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>> and 30 years ago. the space shuttle challenger exploded from the eyes of a horrified nation. how seven brave astronauts who lost their lives that morning are inspiring americans today. it is all "happening now". >> we begin to the count town to the fox republican debates tonight. gop candidates making an impression on the voers of iowa before the caucuses on monday. welcome to the second hour of "happening now". >> for the voters in iowa and everywhere else. i am jenna lee. new polls are out in three key early states. iowa is included and new hampshire and south carolina. ed henry is in the hawkeye state

and kick its off for us. ed? >> reporter: obviously all eyes on the republican debate on fox. but the democratic candidates are out here as well. and bernie sanderses is gaining ground on hillary clinton. he told us this morning that he raised 1.3 million on the internet yesterday alone because they sent out a specific pitch. sanders sat down with reporters for breakfast in iowa and was lashing out at the clinton campaign for levelling allegations that maybe he's trying to get young people from other states and come in iowa and caucus monday night. he said they were impugning his inte gretty. he was in mason city and he had over 1100 people. and he launched attacks of his

own going after hillary clinton for being in philadelphia raising money. >> i am delighted to it be here with you tonight in mason city. my opponent is not in iowa tonight. she is raising money from a philadelphia investment firm. frankly, i would rather are be here with you. >> reporter: that plays in sander's message of how he thinks that hillary clinton is too cozy with wall street. the clinton campaign said bernie sanders is saying he launched a clean campaign. but he's going negative now. sanderses insist it is a contrast. clinton is trying to wrap her arms around president obama the

and she was operating herself when she was in the lead and now embracing the president big time. >> i spent a lot of hours in the situation room and i was advising the president whether to go after bin laden based on the intelligence. we spent hours sorting it out. and not all of his advisors were in agreement. i advised that it was absolutely essential to go after bin laden and bring him to justice. >> reporter: speaking of attacks. one of the super pacs supporting her campaign suggested that bernie saners needed to release the medical records. he did that a few moments ago and list ailments while serve nothing the senate. and the attending physician certifies that bernie sanders is in good health and fit as president.

jenna? >> thank you very much. >> for more on the big debate on fox news tonight. we'll bring in our political debate. daniel halpereditor of the weekly standa order. to you first, there is not a vote cast and yet people are acting like the race is a two- man affair on the republican side at least. this is just really the beginning of the process that is going to well, change a lot over the coming weeks? >> absolutely the polls are reflective of a vote today donald trump would win. campaigns are not like. that they are fluid and a lot of things change and people who don't look like they are in contention may be in greater contention as this progresses. and donald trump's best interest to try to stop the campaign and jump out of the race and not

engage to other people like ted cruz or marco rubio who may want to engage and bring him down a notch and that may explain why he stepped away from the debate. he made a calculation it is better not to be a part and remove himself and try to win it that way. it is it a risky gamble and we'll see how it plays out for him. >> what do you think about that, melinda, donald trump is trying to freeze the race by bailing out of the debate. >> well, he is. and there is a lot of republicans in this town in particular, who would love to emphasize a fact that a lot can change and hope it does change. donald trump is taking a risk tonight, but it seems based on the last few months of history at least, it is a gamble that can pay off. everything's he's done that is

unorthodox and unheard of so far has certainly rebounded to his favor. this is a great chance for the other candidates kasich and christie and rubio to have more air time than they would have gotten had trump shown up tonight. >> if donald trump were to lose iowa, does it take the air out of hiss balon or does it take. there is a long theory if he loses iowa he looks less like a winner. we don't know that. there is not proof to suggest that. but it takes something out of his momentum and obviously would mean something like ted cruz or marco rubio wins and in their case they would use it as a rallying cry going forward and

help them a lot even if it doesn't hurt donald trump in that way. look, winning is good in elections and that's why you run. and obviously the winner would be at a better advantage than who ever loses. >> this was going to be hillary clinton's done deal and the favorite to it win iowa waand now not looking so neat and tidy for her, why? >> i never bought the inevitablity having seen what happened in '08 and we are seeing a rerun of the movie. this is a more exciting primary race than she counted on and i think bernie sanders counted on. how he realized how close it may have been he might have go

negative. he had her on the ropes and let her up time after time particularly in the the debates. but i think it is it exciting for democrats to have this neck and neck contest. even though it locks like both candidates has fired up supporters and they do. there is a difference that i would see between the demo that is excited about bernie sanders. young people don't always turn out to vote. >> that's his core support? >> it is. where as hillary clinton's support with older women in particular, if they were trapped underneath the house would find a way to get to the polls. i am not sure if that will not

help hillary clinton in the end. >> thank you. i am sorry melinda from roll call. you caught me. and daniel, thank you both. >> tonight on fox news teaming up with google and youtube. the first one gets going at 7:00 p.m. and then the prime time by brett care and megyn kelliy and chris wallace begins at nine eastern. live from the center in des moines. >> go foxnews.com/happeningnow. >> we told you about the republican polls. carl cameron has more. carl? >> reporter: well, it's

traditional and history and to be expected that as you get closer to the voting day polls tighten. donald trump is in the lead. and you can see that ted cruz is right behind him at 25 percent. and marco rubio at 18. when you calculate the plus and mineus of margin of errors. they are in striking distance and four days before the caucus and the final weekend when people make up their minds, it is entirely possible to see them scrambled. in new hampshire trump has a larger are lead and look at this. ted cruz and mark crow rubio and kasich are in a throw way tie for second now all be it behind trump. if trump were not to it win in iowa, cruz would be in a position to challenge trump in new hampshire and then finally south carolina, it looks like

iowa, trump is ahead and cruz is points back 16 points and rubio behind cruz. south carolina and new hampshire will be affected by the outcome in iowa. that will be affected by the debate tonight in the last four days tonight and a toxic air war. there is an independent pac not aligned by cappedidates spending a million on the ads in iowa waand new hampshire according to various different reports and blasting donald trump. and a new adgoing after donald trump. watch this. >> donald trump is skipping the debate. he can't handle tough questions. why he supports a pathway to citizen. you have to give them a path and make it possible for them to

suck sowed. >> that adgoes on with further criticism and starts in iowa and new hampshire and run through the new hampshire primary. >> carl, thank you. the so called affluenza teen is back in texas after an international manhunt. we'll tell you about the legal steps for ethan couch after he touched down on u.s. soil. >> it was anything but smooth sailing for a cargo ship. rough waters leading to a rescue call from the crew members. and, only 50 calories a serving... good morning, indeed. v8. veggies for all.

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to list 40 degrees. they were air lifted to safety. the rough waters may have caused the ship to tilt. the crew members are now recovering at the hospital. >> and following closely on "happening now". the teen who was captured in mexico is now in texas. he will be held in a juvenile detention center in fort worth for now. ed has the latest chapter. casy? >> reporter: that saga indeed. we were here as ethan couch arrived in a white suv. they closed the door and we did not see him at the any point. very different than when his mother tonya arrived.

the sheriff said he was hungry and eating lunch. he faces court appearances and first there will be a detention hearing and he will go before the juvenile judge and the judge will decide where ethan couch will be housed. there are three different options on the table. he could be ordered to stay right here at the jv lock up facility or sent over to adult jail or bond out and be put on house arrest cording to the sheriff. that hearing is scheduled for tomorrow and has to happen within 24 hours of him arriving on on u.s. soil. february 19th, the judge will determine if the teen's case will be transferred to adult court where the pen p --

penalties are much severe. he a ratified in a commercial a ero mexico flight. he's been in mexican custody since being apprehended on december 28th with his mother and fighting the deportation home all of this time and recently dropped that fight. the lawyer in mexico said the 18-year-old would much rather face american justice than dragging it out in mexico. we'll see what is next. thank you. >> new information to a story we are following on "happening now". detectives investigating the murder of myrick. he went missing from his job on friday. detectives arrested his co-worker for the murder although they have not found

a body. the gory details of what they found revealed in a statement from detectives. saying there was fresh blood on the walls and floor including the severed human ear. >> deadly stand off and more arrest. and now a man bundy is making a desperate plea to those in the wild life refuge. we'll look at the complicated legal issues at stake. >> i am asking the federal people to allow the people at the refuge to go home without being prosecuted. announcer: a horrific terror attack in paris.

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authorities tightening their grip on the wild life refuge in oregon.

the fbi arrested three more people after eight were taken in custody and. the federal agents sealed off that wild life refuge following a shootout. the protest leader using his lawyer to get the followers to stand down and leave the refuge. >> right now, i am asking the federal government to allow the people to go home without being prosecuted and to those remaining in the refuge. i love you and let us take the fight from here. please stand down. please stand down. go home and hug your families. the fight is ours for now in the courts. please go home. >> let's bring in our legal panel.

ebony, and etile. >> given all of the fire and brimstone it ended with a whimper in the statement from the lawyer. go home and hug your families. what about all of the conviction that began this thing? >> certainly, it is rife with political and now cultural and legal issues that will take a while to sift through. what is important to separate, killing of the protestor, that will be a huge issue and legal issues with the eight who were denied bail. they should be separate. >> the guy who was killed almost foretold his death. he would rather die there than spend a day in prison. is it suicide by cop? >> obviously we don't know what the circumstances surrounding

hiss shooting and death. some are saying it was a murder and some say he provoked the officer. just like ebony said eight departments are standing with charges pending and now the issue are they going to be released on bail. >> what is the likelihood. >> any time you deal with bail? propensity to do harm and the flight risk. certainly this is a group of people who are vocal in the disdain for law enforcement and the judge would be unlikely to release them for that flight issue. >> the fact that a protestor died with law enforcement, does that ramp up the charges against the others? >> i know one thing. i will piggyback what ebony said. the likelihood of them harming

themselves or others in the area is what the judge will decide. they had ar 15s and pistols and knives and explosives. they were ready to die and kill for their beliefs. this is a situation where we are going to have to look at these individuals to determine whether they would be released. >> the feds were reluctant to end with use of force given what happened in waco, texas. are you surprised it ended this way with a gun battle and death? >> i am surprised and it is unfortunate. despite what you think of the underlying issues addressed here, you don't want want to see a fatality. and from the law enforcement prospective you can't just day because. you have to show a lethal threat against them that caused deadly

force. otherwise they have a problem on their hands. >> i think that the arrested protestors will likely be be in jail and not likely to get bail? >> not likely. when you look at the factors of them being a flight risk and they showed defiance when authorities told them to leave the refuge and they refused to leave. and in fact, they were going to committee to rekraut others to join the movement. and they were armed. they are a clear flight risk and danger to themselves and others and i don't see that the judge will release them. >> another point to piggyback. the defense lawyer would say, let them deputy and light of the tragedy that happen to their brother. that is where distifrpgz is important. not a reward of bail simply because it was awful and tragic. >> it is hard to believe they

made the point they wanted to make when they started this thing. >> thank you both. >> could early polls prompt the bernie campaign to prompt a difference in the campaign. >> 30 years after the challenger tragedy, the nation remembers seven brave crew members that lost their lives that day. >> we'll never forget them and the last time they saw them. and prepared and waved good by and slipped the bounds of earth to took the face of god. hi i'm heather cox

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heart healthy idaho potatoes and making donations to local charities. excuse me miss, have you seen our truck? you just missed it. ahhh! aw man are you kiddin' me? a lot of new numbers out today and we have democratic pole ps shows mixed results in iowa, which caucuses on monday, hillary clinton and bern sanderses are neck and neck. hillary clinton 48 and sanders 45. and new hampshire sanders 57 to clinton 37. and sander ares in vermont. and we have to look at south carolina. the beginning of clinton's so- called fire wall.

she holds 64 percent to sanders 27 percent. at this point, with sanders so close to clinton in iowa many believe the campaign is at a cross roads. the decision he's grappling with, as mr. sanders finds himself in striking distance of mrs. clinton does he have the stomach to defeat her or will he be satisfied for his important issues in the race and preserved his reputation for echewing negative campaigning. we have our guests. and nice to have you both. as we look at the numbers. it is interesting on both sides which is always great, simon. what is the calculation from sanders, does he change and go negative. >> i think both campaigns will

end with contrast ads and ads that are reminding voters the difference between the candidates and the issues and positive story that bernie is telling. but it is now turn out and grassroots activity and pumping up volunteers to get done. if he wins iowa, he will win new hampshire we have a wide open race and the stakes are high on monday. >> even with south carolina, simon? >> yeah, it will get close. and fire walls will evaporate. plenty of other candidates that had fire walls and it never materialized. that's why hillary clinton needs to defeat him on monday night. the race will be difficult for bernie to continue. speaking he, he hasn't gone negative so far. and he's becoming more aggressive and he is telling the

truth about her doing fund raising and not going negative. is it he need to make a change given the poll numbers? >> the message that he communicated is working for him. it is interesting though, if you look at many of the people that at bernie sander's rallies in new hampshire, many reporters tell me they are the same one that show up for donald trump rallies. and it speaks while the mainstream media and many of us who look the at election. we want to look at liberal versus conservative in this fight. in this election in particular outrage that drives many of the voters that be attending trump and sander's rallies. there are not enough outraged voters that trump and sanders can get their party's respective nomination. as we get ready for new

hampshire. donald trump could be taking voters from sanders. but he could be take votes from tump. >> i wanted to see simon's. they are the same people at bernie sanders as donald trump and i was waiting for your face. what do you think about it? >> i don't know that to be thorough. three of the four candidates doing well. trump, cruz and sanders are all running against the system. and they are all promising fundmentam change to a broken political system. hillary clinton is not running away from her establishment roots. and that showses that the american people want a huge swath wants something new in the election cycle. it has upended the republican side and in the process of upending our side as well. >> anger and outrage is fuelling

the attendance at these rallies on both sides. wall street as we referenced, is arguing that it is not just anger, that is simplifying the issue. americans are looking for solutions whether they are democrats and republicans and why they are turning to specific candidates. sanders has a specific idea. and hillary clinton has as well. what does that tell us about where the voters are as to what their solutions need to look like? in a country where folks are concerned about the direction we are going and threats that america faces from the enemies. they want to see action and hence, why they are for now, are looking at sanders and trump. but also keep in mind. until voters actually start

buying the candidate that they want and until we get votes which we are going to have here in a couple of days, we don't know who they will buy. a lot of advertising. and marketing and advertising can be spent and recommendations can be made. until consumers start buying, we don't know if someone will be successful. and let's see who voters will buy on monday. and then jenna, polish off the participation. candidates are going to have to accept they are not the nominee and it will be time to get out and not run. >> as an expert window shopper. i appreciate the purchase on monday. we'll see. simon and david thank you see much. >> thanks, jenna.

>> our nation pauses to remember fallen heroes today. the crew of the challenger 30 years after it explode over the skies of florida and killing all members on board. today nasa honored all of those pioneers and all of those lost in the space program. phil has more. >> jon, a touching and tear- filled day of remembrance this morning and honoring those who truly showed the high risk of space exploration and hero astronauts who gave their lives. and family members and 400 people attended all capped with a walk in the pouring and drizzled rain and laying a wreth and flowers and much deep thought. 30 years ago today. most spectacular of nasa

disaster sparking as space shuttle challenger exploded in a cold, cold day 73 seconds after liftoff. here's how commander's widow recalls for her that devastating moment. >> it was elegant and climbing toward the heavens, when the unspeakable happen and a numbing and frozen disbelief. and no comment except to look what is happening? >> three astronautses died in 1967 when fire broke out on the launchpad. as we were racing the soviets to get to the moon. and then space shuttle colombia

descent grating over the skies of texas killing all of the astronauts. and school teacher theressa mccaula who won the nationwide competition to fly and so many americans, she had won their hearts as well. and on the day of the launch, televisions were wheeled in classes as children and school kids were going to watch a teacher fly up for an education based mission and 73 seconds later, the absolutely unthinkable happen. jon? >> that was the saddest part of all. i was working for a miami station and working the late shift and watching the launch that morning and so many kids had tuned in to watch the launch. >> how do you explain that.

and that is courageous season. and they are talking about it. >> that had me in tears. >> we'll talk about another big topic in a moment. new concern cans in europe about the migrant crisis. and the police are tracking a staggering number of islamic. and could the refugee crisis make europe's open borders a thing of the past. we'll tackle that with kt next.

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travel without carry canning a passport in the euro zone. sweden is looking to expel a sylum seekers. they have the highest number of migrants in europe. and germany may have a problem with islamic militants returning from the battlefields. germany's police chief said 400 people are being watched in that country. and under president ronald reagan and the fox news security analyst. is it too late to pull back on this for europe. >> it is not just the whole european union open borders and travel freely. and here's why. it is because the northern european countries particularly germ no and can sweden said come and they have opened their arms and the migrants a ratified in italy and greece and they go north with better benefits and

opportunities. once they get to germany and sweden, half of them are turned back. where do they go? the man in the gates don't. and half of the immigration seekers don't have passports. they have no paper work. and half of them disa pored in society. and not only an economic crisis, because who pays for it? or a crime chrises because of the outbreak of crime in the areas tis also a terror crisis and isis and islamic groups are putting their own people in there. >> what is it for us. >> congress has been excited about that. in the european union, if you have a pene pone passport that allows to come to the united states without a special visa. it so new legislation is tightening that up. we as americans, we don't want

europe -- europe's problems are of their own making and second if we are asking for refugees coming in we need to vet them. >> why not be strictener europe? what is the reason? >> that is a good reason. you scratch your head. how did they do this. the northern europe countries had low population growth. we'll get europeans to come and low unemployment and people were not looking ahead of what happens after that. >> what does happen next? >> the europeans are playing the blame game. just yesterday in fact, some of the european union said it is greece's fault because they don't have tight border. and greece said it is your fault germany and sweden, you invited

them in. i think you will see the disentigration of the let's seet the debate tonight. john? >> just hours to go before the iowa caucus debates. what are voters thinking about? what's most important to you? coming up we've got a unique tool to gauge what's going on in iowa.

we've got a huge debate coming up. we're going to talk to one guy who wasn't on the main stage last time but could play a big role tonight. how rand paul plans to shake up tonight's debate. he's a king maker in iowa.

he's going to tell me why he's endorsing ted cruz and how the last two candidates ended up winning the iowa prize. bernie sanders goes off on the clinton campaign accusations that he's bussing in students to vote. you'll hear that on "the real story." just four days now until the iowa caucuses, so what are voters thinking as we go down to the wire and what issues are most important to them.ollected tell us all of that and more. shannon breen joins us live with some fascinating details on that. shannon. >> hey, don. so interesting. google trends data coming together. it can almost come in real time during the debate to see what people are talking about, what sparks their interests, what they're talking about. we want to show you what is going on in iowa. this tracks the volume of queries about all of these different candidates. you can see donald trump pretty much stays consistent there.

this is over the last hour. you can see movement in the second and third places with rubio and cruz and some of the others. you can see exactly where the candidates are trending now as far as who is asking questions about which particular candidates. now you can also look here. this is a national look at the top issues that people are querying on google right now. they want to hear about gun control. they're looking at taxes, education, immigration, obama care. we thought it was interesting that we didn't see a topic related to terrorism here, but we are told there are spikes in people searching things like isis and terrorism. they're not at the volume that we're seeing. we can look at what people want to know about specific candidates. about marco rubio, people are asking how old is he? what does he believe in? how does he feel about guns? this is all of that that we can get very much in real time. it's interesting to see what people want to know about particular candidates, questions they're asking. you think about all of us, sit down, google, ask and maybe we would be embarrassed to ask a co-worker and friend. it's a good insight on what

people want to know. tonight we'll be able to see in real time spikes about questions that are asked, things that are interesting nuggets that people want to know how they're reacting to moments that happened during the debate. for example, very interesting during the last democratic debate. when the three contenders walked out on the stage there was a 3,000% spike in people wanting to know about hillary clinton's height. when they saw her with the other two candidates. it's that kind of interesting information. you never know what people are looking for. tonight we'll be able to track all of that in real time and bring it to you, our fox news viewers. >> for the record, i'm 6 feet if you want to know. thank you very much, shannon green. >> you've got it. a new twist on the iconic barbie dolls. big news on a makeover next. ♪ ♪ ♪ let's go barbie and energy to stay healthy. who's with me?! yay! the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals.

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be available in curvy, tall and petite. they're offering dolls more reflective of the world today. >> there you go, john. >> happy to know. >> thank you for joining us. >> have a great day. "the real story" with gretchen starts now. and set your clock. we're hours away from the final tee bait before the first in the nation iowa caucuses and the stakes could not be higher. hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. the gop candidates are set to square off. ted cruz will take center stage for the primetime debate as the highest polling candidate. carly fiorina takes the top spot in the earlier debate. we have live fox team coverage today with chief political correspondent carl cameron and ed henry tracking major developments in the democratic race live in newtown. we'll figure that out. first we'll go to campaign carl with the debate preview. carl, trump's not showing up. what