it all covered for you throughout the day on the fox news channel. so when it moves you'll hear about it first. martha: you stick around, we will be back tomorrow and we'll see you then. "happening now" starts right now. stick around, folks. jon: good morning to you i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. we're here in the fox newsroom "happening now" in bahrain the riots turn deadly as police crackdown on the protesters. at least three people killed and more than 200 others are hurt. thousands of demonstrators call for more say in the government of the key u.s. ally. jon: they pressed ahead with their campaign to oust that country's president. jenna: a day of rage underway across libya. amateur video capturing deadly clashes between protesters and

pro government groups. more than a dozen we hear are dead. jon: in iraq security forces opened fire on protesters as they called for political reforms. public buildings set on fire there. jenna: next to iran thousand of pro government supporters gathered to hear the country's railing against opposition forces. jon: let's check in with david lee million err live in cairo with a look at what is going on there. david lee. >> reporter: the most significant development this hour, the egyptian sill tear resays that it is not going to field a candidate for president in the upcoming elections. this is a significant development because there was certain here in egypt that the military, which is now in control of the government was not going to allow for the transition to a civilian government. this is a step to reassure the population that general elections will soon be held and there will not be a military dictatorship. throughout the country today

nevertheless despite the military issuing orders that the labor unrest must stop there were a number of strikes from one end of the country to the other and tomorrow there will be a massive march here in egypt to celebrate what is i can being described as a day of victory. many egyptians are watching closely what is taking place in the gulf, in the island nation of bahrain. this morning in bahrain the army fired upon demonstrators in an inch campment in what is called pearl square in the capitol the city. pearl square being nicknamed by the demonstrators as tahrir square as a sign of sol ladera tree with what happened in egypt. they say the situation is improving. the taoeupb yore minister is telling people to stay off the street. state tv says that key parts of the capitol are now under control and in the next few hours the foreign ministers from both arab phaeugs nations are going to be beat tph-g bahrain

to try to come up with a way to deal with the unrest in the entire middle east. so far today in bahrain, jon at least three tkep demonstrators e killed, possibly four, 200 injured and there are scores and scores of people at this hour that are reported missing as the unrest continues. jon back to you. jon: david lee miller reporting live from cairo. amazing pictures from that part of the world. david, thank you. jenna: fox news alert the pentagon calling bahrain an important ally but asking the country to usury straeupbt after police stormed that protest camp in a deadly raid. david lee miller talked about this a few moments ago. our defense department keeping a close eye on events particularly in this country because it is home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. it is considered a lynch pin to our work in the gulf. joining us now john stuffelbeam.

admiral let's talk about the stakes if the government falls there do we lose our base? >> not necessarily. we've had a long term relationship with this country going back 50 years. it's been very good for both the u.s. navy, for the united states and for the kingdom in bahrain. and i think that what you're seeing happening is a demand for reform on the streets, and it is not acted towards the u.s. whatsoever. therefore our forces and our headquarters don't feel particularly threatened. jenna: why is it such a lynch pin? why is the fifth fleet so important? >> it has two roles. one is as a fleet they are responsible for the maritime forces that operate inside this part of the world. and there are a lot of forces. the majority of our naval forces are deployed to that part of the world there now where they do work in supporting the iraqi effort and the afghanistan effort that is on going as well as try to set up diplomatic naval issues with other

countries in the area. bahrain has been the centerpiece of that for so long because that's where we set up our headquarters. we were welcomed there, we are still welcomed there as far as i can tell and as a result it becomes the centerpiece of where all our operations are conducted from. jenna: let's entertain another option. maybe if you saw a different government fall in the region and produce an antiamerican government either in bahrain or the surrounding areas, if they said, listen, you can't have your base here any more, how would that significantly affect the military? >> for the naval forces hardly at all. for years we had an at sea command ship that was the headquarters for the fifth fleet. due to budget constraints and the age of ships that went away and we moved ashore into bahrain. but it's easy for us to go back on board ship and conduct all the operations that we would need to and all the response things we need to do from on board ship. so, it is good to have the

footprint on the ground, because it establishes a sense of community with those we work with, but if necessary we can go back on the ships and do it from at sea. jenna: that's an interesting point especially we're look at where different ships are around the world. there is a big story that broke yesterday and we are still watching today about iranian ships going through the suez canal into the mediterranean sea. israel not happy about this. the reports have varied i should point out to our viewers, on whether that would actually happen. what is your take on that. >> there are a couple of things that come to mind. these forces are looking to create naval diplomacy. i understand they have naval cadets embarked. that would be training for future officers. jenna: the iranian are trying to have naval diplomacy? >> yeah, yeah, they are going to try to do two things. one they are going to show a flag, demonstrate their capability to operate outside of

their own backyard and try to forge new relationships. that is one and the other is strategic messaging, trying to send messages of what the government's intent is. jenna: do you think they should be allowed to do that? >> well, it's kind of difficult to say they shouldn't be allowed to do that. what they should not be allowed to do is to foment any problems. but if they are going to operate in peace to join the world community naval diplomacy is the best way to do it. jenna: israel doesn't view it as naval diplomacy. that is a topic for another time. nice to talk to you. thank you for joining us. jon: tsa workers at jfk the ones that are supposed to keep you safe, they are accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a passenger's luggage. authorities say the screeners took the money from a checked bag and they say it's not the first time it's happened. faulk tphaubg at thharris faulkg

news desk. >> reporter: the district attorney in kwraoepbs new york put out a statement that the tsa agents hold a position of trust and they are supposed to search passengers and their baggage to insure safety to the flying public not to enrich themselves. there is some question this morning about why there would be a piece of luggage with a hundred and $60,000 cash in it tha$160,000 of cash init. they are accused of taking $140,000 in cash. they went in where the luggage was held and apparently hid the cash in the bathroom area until they could go back to it later. persad coumar and davon webb are

in jail now. how could it happen to the tsa? it has. there have been 12 employees who have got even in trouble for taking valuable things out of the luggage. they say it shouldn't put a negative light on the other 50,000 employees at the tsa. but they are taking a hard-core look at it. the piece of luggage that had the $160,000 less the amount that was taken by the workers apparently was on the way to argentina. it was checked by a woman who now has ended up in argentina. they are talking with her as well. possibly drug related, that's what authorities have said but they have not definitively proven that. if those men took that money they are in a lot of trouble. jon: you're going to be asking the viewers right. >> reporter: i'm on the live chat. i put out a posting that says have you ever had anything of value taken out of your checked

bag? and did you bring it to anybody's attention and what happened? if there are any comments and thoughts we'd love to get everybody's opinion on whatever is going on in the show. you can get in on the clickable portion and share with us. jon: i've had some things missing i'll come over. >> reporter: very cool. jon: it's not cool. >> reporter: i meant you were delivering it personally. jenna: a major automatic though maker announces a brand-new recall, why honda wants some popular models off the road and what you need to know if you own one of them. jon: also protests across the middle east sparked in part by very high unemployment among the young, unemployment not just a problem over there, americans graduating from college are facing slim job prospects.

a closer look at unemployment right here at home. that's next.

jenna: pwraeublg break from d.c. that we wanted to share from you. some provocative comments coming from roberts gates talking live to the senate armed services committee on your screen right now. the defense secretary saying this about gitmo. saying the prospects for closing guantanamo bay are very, very low given the opposition in congress. gitmo has been a part of the president's agenda. the president has said that he wants to shut down guantanamo bay. it hasn't been done yet. the defense secretary saying the prospect of that very, very low. we'll continue to watch the testimony and bring you any breaking up dates as we get them. jon: and this fox news alert. brand-new numbers on the jobs front. unemployment claims jumped by 25,000 to 410,000 last week.

it's much more than economists expected. it comes one week after claims fell to the lowest level in three years. jenna: many protests led as you have seen by people under 30. that made us wonder, what about the youth in america? what kind of employment issues are they facing? here are the states with the highest population of americans under 30 years old. did you know in states like mississippi, georgia, nevada, california, the unemployment rate for young people under the age of 25 is near 20%? so what does the future look like for them. mike santoli is associatedded today for for baron. that's a loaded yes question. the future for them. >> it doesn't look great for them. it's a symptom of how the downturn is and a drag. it can lead to chronic under employment. we have an economy now that is preufg education and experience.

those two things are kind of a mismatch when it comes to youth employment. jenna: when i think about -- i don't want to call them kids, young adults under the age of 25 and i saw the statistics, i said a lot of them are in college but those statistics don't count full time students. >> no, this is a genuine issue. it's definitely worse than in prior recessions. it's hit the youth harder than before. it's become a pretty loaded political and economic issue in the u.k. and across europe, people are seeing this trend and saying are we at risk of a lost generation of sorts here. jenna: say you haven't worked for a year's time out of college you can't collect unemployment. >> you have to have a job. jenna: a lot of these kids could be out there without support. >> living at home. if you don't have high school or less that's the area where the unemployment problem is most difficult. jenna: we are seeing discrepancies between the education levels and employment.

the president is going to california today, he'll be in san francisco, he's going to talk to executives from facebook and google. there's been a lot of emphasis on green energy and technology from this administration. is that where the jobs will be for the youth. jenna: youth. >> i think eye the service sector coming back and construction and things like that where you actually have some entry level jobs that are available. yes, obviously government initiatives liken vesting in these new industries can't hurt. i think it's going to be a matter of how much momentum the economy as a whole generates. jenna: when we are talking so much about entitlement programs and the budget and where money is going and where they want to cut, what lies ahead for these young folks as far as social security and things like that. >> people under 30 says they don't really expec exsocial secy

there. to me it will be a less generous system that greets them when it's time for them to collect but i don't think it's necessarily going to be a big shock. jenna: do you think we are in for several generations of under employed americans. >> i don't think see. the baby boomers are retiring, obviously that is the biggest generation out there. we should have a demand for workers coming through. i think as the economic cycle gets prolonged hopefully we should have more uptake there. obviously it's going to be the people with the right skills and education. jenna: it will be interesting to know what that righted indication and skill is. it's hard when you're 223. thank you very much. jon: 700,000 hondas recalled worldwide, jenna the concern with thousands of fit compact cars in the u.s. medicare, medicare a big debt in

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jon: breaking news honda is recalling 700,000 cars worldwide. the fit is one of the models affected. about 120,000 of them recalled in north america alone. the other are the freed and city compact cars. the company saying a defective spring part may cause engine

failure. harris faulkner has more from the breaking news news desk. >> reporter: so far no injuries or accidents reported. they have received in excess of 70 complaints along with actually finding the defect, that defective spring part. that's why they want to take a look at these cars. i'm on their website right now which is where they want you to go. it is recalls.honda.com to get the recall information in detail. it's 2009, 2010, fit vehicles and the freed and city compact version -fs that. the phone number to call is (800)999-1009. i've called that to make sure that's up in running. we've seen in japan more of these cars recalled and china. a chunk of them in the united states more than 1 22,000 of them this morning as honda puts out information about a recall that affects a whole lot of these compact cars. as we watch the story i want to draw your a tpepbgs to the website that attention to theweo

you a few minutes ago. we had that story with the tsa agents who took about 40,000 of that. police and fbi agents *g agents went to the homes of the two suspects and found some of that cash. i asked some of you to share your stories on our live chat ot foxnews.com/"happening now." you already have begun. david writes i had a projector stolen. was told too bad not responsible for gate checked luggage. michael had some good news. he said i had a camera stolen from my bag that was checked in ontario, california. the police department recovered it in a sting operation. if you want to share your for reese of tsa items that you checked that were stolen, it's

something that the transportation safety administration says it is looking into. so there you have it. i'm waiting for jon to come over and share personally his story of items taken out of his bag. jon: i'm too busy reading the chat on that honda recall. khod till says they are now calling the model the unfit. >> reporter: the chatters very, very witty. jon: i'll tell you the story. jenna: life expectancy in the u.s. is growing. which means more birthday presents right. jon: yeah, why not. jenna: unfortunately also is the cost of caring for a big population of aging americans. there are real fears about the ballooning costs of america's entitlement programs. jim angle is live in washington. a hot topic for us but is it one that congress is truly discussing? >> reporter: no the debates this week is about the president's budget, about republicans wanting to cut current spending. those are side shows in the

battle against deficits. the huge entitlement programs such as social security and medicare are on autopilot, listen. >> every year there is a huge fight in congress about how much to appropriate for various parts of the budget. that's a very small part of the budget. >> reporter: now the big part is entitlements of course which have grown so much they now account for about half of all federal spending. they started with social security in 1935, and were expanded with medicare and medicaid in the 19 60s. of course back in 1935 promises to seniors were easy to make, listen. >> most people were expected to not live long enough to collect their social security benefits. it was structured so that the retirement age was a couple years advanced from the life expectancy. >> reporter: the average life expectancy for men was only 60 and about 64 for women. it's now 75 and 80 respectively

by the way. longer lives and added benefits over the years a lot of people headed for retirement makes the entitlements a lot more expensive than originally thought. jenna: we talk about entitlements and how much they've grown. it seems like a scary monster waiting to take over our finances here in this country. how much have entitlements really grown over the years? >> reporter: well, they've steadily expanded. social security was founded in 35. in 1939 survivors pen fits were added for spouses and children. in 1956 disability benefits were added. medicare and medicare have been growing at astronomical rates. the costs trickle down through the entire system. listen to this. >> the joke among entitlement analysts is that the government will turn into a pension plan with an army. meaning we'll give so much money for social security, medicare and medicaid with a little bit

left over for the military. >> reporter: that's why they need to take a long, hard look at entitlements. jenna: a pension plan with an army. thank you very much. jon: new developments on that horrific assassination of a u.s. ice agent in mexico. also, it was man versus machine on jeopardy. >> 1246 please. jon: man came up short. impact of watson's win what does it mean. >> the ancient lion of nimrud went missing from this city's national newseum in 2003, along with a lot of other stuff. >> i'll take a guess, baghdad. >> even though you were only 32% sure of your response, you are correct. [applause] you may not wanto face the fact

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identify themselves as agents or as diplomats, we're american, we're diplomats, he said, and the response from the gunmen was, we don't give a blank. at that point the gunmen opened fire, and jaime zapata was killed, his partner wounded. we're continuing to look into that story, we'll have more details as they become available. jenna: well, the epic battle of man versus machine, we're talking about two jeopardy champs, both human. this is watson, a very spooky ibm computer. >> it developed from a dialect of this semitick language. watson? >> what is arabic. >> you are right. watson? is. >> what is broke the wang? >> you got it. >> what is united airlines? what is agricultural? >> >> you are right. jenna: what a know it all, right? in the end, watson won. dennis kneale is with the fox

business network, he told me that watson was cute. >> he's very cute. jenna: come on. >> with he's got spiky hair and scribbles of purple and blue, and he was -- jenna: you have a cyber crush. >> he is the greatest. he's kind of a mix between hal and wall-e, that character. [laughter] this is a huge win for ibm, it really is. i think even some ibmers are surprised here. watson got 62% of all the money won in two days, he got $27,000, that's three times as much as the number two guy. he goes into the last round, $22,000, and he bets over $17,000. so i think he did really well. and you want to know actually what he knew? i'll tell you what he knew because we may not have the full screen on this. because you know a win resembles $140 million -- [inaudible] okay? which is pretty good. he knew that buy son is buffalo. he knew that united airlines was a youtube video --

jenna: [inaudible] >> yes, exactly. jenna: the better question is what exactly did he get wrongsome. >> now, this is interesting. what did he get wrong? he's what watson knew, he didn't know rapper 50 cent -- jenna: so he didn't do know anything about rap. he didn't know address was a shift, he didn't know what the computer keyboard is really. and then, also, they asked him about a 1959 book and a review in the new yorker, and he didn't know the title of that, but therein lies a very interesting answer. the right answer was the elements of style by trunk and white. who knows that book? this guy, though, the computer, he looks at it, and he says, hmm, he's only got a 14% shot, let's go ahead and try dorothy parker? now, dorothy parker was this

writer, "the vicious circle," and she wrote for the new yorker with brevity and clarity. it's a very intiment guess even though it was wrong. jenna: does that mean a big loss for humanity? >> this is such a benefit. ibm announces today a big research pac to go into health, this'll be in your doctors' offices, you'll see it on help lines. let's remember that watson, as smart as he is, he was created by human beings, baby, okay? we're still in control. not to worry. jenna: and he's so cute. >> yeah. he is so cute. you've got to love that guy. jenna: total crush. dennis kneale from fox business. jon? jon: two men pulled to safety after getting stuck on a calf old. take a look at these guys. they were right outside the 17th floor of this building in virginia changing lightbulbs in the sign. the scaffold stopped working leaving them stranded. so firefighters climbed onto the

roof, attached harnesses to themselves and pulled the guys up. jenna: well, a different sort of rescue now. 25 lions flown to a new home in colorado. their former circus -- they're former circus performers, in fact. [laughter] landing in denver, they were rescued from bolivia after a law went into effect preventing them from being circus animals. their going to say in a 15,000-square-foot heated tent built just for them. it'll help the lions adjust to the cooler climate. it does, certainly, get cooler in colorado. bob barker helped pay for it, jon's home state is colorado. jon: i'll go visit them. that'd be fun, why not? imagine you have to make this life or death decision, a woman barely avoids an oncoming vehicle by jumping 40 feet off a bridge and into an icy lake.

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jon: for the first time ever the u.s. could join other nations in a u.n. resolution that would condemn israel. u.s. ambassador susan rice is framing it as a compromise to shield israel from an even stronger rebuke. but as a permanent member of the security council, the u.s. could veto any condemnation of our strongest ally in the middle east. so what's going on here? it is the subject of today's power play. chris stirewalt is fox news digital politics editor. chris, we're looking at something that could be historic here, huh? >> reporter: well, certainly, this is not a discussion we are much accustomed to in washington because generally, jon, the role

of the united states on the u.n. security council is to block condemnations of railly conduct -- israeli conduct rather than to facilitate them. and what's going on, the folks at foreign policy magazine got ahold of a draft that u.n. ambassador susan rice has been circulating among arab nations in an effort to try to get folks onboard for a pretty strong condemnation of the israeli settlement in dispute, in territories disputed by the palestinian authority. this is something we don't, we're not akutz tommed to seeing -- accustomed to seeing happen. and, in fact, now since the palestinians are pushing an even harsher condemnation of israel, the united states may end up sort of in the same place it would have been anyway in having to veto that more tough language, but in the process having alienated our israeli allies by having even discussed it in the first place. jon: we'll keep an eye on it, let our viewers know what happens. chris stirewalt, thanks.

>> reporter: you bet. jon: get powered up with chris' power play, log on to foxnews.com, click on the politics tab right there. you'll see chris' work infrastructure, some very good stuff. jenna: well, putting your stimulus money to work. it's always easier to spend other people's money, right, jon? is. jon: it sure is. can i have your credit card? [laughter] jenna: no way. president obama signed the stimulus two years ago. we'll bring it up for you, it's a bridge in missouri originally built in 1933. it was in need of serious repair. the project is now complete, and steve brown is joining us from be missouri to tell us how it all went. steve? >> reporter: hey, jenna. yeah, we were here two years ago shortly after ground breaking, we've returned to -- two years to the day to talk about that very first stimulus project. >> they're, obviously, my number one priority. >> beth is a single l mom of two young children. she pays the bills working construction and was on the job

for the very first stimulus project, replacing the old osage river bridge in missouri. >> it provided me training, it provided me financially stable months, it provided me a lot of stuff i would not have had otherwise. >> one, two, three. yea! [applause] >> reporter: and the project opened last fall when the new and improved bridge opened for business and the old bridge came down. the lead contractor on the bridge is grateful for the project but says work is hard to come by right now. >> we sent a bunch of our key guys home. they've been sitting home for three months now. p you know, guys that we would normally be working year round are at home just because we don't have the to support 'em. >> reporter: while republicans and democrats debate whether the stimulus worked, for those who got a paycheck for a while because of the stimulus, for them there is no debate. >> i think it was a good program. i don't think it followed

through far enough, but it was, it was an encouragement to people. >> reporter: beth did not have a paycheck coming in from november through right now, but because of the job that she had for 17 months working this project, she was able to squirrel enough money away to be able to live comfortably. she's got another construction job lined up next month, and as far as a pack, the lead construction company, they are now searching for work in other states because there isn't enough work in missouri to go around. they're looking in arkansas and as far east as abe indiana, but they say the bidding process has become highly competitive because road construction work is all but dried up after the stimulus money was spent. jenna? jenna: that's the big question, what's next after the stimulus money is gone? steve, thank you very much. steve brown in missouri today. jon: one man in the middle of a diplomatic standoff between the u.s. and pakistan. a court ruled raymond davis, an

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jenna: well, it's an unpleasant battle in point pleasant beach, new jersey.

lawmakers have started council meetings by citing the lord's prayer, but now the borough's being sued by those who feel it violates the separation of church and state. it's our latest installment in our series, taking liberties, and douglas kennedy's live in our new york city newsroom with this story. >> reporter: yeah, jenna, they say congress begins its legislative work every day with a public prayer. they say they can't understand why they can't do the same thing. tell me the prayer you recite. >> well, i ask god to bless us that evening and bless the council -- >> reporter: jeffrey dyer believes in the importance of prayer. in fact, he says the right to pray is in the constitution, and he doesn't stop there. >> the reason our forefathers came here is because they did not have freedom of religion over in europe. >> reporter: dyer is a councilman in point pleasant beach, new jersey, and for years he and his fellow council members have been opening their council meetings with a prayer. >> give us this day our daily

bread. >> reporter: dyer says he's simply doing what our forefathers did when they came to america, but not everyone sees it that way. >> poll decisions -- politicians shouldn't be endorsing or preferencing one particular religious belief over another. >> reporter: jean is from the american civil liberties union of new jersey which is now suing the town of point pleasant beach and since january has successfully stopped council members from participating in pre-meeting prayer. she says that kind of prayer was not what our forefathers intended. >> the bill of rights and the first amendment protects against government encroaching on religious belief, and be so this case is really about preventing the government from getting itself entangled in the religion. >> reporter: the aclu says when you pray as a public official, you are effectively endorsing your religion, and they say that is not what the founding fathers intended. >> that is not a fact. the fact is that our founding

fathers said that we cannot as government officials force our religion upon the people. by me praying is not forcing my religion on the people at this time. >> reporter: a local church group continues to pray at the meeting despite the court order. in the meantime, dyer says he plans to raise money privately to fight the aclu in court. that's it from here, jenna, back to you. jenna: interesting story, doug. thank you very much. well, north central arkansas hit by today dozens of earthquakes this week reaching a magnitude of 3.5 yesterday. definitely you could feel that, but most were too weak to be felt. experts don't know what's causing the swarm, as they're calling it, they suspect maybe natural gas drilling. any of those operations nearby might have something to do with it.

♪ jon: okay, don't panic, it's only a movie. that's hollywood's simulation of what an earthquake hitting new york city might look like. seismologists say the big apple, though, is overdue for a big quake. they come about every 100 years in the new york area. the last one hit in 1884, so if their predictions are right, the next one could happen at any time. a research professor at the lamont earth observatory at colombia university in new york, you're not making any predictions, right? >> no. jon: every 100 years or so new york gets a sizable shaker? >> yes, about 5.3. jon: jon and the last one not long after the civil war. >> uh-huh. and there was one in 1737 close to the hudson river in new jersey. jon: bergin county, new jersey.

>> in between those there was about 140 years or so. jon: we're taking a look at the graphic of one of the fault lines that runs right through the center of manhattan, right through midtown and under the southern corner of central park. what would happen if you got, say, a magnitude 5 or 6 earthquake in manhattan? would some of those skyscrapers actually tumble? >> no. i think well design and well-built buildings will not have any damage. it will be negligible. jon: so the newer office towers would generally be okay? >> yeah. but the poorly-constructed buildings -- jon: yeah. we have some buildings here that go back to the revolutionary war in manhattan. >> those buildings might experience some damage. jon: but we'd talking about huge dollar figures and is possibly some lives lost as well. >> possible. depending upon where it occurred. if it occurs like in 1884 which

were offshore between brooklyn and -- [inaudible] so we are not exactly near the, you know, areas. jon: right, the area of where that 1884 quake hit. we were looking a moment ago sot some of the oak ridge, california, earthquake hit. that one did an awful lot of damage to new construction even in a state where they worry about earthquakes. that one really did some damage. >> yes. but that was 6.4. jon: right. you don't think that new york would be in line for something that big? >> we have not known in current times -- jon: haven't seen it in the past. >> yeah. jon: all right. so i know that you're putting these seismology sensors out all over the city. what do they tell you? >> well, we're just recording and monitoring the earthquakes, but also recording ground motions to be used for

engineering purposes. the engineers, they will use that data to design better buildings. jon jon and will you ever get to be predicting earthquakes and when they might hit? >> we couldn't expect any minute any small earthquake, maybe 2.5 up to 3. we have had a couple of them in 2001. jon: hope you can do that. thank you. >> are you're welcome. jenna: well, the amish, famous for horses and buggies and living the simple life, now the accusations one member of that community is facing. why he's being compared to bernie madoff of all people. plus, bloodshed in bahrain. the late itself uprising in a country -- latest uprising to hit the volatile middle east. we have a live report coming up. nf]fídn/xçyyxññw8woññó where to go for a quiet get away.

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pentagon, two wars, every federal agency on the line. it's a brand-new hour of "happening now." we are not short on topics. so glad you are with us. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. lawmakers burning the midnight oil but failing to reach an agreement on how to cleanup last year's budget mess. jenna: the gop looking to slash spending by tense of billions of dollars, conservatives eyeing cuts to arts funding while democrats attempt to restore family planning and health research funds. they have just days left to figure it all out or our government could shut down. carl cameron is live. will they keep the government open for business? >> reporter: the house republican majority has managed to push through a $21 million cut to the national endowment for the arts. the house has also voted to put

back more than a half billion dollars of spending toward the education department that they had originally planned to cut. sometimes it goes up and sometimes it goes down. there are two important amendments we are watching today, one would defund the president's healthcare reform law for this year, and another one by mike pence would defund planned parenthood. all of this has the partisan walls going very high. democrats say the republicans are trying to set up a government shut down. republicans say that is not their intention. today one thinks that if the government is going to shut down government officials shouldn't get paid just like the rest of the country. >> government shut down has been put on the table. to put it another way it has not been taken off the table, which is what we want. a government shut down would be

a disaster for our nation and our economy. if we can't revolve our differences we shouldn't receive a paycheck. >> reporter: we had some democrats on capitol hill threaten to shut down the government rather than to cut spending and to follow the will of the american people. our majority remains committed to listening to the american people and doing everything we can to create an environment for better job growth in our country. >> reporter: john boehner today said, quote read my lips we'll cut spending. the amount of spending the republicans want to cut has caused the president to say he's going to veto it. and democrats say they are not going to pass anything like what republicans want to cut. the most likely is that both sides of congress will give themselves an extension, perhaps three weeks or more and continue to negotiate, notwithstanding what they say is the urgency to deal with the fiscal problems.

jenna: interesting, carl. how is congress now handling the president's 2012 budget now that all this is also going on? >> reporter: yeah, right we are talking about this year's current year fiscal year spending as opposed to what the president proposed last week. treasury secretary timothy geithner today was pressed into two very interesting admissions by both the democratic chairman of the committee, kent conrad as well as the republican ranking member on the senate budget committee jeff sessions. today under pretty tough questioning geithner acknowledged that yes deficits do in fact go up and in the president's budget the national debt goes up. the democrats and the white house have been arguing that is not the case. testifying before congress where one is always at risk of contempt of congress or perjury, geithner acknowledged, yes the deficit will go up as will the

debt. jenna: carl, thanks. jon: fox news alert, and the obama administration is urging restraint after a violent crackdown on protesters in bahrain as the white house and state department try to keep a close eye on up rise inks that are flaring all across the middle east. deadly clashes today in libya. protesters taking to the streets in four major city tph-s that country demanding the over throw of longtime dictator moammar kadafi. they are threatening punishment after tens of thousands turned out for an opposition rally against the government in tehran. growing violence in yemen. several thousand marching through the capitol there. protests are rerupting almost daily in yemen. in bahrain army patrols and tanks lockdown the capitol after riot police attack demonstrators in a predawn assault. at least four people are killed.

hillary clinton is giving members of the senate a classified briefing before meeting with president obama. james rosen is covering that for us, he's there live now. >> reporter: good afternoon, secretary of state clinton has been working the phones this morning. she spoke by telephone to the bahraini prime minister. forces loyal to the king led a predawn raid on protesters who were camped out in a central square including women and children. it was a few weeks ago that clinton visited the city and told the foreign minister there, quote, i am impressed by the commitment that the government has to the democratic path that bahrain is walking on, unquote. this predawn raid reportedly killed five and injured another 230 people, that brings the week's reported death toll from clashes in bahrain to seven. the state department yesterday

responded to the flood of reports from the middle east of protest, violence and bloodshed. >> countries across the region have the same kind of challenge, in terms of the demographics, the aspirations of their people, the need for reform, and we encourage these countries to take specific actions that address the aspirations and the needs and hopes of their people. >> reporter: meantime protesters in libya have billed this as a day of rage on the streets in that north african country. it puts the united states into an uncomfortable position. moammar kadafi has already unleashed security forces with teargas and bullets. there have been reported fatalities. the u.s. has been expanding its diplomatic trade and military ties with libya since moammar kadafi shut down his wmd

programs eight years ago. his son alleged two prominent libyan intellectuals, beat severely the wife of one of those men. school children were ordered to leave school to participate in pro moammar kadafi rallies. a sign of desperation for sure, jon. jenna: for more on the developing story we are joined by whalid, spaeutz ferris. as we take a look at all these different countries and cultures that are protesting the government in place, what trends or what similarities are surfacing? >> well, jenna there are two important trends to note. one is that there is a surge of civil society movement across the world among the countries who are proamerican and antiamerican. at the same time there is a race within the civil society surges

and the demonstrators between two forces and it's becoming yes clear, you have on the one hand the islamists such as the the muslim brotherhood or in the case of eastern arabia and bahrain the pro-hezbollah hez elements on the one hand, and democratic reformers on woman's movement. they are racing to see who at the end of the day will be the real opposition and therefore the next government. jenna: you have the islamists and you have the youths that are prodemocracy, prowomens rights, more of the familiar rights that we know here in the united states. who do you think is ultimately stronger? >> it's very interesting because these civil society movements seem to be going faster in countries that we support. look what happened in tunisia, what happened in egypt, what is happening now in bahrain, possibly in jordan, wherever the country has relationship with the west and can be influenced by us and by our administration

and the europeans then civil society is moving forward, and the jury will still be out between the democratic element and the islamists. but in the countries that are ruled by antiamerican regimes, iran, syria, and now lebanon and sudan, the opposition is mainly democratic opposition, they don't have islamists with them, the islamists are in control of the country. jenna: it's really been a month of this that we have been watching all of this unrest. do you think this is pushing either groups more towards the extreme in the way that the islamists could become more extreme when this is done and those that are prodemocracy, i want to say more liberal if that work, do we see the extremes emerging? >> on their way to power, take for instance the the muslim brotherhood in egypt, take the islamists in bahrain, they are back burner, they are saying we are with the democratic process,

we are going to form political parties but they are not changing their eye delogic policies. once they are in power they are going to do to their countries what komeni did to the country. it's difficult to support. jenna: in your opinion, what we're seeing is that going to move us towards more peace in the middle east or more chaos and eventually war? >> if nobody is going to win it's going to be chaos. if the islamists are going to i win it's going to be multiple iran and taliban. they are going through a difficult transitional time in which he will establish a more peaceful middle east. jenna: we take a look at the region but so many different story lines to pay attention to.

always nice to have you. thank you so much for your insights today, sir. jennasir. >> thank you for having me. jon: police search for a missing ohio woman, what they found and who cops are calling a person of interest in this case. plus -- >> our goal here is to cut spending, but i am not going to move any kind of short term cr at current levels. when we say we are going to cut spending, read my lips, we are going to cut spending. jon: that's the speaker of the house john boehner not mincing words in the budget battle. there is one thing everything seems to agree can't be on the chopping block. we'll tell you what that is. you can see which stories are clicking with other viewers, go to foxnews.com, click on the most read tab. foxnews.com is your other news source. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement

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underway after a mobile discovery. ohio police find a body hidden in a basement at the home of a missing woman's mother. harris has details for us. >> reporter: officially we will have to wait for the autopsy. here is what the police are saying. they went to the home of tiffany's mom to question her some more and spotted clothing that had blood on it. that led them to search the basement where they say they found this body, who they believe could be that of treuf knee brown. the person that they are seeking as a person of interest in this case lived in that basement. it is the mom's boyfriend 32-year-old sam littleton. there is a nation-wide search for him right now. no charges filed in the case yet, they want to talk with him, since he lived in the basement now they found the body, you kind of do the math. owe facially it's the autopsy that we're awaiting. here is what one of the neighbors said. she said last friday tiffany brown did not pick up her children who she had been asked to watch for only an hour.

that's what tipped off everybody that she was missing. they found her honda civic in an apartment building not far away from her home but police say they have no reason to believe that she knew anyone at that apartment complex. they say they are processing that car and not at this point going to give out to the public exactly what they found in the car, whether or not there is any evidence to lead them to any information about where this person of interest is, if there is a connection between him and the body that they found. so the autopsy results we are awaiting as soon as we know that we'll know if in fact it is tiffany brown, back to you guys. jon: harris faulkner, thanks. jenna: this is a freshway to look at the budget issues that are facing our country, the interest payments. we don't talk a lot about that. it's not just our spending that could rush us as a nation when it comes to our finance, it's the interest that we owe on our debt, that and the reality as mark zandy says, a famous economist, that we have no sugar-daddy to bail us out.

no one is going to come save us. everyone of us owes more than $25,000 a year on interest on our national debt. we are going to spend more on interest than we spend on education, transportation, energy and several other degrees kregs nare reprograms. if interest rates rise, they are very low right now, they do exbe specht them to rise, we could be in even worse shape as far as what we owe on our interest. john boehner is allowing each lawmaker to be heard on efforts to cut spending owl in an attempt to make budget cuts. our next guest says when tightening our belts there are certain funds that sheud -pbt be touched. the new jersey congressman bill pasqual is on the budget

committee. >> yesterday we gathered together in a nonpart son say to save the massive cops to our cops programs, involving our police officers throughout the united states and our firefighters. we had a huge plurality to stop that attempt to cut into those services. this is national security. if we can't defend the homeland when can we defend? when we have a huge catastrophe in our neighborhood we have the police and fire there not the federal government. we worked very hard through the night, the night before. believe me when i tell you through the night. jenna: burning the midnight oil. it is nice to hear about compromises specially on issues like police and firefighters, things that affect every one of our communities, it's nice to see a compromise between both sides. we keep hearing about potentially a government shut down. if that is the fate, who do you think would be to blame?

>> well, i'm not here to point blame at anybody, and of course each party will blame the other. my job is to make sure we don't shut the government down because there are a lot of consequences, whether you're talking about social security checks, whether you're talking about veterans that need support every day. my job is to do whatever i possibly can to prevent that. i vote for some cuts that have been brought up and i voted the majority of cuts down, because i think they will hurt america. we had a perfect example today. they were going to cut amtrak and gut. we can't afford to have that whole corridor seized up because certain republicans want to make a particular point, so democrats, and republicans joined together to overcome that specific amendment, and this is what we're doing amendment by amendment. there are close to 500 amendments beyond the 60-plus billion that had been recommended by chairman ryan

originally in terms of a budget. jenna: your amendment that you floated was one of two democrats that passed. the amendment about amtrak probably wouldn't hold up the government shut down. the amendment like the one that is going to hit the floor we expect in moments that would defund healthcare could be that kind of hot button issue. it's expected to pass the house not obviously expected to pass the senate earth president's desk. how do you look to navigate that and find any room for compromise on that? >> well, i looked at what the president put before us, and the five year budget, jenna, we are talking about getting our debt down to 3.2% of gross domestic product. that's pretty darn good, and in ten years going back to what we consider to be normal, quote unquote. so i think the president has done a good job of make tough, tough cuts, making investments into education and energy that are necessary to keep us the number one nation in the world. so people have to make

judgments, congressmen in good faith, both sides, have to make their decisions upon what is rational not only for their district but the entire country. jenna: that will be interesting to see about that issue of healthcare obviously something that was such a big issue in the november elections. >> healthcare is a darn big issue. we're going to defend it. we think it's right. we think there needs to be some changes, like all other legislation that we pass. so i'm very hopeful that not only -- that we will not have to depend upon a supreme court, that a message will be clear in the congress of the united states that she shouldn't just throw the whole healthcare reform out the window. there are some changes. we've admitted to it. in fact we just come out of a ways and means meeting on 1099 which would be a burden to many small businesses. we agreed that it should be repealed. jenna: that is a story we certainly cover here. congressman i apologize, we have a break we have to hit.

i know you have a long day in front of you and we appreciate taking the time out to join us and share that. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: thank you. jon: a woman makes a real leap of faith jumping from a bridge into an icy lake 40 feet below. why? she said she had a split second to make a decision that saved her life. >> i thought somebody would have seen me so that there would have been help, but help never came so it was just me and god. jon: it's a harrowing story of survival. we'll talk with the men who rescued her next.

>> there wassing nothing else to do. i had to take my chances, jump off the bridge and hopefully make it. jon: well that lady has an

amazing story of survival, bianca vera was crossing an icy bridge in georgia when an oncoming car sideswiped her: she got out of her car to check the damage. she sees an oncoming truck, she doesn't think he'll be able to stop, she jumps off the bridge 40 feet below. she broke avert bray in her back. despite all the pain she swam one hundred yards to shore, it took her nearly an hour. they call her feat a miracle. we have two people who came to her rescue. you two heard this woman had jumped off a bridge, is that right? >> yes, sir, we were on scene for a multiple vehicle accident but no one knew that anyone was in the water and everyone who was on scene were complaining of no injuries. we thought the situation was

under control until we got a report from the police department that there was someone in the water. jon: i mean the truck did go onto hit her car and pretty badly obliterated it, right in. >> yes, yes it did. jon: so she was probably wise to jump in your opinion, even if she had been in her car she might not have survived. >> she definitely had a split second decision to make. she is still alive and well today, obviously she made a good decision to jump off the bridge. jon: this all happened in the dark. how did you find out she was down there? >> the initial 911 calls never said anything about a female being in the water or jumping over the bridge. fortunately we had a police officer who was at the end of of the bridge actually directing traffic at which point he heard her cries for help. he looked over at the bridge, the side of the bridge and observed her down on the shoreline crying for help. jon: she estimates that she was in the water about 45 minutes. is that square with your estimates of time?

>> i'm not for sure on the exact time that she was in the water. based on our records it could be any length of time that she was in the water. from that to, you know, maybe 20 minutes, i'm not sure. it was a pretty long swim that she had. >> we did know the call came in around 6:03 and our officer didn't find her around until about 6:45. jon: wow. any way, doug, you and your team had to scramble down the bank to get to her. >> yes, we had treacherous conditions. the bank was very steep, and the icy conditions made getting to her very difficult. we called for some additional equipment, our truck company which carries a lot of our rescue equipment. they responded and began assembling rope equipment to get ready for her extra indication. jon: do you remember her first

words? what did sh she first say. >> i don't recall her first words. she was very glad to have someone down there with her. obviously cold and scared. jon: thank you both, congratulations on a great rescue. >> thank you for having us, jon. jon: would you do that, jump off a bridge. jenna: i don't know if anyone knows how they are going to ask. we had congressman pascrell on with us talking about funding to police and fire in the local area. we are glad they were around. brand-new developments in a high stakes diplomatic standoff. an american embassy worker accused of murder in pakistan. he says it was self-defense. will he get diplomatic immunity? what is the next step for one of our very own overseas. harris what is the buzz. >> reporter: i'm taking part in all of this. i asked people what they would be willing to give up for

spending cuts, where some of their ideas from pending cuts would come. they say harris we should trim a percentage off of every single federal hand out not eliminate some and keep others. another person says social security and medicare are not entitlements since we pay for them and they are contracted with the american worker. gravy train says to come up with money we should ban the marijuana law, that should be lifted rather, and we should make money off selling of marijuana. that is his idea. get in on the chat at foxnews.com/"happening now."

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>> reporter: i'm harris faulkner at the breaking news desk. we are getting word on a firefighter in los angeles county where they are praying for his survival. first pictures coming into fox news channel now. a 6,000 square hoot home in the hollywood hills was burning this morning. more than 80 firefighters showed up and a half of dozen of them were injured. they didn't know that the sprinklers in the home had broken, and the entire roof had filled up with water, and when these firefighters went into the home it collapsed in one chunk. one of them was buried. he was not breathing, was not conscious. he's now in grave condition. emergency crews managed to get him breathing again, got him to the hospital but now we are hearing word from los angeles authorities that they are praying for the survival of this set ran firefighter.

he was in his final year of the job. no details are being given about his identity right now for the protection of this family. again, a big story out in los angeles right now, as they hope that he survives. the other five who were injured we are told do not have life life-threatening injuries. hollywood hills california, a huge home burned this morning. back to jon and jen a now. jon: in parts of the west it is wet, windy and snowy right now, while a lot of other americans are seeing spring-like temperatures, including here in the northeast, but how long can it last? chief meteorologist rick is with us. >> reporter: don't get too used to it. it will change. it's still the end of february. we have winter left to be had and i'm sure we will see some. we have a complete flip-flop of the water. a lot of winter weather going

across the west. any time you see these things we have winter warnings in effect. utah, colorado, rain came into southern california yesterday. today centered across central california. heavy no across the sierra nevada. by tomorrow it pulls down over southern california as well. it spreads across parts of the mountains and the far northern plains. jon. jon: thanks. jenna: new information now on a multibillion-dollar plan to give most americans access to high speeds train. it's certainly a favorite project of the obama administration and that is sparking major debate as you can imagine on capitol hill today. doug mcelway is live in washington with more on the plan and how much it would cost you the taxpayer. it sounds like this issue of high-speed rail is suddenly becoming a hot political potato in the last 24 hours or so.

>> reporter: it really is. we've had three republican governs, rejecting federal dollars for high-speed rails in their states. and shoe man, boxer and fienstein telling ray lahood tow direct money to their states. the washington editorial page came out against high-speed rail this morning. quoting, the obama administration insists we dare not lag the rest of the world in high-speed world. actually this is one race that everybody loses. one transportation policy expert we spoke to agrees with that. >> every other line in the world has lost money and has not paid for its building. so it's not just a matter of the demographics of the united states, it is just a very expensive technology, and it doesn't reduce traffic congestion, and it doesn't reduce airline congestion. >> reporter: jenna, there is one

exception to that. amtrak that run. jenna: when we talk about amtrak that's been the perennial punching back on capitol hill. is that really a fair criticism of amtrak? >> reporter: amtrak does lose money but it has cut its debt in half over the last two years, it's ridership has increased 15 straight months now. and those trains are packed and beating the competition. >> key carry twicwe carry twicey passengers from washington d.c. to new york and back. >> reporter: the president's call for $53 billion over six years for a high-speed rail in a country that speaker boehner describes as broke may be a very, very tough sell. what is it going to cost you? let's turn to the taxpayer calculator to find out. $53 billion is the figure that

the president has used in the state of the union address. it looks like a huge number with all the zeros doesn't it? let's take a look at what kind of money you make and what your contribution might be. say for example that you make $50,000 a year, anywhere between 50,000 and $99,000 a year, the amount that you and everybody else who is in that tax bracket contributes to federal covers each and every year 18.1% of federal revenues inside that golden border right there. all right. the president's figures again 5 # pill kwropb dollars, your personal taxpayer chair $232.61 over six years. do you agree of that? go to foxnews.com/your money and you can take this quiz and throw in your two cents worth. if you make between 55,000 and 99,000 that is your contribution.

foxnews.com/your money for the quiz. jenna: people might think differently. $232 over six years, let's see what the viewers have to say. jon: this in a pakistani court giving the government three more weeks today there determine whether raymond davis an american official who faces murder charges whether he qualifies for diplomatic immunity. the courtroom prolongs a diplomatic crisis in the war on terror. mark quarter man is the former chief of the u.n. inquiry into the assassination of benazir bhutto. he is a senior adviser and director at the center for strategic and interest national studies. what are the chances that this guy would actually have to face trial? raymond davis is supposed to have diplomatic immunity as an american diplomat. >> it's very hard to say. the hearing was delayed today because the government asked the

court for a delay until march 14th. the judges said that they were prepared to rule but they needed to hear from the government on whether mr. davis had diplomatic immunity for them to be able to come to their decision. jon: who does the investigation here? he's charged with murder, but he says it was self-defense, that these guys were coming after him. >> well, pakistan is a federal country. the shootings occurred in lohor, it would be carried out by the police in the p u.n. jab province. there is a bright-line here, either mr. davis has diplomatic immunity or he doesn't and it's up to the pakistani government to make the argument in the pakistani courts. jon: as long as they've got him, though, possession is nine tenths of the law. as long as they have him in custody it seems they have the u.s. over a barrel. >> u.s. officials have said this could have a serious affect on

u.s.-pack sanee relations. u.s. provides large amounts of development assistance and substantial amounts of military assistance. this is a relationship that is very important to both parties. so i think that both the united states and pakistan would have something to lose if this were to seriously affect relations. jon: and it should be pointed out senator john kerry went over there, was working on releasing raymond davis. he has now departed pakistan but he says he is hopeful. mark quarter man, thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. jenna: a historic bumming up in flames in one city, a man suspected of arson is in custody we have the breaking details straight ahead on that. when you think of the amish you might think horses, bug he's, neighbors helping neighbors. right now they are facing a financial fraud, a bernie

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megyn: i'm megyn kelly. a top republican congressman is outraged over the shooting of two ice agents in mexico this week calling it an intentional ambush and demanding that the united states respond forcefully. he joins me live. child protective services was at the children's home on thursday, by monday a ten-year-old boy was severely injured and his twin sister was dead. the head of cps has agreed to come on this broadcast. why wasn't more done? and is it murder if you repeatedly stab a man but that man asks you to do it? that's in today's kelly's court. see you at the top of the hour. jon: right now the amish community is rocked by scandal after the securities and exchange commission accuses one

of their own of running a financial fraud similar to the one pulled off by bernie madoff. we have a reporter from the washington report who knows a great deal about this case. monroe beachie77 years old has been a trusted investment adviser among the amish for, what, 25 years and it turns out like bernie madoff it was a ponzi scheme, huh? >> that's right. this is a guy who got around by pores and buggy. but his business had more in common with charles ponzi or bernie madoff than the traditional value of sugar creek ohio. when it came crashing down last year half the money was gone. he had raised $33 million over a quarter century and investors are out millions. jon: just as happened in the bernie madoff case some of these are people who desperately

needed the money, were relying on this money for retirement and that kind of thing. >> that is exactly right. the parallels to the madoff case are striking, the trust that people invested with mr. beachie and the hardship that has even sued. the court record includes a letter from an elderly widow who said she didn't take anything from the government, no social security, she put her money in the amish bank of monroe beachie and she was most grateful to get some financial assistance from the amish community. jon: what's his explanation for what happened here? >> when i got him on the phone yesterday he declined to comment in any detail. he said, though, that this was not intentional. for years he was raising money, he told people that he was putting their funds into safe investments, government securities, according to the government he was investing in faris beinger instruments including junk bonds, and he

sent people periodic statements showing exaggerated balances and returns much as bernie madoff did. jon: you said you got him on the phone, he's amish i thought they weren't supposed to use phones. >> apparently there are divergent practices. jon: it's really a fascinating story. david hilsenr atth from "the washington post." jenna: we all know people who pop pills at the first hint of a cold. you might have heard that zinc has healing power. will it really make you feel better. we are separating fact from myth with dr. siegel. next the doctor is in. ♪ doctor, doctor, mr. md, what can you

>> reporter: authorities in miami in the last short while say she have caught their lead suspect in a series of fires that have destroyed historic buildings along the miami beach area when one of them burned it was next to a crowded apartment building. they really wanted to catch the suspect, they have. the legal chapter will begin as he faces counts of first-degree arson, those charges happened earlier this morning and we are a waiting a news conference in all of this to announce what is next against the suspect. miami, historic buildings along the coastline down there really had them perplexed in catching the suspect. police say they've got him and now the legal chapter begins. jenna: the doctor is in, no doubt when you're sick with a cold friends have suggested taking zinc, right? new evidence that while zinc won't cure colds it could make

them far less miserable. let's ask dr. marc siegl a medical of the fox news medical a team. the bottom line about zinc does it help if you have a cold? >> reporter: it helps a little. i was thinking about this all day. if you came to see me and said, doc, i've got a cold, what do i do, do i take zinc looking at 15 studies, looking at pretty good studies it seems to show that it cuts down the duration of symptoms and the severity. i'd say it might work for you jenna, it might make you kneel better. jenna: is that psychological? i could say, should i take vitamin c and drink a lot of orange juice. >> reporter: a lot of people tasted the zinc, they actually knew it was zinc so it's not entirely blinded. you might think you were going to feel better. it's a survey, in other words you're asking someone what their symptoms are. it's not science. i have to tell you zinc dries

the nose and i think a moist nose is better for fighting off colds. jenna: are there any other side affects. >> reporter: the fda said it could make you use your sense of smell, it could cause nausea, it's for a group of people who say, this doesn't bother me and it makes me feel better. jenna: what is the form you like it best in. >> reporter: i like it in the longes. it's for some people not for all. jenna: good advisals. jon you got a cold, a little zinc maybe if your doc says it's okay. you can have dr. siegel. jon: i got rid of mine several weeks ago. >> reporter: that's good to know, jon. jon: some shocking and we mean shocking new details in the murder of that ha americans immigration customs enforcement

agent in mexico. what you are about to hear will leave you outraged.

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ask youroctor about uloric. jon: a fox news alert. a short time ago we showed you house speaker john boehner saying that republicans will cut spending from the resolution that must pass to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. democrats, though, don't want to see many spending cuts, they say. ?ou senate majority leader harry reid fires back saying if the continuing resolution doesn't pass, it will be john boehner's fault. >> we're disappointed that speaker boehner cannot control the votes in his caucus to prevent a shutdown of government and now he's resorting to threats to do just that without any negotiations. it's not permissible. we'll not stand for that. he's wrong. jon: so the battle rages