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police set up roadblocks to capture these birds named janet, huey, dewey and louie but they are still on the loose. bill: cute names but they belong at page. you survived? martha: i feel great. happy friday, everyone. bill: had a great weekend, "happening now" starts now. >> we are waiting for hillary clinton to speak at a campaign rally one day after her marathon's session with house committee on benghazi. most observers agree she pretty much got through it without major damage. welcome to "happening now". jenna: mrs. clinton's testimony, questions about her handling of the deadly attack in 2012. current standing of who carried
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it out and her use of a private e-mail account during her tenure as secretary of state. good news for the clinton camp in iowa where a new quinnipiac poll shows 51% to bernie sanders, 40%, martin o'malley in the back at 4% and lincoln chafee no longer affect air. it henry is at the rally for hillary clinton in alexandria, va. on where we are today. >> reporter: good to see you. the bridge just playing to warm up the crowd davis with that shake it off. tailless -- the the real clinton is shaking off one rival after another. lincoln chafee was very low in the polls, didn't have a lot of money. he is out a couple days after joe biden said after a lot of contemplation he is not getting in. one day after jim webb, the centrist democrat who was very low in the polls said he is getting out as well. in a matter of 0 weekend half of
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the first democratic debate now these rising poll numbers, hillary clinton seems to be shaking off their rivals but not the problems you mentioned over benghazi, the e-mail and the fbi investigation as well. some very interesting exchanges, the testimony went on for 11 hours, the clinton camp feels very good that she got out with very few bumps and bruises but there was this exchange with jim jordan about the narrative immediately after the terror attacks in benghazi that might come back to her her. >> 11:00 that night, one hour after you told the american people, ought two officers were killed in benghazi by an outside out-like group. you tell the american people one thing and your family and entirely different story. >> i think if you look at the statement i made i clearly said it was an attack and i also said there were some who tried to justify -- on the basis of the
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video, congressman. >> calling it an attack is like saying the sky is blue, of course was an attack. >> reporter: republican presidential candidates like lindsay graham telling fox when you put that together with the fact we learned at the hearing that 600 times the late ambassador chris stevens asked for more security and did not get it before the attack hillary clinton saying it basically didn't reach her desk, charging this is about leadership stopping at the secretary of state's desk, how could she make the case now for why she wants to be commander in chief of hillary clinton and at the inn c meeting was telling the crowd she had been wanting to testify for a long time, she's glad she did it, glaswegian to the questions and she is hoping to move on. jenna: thank you very much. jon: from one capitol hill drama as to another congressman paul ryan now says he is all in. he will run for the speaker of the house job after gaining
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support from three major republican factions including the right side freedom caucus. in a letter to his colleagues he writes we have an opportunity to turn a page to start with a clean slate and rebuild what has been lost. we can rally house republicans are around a bold agenda to tackle the country's problems head on and show the country what a common-sense conservative agenda looks like. florida congressman daniel webster also in the running, ryan has a challenge from the right. >> which of those candidates for speaker not only has the understanding which they both have but the backbone to do some dramatic things that need to be done in order to force the white house to do what needs to be done to minimize america's risk of insolvency and bankruptcy. >> reporter: senior editor and columnist with fortune magazine and fox news contributor, chief congressional correspondent at the washington examiner, welcome to both of you.
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nina, is paul ryan a issue in? >> pretty much. he has gotten one of the main concessions which he needed which was to get rid of the gun that has been pointed sp perhaps head on a regular basis, procedural motion. he got the freedom caucus to agree to do away with that. that is key. this is an opportunity for house republicans to reclaim their reputation in a way that is better for years, to -- he is very much in the mode of ronald reagan with a conservative but also believes that if you get most of what you want in a deal go ahead and do it. ronald reagan also complained about the hard right during his time. he is very much in that mold and i think this is a good chance for house republicans. they should go for it. jon: here is what the freedom caucus and many conservatives,
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many americans have been concerned about for years, the country just keeps overspending and overspending and for years the house, house republicans have been caving in to the president's desires on the budget. is that going to continue under paul ryan? >> he is in the mold of ronald reagan. the problem is we're in this new era in congress where we have a significant faction of republicans who are tired of negotiating with democrats. they want to push forward in a bold and aggressive way, that is not paul ryan's way. he has shown willingness to compromise and i think he will going forward. is problem right now is he is in carrying huge problems john boehner, the current speaker is walking away from, the debt ceiling which is not resolved and expires on november 3rd, we have the budget that expires on december 11th and no funding going forward for the rest of
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fiscal 2015, these issues divide the conference and a divided among the john boehner and will under paul ryan. the question is what will paul ryan going forward, how aggressively be? will he please the house freedom caucus? fee doesn't he will inherit the same problems, the same tensions the current speaker is dealing with. it is a new face but the same problem and paul ryan again is in the mold of ronald reagan. will that work with the current scenario? we don't know. jon: what are the chances john boehner handles the debt ceiling vote before paul ryan has to touch that hot iron? >> that is not clear yet but i think the debt ceiling issue is in good hands if john boehner does what he says and leaves at the end of next week. we have a road map on how paul ryan deals with these issues. you worked with democrats, works across the aisle, he had a budget deal as budget chairman he was working on the senate democrat patty murray, i have spoken with her in detail about
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how he did that and a lot of that was personal relationships, building up that personal relationship, giving some ground but taking ground, someone who is a fiscal conservative, he wants to control spending, wants indictment to come under control, he has written about that so he is the best person in the chamber. jon: does that low come with him if he gets that job? will there be a honeymoon period for this new potential speaker of the house? >> no. i don't think there will be uneven period because of the fiscal crisis the country is facing, the expiring budget deals needs to fix and there is an increasing impatience in the republican party, not just the house freedom caucus but beyond that that the country is spending too much money and we are at a pivotal moment. it may be difficult for paul ryan to achieve a compromise he had a couple years ago that mean
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that just referenced. a lot of republicans saying now is the time to stop kicking the can down a road and facie right and as someone with particular expertise in this area. they want to see what he can do that is new and different. his leadership will be tested. we don't know much about him. jon: the job almost nobody wants. we will see if he wants it. i will keep this job, thank you. jenna: the daring raid in iraq that claimed the lives of two service members who died fighting isis, we are learning the identity of the pollster who helped rescue 70 hostages. from what has been described as imminent mass execution at the hands of the islamic state. the pentagon reporting u.s. special ops help kurdish fighters storm the prison in an isis stronghold in northern iraq. >> reporter: for all accounts,
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that mission was the success and obviously in battle oftentimes bad things happen and that is what they say about the death of joshua wheeler, master sergeant in the u.s. army for rowland, okla. 39 years old, u.s. special forces command at fort bragg, n.c. home to the famed delta force. the pentagon says he died from any small arms fire. here is where the story gets interesting. the pentagon now is playing olympic level word games. they tried to explain how a u.s. special operator killed on a hostage rescue mission in iraq in a fire fight against isis did not die in combat. instead they claimed he died in the support role because he was supporting a u.s. ally. take a listen. >> in that support role they are allowed to defend themselves and also defense, partner forces and protect against the loss of innocent life. that is what played out in this
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particular operation. they were there in that support role and acted under those circumstances. >> reporter: the pentagon says sgt wheeler died during a named mission, the name being inherent resolve, to fight against islip season title to combat death benefit and eligible for combat work, the bronze star and maybe the purple heart. u.s. special forces base in iraq complained to was they were ordered to do everything possible to prevent u.s. casualties. in this case approval for the hostage rescue mission went all the way to secretary of defense ash carter but we're told the president did not signed off on this particular mission. we expect secretary of defense carter to face carter. there will be some very tough questions as he tries to explain to reporters and to the american public where exactly a support mission ends and a combat mission begins. back to you. jenna: sounds like a good question. thank you.
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jon: you probably watched it on fox yesterday, hillary clinton survived her all day benghazi grilling largely unscathed but will her testimony land her in hot water with the fbi? we will get into that. shooting at tennessee state univ. leaves one person dead. what police are saying started all of that. boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. one day, it started to rain and rain. water got inside and ruined everybody's everythings.
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jenna: won man is dead and three women hurt, the gunfire the result of a dice game involving two men not enrolled at the school. a chicago man do in court after his 6-year-old son killed his 3-year-old brother. 25-year-old michael santiago charged with child endangerment. new york city police are on the
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hunt, beat up someone at potpies, the group is wanted for assaults. >> marathon grilling by that house select committee on benghazi. we might have gone new information to fbi investigators looking into her private e-mail server. does the committee think that mrs. clinton opened herself up to more fbi scrutiny? >> the word from the benghazi committee today is chairman g d gowdy does not want to put political pressure on the committee so he has not asked about the investigation and does not know what they're looking at or looking for but the trust them to keep digging and experts say the bureau may have gotten a lot out of that hearing that stretched into the night. >> remember she can be
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prosecuted for misleading congress as well as for lying to congress. he is under oath. this is not a political rally. the fbi has a lot more to go on today as a result of this testimony. >> one of the prosecutors quietly working on the clinton case recently helped prosecute general david petraeus who was eventually sentenced to probation for breaking laws about improperly storing sensitive information. jon: did anyone ask mrs. clinton about the fbi's involvement? >> yes. the third and final round of questioning clinton says she knows the fbi will do what they have got to do. >> if the fbi finds some of these e-mails that might be deleted on your server will you agree to allow a neutral third-party like a retired federal judge to review any e-mails deleted to determine if any of them are relevant to our investigation? >> as you point out there is the
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security inquiry being conducted by the department of justice and i trust that they will do whatever is appropriate to reached their conclusion. >> the fbi director said he is getting regular updates about the clinton server case address his agents to keep moving forward with an independent investigation. jon: thank you. bill: jenna: the western hemisphere has never seen a storm as big as this, a big claim for those who lived through some monster hurricane but hurricane patricia is the storm we are watching, heading for mexico and the latest forecast and what texas can expect from this monster storm. a quarantine over ebola fears, suing the state of new jersey for a quarter of a million dollars. does she have a case? chris christie depending putting her in isolation even though she showed no symptoms.
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jenna: a nurse put into ebola quarantine one year ago tomorrow, casey hickok arrives after tweeting ebola patients and was put in isolation outside a nearby hospital. she never contracted the virus and now she is suing chris christie and other state officials claiming she was imprisoned against her will. the governor and presidential candidate says this is a matter of public safety so bring it on when it comes to the loss of
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let's look at a former federal prosecutor criminal defense attorney, fox news legal analyst, i am assured that is not what you would want your client to state publicly when it comes to a lawsuit but is chris christie confident for a reason? is there a suit here? >> he feels confident because he believes what he did is the right thing. the issue is they will look at is the words do process. in other words a governor cannot just decide i am going to lock someone up behind bars unilaterally, there needs to be a process which is not in place so i got to be honest, the best thing that comes out of this lawsuit is helping future people who are in this position where there is governors or people who will be detained to have a system in place. jenna: chris christie talked
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about this at the time. here is what he had to say about making this decision. >> i don't believe when you are dealing with something as serious as this bill we can count on a voluntary system. this is government's jaw. if anything else the government's job is to protect the safety and health of our citizens. we have taken this action and i have no difficulty with it. jenna: we can't forget how scary it was. we had people getting sick, we had people dying. did he make a reasonable decision for the circumstances as they were at the time? >> here is the most important part of this lawsuit. even if he was wrong as long as he acted in good faith belief and in this case an epidemiologist who was a doctor with the new jersey department of health was saying this woman should be quarantined. one of the thermometer readings indicated she had are fever. there was question as to accuracy of that.
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we are talking about ebola. people were very frightened, this was a time, could have been a very dangerous situation. she could have infected someone who was in you no compromise they would have died. i am sorry she spent 72 hours locked in a room watching who's the boss reruns but unfortunately for her that was the right course of action. jenna: she did not get cellphone reception, that is one of her complaint. you brought up an interesting point. we talked about this not in relation to quarantine we are talking about now but immigration or terrorism. one of the things that makes a as an american citizen is the can't be just >> for any reason and held against our will. circumstances in which she was held work for her or against her? >> definitely going to work for her. not that she is sitting in a room watching who's loss. any of us, deprived of our liberty, i tell us when you elect to go in your own bathroom and close the door without your
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phone work anything, stay in your bathroom for 15 minutes and watch how bored you get, you start climbing the walls for 15 minutes with our system of government does not allow the government just to unilaterally coming without due process of law and make these decisions. this is how i think the case should wind up. they should give her a little money for pain and suffering. wasn't allowed to shower, didn't have clothes but they should say the governor has to always have a panel of two or three people so someone can break the tie. jenna: the time for a panel to make a decision, the person is already out and about. i was being a the all-star cast, she said she did not have great phone reception but she wasn't able to take a fought shower, there were -- it was not set appropriately. none of us wants to be there or have a family member there. >> of course you would not want to be there and she had her
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freedom taken away which is a very serious thing. i am not taking that lightly but let's remember when the government acts they have to act reasonably. in this instance he had doctors telling her this may be an issue and she was held for 72 hours. isn't comfortable inconvenient but ultimately had she been sick and had she infected someone they could have died. at the end of the day it is a balancing test. the government has the right to protect its citizens and sometimes it means inconveniencing someone like this nurse. >> it is a balancing test but don't forget you brought up people, immigration status, this woman was the hero. she went over it they're trying to save lives and came back as the hero. if you quarantine her put her in that nice room, give her a shower, a tv. jenna: we did a story last week that one of the nurses, medical officials thought was cured of
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ebola, this woman never had it, she thought she was cured of ebola, back in the hospital and wondering if they know enough about ebola and whether anyone is cured from it at all. what about the public risk of that? that is a brand new story. how will it impact the case? >> fine site is 20/20. at the time in the environment in which this decision was made and based upon the information provided to chris christie did he act unreasonably or did he act in bad faith? ultimately in a case like this when you sue for your civil rights even if the governor was wrong that is not enough. if a police officer wrongly arrest someone, if he is acting in good faith or basinger information that was provided we don't allow someone to sue every time that happens so you can't look back with 20/20 hindsight and they pay up, get your checkbook. >> you forgot the buzzword but
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jon: right now a quick look what's still to come this hour of "happening now." more fighting in jerusalem and the west bank. even as the streets calm down somewhat, muslim prayers are over as young man are finally allowed back into jerusalem's most holy site. a trip through french wine country turns into tragedy for a group of retirees. one of france's worst wreck in decades. hundreds in florida allowed to shoot a species that was endangered not that long ago. here is why the state says there are too many bears roaming the countryside there. jenna: what is being called the strongest hurricane ever recorded in western hemisphere. millions of people in mexico prepare for worst-case scenario
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as hurricane patricia gains strength and heads towards the pacific coast. texas could feel storm's impact getting no break from flash floods affecting the state. maria molina is here. we describe it as monster storm. is that accurate? >> absolutely. maximum sustained winds at 200 miles per hour. and there are going to be stronger gusts than that with this storm. i think what is really impressive bit, besides its strength and really how it looks on satellite, very symmetrical and organized storm, what is impressive it went from tropical storm to category five hurricane in only 24 hours. when you think about that that is pretty crazy. people in southwestern mexico not getting heads up in terms of intensity of storm. we knew it would be approaching the area and category 5 storm and one of the strongest in the western hemisphere recorded. that is incredible. right now moves towards the north at 10 miles per hour. its central pressure also very impressive.
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880 millibars. that is one of the lowest recorded. incredibly impressive, very small eye. something to notice, hurricane force wind don't extend out word only 30 miles. we're looking concentrated area that will experience hurricane conditions as the storm comes onshore. it is forecast to eventually weaken. slight fluctuation intensity in next couple hours is possible but right now we're forecasting about maximum sustained winds at 150 miles per hour, shortly after landfall across southwestern mexico. it will quickly weaken over land. it will cut off from the very warm water that allows the storm to be a hurricane. it is also going to be interacting with some high elevations out here. mountainous terrain across southwestern mexico. that should help the storm weaken quickly. it has a lot of moisture. potentially local up to 20 inches of rainfall.
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that will potentially produce landslides and mudslides in the area. forecast looking many areas looking at tropical storm conditions but hurricane force wind core only extending 30 miles out from the center of it. we have hurricane warnings in effect, tropical storm warnings as well across this region. we expect land fall to occur within the next six hours. many areas picking up heavy rain. like i mentioned locally up to 20 inches of rain will be possible in some areas. the big concern becomes what will happen across southern parts of the u.s. as we head into this weekend. parts of texas, louisiana and up into parts of arkansas will have moisture from patricia and gulf moisture moving into this area. we've already been dealing with flash flooding across texas from another storm system, upper low moving into the area. complicated situation ongoing. a lot of moisture, tropical in nature funneled into parts of texas. that will bring in potentially up a foot of rainfall.
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flash flooding will be a concern throughout the weekend, especially across the houston area as we head into saturday night and also into sunday, jenna. jenna: a lot to keep an eye on. maria, thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪ jon: it was underway this time yesterday. you might have watched here on fox. hillary clinton testifying for 11 grueling hours before the house select committee on benghazi. the stakes very high for former secretary of state facingons onk that killed four americans including an ambassador, according to multiple media oh let's hillary clinton came out looking stronger. look at headlines. unroughed, only glancing blows an clinton survives. are these fair assessments of results of yesterday's marathon hearing. let's talk about with lynn sweet, bureau chief for "chicago sun-times." judith miller, investigative reporter, author, fox news contributor.
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what about it, lynn, did the committee lay a glove on hillary clinton? >> think trey gowdy who is the chairman himself said at the end of it jon, what new came out, which is the bottom line of a big hearing, he said he couldn't think of anything. jon: but, okay, judy i think i hear you chuckling in the background. >> chuckling, laughing out loud. no, this is very sad, this is missed opportunity for republicans proving just to be hapless in hearings as they are choosing a speaker. thank goodness paul ryan pulled them together. because they had 11 hours to, really tell people what was new and what was new to me was that hillary had told a member of her family and the egyptian prime minister, and libyan head of state, that in fact the benghazi attack was not caused by a video, but it was caused by al qaeda.
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and that was new and yet it was buried, along with the fact that there had been 600 requests for security upgrades at the embassy, that she had left, her quote, security people handle, if that pesky little problem doesn't deserve her attention. and yet, all of that was buried by the spiteful, nasty attitude of many of the republicans who also by the way, kept alot of news to the end of the hearing when only die-hards were watching. jon: on that point, judy, i want to highlight what kimberly strassel wrote in today's "wall street journal" her article was titled, she, meaning mrs. clinton, she knew all along. refers to the email you talked about, email apparently sent to daughter chelsea within couple hours of the attack. er email reads, according to strassel, two of our officers were killed in benghazi by al qaeda-like group. mrs. clinton doesn't hedge in the email or it seems or it appears.
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she tells her daughter on anniversary of 9/11 an al qaeda group assassinated four americans. the next afternoon mrs. clinton had a call with the egyptian prime minister. the notes are absolutely damning. the secretary of state says we know the attack in libya had nothing to do with the film, it was a planned attack, not a protest. yet mrs. clinton, mrs. rice, mr. obama for days and days continued to spin the video lie. do you disagree with that assessment, lynn? >> can i just, jon, my point i agree with judy. if this was, this was new. but they didn't clearly say it. we could also then, if we have a moment say, what, this has been so debated for years now, that the administration, and susan rice, when she went on tv shows that sunday, didn't tell the events in the best way possible. so when we think of a hearing
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with all these resources to look for something new, bottom line is, we now know a little more. it is not bad. but, where was the follow-up? where was the orchestrated, you know organization that you see in hearings sometimes tord to, order orderly way talk to chelsea what did you know? what was the difference? it was such a mishmash of questioning and overabundance of interest in sidney blumenthal that they couldn't, so they had something they wanted to develop. and they just did not do it. and therefore, even the chairman, couldn't come up with what judy and kimberly strassel came up with when asked what's new? jon: you're thinking it was badly-run, not necessarily pointless or didn't uncover any new ground? >> i think you do have to have the secretary of state at the time testify. nothing wrong with that. but use your time.
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can you imagine, judy, okay, each member had three shots of ten minutes each. when do we get as reporters to have prime, somebody want to interview and we have time in between? we know we'll have at least three shots. they might have gone fourth, if somebody insisted. we have time to think about how we could have done better in our questions? listen to other people. 30 minutes. seven members each. jon: some of those members of congress to journalism school. >> right. jon: i real quickly want to point out one tweet that stephen hayes of "weekly standard" sent out just as the hearing was few hours old, he writes. benghazi hearing part one, blockbuster new information that discredits obama administration hrc, hillary rodham clinton, on video, journalists yawn. >> that is not fair. steve, part of it, no one yawned you had to look when people had to file stories and deadlines
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and when it was crystal clear, what this information was about. it is not like they helped you out but putting e-mails on committee website or anything either. they put it on some tweets. you had to know about that. jon: if you go back to the future though, those stories, they were telling in the days immediately after the attacks sure play differently now. we have to leave it there. i'm sorry. judy miller, lynn sweet. >> thank you. jenna: how do you get 12 tons of marijuana across the u.s. border? that is one of the questions we're asking today. some smugglers tried to move it underred borer. look at that elaborate setup after a massive drug bust.
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the passageway was equipped with lighting, even rail system. a agent went under cover, telling smugglers that he would find drivers and warehouse to move the drugs. jenna: a fiery crash in france with a tour bus carrying retirees in french wine country colliding with a truck killing more than 40 people. investigators believe it is the nation's deadliest wreck in decade. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot with details. greg? reporter: it was a terrible accident in france. our contact there says the country is in shock. it happened in southwest france outside of a small town 30 miles east of the wine capital of bordeaux. a bus filled with retirees off for day trip, slammed into a truck and caught fire. the driver was able to open the door to let out passengers. most were trapped inside of that
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fiery hulk of a bus. 43 people are believed dead. by that count, 41 senior citizens as well as driver of the truck and his 3-year-old son was also along for the ride. eight people were injured. fire teams and emergency services scrambled to the scene in big numbers. while the investigation of the crash is just starting, one local official says the truck, an empty lumber truck, lost control skidded across the road slammed head first into the bus. the bus driver couldn't do anything. it was the the deadliest crash n france in over 30 years. the last crash took 53 people. many of those killed today, most of them i should say came from the same small town about 600 population. the mayor of that small town by the way, lost three relatives. while the french prime minister, other national figures have gone there according to our contact making a little political hay out of it, it is very much a local loss, local tragedy. jenna.
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jenna: we can't imagine how the community is feeling. greg, thank you very much. jon: new information on former nba star lamar odom as he reportedly continues to recover after falling unconscious in a nevada brothel. the role investigators are saying drugs played in this incident. plus it is something that hasn't happened in a few decades. florida giving hunters a chance to hunt black bears. phil keating live in ocala national forest. phil? reporter: hey, jon. first thing in the morning wenters will descend into these woods, hopefully in their mind, leave with a dead bear carcass. the state taken in about $300,000 in bear hunt permits. they say that has nothing to do with the real reason for the hunt. i'll explain coming up.
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jenna: some new search warrant records revealing authority the believe former nba star lamar odom overdosed on cocaine and other drugs before he was found unconscious in the nevada brought them earlier this month -- brothel. they have not ruled out at that taking action against odom or the brothel. he has been since transferred to los angeles where his family says he is undergoing therapy and is showing improvement. jon: right now hunters are flocking to florida for the state's first bear hunt in more than 20 years. organizer say it is to help keep the state's growing bear population under control. more than three thousand people signed up for the event. phil keating live in the ocala national forest with more. phil? reporter: this weekend in florida, man versus bear. as we speak in jacksonville and tallahassee, anti-bear hunt protests are going on. still just before sunrise tomorrow, thousands of hunters will be heading into the woods
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hoping to leave the woods with a dead bear. >> three shells. reporter: newton cook is one of those hunters and this is the rifle he is packing. he says the controversial bear hunt is simply necessary. the state estimates about 3,000 black bear now roam parts of florida, rebounding from just 300 bear back in the '70s. the week-long bear hunt ends once 230 bear -- 320 bear are killed. three years ago florida's back bear were still on the state's endangered species list. 32 states allow hunting bear. tomorrow tomorrow becomes number 33. >> they are too crowded with bears. the way to reduce that crowded situation is to use the natural way, the one that has been around for tens of thousands of years, manhunting bears. reporter: over past couple years there have been four series bear versus human conflicts in florida neighborhoods and bear
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are blamed for numerous dead pet who is get in the way of the garbage the bear wants. despite accusations from bear hunt opponents the state is doing that in reaction to all the incidents, the state says that has nothing to do with it. a lawsuit to block the bear hunt so far lost in court. >> we've elevated expressways. we built underpasses. we've gone to great lengths to preserve this species. they're up for sale for 100 bucks a piece? it's crazy. reporter: here inside the ocala ocala national forest estimate 1,000 black bears live hire.es u can not bait the bears or use a team of dogs to tree the bear in order to make it easier to hunt and kill it. and every hunter is urged to take in the woods with them, one anti-bear pepper spray canisters, jon. jon: you said they stopped the
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hunt after, what 325 bears are killed. how do they know? i mean how are they going to get that word out? sinned out an email blast or something? reporter: telephone number has been set up at the end of each day. there are 33 check-in stations. the state has set up and every hunter who actually kills a bear must turn the bear in and present it within 12 hours. jon: phil keating. let us know how it goes. thanks, phil. reporter: okay. jenna: new next hour of "happening now" we visit busiest land border crossing in the world and get first-hand look at unique challenges american border agents face and unique solutions to track visitors. in glory days she was fastest across the atlantic but the ss united states and the owner who owns it is sending out an sos.
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hour. jenna: "outnumbered" starts right now. sandra: this is "outnumbered," harris falkner, but democratic strategist at fox news contributor julie and republican candidate for president kentucky senator rand paul is with us and he is an author by the way. our presidents and their prayers is in stores now. i have to remind you, you are "outnumbered". >> thank you for having me. i think i am glad to be here. i will let you know in the next 30 minutes. after 30 minutes i will decide whether i want to stay.
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