hendricks will join us. >> brian: paula deen, jeff bridges and mira sorvino. >> gretchen: we may have her sing one more song in the after the show show. >> steve: see you tomorrow, everybody. economy hitting a brick wall and now there are questions on what the white house is doing about it, that dismal jobs number capping a week of bad economic news, unemployment, 9.1%, hovering between 9 percent and ten respect -- and 10 percent since # on 09 and now the white house is playing defense on this. hope you had a great weekend, i'm bill hemmer in "america's newsroom". ali is with us, martha is working later today. alisyn: bab cueing is --

barbecueing is starting this season? the president's top economic adviser, downplaying the latest report. >> what you want to look at are what are the recent trends because one month is not a trend, in the last six months, we've added a million jobs in the economy, the last 15 months, we've adoo we've added 2 million jobs. look, we're coming out of the hardest downturn since 1929. there's no question we're facing frajit recovery and -- fragile recovery and we've got to get the private sector to stand up. alisyn: take a look at may, a huge dropoff from the last couple of months. bill: that brings us to an obvious question from stuart varney. does the white house have an argument that this was just a one month thing? >> the white house argument is that this is not a trend, the white house has something of an argument there, but the alternative point of view is this. all indicators point to the economy, stalling just in the last couple of months, all indicators across the

board, and the bureau of labor statistics contradicts mr. goolsbee's view that it was the weather or japan that is the reason for the dropoff. they say it was not a weather effect, they say it was a general weakening of the job growth market. so there is confusion within the administration as to what exactly has gone wrong. bill: within the administration, what does the president do? what are his options stuart? >> he's in a very tight spot. does he double down and continue his current policy of spending and stimulus, that's going to be very hard to do in this economic climate and with this republican house of representatives, or does he change course and introduce some new policy? that's the question which everybody wants to know, will he double down or change course. we don't yet know because the president has not said exactly what he's going to do. bill: that's something to watch quickly here. you mentioned the data that came out. a lot of times we're focused

on the job number. that's a slew of information. >> housing prices, down again, manufacturing, slowing, consumer confidence, down, home sales, way down, factory orders, down, across the board, virtually every sector of the economy, slowing down suddenly. bill: we'll see you at 9:20 and i'm going to go back to bed after that report. sorry sorry -- >> sorry! bill: getting your fiscal house in order, so far in washington, why nancy pelosi says republicans are the ones to blame. jason chaffetz is here to talk about that issue. alisyn: we have another important story to tell you about this morning. arizona is burning. new evacuations today ordered along arizona's eastern edge, as the out of control fire creeps towards more homes. many people there, preparing for the worst. >> i see black smoke and i panic, you know? >> we got ourselves ready to go, my wife took a lot of

pictures last night of the contents, so that this morning, we are ready to go. >> i just handled it from the standpoint that whatever is going to be is going to be, we have no control over it and we hope for the best. >> we feel bad if anybody loses their house. that's what i think. >> it could be yours? >> it could be. it could be. alisyn: the fire, charring thousands of acres overnight. it is now the third largest fire in arizona's history. fox's aa.m. housley is in los angeles with the latest. do we know if they have any of it contained adam? >> right now they're saying zero percent containment. two of the state's top five fires of all time are currently burning now in arizona, one in the far south. the one they're more concerned about is in the far east, the willow fires -- the wallow fires. more than 2300 firefighters from all across the west and even some as far away as new york are battling these

flames. they thought they might get a handle over the weekend but continued high winds pushed this fire, possible lightning strikes as well. it's burning an area the size of charlotte, north carolina. this thing is massive, 184,000 acres, about 160 miles east of phoenix, an area very popular in the summertime for tourists, weddings. governor jan brewer has flown over this area as you might imagine, was on the ground and called this blaze horrific. take a listen: >> it was horrific and the likes of a fire of which i've never experienced from the air before. it was unbelievable, the expansion of the smoke is what we saw first, the white smoke, then it was that black smoke, and then we were able to see fire in some spots on the ground, it was so smoky it was very difficult to see the fire. >> reporter: difficult conditions and zero containment at this hour, alisyn. alisyn: adam, we understand

it is particularly challenging for firefighters. why is this one hard to get a handle on? >> reporter: there are a number of reasons. number one, the topography is difficult when you're talking about peaks and valleys and areas that are open, a lot of trees, obviously, but also, as california has had a wet spring, one of the wettest on record, arizona has continued to have a serious drought. areas are unbelievably dry down there. you add to it the winds, the very hot temperatures and of course, the dry lightning strikes and they're very worried about what's facing them in the coming days. alisyn: adam housley, live with us for -- with us with an update on the arizona fire. thank you. bill: pretty significant political headline today, rick santorum says he is in it to win it. the former pennsylvania senator, officially announcing his run for the white house a bit earlier today. mol -- molly line is live in somerset with more, the announcement comes at 11:00 eastern time but he was talking on abc earlier today.

he is one of the candidates we've known about for some time. what did he say there today, molly? >> reporter: absolutely, he has been making the rounds through iowa, through new hampshire, through south carolina, making more than a dozen trips to each of the states, so he's been laying the ground work for quite some time. he's standing by what he considers to be his social conservative principles and stuck up for those throughout the course of his career, even if it cost him politically. advertise slogan today, the courage to fight for america and he's urging people to join that fight, making his announcement in somerset county,. the nod that the former senator is making today, to that american dream that now allows him to stand up on this stage and announce his intentions to run for the presidency of the united states. bill: molly, thank you for that, somerset, p.a. thanks. here is where the republican field stands now, businessman herman crane, former house speaker newt

gingrich, former new mexico governor gary johnson, political activist fred kra -- carger. texas congressman ron paul, minnesota governor tim pawlenty, former massachusetts governor mitt romney and all eyes on sarah palin and what her move or could not move if she gets in. we'll talk more about this later this hour and for the latest in everything in 2012 election news, fox news.com is your front row seat for politics. we are america's election headquarters. all kinds of information online. alisyn: now we have a fox news alert for you. five u.s. service members have been killed in central iraq. for now the u.s. military is withholding details on exactly where they were, and how they died, but we are getting a few details. fox's steve centanni is live in washington. steve, what happened? >> >> reporter: alisyn, from what we know, we're not getting anything from the pentagon, just a little bit from iraqi officials, u.s. forces were staying at an iraqi base when this rocket struck near their living

quarters. it's the single worst death toll for u.s. soldiers in iraq since may 2009 when five americans were killed, six were killed the month before, in april of '09. in today's attack a spokesman for the iraqi interior ministry said two suspected militants were also dead, apparently killed when one of their own rockets exploded prematurely. while u.s. troops are supposed to be in a support and training mission in iraq, they're obviously still in harm's way. their base has come under frequent mortar attack and they're in danger of being targeted by roadside bombs when they do move around the country. forty-six thousand americans are in iraq, they're scheduled to come home under the current policy. at the end of this year. although, there's still a possibility the agreement between the u.s. and iraq could be amended and allow those troops to stay even longer. the u.s. officials have released -- have not released the names of those five killed today, alisyn. alisyn: steve, please keep us updated as you get more information about this story. bill: what a tragedy t. too.

those are some of the headlines making news this monday morning. a lot more to talk about as we follow the u.s. and overseas, including nancy palestinian pell's brand new defense with the president's record on the economy and the nation's crippling debt, why she says republicans are to blame for that number there. we'll talk to a republican on the house budget committee to get his reaction. alisyn: is reality check on auto industry bailout. did it do more long term harm than good? >> bill: only by a hair, why so much of the casey anthony trial hinges on real life csi, forensic experts taking the stand at this hour. >> i was in lake county, two days ago. >> okay. >> was there anything there? >> mom! >> this is the first time i've truly, truly been angry this entire time, but i'm so beyond frustrated with all of this, i can't even swallow right now, it hurts.

alisyn: the home of country music star trace adkins has been destroyed by fire, a raging fire gutted his home in brentwood, tennessee over the weekend, the fire department believes the fire started in the garage and quickly spread to the rest of the house. adkins was not home at the time of the fire, his wife, rhonda and their three daughters are sorting through what's left now. >> today is more emotional for me because you know, i had to go like through the kids' play rooms and then i remember all the different things we did in that play room and now that play room is no longer. >> it was pretty scary, because our whole garage was burning down, and then it started on to the whole house, and it was pretty scary. alisyn: scary and sad. many of trace's awards, records and a prize motorcycle were lost to the flames. bill: what an absolute shame. alisyn, new testimony is getting underway in the third week now of casey anthony's murder trial. that's a live look inside

the courtroom in orlando. over the weekend prosecutors had a hair specialist testify about a single strand of hair that was found in the trunk of casey's car. listen to this forensic scientist from a bit earlier, his testimony: >> he said it was a 9-inch brown hair. >> that's correct. >> even at the end of the day you still can't say that that hair came from a dead body? >> that's correct. it has characteristics that are consistent with that, but i can't say absolutely. >> thank you ma'am. bill: joey jackson is a criminal defense attorney, ann marie mcevoy is a federal prosecutor. good morning to both of you. it appears we're at the half way point through the prosecution, based on the evidence they've an. ann marie, how are they doing? >> they're doing a -- doing a very good job. this isn't the easiest case to prove,is -- it's a circumstantial case but they've started with she's a pathological liar, nothing she comes up with be possibly believed, the next thing they did, they worked on the defense she's used to saw it's implaus able, they

showed her aebgss, being happy, completely inconsistent with someone who -- someone who would have lost a child either through any accident, drowning or whatever she may claim it was and they've also shown the defense cannot possibly be the case because her father testified that he didn't help hide the body, he didn't know anything about any kind of drowning so that takes care of that aspect of it, that she claimed the father was involved. bill: you're saying after her parents were on the stand, none of the defense's argument, the opening statements, were supported. >> that's right. bill: by the wi. let me go to joey on this now. there are pieces in this case that ann marie points out, rightfully so, that are circumstantial and you're going to have to connect the dots in order to get a conviction. can they now? >> here's the problem bill. the problem is they have a number of shortcomings, we know what they can prove. let's talk about what they can't. number one is motive. it's not legally required

you establish motive but jurors want to see it, particularly in a capital case. the prosecution have had witnesses that said she had a special bond with her daughter, they connected, she loves her and they can't possibly imagine her harming her, that's number one. number two, as ann marie $ out, it's a circumstantial case, people want direct evidence, what did people know, did they see her do anything, hear her do anything, are there admissions. that's the second shortcoming. the third relates to the scientific evidence, they're using new evidence here. it's the first time they're using odar evidence, which we'll see, with regard to establishing the body decomposition. bill: haven't seen it yet. >> we will see it and we saw the hair banding, and that clip showed that the scientist was not able to establish to a scientific degree of certainty that it's related to human de composition. bill: so what you're doing is you're showing us a lot of holes in the case so far on behalf of the prosecution. >> right. bill: ann marie, can those

holes be plugged? >> absolutely. when you're talking about motive, for instance, they showed plenty of motive, the first part of the trial was largely about motive, the fact that she was out shopping, she's out partying, she's out dancing, she's living with a new boyfriend, she's saying that she's happy, she's getting tattoos, saying beautiful life. all of this shows she couldn't have that kind of lifestyle if she was a good mother, taking care of a three-year-old. bill: i know what he's saying, he's saying does that equal murder. >> it shows she might be pathological, emotionally unstable, she invents physicianshus tales, but does it establish she's a murder, it does not -- a murderer, it does not. that has to be established in a capital case, where they're going to take her life. bill: would you have her defend herself in this trial after what ann marie points out, a story after story that's been just fabricated? >> here's the problem with that bill. if you get a prosecutor, and these prosecutors are skilled and i know ann marie used to prosecute and if you get them skilled, what they're going to do is

savage her literally is because what happens now, how you can believe anything she said. so it's a risky proposition to put her on the stand. you have to find witnesses who can come on the stand and testify, perhaps, in her behalf. bill: some have already. just one more point to ann marie. what joey points out repeatedly to us is that the defense attorneys may have eversold the case. >> that's right. bill: in their opening statement. that's a big mountain to climb. >> it's huge. and especially where the father didn't support what she said. she claims her father was involved in knowing what happened and hiding the child and so on, and her father got on the stand and said that's absolutely untrue. bill: would you expect him to admit it? >> well, this is his daughter. this is his daughter. she's facing the death penalty as the punishment here. if this were the case, i think he would admit it, when you think about a father-daughter bond, you would say to yourself if that indeed happen and she didn't murder her daughter, he would have said something. bill: it's sick and twisted. thank you, ann marie, joey.

nineteen past. alisyn. alisyn: here's good news, doctors say they're on, quote, the edge of a new era and talking about a new drug that has more than a million cancer patients finding hope today. plus, chaos during an afternoon of fun. >> my life flashed in front of my eye, i went hysterical, i didn't know what to do. all i was thinking, my baby, i have to get her out. bill: another bounce house gets blown away and this time, 13 kids were bouncing around inside. watch it. >> stay here, stay here girls, stay here. stay here.

bill: here's what's developing in "america's newsroom", retiring defense secretary robert gates wrapping up his farewell tour of u.s. base necessary afghanistan. he says despite the killing of usama bin laden it is still too early to wind down that afghan war. former giants wide receiver plaxico buris gets out of jail today, he served 20 months for illegally carrying and carrying a gun at a nightclub in new york city. twenty-four past. alisyn. alisyn: we want to tell but a new medical breakthrough, researchers praising a new cancer drug as major hope for people battling one of the most common and deadliest forms of skin cancer, melanoma. let's bring in assistant professor of medicine at corneret medical college, also assistant attending physician at new york presbyterian hospital, clearly you're qualified to answer all of this! dr. kwhropbd, how does this

drug work? >> mel knowna, it's very common and about 9000 deaths. it's one we really need to get at. it target as mutation that occurs 47 percent of the time in these tumors and about half of those patients seem to be responding, but the trial got actually halted early because it was so promising, so that's exciting. this is the first big giant step. now, the patients who didn't respond may be helped by the other big drugs that got announced over the weekend and this is another villanoma drug that helps the body's immune system fight it. alisyn: interesting, two different tests and strategy ies. what's interesting, i had heard that melanoma was one of the more easy cancers to treat, yet this was done on people with late stage inoperable melanoma and it seems to show promise. >> it's a metastatic disease

these paint the were living about one third longer so 12 months instead of nine months, the future will hopefully show the two together and see if we can get even further. again, these are early, the first drug isn't going to hit the market for about another six months, as it gets out there and it's a larger trial, we'll have more data on it. alisyn: but you think this is a game changer in items of how it will be treated going forward. >> absolutely and as -- and as we target other mutations. it targets a mutation in half these cancer, that's pretty exciting. alisyn: it sure is. there was big news about breast cancer and ovarian cancer. >> not new drugs but new uses. this is using aromacyn, one of thest again blockers, people who havest again-sensitive tumors are put on it to continue treatment. now it's being used to prevent in high risk women, women over 60, and it was great, it reduces the incidence of 65 percent, but

the side -- big side effects, hot flashes, joint ache, fatigue. we see a lot of women stop it who are on it. alisyn: that often undermines the treatment. dr. kathleen london, thank you very much for coming new york it's nice to be able to report good news! great to have you here. bill: 27 past the hour. alisyn, the battle over union rights, reloading. a new proposal set to hit firefighters and police, and we'll talk to a union rep who says the bill is, quote, reckless. alisyn: she's keeping everyone guessing, bill. sarah palin, on the road, and chris wallace tries to get to the bottom of her bus tour. >> let's get to your bus trip, and to 2012, and i'm going to ask you the question everybody has asked me when they heard you were going to be on the program, what are you up to? >> oh, man, it seems like i've answered this question a million times in the last week. alisyn: so is governor palin serious about a 2012 run?

bill: a fox news alert now, new information just into the fox news room, the former imf chief dominic strauss-kahn also known as dsk in his home country of france pleading not guilty to charges of sexual assault, accused of trying to molest a hotel maid a month pw-g in new york.

julie banderas has more and while the camera moves around, julie, i understand he may be leaving that building any moment now. what happened inside? >> reporter: yeah, the camera and all the media is out moving around, waiting to get into position as they wait to watch dominic strauss-kahn, his supreme court arraignment scheduled for 9:30 and boy was it quick, he was read the seven counts, the charges read against him and he pleaded not guilty to those charges. he arrived earlier, in fact. let's roll the video of him arriving, about an hour ago, with his wife, side by side, locked arm in arm, she is standing by his side, she maintains her husband is innocent, innocent of all seven charges, the most serious, including attempted rape and forcible sex -- criminal sex aacts, those charges punishable up to 25 years in prison. meantime, against the prosecution, the defense claims that they are going to somehow prove that not only was this a consensual sex act but somehow, they

intend to prove report led that it is physically impossible to force someone to engage in oral sex. that seems to be the defense they will be maintaining once this trial gets underway. we're waiting for him to come out the south entrance behind me as are hundreds of other media outlets anticipating his exit. bill: i mentioned he's french, his wife is american, as i recall. will this case go to trial or could there be -- >> >> reporter: you know what, in most lives -- cases like this when you're talking about these types of charges you would most likely get some sort of plea deal, but you have to remember, this is a high profile, global figure, the d.a.'s office, a lot of pressure on him to make sure these charges stick, as is the prosecution. the prosecution maintains that they do have enough evidence, and it seems they do have a whole lot of evidence considering the fact they were able to indict him within one week of his arrest. after that bail hearing they could have taken weeks if not month toss gather evidence in order to go ahead and proceed with his

arraignment. if seems that the prosecution is ready to go. the defense now will essentially get their ducks in a row, get as much information about the accuser's past or history. of course, nothing will go unscrutinized unfortunately for the alleged sexual assault victim. bill: julie banderas, new york city, downtown, and as we await that departure, we'll bring it in as it happens. the plea is not guilty. al and his wife, locking arms with him as they walk in. we're awaiting a major hearing on the future of wisconsin's controversial antiunion bill. in just one hour, the state supreme court will start discussing whether it should take up the case, this as a new proposal by the legislature is targeting newly hired police officers and firefighters, and how much they pay into their pensions and health care plans. jaime palmer is executive director for wisconsin's professional police association. mr. palmer, thank you very much for joining us. so we understand that this

proposal being proposed by the legislature would force new hires on the police force to pay the same level of contribution for their health insurance as other public workers like teachers. why isn't that fair? >> well, first, i think it's important to note that over the last five years, just in the state of wisconsin, the number of assaults on law enforcement officers has increased by an astonishing 224 percent. that should trouble people. certainly it troubles our membership. now is not the time for the state to reduce investment in local governments and public safety to the tune of $76 million to require low enforcement officers who are performing the same tasks and functions to be compensated at differently levels. we think it's bad for public safety and officer safety and in that way the bill is reckless. alisyn: look, obviously it is troubling, no one is arguing that you are not doing vital work, but how would contributing 5.8% of your pension cost, or 12 percent of your health care cost, affect that? that seems to be separate

issue. perhaps you need more equipment or more training or longer jail sentences for people. why would somehow paying 5.8% into your pension ruin the police force somehow? >> well, we think they're connected in this way. no one enters the law enforcement profession with aims of wealth but when you begin to unilaterally and arbitrarily diminish benefits for which the officers have bargained for you make it less appealing, especially considering the fact that it is increasingly more dangerous. we think fewer will enter the profession and public safety will suffer. alisyn: obviously, your state is in a budget crisis, so everyone is being asked to tighten their belts. what are you willing to do as police officers? i mean, 5.8 to a lot of people, 5.8% into your pension fund, that doesn't sound exorbitant. >> i think law enforcement officers and all public employees quite frankly have bargained for those pension and health insurance benefits in lieu of wages, and so now, the states just

mandate and strike these down, we think it's bad public policy and we think, again, that's going to affect public safety. we think collective bargaining has provided a platform for many years for law enforcement officers to make concessions, officers, they're not seeing wage increases, they are paying more for health insurance but collective bargaining has divided the platform for those changes to occur and we think there are other, more reasonable -- >> alisyn: do you think that police officers are more valuable than teachers in wisconsin? >> we think police officers provide a vital public service. local governments and state bottoms provide a wide variety of valuable services but if public safety diminishes, so do the other services. we think public safety is important. alisyn: of course, no one is arguing you don't provide that service but what would you be willing to compromise on, since 5.8 doesn't sound exorbitant or draconian, would you be willing to contribute more into your pension and health care cost? >> i think those discussions ought to occur at the local level. collective bargaining ought to provide the platform for

those discussion toss occur as they have over many years. so i think those decisions ought to be made at the local level, and that should continue to be the case. it should not be something that the state government just simply mandates. alisyn: we shall see what the state supreme court says about all of this today. jim palmer, thank you very much for coming on with the police perspective. >> thank you. alisyn: nearly three months after protestors stormed the state capitol in wisconsin, they are now setting up camp, literally, outside, calling the tent city walkerville, because of the governor's name. demonstrators are voicing opposition to a budget proposal that cuts state aid to school districts, local government, and other public services. some say they're worried about the bill's impact. >> they're not here because it's a big party. they're here because they're very concerned that the choices being made today and this week, with this budget, are going to have a long lasting, devastating impact on the kind of life we enjoy here in wisconsin.

alisyn: lawmakers are set to take up the bill tomorrow. that battle continues, bill. >> bill: sure does. breaking news now, we've got the picture, the former imf, now leaving court only moments ago, he walked in side by side with his wife and he leaves with her as well, after entering a plea of not guilty. he will now go back to house arrest in lower manhattan, where he has spent the last several weeks, several different charges read against him, the judge asked how do you plead, he said not guilty and with that, the man known as dsk and his former country of france and former head of the imf, a hugely important job for globe at economics, now since resigning from that position, will await his trial, which is expected to get underway in mid july. that was the request from his attorneys only moments ago. dsk enters his plea moments ago in new york city. alisyn: extreme weather to tell you about, a second partial breach now opening on a levy along the swollen

missouri river and evacuations at this hour are underway. the new breach is located in northwest missouri, near the state's border with iowa. the iowa national guard has been dropping in large sandbags to help fill the two gaps but the damaged areas are expected to fully give way as water levels rise. bill: this spring is something a lot of folks just want to forget. it has been a little more than a month since a series of tornadoes tore a path of destruction through mississippi, up to tennessee, devastating a large chunk of alabama along the way, yet the prospect of rebuilding has barely begun. steve harrigan is back in tuscaloosa, alabama, to see how this process is going, and it's going slowly. steve, good morning. >> reporter: bill, certainly very slowly here in tuscaloosa, the tornadoes hit a month ago, but on some streets it looks like they just hit yesterday. this house behind me as an insurance poster out in front of it, it has been inspected but it doesn't take a whole lot of expertise to determine this

house has been completely destroyed. one month later, the question for about 10,000 families here, should they stay and try to rebuild or pack up and leave town. >> pwhoupbt later, neighborhood silence. trees at odd angles, houses, stripped, or missing chunks. the destruction, biblical. progress in tuscaloosa today means tearing down homes that o'clock be saved, stacking them by the side of the road, like trash. there's one house left on elm street. >> is this where you used to watch tv? >> yeah. yeah, we watched tv here all the time. >> we were just laying here together. >> lee and patsy survived the tornado on a bathroom floor, praying president insurance money has them in a hotel. they are not coming back. >> the neighborhood has been wiped out, ain't no doubt about it. >> reporter: their house will be bulldozed this week.

>> reporter: you can't blame them to leaving after the financial loss, we'll be talking to others throughout the day who decide to stay and try and rebuild in alabama. back to you. bill: such a long road ahead. our best to awfully them. it's great to have you on the ground there, steve harrigan. alisyn: nancy pelosi now blaming house republicans for the state of the u.s. economy. she says if americans want answers on the future, they should have republicans. republican congressman jason chaffetz joins us with his response to that. first, go to fox news room during the break and take our unscience difficult poll, is washington doing enough to fix the economy. we will bring you the results of that when we come back.

bill: we mentioned this at the top of our program with stuart varney, the sobering drum beat of economic news continues to hit us one way

or the other, it has the white house democrats on defense a bit of a -- on defense a bit, nancy pelosi, her answer. >> politics, bigger than elections. >> we keep talking about we don't want to talk about the past, we got to talk about the future but in the meantime and between time, nothing is getting done, nobody is agreeing with anybody on anything. >> i understand that. we're not the majority in the house, and so you're saying to me why haven't we brought something to the floor to create jobs. i think that's a better question asked to the republicans. because they have control of the agenda. bill: is that the case? utah congressman jason chav ez, what did you think of nancy pelosi's answer? >> to hear her say she's no longer the speaker, that's one of the favorite things in the world. democrats made a choice, they chose to grow government. the do nothing democrats said we're going to grow government to get us out of

problems and they fail to realize it's real people and small businesses and medium business that is actually grow jobs. what we're doing here today, getting rid of that onerous regular hraeurgs working on an energy program, repealed omabacare and we actually passed a budget that not only balances it, it pays off the debt. bill bell she seems to be tipping her hand for how the debates will play out over the next two years, no reduction in medicare benefits. you've already voted on that. who wins that debate? >> let's remember, omabacare is the one that actually dismantles the whole thing. we actually come up with a program that saves it and for seniors, 55 years old and older, nothing changes, so we actually think we've done the responsible thing by introducing a budget that balances and pays off the debt and actually saves medicare through the course of time. bill the other thing she said, we need to dig out of deep debt. $14.4 trillion, i think it the mark today? >> yeah. bill: there seems to be agreement on that issue, fundamentally. but i don't know how these two sides come together to

get something done for the american people. i think that's the point that she was trying to drive at. >> no doubt f. it was easy to do it would have been done a long time ago but the reality is with paul ryan as our leader we balanced -- we passed a budget that pays off the debt and until nancy palestinian pell can produce a plan they want to see that will actually balance, then it's very difficult to get through these discussions. bill: and when democrats have had the majority in the house, you speak to republicans and say we have no power here, we can't do anything, which issention he thinks -- essentially what she was saying, too, she has no power. >> they need a plan. i'd love to do this in a bipartisan people, i think the american people want us to do it in a bipartisan way, but we have a plan. let's remember the democrats control the senate and harry reid has refused to actually bring this up and deal with it, and we need the president to come to the table and say shall is what we'd like to see and thus far he hasn't done it. bill: you've been in washington three years. >> just started my second term,.

bill: in the house. are you going to run for senate and try to knock off orrin hatch in the senate? >> i'd like to. i'm a definite maybe. it's surreal that i get mention that discussion. bill: is it serious? >> no. i'm not trying to be coy about t. i'm thinking -- i'm thinking about it. >> what has orrin hatch done that you fundamentally disagree with? >> he served for 36 years and i don't know that 42 years of contiguous service is something that utahans and the country would want and i disagree with him on the bulk ofer issues, everything from the t.a.r.p. to the fannie, freddie bailout, he was in favor of the individual mandates. i don't want to go through a leand try and rip on our senior senator, but in the same time -- stkpwhrao*eul stphraoe -- >> bill: do you think you can beat him? >> yes. he's a good man. he's a good man. bill: thank you, jason chaffetz. we talk a lot with you from washington, nice to see you in person.

alisyn: coming up, a fight between the states and federal government over planned parenthood, the battle over indiana's tough new abortion law now goes to court. bill: also was the massive bailout of the auto industry truly a success? the white house says absolutely, but what about the long term effects? eric bolling will tackle eric bolling will tackle that in a moment here on "america's newsroom".

bill: so the bear is 200 pounds and it takes a major tumble in colorado. the bear drawing a cloud after climbing 30 feet up in a tree! bring your camera and videocamera and still photos. wildlife officials used six tranquilizer darts to try and get him down. it was not an easy job. he fell asleep and just hung there. just hanging there! and he fell and hit that vite van -- white van. actually, no, he hit the

ground. an officer had to knock him loose. the bear is said to be doing just fine. alisyn: just days after the president touted its success, there are new questions about the real impact of the auto industry bailout on the economy, and eric bolling from the fox business network is here to talk about that. the president as you know went to chrysler and said this has been a great success, you have returned to profitability. what's the problem? >> victory lap? he took a big victory lap last week at chrysler, at a plant in ohio. the problem is, chrysler owed us $3.5 billion, at least. now, let's give them the benefit of the doubt, the $3.5 billion that was outstanding, they paid that back but they got the $3.5 billion by borrowing money from banks, the bank said no, we're not going to loan it to you unless you show us collateral. you know what they used as collateral? a green gift loan to chrysler from the obama administration. so it's taxpayer money, going back into taxpayers'

pocket. we are still owed $3.5 billion. any way you slice this deal. alisyn: i understand there may be fuzzy math but what the president said, had the auto industry gone under it would have lost 1 million jobs up and down the supply chain so those were saved. >> it's unequivocally wrong. i will tell you why. those companies, gm and chrysler, chrysler had a profitable jeep division that could have been saved, someone else could have come in and bought chrysler's jeep division, those jobs wouldn't have gone away, there were companies that would have loved to purchase gm, namely ford, look, all the infrastructure is there, everything is in place, they could have come in and bought them. those jobs weren't going away, gm and chrysler weren't going away. they could have gone into a restructuring but they weren't going away. they could have gone into bankruptcy, restructured and come out and built cars. these numbers, you call it fuzzy math i call it absolute in the dark math. they're being disingenuous by saying they've created

jobs, saved jobs and paid us back. by the way, the white house tells them themselves they owe us $14 billion that's not been paid yet. alisyn: are we getting that? >> we're not getting that, we're also not getting the $15 billion in tax incentives they gave them going forward, that's 25 billion, $30 billion they still owe us any way you slice it. alisyn: we're going to need a bigger calculator. bill: give him that calculator! i think we started our hunt back in 2008, we're still looking for it! parents say it was terrifying to watch this: >> oh my god. oh my god! >> bill: that is another bounce house, swept away, putting a group of children in serious danger. where it happened this time, in a moment. alisyn: testimony underway in the casey anthony trial, forensic experts on the stand. you're looking at a body decomposition expert

speaking now. we'll find out how convincing the evidence is with our expert himself, dr. michael baden.

bill: morning, everyone! fox news alert, 10:00 here in new york and an epic legal battle over public funding and planned parenthood, planned parenthood set to appear in court in the state of indiana requesting an injunction against a tough new law that could cripple the organization. brand new hour on a monday, i'm bill hemmer, how you doing alisyn? >> alisyn: doing great, i'm alisyn camarota. republican governor mitch daniels signing that stat -- statute. bill the feds are getting involved, setting up a fight between the state of indiana and the feds in washington. john fund, columnist for the "wall street journal," john, good morning to you. >> thank you. bill: so what the state did in indiana, they said no more public money will go to planned parenthood, alleging that once planned parenthood

gets money it all goes into the same pocket and can be used for potentially aborings. that's the state's position, stkphrebgt and planned parenthood argues what? >> we provide a whole range of services to teenagers and young adults that have nothing to do with abortion, we provide counseling, we provide help with prenatal care, so it's unfair to tag us with this because we segregate our accounts and put some money over for abortions and some money over for other things. bill: you say this should not even be an issue. why not? >> look, this is medicaid. it's a stit-run program with federal dollars thrown into it. as far as i'm concerned the state of indiana has the right to decide, you know, planned parenthood has had some scandals recently, they had acorn-style videos that were released last year, where in several planned parenthood offices in new jersey and other places you had planned parenthood advisers counseling underage teenage girls who were

supposedly sex workers on how to have an abortion. so planned parenthood is under scrutiny here so indiana has decided we don't want anything to do with this. my view is the federal government -- federal government wants to fund planned parenthood, it should do so through another association. bill: so what the federal government will argue in court is that the state is in violation of medicaid funds that should, they will be a, rightly go to planned parenthood but since 1976, there's been a law that says no federal money can support a-- abortions. why are the lines fuzzy john? >> because planned parenthood isn't just an abortion provide or counselor. it does other things. the money is fungible, you can transfer it easily and the people opposed to planned parenthood funding is if you give money to planned parenthood you're basically enhancing the entire budget of the organization and that does include a lot of aborings.

so again, i think the way to solve this is to return the issue to the states. medicaid is a state-run program. let the states run it with very few guardrails, because they probably know best how to run this. bill: okay. we will watch this play out in indiana. does it go to the u.s. supreme court on appeal ultimately or settle at the state level? >> well, it depends what the seventh circuit court of appeals would have to say on this. i'm sure the case will go there first, then another circuit may have a different decision based on some other state, which i think may pass this ban in the near future. the supreme court only enters into this controversy when you have two federal circuit courts in opposition to each other. i think we're going to see that but not for two or three years. pill bill it's playing out in indianpolis. thank you, john fund. alisyn: more politics, some democrats now demanding that vice president joe biden take medicare off the table during budget negotiations. senators mccaskill of

missouri, tester of montana, brown of ohio, consideringin of maryland and bill nelson of florida sent the vice president a letter expressing their turn. they're asking him to reject the gop plan to trim down medicare funding and restate his commitment to leaving the program alone. all five senators are from states with significant elderly populations and all are up for reelection in 2012. bill: we're hearing about john edwards now rejecting a plea deal that would have sent him to prison, a report in the raleigh observer saying that federal prosecutors wanted the former senator 20 plead -- to plead guilty to miss 19or charge and serve six months behind bars that, in exchange for dropping felony campaign finance charges against him, the report says edwards refused the jail time, he's accused of illegally using campaign money to pay off his mistress, rielle hunter, last year, edwards admitting to fathering a child with hunter while his late wife was battling breast cancer.

alisyn: there was panic on a long island soccer field as more than a dozen kids involving a raucous jump in a bouncy house suddenly found their lives in danger. >> oh my god! oh my god! >> that's catching too much air for comfort. this incident, just the latest in a series of bounce house accidents, and fox news' eric shawn is live from our new york newsroom. why is this happening more often? >> reporter: it's fun for the kids but it can suddenly as you saw turn out of control, the inflatable bounce houses have been blown away, several incidents have injured children. just in the past few weeks, the latest on new york's long island, it sent parents and children scream. brad: oh my god! oh my god! >> reporter: they were not a soccer tournament when a gust of wind sense three bounce houses across the

field, 13 children were hurt, two others injured when hit. one woman remains hospitalized. parents described the frantic moments as they rushed to save their kids. >> i am aware of the fact that these things can happen. you know, you really don't have full control over those kind of things. it's a freakish accident. >> my first reaction was to follow everybody else. all the men just started running, all the dads took off to go get it and hold it down and let the air out of it, and that's what i did. >> reporter: the flying bounce house is the latest of at least three other similar incident that is sent parents and kids in a panic. in february, in moreno, arizona, the wind blew a bounce house over a fence and on to a roof, a nine-year-old suffered serious head youry -- injuries and an 11-year-old was hurt when she jumped out of that bounce house and it flew 13 feet into the air. two months later, tucson, arizona, two more seriously injured when a wind blew a bounce house across three lanes of traffic and landed in the middle of a highway median. just last month, another

incident, tucson, arizona, thankfully, parents were able to get the kids out of that one before it went airborne, but six children were hurt by flying debris. although these incidents are rare the consumer products safety commission has reported the number of injuries from inflatable slides and bounce houses have increased. almost 5000 injuries in 2004. they say there have been 31,000 emergency department visits and injuries from 2003-2007, the agency has cited four deaths they say were not from bounce houses but were from inflatable rides, for example, a 21-year-old man broke his neck while jumping on an inflatable ride, and a 15-year-old boy fell head first from an inflatable slide, so the message certainly is for parents and everyone else to be careful when dealing with this situation. back to you. alisyn: such a good reminder, that they can be hazardous. they look like so much fun. eric, thank you. a fox news alert for you now, the attorney for the former imf chief accused of

rape is just speaking now outside of new york city courthouse. his client, dsk, as he's been called, just pleading not guilty in a new york city courtroom. here is the lawyer: >> strauss-kahn entered a plea of not guilty. that is a very eloquent, powerful statement that he made, that he denies these charges, and the only thing we will say is something we've said during the first appearance in this case, and in our judgment, once the evidence is reviewed, it will be clear that there was no element of forcible com phruplgs in this case whatsoever. alisyn: dominic stras-kahn is accused of trying to sexually assault a hotel maid last month. bill: watching the middle east now, police in syria are blocking propalestinian protestors from trying to storm the israeli border. all this coming a day after deadly clashes. watch the video here between israeli forces and demonstrate respect in the

area known as the golan heights, northern israel, with the southwestern border of syria. syria reporting at least 22 were killed when israel opened fire. israel disputes that number. this is a highly contested part of the world. on a map behind us, here's the neighborhood we're talking about, here's israel and syria to the northeast, the area in dispute has been in dispute for decades, that's the golan heights that separates a slim little border between these two. advance it one time and we can show you the map a little mother. here's jerusalem down here in the west bank, here's the golan heights, strategically a critical part of this war, because -- of this world because it stands so high and towers so far above southern israel and the sea of galil efpl e that's located here, taken by israelis in 1967. reena ninan is live in northern israel, near that area now. reena, hello to you.

>> reporter: israel says the numbers are highly disputed, they think they're largely inflated, tpwhu is the worst round of violence this border has seen since the war. two funerals took place in syria and the numbers, as i said, are overinflated. we're hearing from a syrian opposition website saying that the people here of israel, it appeared like it was a spontaneous demonstration. that likely wasn't the case. $1000 was given to each person who arrived here, were willing to protest, and they were promised $10,000 if they were injured. so that obviously shows that there was more of an organization behind these protests. meanwhile, the border situation was a very good diversion for president assad, israel's defense minister, ehud barack says that he believes that assad will likely fall in the coming months. bill, sending it back to you. bill: we will watch that border, reena, thank you. back to alisyn. alisyn: back here at home prosecutors say they can prove that casey anthony

lied about her daughter's disappearance. where is the hard evidence? dr. michael baden joins us. bill: he is such a good guest, too. ale al wonderful. bill: she has a tour bus and full staff and media circus following her every move, now why chris wallace thinks she is a serious candidate. alisyn: an attack of the medicare ad, democrats slamming republicans for trying to get this program under control. frank luntz on what average americans think about these controversial new thoughts, like this one. >> did someone call the fire department? because it's about to get hot in here! [ male announcer ] millions of men 45 and older

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human desofcomp six to be distinguishable from the owner of the animal decomposition you have experienced. >> yes, i have -- >> speculation. alisyn: there are new developments out of the casey anthony murder trial, forensic experts take the stand, they are doing so right now, as you can see on the other side of your screen. and they testify about the odor of human decomposition, one of the biggest points the prosecution is trying to move in their case, against casey anthony. dr. michael boden, is a forensic pathologist and a fox news contributor. >> good to see you. alisyn: you saw the testimony, is there a difference in the smell between animal decomposition, casey claimed, i think i must have run over an animal and got stuck in my grille and, the human decomposition and he said yes, it sounds like there is a distinct smell. >> it is would be important to see what evidence he has for that, because that has never

been admitted into evidence in a murder trial before. and i must say, i have been to a number of garbage dumps looking for bodies, with dogs and with all kinds of forensic scientists and nobody said they can distinguish rotting meat from rotting -- decomposing body. that has never been found when you have all the odors together and though this person may feel there is a difference, i don't think we can smell the difference, and dogs can't smell the difference. alisyn: that is interesting to note. there is another bit of forensic evidence, that has gotten a lot of attention today and recently in the court case, there was apparently a single hair found. in casey anthony's car. and investigators believe it proves her guilt. what was it about the hair? >> well the prosecutors are putting forth the dead body of caylee was in the car, they claim that. but it doesn't prove the cause of death, whether drowning or suffocation and it doesn't prove

in any way whodunit, but the problem with the hair, even though after we die, bacteria, decomposition starts at the roots, normally because that is where the cells are and as the body decays, the case didn't have a root, one hair out of many hairs, and, that is also the first time this kind of evidence is being introduced... alisyn: i thought the point was, this is not a single hair strand from a live girl, but from a dead girl. >> it happens, after death. after death, there can be decomposition of the root of the hair which under the microscope looks black. alisyn: that is damning, right? >> if it can't happen after -- during life, that is, the hairs we shed, some of them have that? we don't know that but the problem with this, as far as the national academy of sciences came out with a report, two years ago, severely criticizing

the microscopic analysis of hair in many ways, especially the fbi laboratories where they found a number of people who have been found to be innocent were convicted on the base of microscopic hair analysis and i think this is new kinds of testimony and we should be careful that it is accurate. why? they talk about the dark banding, isn't that conclusive as to whether somebody is dead or alive? >> we don't know that. and usually after death you get black bandings. but, there were some reports that you can also get, occasionally, this during living people also, and, so that it isn't as clear. this is the first time it is being introduced as evidence in a trial, because it is kind of stretching forensic science. and it is interesting, but, whether it is proof of somebody being in the back of the car... we find, when we find as forensic pathologies, backs of cars, flies are all over the trunks of cars and flies pick it

up, out to kennedy airport, a body is in the car, police know because there are hundreds of thousands of flies there. and there were no flies in the back of the trunk of the car. so that makes me a little suspicious of whether or not a body was in there. alisyn: that is interesting, the circumstantial evidence seems like it is open and shut and when you get into the details and we talk to you, it is obviously much more complicated. dr. michael baden, thanks for talking to you. bill: he knows as well as anyone. >> thank you. bill: in a moment, a chilling message from the american-born spokesman for al qaeda. adam gadahn is his name, from california, lives in pakistan, we believe, asking muslims in america, quote, what are you waiting for? his latest appeal to bring tear tor to america. also, she won her right to include her fate in her graduation speech. valedictorian angela hildebrand is on her way, why she took her school and won -- something like that. ! >> the right decision allowed me

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bill: he is the american who now serves as is the mouth piece for al qaeda, alan gadahn, born in california and lives overseas, and where, we're not quite sure, exactly. and they've released a tape calling on american muslims to buy guns for terror attacks in the u.s. and tells muslims living here to go to local gun shops and stock up on assault weapons, and, walid phares is a fox news contributor and author of "future jihad, terror strategy against america." good to see you and good morning to you. a couple of basic questions. why does he make the appeal? >> basically, there are multiple reasons, potentially, and one is

that this is the beginning of the campaign that al qaeda would like to wage against the united states. or think they can, after the killing of bin laden and that is one and, number 2, he is perceived, by al qaeda as the american who can talk to other americans. so, that would be an explanation for why they chose him. bill: like anwar al-awlaki living in yemen, he was american-born and makes many of his appeals in english, also. doctor, who is listening to this? >> that is a good question. he thinks millions are, basically, going to be listening to him, specifically, as he said, and, millions of americans. that is what he thinks, the reality is, those who have been indoctrinated only and he thinks the muslim-american community is really listening to him? no, only those indoctrinated, extremists like himself and they are not necessarily connected to al qaeda would be listening to him. bill: now you wonder if you can stop him. if he has any credibility, at

any level. so someone in some american town may listen to his word. >> my opinion, based on research is those who would listen for action are those already indoctrinated and no one listening two hours and has not been indoctrinated before will wake up and do this. it is a message destined for those who have been contacted and, maybe anwar al-awlaki by others, and it is a small pool of extremists. bill: and the video runs two hours in length, an exceedingly long time for any message out of al qaeda but there are american company logos put on videos, like exxon and merrill lynch and bank of america and i never heard that before. what is behind that? >> well, look, he's trying to tell those who will listen, i.e. the jihadists, look, you have so many targets that are in the open. banks, insurance companies, don't want to name examples but that is what he's trying to tell them. you don't have to work hard on

entering somewhere with a lot of security. these are almost open places. pick and choose. bill: one more thing, gadahn has not been heard from in a while. but, do you think now he is coming out because bin laden is dead? >> i think, the assessment would be that al qaeda wants to reach the u.s. and one way is to reach the homeland and one of the best ways is to have someone with an american accent and american born to reach out to home-grown jihadist, people like himself, who were indoctrinated and wants to trigger one of them. bill: let's hope we can stop him before he has any measure of success. thank you, walid phares, my guest out of washington. >> thank you. alisyn: democrats are using airwaves to attack republicans on medicare and is it working? frank luntz will tell us, he's taking america's pulses. and... bill: she won't declare a run for the oval office but, it is a

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killed in central iraq. at the moment, the u.s. military is not releasing many details. but, iraqi officials say rockets hit near a base, where the soldiers were staying in the outskirts of baghdad. their names are not being released yet. and, this is said to be the single largest loss of life, for the u.s. military, since may of 2009. bill: remarkable headline, crossing there. so much attention on afghanistan and now iraq. all right, listen here: >> we have to turn things around in 2012. whether it is me, throwing me name in the hat or supporting the right candidates the response has been great confirmation of the need for real positive change in the country. bill: that is sarah palin. on fox news sunday, not saying whether or not she's running in 2012. but, the anchor, chris wallace, says he thinks she has a real shot to win. his comment, after the interview. >> i thought she was a boffo performance, the first time i saw her and thought, this woman is a serious -- if she died to

run, candidate for president and a serious possibility to be president. bill: what about that? it seems to be the debate of the day, karen hanretty, former communications director of the national republican committee an kirsten powers, a fox news contributor, and columnist with the "washington post." karen, let's start with the question, chris wallace started with, with sarah palin on sunday. what is she up to? >> this is the million dollar question, bill. i think you know, i think she's out there, doing interviews, like this to test the waters, and, i clearly -- clearly, she has been spending the past year-and-a-half to two years looking into the policy issues, which a lot of people suggested that she do, after the 2008 election and, put her med down and figure out what the policy positions are on a range of issues, and i think that that is the sarah palin that we are starting to see right now. i'm not convinced that she is running, though. bill: you are not clear, right?

you don't really know -- >> i don't think sarah palin is clear right now. i mean, she has a lot that she would give up, in her personal life, if she decided to run for president. i think, it would be -- a far greater road ahead of her than chris wallace made it sound like, you know, in his endorsement -- but at least support of her running in the future, and doesn't have the infrastructure together right now and needs to raise a lot of money and needs to be disciplined in running for president and those are qualities we haven't seen out of her. bill: i'm reading your comments from earlier and you say you have always thought she was a serious candidate. does that mean... >> yes. bill: are you alluding to her intent in 2012, or no? >> not so much her intent but, i think that the way chris wallace was talking was, sort of giving voice to the idea that, you know, she's a serious candidate. and, i have always thought she was a serious candidate and is somebody who has been consistently under estimated.

certainly, by the democrats. i think that if you remember, you know, how she was treated, hazed when she was the vice presidential candidate, and, then everybody thought, like, oh, we got her and she's going to go away, and -- in shame or something, and, in fact, she's just gotten bigger and bigger, and, you know, and has a huge base of support. and, i think that she has clearly been boning up on the issues, and is you know -- did an impressive interview. bill: wasn't it howard dean over the weekend who suggested inside the beltway they are not taking her seriously and that could be a fatal flaw? >> yes. absolutely and they think -- everybody thinks they can sort of mock her, and -- you know, and, an interesting thing that she does, she doesn't play by the reviews and it drives them crazy, but, it is is a strengths for her, that she really doesn't care and she says, you know, i was going to do things the way auto want to do that and that is what americans want, right now. they want somebody who is not an insider. bill: you win national elections by winning the middle, the

independent voter and, karen, do you think she has that crossover appeal? >> i don't see that she has the crossover appeal at this point. and, let's not forget, she did a fine interview, yesterday, with chris wallace, but also has a number of things that i think make a lot of voters including republican voters, uncomfortable, about a future presidential candidate. which is, you know, doing a reality series, she'ses got a lot of dirty laundry out there with her oldest daughter, and some of the reality programs that she has done or is planning to do. and these are things that make her seem less serious. so, i guess, looking forward, is she going to continue on the more try dent policy oriented path, or will she continue to dabble in, you know, more of the hollywood, more of the, you know, it's all about me and less about america. and i think that that is what sarah palin does -- >> he never announced where she

was going, last week and they showed up any way. kirsten, the last word. >> we live in a celebrity culture and i think her show is a pretty good show and pretty interesting and i don't think the fact that her older daughter -- i'm not sure what you are referring to. people are constantly criticizing her family and, her daughter had a child, out of wedlock? i mean, i don't understand that. >> no, the reality show. she's about to do. >> so her daughter is in a reality show, i don't know why that would disqualify somebody and she's held to a different standard as a woman, what her children are doing, you know. >> i don't think so she is. >> rather than talking about what the male candidates' children are doing. bill: let's pick that up next time? you are a great panel. love having two ladies on, talk about this. kirsten, thanks. thanks, see you both, real soon. alisyn. alisyn: meanwhile democrats are launching a new round of medicare attack ads. concerning millions of seniors, whose lives depend on it and are these ads working? with us now, pollster frank

luntz, also the author of "win, the key principles to take your business from ordinary to extraordinary." frank, great tow s see you. >> medicare is the issue right now, and, because of what happened... they have an advantage and are running ads across the country and we have two of them for you now. alisyn: the first one is, broken promise and it pits what the republican candidates said on the campaign trail, against how they are now voting for medicare. let's watch: >> our seniors' future... no privatization. no scaring our seniors. >> turning medicare in tie voucher program. privatizing social security. >> and, the authority that he hopes to put into power. >> the agenda, i'm not voting for it. >> we have got to fulfill our commitment to our seniors.

the promises we have made. >> cutting medicare $500 billion. to pay for obamacare. that is wrong. alisyn: all right, what do you see, frank, with the ad. >> democrats respond more favorably than republicans but it doesn't score well and the reason why, it is black and white and is meant to be frightening and this music is in the background, meant to scare people and if you would have said, here's what they said and here's what they've done it would be more boring and less creative, but much more effective. most of the medicare ads have been medi-scare and have not been effective but you have one ad that does work. alisyn: this next one, is a funny ad. and, it is basically showing what democrats say are the jobs that elderly seniors will have to take on, to pay their medical bills. let's watch. >>. [sound of jackhammer]. >> you missed a spot.

>> did someone call the fire department? because, it is about to get hot in here! >> the democratic congressional campaign is responsible for the content of the advertising. alisyn: okay. old men are going to have to make house calls to bachelorette parties, that is what i'm getting from the ad. what is your -- your dial, turners thing of that. >> it is worth watching and would watch it and while they saw it as somewhat ridiculous it made the points that medicare is expensive and health care for seniors is expensive and if you are jeopardizing it, seniors may have to do something else to get the money they need for health care and i'm not saying it will switch votes but it is a much more effective approach. and, number one, they want to know the facts and want to know the numbers behind it and you have proof that it is going bankruptcy. and, number 2, they want a solution, and, they don't want to know the problem, but exactly what you will do and number 3,

they need a safety net and need to know they will be protected. americans will sacrifice when it comes to medicare, but need the know that that safety net exists. alisyn: all right, there is the message and the humor, also, works, in general with people. frank luntz, thanks for coming into analyze those. >> my pleasure. bill: in a moment an update on a hero, hailed as a hero and rightfully so and now cap tonight sully's aircraft will make one final landing, and, we'll tell you where and we'll chant sully... sully... alisyn: i'll join in shortly! bill: thank you. alisyn: and a federal judge sides with the high school valedictorian overturning a ruling banning her from speaking about her faith at graduation, in moments, angela hildebrand is going to join us with her reaction to her own speech. >> i'm so excited. i really feel there couldn't have been any better turnout with the court, and i'm so pleased, we're both pleased and it has been a blessing to see how god has had his hand in all of this. with heart-related chen or a heart attack known as acs,

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bill: one final road trip for captain sully's plane, imagine seeing that on the highway, that is the jet that landed on the hudson river and is headed ford a museum in charlotte, north carolina, leaving new jersey over the weekend and captain sullenberger safely gliding the plane onto the hudson river after a bird strike, 155 people walked away, intact. the museum hopes it will arrive by the weekend, in time for a sold out reception, featuring sully himself. on hand! alisyn: there is a big victory for a high school valedictorian, determined to say a prayer during her graduation speech, a federal judge overturning a ruling, that had banned prayer at her ceremony, and, on saturday, angela hildebrand gave her speech as planned. she joins us as well as the

attorney from the liberty institute who sponsored her case. welcome to both of you. >> good morning! alisyn: angela, before we get to how you handled the graduation, this weekend, and, what you said, i want to remind the history to friday. when you were not going to be alloweded to include prayer in your graduation speech. what did you think when you heard the first ruling? >> you know, it was really disappointing to me, and frustrating, that a federal court judge had ruled that i was not going to be able to express myself as i wished, through prayer. alisyn: and yet, here was the reasoning and rationale. there is an agnostic student, at your school, who is not comfortable being included in some sort of prayer. do you understand his points of view? >> yes, ma'am, i definitely respect his difference in religious views but i also feel strongly that the judge's ruling violated my right as a citizen. alisyn: and your freedom of

speech. what made the 5th circuit court of appeals come around to angela's way of thinking and allow her to include prayer? >> it was very clear from the original ruling in the -- of the district court judge, banning words such as amen and not being able to say "in the lord's name" and not able to say the word "prayer", the decision was so far overreaching, a clear violation of supreme court precedent, and, a first amendment right, that the 5th circuit court of appeals had no other decision, no choice but to strike it down. and, so we're so glad that we had the victory here in the state of texas, and, there have been a lot of question about the issue and libertyinstitute.org you can find out more information about everything related to the case and the issue and what happens as we go forward. alisyn: angela, the people who were fighting your case, they said you wanted to lead the crowd in prayer. rather than just include the role of faith in your own

journey. which one was it? and do you see you difference in those two? >> i do feel there is definitely a difference. for myself, personally, though, i wanted to lead my own private prayer and thank god for bringing me so far and ask him for help, for all of the students as we continue on our journeys forward. alisyn: you won, as we said, the court of appeals agreed with you. tell us how graduation went. and what you ended up saying and what your message was. >> you know, it was so great. it was everything that i had hoped it would be. i wasn't sure how it was going to pan out with all of the crazy media attention. but, it was just a really great opportunity, to show that experience, with or friends and for all of -- also to have a strengthened belief in our first amendment rights, and, so, it was great to see the way god had everything orchestrated and how everything went so well. alisyn: you sure got an added lesson at the end of school, how civics and about the constitution, and first amendment!

angela hildebrand, thanks for coming into explain the case to you, congratulations on graduating. >> thank you! thank you very much! bill: looks like a nice young lady. alisyn: yeah, she does. bill: all right, gregg jarrett is working for jon scott today, happening now is coming up. how are you doing. gregg: she seems delightful. good story. we like to see good stories, i'm in for jon scott and continuing coverage, will take place over the course of the next hour. we'll be covering a wide variety of subjects including a brand new entrance into the race for 2012, also, the casey anthony murder trial, forensics is taking center stage and we have amazing breakthroughs, on cancer, why it may be just the beginning. in the race for the cure. also, raging wildfires in arizona, prompting warnings in new mexico and colorado, we'll be telling you why, all, coming up, bill? bill: we'll see you then. on happening now. and they could not convict him the first time. now, it is take 2.

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alisyn: he has a wet nose, fluffy tail and apparently nine lives, boston, massachusetts where it happened, 6-month-old shadow, has been found alive and well, after more than three days buried under a mountain of rubble. his family rushed into the basement, with their pets when the rare massachusetts twister

touched down last week, and, the pup got away, from the group and they could not find him for days. >> he jumped all over us and licked us and, he's doing great. he's tired and hungry, but, besides that, he's in great shape. alisyn: he's happy! a neighbor and state trooper heard wimpering and scratching from under a pile of debris and second later found the sharpei-chow mix unharmed. bill: he's happy. alisyn: happy to be back. bill: a dramatic day for rod blagojevich. he likes to talk, we know, but he may not enjoy what is expected to be blistering cross-examination. mike tobin is live, covering the trial in chicago, now, how intense is it expected to get today, mike? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, very intense, keep in mind the prosecutors waited two-and-a-half years to get at blagojevich and, some of the chicago columnists wrote that he

took a beating on the witness stand on thursday, in the first hour of government cross-examination. and, that is because the lead prosecutor opened with the stinging line, you are a convicted liar, aren't you, to which blagojevich had to respond, yes. and they also worked in the information that blagojevich had floated bad information to chicago gossip columnist and, keep in mind blagojevich was able to explain all of that away as far as his conviction on lying to the fbi, he said that is what appellate courts are for and, floating information in the gossip columnists he said that is how politics is played, like a quarterback, faking a hand-off and going long. and overall, blagojevich kept things so chaotic in the courtroom, during the first hour of cross-examination, the lead prosecutor, was never really able to gain his footing, gain traction, gain any momentum, or take control. so, it will be very interesting to see how they start off today, expect a bumpy but very interesting ride. bill? bill: was he coached over the weekend? any information on that, mike?

>> reporter: we do know that his team sat him down to rehash and restrategize but keep in mind they had three days off and would be remiss if they didn't do that. no leaks out of the prosecution but it stands to reason, that they would spend some time restrategizing, particularly since the prosecutor got a taste of what it is like to leave the controlled and organized world of the federal prosecutor and step into blago's world of chaos. bill: let us know how it goes there in chicago, again today. thanks. >> reporter: you got it. alisyn: 67 years ago, the world changed forever. 10,000 allied troops losing their lives on the beaches of normandy. today, honoring members of the greatest generation that took part in the turning point, in world war ii. >> the people of normandy had faith what they were doing was right and faith they fought for all humanity and faith a just god would grant them mercy on the beachhead, or on the next.

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>> the strength of america's allies is vital to the united states and the american security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of europe's democracies. we were with you then, we are with you now. your hopes are our hopes and your destiny is our destiny. bill: when he made that speech, d day was only recognizing 40 years at that point. that was june 6th, 1984, ronald reagan in france, honoring the brave americans who blindly charged into battle on the same day in 1944. more than 160,000 allied troops storming the beaches of normandy, d day, the largest amphibious day in history, that was 67 years ago, june 6th, 1944. alisyn: and sometimes it feels like ancient history but yet, it wa