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taking full responsibility for the dit of two innocent al qaeda hostages one american and one italian kill the in a drone strike in pakistan. they were part of an operation that also killed two americans working as al qaeda operatives. they are ordering a full review of the air strike program. we have the latest from the white house. >> as president and as commander-in-chief i take full responsibility for all of our counter-terrorism operations. including the one that took the lives of warren and giovanni. >> president obama at times emotional apologizing for the accidental death of two hostages including an american held by al qaeda since 2011. they were inadvertent tant victims of a cia drone strike meant to hit an al qaeda compound. intelligence confirms the men died january 14th in a strike that also took the life of terror suspect ahmed farouk also
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an american. they have new details decline to go say when or where it took place and why it took four months to tell american people. senior intelligence officials say it is not ordered by the president himself nor was the again 19th strike that killed a 36-year-old oregon man who prominently appeared in al qaeda vehicles. they didn't know that weinstein died in the initial attack. >> in the aftermath of a situation like this it raises additional questions about whether additional changes should be made. >> those who took warren captive over three years ago their ultimate responsibility. along with sorrow there was outrage. maryland congressman john delaney said weinstein deserved better. >> we had several years to find them and we didn't find them. just because we didn't know
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where he was we were involved in a tragic accident. his country let him down. >> a man who spent several years trying to secure the release of warren weinstein. >> the president is taking blame for the deaths of the hostages but charles krauthammer says it goes far beyond in one instance. >> obama decided he was going to be holier than thou close guantanamo, change our interrogations but everybody in the civilian court, you can't interrogate. the only option is to kill the ter viss. intelligence drives out that's why you are shooting in the blind. that really isn't good. the white house leaked stories about how the president heroically looks through the list he decides who lives and who dies. it was acute after the osama bin laden raid. now they have announced it on this raid he was not involved it
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was others who did it. that's a little bit lacking of class either you are the one who commands it or you are not. >> following a fox news alert out of italy. a terror sweep underway, police closing in on 8 extremistists including body guards for osama bin laden. among those being rounded up the terrorists who blew up the peshawar market in 2009 killing 100 people. new overnight dozens of students injured when a stage crumbles beneath their feet. >> oh my god. >> you can hear all of the singing well it just turned to screaming when the stage collapsed during the final number of "american pie"" at westerfield high school in central indiana.
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students sent plunging into the pit with pieces of broken wood falling on top of them. >> as soon as i fell i just didn't know what happened and then i saw that people's feet were under a lot of wood. i lifted a lot of wood off of a lot of people. >> more than a dozen student were injured one of them critically. classes are taking place as scheduled. an arrest that nearly killed a person. 52-year-old julia harper was in the house when it went up in flames. she admitted to starting the fire. pete dern fell into a ball of flame while battling last month's blaze. he suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns. he is in good spirits and is hoping to head home soon. security concerns forcing a shut down at a massive rally in
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support of the american flag. a video went viral showing aen air force veteran taking ago flag away from a protester. anna kooiman is here with the details. >> good morning to all of you at home. 4,000 people are expected to rally outside of the campus yesterday afternoon. they want to show pride for our country. the demonstration in response to a protest that happened last week. video that has gone viral shows people desecrating the american flag and michelle manhart taking it away. >> she was handcuffed by police and banned from it the college but defends her actions. >> they were walking on it kicking it throwing it on the ground just disrespecting it in every manner possible. i don't think i could turn a blind atto that anywhere even if
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i saw it walking down the street randomly. i wouldn't have been able to turn my eye to it. >> because the video brought so much attention to the story there's concern today's rally will turn violent. people who don't live in the area are expected to come. they are cancelling classes they are saying we will have increasing law enforcement present on campus to ensure their continued safety through out the protest scheduled to occur around main campus. in addition to the rally there's a manhunt with due student protestors caught on camera stomping on the flag. eric shepard is accused of bringing a hand gun to campus and making threats about shooting people. his parents are urging him to turn himself in. >> oo in other news the prosecution rests in the penalty phase of the boston marathon bombing. jurors hearing three-days of
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graphic and gut wrenching testimony the drivers. they could testify in his defense starting on monday. tsarnaev's mother who recently demonized the u.s. for convicting her son is not with them. >> three years probation and 100,000 dollar fine that's the sentence for david petraeus for lacking classified secrets. the four star general admitted to sharing his information with his byiographer and mistress. he is looking forward to moving on to the next phase of his life. >> to 2016 now. taking aim at the gop. blasting republicans in the first big speech of her campaign but failing to mention the numerous scandals plaguing her white house bid. we have more including a new gop
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frontrunner. right peter? >> that's right. with questions about scandals swirling around leer president clinton sticking to talking about things like how her mother was her biggest p inspiration and mentioning there's never been a better time to be a women and talking gay and lesbian rights and immigration. even at an off camera fundraiser no mention of benghazi e-mails or trading favors for donations. there is one member of the clinton family playing defense, though. >> it will be even more transparent to eliminate any questions while we are in this time. we won't take new government funding but that the work will continue as it is. >> speaking of transparency the speaker of the house is playing could i about possibly issuing a subpoena for clinton's private e-mail server to see what she was really up to just said this. >> if we need to do this it is important for the american people to know the truth about
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what happened in benghazi. it is important to know what was going on in the state department before, during and after the events. >> what's the impact of all of this? new fox news polling shows secretary clinton's honest and trust worthy level hadz plummeted from are 54 perts last april to 45 percent today. now voters in the gop are rethinking their primary prefrpss as well with senator rubio with 13 percent followed closely by governor scott walker rand paul and jeb push four points back inwith 9 percent. >> we have another question for you, when do we expect clinton to answer questions about ties to russia other foreign government that gave her foundation money? >> a lot of the allegations a lot of the dots connected are coming from a brand new book clinton cash by author peter
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switzer. seems they want to wait until the book is out so they can respond to everything at once. they say once there is more out there they will respond. >> we will see. all right. peter doocy, thank you. >> don't miss the fox news investigation. the tangled web. we are tracking where they got their money where it went and how it might have changed american policy. that is tonight at 10:00 eastern only on fox news. >> fox news and fox business team. yesterday was the inaugural tocks news fox business golf outing with 2013 pga champ jason duff ner. 50 staff members including bill hemmer playing in that event. >> i heard he is a pretty good ball for two. we attended a cocktail party afterwards. some of the advertising clients for fox news channel and the fox business network and had a great
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time. >> that was the team that won. >> yes. >> temperatures starting to drop this weekend. >> and more severe storms possible again today. maria molina tracking what's on our way for the weekend. >> hey, heather and ainsley. it is not unusual to see severe this time of year. we are seeing that across parts of the plains. you also mentioned the cold turning parts of the east. i want to show you the colder temperatures. 30's in chicago. 29 degrees in cleveland and new york city you are also in the 30's. we have a number of freeze warnings that have been issued across these areas. it shows how cold it is out there this morning. as we head west ward parts of kansas to texas to louisiana you are looking at a risk of more severe storms. it should enhance the risk. large hail damaging winds and tornadoes possible. for saturday as we head into the weekend more severe storms
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possible as the storm system continues to move eastward. heather and ainsley let's head back to you. >> we will check in shortly. it is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. a dramatic river rescue caught on camera where two atv riders have to literally hang on for deer life. >> honoring our heros in the worst way. >> my dog and myself were spit on by a group of people going to our room. >> disturbing details how fraternity members treated war heros. how robert downey jr. proved he is a real super hero.
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disrespecting our heros attending a warrior hero beach. >> it will leave you feeling ill. it was supposed to be a relaxing weekend at the beach for wounded veterans at the baror beach retreat. instead it took an ugly and unexpected turn heros taunted and disrespected and freedom december desecrated. >> when the vietnam war heros came home they were spit on. that's what we felt like. >> they were urinating on the american flag. >> two chapters of the fraternity one from university of florida and the other from emory university were in for their team formal. drunken students antagonized him through beer cans and food even ripped american flags out of the ground. the fraternity's national chapter has suspended both of the chapters and responded in a letter saying there is no doubt that some of our members engaged in an ugly and unacceptable
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behavior. their actions have no place in zbt or anywhere and will not be tolerated. we are sad our members ruined the special event and showed disrespect to the veterans and families they deserve. >> they made such a sacrifice for our country and everything they need to learn what it feels like silting on the other end. >> they better appreciate the men and women. they gave them the freedom to even have a spring form mal. >> both schools weighed in. the president of the university of florida writing a personal letter apologizing saying they are investigating. so far three students have been expelled. emery on the other hand has apologized but says they do not believe any of their students are involved. >> really unfortunate. thank you so much patricia. >> hit by russian hackers. they are the highest profile
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government. they are admitting the unclassified system was compromised early this year. ash carter says the incruders were identified within 24-hours, but it is unclear if they had ties to the government. >> forcing employees to pay his psychic wife to read their pore tune. >> a worker testifying the husband committee their former boss gary hodge paid employees 30 bucks in exchange of messages she said she was receiving from their deceased loved ones. he has been transferred to the washington office. >> a fox business alert for you now. the deadly bacteria wisteria prompting a second ice cream recall, all of the products actually. we're here with the latest. >> closing up shop because of
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piss tier yaw. the ice cream maker recalling all of the products and closing all of the stores for now. one sample tested was contaminated with the bacteria but there has been no illnesses. as you know blue bell cream ry they yanked their products earlier this week now they have them for cleaning and employee training. blue bell has been linked to 10 illnesses including three deaths. >> chipolte they have been in the news a lot lately. this time talking about delivery. delivering burritos to your front door. >> making deliveries in 67 cities. it is expensive. there's a 9 percent service charge and the company that chipolte is using to make the dropoff they are charging at least 5 bucks on top of that service charge. the food delivery market is huge. it's worth about $70 billion. that's why you keep seeing so many companies trying get in here. >> big changes coming from
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abercrombie and finch. >> the change you have to be hot to work here policy is over. test over starting today. abercrombie is letting them wear eye liner have french manicures and grow beards. now it is time for the change. wall street cowdow is up right now. record highs and the nasdaq yesterday with a new line for the first time in 15 years. >> let them wear shirts next. >> thanks loren. 20 minutes after the top of the hour she just won the biggest battle of her life now a young girl is in remission for cancer but faces a new fight. >> i didn't do anything wrong but they still got rid of me. >> wait until you hear why she is not allowed back in school. >> no laughing matter for adam sandler. why actors are walking off the
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people ship all kinds of things. but what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. that need to be kept at 41 degrees. while being shipped to a country where it's 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldn't get their vaccine? we didn't think so. from figuring it out to getting it done, we're here to help.
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>> he is the governor of texas. some do not want him at their graduation. students of university of north texas a public school created a petition to drop greg babb bought as -- abbott adds their commencement speaker. the governmentor says he's looking forward to the speech. >> the u.s. soccer team has new uniforms but there's something missing, the red white and blue. they are black-and-white with neon socks outraging fans. not every team pays homage to their flag siting germany in particular the team will wear
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them during the women's world cup in canada. >> we are not every one. we are america. >> it is time to brew on this. a 12-year-old michigan girl beats cancer but then gets expelled from her catholic school. >> this is really horrible. the reason too many absences and poor he canacademic performance. >> it's not really fair. i didn't do anything wrong but they still got rid of me. >> oh. >> rose was diagnosed with leukemia in 2012. she finished treatment in december and she is now in remission. that's good news. she was able to attend 32 full days at st. joseph middle school this academic year. school officials say they tried to work with rose to reduce her workload. >> if we to get to a woint where we need to provide education by suggesting another institution would be helpful we take responsibility. >> they filed a civil rights complaint. is the school being too harsh or
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