joining us in the after the show show. log on to fox and friends.com. >> you're mom is a reporter, isn't she? >> she is. >> on a different network. >> that's okay. >> see you later, everybody. bill: on a monday morning, we want to start with brand new development necessary a u.s.-led mission to take out a taliban strong hold in southern afghanistan, there are reports out of marja, sniper teams are hitting back at u.s. marines and afghan forces, multiple gun battles breaking out as coalition forces try and clear out this taliban hot spot. that's where we start this morning, on president's day, good morning, everybody, on a morntion i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom". welcome, uma. >> good to see you this morning. the major military operation in its third day now is the biggest offensive in afghanistan, since the 2001 invasion, the goal, get rid of taliban insurgents and restore government control. but it's been slow so far.

bill: some are predicting this could last weeks, this battle, sniper fire erupted from three different directions as troops push now to insurgent neighborhoods. kelly leads our coverage. what can we report about progress? >> we can report this may take 30 days, according to one marine on the ground, afghan troops, along with u.s. marines and british troops are pushing deeper into marja in afghanistan's helmand province as you reported, one marine -- one marine reportedly describing the fighting as fierce and intense as the battle of fallujah in iraq. they are seizing the entire district, the gun battles are pitched and taliban snipers are attacking marines and as they continue their major offensive into the taliban strong hold of marja, the objective, to seize the extremist southern

heartland. on the ground, general stanley mcchrystal praises afghanistan's president and the afghan troops who are leading the operation. >> the first i would say, when president karzai approved the conduct of this operation, he gave us some very specific guidance, and that guidance was to continue to protect the of afghanistan, so this operation has been done with that in mind. >> reporter: but as you know, in war it's hard to protect every civilian caught in the crossfire battle. general mcchrystal apologized to afghan president hamid karzai for an air strike that killed 12 afghan civilians, that after rockets veered 300 yards off target, hitting a private home. mcchrystal says he's suspending the rocket system used this that air strike. fighting is terrify fog civilians, nato has to make sure they improve the situation in a hurry so that people living in helmand province lose any remains of loyalty they may have to the taliban. president obama's national security adviser jim jones,

telling fox news sunday it will be felt countrywide. >> it's the cohesion that now exists between all elements of national power and international power that are coming together and will be a very, very good and i think successfully demonstrated and executed operation that is going to make a big change in not only the southern part of afghanistan but will send shock waves through the rest of the country. >> reporter: and success is the only option for the obama administration in regard to afghanistan. this is the first major offensive since president obama announced the surge of u.s. troops into the country after the fighting nato will provide much-needed aid and supply to the area, as well as restore services. bill: we thank you for that, log on to our website, foxnews.com, click on the you decide link to take our nonscientific survey. today we ask this question: can the taliban be defeated. we'll have results a bit later here on "america's

newsroom". uma. >> it was a battle of the former vp, vice presidential joe biden, slamming the last guy who had his job, former vice president dick cheney, the two men squaring off on the talk shows, sparring over what had the tougher foreign policy, cheney criticized the underwear bombing but biden saying the white house isn't doing anything differently than the previous administration. >> dick cheney is a fine fellow but he is not entitled to rewrite history without it being challenged. i don't know where he has been. where was he the last four years of the last administration? >> and coming up later, the fireworks and verbal jabs between the two number twos when we talk live with dick cheney's daughter, liz cheney, that's coming up in a couple of minutes on "america's newsroom". >> in the meantime, military dictatorship, that's where it's heading in iran we're told according to hillary clinton, the secretary of state meeting with leaders and speaking to students in the country of qatar, telling them iran's revolutionary guard has

gained so much clout it's effectively more powerful than the government of tehran. >> the government of iran, the supreme leader, the president, the popularment, is being supplanted and that iran is moving toward a military dictatorship. now, that is our view. bill: secretary clinton saying the u.s. is focused on gaining international support for more sanctions that will specifically target the revolutionary guard. more on this in a live report during our next hour here. >> here in "america's newsroom", we've been talking an awful lot about our nation's debt problems but there are in new predictions that are sure to give you a jolt. unless major changes are taking place economists are saying a few things will heat up 80 percent of all federal revenues by 2020, they are social security, medicare, and the interest payments on our national debt. it doesn't leave much for anything else for our

nation's defense system and homeland security. stu varney of fox business news is joining us. what are the implications for this this? this is sobering news. >> there are huge policy implications because this debt crisis that is suddenly being forced upon us by what's happening in europe, it really is a very key issue for voters at this moment. voters, i've never seen them take such notice of our debt situation before. you know, this is almost number one issue for voters in america. now, the result of that is that this debt crisis that is looming is beginning to affect all of our policy decisions right now. for example, we're going to have a jobs bill. it's only going to be $15 billion worth of a jobs bill, down from 85 billion. that was talked about last week. and 150 billion in the house, late last year. so you've got a squeezing down of the size of the jobs bill because of its decifit

implications. you also have president obama now saying he's open to a middle class tax hike. why? to bring in revenue to try to get that decifit down. and all the time, we're looking over our shoulder, seeing what's happening in europe, where the debt crisis has already arrived, we see this in our future, and it's affecting policy right now. >> what's it going to take, if this is the forecast, what's it going to take if you have to have this as part of the scenario you need to really have stabilized jobs, you need to have a better picture on the jobs outlook but you're saying we're not going to have that. >> sooner or later you've got to get to grips with entitlement programs, namely, social security and medicare, somehow or other, you have to -- you've got to raise taxes to pay for it, or cut the spending on it. you've got to do one of those two things. because entitlement programs, that's what brought europe down. that's what will bring us down, given current projections in the future.

that's the huge policy issue that faces america in the future. what are we going to do about out of control entitlement programs. >> well, the stakes remain high, stu varney, thank you very much for your insight. bill:bill: >> in a moment, we're going to learn from u.s. officials, instead of what was learned to track the christmas day bomber, new details in a matter of moments. also there is this. >> a major smackdown between two vice presidents coming up, more from vice president biden and former vice president's dick cheney's words on who is tougher on terror and get cheney's daughter to weigh in on the big debate. >> all i know is he is factually, substantively wrong. i don't think the former vice president dick cheney listens. he's not entitled to his own facts.

bill: it was a good old good one on sunday morning when vice president joe biden,

former vice president dick cheney, sparring over national security policies, cheney blasting the white house for its handling of the wars in iraq and afghanistan for abc. >> if you're really serious and you believe this is a war and believe the greatest threat is a 9/11 with nukes or a 9/11 with a biological agent of some kind, then you have to consider it is a war, you have to consider it as something we may have to deal with tomorrow, you don't want the vice president of the united states running around saying it's not likely to happen. bill: that's where we start on this. cheney was referring to joe biden who recently said the idea of there being another massive attack like 9/11 is unlikely in his view. here is joe biden's response on that. >> i don't think the former vice president dick cheney listens. the president of the united states said in the state of the union we're at war with al-qaeda. he stated that. by the way, we're pursuing that war with a vigor never seen before, we've eliminated 12 of the top 20 people, we have taken out

100 of their associates, we are making -- we've sent them underground. they are, in fact, not able to do anything remotely like they were in the past. they are on the run. i don't know where dick cheney has been. and look, it's one thing, again, to criticize. it's another thing to sort of rewrite history. what is he talking about? bill: liz cheney is dick cheney's daughter and chairwoman of the institute for the study of war and liz, good morning to you, we asked to your father and it didn't work out and it's nice to see you, especially on president's day. want to pick up on what joe biden said at at the end, they, meaning al-qaeda, are in fact not able to do anything remote like like they were in the past. i'm assuming that's in reference to 9/11. is that what the intelligence community in washington is saying? >> well, i think you heard the debate yesterday. i think that there's a very strong concern that still remains that al-qaeda is working very hard to try to

obtain weapons of mass destruction and al-qaeda, armed with any kind of a nuclear, biological weapon, is clearly one of the gravest threats we face, and the notion that this white house and this administration is minimizing that possibility makes you very concerned. i think it has to make us concerned about whether or not they're actually doing everything in their power to prevent it, to keep the nation safe. bill: joe biden is making the point that your father, dick cheney, is not giving the current administration enough credit. he says they've gone out heo gone out and killed enough al-qaeda leaders, or many al-qaeda leaders, taliban leaders. does he have a point, that the war on terror, as it is today in afghanistan, and across the board in -- the border in pakistan, is as heated if not more than it was under the previous administration? >> well, vice president biden has a famously tenuous relationship to reality, frankly. i think there's no question but that the increase of troops into afghanistan was the right decision, i think president obama did the right thing, i he should not

have put july 2011 as some kind of an end date for that, and i think it's important for the american people to realize that we currently have no detention policy, so if we capture a senior al-qaeda leader, we have no place according to "the new york times" yesterday where we could hold that person, nor do we have an effective interrogation policy, the president stopped the enhanced interrogation policy that the bush administration pursued a year ago, and in that time, has failed to establish until the paperwork was signed apparently last week anything to replace it. so there's simply no way you can say the president is using every tool at his disposal to fight and win this war without being able to get the intelligence you need to beat al-qaeda. bill: but they've killed leaders effectively as related to al-qaeda and the taliban? >> i think that is the case, i think that the drone program, if you believe the news reports you're seeing, that we have been able to reach out and kill al-qaeda leaders, that's a program that was started in the bush

administration,. it's important to kill al-qaeda leaders, obviously, but it's also important to capture them, because when you capture them, you can interrogate then, you can find out what they know, what the networks are. you can't win the war simply by killing the leadership. you've also got to be able to capture and interrogate, which is something we're not currently doing. bill: there is more from joe biden, this on the chris may day body bomber. roll this and i'll get to you react. >> he's not entitled to his own facts. the christmas day bomber was treated the exact way that he suggested that the shoe bomber was treated. absolutely the same way. under the bush administration, there were three trials in military courts, two of those people are now walking the streets. they are free. bill: so nine years ago, december 22nd, richard reid, the shoe bomber was mirandised. is joe biden on point with that? >> when richard reid was capturedby did not have the military commissions up and running, there wasn't the option at that point to put him into a military commission and i think what

the administration is trying to do here is divert peoples' attention from what happened on christmas day, which is that we took the terrorist off the plane, he was questioned by local fbi officials with no information about al-qaeda in yemen, about what the national security agency knew, for 50 minutes, less than an hour, at which point he was mirandised and stopped talking for five weeks. i think you would be hard pressed to find any american, democratic or republican, except for joe biden, who thinks that was an appropriate way to handle a terrorist. it's not surprising they're trying to divert attention there. bill: when i was watching and listening to this debate at home sunday morning, i was thinking why is dick cheney taken back to this forum, why is your father doing this, and it's clear to me he's doing it to force the debate, because it's got us and every other channel talking about it. is that his objective or is there more to it? >> well, i think his objective is to make sure that this nation has in place the policy that is will keep us safe, and i think as you heard him say,

he became very concerned after the bush administration left office when this administration began to unravel and dismantle those policies. if you look now at the decision by attorney general holder to bring khalid shaikh mohammed to the united states and try him in civilian court, given the rights of an american citizen, their efforts to close guantanamo bay, the lack of interrogation policy, there are a whole range of things this administration is doing that make us less safe and i think that my dad has been very concerned about that. bill: i apologize for the interruption, i'm ll out -- almost out of time but you're part of a documentary about the surge in iraq. i want to play a clip out of it, ambassador ryan crocker. >> it wasn't just the additional forces we put in, it of the commitment that was behind those forces, and i think that is what really gave them the conviction that this was the time to make a stand, and they did. bill: there's a great trailer on a website that is part of this production here. tell us about it. >> understanding the

surge.org is a place where people can go to watch this tremendous documentary that's based on 50 hours of interviews with the officers who were involved in the surge. there were some claims made yesterday by vice president biden that the war in iraq was, quote, not worth it by general jones, that the surge was, quote, not a strategy, that are just flat wrong and that are inconsistent with the historical record and if people want to know the truth, this is a great place where they can go to hear the officers, including general odiarno, general petraeus, general ke. n and the generals involved who were making the surge work. it was a tremendous success by our american soldiers, they deserve our gratitude and thanks and the american people ought to know the real history there, and frankly, i commend the documentary to the white house, i hope vt boyden and the president will watch the film. bill: thank you. >> thank you. um it's a scene out of a movie, a cop in las vegas, literally saved by his badge, the amazing details,

just ahead. bill: two commuter trains colliding head on at the height of rush hour. the horrific aftermath and what police are saying caused it all, in only three minutes.

bill: we are learning the commuter ride earlier today in europe turned deadly, two trains colliding headnon a brussel belgian suburb, it appears one of the trains ran a stop light, at least 11 are said to be dead. other reports say the death toll could be about double that, the impact peeling away the front of one train car, throwing another one off the tracks, train service all across western europe now disrupted as a result, 11 dead reported thus far. all right, fox's alert now, when we talked about this at the top of the hour, this ongoing battle with u.s. marines, nato forces

and afghan forces, taking on the taliban in southern afghanistan, connor powell, embedded with u.s. marines, is on the telephone now and sometimes the signal comes n. sometimes it fades away, but now we got it. connor, what's happening now? hello there. >> reporter: good morning, bill. well, we're just on the outskirts of marja with the india company of the marines, there is heavy fighting all day throughout the city of marja, just our compound has been under attack for most of the day. these are absolutely brutal conditions between the taliban fighting and also the ieds that are just spread all throughout the area, every sort of 20, 30 minutes you're hearing explosions, the marines are trying to remove ieds, all the time taking contacts and fire from the taliban and it's subfreezing temperatures, it's very brutal conditions here. bill: connor, normally

that's a town of 70,000. do we know how many are left behind in it or how many taliban fighters might be left there to dairy on the battle -- to carry on the battle? >> i can tell you we've seen very few people the first two days. we've seen more local afghans coming back into the city today. there were just a few that came to our compound where the marines are to try to get help. there was an explosion that hurt some of the local civilians. nobody was killed, but the marines are hoping to get the local civilians medical attention. we are beginning to see some more civilians move back into the area, but how many are still here is unknown. how many taliban fighters, we've heard anything from 400 to 1000. there is -- the actual number, there has been very fierce fighting and they're dug in, they have sniper hold the, ieds all over the bridges, all over the houses. we walked through an alley way that they call ied alleyway and they're trying to go slow and methodically

to remove the ieds. bill: conor, reports on casualties on our side are what? >> what we're being told is there are no deaths by u.s. or civilian deaths. there have been injuries, a couple of men have -- marines, have been shot, but nothing severe, and there are no deaths on either side, civilian or marines. that's good to know. the marines are taking a slow, med -- methodical approach, trying to preserve life and resores and they don't feel the need to have to win this in 24 hours. they're going to go slow and take their tile and do this right. bill: some are suggesting it could last for weeks. conor powell, thank you, on the phone from marja in afghanistan. thanks, we will check in as soon as that line, again, once we reestablish it, we'll get back to conor throughout the day here on nerk's newsroom -- "america's newsroom". >> uma: coming up, the gop hoping to make a surge. what are leaders doing to

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bill: there are new details on the intelligence we're learning from the christmas day bombing, there are reports they are issuing a new effort to track down

english speaking terrorists from overseas, u.s. officials saying these suspects are being trained in the country of yemen, possibly plotting future attacks against the u.s. steve centanni is live on this story. who are these people, steve? >> >> reporter: good morning, they could be americans or westerners who have been radicalized who went to yemen for terror training or went to learn arabic as a lot of students do and fill in with a radical group there. we know that umar farouk abdulmutallab went to yemen himself in the months before the christmas day terror attack, the washington times says information about these other english speaking terrorists came from abdulmutallab's interrogation. the paper says he was quiet for several weeks until his father arrived from nigeria, persuading him to cooperate with authorities. a u.s. counterterrorism official told fox news just this morning al-qaeda in yemen has been looking for targets outside its region, so it's not surprising it would try to recruit english speakers who can fit in

overseas and facilitate attack planning. bill? bill: steve, what kind of training can we say they're getting in yemen today? >> in some cases they're hooking up with a radical cleric who once lived in the u.s., anwar al-awlaki and he was connected with maj of nidal malik hasan, it's believed he radicalized abdulmutallab, according to the times, he established an internet presence in english, something al-qaeda did not have until recently, the paper saying some of the english speakers being sought may have been former prison inmates in the u.s. who converted to islam behind bars, bill. bill: steve centanni, in washington, thank you steve. uma: in recent months we've seen an explosion of conservative activism, now head of all important mid-term elections, a who's who of conservative movement has come together to issue a mission statement of sorts,

the mount vernon statement will be unveiled and signed on the eve of the conservative political action conference. joining us here to talk more about this, bob beckel, professor of advanced political studies at george washington university and fox news contributor, and andrea tantaras, conservative column nis and foxnews.com contributor, and andrea will be speaking at the column. there's a belief that the nation's founding principles are under attack and there's an attempt to transform this country based on a socialist model. is it hoped this manifesto will be used to ignite momentum to keep conservatives uniteed? >> absolutely and you're absolutely right, uma, it is under attack and conservatives are fearful. look, the previous administration was not as conservative as i think a lot of us wanted them to be. they spent a lot of money, they ran record high deficits and they had a strong, to their credit, national security. now we have the current administration, which is running an even higher national decifit, spending

more money and is weak on national security. so i think it's something that needs to be said, it's good that we're articulating it, but it must be followed up with actions, words are fine, but we got to follow up with these deeds. so even in washington, uma, i would argue a lot of modern day republicans down in d.c. still believe that there is a role for government, albeit a conservative one, as long as they are at the helm and that is fundamentally flaw flawed, the way of almost no government, and i think the real fight is for the culture, and this is where sarah palin is so good at this, like her or not, the key to conservative ascendency is connecting with people in emotional, cultural, real ways, and she does that. so if you look at the liberal media, you look at the liberal academia, look at liberal entertainment in hollywood, what do conservatives control? it's fine to battle people like bob beckel on health care, fine to battle about health care and terrorism, but the real issue is the fight for the culture. that's the bigger war, that

conservatives need to start winning. uma: bob, there's a lot of debate in the republican party as to defining its identity and principles with this manifesto. what do you think the reaction will be from members of the gop who are moderates and the independents out there? >> first of all, let me just say the idea that the republicans are actually going to say something that is not an attack on barack obama is big news. but let me free up this and save you all the trouble. this is what it's going to say, we're going to cut taxes and do away with roe v wade, going to have a strong defense, we're going to allow wire tapping, we don't want to close guantanamo, we've heard these things. it's original ideas you need. there hasn't been an original idea in the republican party since teddy roosevelt came up with the national public park service. it's easy for this party to say no, no, no, and they have and now the democrats i think strategically are doing the right thing, they're going to start putting bills out there for votes that are going to identify the republican

party. republicans need to get themselves something that they can say they have and they can call it whatever they want but what it is is off to right of somewhere mainstream america is and sarah palin -- >> wait a minute, bob, wait off of where main street is in conservatives are the largest ideological group and that's what we're talking about, we're not talking about republicans, bob, we're talking about conservatives, and this is what will resonate this document. i mean, you look at all the principles you just outlined, what's so bad about that? the obama administration is on the oppose been side of everything, every item you ticked off and they're not doing so well and neither is the country. uma: andrea, you talk about conservatives but in terms of the gop, in terps of embracing those people who are moderates and also independents what do you think its manifesto is going to represent to those individuals? >> i think it focuses on what unites us greater than what divides us. that's why if you look through the manifestoes, they're going to go back to the reagan era which is what

binds true conservatives, which is the glue that holdings the gop together, a strong national defense, cutting taxes, cutting spending, and they're going to put a modern twist on t. and i believe that, look, they've left a lot of the social issues out, we can argue about those but the most important things are issues that connect with the american government, smaller government. that's what republicans are ready to give. um what about those that say the constitution is high scwak dollars and we are moving away from the founding principle that is our founding fathers implemented? >> that's a good point. normally on monday mornings, the word count is 2-1 in angela's favor, it's now 3-1 as we close out this segment but that's all right. i accept that. look, the fact of the matter is, it is independents, you're exactly right and what few liberal republicans are left, there are not many of them, but independents now form the largest single voting block in america and are critical to what happens in november. what the key party movement and sarah palin have done is

-- among independents has scared them away from the republican line. look, sarah palin, look, she's a colleague of ours, hope she does well but with independents, her negatives are 60 percent. i'm not so sure i'd put that person out as sort of my cultural attache. wait a second, so i can finish this up. here's the problem. it is true there are more conservatives, the fact is the republican party has the smallest number of registered voters than they've had in the history of the republican party, since 1960. >> bob, more of that tea party movement identifies can republicans. that's just wrong. uma: unfortunately, we're out of time, got to leave it there. >> i knew that was going to happen! >> more love from me, even after valentine's day. >> did you get everything you want to say in, make sure you get everything in. sure? >> that's your valentine's day present to me. >> thank you very much. uma: thank you guys. >> it's amazing. it is amazing. um thanks guys. bill 19 minutes before the

hour. we are learning about a security problem, new york's major airports, new fences there, part of 100 million spent this day but said to be ineffective. julia banderas is there at la guardia. what about the fences and who is paying for them? >> the new jersey and new york port authority paid for it and they paid $100 million for it, so you'd think it would be up and running now. well, it's not. that's the unfortunate problem. this thing is supposed to thwart terrorists. that's the essential program, and what it was made for. and we've got video of it out at ke tevment rborough in new jersey. which iso this is essentially what it looks like and the problem is it doesn't work at this point, the perimeter intrusion detect -- detection system, it was designed by raytheon and was supposed to be installed at jfk, la guardia, la guardia and

teterboro, and it's made up of censors, they've got cameras on them, monitoring devices, all the equipment ready to go, high technology. it's just failing big time. bill: why is there the delay, julie? >> essentially they didn't test the question before -- the equipment before it will -- installing it, that's the problem, because they wanted to install it first, then test t. so essentially these fences are unable to distinguish, let's say, between a person trying to climb over the fence or a bird or blowing winds, for example. so very ultra-sensitive monitoring devices that are essentially being triggered by the wrong sort of things. so rather than detecting someone illegally trying to cross the perimeter of an airport, a bird is setting it off. that's not a good thing. bill: julia banderas, thank you for that, la guardia, here in new york. eul eul -- uma: one in five detainees are getting into the terrorism business, that's according to john brennan, assistant for homeland security and

counter terrorism and he says that's not bad. now, there are calls for him to step down. should he? bill: also videotape of the day, for dozens of people, this was expected to be a day at the beach. it did not work out that way. and there are injuries. you'll see it in a moment, in an update in only three minutes.

uma: wow, frightening moments there, this is a reminder of just how dangerous the ocean can be. have you stheen video? take a look. it was taken during a surf contest over the weekend at half moon bay, california. this is what happened, a lone wave sending walls of water over barricades, catching spectators off guard and knocking some off the sea wall. most were okay but 13 people suffered significant injuries, including broken bones and at least three of them are now in the hospital dramatic moments there. bill: not supposed to go that way, is it? we're about 15 minutes now before the hour, new

calls for president obama's top terror official to step down, john brennan is his name, he's the assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, under even more scrutiny for comments he made about suspects at ghoit and the fact that it's believed 20 percent of those released from gitmo eventually turn back to a life of terror. this is how he framed it on saturday evening. listen here. >> people sometimes use that 20 percent figure and say my goodness, one out of five detainees return to extremist activity. you know, the american penal system rate is up 50 percent or so as far as return to crime. 20 percent isn't that bad. bill: that bad. kelly simpson is a fellow at heritage foundation, assistant to secretary of defense, and simpson is an expert on gitmo. 20 percent, is that okay? >> i think zero percent is okay. he's comparing apples and

oranges. i mean, criminals, a petty thief who goes out and steals again, that doesn't endanger our national security. a person who goes out, leaves gitmo and goes back to combatant activity can potentially change the world stage, so i don't think 20 percent is something the american people like. bill: you mentioned it would be good to be at zero. this same question was put to jim jones yesterday on fox news sunday with chris wallace, jim jones works in the white house, he's head of national security. here's how he phrased it. >> isn't that bad? >> well, i think that what we have to make sure is we do the best we can. we're not going to be able to keep people confined for the rest of their lives without some sort of due process. we have been working with many countries to accept them back, we have rehabilitation programs that are in place, not only in different countries, and it's never going to be zero. bill: again, jim jones with fox news sunday and chris

wallace. he made three points there. we can't keep detainees forever without some sort of due process eventually, it will never be zero, which is the point you made previously. >> right. bi-bill but the point in the middle about the rehab programs, we're hearing mixed reviews about whether a person goes to a rehab program in saudi arabia and whether or not they're converted, meaning to a life of innocence. do we know whether or not the rehab programs are working, kelly? >> they tend to work with some people but ultimately it's up to the person who goes through the program to decide whether or not he wants to go back to combatant activity. we don't know what the resid victim rate is, but general jones is correct, they do need due process and by the way, they're getting it through the habeas lawyers and habeas cases in district court in d.c., and there will never be a resid victim rate of zero. but we can detain some for the remainder of their life as long as the legal framework is in place and the justification is there. bill: the reason why swroans

has asked about it is obviously because of what john brennan said the night before. is this the type of thing that lingers for a while or does it de solve into the ether? >> the legal framework dissolves if the authorization for military use goes away. if we pull out of afghanistan five, six years from now and the legal linchpin goes away, some of these guys will need to be detained for th everest of their lives. bill: there's another story related to targeted kills in afghanistan and pakistan, as opposed to taking people live. there a better way to do battle with counterterrorism in your view? >> if we take the administration at its word that they want to use all tools available in our arsenal, then capturing and detaining and interrogating still needs to be on the tail and right now they haven't established a comprehensive detainment program for guys they might want to pick up in somalia and elsewhere, the somewhere doesn't exist in their mind because they don't want to take anyone to gitmo or

afghanistan. bill: liz cheney was making the similar point about 30 minutes ago. good to see you. got a question about these topics, something you want answered in the news? hemmer.com, also twitter at bill hemmer, we call it because you asked. uma. uma: are you confused about where the trial will be held new developments on where khalid shaikh mohammed will face justice, the vice president leaving the door open for a military trial wide open and are we just going to end up right back at gitmo? we're going to talk about that next. >> plus he was shot in the line of duty and is alive to tell the tale. we'll tell you about a las vegas police officer and the thing he carried with him every day that ended up saving his life. stay with us. whwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhh

bill: there is a 31-year-old las vegas police officer alive today and it might have been his badge that saved his life. the office's name is not released, was an patrol when gun shots rang out in an apartment complex, he responded, came face to face with the gunman, they exchanged fire and the office was hit, but the officer managed to walk away >> the bullet that struck our officer struck him in his badge, struck right on the badge, and deflected. very, very lucky that our officer was not seriously injured tonight. bill: we want to see that badge. there's a search going on now for the gunman who fled the scene, north las vegas. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> uma: i'm there! oh boy. florida used to be a popular location for film production companies but in recent years, much of the business has moved to states with friendlier tax breaks and other pecks, but florida lawmakers are working to change all that, and phil keating is joining us live from miami beach, florida with much more. so phil, where are all those shoots going these days? >> reporter: hi uma, they continue to go to canada. california was reeling over that fact for the last several years because of tax incentives but here in florida film commissioners say they're seeing many projects go north to georgia, louisiana and the carolinas all because of tax incentives now. take a look at bird cage, starring robin willuals, that classic opening shot, shows the carlisle hotel

where we are live on ocean drive. of course they changed the name for the film. but of course other big famous movies include scar face, marley and me, bad busism i and the word that hangover two is in preproduction out there now. the only television show currently in production here is burn notice, which is shooting inside the coconut grove convention center, but miami vice happened here a long time ago, that was back in the '8s and film commission leaders are hoping two legislature initiatives, one in the house and one in the senate, will lure about $75 million in tax incentives to keep these production companies in florida. uma: miami vice, that goes way back. how much money are we talking about here? >> miami beach alone film commission estimates they lost half a billion dollars last year because of projects that had interest in shooting florida. you've not the art dec

facades, palm trees, beautiful days and of course the ocean but tax incentives and breaks are worth tens of billions of dollars and when you're paying crews, hotels, restaurants for a multi-month shoot, all that adds up, so getting a film or tv reality show in a location, and there's word that jersey shore may be shooting in south beach, look for that, it all comes down to the tax incentives. it's an incentive game now. uma: phil keating, looking awfully comfortable and warm down there now. bill: kind of looks like don johnson, right, doesn't he? he's got the look. bill: hillary clinton upping the ante with iran, saying the rogue regime is becoming a military dictatorship. what will the united states do about that? we'll examine. uma: plus don't put that shovel away so fast, folks. even more snow, believe it or not, heading to the east coast. janice dean is working overtime, again.

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uma: iran is fast becoming a military dictatorship, from secretary of state claim, who said iran's revolution you're guard may be more powerful and the government in tehran. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm uma pemmaraju in for martha maccallum. bill: good to see you, happy presidents day, on this monday, and iran's elite fighting force playing a leighad role in every aspect of iranian life and the revolutionary guard getting into oil production and construction an telecommunication and wendell goler is at the white house north lawn now and what prompted the secretary to make a statement like that? >> she was at a question-and-answer session and was asked if the u.s. plans to

attack iran and explained why the u.s. is targeting its own sanctions against iran's revolutionary guard or enterprises controlled by them and it is encouraging the u.n. to do the same, banks and shipping firms and other enterprises controlled by the revolutionary guard and increasingly the guards' involvement in iran's political affairs particularly the decision to continue with uranium enrichment in defiance of u.n. resolutions, she said the u.s. believes the revolutionary guard is more and more supplanting iran's elected government. >> that is how we see it. we see that the government of iran, the supreme leader, the president, the parliament, is being supplanted and that iran is moving toward a military dictatorship. >> reporter: the u.s. long contend iran's leaders are not reflecting the will of the people and this suggests a split within the leadership itself, bill. bill: i mentioned a few things about the iran revolutionary

guard. what does the white house say? what do we know about them. >> reporter: roughly 125,000 member force, set up after the 1979 iranian revolution, and president mahmoud ahmadinejad is a veteran of the revolutionary guard. and, as are 2/3 of his staff. the guard has its own army, navy, air force, and operates separately from iran's regular armed forces. it controls iran's missile program. it also has a special operation unit, the jerusalem force which the u.s. says supports terrorist operation in iraq, lebanon, afghanistan and the revolutionary guard controls iran's moral police. which is blamed for the most violent retaliations against the protesters, that followed last year's election and the revolutionary guard is not completely mono listic -- mon listic and, the man who ran against him last year is from

the revolutionary guard. uma: and the third day the massive offensive against the taliban strong hold of marjah is continuing and u.n. and afghan forces were brought by helicopter forces into the town and troops are moving through surgeon neighborhoods taking rocket and mortar fire from taliban fighters and the mission face aid set back yesterday when two u.s. rockets slammed into a home, killing a dozen civilians and nato commanders general stanley mcchrystal suspended the use of rockets for now and we'll get more from mike emanuel at the pentagon later on here on "america's newsroom." bill: and from pakistan, we are learning a suspected u.s. drone firing into a vehicle in the northwestern part of the country, at least three are said to be dead and the u.s. stepping up drone attacks in that area and since about the first of the year, the killing of cia officers on the afghan side of the border, local pakistani government official confirming the three killed were militants.

in pakistan. uma: okay, folks, old man winter making a return visit to the deep south, and shows no signs of leaving any time soon, and the song "sweet home alabama" never mentioned snow, but here it is! second storm in less than a week, dropping several inches of snow, in a state more used to heat and humidity. parts of tennessee, georgia and the carolinas, also in the path of the latest storm, freezing rain and slush. it is all there! and where is the storm heading next? janice dean is joining us now, live from the fox weather center. and, janice we know the drill, but, my gosh! say it is not so! >> reporter: i think a lot of people are grumpy now, across the northeast and through the mid-atlantic region, the good news is, i-95 corridor, big cities will miss this one and i'm not saying you will not see anything, you could see snow, a wintry mix and/or rain from d.c., up towards new york city an boston, and, it won't be a blockbuster storm, that is my

good news and across the ohio river valley, mountains of west virginia, you will see measurement snowfall, let's look at the ohio valley, across the great lakes as well, down towards indianapolis and columbus and you do get 3-6, ten inches owe snow and then, folks in kentucky, seeing more snow for them into west virginia and the mountains will certainly get quite a bit of snow up to a foot or more and then the rain, a chilly rain across the southeast for the most part but we could see mixing again, let's look at the futurecast, as we go further in time and there is overnight tonight, there is new york city, but we're not expecting a whole lot of accumulation, 1-3 inches and we have rain with that, so that will cut down on the snow amounts and the bull's-eye will be new england and i think the ski resorts want to see that snow. so, a little bit of good news today in the weather department, back to you, uma. uma: it has to be one of the snowiest winters in recent memory. >> baltimore, d.c., philadelphia, yes, has been the snowiest season ever. uma: and bracing for more.

thank you. bill: six minutes past the hour. new calls for toyota's president to take questions from u.s. lawmakers, the japanese automaker still reeling from a string of recalls that have affected 8.5 million vehicles around the world. toyota has not decided whether or not the president will appear before congress but it is promising to look into possible electronic problems with a number of models including the prius. the company has been criticized for being slow in its response to the recall, but many of the problems stemming from gas pedals, brake dangers, and floor mats... that continues, updates when we get them here on toyota. uma: international space station getting a room with a view. talk about a perfect picture, astronauts have been doing home improvement and adding a fancy new observation deck and when the work is finished, this will let the crew see outer space and earth, like never before! like any fixer-upper, putting it all in place was not easy, of course and astronauts working through the night dealing with

stuck bolts and tangled wires and the deck will have 7 windows including the largest-ever set into space and shutters on the windows will be open for the first time on wednesday or thursday. bill: exciting times! uma: amazing view. bill: we'll see how it goes, new from europe, two commuter trains colliding today, outside of brussels, belgium. and the death -- at least 11 dead and it could be twice that and the force of the collision, smashing one train, deep into the front of another. and some of the rain cars flipping high en to the air and passenger on record called the crash a nightmare and alex ross with our sister network, sky news and a delay in the signal, but, do investigators know how it happened. >> reporter: there is a great deal of confusion as to how it happened, just south there is

confusion, conflicting reports, some say ten, some saying 25 and the problem at the moment is firefighters are trying to recover the bodies and when you look sdheent and those pictures, you see those carriages fused together it is a desperate situation, described by firefighters having to cut through the wreckage to try and recover those bodies. in terms of the cause of the crash, there are a number of theories at the moment. they may be -- join each other, in terms of theories. one, is the weather. it was snowing fairly heavily this morning. we have had icy conditions over the last week or so, here in belgium and that may have been a contributing or causal fact and the other report that we are hearing, which i suppose is more worrying really for the belgian authorities and rail operators, is one of those trains and you have to bear in mind, that this is a very busy network indeed and the hub, if you like, of the

european union and one of those trains may have jumped or failed to brake at a red light. it was leaving the station, here, another train was coming towards it, at a higher speed. and, that is what caused the head-on collision. we don't know if that is the case at the moment but those are certainly two theories that accident investigators are looking at. bill: alex, thank you, our sister network, sky news on the scene of brussels, belgium, right now 11 reported dead and the number, we are told could go higher. thank you. uma: he said the track was too dangerous just before a fatal practice run at the olympics in vancouver, the georgian luger lost his life on friday and a horrifying crash caught on tape and posted on-line moments before what soon would become his final luge of his life, reports are saying that he told his father during a telephone conversation the track was too dangerous and others also expressing similar concerns. saying, foreign athletes may not have enough time to adapt to the

challenging course and so far the united states is right now leading the medal tally with six, one a gold and the home team, canada ties for third with three medals. bill: go u.s.a., huh. 90 miles an hour on a sled. uma: incredible. bill: really, really. i mean, the cameraman, on nbc cannot keep up because they are moving so fast. keep it safe, though, right? from vancouver. in a moment, new details on where to hold a 9/11 terror trial and the idea of a new york trail fading fast and now joe biden leaving wide open the possibility of going back to a military tribunal and what will happen to khalid sheikh mohammed? peter king, new york congressman, here to tell us what he thinks, next. uma: and, accused of opening fire, killing three fellow professors at the university of alabama, and the cops are saying dr. amy bishop may have been a killer long before friday's d d deadly shooting rampage, the

case they are hoepg opening from 1986. bill: and blowing snow and slick roads, recipe for disaster on the open roads. how many crumbled cars are in this monster pile-up and where. uma: wow! bill: we thought we'd go to commercial and it is presidents day, we'll try something new today, won't we? right now 12 minutes nasty hour now. sounds like the white house, not dead set on holding those trials here in new york city. and apparently, military court not completely out of the question, either. a staunch opposition, the manhattan terror trials coming from the mayor, n.y.p.d., democratic senator schumer, nearly all local lawmakers and

many of the 9/11 families and now the president saying he'll judgment into the debate on selecting a location, for khalid sheikh mohammed's trial and the vice president saying everything is on the table. this from sunday. >> we have beefed up these military courts so they can pass constitutional scrutiny so that if we have to have a trial in one of those courts it will pass the test of our constitutional requirements. so, it is a possibility. bill: new york republican congressman peter king, ranking member of the house homeland security committee huhsstling t get ready for the interview. what do you think of what joe biden is saying there. >> bill, this administration is going in circles, and they are the gang that can't shoot straight and decided put the trial in new york without talking to the police commissioner or mayor and realize they cannot have it there and if they try to put it somewhere else, obviously those communities will rise up against it, and it appears as if they are paving the way to go back to

a military tribunal and court an installation and will have to select the location for that and really, anywhere they do it in the mainland u.s. will be near a civilian area, and there could be objection to it and could well ends up back at guantanamo. bill: we'll get to gitmo in a weekend, and the "washington post" reported over the weekend the president will help select the location for khalid sheikh mohammed's terrorism trial. what do you think is going on between the attorney general, eric holder, and the white house, for how the decision was made originally how it was backtracked and what is going on now. >> this was a dereliction of duty by the president. if he allowed eric holder to make the decision on his hone in november. that was a terrible mistake by the president, because it has ramifications, far beyond the justice department and it was part of the overall war against terrorism and now the president is getting involved apparently and this is largely because rahm emanuel at the white house thought it was a bad political indication and eric holder went off on his own, i guess and the

president should have made the decision in the first place and i'm pleased the president is now getting involved and i wish they would send a coherent message because it makes us look bad in the eyes of the world and we cannot make up our minds -- we and the president and the obama administration cannot make up their minds and are going in circles and it is a vital issue -- >> what do you -- >> -- to begin with. bill: what do you think president obama does? >> i believe he will take it out of new york, but before they announce it is coming out of new york they have to say where they will bring it and may not be able to find a city or state that will take it and may say we'll take it out of new york and have it in a military installation without naming the installation at that time. and then ultimately i can see it ending up at a military tribunal in guantanamo bay. bill: if you paint the scenario, congressman, let's say a civilian trial takes place... take the assumption here that your conclusion is not the way it will play out. where in the country would it happen if new york said don't

have it here? >> i don't know. i don't know what area of the country would want it and when they decided on new york they didn't speak to anyone in the city at all and, none of the democratic elect owed officials from new york spoke out against it and it wasn't until a police commissioner came out and did his job, really did a great job in showing what the course would be that the administration backed down. and, they cannot -- costs would be that the administration backed down and, i don't know of any area that would take it. that is the position they boxed themselves into. bill: wondering, and i understand your premise here, about going back to gitmo. six months from now, where are we on the issue, every decision, will we backtrack on it and no detainee leaves gitmo and the trials only take place in guantanamo bay. >> that makes sense and the administration may have been able to do it differently if they did their homework and looked to find the location that was in agreement -- but the way they bangled it, i don't see how

they get out of it and i don't have any difficulty answering the question and i don't know how they got into a mess to begin with and how they get out, the president made it major priority and to close guantanamo bay and made it a major priority to talk about giving people civilian trials and giving terrorists civilian trials, how he backs away from that, i don't know but he has to do it and eric holder has fallen down on the job and did a terrible job and the presidents has to come in and when he does that, the left wing base will go crazy. and he is in an unenviable position. >> you are saying rahm emanuel figured it out. >> rahm emanuel, listen, i have known him long years and get along with him and we don't agree on a lot but he has a great political mind and knows the american people are against it unlike the rest of the echo chamber in the white house which is liberal and nobody -- nobody consider there would be this type of uproar and rahm emanuel would and realizes also, i believe that the attorney general should not be prosecuting former cia officials, and the trial should not be in civilian areas or

courts and, rahm emanuel gets it, unfortunately, unfortunately, for the white house, they'll rely -- they relied on eric holder and the president abdicated responsibility to him which was a terrible mistake, by him as commander-in-chief. bill: peter king, thanks for your time and thanks for hustling and getting up early and we had a computer issue but everything is okay now. >> thank you, glad to help out. bill: appreciate it. uma: a big scare involving vice president biden's motorcade at' winter olympics, a van carrying the u.s. delegation was reern rear-ended and figure skating great peggy fleming sustained minor injuries and a statement from the vice president's office says fleming was taken to a hospital nearby as a precaution and later released and, quote, neither the vice president, nor anyone in his party was involved in the incident. and this is not the first accident involving biden's motorcade and a police car assisting biden's motor saudi glade collided with another car

in new york city in november. and bide en's motorcade struck and killed a man near the d.c.-maryland border in earlier november and these are a few of the nine motorcade accidents for presidents and vice presidents over the last ten years. fender-benders there. bill: a couple of fender-benders in daytona yesterday, too. what a race it was, six hours in florida! nascar race season kicking off in daytona and there was a new face among the drivers. look closely... in only three minutes.

bill: sarah palin is getting a high octane look at the daytona 500 and the former vice president candidate, governor of alaska car, signing autographs for fans and drivers. and she take lap around the speedway before the race and

summing up her feelings, she said, quote, this is awesome! and there was a race, and it was a thriller. jamie mcmurray in the darkness winning the race, holding off dale earnhardt after a wild final two-lap sprint and kept earnhardt in his year view mirror until he took the checkered flags, and a pesky pothole extended the race to six hours. and he goes over and punches on the daytona logo in the grass, nicely done. uma: taking on the maverick in arizona, j. d. hayworth will announce the campaign to challenge john mccain in the g.o.p. primary, a former congressman from arizona and some conservatives are saying, this could be the toughest re-election battle of john mccain's career. and anita vogel joins us from phoenix and why is he challenging him at this time? >> reporter: well, hi there, j.d. hayworth is set to make this is announcement en a couple

of hours and i talked to him a while ago and asked him, why he was challenging john mccain and he said, simple, he believes john mccain is a flip-flopper on major issues, like illegal immigration and taxes, and he believes arizona residents want a more consistent, conservative voice, and that john mccain is really more of a moderate than a maverick and we'll hear from j.d. hayworth a little bit later this morning and, first, we want to get reaction from john mccain himself. i spoke to him this morning and he said he's always up for a good fight. >> i take every race seriously and i have taken every race seriously in the past. i have been through a couple of pretty tough races in the presidential campaign. and, getting the nomination of my party so i'm pretty well used to tough races and i'm confident we'll do fine, but i take every race seriously and i know i have to earn the vote of every citizen. >> reporter: keep in mind john mccain is up in the polls here,

the latest rasmussen poll has him 20 point ahead of j.d. hayworth and money talks in politics and john mccain has more of that, too and now has $5 million, in the bank, and j.d. hayworth, about 100 grand. uma: and who they're big names throwing support behind john mccain? >> yeah, there are big names coming here and it's interesting, j.d. hayworth is trying to tap into the conservative tea party movement but john mccain has his old friend, sarah palin, coming to phoenix to campaign next month, and we know she's closely associated with the tea party movement and scott brown the newly elected massachusetts senator, is also endorsing john mccain and we know the tea party movement did help him a lot as well. and j. d. hayworth does at least have one big name, a share will be here to endorse him. uma: interesting names and thanks for that. bill: 25 minutes past the hour, back to the story here...

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bill: 10:30 in new york and we're learning details about the ongoing battle in afghanistan, taliban sniper teams taking ape

at u.s. marines and afghan forces as they move deep into the enemy strongholds in marjah and this is new videotape into "america's newsroom," british troops on day three of this important offensive. into the heart of taliban country. mike emanuel is watching developments and what are you hearing from the pentagon about the night they are encouraged by how things are going and it is slow because there are dangers out there and you mentioned the snipers and we have been reporting for days now, that there were concerns the area was booby-trapped and the u.s. and coalition allies, announced well ahead of time they were coming and the concern was they might be able to load up a lot of improvised explosive devices throughout the way and so, a lot of the work is on foot, dealing with snipers and looking for explosive devices and so, they are going very cautiously, but, effectively, throughout the town of marjah. >> and general stanley

mcchrystal is in charge and emphasized the afghan role in this offensive and what is he saying now about the performance of the afghans? >> reporter: it is clear general mcchrystal's signature, part of it will be the afghan buy-in and role and here's what he said about how the troops are performing. >> while this is an afghan-led operation it highlights the special partnership we've developed that i'm proud of and i would ask for the media to watch the bravery of afghan national security forces and their coalition partners, because i'm exceptionally proud of how they are performing. >> reporter: a big part of the strategy after the fight will be getting afghan police into start the rule of law, if you will in the local community, and to get afghan government services up and running to show the people -- u.s. and its allies are not invading but an afghan government is coming to give them a better life. bill: mike emanuel watching from the pentagon, thank you and

we're in touch with colin powell, our reporter on the scene in afghanistan. uma: more shocking relation about the professor accused of gunning down three colleagues and she and her husband questioned after a package with two bombs was sent to a harvard professor in 1993. and the bombs never went off, and, there is no evidence, ever linking the couple to the case. amy bishop was arrested on friday, in the shooting at the university of alabama at huntsville, after she was denied tenure. and the new details today, coming after we have learned over the weekend, that bishop shot and killed her brother, back in 1986 and claimed it was accidentally just discharged and authorities in massachusetts never charged her for that. and joining us now with the latest is michelle sedona, a investigative crime reporter with more on the story. welcome. as i didn't it, she had an argument with her brother, prior to the shooting. why did police simply back away

from this and not charge her? >> what is interesting, uma, is at the time, in 1986, when the case broke out, i did speak with the former police chief, his name is mr. polio and his -- in his home last night and what he said was that they responded to the scene, and she had allegedly shot her brother and amy's mom came forward to say, look, it was an accident and the shotgun allegedly went off, i was trying to show her how to -- how to change it out. and this is all a big accident and a big misunderstanding. so, the chief at the time could not move forward with pressing charges until the initial investigation was done. this is what he tolls me. but, also, at the same point, what chief polio said was he tind turned the investigation over to the stated of massachusetts and they decided to call it an accident shooting and it happened in 1986 and the current

police chief released a statement, detailed statement, saying those particular records have not been found, within his department. but, actually, those records do in fact exist according to the former police chief for the state of massachusetts and again, because of the district attorney moving forward with the charges. uma: talk about the pipe bomb situation where she and her husband worry beiere being look possible suspects and again no charges filed in that case as well. >> you are right. it was in 1993 and reportedly dr. bishop was questioned and her husband as well, and there were two bombs sent to a harvard professor, and, apparently, and again, this is according to reports, was that she received a core evaluation and so of course i'm -- a poor evaluation and at that point investigators went in and wanted to see who may have been an enemy of this professor

and she and -- because of these evaluations, possibly, that is why they probably looked at her, and many other people, but, at this point, to my understanding, that case is still unsolved. uma: there are troubling aspects to her background and from what we are hearing she has trouble with authority figures and claims that her husband is saying that she was unfairly denied tenure. in her present job, and, also, as i didn't it, she's writing a novel, where a scientist actually kills her brother and there -- crazy things coming out. from her background. >> this is just extremely rare, to have a female professor shooter on a campus. this is someone who is sent there to protect or children. and, to protect the people on campus, and to prevent these kinds of tragedy from happening, i mean, you see -- you have seen these things at virginia tech and many other school shootings across the nation but never, would you think it would actually be a professor targeting their colleagues, allegedly. if she is in fact convicted of

these crimes. and, also, i do want to mention that not only that, but, you know, it is troubling that a lot of these cases, you see a lot of males come forward and this is a female and this is someone who has received mixed reviews on-line, some of them i've read from students that have critiqued her work and some say she is brilliant and a genius and others say she goes off course and is crazy and this ails mother, a wife, a family member, and, the fact that she is facing pretty serious charges of capital murder, and attempted murder and could possibly be facing the death penalty. uma: very disturbing story indeed, michelle, thanks for joining us, and filling in the details for us. >> have a good day. bill: 25 minutes before the hour and a foreign plane maker moving in on american aerospace as fox news goes on the job hunt, french airline giant airbus set

to spend millions of dollars in california, territory typically supported by the american manufacturer boeing. many say buy american but now the french company supports more than 180,000 jobs in 40 states. 45% of the airbus procurement budget is spent here at home. last year, airbus sent 50 more orders for planes than boeing and william lajeunesse is live in santa ana california, and how has the investment from airbus had an impact from where you are -- and where are you, william? >> reporter: bill, this is a little bit like the globalization story, really, helping the u.s., as you said, airbus is a european company based in france, and we have most of the jobs they have been adding in the last five years here in the u.s., and we're at cost composite in santa ana and the welders are behind me and here, these are wing spans, if you will, parts of a wing being manufactured in the u.s. and will be shipped to france where they'll be assembled and where

the carbon fiber wings eventually will be put together. and they have added 15 welders in the last three months here, bill, and actually have a sign out in front of the building saying, welders, wanted. we are talking about now they're doing 6 days a week in the machine shop and 7 days a week in the welding area and they are having a hard time finding qualified welders in this area but this is basically the largest machine shop in the -- actually in the world. when a manufacturer wants to make wings, this is where they come. bill? bill: that is fascinating. william lajeunesse, out there in california. and if you are in the area of santa ana and can weld and need a job, there is the place to go. thank you, william lajeunesse on the job hunt there and we're on-line, too on the job hunt, check out our interactive map at foxnews.com. and will lead you to new jobs and careers that we're finding when we fan our reporters out across the country, click on the map to see who is hiring around

the country and where, right now, foxnews.com. what is coming up? uma: in a statement folks are used to rough winter weather, a massive pile-up, dozens of cars caught in the middle of a chain-react crash and what happened and how long were people stuck inside their cars? talk about a bad day. in three minutes, coming up.

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>> i'm jon scott along with harris faulkener, we'll see you in less than 2 minutes and a communication strategy underway the white house, did you catch some of it this weekend, joe biden taking on the former vice president over terrorism, extraordinary stuff and we'll get into it. >> as we are learning the president of iran says it is now a nike clear state, our own secretary of state, hillary clinton says he may not be the guy in charge and says it is a military dictatorship, and who is really in charge of the country? we'll take a look. stay close.

bill: 19 minutes, "fox news alert" and this is interesting, we're learning, fox news confirmed that indiana democratic senator evan byah will not seek re-election. he's a moderate democrat and the past several has been pushing democrats to put more focus on jobs and the economy, clearly what he was hearing from his constituents in the hoosier state and a political editor of the washington examiner joins us, good morning, breaking news now, evan byah will not seek re-election and what does that tell you. >> this is big, big news. this is -- we're talking about now potentially sort of a shift in the u.s. congress, we have not really seen a political environment as bad for the majority party since 1974, when republicans were really run out of office over watergate. and the fact that evan byah, who likely would have been able to pull out a win would have

probably been difficult this year, because of the strong sentiment against president obama, and the obama agenda, in indiana, a state that the president managed to carry the first time i believe for a democrat is probably 30 years -- >> let me stop you, you are a right. and it is a very red state in fact but the conventional wisdom says he figures he cannot win but you say he could? might be a tough battle. >> right. that's the thing, how willing are you to go to bat under these circumstances and evan byah is somebody who, you know, his father was a senator, he has deep roots in the state, he's moderate and has a reputation as a moderate but this is tim saying i will not fight through because what i would imagine he sees is looking out over the next 8 months, that things aren't going to get better from a policy perspective. and when he has to consider the facts that the administration is doubling down on the concept of pushing health care -- form of

health care legislation through and all of these other issues, i guess he doesn't want to have to deal with that and the other problem he has is, at first he thought that he could only lose if there was a very robust republican opponents and it threw a scare into indiana democrats, when a former senator in 1998 dan toth said he was going to run and polling showed something interesting. that is senator evan byah was vulnerable to less known republicans, former congressmen and statewide figures, so, this is -- for the senator it is a big decision -- >> i agree and i can't figure out the bottom line and maybe internal polling in his own camp that suggest he's cannot win and respecting your answer, there was a poll that went out when dan coats entered the race that showed him with a 20 point lead and evan byah had $30 million more in the bank from the end of the year, from the "washington

post" and going to the information and major garrett reporting as well. and all indications at least, on the outside, chris, suggest that he could have won re-election and perhaps there is something on the inside that told him otherwise, and has he or have you heard in washington frustration from senator evan byah when he was im exploring democrats and the white house -- im exploring democrats to shift back from health care and make it more moderate, which is clearly what he was hearing back in his home state. >> you have to remember with the context of evan byah it was someone seriously looked at to be president obama's rung mate in 2008. this is a person who is a credible con tender for the presidency, democratic nomination. he has been tough on the administration. on questions about the deficit. and has been tough on the question of using a parliamentary process called reconciliation to try to force health care legislation through the senate and has been increasing -- an increasingly outspoken critics of the

administration and if you want to get out the crystal ball and gaze into the future it gives him a chance if president obama cannot recover from the current tail spin he's in, situates him to put himself forward as a moderate force in 2012. bill: and quack from the washington examiner, it is an interesting development we are learning now, evan byah will not seek another term as a u.s. senator, home state of indiana. 2:00 press conference with senator byah and our fox cameras will be there. uma: this is certainly not a way to spend your day, stuck in this pile-up. so what happened here?

uma: a massive pile-up on an

interstate west of kansas city, talk about a bad day... check out these pictures, a scene looks likes a demolition derby and the kansas highway patrol says at least two dozen cars smashed up on a bridge, in the westbound lanes, and police are blaming snow for causing the pile-up as cars piped out on slippery roads and the lanes were closed for hours, as cleanup crews removed the cars. and there were no reports, thankfully of any injuries. i cannot imagine what it must have been like to be stuck in that pile-up. bill: look at that thing. it keeps on going... like a junkyard on the highway, kansas city. all right, 10 minutes before the hour, we want to shift our focus to europe now and they must admit blame for, quote abominable acts, from pope benedict xvi, scolding a group of bishops out of ireland in response to a sweeping sex scandal there. dozens of bishops soummoned to the vatican for crisis talks and some offered resignation and

more expected and greg burke is watching the story from rome. gregg? >> reporter: bill, that's right. you know, when the -- the latest installment of the sex abuse scandal broke last year, pope benedict xvi spoke about betrayal and shame that he felt in terms of that and said he'll be writing to the irish faithful and now he has brought in two dozen bishops to rome to talk to each one, about this, and try to frame some sort of response, to the abuse scandal and i remembered is not that big, this is a huge crisis, for the church there, because the country is overwhelmingly catholic, and recent report talking about how endemic the sex abuse it was, in church institutionses. and, so it's certainly a problem pope benedict xvi is taking seriously, here, as you said, four bishops offered the resignation and one has been accepted and others will be and it will be interesting to see how sweeping the reorganization might be. and he could really make some major, major changes, in the irish church. the bishops are talking about

repentance and that of course is very timely, with ash wednesday, starting on wednesday. and what we know is pope benedict xvi will be writing a letter to the irish faithful on this, probably sometime in the next few weeks, during the period of lent, when, in fact, people are speaking a lot about repentance and forgiveness of sins, bill. bill: greg burke thank you, live from rome near vatican city. uma: here's a story with lots of folks talking. he boarded a quick flight from the oakland to burbank, california and actor and director kevin smith was kicked off the plane before it left the gate. wait until you hear why the captain gave him the boot. bill: dream on, kiddies, thousands of toys on display, the giant toy fair, what is hot, what is not and what are people begging for for next december, already today, you'll only find out here. cool stuff, clever, three minutes away.

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democratic senator, evan byah, will apparently not seek re-election for his senate term. press conference, 2:00 this afternoon. and our washington, d.c. crack crew is telling us that the internal polling on his team says they were up 20 points in the challenger republican dan coates and yet he expect the announcement three hours from now and our cameras will be there, at 2:00, and make sure you are, too, this afternoon. uma: shifting gears, every year at this time the big apple turns into the toy capital of the world the place where a company that inventors unveil the newest and hottest toys on the mark. and, robert gray of the fox business network, is joining us live from the vjavits center fo the international toy fair and thousands of folks are there for the big event and what is the next big thing? >> reporter: the next big thing, funny you should mention that, check out this from hasbro, the scrabble-flash and these are demos and you cannot buy it for christmas. it takes scrabble, take it to the next level and put the letters together, and make words and this is the actual game you

can buy for next christmas and, that will set you back, $30 and let's look at the others and we have other electronics, kids, i have a three-year-old who loves my iphone and ipad is coming and fisher price has the answer for kids coming out here, actually not going to blow up, that is scrabble over there. but fisher price has one for kids and can customize it for them and you can do pictures on here and can draw and read, and, read to them, a good way to save your ipad, coming or christmas an additional downloads for 25 and green toys, big at eco-friendly and h is the frisbee and wham-o bought a company, is that a we highlighted last year, actually, made a frisbee and have a basket, carrying case coming and a stroller and, bath toy, won the specialty toy of the year, made out of spring wood and zhu zhu pets, the hot toy, coming back and you have hamsters with

an attitude on the bottom and these guys with a wild bunch, coming at you, and toy of the year last year, and of course your kids probably know, the animated cartoon series and they open up into animals and if you wonder, i notice martha is not there and i the kids voted, 120,000 news anchors, guys, probably a popular one around the martha maccallum household. bill: and the brunette for you, uma! >> reporter: i'm sure i can get one. uma: definitely a blond world out there. and hamsters, with attitude. bill: i know... uma: thank you. bill: too foot fly, apparently, applies to hollywood celebrities, just like the rest of us. and kevin smith, an actor and director, of classics like clerks and mall rats rats, and silent bob took this photo of himself after he was pulled off -- pulled off a flight for being a safety risk and, he says i

know i'm fat, i'm way fat but not there just yet and, he was in -- and i flight attendant asked him to get avenue felony and he flew on' later southwest flight and they gave him a $100 voucher but he has 1.5 million twitter followers, and that could be very bad pr, and, for anyone. including southwest. uma: today is not about holiday bargains and you may think it is president's day but, really, let's give number one his due. george washington's day was made a holiday in 1879 and moved the celebration of washington's birthday from february 22nd to the third monday in february. and abraham lincoln's birthday on february 12th and you have a holiday, and they coined it them president's day, happy birthday,