been all about the big mack at the mcdonald's but that may be changing. there is word they will introduce kale? come on. it is everywhere on the menu or a kale smoothie. analysts say mcdonald's wants to improve customer's perception about the food quality. they have done a lot to keep everybody happy. bill: can't weight to supersize my kale. see you friday. martha: see you tomorrow. jenna: fox news alert. hillary clinton expected to publicly address the email controversy in just a few hours right here in new york city. hello everybody. hope you're off to a great day so far. >> i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. this is "happening now." jenna: happening now the former secretary of state is expected to speak before the u.n. at 1:30 eastern time today. there are reports she will hold a news conference after that event. clinton is under fire after revelations she use ad personal email account exclusively during four years she was america's top

diplomat. 55,000 pages of email were turned over to the state department. questions remain perhaps what she didn't turn over. peter doocy joins us live from washington with more on this. peter? >> reporter: we're hours away about the first explanation about the thought process setting up a private email server and using that system exclusively for official business as secretary of state. the q&a will follow an event at the united nations about women's empowerment. follows days about democratic and republican pressure to explain. >> i have no interest in emails about bridesmaids dresses or wedding cakes. none of my businesses and i don't want them. but public records are all of our business. that subset that deals with benghazi is particularly our committee's business. >> reporter: this morning new pressure from democrats in congress as well who want to see documents related to the september 11th, 2012 terror attack on the american consulate in benghazi, libya, released

first. here's why. quote, we request that the department begin its review for public release with this subset of 850 pages of benghazi-related documents in order to make them available to the public first, without waiting for the full review of all 55,000 pages of documents. there is also now a new explanation from the white house about how it was possible for the president to email secretary clinton but not know that email was operating outside normal record-keeping standards. >> the point that the president was making is not not that he didn't know secretary clinton's email address. he did but he was not aware of the details of how that email address and that server had been set up or how secretary clinton and her team were flapping to comply with the federal records act. >> reporter: in the last few minutes we heard from the rnc chairman reince priebus. he says secretary clinton needs

to hand her see vet server over to an independent arbiter. if she doesn't, she is not serious about transparency. jenna. jenna: here we go. big news today. peter, thank you. >> despite being emersed in controversy hillary clinton remains the frontrunner among potential democratic presidential candidates. take a look at this. "wall street journal/nbc news" poll taken just as clinton email story was breaking find 86% of likely democratic primary voters are open to supporting her while only 13% say they could not. meanwhile the republican field appears to be vied open. 49% of likely primary voters would support former florida governor jeb bush, while 42% say they could not. what about this? a.b. stoddard joins us, associate editor and columnist for "the hill." jenna goldberg, senior editor for "the national review" and fox news senior editor. the poll on clinton was taken

first five days of march. it might not measure full impact of evolving email controversy but take a look at this. this is her negative-positive. we'll put it up on the screen. 44% hold a positive view of hillary clinton. 30 6% negative. so she is above water there. what do you make of these poll numbers? >> well there are numbers inside that poll that show people do suspect she was using a secret server for secretive reasons and that needs further examination. i like you said, after her press conference today and news story continuing through a congressional investigation of potential legal action from the associated press for failure to comply with freedom of information act requests over several years and on and on, i do think those poll numbers will change. her approval numbers are not high enough to, to protect her from damage like this story is doing to her. they were very high when she was

secretary of state and basically in hiding and never talking. but now that she has been out on a book tour and you know sometimes talking, like last summer picking on the president's foreign policy in an interview with jeffrey goldberg on atlantic. next week when the ferguson thing blew up, going dark for a month before she addressed what everyone in the country was talking about i think those poll numbers suffered damage. i think it will be interesting after it has been around a few weeks. jon: we -- >> we haven't seen emails. this may be the tip of iceberg. jonah, i want to look at the republican side with you. we mentioned it is a very crowded field there. take a look at jeb bush's negatives, positives. he is upside down, 23% view him favorably 34% see i am unfavorably. give us your take on these numbers. >> i think these numbers are pretty well reflect what we've senor -- known for a while now

that the bush brand is a problem for jeb bush far more than the clinton brand is a problem for hillary clinton. and, i hate talking about brands but it's a good shorthand how to get at this. there are a lot of people on republican side who are more eager to have a fresh face out there than there are on the democratic side. in part basically the dynastic politics, clan politics of the clintons are what is holding the democratic party together these days. in a weird irony, the one person hillary would most want to run against right now and this can change is jeb. if it ends up between a contest first woman president and clinton brand and third bush president and bush brand, hillary has a good case they might win that. jon: let's switch topics. they may be doing high-fives at white house yesterday because the cbo came out with a new reassessesment of the impact of obamacare and what they said is

obamacare's total cost, ab will now be 11% less than was originally projected. that is the good news. but you got to dig a little deeper. the bad news may be, it is still really expensive. $1.2 trillion over 10 years. and those on exchanges, they're actually going to see an 8% hike in premiums. and that is higher than the overall health care market place. so is there silver lining in this for the obama white house? >> oh, always. any good news about the affordable care act is good news. it has been a punching bag since before it was passed. the popularity ratings of this law remain very low. over time the only way they move up is if people like the price and they like the quality and right now we haven't seen that the cbo report shows that there are several reasons why the costs might be down. fewer people are using it

because companies are not canceling insurance policies and subsidies are lower than we thought because insurance companies are not having to raise prices as much as we expected. what we know the law hangs in the balance with the supreme court decision coming up this june. that could scatter things enormously. we're yet to see as i said, the american people embrace this law and make it popular. if it is popular over time, and it is it is protected by the supreme court, and those numbers change, it becomes untouchable, and it is a permanent entitlement. if not you will see people in the next presidency republican or democrat i think making changes to it. >> jonah, they love to tout at health and human services, and the white house as well that 11 million plus people signed up for the exchange. that still lives 32 million people across america who are uninsured. we're spending is $.2 trillion

to -- $1.2 trillion to overhaul the health care system and that leaves 31 million americans uninsured up roots millions more of americans in their health care plan. >> right. look, the cbo report, if it turns out to be true, i know this is shocking to a lot of people but cbo reports turn out often not accurate projections of the future, if it turns out to be true checks off one significant but not huge talking point about obamacare, it will help keep cost curves down. one of the problems with that health care inflation has been going down for a good long while wrong before obamacare showed up or before barack obama was elected. health care inflation trend line is going down. more benefiting from the secular trend than actually causing anything. moreover, ab is exactly right, because of the fight over obamacare, people judge their health care experience in general against obamacare and obamacare remained steadfastly

unpop lore. and the idea that projection will make it popular if people don't like their health care experience i find pretty unlikely. >> nancy pelosi said obamacare would allow everybody to pursue their passion poetry, painting, whatever. i love painting but i will not make a living on it still. i think she was wrong about that. jonah, ab, thanks very much. >> thanks. >> thank you. jenna: turning to big news overseas some new information in the fight to defeat isis with iraqi security forces heavily backed by iran making some progress in the battle to reclaim tikrit. as they close in on saddam hussein's home city the government forces are reportedly taking control of a nearby town. john huddy following the story from our middle east bureau. john? >> reporter: jenna that town is called, al-alam on the outskirts of tikrit, saddam hussein's hometown as you mentioned. the reports we're getting iraqi security forces alongside

fighting alongside shiite militia forces backed by iran have retaken it. this is important. take a look because of the proximity to tikrit as i mentioned, it puts them once they retake tikrit, that is expected to happen, it puts fighters in position to move northward to mosul. that is expected to be a major battle though at this point the fight for tikrit has been the largest ground offensive so far in iraq in the fight against isis overall. an statemented -- estimated 23000 iraqi forces fighters have been fighting alongside as i mentioned iranian-backed shiite militia fighters and iran has been involved in the operational planning, assisting advising and even arming of those fighters. that is why the u.s. has not been involved in this particular fight, though obviously the u.s. and coalition forces have been involved in other fights, coalition airstrikes in iraq and syria as well. the effort to retake tikrit has

been hampered by roadside bombs, by snipers and also by suicide attacks by isis. also military u.s. military officials say it has been very disorganized effort at this point. that said u.s. officials believe those fighters, iraqi forces shiite militia fighters will retake tikrit in the coming days and this jenna, is a test of those fighters, once they take tikrit and effort as i said to move northward to mosul which probably will be as many people are saying, jenna, really the main event in all this fighting. back to you. jenna: john huddy live in jerusalem, thank you. >> police searching for a mystery woman who may have been hitchhiking on the side of the road after car trouble. republican senators warning iran that any deal limiting its nuclear program can be easily you know done without congressional approval but the letter has democrats in congress

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jenna: a group of 47 republican senators with a warning to iran that despite ongoing nuclear talks with the administration any deal they make with the united states could be undone without congressional approval. some democrats are angry saying the letter undermines the president's efforts to reach a deal here. we have the executive director of the foundation for defense of democracies. kelsey davenport is director of non-proliferation policy at arms control association. nice to have you both. to set the record straight here if the president signs a treaty with iran he will need the senate. if the president has some sort of executive action or order, technically he doesn't need congress but certainly leaves that deal open to vulnerability. we don't know what the deal

actually could be yet mark. what do you think of this debate whether or not that letter is appropriate when it is sent to iran? >> jenna, the president made it very clear this won't be a treaty. he also made it very clear he will not seek the advice and consent of congress. he will not put this to a vote in congress. i think the letter was really directed at the president not iran's supreme leader. to generate a public debate why the most important national security agreement in decades doesn't deserve a vote in the u.s. congress and doesn't deserve input of legislators that represent the american people. jenna: what do you think about that, kelsey? that is what the letter's intention and spark as debate whether the american people are kept in the loop exactly what is transpiring between the president and iran? >> the letter is blatant attempt to undermine u.s. for return policy and derail the negotiations. it sends a wrong message to iran about washington's intent to follow through on an agreement. congress has a role to play.

they should oversee implementation of a deal. interfering while talks are on going and risks outcome of the talkses. >> let me ask you about that because the white house used same language that this letter undermines the deal that is taking place negotiations. the vice president even said beneath the dignity of an institution he reverse which is institution of congress. some of that language coming from the white house and democrats is tougher than the language they use on iran which is the number one state sponsor of terror? is there a double-standard of there? >> i think obama ad in inflation is committed to preventing iran to get a nuclear weapon. they know the only wray to do so is get a good deal within iran. a deal within reach blocks pathway to nuclear weapons and puts in intrusive monitoring. jenna: you're not answering the question. what do you think about the word choices kelsey? we look how the white house is talking about iran i know they're in a deal. iran is a bad actor we know.

seems the white house sufficientter on republicans than they are on the number one state sponsor of terror? >> republicans are intier fearing with the obama administration's negotiations to get a deal. and that is whoo the obama administration should be focused on, getting a deal that prevents a nuclear armed iran because that is in the best interests of u.s. national security. jenna: mark -- >> republicans are not offering alternative to that. jenna: pick up on that point. that is criticism of the white house as well. republicans, netanyahu, they're not offering another alternative at the same time interfering with very important work being done according to the white house. your thoughts? >> well my thoughts are this. the republicans and democrats in congress, israelis, our gulf allies made it very clear there is an alternative to a bad deal. there is a better deal to be had people spelled out very clearly what a better would look like. a better deal would insurer ran doesn't have nuclear threshold capability to be a turn of the screw away from a nuclear weapon that could trigger a cascade of

proliferation in the middle east. multiple arab countries on a nuclear trigger. that could be a disaster for u.s. national security and security of the world. jenna: mark isn't it distraction though? ambassador bolton on air, he said this is all sideshow. we should be focused on iran. is his point valid, that the republicans even attempting this strategy is taking the eye off the ball, the bigger goal which is not a nuclear iran? >> jenna. that is a good question. is a netanyahu speech a distraction? is the letter a distraction? it may be or may be provoking a very public debate about the iran deal and may be educating americans what is in this deal and what about the threats that america faces. so i think, what you're see something a frustration on the hill, not only by republicans but shared by democrats. they are being cut out by the administration. that they have no role to play here. i think the letter the speech the number of these issues are a manifestation of that

frustration. congress believes they have a role to play. jenna: that is an interesting point. we'll leave it there. our viewers can decide. distraction or perhaps what we need on a very important conversation. we love to have you both back as always. mark kelsey, thank you very much. >> thank you very much jenna. gregg: fox news alert right now. there you see i-95 in very close to laurel. i '95 is shut down in both directions -- i-95. a tractor-trailer overturned and covering essentially four lanes. it overturned south of state route 198. i-95 is completely shut down. north and southbound lanes. there you can see it. it is just a parking lot. they're being diverted to alternative routes. if you're heading up or down on i-95 near laurel, beltsville maryland, you want to take a

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a california man was legally insane when he killed his neighbor in 2013. defense lawyers say mark andrews claims he's a werewolf, and there are documented incidences of psychotic behavior dating back more than 20 years. prosecutors say he confessed to the murder and there's no evidence he was insane at the time of the crime. gregg: the first responding officer who arrived on the scene after a baby was trapped inside a car in a cold utah river is now speaking out calling her survival a miracle. the car was upside down in freezing cold water for 14 long hours. at first, officers could only see the child's dead mother behind the wheel but then something simply unexplainable happened. >> we heard a voice a distinct voice. we actually heard someone say help me help me now, that type of stuff. something was there, and that pushed us harder. when we heard that voice to us somebody's alive in that car, so

anything we could do, we tried to do. miraculous. we all together said yes, we heard that same voice. so when we really talked about it, it was then that the mom was obviously deceased when the car flipped over, and the baby was unconscious at the time to, so for us it was just, you know, processing. it's still processing what occurred and what happened. gregg: it's really amazing. there's beautiful baby lily strapped in her car seat where the frigid water couldn't reach her. her family says she's doing very well right now. who or where that voice came from remains a mystery. jenna: we try to explain everything, but you have to leave room for something that's a little unexplainable. that's a good reminder in that story. we're going to switch gears to really a tough story. we have some new surveillance video and this has just been released at the boston bombing trial. it shows dzhokhar star five moments before -- tsarnaev moments before the bombs went off. molly line is back in front of

the courthouse. >> reporter: that's right. just moments ago we got our first really intimate look at the bloody and bullet hole-ridden writings of dzhokhar tsarnaev left in the boat in watertown before his capture. officer todd brown had swept that boat for weapons after tsarnaev was taken away. he did, in fact, see those writings which read in part the u.s. government is killing our civilians and i can't stand to see such evil go unpunished. also this morning the defense attorney cross-examined an fbi agent about dozens of tweets. she, through questioning, attempted to show many of the messages that might have seemed nefarious were taken out of context and were lyrics to rap songs or comedy programs. the tweets were selected by the prosecutors, and he also made it very color there were two twitter -- clear there were two twitter accounts, both linked to

dzhokhar tsarnaev. one a primary account in which a tweet was sent that read: ain't no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people. but messages from the other account had a common subject matter. just seven or eight total sent from that account created just weeks prior to the 2013 attacks. one asked followers to listen to specific lectures of anwar al-awlaki and also reportedly written by star nave -- tsarnaev this wall street: and give us victory over kfur. which is another word for unbelievers. a lot of information coming out in court today. we're hearing more from law enforcement as the trial goes forward. jenna. jenna: molly line in boston. thank you. gregg: millions of dead americans, they still have social security numbers that are active. that's right. and how these numbers are being used. and what the government is doing about those apparent fraud.

also new developments in the crisis in ukraine where the united states is now deploying troops. what their mission is and the impact it could have on the standoff with russia. we'll go in depth.

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that that well, right now a quick look at what's still to come this hour of "happening now." he was pamela smart's teenage lover the one who pulled the trigger and killed her husband. now he's up for parole. we'll tell you about that.

plus, a deadly helicopter crash what a reality show has to do with this terrible accident. and a man snatches a toddler but is stopped before he gets away. who jumped in and what happened to the would-be kidnapper? gregg: some new information now on a scam involving social security numbers. a shocking report finds that 6.5 million dead americans are actually still listed on the benefit agency's active rolls. fraudsters getting in and ahold of some of these numbers now. joining us from the fox business network lauren simonetti. hi lauren. >> this is unbelievable. a scam affecting the social security administration. an audit by the agency's inspector general finds fraudsters are taking advantage of 6.5 million dead people who still have active social security numbers, and they're using that data to open bank accounts, to get benefit checks, to vote and for thousands of illegal immigrants to apply for

jobs. i know you're asking how are the dead still listed in the agency's files. it's because the computers are not up-to-date. and to quote the audit report this is what it says: >> r eporter: a reasonable life expectancy is well under 112 years old, that's the youngest age for those 6.5 million numbers without death information on file. it's unbelievable. so this report was issued on march 4th. the agency has 60 days to respond, gregg, but it's like the walking dead in real life. gregg: oh! yeah, that's a very good one. and, you know maybe someday we'll all live to be 112. well, not me -- >> some of them were 155. one before the civil war. gregg: well, there you go. there's something you don't hear about every day. miss lauren simonetti on our

sister network. and if you're not sure where to find fox business network in your area, log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. check it out. jenna: some new action today on capitol hill over ukraine as the u.s. begins to deploy thousands of troops for a three month military exercise with russia's baltic neighbor. some lawmakers want the u.s. to do more, like arm the ukrainians. but the administration explains what we have done thus far. >> we have provided some significant defensive systems including the counterfire mortar radars which have saved lives in ukraine. we have not answered the entire shopping list from the ukrainians. there are a lot of factors that go into that. jenna: joining us now, retired lieutenant colonel bill cowan. let's talk about the shopping list, colonel cow warnings of what we could -- cowan of what we could supply to the ukrainians. you say this is a good move these military exercises, and

sending these 3000 troops. why? >> because we're doing that up in latvia lithuania and estonia, all of them watching what's happening in ukraine and very much concerned russia will do the same thing to them once russia has satisfied whatever its objectives may be in ukraine. each of those baltic nations has a small ethnic russian population much as crimea and eastern ukraine did, and they're watching the u.s. and really overall nato response and they're worried about their own safety, security and long-term ability to keep russia out. jenna: colonel cowan, how do you describe the mission? if you had to peek to one of the 3,000 -- speak to one of the 3,000 troops that gets this assignment how would you describe to them what their mission is over the next three months? >> with well they're going to develop -- probably most important thing jenna, develop good working relationships with the troops with the units, with the leaders of the military of those three countries. personal relationships count for an awful lot when the u.s. military is working virtually

anywhere overseas. this is a minor a very minor show of force on the part of the u.s. we routinely have forces over there running exercises and training but now that we're going into those three countries who we know are under threat from some level from russia, it kind of sends a little bit of a message to russia, a minor show of force. jenna: talk to us a little bit about the message sent to russia. what do you think is the perception of vladimir putin? there's this military report that we're just going to leave some equipment and weapons behind, what do you think he's thinking about about all of this? >> i don't think he's worried in the least jenna. i don't think the truce has slowed putin down one bit. he's going to let that situation settle a little bit, continue to let his agents and provocateurs be in the ukraine eastern ukraine stirring things up, making sure that the rebels are getting all the stuff that they need. it's kind of a let's replenish

before the next round. putin is still looking for something from the united states that indicates to him that we're really serious about the ukraine and we're really serious about everything else, and he's not seeing any of that. jenna: what would that look like? what do you think would actually make him pause in. >> well let's send some trainers into the ukraine, and there's actually a plan to do that. the white house is holding onto that plan right now. they haven't made a decision. but let's put some good, first rate trainers where you're looking at sending some rangers into the ukraine to help the ukrainians work on their small unit tactics, ambushing, things like that. we ought to kind of stuff. but probably most importantly, we ought to go back to the missile defense shield that this administration terminated and say, look to and czech republic -- poland and czech republic, we're with you again,

we want to put that missile defense shield up. that would be a very clear concise message to putin that the united states is serious. the rationale for that missile defense shield was always we were defending ourselves against potential iranian missiles, but the reality is very much against russian missiles and their arsenal, jenna, is very, very powerful very dangerous. jenna: let me just end on that point, colonel i cowan. in 30 seconds i'm sure our viewers say, hey, we're talking about isis, middle east iran we've got this other kind of side show -- pardon the term -- in ukraine how does it matter to our foreign policy in other parts of the world? >> well, look it's the el p pant in the living room -- elephant in the living room because this is a threat to our real, not quite our distance -- russia's not going to try and take over the united states, but russia's really going to get into a position where it can force us to do what we're required to do under the provisions of our nato alliance.

an attack by russia or some other country against any member of nato is considered an atank against all of -- attack against all of us. we have a responsibility by treaty to respond. jenna: lieutenant colonel cow warnings always great to have you on the program. thank you so much sir. >> thanks jenna. gregg: remember this trial? he was pamela smart's teenage lover who fired the shot that killed her husband. now decades later william flynn, he's up for parole, and he is getting support from an unlikely source.

jenna: let's check out what's ahead on "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. >> as we wait t to hear what hillary clinton says today when she finally speaks out the white house tries to clarify what president obama knew about it and when he knew. so will her news conference help or will it hurt? >> we'll see. plus the firestorm over gop senators writing iran's leaders directly about nuclear talks. could it actually be an end run around the president that might backfire? we'll take a look. >> and six-pack abs with a baby bump? an eight and a half month

pregnant model takes a selfie you've got to see this to believe it. >> my youngest was born five years a and i'm still -- never mind. [laughter] all that plus our #oneluckyguy, "outnumbered," top of the hour. back to you. >> duds he have a six-pack too? >> i think hr won't let me check. [laughter] >> we'll let that go. yeah, just leave it. jenna: harris, andrea, thank you. >> thank you. gregg: nearly a quarter century after a murder case that rivetted the nation pamela smart's former teenage lover -- convicted of killing her husband -- will be making his first bid for parole this thursday. here's the timeline. in may of 1990 while william flynn's friends waited in the car and another teen holds a knife to greg smart's throat flynn shoots smart in the head. all three teens were arrested. in august pamela smart is charged with orchestrating her husband's murder. smart, of course was convicted of numerous charges including

conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to life without any parole. later flynn, then 18 years old was sentenced to 28 years to life in prison. now the brother of the victim says he thinks flynn should be granted parole. let's bring in lis wiehl, doug burns. all right good to see you both. i mean, there are some things that militate in favor of parole for billy flynn. i mean, he did cooperate with the government after pleading guilty, he did testify against her. i mean, he was incredibly young, lis, and he served, what, 25 years -- >> 25 years, right. gregg: what are his chances here? >> i think his chances are very good. you touched on a counsel things. rehabilitation, he rehabilitated himself while in prison got his ged, married, has a stepdaughter got another degree in mechanics, technician's assistant kind of thing. remorse. he's always said he thinks about it every day, he's so sorry and,

of course, the family victims saying it's been enough time for him let him go. do not let her go -- gregg: oh, of course, she still denies it. these guys did it on their own, i'm totally innocent. of course, the jury never bought it. doug, the fact that the victim's brother says, you know what? and i'm quoting him, he did his time. how much might that influence the parole board which has enormous discretion? >> i think it does. you know you guys laid out the normal tests you know, rehabilitation, remorse ostensibly his behavior and adjustment in prison. but, again, you have the brother in favor of it, and by the way, the late father of the victim had said that while he was not in favor of parole at an earlier stage, he used some type of yardstick around the age of 40 and said that he, the late father would not be opposed to it. so i think it really is important. but again you can't say for sure how it's going to come out. gregg: look, what billy flynn

did was terrible, it was awful there was no excuse for it. but, lis he was clearly seduced and manipulated by pam smart -- >> right. gregg: -- this heinous, conew cocofiving and cunning just narcissistic woman. so in some ways there might be a little sympathy for him. >> i think so. you bring in the age bring in the fact that she was much older, she was 22, she was married and she manipulated him by saying this guy's going to divorce me, i'm going to lose everything. you have to do this for me, i'm so afraid for my life for all these things. he's 15 years old he did what she wanted him to do. tragic. gregg: yeah. flynn has since married behind wars, he has a -- behind bars he has a teen stepdaughter, he's an electrician's assistant, he has a permit for that. he's done all the right things hasn't he, doug? >> he definitely has. and the other kind of interesting point is that in any sort of murder for hire or murder conspiracy you say who's more culpable, the person who

put it in motion or the person who did it? here with a 15-year-old being, as you guys explained, somewhat corrupted by it, i do think there's some mitigation. >> uh-huh. gregg: yeah. and, you know, what he's been a model prisoner. there's no fence, he could walk away at any time, and he never has. it looks like thursday may be his day. lis wiehl and doug burns, good to see you. >> my pleasure. jenna: two teenagers hailed as heroes for stopping an attempted kidnapping. the whole scene caught on video. plus a nation in mourning today as two helicopters filming a reality show collide killing ten people including two olympic athletes. building aircraft,

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a 22-month-old infant in washington state. the baby and an older sitter or were in a park when the man ripped todayler from her arms and ran off, but he was chased by two teens who just happened to be passing by. >> it scares me that it would happen in sprague, which is it's like nothing ever happens in sprague. >> when you pick up, there's a girl running behind him he's running down the alleyway with the kid, it was obvious that he had dropped the child along his shoulder, there was a large line of dirt across the back of his shoulder. i didn't really care, there was a kid's life in danger, and i didn't care about my own at that point. >> i don't consider myself a hero, i just consider myself a person doing the right thing. gregg: good for those guys. fortunately the man did drop todayler. police are calling the two teenagers heroes and, yes the toddler is okay.

jenna: a lot of stories don't end that way so nice for those two boys to be there. at least ten people were killed when two helicopters collided in a remote part of argentina. greg talcott's got the details on this. >> reporter: jenna, it was a tragic accident costing the lives of some very high profile french sporting figures. among those killed in this helicopter accident was 25-year-old swimmer camille moufa, the winner of three olympic medals all here in london in 2012. 28-year-old boxer alexis bastille and 57-year-old florence -- [inaudible] a longtime champion sailor. now, it happened after their two helicopters took off about 700 miles west of buenos aires.

one pilot apparently didn't see the other, they both crashed at low altitude fell to grand burst into flames killing all ten onboard. the athletes were participating in a reality program with a now-haunting premise. they were to be dropped into the wilderness and forced to see if they could survive. reaction in france was swift and sorrowful. the words of the french prime minister, all of france is in mourning. now, athletes are held in high regard in france, but these people were special. moufa had actually just retired from competitive swimming a year ago in order to focus on her personal life. the boxer was aiming for gold in next year's olympics in rio, and as for the sailor, she has made it courageousingly through many, many trying situations. all of them at sea. the crash is now under investigation, jenna. the two pilots were argentine. the french, that's the three athletes and five other french men and women, are being flown

back to france and will proceed in a specialer is moan tomorrow afternoon. ceremony tomorrow afternoon. jenna: greg, thank you very much. gregg: some brand new stories we're working to bring you in the next hour of "happening now." new details on that amtrak train that collided with a truck, what eyewitnesses say happened right before the crash. think your baby is just the best ever? well, a new study warning that you might want to be careful about praising your children too much. jenna: it's not my baby, my baby is the best ever. gregg: absolutely. so are my two babies. they're grown, but whatever. [laughter] we're going to tell you all about this coming up. flowing 365 days a year. when emerson takes up the challenge it's never been done before simply becomes consider it solved. emerson.

jenna: connecticut teen forced by the state to get chemotherapy by her will and now is happy her cancer is in remission but her lawyer says she is still upset she had no choice in the matter. the 17-year-old was diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma. she said she believes alternative treatments would have worked with the same result. gregg: i wrote op-ed column for

foxnews.com. i applauded the connecticut supreme court stepping in and looking out for the best interests of the child when the mother did not. jenna: hard to wrap your head around that story. you really got into that op-ed. check it out. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> this is a fox news alert. hillary clinton will soon address the controversy over her exclusive use of her private email as secretary of state following a week of intense scrutiny and few signs the firestorm over this will soon go away. this is "outnumbered." i'm andrea tantaros. here with us today, like every day harris faulkner ainsley earhart, host of "fox & friends" first. >> what a compliment. >> now we have kennedy, there she is. host of "kennedy" on fox business's "kennedy." today's #oneluckyguy fox news contributor, tony say yessing, worked on a number of political campaigns wi