>> clayton: eating that microphone again. >> alisyn: we're wishing you a happy easter and have a wonderful day and we'll see you next weekend. next weekend. >> dave: bye-bye. captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> calling it a time for goodness and truth. and recognizing what he calls the trials and sufferings of christians in iraq and pakistan, pope benedict xvi leading easter mass, at st. peter's basilica in rome. good morning and happy easter, i'm eric sean. >> jamie: good morning, i'm jamie colby, happy easter. welcome to america's news headquarters. there are millions around the world, that are celebrating one of the holiest days of the year, for christians. and well, have live reports on the celebrations. we'll begin with one of the biggest services, held in rome, and greg burke is standing by, greg, happy easter to you. it seems like the rain in rome,

certainly didn't keep the people away. so many pilgrims showing up. >> reporter: jamie, that's right. happy easter to you, as well. and it looked like well over 100,000 umbrellas out there, actually, when the pope was giving his easter greetings, and he does that in dozens of languages, after noon local time a lot of people come for the mass and an overflow crowd, christmas and easter the two big days where st. peter's square is overflowing and it was today, though it was pouring-down rain, most of the students, the kids in europe, are off of school and seems like half of them end up come down to rome, for the holy week. this being the end of holy week and if there are really happy people in rome today, it is the guys who sell umbrellas because they did a really brisk business this morning. jamie. >> jamie: the pope, pope benedict xvi holding up who in his main message? what did he say? >> reporter: well, jamie, it was an easter message of the joy of

easter and he did also talk about suffering, though, you know, he said the life is suffering an easter is not like a magic formula. however, with the resurrection, he says, the balance is definitely in favor of good, you know, the balance, the scale is tipped, definitively but there will be suffering on earth and he talked about the suffering around the world and praying for peace in different places and the holy land, also for iraq, the situation there, and, singling out the situation, christians in pakistan now and talking about persecution of christians and specifically mentioned that country, with a small number, but, having a tough time, right now. jamie. >> jamie: a day of happiness and hope there and around the world, thanks, greg, have a happy holiday. >> eric: pilgrims from around the world are marking easter in jerusalem, believed to be the site of jesus' crucifixion and burial, 1500 permits given to christians so they can attend services on this holy holiday and rena ninenan joins us.

>> reporter: happy easter to you, there were many christian services taking place throughout the city today, but, perhaps the most watched one, is in the holy sepulcher where it is believed jesus was crucified and buried and denominations taking turns, with services inside and christians from all over the world gather, hoping to get a glimpse inside the holy sepulcher and once every four years the catholic and anglican service, easter as well as the orthodox easter, happens on the exact same day and, that happens to be today. once every four years and people osh that as well and a bit more crowded inside the holy sepulcher, eric. >> eric: jerusalem remains on high alert, though, rena. what about that? >> reporter: well, it is not just, eric, because of the easter holiday, also because of the jewish holiday of passover,

is really -- israeli police remain on high alert throughout the old city, especially because it is easter and passover. and the israeli government has also closed off the west bank, and that closure is in effect until tuesday with the -- when the passover holiday ends. eric. >> eric: rena ninan, reporting from the holy land, thank you as always. >> jamie: and this is a "fox news alert." there has been more violence in baghdad, triple homicide attacks, ripping through baghdad within minutes of each other, 32 people now reported dead, more than 100 others are injured and ends a period of relative calm, since parliamentary elections last month. and the location of one of the blasts is leading some to say the real goal, may be to stir up political unrest. denatali is

reporting from baghdad. >> reporter: and there were attacks in the central of the capital in neighborhoods outside the green zone and in particular we saw an attack at the iranian embassy and also at the german embassy and the egyptian embassy and latest numbers we have are actually 31 people dead and, 140 injured. now, it came after we saw mortar rounds fired into the zone and 25 people were killed execution-style, south of the city in what is believed to be an attack by al qaeda. al qaeda being a main suspect in today's attacks, as well. seeking to destabilize the governments as we are having a new government formed here in iraq, many people have been nervous, following the vote a month ago in which no clear winner was decided and coalitions are being formed as we speak. that leads to a situation of political unrest, and, people have been expecting violence but we have had none until this week, and on this kind of scale which is leaving the city

somewhat nervous. and anticipating more violence to come and it is viewed as terrorism an attempts to divide the population and cause more political turmoil in the country, back to you, jamie. >> jamie: we are keeping a close eye on it and follow it through the day, thank you, from baghdad. >> eric: iran and its nuclear effort, words from mahmoud ahmadinejad telling the u.s. and western powers they cannot stop iran's progress. this is -- iran is set to hold its own nuclear disarmament conference days after the u.s. hold an international summit on the same issue. why is iran holding the conference? it denies u.n. security council resolution demanding it stop the uranium enrichment which it has not done and joining us as always, at this time, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, who is also a fox

news contributor. good morning, ambassador. >> good morning. >> eric: this is conference on nuclear disarmament an iranian smoke screen. >> well, it is a further indication the iranians don't fear any further action by the u.n. security council. i think after their top nuclear negotiator met with chinese leaders in beijing this past week they now have a good idea of what is discussed and what the new potential sanctions are and they are obviously not worried about it. in conditionally, they have thrown a new curve ball here, because the conference is about peaceful use of nuclear energy by everyone and nuclear weapons, for no one, meaning, particularly, israel. and i think their propaganda efforts will increase in the coming weeks. >> eric: you talk about the top iranian negotiator being in china, now, is he cutting a deal? >> well, i think what they are doing is trying to persuade china to continue to work with iran to water down this fourth sanctions resolution. as the chinese and let's not

forget the russians, who watered down the first set of resolutions and that is part of the diplomatic game and i think as -- your point of mahmoud ahmadinejad shows, it is not having any deterrent effect on iran. >> eric: it seems they don't want to negotiate and president obama was elected because of his diplomacy and wanting to have negotiations and mahmoud ahmadinejad says quote they say we extended our hand to the people of iran but the government of iran and the people of iran have pushed it back, what hand did you extend toward us? what changed? your sanctions were lifted? the adverse propaganda was stopped? the pressure was alleviated? they sare saying again and agai they reject negotiations. >> they are continuing to make progress and we are not putting pressure on them and they read

the obama administration very well and at the last minute, if iran said, okay, we'll negotiate, i think they know their man and i think obama would suspend the effort on sanctions and sit down at the table with him, or at least, if he did agree to negotiate, the effort of sanctions would be even more impaired than it is already. >> eric: the administration says it has a package of strict sanctions, ready to go in a few weeks at the u.n. >> right. and if you believe that there is a bridge in new york, nearby you can buy, too. we know from what people said the initial ideas for sanctions put on the table in january, have already been very substantially watered down at the behest of the russians. and the only thing the chinese said is they'll begin to negotiate, and that doesn't tell you a thing about the substantive outcome and just that's first three sets of sanctions started with broader ideas and got whittled down, you can put money on that, happening on this negotiation, as well. >> eric: and mr. ambassador, what do you expect to come out

of this new sanction package, like the fourth that has been on iran for the past few years? >> i think, there will be marginal increments and pressure on the revolutionary guard, and maybe on some additional financial institutions, but, the test is not can you torque up the sanctions a little bit, the test is will the sanctions have the effect of stopping the iranian nuclear weapons program. and the answer to that is unambiguously no. >> eric: that is the warning and the prediction from u.s. ambassador john bolton, the sanctions will not work. as has been proven, in fact, you agree with mahmoud ahmadinejad and in his speech he said the sanctions are not working, hate to break it to you and give you that news! >> that is unhappy news, but, on their present course, the iranians will get nuclear weapons. >> eric: chilling, a chilling prospect. u.s. ambassador john bolton, good to see you, as always. >> jamie: new reports out the liberal leader of the highest court in the land is considering retirement. supreme court justice john paul

stevens telling two newspapers he'll likely step down for the -- from the bench while the president is still in office. and that giwill give the presidt a second opportunity to nominate a new justice to the supreme court and caroline shivley is working on this out of washington. hi, caroline. >> reporter: hey to you, jamie. stevens wouldn't give an exact date for his departure from the supreme court but will surely be during president obama's term and there are signs out there is could be sometime this month. and stevens turns 90 in april and he's the second-oldest justice in the court's history after oliver wendell holmes and gerald ford appointed him in 1975 and he still plays tennis and swims and told the "washington post," i can tell you i love the job and deciding whether to lift is a difficult decision but i want to make it in a way that is best for the court and if he retires this year what is best for the court could be getting someone in there and settled before the next term begins in october and the court retirement announcements often come in june and that would be a tight turn

around for confirmation hearings and as far as the makeup of the court a liberal stepping down under obama would give the president to ability to keep the ideological balance in the court and the break down, four liberal and four conservative and moderate to conservative leaner as the usual tie breaker and he'd be the second justice the president replaced after sonia sotomayor was confirmed last year and another hint that he is not planning on serving in the courts, full term and, heard one... instead of the usual four. >> jamie: happy either, caro, ne, nice to see you. ♪ ♪ >> jamie: on the the campaign trail you cannot take a look ahead to the midterm elections, and health care reform, a hot button issue for voters now, for sure but with the election 6 months away will the health care backlash lose steam proving less important for voters than unemployment and the economy? will the spark stay alive and

ignite a few firestorm come november? joining us now, the director of the center for politics, at the university of virginia, larry sabato, and he knows this and much more, larry, good to see you, thanks for joining us today. >> thank you, jamie. >> jamie: a low profile approach, it seems to me at the white house, by a number of democrats, when it comes to campaigning during the recess, some meeting with constituents and others, not out and about, is that a deliberate strategy? what are you seeing across the country for those who face races come november. >> jamie, we're a federal country and the conditions in california are different than the conditions in arkansas. there was a poll out this morning, from california, showing the new health care plan was popular. there have been polls out in most of the southern and border states, and some western states, showing it very unpopular. so, it depends on where you are. you have to look at it by state, by district and even by

locality. and i think, health care will still be important in many places, but, not in all places, in november. >> jamie: let's look at a couple of races that caught my eye, and i think you would find them interesting, too. let's start with arkansas. and the race there. the senate primary that will occur and what your thoughts are on that, you have a pretty good track record, i have to say. >> well, so factors we hope it continues, you know, it is easter and i guess is appropriate to say it will take at least a minor miracle, for senator blanche lincoln to be reelected. she is losing to literally even the unknown republicans in the g.o.p. primary, coming up in may. she of course is the democrat, she has a strong primary challenger in the lieutenant governor, bill halter. and i think she'll survive the primary, although an upset is not impossible but she's likely to lose in november, at least as it appears in april. >> jamie: will that be a message to washington?

>> well, i think one of the reasons why she's in trouble, is because president obama is very unpopular in arkansas. and, the new health care plan is unpopular in arkansas. >> jamie: what about kentucky? the g.o.p. senate race there, i was looking at it this morning, and it is an open seat primary, and interesting race. >> yes, it is currently held of course by republican jim bunning and republicans could blow it if they have a very divisive primary and i expect the next month-and-a-half of the primary to be vicious in kentucky and they are not known for soft politics. but, the two candidates in the -- on the republican side are secretary of state tray grace son and rand paul, the son of current congressman ron paul and they are tifrn republicans and have different visions of the future and i think it is fair to say, senator mitch mcconnell, the leading kentucky republican,

strongly favors grayson, in the early polls, rand paul has been leading and that is an opening for democrats, they have two strong candidates, the lieutenant governor, and the attorney general, jack conway. and we'll see what happens there. normally, kentucky, a conservative state, votes republican, but, if the republicans get too divisive they could blow it. >> jamie: and also the tea party movement is strong there as well and will be interesting to see the impact of that and pennsylvania, senator specter now will have the race now, after switching parties. what do you think the impact will be on voters? >> the news for senator specter is both good and bad. the good comes in the primary. i think he's weathered the challenge from congressman joe sestak and every indication is the new democratic, arlen specter, republicans for decades in the senate, will probably win the primary over sestak and the

general election is a challenge and it will be a republican year probably in pennsylvania, and the governorship, attorney general corbett is likely to win and there is a lot of specter fatigue and former congressman pat toomey, the republican nominee might upset him. >> jamie: interesting after knowing him as a republican for low song it is an interesting race to watch and i love watching it with you, larry sabato, great to see you. >> thanks, jamie. happy easter. >> jamie: same to you. >> eric: thousands of protesters are defying government orders and ignoring threats of arrest. we'll tell you where it is happening, and what sparked these massive protests. and, you know, spring, well, it has sprung, the warmer weather means we'll be spending more time outdoors and that could mean, a greater risk of getting li lyme disease, how do you spot it, how do you know you have it, how do you prevent it?

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>> jamie: thousands of protesters defying government orders to leave bangkok, red shirted demonstrators shut down the busiest shopping districts, also moment to several up scale hotels, and it is the fourth week of protests and leaders say they will continue until the thai government holds election and many protesters are poor farmers and travel from rural thailand to support the former prime minister ousted in a 2006 coup. >> eric: the economy now, the labor department reporting this past week employers actually added jobs, last month. the most in three years. but the unemployment rate is still holding at a steady 9.7%.

on "fox news sunday," jon kyl of arizona and democratic senator arlen specter of pennsylvania debated over the stimulus bill and what we can do about the economy. >> i think what republicans will do, is look very carefully at any more spending plans, because, as it turns out, we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars, to very little effect. >> i think there is general agreement, that has the stimulus -- had the stimulus not passed we would have sunk into a 1929 depression. >> eric: joining is this anchor of "fox news sunday," chris wallace who joins us every week at this time. good morning, chris. >> chris: good morning, eric. >> eric: they say things have been looking up, but, unemployment is still hanging in there despite the stimulus? >> chris: it is a mixed picture, look, it is better than a year ago when we were losing 6, 700,000 jobs a month, this month we gained 162,000 jobs, but, one fascinating number there, they were actually more jobs created by the census bureau hiring

48,000 created by the entire -- than created by the entire manufacturing sector of the u.s., 42,000, and as you say, unemployment, was steady at 9.7%, and, so, obviously, it... the current state of affair is not jumping starting the economy and that is why you see democrats talking about more stimulus, extending unemployment benefits and more aid to states, so that don't lay off people and tax cuts, and tax credits, to small business and also, infrastructure spending, a lot of republicans didn't like it before, and they don't like it and don't feel the big stimulus package, the $800 billion package, last year, did much good. >> what are this chances the republican ideas actually getting through and congress is controlled by the democrats. >> chris: well, i think one area you might see, is the idea of tax cuts and incentives, that is something senator kyl said he could support and there is talk

about eliminating the capital gains tax on small business for the rest of the year, and some other possible credits. and, also, using some of the t.a.r.p. money, republicans don't like that and using the t.a.r.p. money to provide credit to small businesses, so, i don't think you'll see a lot of new spending, but you might see, may see things along the edges. i don't suspect it will have a lot of impact, between now and the november midterm elections. >> eric: it will be an issue through the elections season, chris, thanks for joining us and happy easter. >> chris: thank you and same to you. >> eric: of course, you can watch the entire interview on the fox news channel, "fox news sunday" at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. tonight and joining chris on the program, the man who is in charge of recruiting republican candidates for the midterm elections, that is republican congressman kevin mccarthy of california, who will talk about the republican party's chances, that he thinks the chances are, in those upcoming mid terms. jamie. >> jamie: and we want you to be

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>> jamie: top stories, at this time hour, pope benedict xvi leading mass, calling fore moral and spiritual conversion in a profound crisis in humanity and the paw talks it river -- pawtuxet, deemed a federal disaster area and they saw is the worst flooding in at least 200 years there and a deadly bus crash in denver, is being blamed on a driver that killed one person and left more than 16 hurt, a spokesperson saying it

appeared the driver ran a red light hitting two other vehicles. ♪ ♪ >> eric: time for "sunday house call" an with us is house call host, dr. isadore rosenfeld, the rossi distinguished professor of clinical medicine at the wild cornell medical center in new york, and, joins us every sunday, and we look forward to it, good morning, doc. >> jamie: nice to see you. >> beautiful day. >> jamie: it is. always nice when you are here. well, april is here and spring is in full bloom and you can see how pretty it is outside, the doc is right and it is time to watch out for lyme disease. what do we need to know this year. >> april is a very exciting time, beautiful weather, but, between april and october is tick season. lyme disease season. if you live in an area where there -- a wooded area, where there are animals, deer and

other animals, do not go out with any part of your skin exposed. because, the ticks live on the deer and other animals, get on your skin, and bite you, and cause lyme disease. now, if you are going out in the woods, and any part of your body is exposed, you should put on -- apply 10% d.e.e.t. that is an -- a tick rebel length. if your dog comes in, you were going out with your dog, check your dog for the presence of a tick, on the dog. also, check your clothes, when you come back. look for a tick. if you have seen a tick, if you found one on you. not everybody sees them, then you have to be very, very careful and watch for the onset of symptoms, the presence of a tick does not mean it has bitten

you but there is a good possibility, a 50% risk, the presence of a tick on your body means that you may develop lyme disease. the first symptom of lyme disease is a rash. it is generally a bull's-eye-type rash. or a double-bull's-eye-type rash or any rash without a bull's-eye and if you have been in a tick-infested area and develop any rash that you are -- don't know the origin of, assume it they be lyme disease. now, what do you do? what symptoms should you look for? you know, generally, feeling loudy, low grade fever, you don't get the congestion you get with the flu but it is a generalized feeling lousy, let your doctor know, he or she can then get blood tests, and determine whether or not you have lyme disease, and, give you the appropriate antibiotic. lyme disease is treatable, but

you've got to diagnose it first. >> eric: and if you have kids, you know, from experience, you have to check the kids at night, don't you. >> absolutely, check the kids, the animals... >> jamie: check each other... >> eric: that's true. >> when you come back home, take your clothes off, and check your clothes, and make sure there are no ticks on the clothes. and so on. but it is a real problem, and, i think it has been increasing and especially in the connecticut area, near where we live, something you should be aware of. >> jamie: thank you, doc. >> eric: as member get older we tend to suffer from enlarged prostates and sometimes it can interfere with a good night's sleep. what should men do with an enlarged prostate. >> most men as they get older, not like you or i, eric, but, really, older men, when they get older, develop enlargement of the prostate, and the most

common symptom is knnocturia, t need to urinate at night and if it is occasional, you don't need to do anything about it and if it troubles you, there are me indication you can take that shrink the prostate and reduce the symptoms. the interesting thing that i want to bring to your attention, if you have had thoughts about these drugs, i'm thinking of avodart, or proscar, what you should know is these drugs not only shrink the prostate and help improve the symptoms, there is evidence that they reduce the risk of your developing prostate cancer by as much as 25 or 30%. so, if you are diagnosed with a large prostate, have these symptoms, do not hesitate to take either of these drugs. ones i recommend are uroxitrel

or avodart or proscar, they not only help the symptoms but reduce the risk of prostate cancer. >> jamie: i want to ask you, is it a situation similar to the report on statins where if you don't have an enlarged prostate, maybe you should take one of these drugs to prevent it from happening. >> if you have an enlarged prostate, yes, you should take... >> jamie: if you don't, is it a preventive drug, will the research show down the road maybe it was worth taking anyway. >> jamie, that is a very good question and becomes a matter of philosophy. i believe that in every medicine, there is a little poison. every -- these drugs prevent prostate cancer but unless you have been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate, or you have symptoms of an enlarged prostate that disturb you, i don't think i would take these drugs

proposal lackcally, but that is a -- prophylactically. >> jamie: mr. and more people are being diagnosed with diabetes. when should you be screened for it? doc, what is your advice? >> look, if you are vulnerable to diabetes, type two diabetes, so-called adult onset diabetes, because there is a family history, because you are overweight, which so many americans are, you should be screened for the presence of diabetes. the current recommendations are that this should be started at age 45. but, there is evidence that if you start it earlier, you are apt to get a diagnosis that you might otherwise have missed. the importance of that is, that the sooner diabetes is diagnosed, the sooner you can treat it. the sooner you can treat it, the less likely you are to develop

the complications of diabetes. and, the biggest risk of diabetes, is vascular disease. diabetics are more prone to stroke, heart attack, peripheral vascular disease, to disease of the blood vessels in the eyes, in the legs, it is very important to diagnose diabetes. now, the evidence is, that if you start at age 30, instead of 45, and then have a blood test every two or three years, the hit -- the diagnosis of diabetes, is much more frequent and you can start the treatment, sooner. so, i recommend all my patients, especially those who are vulnerable, by virtue of being overwhat it or a family history, that they start a screening at age 30, and, not wait until age 45. >> jamie: very important advice, thank you, doc.

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>> eric: there's a manhunt underway, los angeles police searching for a gunman, who opened fire in a north hollywood restaurant. he killed four people, injured two others. that shooting happening yesterday afternoon, it was at the mediterranean restaurant, called, the hot spot. witnesses say the restaurant was packed, when the gunman walked in and suddenly started to open fire and police responded to the call for the help, described the scene as a bloodbath and they don't believe the shooting was random but are not giving further details at this moment, as to why exactly that gunman opened fire. ♪

>> jamie: welcome back, this is the time in the show where the doc tell us myth or fact, and we're talking about psoriasis, a skin condition that should be treated only by a dermatologist, doctor, is it true. >> it is a skin condition and should be treated by a dermatologist, but it's not only a skin condition. i -- myself, i was surprised to learn 2-3% of people have these rashes in different parts of their body and difficult to treat and sometimes accompanied by arthritis. but, what you should remember, is that sore -- people with psoriasis, people especially under the age of 50, are vulnerable to various types of heart disease. to atrial fibrillation, to coronary artery disease, and the message here, is, that if you

have psoriasis, by all means, have it treated, by your dermatologist. but, also, get yourself under the care of a cardiologist, who can screen you, to see whether you have any of the complications which are common in people with psoriasis. >> jamie: doc, that is interesting, there is someone i care about very much that has it severely and i'm curious whether there are real treatments, new ones on the horizon. is it something that we pay enough attention to? >> if you have the rash you pay attention to it. >> jamie: clearly. >> and there are some new effective treatments for so psoriasis, but i'm not sure, jamie, whether treating the psoriasis reduces the risk of the cardiac complication. i think there may be a genetic component, so if you have the psoriasis, regardless of how severe it is or successfully the skin part of it is treated, you

should consider yourself vulnerable, for cardiovascular disease. >> eric: thanks, doc, he answers e-mails every sunday and let's go to our first e-mail of this morning. that one says my doctor recommended reclast for me, i'm 70 years old and would like to know if this is add goose as i've been told as news and also would like to know about the side effects. >> it is a bisfosfonate, given, generally, to post-menopausal women who have a decreased production of estrogen, the female hormone, estrogen and what it does as far as your bones is concerned -- are concerned, is they prevent the loss of calcium from the bone so people who have women who have estrogen don't have any

bone problems. comes the menopause, there is less estrogen around, the bones begin to lose their calcium. they become thin, and they break more easily. these bisfosfonates prevent the loss of cassi icalcium from the and many women who are post-menopausal are prescribed these and i remember when we used to give it once a day, and then once a week, and then, once a month. then, once every three months. now, they have reclast, i bisfosfonate and the convenience is, you can take an injection, not a bipill like the others ar and you get an injection once a year and that is very, very convenient and the question is, is it effective? yes.

as effective as any other bisfosfonate. does it have side effects? every medicine does and my own experience and practice, women getting the reclast have not had and in order that -- sometimes they get headaches an dizziness and can develop all kinds of symptoms that are temporary and mild and for the most part, reclast is well tolerated. don't take it if you are pregnant. or can become pregnant. because, it can cause problems. make sure that you should take calcium supplements, and vitamin d supplements along with -- after you had the one injection. but i think it is a very convenient thing, for women, not to have to worry about taking a pill, every month or three months or whatever. getting the one shot. >> jamie: very good. doctor, thanks, are you puzzled by what could be causing a rash on the back of your legs? if i ever heard a tease this is it.

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>> jamie: welcome back to "sunday house call," always great to have you here with the doc, and, here's one for you. have you developed a red rash on the back of your legs and can't figure out what caused it and it could be your couch. chair? doc? should i stand up? >> this is the most fantastic new story. you know, it turns out, if you are sitting on a couch, and you develop a red rash on your back of your legs, you go to your doctor, you can't figure out what it is, it turns out that

furniture made in china may contain a chemical which is added in the shipping to clothing and to shoes, as well as to furniture, to prevent mold forming during the travel of the -- during the shipping. this stuff is called dmm, dimethylfumeate and it is put on furniture to prevent the mold from forming and sometimes spills onto the furniture and if you are in contact with it, it will give you this rash. the reason that i bring it up, is people in this country are not yet aware of it but there are about a thousand cases reported in europe where this has been found to be the cause. doctors, dermatologists, especially, are now -- who now

have become aware of it are looking into it and has a way of explaining the rashes for which they have no apparent cause and can happen in the shoes that you buy or in clothing, so, if you have purchased anything like that, from china, perfectly good, good products, but, the stuff that they send along with it, to prevent the mold, can, as i say, leak, and give you problems. so, bear it in mind. >> you talked about the problems of these chinese products, and, a great situation with the drywall and the plaster board, chinese drywall has been said, to have caused illness and sickness, how do we prevent this? >> jamie: buy american. >> eric: that is a great idea. >> many chinese products are good and i don't want to interfere with the american-chinese relationship. but, turns out, all i'm saying here, is you are sitting on a couch, and have a rash on your legs, and the couch comes from

china, bear that in mind. >> eric: check if it is from china. >> jamie: women who are pregnant may also have high blood pressure. and, you may be very concerned about what medications you can take. a lot of them can lead to serious pregnancy complications. doctor, this is so important, because you want to control your pressure. >> jamie, it is very important and i have to tell you, what i'm going to tell you now, is not well... appreciated by enough patients or doctors. there are many ways to treat high blood pressure. of course, they woman who is pregnant has to be careful about what any kind of medication she takes but it turns out you can treat your high blood pressure with diuretics and a little bit ta blockers, all kinds of drugs but there are two categories of drugs, the arb, and the ace inhibitors and arb are things ache benecar and cozar and the

ace inhibitors, such as lycinipril, and lamapril, which are kidney related drugs. these drugs can cause pregnancy problems in the -- problems in the fetus. if you are pregnant, and have high blood pressure, do not use an arb, or an ace inhibitor. i -- one other thought, you know, paxil, which is a very effective anti-depressant, should also not be used by pregnant women, i only learned that the other day. >> jamie: why is that. >> it can cause problems with the fetus. so, you know, your doctor will have to decide if you are pregnant and depressed, whether you should take the risk of taking the paxil, but, i would look at another anti-depressant, too. >> jamie: thank you, doctor. >> eric: coming up time for the healthy monday tip and this is for all you gum-chewers out there!

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dr. rosenfeld always gives us that one quick and easy tip that will help us all start the week off right. we want to, doc. we'll try this week. >> okay. this has to do with halitosis, bad breath. the reason we sit here so far apart from each other. >> notice i'm all the way over here, doc. >> many reasons for bad breath, the food you eat, whether it's onionsr garlic, and there are many ways to treat it. you've got to keep your teeth clean, keep your gums healthy. you've got to floss. there are a lot of ways. you eat parsley, but i discovered one effective way if you have bad breath in the morning. take some chewing gum that contains cinnamon. first of all, the chewing gum itself increases the salvation which cures the dry mouth which contributes to bad breath, but the presence of cinnamon in the gum. make sure it's a sugarless gum

with cinnamon. the cinnamon acts on the bacteria that causes bad breath. now, you're going to do all the other things. this is just a little tip in addition to all the other ways of keeping your breath clean. chew some sugarless cinnamon gum in the morning. >> doc, we've got another one. >> we have our own healthy monday tip. these things. >> who didn't bring theirs? anyway, moving on, doc, great to see you. >> as always. he's got so many tips every sunday here and you can send your questions to dr. rosenfeld. e-mail him. the address is housecall@foxnews.com. you know he reads them all. he even answers some of them from home. >> i just want to add one thing. >> yeah, doc. >> i cannot make a diagnosis or take the responsibility of treating a particular condition in a particular patient. i can try to answer general questions, but i cannot answer your questions about your card gram and your blood pressure. i can't do that. >> all right. if you have questions, there it

is for a future sunday of "house call". zip your questions to the doctor. if you want more information about what he talked about on the topics today or any previous show, it's so much great information, log onto foxnews.com/house call and you can check out the doctor's great advice. >> there's certainly a lot of fresh breath here today. doc, great to see you. >> thank you. happy to be here. >> have a nice day. >> see you next sunday. well, a fox news alert now. we're keeping an eye on the situation in baghdad because in the iraqi capitol there has been three coordinatedcoordinated homicide bombings. i'll show you video. officials are saying the bombings bear the mark for sure of al-qaeda. check out the complete chaos going on right now. these blasts are said to have targeted the iranian and egyptian embassy. i'm jamie colby, and this is a

brand new hour of america's headquarters and lots of news today. >> i'm eric shawn on this sunday, easter sunday at that. today's explosions killed dozens of people and wounded more than 200. police in iraq even shot a man wearing a suicide vest, shot him dead before he was able to detonate that vest. sadly, this turmoil ends a period of relative calm since last month's particl parliamenty elections. we're live in bad wit baghdad we latest. dominic, fill us in. >> reporter: eric, it moats certainly is the end of a calm period. this is perhaps the bloodiest weekend we've had since those elections. particularly today, 31 people killed in our latest figures. 140 people dead in three coordinated car bombs in the iraqi capitol. they targeted the iranian, egyptian, and german embassies. iraq is still not a stable

country. they're applying pressure to the iraqi government which has been under increasing criticism, continuing criticism that it hasn't been able to get a handle on security in iraq. it's very much what voters wanted. it was an election selling point just four weeks ago. however we have a new government in flux, a new government being formed. while it does that, people don't know where the country stands politically, so organizations like al-qaeda are now taking advantage of that relative vacuum that exists and are trying to destabilize the government and the rest of the country. as a result, al-qaeda is responsible for 23 killings on friday night and possibly believed to be responsible for today's attack right here in baghdad. all in all, the city now feeling rather nervous until a new government is formed, perhaps as late as july when that actually happens. eric, back to you in new york. >> all right. dominic. thank you so much. you're live from baghdad. jamie. christians around the world are marking one of the holiest days of the year. in vatican city pope benedict xvi led tens of thousands in

easter mass. they showed up in the rain, calling easter, he did, a time for pardon, goodness, and truth. our greg burke is there extreming live from -- streaming live from rome. it's always such a special day in vatican city. how did the pope appear today? >> well, jamie, it's been a really busy week for him. the pope looked pretty tired, to tell the truth, but he did give his easter greetings in more than 60 languages. he's had a lot of different events friday, saturday, and sunday. he will get some rest now. some people think it's the sex abuse scandal taking its toll on the pope, but i think it's really just more a fact of how busy holy week is and also that he is an 82-year-old about to be 83, just in a couple weeks he'll have his birthday. he did look tired, but he will have a week now to rest up a little more, a little easier schedule after this very, very busy week, jamie. greg, talk to us about the message the pope has this year and how perhaps it's different than years past.

>> reporter: well, the only surprise i think was before the mass it was actually a cardinal who mentioned the sex abuse crisis and the church is not going to be intimidated by what he calls petty gossip. the pope for his part on easter talked about pretty typical easter fare, about peace in the world and joy in the resurrection. he said there's always going to be suffering but in the end, the resurrection has brought goodness, tipping the balance, bringing goodness. he did make a particular point about christians suffering throughout the world and mentioning iraq in particular and also pakistan. >> greg, i've been blessed to be there and see crowds sche show p from around the world that just want to get sight of the pope and hear his message, and today is the day that many people do embrace being a catholic and some people even taking a look at their religion. in a new way. there, today, even though it rained, did you notice that a lot of people came with that same spirit?

>> reporter: yeah, you know, the rain didn't really make a difference. it was pouring rain both during the mass and after the mass at noon local time when the pope gives his easter greetings, and his blessing, and i think, you know, if you had the time to count, it probably would have been a little more than 100,000 umbrellas out there because they come all the same, you know. a lot of people are here this week because they're on vacation for holy week, and obviously as you say, st. peter's is a main part of it. a lot of people came precisely to see the pope. >> he always delivers. a great experience. thanks so much for bringing us there, greg. appreciate it. and happy easter to you. turning now to the economy, unemployment still holding at 9.7% across the country. some places it's much worse than that. 14 and a half percent in michigan. 13% in california. over 12% in florida, and the president's top economic advisors say we have a long way

to go before the unemployment numbers are back down. in the meantime lawmakers weigh in on china as the white house cites critical issues with the country's commercial practices. how will this affect our economy? we're live in washington with the reaction from the sunday news magazine shows that have all the big guests. what are the president's key economic advisors saying this morning about getting the unemployment rate down and getting americans back to work? >> reporter: eric, we had ta tht report last week that we added 162,000 new jobs which is the best figure in three years but the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. the president's top economic advisor, larry summers, said we have a long way to go before unemployment goes back to the prerecession levels of roughly 5%. he called the current unemployment hardly satisfactory, but he predicts continued progress in job creation. >> as conditions get better, more people decide to look for

work, and they're counted as in the labor force. sometimes it's frustrating and the progress doesn't show up immediately in the unemployment rate, but it's progress nonetheless in giving jobs to people who need them. >> reporter: republican senator john kyle told "fox news sunday" he thought tax relief would be the biggest stimulus. he suggested freezing all tax rates and that would immediately result in a skyrocketing stock market. >> the debate for the past year has been on the domestic economy. now china is figuring in on this. what about their currency and how does that affect us and the unemployment rate? >> reporter: right. lawmakers, from both sides, thinks china holds down the value of our currency making exports more expensive, ultimately affecting the unemployment picture here. yesterday treasure secretary geithner said he would delay a report to congress until after some trade meeting meetings wit. some lawmakers are not happy

about that. >> we have a real problem with the chinese. they're very shrude and customarily they outmaneuver us. they take our jobs, they take our money, and then they lend it back to us and own a big part of america, so let's watch exactly what we're -- what's happening. if we get something concrete, a delay might be okay. >> critics say the administration is delaying this currency report because it wants chinese cooperation for new sanctions on iran. larry summers told abc this morning that's not true. they just simply want more time for dialogue on trade, he says. eric? >> there will be a visit from the chinese president coming up, so certainly we'll see what they say about that. thank you. >> jamie. as the u.s. prepares for a major offensive in heart of taliban territory in afghanistan, afghan president whahamid karzai is trying to bud support for the military push, saying today local tribal leaders will be consulted before any attack in the region of kandahar. the taliban, though, they're not

backing down amid the planning, the planning they know about, reportedly preparing for an urban warfare defense. is this going to be unlike any other battle our forces have seen? joining me now, fox news military fox analyst major general bob scales. general, good morning to you. >> hi, jamie. happy easter. >> happy easter to you as well. i think about our troops today and i thank them all and their families for their service and sacrifice. then i think about kandahar, and this particular mission. first of all, we let the taliban know we're on our way. i know you say that u.s. forces and even intelligence, u.s. intelligence, have been preparing for a while in the region. it's not like we're walking in cold, but with the taliban preparing the way they are and hamid karzai coming out today for a second time and saying they doesn't want the u.s. to enter fear? i wonder what support there is there from that government as we send even more troops in for this particular challenging

mission. what are your thoughts? well, karzai has no -- has no other plan. he has to support this operation in kandahar simply because he knows that the center of resistance for the taliban in his whole country now is -- is located in kandahar. that's really the heartland of the insurgency, so the operation has to go forward whether it's in enthusiastically approved by karzai or not. as you suggest in what you said, this operation because of the sensitivity of the region, is going to go down in a much slower, more methodical fashion than what we saw, say, back in february in marjah. it's going to begin with a rollout of a campaign. the u.s. forces are going to establish a series of joint security areas. as you suggest, the c coalition forces will sugar a serie conduf shuras and slowly by surely like an ink blot, they'll roll their way into kandahar keeping casualties at a minimum and seek

to reestablish control in the city. jamie. >?what what lessons did we learn from marjah, and what's the difference between the fight there and the fight in kandahar? >> reporter: yeah. marjah was like a take down. this is like a rollout. marjah had a very dramatic air mobile operation. it was a maneuver around the cityth is going to be slow, methodical. the lessen we learned is you can never, ever leave a vac coup vaa place for merrily occupied by the taliban. once coalition forces gained a foothold in kandahar, keep it long hold by training the forces, gaining trust among the local population for the afghan forces and staying there not just for a couple weeks but months and years, jamie? >> last week my concern around a big question in my mind was a shift in the policy, it seemed, at least in my research, from wiping out the poppy fields and basically taking down the

taliban without cutting off their source of funding which is huge. >> right. >> now it seems this week we are actually, i saw general mcchrystal and geraldo was there and ollie north as well. we seem to be focusing in on that, but we have another issue in kandahar in particular, and that is hamid karzai's brother. >> yeah. >> he's in a leadership position. how do we get him out of the way and how important is it that we build up other leaders so that he is ma marginalized at a mini? >> nats a great question, jamie. the bottom line is there's not a smoking gun with akmed karzai. the plan is to wire around him, to operate around him, to find other leaders they can use to buttress this guy, not force him out of office but to try to establish control in kandahar, reestablish confidence in the government while karzai stays in place. to your point exactly, jamie.

this is going to be very difficult because kandahar is owned by the taliban. there's very little regard inside that city among the local population for karzai and his crooked cronies, a very, very difficult job that puts the coalition under a great deal of pressure to get this right. >> as we continue to send millions, if not billions more in aid and hamid karzai now, i believe it's the second time in three days, today he's saying to the u.s. to stop interfering, i'm just checking my notes. he's taking the money. he's saying he doesn't want us to interfere. obviously the people who live there want to be safe, those not involved in the taliban. others have no choice because that's been the way they've supported their families. what do you say to the families who are saying now a new round of our troops going about why it's important for us to be there? >> the important thing is, if i can give you a military answer, the important point for them to remember is that this is a local operation. it doesn't depend on either of the karzai brothers. we understand that the center of

gravity of this whole war is in kandahar. this is, if you will, sort of the fallujah of afghanistan, and until u.s. forces control kandahar, they will never be able to help this government reestablish control over the country, so if there is a high point in the coming campaign, it's going to be kandahar, and the u.s. led forces are going to have to achieve their objectives sadly in spite of the political ill will that's been generated by these two brothers. >> that's interesting because you say we have to take control of kandahar and president obama has said troops will leave on a date certain, pretty much. can we take control and then leave it in the hands of the government, or is it a vicious cycle that we're right back where we are now? >> great question, jamie. the bottom line is that the international forces, the u.s. forces, cannot take control. that's why the command in afghanistan is doing, i think, a darn good job in getting the police and getting the military trained up and putting these forces in the neighborhoods inside of kandahar.

look, when u.s. forces begin to withdraw in mid 2011, it's going to be up to the afghans to start defending themselves, and the place they're going to have to prove their ability to do that is in kandahar. if kandahar is stable, then helmont province is stable. if that's stable, then the southern province is stable. then there's hope that stability will return to the war-ravaged country. >> it's such a different fight than iraq. thank you for your service. wish you and your family a happy easter and say that troops mean so much to me personally, that canninthatthathanking them for y family safe here at home. have a great day. thank you. >> thank you, jamie. thank you very much. >> great words, jamie. wall street up for the fifth straight week including an 18-month high for the dow. what will it fake for the streak 0 -- what will it take for the streak to continue? is this a sign that the economy is finally on the mend? brenda buttner is the anchor of bulls and bears, and she's here

to explain it all to us in every detail. brenda, is this going to continue? >> you know, eric, you think of march being about lions and lambs but it was about bulls. an amazing first quarter, the best since the late 1990s, and the question is, of course, will it continue? there are quite a few forces that might help. first of all, individual investors have not started to reinvest. they've been investing in much more safe investments such as bonds. if they see this to continue, then they may be some sort of impimpetus. the second is that the first quarter is rarely the best quarter of the year, and in fact, april i -- lift shows us april is often the second best month of the year, so corporate earnings are much, much better. that could lead to dividends which could help the individual investors. so there are quite a few things

that could help the bulls move forward. >> you know, just in year so far as a body, it's been up. the dow jones industrial average has been up 4.8%. we're at 10,927 now. we were up over 14,000 at the highest a couple of years ago. >> yeah. >> we're just 3,000 points away. do you think we'll get back there? >> well, you know, we're within striking distance of 11,000. who would have even thought that last march when we were at the -- when we were at the march bottom and everybody was taking so many things out. there are a couple of things, though, that could cause the bull to stomachle. the fed basically is going to stop easing off of all this credit help that it initiated during the whole credit mess. that could be a problem, and you know, it's hard sometimes to know exactly when people take money off the table. they've had a lot of, you know,

they've seen a lost gains. it might be time now. people might be getting a little bit nervous. >> it's been zooming up a little bit for the past couple of weeks. let's see what happens when the opening bong, gong, bell. >> that's the first time that wall street will be able to react to that jobless report on friday which was positive. >> what dow think tha do you thl mean? >> i think it will be positive. it could help bring the bulls out. >> we'll see if the bulls are stampeding or if the bears are coming out. thank you, brenda. >> jamie? the hunt is on for a killer in california. a restaurant packed when a gunman walks in and opens fire. carnage in loss an los angeles,r dead as w they were having a me. coming up, live from the scene. there are new details from police and why they think this is not a random act of violence. we're on the ground. stay with fox.

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just get screened, okay? i know how precious life is right now. we can all do this. you can do it, i can do it. if i can do it, you can do it, okay? how's that for a deal? >> eric: colorado police now searching for a 12-year-old girl who is missing. it happened within a mile of her home. there she s denver investigators say kaley wilson was last seen last week. she left her home in the late afternoon to walk to a friend's house just about a mile away. police on foot and on horseback scoured a field between her home and a busy highway. more than 600 drivers who passed through that area have so far been stopped and questioned, but sadly, there has been no result. >> jamie: we told you briefly before the break about a manhunt underway for a gunman who opened fire in a los angeles restaurant. officers there found three people dead when they arrived on the scene, and two others had to be brought to the hospital. one has since died.

the others are in critical condition. now the search for at least one gunman is on. casey stegall is live in los angeles. casey, tell us briefly what happened and whether or not they know what the motive was. >> reporter: well, jamie, they're still working on the motive. police are trying to sort it all out at this hour. witnesses are describing this as a bloody mess, and in fact, there is still a big crime scene operation going on at this restaurant right back here behind me. a number of police are still here several hours after the shooting. this all went down just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon at the hot spot cafe. it's characterized as a mom and pop mediterranean restaurant. police will not come out and say what evidence they have, but they do not call this a random shooting, and they believe that it could be linked to armenian gangs in the area. again, what evidence they have, the information they've gathered from witnesses that may lead them to that conclusion, they're being fairly tight-lipped about

that. the gunman walked in, a man in his 30s, and opened fire as the restaurant was full for an early dinner yesterday afternoon. three people died at the scene, and jamie, as you said, two people were taken to area hospitals. one died enroute to the hospital. we understand a fourth person remains in critical condition. all of the victims said to be in their early 20s, but again, police still trying to sort this out. shortly after the shooting, the gunman, a man said to be in his 30s, fled the scene and a manhunt is underway. police trying to figure out who would have done this and why, jamie. >> two quick questions, casey. i'm up against a break. armenian dpadges. yoarmenian gangs. you don't hear that very often. is there any surveillance cameras? are they reviewing any tape? >> reporter: we haven't heard any information about surveillance cameras. a lot of strange information coming out about this restaurant here. a lot of the neighbors in the area describe it as shady.

they say that it was open at very unusual hours. it was closed. there were a lot of in and out traffic at unusual times. the windows are tinted, so hard to say if there is surveillance cameras back there, but no doubt that is something that police are always looking for in something else like this. and yes, jamie, you hit t armenian gangs very unusual, but there have been documented cases of fights between mexican gangs and armenian gangs here in southern california, particularly here in hollywood and north hollywood where we are right now. ten years ago back in 2000 there was another shooting, an armenian gang member shot dead at a hollywood restaurant on hollywood boulevard, so this could, in fact, be a problem that is cropping up in this region. we're just going to have to wait and see as investigators try to get it all sorted out, jamie. >> sounds like all hands on deck in that investigation. >> reporter: yeah, you bet. >> jamie: okay. thanks, casey.

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>> jamie: welcome back. happy easter, everybody. easter services are being conducted today at the site in jerusalem believed to be where jesus was crucified and buried. christians from around the world have traveled to the region to mark this holy day, and we are streaming live from jerusalem. rena, tell us more about the services held there today and about the crowds. >> reporter: hi, jamie, happy easter to you. that's right. the site that you mentioned where jesus is believed to have been crucified and buried is

perhaps the most flocked to service and site on easter for various religious reasons. the late tionce every four yeare catholic and angl anglican churs match up. it's all happening on the same weekend this year. it happened today, in fact. it made for a slightly more crowded service, jamie. >> jamie: jerusalem has been tense lately, to say the least. you've been reporting on that. people there are somewhat on edge. what is the security situation like today? >> reporter: well, it remains on high alert, jamie, not only because of easter but because it's the jewish holiday of passover, so they have actually implemented a closure to the west bank area for palestinians. they're not allowed to enter jerusalem unless they have a special permit. that's sort of dampened some of the spirits here because not everyone was allowed permits

into jerusalem to celebrate easter. they remain that closure to be in place until after the passover holiday ends which will tuesday, jamie. >> happy easter, rena. >> eric: the core message for christians on this easter is one of rebirth. today pope benedict went a step beyond that in his traditional easter address, calling for a spiritual and moral conversion for humanity. joining us to discuss that is fact john langen, a professor at georgetown university and holds the professorship of christian professorship. father, welcome, and happy easter. >> happy easter to you and to our audience. >> shannon: of course, for everyone who is watching at this moment, no matter what your faith. what is the message of this day and how can we adapt that 0 ourselves and our every day life? >> the fundamental message of easter for christians has been a message of hope. if you go back to the beginnings

of the christian movement, this day is the real beginning after they hit rock bottom on good friday. their leader had been brutally executed. the group was broken up. all their hopes were dashed and then there came this conviction that he was risen, that he is in their midst, and especially the women in the group carried the message. they were the ones that went to the tomb. marry magdalene saw him in the garden and thought are you the gardener? it's a message of new hope and new life and rebuilding from having hit rock bottom. i think that's something that christians have always been ready to go back to. i think especially today roman catholics need to reflect on the aspect of renewal and rebuilding. >> eric: there seem to be lessons for everyone, not just roman catholic.

when you're dealing with rock bottom, let's talk about the economy, the 9.7 unemployment rate, let's talk about violence sadly in baghdad today, 30 people killed. sometimes, fact, it' father, ity and understandable to lose hope. >> it is. there are many shadows in our lives, and we know defeats, some of themsel them self-inflicted. easter is a reminder that christianity is not an escapist religion. it's a matter of working through the problems you're actually confronted with. it's god at work. >> president obama on his way to church services today. he talked about a shared spirit of humanity among all of us and something that was interesting that struck me, he kind of blamed what he called the 24/7 news cycle where we liewdz sight of the eternal. what dow think he means by that, and are we so call the # caught up in our every day lives and

the issues bombarding us all the time that we sometimes do lose sight of the spiritual and what's important? >> that's very easy for us to do. we get caught up in certain time rhythms, and a lot of our real problems and our real growth occur over longer stretches in ways that current news doesn't really grapple with. >> father john langen. >> we live very much on the surface. >> eric: that's true. perhaps this is a day for all of us to reflect, no matter what your faith, on the tenets of hope and inspiration and faith. georgetowgeorg hacklgeorgetown . >> jamie: eric was quite a superstar at georgetown. >> eric: not quite. >> jamie: it was a gruelings battle to push through health

form. the president's poll numbers have taken a hit. what role will the president take in the upcoming mid term elections this fall? should the president keep his dance or gedistance or get out n in battle ground states. let's bring out our panel. good to see both of you. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. jason. the white house really hasn 't put the president out there that much. certainly since massachusetts. the question is whether that's a deliberate strategy, i guess, and whether or not some democrats who are scernd about - concerned about their seats are breathing a sigh of relief. >> it's smart politics. the mid term elections are seven months away. he can play a better role now focusing on his own agenda, particularly on the health care legislation that passed. he can be constructive and helping th to pivot the debate y

from the legislature focus to how health care reform is meaningful to the american people. there's a lot in health care reform that americans may not be aware of, tax breaks for small businesses, prescription drug breaks for seniorses, help for people with pre-existing conditions. iif he can make those type of connections, he's campaigning for democrats in the fall. ultimately the question this fall will shift back to republicans. do they want to continue to schill for insurance companies or get on the side of meaningful reform. >> jamie: you brought that up, but i noticed this week that companies that did benefit from this health care legislation, many of them were special interest groups, and many of them tied to the insurance industries, and many of them were groups that had donated to democratic candidates and you brought it up, but angela, the question is will the american people benefit from the health care reform?

will they get jobs? will their bank accounts boost in time for november or are the things they're upset and frustrated about now, will those wane by november? who wins, who loses? >> the democrats clearly lose in this because in november, jason, there's going to be a referendum against this bill. you have certainly attorney generals that are actually suing this administration because they believe that this -- this health care bill is unconstitutional. at the end of the day in my state, you have jean taylor, a democrat, jason, and you have travels childers, a congressman who represents the first district who voted against the bill. i hope that obama comes to mississippi because it will help republicans, and i think with this health care bill, with the failures of this administration, you're going to have a republican takeover in congress, so i think that yes, obama should explain this bill to the american people, but in my state, jamie, they'd rather have jobs than health care reform that's unconstitutional. nowhere does it state in the constitution that taxpayers have

to pay for health care for all americans. >> jamie: jason, a lot of people believe, i find, because i correspond via e-mail with a lt of our viewers. a lot of people felt that as soon as health care reform passed, they would feel a sense of relief. they would get some benefit directly, particularly those on medicare. yes, you can now insure a child up to an older age. yes, if you have a pre-existing condition, you may benefit, but will you benefit fast enough, and will you feel the pinch financially? how are the democrats going to focus on what is in it for the american people between now and november, especially if the unemployment rate stays where it is? >> well, you know, i think the president actually addressed this this week by saying look, it's been a week since health care reform has passed, let's give it some time to take effect. there are provisions that do go in effect immediately, you know, closing the loop hole in medicare part d. it goes in effect, resolving

some of these issues around pre-existing conditions. it goes into immediate effect. then there are some issues that will happen a few years from now like states setting up insurance exchanges wil which will ultimay expand choice and cost. >> jamie: there's a doctor in the media who doesn't want to treat patients who actually voted for obama. there is a backlash, it seems, starting in the medical community or if you're not on medicare and you don't get a direct benefit from it, you will pay for it. angela, back to you for a second. what will the republicans focus on between now and the mid term elections? should they just leave health care alone and focus on the economy and where they think they can drive it? >> we need to focus on the economy, yes, but this health care reform bill, we need to focus on it even more, jamie, because the american people have said that they don't want it, and the administration pushed it through. they cut deals in back rooms, jason, and they're pushing this through. i've had constituents come to

me, older people that believe they're not going to be able to go to their doctor because they're not going to be able to accept their medicare. it's a back lash not only in the medical industry, jamie, but people also feel they're going to lose more jobs and small businesses feel they're going to have to cut jobs because their taxes are going to go up. the administration did not explain this bill. >> fair and balanced. jason, dow think enough jobs will be created from this health care bill that the american people will say oh, maybe i didn't get everything i want, i was against it, but if it pulitzer people back to work, it's worth it? we only have until november. >> right. i would say this, first, if we want to if he cuss on jobs, let's -- focus on jobs, let's look at the data that came out on friday that you just reported on. 162,000 jobs in march, the biggest increase in over three years. i would go back to short and long term effects. there are provisions that kick in now and provisions that would kick in over the next few years. i would say let's give it time. you know, if you want to go back and focus on the legislative

process, that's fine. let's shift it to how it's meaningful to the american people. i think that's where president obama is going. >going. >> jamie: i'll end on that note, what is good and in the best interest of the american people, that should be the focus for everybody. thanks so much for being with us to both of you. >> thank you. >> eric: the recession has hit millions of americans hard. the unemployment rate holding at 9.7%. is there a silver lining? coming up, we'll take a look at the recession lesson businesses are learning from these tough times and why they are looking forward to finally creating new jobs. operatic aria ) ( singing along )

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coming up live from washington, the latest on those deadly bombings in baghdad and just how close is supreme court justice john paul stephens to retiring and giving the president a chance to appoint a justin.

a republican soccer mom who says it's time for the g.o.p. to legalize marijuana. we'll take a peek at where the first family decided to worship this easter sunday. those stories and much more coming up live in about 20 minutes. >> eric: there's tragedy and misery sadly on this easter sunday. at least 29 people have been killed after heavy rain triggered a mudslide. dozens of people are still missing. two small villages took the brunt of this disaster. one of those villages completely cut off. the entire homes are buried by mud and debris. flood waters are hampering rescue workers who are still trying to reach some trapped victims. >> jamie: you know fox news is on the job hunt. this week i reported on small business owners. did you know small businesses

employ a majority of merks americans. many of them taking it on the chin in this recession. some small business owners surviving tough times say they've learned valuable lessons in this recession that will make their businesses even stronger going forward and that means jobs. if it doesn't kill you, it will make you stronger. that is what many small businesses are saying as they fight their way out of in recession. >> it will help small businesses, some small businesses over the long term because it really forced them to sharpen their focus, to really question whether they were delivering what their customers needed at the best possible price. >> according to a study just released by forbes and bank holding company, the majority of small businesses are better positioned to grow this year as a result of surviving the last one. 70% of small business owners surveyed said they're stronger

leaders because of the recession. 81% said they feel smarter about running their company, and nearly half agreed the recession exposed flaws in their business strategies. >> practically we have changed the way we do business, not in the way the customer sees it but behind the house types of things. we really have gone on a cost cutting initiative. >> reporter: this car and truck dealership has survived several recessions over 34 years in business. this time around, he renegotiated contracts with his vendors, saving his company hundreds of thousands of dollars, and boosting their profits some 20%. >> i think businesses that can come through this recession are going to be stronger and they're going to be the forefronts of making sure we're at the height of the recovery. >> jamie: the bottom line for many of these small business owners, it is survival of the fittest, but there's a silver lining to those lessons learned. 60% of those responded to the c.i.t. forbes survey say they expect their businesses will grow in 2010, and that, err eris

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>> jamie: the space shuttle "discovery" right now is on the launch pad, set to blast off from the kennedy space center tomorrow. it's one of nasa's last

scheduled shuttle missions ever. once the program is over, they're offering the shuttles. the competition is heating up to get them. laura ingle is live. this is great for me. anyone who watches knows i love space. i'm a space nut. if i could sit in one of those, i would want to sit in the driver's seat. eric and i are arguing over who could drive. >> reporter: how fun would it be. think of all the students that would be able to see one of these shuttles if it came here. now, there are at least 20 museums that would like a piece of this space history action and chiropractor 8orcurators are pue stop to prove to nasa their museum is deserving of show casing a shuttle. it includes "discovery", "atlantis", and "endeavour". nasa put out a call to educational institutions, science museums, and other organizations about what each community would have to offer.

museums from coast to coast are making the case including the intrepid museum here in new york. >> i think that new york is a no brainer because it is the perfect choice of all of the things nasa is looking for. it's a perfect home. there's no place in this country that has 45 million people coming to visit it every year. >> reporter: now, there is a 28.8 million dollar price tag on the shuttles which the inprep its said they're ready for. that's how much it will cost to prepare to display and move the shuttle for display. nasa requires a facility already be in place for a city to even be considered. the museum of flight in seattle is working with the theory if you build it, they will come. they're going to design a $12 million display to have ready if they are picked. >> we believe that we have again one of the greatest facilities

in the united states, and a fantastic curatorial staff, an exhibition staff that is second to none. >> reporter: and the decision on which museum will get these is expected to come in the next few weeks. some have questioned if spending all this money is a wise decision in this economy, but museum officials say they consider it an investment. it will make more than the money spent back when visitors start to stream in. we'll let you know what happens. >> i believe that, laura. thank you. >> eric: coming up, you know we've been hearing a lot about the new controversies involving the catholic church. even the pope has been under fire. is the news coverage fair? commenliz trotta ways in next. why does lubriderm work so well with skin?

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isn't indulging in coverage. this is really more of a campaign and it's really rather insidious that they chose just days before holy week and easter which is, of course, the holiest series of holidays in the christian and catholic calendar. whether all of this information is true or not, we have yet to find out. i think you yourself mentioned that the new york daily news, hardly conservative newspaper, has also called out the "new york times". >> it's a quote from the editorial in the new york daily news said what exactly did then cardinal rat ratzinger do wrong. they waived the statute of limitations. those are not the markings of a coverup. they're talking about a specific case. it seems the news media is fighting over this. >> reporter: the economist in london said the times has not proved its case about pay pal pl

involvement involving the wisconsin priest. i would not have a problem with this if he did not have their star column justist, maureen do, writing shameful denunsations of the church. they don't cloak at all the real reason for this. on top of the times agenda is making homosexuality acceptable, making gay marriage acceptable, and making abortion accept afnlt the roman cath clic catholic chs in their way on these three items at the top of their agenda. >> eric: others would, of course, say, this is all legitimate reporting. it's legitimate investigating. the "boston globe" won a pulitzer for its investigation of sex abuse here in the united states through the '90s, and they would say this is proper coverage by the news media. >> reporter: all right. then why don't we also challenge the times to this. why don't we have coverage on what then cardinal rat single r,

now benedict the 16th, what he did in 2001 and 2002 about instituting a no zero tolerance program for priests who step over the line? what about having some coverage of that, what the pope instituted as a result of the scandal in the united states? not only that, let's see whether this is really pedophilia or not. every survey i've seen says it's about homosexual activity in the majority. the times will not get off this. >> eric: they're covering this and will continue to cover it and take a different view certainly that it is proper. >> i ask them to be even-handed. let's hear about how much homosexuality is involved rather than pedophilia. >pedophilia. >> eric: everyone wants fair coverage no matter what. liz, thanks for joining us. that does it for us. i'm eric shawn on this sunday. >> jamie: great to have you with us. happy easter to all. we'llen