bizarre circumstances surrounding bobbi kristina's eerily similar incident. nick gordon who she actually once referred to as her husband and another friend were in the home at the time and they called 911. according to tmz, gordon has a history of domestic violence and bobbi had injuries to her face and mouth at the time she was rushed to a georgia hospital on january 31. so the facts surrounding this case are getting a little more daunting every day hearing about the injuries to her face. that was new information. that surprised many. jon: her death, presuming it's

tomorrow, is not going to end the story. >> absolutely not. police continue to investigate. we'll get more once we hear from them. >> thank you. jenna: a sad story. we'll continue to watch that. in the meantime, with more states legalizing marijuana, some extreme athletes are giving a whole new meaning to the term runner's high. is it safe? is it ethical? we'll ask these questions next.

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pain killing and nausea reducing benefits and also a post race or post run remedy. is it safe? is it ethical? let's talk about it with the sports editor for the "wall street journal" and dr. waite. you see sports medicine physician who also provided medical facilities at several ultra marathons. big question for you both today. is marijuana the new performance enhancing drug? jeff, what do you think? >> well it's a unique case because i can't think of another sport out there where marijuana is considered a performance enhancing drug. generally it's viewed as a recreational drug and in some cases in some sports like the nfl, there's a big push to have them loosen laws on marijuana because of its pain reducing benefits but in this case in this sport where you're running upwards of 200 miles, there seems to be some benefits if it reduces nausea helps with the pain, if it helps your mind focus over that period of time you're running for 24 hours

sometimes. jenna: that's the point of being a runner right? part of that is the confronting the nausea or the boredom or confronting your fatigue. ultra marathon is very specific. is marijuana used for ultra marathoners particularly beneficial? do you think it works? >> you know, we know that it can calm your stomach and we know that it can block some pain so particularly for ultra marathon for the people who suffer from stomach problems or stomach cramping, inability to eat more calories while running, it could be beneficial to them. jenna: do you think it's unfair to the other runners who not want to use marijuana? >> i think that there are lots of different medications that some people have access to and others don't so i feel like if it's a medication that anyone can have access to it's an equal option for anyone to use. but if it's not something that anyone can have access to then that becomes a bit of a question. jenna: and you touched on it a little bit with questions raised in the nfl about marijuana use.

in states where you have major teams and the state's marijuana is legal to use, i'm thinking about colorado do you see a change in policy? do you think that this is going to be -- marijuana is going to be used different as part of a recovery drug, if you will after a big event? >> i think we will see that. i think people see the nfl rules a little strict. when they first banned it, it was classified with cocaine and heroin as drugs that were illegal and that's why they were banned. not because they were performance enhancing drugs. now we see states changing the rules on marijuana and i think you'll see some sports follow form. jenna: there are some studies that say contrary to previous beliefs that marijuana does not affect your brain there is an impact that marijuana has on your brain if you're a daily user of marijuana and there's a big question about how it will impact the societies, where it is legal. what do you think about that in

general as a medical professional who deals with athletes? >> you know, i think that if you're going to use something to enhance your training, it's a little bit different than using something to enhance your game day or race day performance. and we do know that there have been studies over time that show there are some long term detrimental effects of marijuana use but also short-term benefits that some people see as beneficial with these so it really depends on if you're a chronic user every day and how much you really use. if you use more than a certain amount it's not going to motivate you to get up and go outside and run so there's got to be a bit of a balance there. jenna: that's why the headline in the "wall street journal" caught our attention. running while high? really? that's why we did the story. we look forward to having you back. thank you. >> thank you. jon: fox news alert and fox news has confirmed now that jordan is massing troops along the iraqi border.

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