bill: you're right about that. so we recognize that moment and again, tip our hat to the memory that helped free europe and keep us the way we are today. alisyn: nice reminder for the day. bill: it's pho*b, right -- it's monday, right, alisyn? a big day. we'll see everybody on tuesday, all right? >> alisyn: yeah, "happen position now" starts right now. see you then. jenna: hi everybody we're so glad you're with us on this monday, i'm jenna lee. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett, sitting in for jon scott here in the fox news room and "happening now's, a race for the white house. jenna: here we are, a gop challenger, about to throw his hat into the ring, rick santorum, about to make it official he's making a run for the president, kicking off his campaign in his home state near the coal mines where his grandfather worked

after immigrating from italy. molly line has more. hi molly. >> >> reporter: hey jenna. this is where rick santorum is set to make his announcement, this is where his grandfather immigrated from fascist italy and worked in the coal mines, retiring in his 70s and this is the former senator's kind of nod to the american dream, how his family came to be and how ultimately he was able to step to the podium and announce his run for presidency of the united states. this is really no surprise because he's been making a considerable amount of travel over the country, spending time in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, those early states, spending 45 visits to those states. he'll be heading to iowa actually after he finishes his announcement and about be on with greta van st*usern -- van u.s.ern. he's facing an uphill battle in respect to where he stands in the polls, the latest gallup poll had him at about 2 percent and he doesn't have the name

recognize some of the other gop contenders that have entered the field have fuss that are, newt gingrich, mitt romney. he also lost his reelection bid in 2006 to democrat bob casey by a wide margin, by a 17 percent margin. granted, this was 2006 when democrats were being swept into congress but he needs to prove to supporters he can win this race, because throughout his career, he has stood by his principles as a social kofrb tiff -- conservative and today his campaign theme will be the courage to fight for america. jenna, back to you. jenna: as we continue to hear the ceremony begin, everybody can watch it at foxnews.com, we'll bring you there live when that announcement is made but certainly we're seeing the republican field shape itself. gregg: it is and dare may it still be michelle bachmann who could jump in and chris wallace thinks sarah palin might be a serious candidate as well. so it's not a complete field

yet. by the way, for more on what this may mean, let's bring in fox news digital politics editor cries stierwalt. chris, a couple of minutes ago i checked a real clear politics poll average among republicans and rick santorum is not last, he's second to last. [laughter] gregg: with a scant 2 percent. boy, this is kind of an uphill battle for him. is he a long shot? >> sure he's a long shot. but look at it another way. as a leader in the pack, mitt romney generally is coming in about 15 or maybe 17 percent so, they're all kind of long shots if you look at it that way, the republican field is tremendously unsettled. as you guys were just talking about, not only do you have michelle bachmann, who looks very likely to announce her candidacy, the unwerd question about sarah palin but now rick perry, governor of texas seems to be getting ready to put his steps in. gregg: john hauntsman,

stphaeub. >> john huntsman is certain to run, he's making all the right choices for a scan date but what rick santorum is proving today and with his can dancy at 2 percent, in an unsettled field, places like iowa matter so much and there are a lot of social kofrbtives who are digging what the former senator has to say when it comes to talking about bringing social issues into the discussion for republicans. that's something that mitt romney and the other people in the top tier aren't able to do and it's a way that santorum like mike huckabee in 2008 could lock up the pwaeups of support and get momentum going for him. greg greg and he is getting organized, he has spent quite a bit of time in the early states, in iowa in particular, where as you point out social conservatives might find him to be an attractive candidate, unless, of course, michelle bachmann jumps in. she was born in iowa, so she considers herself a favorite daughter there. if that were to happen, that would hurt santorum

considerably. >> obviously, anything, almost, could hurt santorum because he really does depend on a very narrow path forward. some have already said he's essentially running as a vice presidential candidate. he has to downplay any talk of anything like that, because he has to show viability right now. but you're absolutely right, if bachmann got in, if rick perry got in, if sarah palin got n. and galvanized social conservatives on one side it would be very hard for somebody like santorum to make a case for his candidacy. gregg: -- gregg: there you see the secretary in somersot, paz. by the way, chris, congratulations are in order, chris' brand new online show starts streaming today. when you can't tune into "happening now" and you always should, go online to catch "power play live", it airs every week day from 11:30 a.m. eastern to noon, go to foxnews.com to check it out. congratulations! >> a fox news alert, a deadly rocket attack reported in baghdad.

u.s. officials now confirming five american soldiers serving as advisers to iraqi security were killed, making today the deadliest day for u.s. forces there in two years. national correspondent steve centanni live in washington with more on that. hi steve. >> reporter: gregg, according to iraqi officials, the u.s. troops were serving as advisers to the iraqi security police. she were assigned to a joint base in a baghdad neighborhood, early today, three rockets slammed into their living quarters, killing those five american soldiers. iraqi's -- iraq's 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. the base has come under frequent mortar attack and in danger of being targeted by roadside bombs whenever they move around the country, 46,000 u.s. troops are still in iraq. they're scheduled to come home under the current

policy at the end of this year, although there's a possibility the u.s. and iraqi governments could amend their current agreement and the troops could stay for a while longer. this is the deadliest day for americans in iraq since may of 2009, when five americans were also killed. six were killed the month before, in april of '09. meantime, iraqis are also falling victim to the continued violence in their country. there was a suicide bombing in tikrit today that killed at least 13 people, according to reuters, 15 others were wounded in that attack, a car bomb attack, meantime, in baghdad, a roadside bomb attack, and car bomb explosion, and a seige of check points, all of that today, in the various attacks, five iraqis cold -- killed, 16 others injured. jenna: taking to you florida, prosecutors in the casey anthony murder trial are now focusing on high tech forensic evidence, including a test that's never been introduced as evidence as we know it. it's measuring air samples

from casey's car for evidence of human decomposition. you're seeing live pictures as we get them from court. we're going to bring in our next guest, his name is seri l west, a forensics expert. dr. west, what are these air sample tests, how do they work? >> well, they took air sarpels from the -- samples from the car and what they intend to show through gas c rhmotogography, that these represent the gases formed when a human body de composes. this is very, very rare if not unique. i think there will be a darberin challenge, a name given to a challenge that the attorneys on the other side present about something that is new, that has not been presented in the court, and it will be up to the

prosecution in this case to show there is a scientific basis for that evidence. i think that what they hope to acquire ultimately is whether it's admissible or not is to get across to the jury that there was this horrible smell and that there is no other explanation for it other than the decomposition of this little girl. jenna: what's your take of the other forensic evidence so far? does the science point to murder? >> well, the other evidence that they talked about thus far has to do with a band that you see in hair when it is from a body that is dead. it's a result of decomposition. it's just a couple of millimeters beneath the scalp in the antigen phase of the growth of the hair and when a person dies, whether the hair remains attached or a portion of scalp were to be removed and

the hair were still on the scalp, then there is a band that is seen mike scopcle and this is -- microscopically and this is shown that the hair indicates that caylee anthony is already dead. this is a forensic scientific technique. some question it. yuen jen i'm going to have to interrupt you for breaking news, thank you for your expertise as always. >> gregg: we're watching what's happening in somersot, pennsylvania, rick santorum, former u.s. senator, announcing his candidacy for president. >> thank you to my kids, they've known a life of being involved in public life and as we all know that is not an easy life and they have stood behind me every step of the way and not only have they stood by me but led me and encouraged me and fought with me, side by side, so karen, children, thank you for your love,

your support, godples you, thank you. [applause] i want to thank all of you for coming out here today. it is a beautiful today. it's always beautiful in somersot! you must think i'm not from somerset county if i said that, right? but it is a beautiful day here, it's a chamber of -- chamber of commerce day in somerset county and let me thank everybody in the community for the cooperation and support and being here and showing up and for -- well, for being where it all started, for the santorum family. that's why we're here. because our journey, our american journey, started here in somerset county, so it is great to be here, thank you somerset county for coming out here for us. [applause] >> you know, the most common question i've had over the past, oh, 20 months was are you running, and the answer

i always gave, took me a, but i came up with this, no, i'm not running, i'm walking. and the reason i was walking is because i wanted to get out and talk to americans, all across america, dozens and dozens of states over the past couple of years, with a heavy sampling on the iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina! but i was out talking to people, listening to people, trying to get a sense as to whether what i was feeling inside, the anxieties and the concern i had for the future of our country, was something that was shared. well, the answer to that was what happened a little over almost two years ago now with the birth of the tea party and people standing up and meeting after meeting and holding up their constitution and talking about those -- those are balloons, not shots! not that i haven't had my

shots shot at me a few times but people have understood -- they understand that something is wrong, that there's something at stake here in america that's important. it's important for us, and it's important for the fuss of -- for the future of our country. now, what is it? is it the economy? sure, it's the economy. who can say it's not the economy when you're looking at this pathetic rate of growth and the incredibly just discouragingly high rate of unemployment. not 9.1%, but 14, 15 percent of people who really want to get work. and they can't find work. and you can look at this administration and say oh, what did they do in response? they just sent money to state capitols and municipalities to keep their government workers on the payroll and forgot about the rest of america out here, trying to survive and trying to grow. >> [applause]

>> is it gas prices? yeah, sure, it's gas prices. we're from here in somerset county, mineral-rich somerset county, and we have coal and gas and all sorts of resources here, and we have a president who doesn't want us to access those resources, and then complains that prices of energy are high. and if you look at the record of spending under this president, he came in -- sure he came in with a problem, and then in that hole he was in, he kept digging, and digging, and digging. now, for every dollar we spend, thanks to this president, 40 cents is borrowed. 40 cents is going to be put on every man, woman and child to pay the interest on for the rest of their lives.

who are we? who are you, mr. president? who are you, mr. president, to say that you and your administration should take 40 cents out of every dollar and borrow it from future generations to prop you up? >> [applause] >> he's done worse than that. he's devalued our currency by pumping fed -- fed reserve currency, pumping money, inflating commodities, our food prices, our oil prices, which is a horrible penalty on working americans, on saving americans. he's devalued our currency, and he's not just devalued our currency, he's devalued our culture, through not standing up for the defense of marriage act. through federal funding of apportions -- of abortions.

he's devaluing our dollars and he devalues our other currency, our moral currency all of this is bad enough, but i think america has now realized that there's even more. there's something more that is concerning america. and that's why i'm here in somerset koufplt i'm here in somerset county because my grandfather came to this county, way back in 1927. did he come here because the government was promising him all sorts of benefits? promising him all sorts of handouts? and bailouts? no. no, he left the country where the government made all the promises. he left the country, and i would add, a good job. he had a good job on a mail train, after world war i, which he fought in. he had that job on a mail train, he believed in a

little idealic town in the mountains, right down on a lake. i visited it. it is truly gorgeous. and i said why would anyone want to leave nine -- eight brothers and sisters, left a stable job and a beautiful place at the foot of the dolemite mountains. one word. one reason. freedom. >> [applause] >> >> he was watching what must leni was doing, he was watching what he was inculcating into his oldest son and said i will not stand for this, so he left, and i came here. took a trip through detroit but he eventually came here! and he started in the coal mines, here in northern

somerset county, in carpenter's park, pennsylvania. and he worked and he worked to give his children, my dad, who was seven years old when he came in 1930, the opportunity for freedom. to live your dreams. because he knew that america believed if him, believed in people. gave people a shot. if they worked hard, they could succeed. that's the america that my grandfather came to. that's the america that my dad lived in. that's the america that we need again today. [applause] that is what is unique. the president of the united states just a few weeks ago,

in responding to paul ryan's budget said this, and he was talking about medicare, medicaid, and unemployment insurance, and he said the country is a better country with those programs, i'll go one step further, he said, america was not a great country until those programs >> [crowd booing] >> ladies and gentlemen, america was a great country before 1965. >> [applause] >> america was a great country before government decided that it had to start taking from those -- >> [interruption] >> sorry, we have someone who i think the heat has gotten to them. to make sure if there's any emergency personnel that can get here, we want to make sure this person gets some help.

>> reporter: obviously, something has happened in the middle of senator rick santorum's speech, someone fainted, apparently, they got a chair and some water and the former u.s. senator, doing the right thing, trying to attend to the individual here in somerset, pennsylvania. an inon that or tune moment certainly for him but it's more important to -- more important to take care of somebody that may be ill. looks like they are, with some assistance, escorting the individual away perhaps to get some medical attention, and we would expect former senator rick santorum to resume his

speech. by the way you can catch all of it streaming live on foxnews.com, making the announcement today that he's running for president in the very place where his grandfather worked the coal mines. quite a family story. and rick santorum reached the heights of the u.s. senate, number three most powerful republican before he left in 2007. let's listen in. america is strong not because of our government. it's because our founders founded a great country. i love our tea partiers who raised their constitution up >> [cheering] >> that constitution which is the owner's manual for america. but in that constitution that they hold up is also another document that's

always printed there. it's the declaration of independence. the declaration of independence is the why of america. it's who we are. we hear a lot of talk about american exceptionalism. what does that mean? the declaration tells us. we hold these truths --

gregg: we are back live in somerset, pennsylvania. he may be low in the polls and lacks name recognition and fundraising organization, but former u.s. senator rick santorum nevertheless has the support of social conservatives and today, right now, announcing his candidacy for president of the united states. and if you want to watch more of his speech live, go to foxnews.com, where it is streaming live. >> in the meantime, we'll take you back to one of our

top stories we're watching today that, is the trial of casey anthony. we have a news flash from inside the courtroom, an expert is testifying on the air samples that were collected from the trunk of casey's car. and this is what he has to say about chloroform. apparently chloroform was found in that air sample and it was shockingly high, according to this expert, and that's important, because according to previous reports, on the anthony's home computer, chloroform had been searched, how to make chloroform. chloroform is, of course, a powerful sedative. so a lot to this case, a lot of different forensic evidence is being introduced over the last couple of days, and we'd like to welcome in criminal defense attorney riley conway who represented george and side anthony at -- george and cindy anthony at one time but now is not in the case. what do you make of this and what is your defense against it? >> good morning, jenna.

the importance of the testimony relating to the chloroform is that that's the state's bridge to first degree murder of. they've got no problem with the decompositional he event and letting evidence in through lay witnesses but the importance is to get forensic science and forensic evidence in that supports their first degree murder claim. that's the chloroform. jenna: and how do you think chloroform was used in this murder? >> well, what the state is alleging is that casey anthony used chloroform to knock out caylee, then go do whatever it is that she wanted to do. the issue here is this is the first time that these type of tests have ever been attempted to be introduced into evidence in the united states, and florida as well. jenna: do you think she's getting an adequate defense, do you think she's getting the representation she needs against these claims that are based on evidence, as you mentioned, and new tests, new tests that are being introduced into the

court systems? >> jen kwrarbgs that's going to be big problem, because judge perry -- on the very first day of jury selection in this case, expressed great concern over the fact that the defense, when asked from mr. voss, the compon thaepbts make up the specific gases that come from a de -- de comp positional event, dr. voss didn't give that to the defense but it said of following up, they left it there. so even the judge is concerned at this point the defense hasn't met its burden in providing effective assistance of counsel. jenna: what's the consequence of that? >> the consequence of that, potentially, is a new trial for the defendant. jenna: really, that would be interesting to see. there are so many twists and turns in this case so far. brad, thank you for your expertise. we look forward to having you back as we had you weigh in on this case before. thank you very much, sir, we'll continue to follow it. >> you're welcome, jenna,

good seeing you. greg gregg we're getting new information now on a chaotic situation in yemen where the president there has actually left the country to receive medical treatment in saudi arabia, following an attack on the presidential palace, reuters reporting that president saleh will return to yemen in the coming day, but what is the long term future with this unstable nation on the brink of civil war? could we actually be looking at the formation of a first al-qaeda state? joining me now, daniel greene, a fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. mr. greene, thank you very much for being with us. are you skeptical that the president will actually be returning to his country? i was under the impression that perhaps the saudis would not allow him to do so >> no, it's a very good question. there have been a number of reports, some a few days, some a couple of weeks, some mention a few months. i think that ambiguity plays to president saleh's benefit

in some respects and allows him to continue what he does well, which is to bargain, negotiate, and get the best deal for him but i don't think, as you said earlier, that the state of yemen is in the crisis point that, al-qaeda will take it over. al-qaeda just doesn't have the manpower to do that. frankly, the yemenis will never want that to occur. gregg: assuming the president does not return, who is in control? >> sure. thankfully, yemen has a constitution, although it doesn't necessarily always follow it, it is in this case. the vice president is currently acting in the president's place, he is from the south of yemen. interestingly, he's not only met with our u.s. ambassador and talked to john brennan, the president's counterterrorism adviser, he's also met with the president's son ahmed and some of his sons that run the security service, so east talking to the key players but he's generally regarded as not a particularly strong personality. gregg: we do know that al-qaeda does allegedly hold certain regions in the country. not a lot of territory, but

certain regions. i take it from your comments, you do not think that they could expand that and take control of the country? >> no, i don't. i think in the few cases al-qaeda has asserted its control, it's been very sort of temporary, i would say, for example, a town, the capitol of the abian province in the south. zenzebar which they overran with 200 fighters, a lot of that day be due to saleh creating these crisis points by removing security forces by certain areas to give the logic of enduring support saying al-qaeda is going to take over so i have to leave. i'm not convinced of that. it seems with al-qaeda's brief missions, they overrun particular targets, very never run a weapons factory, but they don't have the staying power and they are being pursued by us so they can't stay there very long.

gregg: daniel green, thank you very much, sir, appreciate it. >> thank you for having me, appreciate it. jenna: former secret service agent protected president obama, he's launching a campaign for the u.s. senate. he joins us live to explain why he's running, and why he's running as a republican, no less. we have that, just ahead.

jenna: right now in europe officials say bean sprouts

ground in germany are not the source of a deadly e coli outbreak, that outbreak claiming the lives of 22 people. greg burke is streaming live from rome with more on this story. greg. >> reporter: hi jenna, that's right, just a couple hours ago we got that news that bean sprouts were not the problem. that's good if you like sprouts but not good news for those trying to solve the problem and the problem remains serious, health officials in germany at first focused on spanish cucumber, then lettuce and tomatoes, this morning, zeroing in on the sprouts. they are saying they have strong an clear indications that everything started at an organic farm in northern germany and with the sprouts sold to a couple of restaurants. they thought that was it, waited for results and found that is not the case and investigators o for two and it's getting quite serious. the number of victims continues to rise, now at 22 dead and more than 2200 who have gotten sick. many have gotten better after five or six days, but others not so, those who

have died, others, and others put on dialysis is what happens in the worst cases, it actually shuts down the kidneys, so germany, working very hard on trying to find out what is the exact cause so they can fight it more effectively. finally, jenna, you normally think of organic as meaning health kwrefplt that's not necessarily the case with efpl coli, the reason there, the organic farms tend to use a lot more natural fertilizer, also known as cow manure and that's where this gets started. jenna: we'll see if they can find the source. thank you very much, greg burke live for us from rome today. gregg: right now new information on other stories waofping here at home and around the world. trial begins today for a convicted sex offender accused of killing 11 women, hiding the remains in his cleveland, ohio home and back yard, anthony seoul faces the death penalty if convicted. new reports that former senator john edwards rejected a plea deal that could have sent him to prison for as much as six

months. he's vowing instead to fight felony charges he illegally used campaign funds to cover up an affair with his mistress, rielle hunter. a dazzling display over the skies of chile, lightning striking in a rising cloud of billowing smoke after a volcano there violently erupted. jenna: now back to new york city, where brand new details in the dominic strauss-kahn sexual assault case. you remember who this is, a former international monetary fund chief, he's pleading not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a maid at a luxury new york city hotel. now we're learning today the maid at the center of this case will testify. julie banderas is live with the latest details. jalie. >> reporter: that's right, dominic strauss-kahn has pled not guilty to seven counts placed against him, announced before him this morning be, and his next court date about be july 18th, a series of pretrial proceedings. at this point, no begin date for the trial has been announced. a lot of time still will go,

and a jury selection will have to happen before that begins. but this morning beginning at 8:30 sharp dominic strauss-kahn arrived an hour before his arraignment, he arrived before his wife to a crowd of 100 maids shouting "shame on you" as his wife locked arm and arm, the wealthy heiress standing side by side. strauss-kahn was arraigned on 7 pounds and among them, a criminal sex act in the first degree, punishable by up to 25 years in prison, and attempted rape in the first degree, a violent felony, punishable by up to 15 years. now, i should mention that in most cases like this one, it would typically go through weeks if not months of investigation, then the two sides would decide on either a plea deal or a trial. but i don't need to tell you this, is no ordinary case here. the defendant is a high profile and powerful global figure who is not going to be admitting to any of the embarrassing accusations.

so strauss-kahn has hired a high priced legal team and the team has in turn hired private investigators to check out the accuser's past, experts saying no aspect of her life or personal history will go unscrutinized and they maintain his innocence. listen: >> our judgment, once the evidence is reviewed, it will be clear that there was no element of forcible compulsion in this case whatsoever. any suggestion to the contrary is simply not credible. >> reporter: the maid has since hired a new attorney who came out today, after this morning's arraignment, and says his client will not back down. listen to him: >> -- victim wants you to know that all of dominic strauss-kahn's power, money, and influence throughout the world will not cheat the truth about what he did to her in that hotel room from -- keep the truth of what

happened in that hotel room from coming out. >> he describes her as a mother who works as a maid at the sofitel hotel. sources close to the case say the defense is working to pursue the issue of whether or not it is even possible, physically possible, for a person unarmed to force somebody to engage in oral sex. meantime the prosecution claims this attack was anything but consensual. back to you jenna. jenna: and so begins the he said, she said, that's going to be at the center of this case. jalie banderas, thank you very much for that report. gregg: a frantic search underway for a missing college student from indiana. take a look. this is this -- this 20-year-old woman was last seen walking to her apartment, she never made it home. we're going to give you all the details, straight ahead.

jenna: new development necessary the war in afghanistan, secretary of defense robert gates is there now with a crucial trip before he steps down as

pentagon chief and right before the planned draw down of troops begins. what is he saying about our troop withdrawal? let's talk to conor powell, streaming live from kabul with the latest. >> reporter: hi jenna. secretary gates spent his third day here in afghanistan, pretty much doing the same thing he did the previous two days, thanking troops for his service, at one point he became visibly choked up as he talked to marines and soldiers here in southern afghanistan. he also took questions about everything from don't ask don't tell to the current strategy here in afghanistan and that strategy is going to be the main point of some tension and discussion over the next few days as president obama and general petraeus and secretary gates try to figure out just how many u.s. troops to withdraw from afghanistan this summer. there is a set withdraw date of july 1st that is supposed to kick in. right now, secretary gates says he wants to see a modest withdrawal, while it's pretty well known the white house and other members on capitol hill want to see a much more significant drawdown.

now, senator john mccain weighed new york saying he wants to keep no more than 3000 troops withdrawn from afghanistan this year, particularly this summer, secretary gates and senator john mccain want to keep the pressure on the taliban and that means leaving as many troops here in afghanistan as possible. that is something that president obama and his national security council will take up in discussion today, jenna. jenna: certainly a meeting happening right now. conor, thank you very much, conor powell in kabul today. gregg: he is leaving the secret service to run for the united states senate, daniel gambino is running as a republican in maryland and he's here to tell us why. good to see you. >> thanks. gregg: you provided security detail for both president bush and obama. was there something in that experience that influenced your decision? >> no, not particularly. i actually left from the baltimore field office so i had been off the presidential detail for about six months, but no, i've always had an active interest in politics, i've been kind of a wonk over the years. gregg: in the news release,

you said in my career i've seen the effects of failed polices. >> that's right. gregg: whose failed policy -- policy? >> i think it's the ideological left, having patroleld the streets of baltimore and new york city as a law enforcement officer you start to see the distinction between the polices what they were intending to do and what they actually did. i saw it, it didn't work. i can tell you firsthand, and you just get tired of hearing it. gregg: are you disappointed in the polices of president obama? >> i am. i am disappointed. i don't think the country is moving in the right direction. i don't. i think the economy is an open book test. we saw what worked in the past, and we're doing the exact opposite. gregg: you talked about failed polices. would you say his presidency is a failure? >> i would have to say that, yes, at this point. gregg: you're in the bluest of blue states, supermajority in both state legislate aves for democrats, six of eight senate house seats. how are you going to win there with a 2-1 voter

registration against you? >> the message is already won. bor erlick won from, ronald reagan won there, i don't think we've had the right messenger and i think we're working on that now, i think we're getting out there and the voters i talk to, we've been pretty active over the last four days, already understand that the way we're going in maryland equates to the same way we're going nationally is the not the right way. we need to do a u turn, turn this boat around. gregg: well, you have a great life story and considerable experience that's way different than anybody else if you're elected, so good luck to you. >> thank you very much. jenna: we have a fox news alert, right now, three dozen people injured, and this is just a preliminary report. we're getting word from the associated press that a bus rolled over carrying high school students that were headed to a band competition. then -- again, these details just breaking at this time. we'll have much more right after the break.

gregg: a fox news alert. more than three dozen people have been injured when a bus rolled over in iowa and the bus was carrying high school band students to a national competition. the students were from wyoming. now, the good news is that there are no fatalities here, and none of the injuries are thought to be life threatening, though the driver is seriously injured. thirty-nine people have been taken to area hospitals. we'll continue to update. in the meantime, wisconsin supreme court will hear arguments this morning on the state's collective bargaining law. at stake, whether the controversial law should take effect at all. the court could overturn the ruling of a lower court judge who declared the law null and void a few days ago, that law sparking big protests in wisconsin. critics say it violates the state's open meetings law.

jenna: getting back to business news now, there's new questions on the housing crisis, what happened to all the efforts that were supposed to be put out there to keep americans from losing their home, those efforts coming from the government. sam shannon is president of shannon economist and adjunct professor at the wharton school of business. why are we here in this time of high foreclosures, it just seems like people can't get out of this housing wreck? >> there are a couple of things that the bottom has done. principlecle there's the -- principle there's the making homes affordable program designed to modify mortgages to keep people in their homes. jenna: is it working? >> we've seen 600,000 families take advantage of that program which is a much smaller number than the government expected. jenna: 2-3 million, they thought? >> three or 4 million. so we fell short of the goal. the program is improving in terms of the participation rate. part of the problem is that the rules and regulations surrounding who qualifies are fairly complex. i think a lot of homeowners

don't know whether they qualify. what i'd suggest is i'd encourage those homeowners to reach out to their bank and really try to understand, is this a program that i can take advantage of. the other things that the government has done, unfortunately, have been programs that have only succeeded in part. one is to help homeowners indirectly by supporting the housing market, keeping mortgage rates low through the conservatorship of fannie mae and freddie mac. what we do see is that mortgage rates have remained very, very low in the united states over the last couple of years but we have a major missing ingredient here. we can't get house toss move if we're not creating jobs. the confidence isn't there around the economy, around the pace of job growth that's really going to move people back into housing in the way that can support stronger pricing and sales of houses. jenna: so the treasury department according to "the new york times" says $46 billion that they were given at the time of the stimulus money to keep homeowners in their homes but only -- not even $2 billion of that has actually headed into the market.

so would you suggest taking the rest of that money, the 40 billion plus, and putting it towards job growth and job training and that sort of focus or would you say hey, use that money for the homeowners, because people are still losing their home? what's the best way to use that. >> there are two things here, one is absolutely we need to focus on job creation. when we get people into jobs they have a stream of income to say i don't want to necessarily be a renter, i can think about the transition to homeownership and that can support housing demand. key issue, we don't have the housing demand, we've got the supply and part of that, we don't necessarily need to make an either or choice, we can be focused on not having the government create jobs but having the government create the right conditions where the private sector can create jobs. jenna: and encourage the private sector, but how do you do that. >> there's not a lot of uncertainty, what about health care look like when it's implemented, not policy uncertainty, the uncertainty around where is the economy going. a lot of what's happening abroad, the sovereign debt crisis in europe, that's

impringing -- impinging confidence and leading to a modest amount of job growth, and at the same time that we're doing that we can still help homeowners. there is this pool of money. there probably isn't the political appetite for a big new program. what we can do, however, is say when people are struggling, what are the kinds of things that we can do to help them. what we know is that there are a lot of people who are losing their homes because they've lost their job, they need a larger assistance program than we can really manage under the making home affordable. are there creative things that we can do with the funds that are available to really help those people who don't qualify for some of these programs out there. that's really the big question now. jenna: we'll see if there are any years. is shannon economics hiring by the way? >> we are! absolutely. jenna: you're doing your own stimulus. >> i think there's more attention to risk and how we manage it than there was going in. that helped us at shannon economics. jenna: always nice to see you, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. gregg: we're following

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go to hearing-aid.com today. jenna: fox news alert. taking you back to the scene in iowa after bus rollover. here is what we're learning right now. 39 people are taken to the hospital as we understand it. their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening although the bus driver is seriously injured according to the associated press after being pinned inside the bus. here is what we understand happened. this bus was carrying a bunch of high school students going to a band competition. they were going from wyoming to indiana. look how the bus tour through that field. according to initial reports they believe a tire blew out on the bus and that's why the rollover occurred.

brand new images coming from the scene. you see the first-responders. 39 people were taken to the hospital. we'll stay on this and bring you the latest headlines in just a moment. in the meantime we're back with you here on the noon hour of "happening now." i'm jenna lee. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. forensic evidence taking center stage in the murder trial against casey anthony. in fact brand new testimony on evidence of human decomposition and shocking levels of chloroform. today's first witness, talking about what he found in air samples taken from the trunk of casey anthony's car. >> why? >> we have never seen chloroform in that level in an environmental samples before. at least i never have in 20 years of looking at these types of samples. >> you did say chloroform can be a by-product of decomposition, correct? >> yes. in human decomposition we have seen chloroform in a

concentration of level of parts per trillion. so very small amount. gregg: judge jeanine pirro, anchor of justice with judge that mean has been inside the courtroom. she stepped outside and i believe there is recess going on. how are prosecutors planning to use the chloroform evidence? >> there is no question, gregg, what the prosecution is trying to do to show there was such incredibly shockingly-high levels of chloroform this isn't decomposition of the body which may throw off some chloroform. this is now their road map that chloroform was used to drug or ultimately kill caylee anthony. but what was fascinating today, gregg, this jury was more engaged than i've seen them since i've been here. what you've got is a csi factor. jurors are leaning forward. they believe this stuff. they buy this stuff. they're fascinated by it and

even casey anthony, who had this flat affect, seem more interested than normal. we went through the various stages of human decomposition and all of the scientific gobbledygook. gas crow mat toe graph and gas spectrometer. and then the analysis of level of chloroform and as well as odor of human decomposition which they said clearly is different from the odor of a dead domesticated animal. i got to tell you, gregg, anyone who says the odor after dead animal is the same as a human has never been around dead bodies because it is unmistakeable. gregg: we're led to believe that evidence will be forthcoming that casey anthony once bragged to one or more individuals that she used to use chloroform to sedate her daughter so she could go out parting so that may be forthcoming. judge a lot of people have made a great deal of the fact that the medical examiner could not pinpoint

a cause of death. but look, in your experience, that's not needed is it? in fact they don't even need a body often times. >> a body, that's right, gregg. look, you know, when i was a d.a. trying these cases and a judge, look the fact that the defense or the defendant was able to have the body hidden for so long, that the flesh decayed and there is only skeletal remains should not inyou're to her benefit. there is no question this was a homicide. look we've got a 2-year-old. she didn't commit suicide. this thing as far as we know enacted other than throwing smoke. so what we've got is a prosecution who is trying to piece by piece show there are high levels of chloroform. maybe she was poisoned. clearly she was in the trunk and they're creating the road map. and her admission she used chloroform will be forthcoming and will be huge in this case. gregg: i got to ask you about the conduct and performance of jose baez the lead defense attorney.

he has been out of law school all of five 1/2 years. he has never tried before a big case and he has made some considerable mistakes. in fact he has been sanctioned by this particular judge already several months ago for violation of what we used to call criminal law 101. and now there's a story in the "orlando sentinel", let me just quote it. with a sense of courtroom bumblings baez's performance during the first two weeks of testimony has some observers wondering whether he knows what he's doing. and then they cite quotes from various attorneys who are really shaking their heads, suggesting that perhaps the defendant is getting ineffective assistance of counsel. what are your thoughts? >> gregg, here's the bottom line, here's the bottom line. when i was d.a. i would not let anyone into a courtroom anywhere near a whom died case who was only admitted to practice for five years. and i got to tell you, takes a lot of chutzpah for a guy

who never tried a murder case, not death penalty qualified, to take on this case. if you listen to the jailhouse tapes, it was george anthony who tells casey, look, we can get somebody else and she was just sold on this guy. he has made a lot of mistakes. very clear. we're dealing with a human life here. there are super due process and this is not a case where you make your bones so to speak. this is not a case where you earn your experience. so i agree. gregg: you know, legal experts say he should have challenged those jailhouse interviews and conversations but he missed the deadline last december. >> he missed the deadline, gregg. and the judge said to him, hey, look i told you we were going to do this. that is just amateur 101. it's embarrassing. it is. gregg: that will be the first motion if she is convicted, ineffective assistance of counsel. >> right. gregg: judge jeanine pirro, good to see you as always. thanks so much. >> good to see you, gregg. >> justice with judge that

mean, catch it at 9:00 p.m. every saturday night. jenna: gop field in the 2012 presidential race just got a little larger. you saw it on our show today. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum announcing his bid for the white house. and the newly forming gop may, may have a better chance than once thought. the economic news lately has been characterized as bad news for the white house but can the republican field truly capitalize on it? that is the question for bret baier today. ainge sore of special report. he joins us right now. that may be disadvantage for the white house according to some but that doesn't necessarily mean the republicans seize the moment. how do they do it? >> sure. i think it was a game-changer on friday. the perspective rather of the jobs numbers kind of gave the race a different feel going into the weekend. if you remember just two weeks ago, there were some

media outlets of the killing of osama bin laden who said president obama was essentially invincible and that he would cruise to re-election. after those job numbers came out on friday, i think there was a sense that there is not a lot the administration can do, not a lot of arrows in its quiver and that is an opening for republicans heading into this race. now your second question is, the key one, can republicans capitalize on that in the election? you had mitt romney launching the day before these jobs numbers, focusing almost exclusively on the economy. you have other candidates who are really trying to tap into that angst about jobs out in the country. herman cain, the businessman, is taken on a lot of attention and is going up in the polls. and there you see the people who are in so far. you have still michele bachmann is expected to get in. jon huntsman who is expected to get in, and rick santorum of course announcing today

is hoping to capitalize on social conservatives who don't see, for example, governor huckabee in this race, someone who could draw a lot of votes. jenna: brett, according to some folks you're talking to you're talking a lot about what is ahead for 2012. we've heard from republicans in office and those potentially want to be in office, i don't want to characterize it as the same ol' same ol', but it is tripped of republicans saying what we have to do is lower taxes and that will solve all the economic problems. is there anything new? is there anything that's different this time around when it comes to republicans and what they have to say about the economy? >> yeah i do think taxes are a big part of the message and, for example, cain has the fair tax. others have a total restructuring of the tax code to enable businesses to capitalize and create jobs. lowering of the corporate taxes. you have the bipartisan, the president's bipartisan deficit and debt commission come out with a series of

recommendations that some believe the administration was going to embrace and kind of take a long ball approach but the president did not do that, leaving an opening for some kind of cobbling together of all the ideas into an economic plan. and that possibly would be the pitch that goes up against president obama in the re-election effort. jenna: interesting you mentioned that. easy to just forget that the debt commission even happened, right? we had all the buzz around it and nothing really happened from the results. do we have time for a quick final question here, guys? here's the quick final question, bret. the jobless recovery, austan goolsbee was very aggressive on this week on abc yesterday in refuting the claim that this is jobless recovery. here's what he had to say. >> it is not a jobless recovery. that is an incorrect phrase. after the last recession in, this comparable period, post-recession we had lost 100,000 jobs. we've added more than 2 million jobs. there is a major difference

between a jobless recovery and a very deep hole that we're climbing out of our way out of. jenna: incorrect phrase, bret? >> well it's what the administration is saying. and but you talk to most economist and they look at the numbers and it is not a positive scenario. and as i said, there are not a lot of arrows in the quiver. there is no appetite for any other stimulus up on capitol hill. and austan goolsbee this weekend put onuses on businesses moving forward. businesses say this administration, many of them say this administration has not created the environment by which they can create a lot of jobs quickly. the administration will point to profits going through the roof during this whole time. so you have a back and forthright here that sets up the battlefield on the economy going forward. >> big question about what's next. big one, we're not going to be able to answer right now, bret, but maybe tonight on "special report" you can answer that. 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >> we'll try. jenna: give it to bret baier

then. don't want to miss it, absolutely not. gregg? gregg: a fox news alert from arizona. crews are battling one of the largest wildfires in state history. the flames are growing by the minute forcing evacuations already burning nearly 300 square miles of brush and timber. this massive inferno sending smoke into new mexico and even colorado triggering health warnings. joining us on the fine the eric with the sholo fire department. eric, thanks for taking a moment. how bad is it? >> pretty big fire as you can tell here. we have erratic wind and dry lightning and some thunderstorm activity going on. we've got firefighters from all over the united states right now. gregg: is any of it contained and is it the terrain that is posing the problems? >> well, yeah, we've got 0% containment right now. pretty dense forest and, steep terrain and, you know, high winds of course.

we know that tremendous battle we've got to face here. gregg: what are your prospects for getting this thing under control? >> well, it's we're counting on mother nature to kind of calm down here so we can get in front of this and start putting containment figures on the board. gregg: are you worried about, you know, health problems, respiratory illnesses? >> well, yeah, we've got health officials here with us around the clock monitoring that. we're advising people if, smoke's bothering you, maybe take a break and go elsewhere and get some rest. gregg: yeah. how bad are the wind? i heard one report that they're gusting up to 30, 40 miles an hour? >> that's correct. part of the national weather service red flag warning, meaning we've got high winds, low humidity mixed with our thunderstorms and possible dry lightning. with the thunderstorm component we'll have erratic

downdrafts and of course the lightning which will start new fires elsewhere. gregg: eric, any casualties? >> no. we have a good, good record here. we had a few scrapes and twisted ankles and wrist type situations but those are all recoverable really quick. gregg: more than 2,000 people have fled their homes. any buildings or structures burned to the ground? >> yeah. we've lost about five strictures. mostly those are out-buildings and vacation type cabins. this is a vacation type community. people come up here for vacations. no major structure loss here. gregg: eric netzel, of the show low fire department. best of luck to you and everybody fighting this inferno. >> we appreciate it. jenna: tough conditions. escalating tensions along the israeli border after this. israeli soldiers opening fire on pro-palestinian protesters trying to storm the border there.

we have a live report what is happening there now. we're also following breaking developments from the casey anthony trial. next we'll talk with a criminal defense attorney on what's been a rough morning for the defense team. >> that database as it relates to the issues --

gregg: welcome back. a tense situation along israel's border with syria. syrian forces holding back pro-palestinian protesters and blocking them from trying to storm on to israeli-controlled land. that is certainly a stark change from yesterday when protesters were able to freely rush the border. it was a move that left 23 people dead. we have rina along the border. any clashes with israeli forces along the border. >> reporter: hi, gregg. no clashes with the israeli forces. there is am bush that killed 40 policemen. it was conducted by armed gunmen there. and people are wondering if

we're seeing something more go on inside of sir yeah. the dish syria. the other story we're following the yesterday's protests along the border which marked the 1967 war when israel catch toured the west bank, sign new and east jerusalem. israel disputes the number that syrian tv is putting out that 22 people were killed. the majority of those deaths were the result of people who were killed by landmines that had exploded. the violence has been a good diversion for syrian president bashar assad who has witnessed more than 100 people killed by his security forces since friday and more than 1,000 have been killed since the unrest began in march. today israel's defense minister ehud barack told israeli radio believes assad, gadhafi and also president of yemen, salah's days are numbered. gregg? gregg: rina. thanks very much. >> she just mentioned it the new reports that yemen's

president will return return to his country after an assassination attempt. what is next after the new violence breaks out in the nation, a nation we have called our ally on the war on terror? a possible breakthrough in the fight against the deadliest form of skin canner. it is that time of year, gregg. gregg: got to cover up. jenna: you have to put the sunscreen on. gregg: those folks are not covering up. i'm seeing a lot of skin. jenna: why we're showing the video. two new details on treatments and secret to their success. dr. siegel will comment in just a second

gregg: the desperate search underway for a young woman, 20-year-old lauren spierer was spotted earlier friday morning walking to her apartment after a night of partying. there is her picture. the indiana university student has not been seen or heard from since.

patti ann browne is following latest details. >> as you say, gregg, this college student, lauren spierer, actually seen 4:15 a.m. friday morning. she was walking barefoot down the street. that was three days ago. there has been no sign of her since. she was 20 years old. she finished her sophomore year at indiana university in bloomington. she was walking toward her apartment but video footage reportedly shows she did not enter her building. it was a few blocks away where she was spotted. lauren is from edge month in new york's westchester county. her parents flew to bloom ming ton on saturday after getting a call she was missing. her parents and volunteers spent the weekend searching bloomington and nearby woods and lakes. she passed out flyers and hung posters with her picture. they set up a facebook page called, missing, lauren spiererer. the family is looking through lead through the

university's jewish website. one of her friends said is quoted saying i can't imagine her purpose fully getting herself into a situation like this. she has always been really careful. lauren is white, 4'11". when she was spotted early friday morning had a long tank top with loose button tank shop shirt and black stretch pants. her mother told the journal news her daughter has a life-threatening heart condition and needs medical attention. so anyone with information is urged to call bloomington police. gregg. >> patti ann, thank you very much. jenna: a fragile ceasefire on the verge of unraveling in yemen. six people are dead after a battle erupts in the nation's capitol. that battle underscores a potential power vacuum since the country's wounded president left the country. greg palkot is live in london. what is the latest? >> reporter: they are still

in fact dancing in the streets of san'a, yemen. those who have been pushing for saw law to leave celebrating the fact he is technically out of the country. he was targeted in an opposition attack on friday in his presidential palace. he went to riyadh, saudi arabia for treatment. in his place the vice president is sort of running things. his opponents supported him thinking he might be a bridge to a transitional government while at the same time as you note, jenna, they're fighting in the street with government forces which are very much out and apparent. >> sort of running things is never quite predictable, is it, greg. you've been to this country several times. where does yemen go from here? what are people saying? >> reporter: there could be a lot of trouble ahead. first of all president saleh said he hasn't stepped down yet. his aides say he could come back from saudi arabia in next couple days. even if he doesn't come back at all and my sources are divided whether he will or will not come back.

he still has his sons or nephews, brother-in-laws all in place running various security arms. they could cause opposition. the anti-saleh organization is not united against saleh. you've got tribal leaders, military defectors and students with their own agendas. as they clash there is another organization in yemen that has its own agenda and they will profit and that is that dangerous al qaeda in the arabian peninsula chapter which targeted the state in the past and could again. jenna: thank you very much, greg palkot in london today. gregg: the casey anthony murder trial, we've been following in a lunch recess right now. how damaging has today's new forensic testimony been to the young mortgage's defense? she is not only in a court of law today. former illinois governor rod blagojevich facing a grilling as he undergoes cross-examination for the very first time in his corruption trial. we'll be live there coming up.

gregg: well a forensic expert on human decomposition taking the witness stand today in the casey anthony murder trial in florida, telling the jury the smell of death coming from the trunk of casey's car was overwhelming and unmiss akeable. >> when you first obtained the can that we talked about with the carpet sample in its you said it was sealed, correct? >> yes. >> when you first opened it, what was your reaction?

>> well, i essentially jumped back a foot or two and --. gregg: we apologize. we just lost that digital feed there. let's go now to our high-prosfril -- profile expert. do we have him or her. >> i'm here. gregg: shana a attorney with great deal of experience. the expert pioneered this method of gathering air samples. it is novel. it has to our knowledge really never been used before. so that means that the defense will call it junk science. what do you think of it? >> well, gregg, i think it is not that easy to be so dismissive of it. obviously this science has been used before but the issue it hasn't been used for this specific purpose. the defense can go up there this is completely junk or it is experimental. the problem the state-runs into, they are sort of today

trying to explain the process to the jury. and i think they may lose some of the jurors in that regard. and they need to be concerned about that because the more you give to the jury that doesn't really want nuances of process. they want to know if the scientist expert up there is 100% sure or not. i think they need to keep that in mind. i think the other problem the state-runs into, this process this machine that was used was actually invented by dr. voss himself there is bias involved there. gregg: sure. >> there could be a argued. lastly i think one of the important things today that came out was when dr. voss was asked, you know, when you smelled it, you know, how did you, how strong it was, he said he jumped some feet back. but then when it was asked whether he could distinguish between animal and human odor, of decomposition, he said yes because animal odor is muskie. i think somebody who has been 20-year expert in this

should have use more adjectives or at least should have more of an idea what the differences are. we have to keep our focus on that. >> and the other bit of evidence that was recently introduced, actually on saturday, was one single strand of hair. and the expert on the stand said, well, there was no root involved so all i can tell is it was a hair that reflected decomposition but i couldn't say it was from a dead body. and it is consistent with the victim but, inconsistent with the accused. but again, it struck me that this was not testimony with 100% certainty as well. this isn't always reliable. it is not always admissible. it was admitted here. is that going to be a problem upon conviction for, for appellate reasons? >> i think karen lowe's testimony which is who you're talking about the post-mortem hair banding expert who testified, i

think that's going to be more problematic. one, obviously because the state, the defense had moved to exclude that testimony and judge perry obviously allowed it for different reasons. and i can get into that. you know it met the frey test standard but there were other problems as well. but having said that, the most important part about karen lowe's testimony is that she herself as you kept mentioned saying i'm not sure. so we live in a culture where people want csi incessantly. all kinds of "c.s.i." we're looking at a pool of jurors who have their own ideas and what they want from experts is 100% certainty. i think what the state is doing today is trying to do some damage control as to what i think karen lowe's testimony did for them. gregg: we're looking at the defendant, right now, casey anthony. and at times during some of the most heart-wrenching motion mall testimony including -- emotional

jailhouse testimony that were replayed in front of the jurors, at times the accused is seemed utterly emotionless. here she is wiping tears from her face. this is one of the emotional moments. elsewhere stone-faced. do jurors look over at the accused to see the defendant's reaction? >> always. always. gregg. gregg: is this going to hurt her that at times she was, without reaction for remorse? gregg: gregg, i think that's where most of the state's case is coming from. that's why they introduced all the salacious pictures partying while allegedly looking for her daughter. and one of the important things that we can not see as viewers is the reaction of the jurors. you know, and that's the most important thing. they're always looking at the defendant and what defense attorneys call we have to do a lot of client control even when trial is going on. they have to dress right. they have to behave properly and show the appropriate

emotions to be honest with you. that is an extremely important thing to anybody especially in such an emotional trial. gregg: in a case where a mother is accused killing her young daughter, are female jurors do they have tendency to be harder on the accused than male jurors or is it nonspecific when it comes to gender? >> you know, i think there is, you know, evidence to both, meaninging there are woman, there are people that who believe that would be the case but i don't think so. i think we have to move beyond that sexist approach to jury selection. we have to really, defense attorneys believe they win or lose a trial at jury selection. so we have to focus on people as individuals and basically evaluate whether they're perfect for this particular, you know, jury or not. i think we have to move beyond that kind of perception of female and male biases. gregg: thank you so much for being with us. good to see you. >> thank you.

same here, gregg. jenna: now to another high-profile trial and this one is in chicago. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is back on the stand for more cross-examination today. blago battling accusations of course that he tried to profit from the senate seat president obama vacated back in 2008. the mike tobin is watching this as it moves along at the federal courthouse in chicago. so, mike, some say the prosecution had a bit of a rough start last week. how is the cross-examination going today? >> reporter: we anticipated, jenna, a lot of combativeness and more chaos like we saw on thursday but it never materielized today. things have been pretty calm and orderly and that has seemed to really work for the prosecution. lead prosecutor has been able to move along at his own pace and make some points particularly establishing the quid pro quo that was so elusive in the last trial. he read back a quote to blagojevich saying that valerie jarrett knows she can be a u.s. senator if i

get health and human services, if i, blagojevich get the cabinet position at health and human services. and blagojevich admitted, yes, i did say that. so they have been moving along, getting him to admit also in absence of getting that cabinet position, that he would try to get a private sector job, make a lot of money from it. he also admitted that he was, felt people were passing him by while he was stuck as governor of illinois and he wanted to get the f out of illinois using all that flowery language we've come to know from blagojevich. seems to be a day which the prosecution toward some points in front of the jury. jenna: come to depend on, mike, for a bit of comic relief in this case. we also heard a little bit as you mentioned from the u.s. attorney's office at their tactics, you've been going over what the prosecutor has been doing. what about the defense? what kind of strategy are they forming and have they put that out there about what they're going to do? >> reporter: well, it's

pretty interesting. we know the defense sat blagojevich down over the weekend to restrategize and rehash what happened particularly in that last hour of cross-examination on thursday. but they would have done that anyway. if you've got a three-daybreak that's what you do, you sit your client down. we have to assume that the prosecution did the same thing. and you also have to assume that's why things are little more calm and orderly, not as combative as they were on thursday. in absence of that chaos that blagojevich brought into the courthouse on thursday, it seems that the prosecution is really able to get things done today, jenna. jenna: interesting to see if that continues, mike. thank you so much, mike tobin today, in chicago. >> reporter: you got it. gregg: this is very important. doctors are calling this in fact a big breakthrough in cancer treatment. two cutting-edge drugs showing new promise. the science behind them and why this could lead to a whole new shift in how we treat cancer. remember the miracle plane that landed on the hudson? who could forget.

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jenna: some doctors today are hailing a major advance in the fight against cancer. it is a new treatment that involves targeted drug therapy based on a patient's own genetic information. dr. marc siegel, fox news medical a-teamer, author of the inner pulse. he will help us work through some of the jargon. we're talking about treatment for melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of cancer, doc. why is melanoma so dangerous? >> jenna, first to set the scene the american society of clinical oncology is having a meeting in chicago. there are 800 drugs in the type pine called target the therapy. they look at again at the time nick problems and target treatment for genetic changes. medical moment is the first

one you talk about, 80% of melanomas are geneticly based. if you target the gene to treat it you can actually prevent death. one of these new drugs took a group of people that have widespread melanoma and for six months over 80% of them survived which is an incredible recovery. melanoma is very, very deadly cancer. jenna: how does it work? how does the genetic therapy work? >> there are two ways, the drug i'm talking about actually acts to correct the defective gene so the bad protein it produces is reversed there is another drug creating almost a vaccine to the melanoma where the melanoma is doing damage and the vaccine started es targeting bad cells. either way you get rid of the bad cells. when they spread around to other organs besides the skin they're deadly. jenna: in two different people have melanoma do they share the same genetic abnormality or is it specific and the drugs have to be tailored to that

individual? >> that is great question and the answer is they're totally different. it is the genetic makeup that determines whether you respond to this new treatment or not. since 80% of medical moment thats have genetic problems where your dna is screwed up. some cancers not as much so. colon about 50%. thyroid about 55%. depends on the cancer. jenna: is there a gateway though, is this a gateway as you see some positive studies on the melanoma side that folks have their live extended a couple months? that's what we're talking about. is this a gateway to potentially being towards a cure for cancer everyone is seeking? >> this is very exciting stuff. this is the future. this is what we call personalized medicine where one dream for one person has a great result won't work for another one. that is where we're heading. problems very, very expensive. jenna: like personal shopper, right. personalized medicine. very expensive. >> one of drugs you and i were talking about is $120,000 a year. advantage? much less side-effects. jenna: what about insurance?

insurance cover any of that. >> that will be a problem. under obama care we're talking about umbrella, one size fits all. these treatments are not one size fits all. jenna: the way it would exist outside after trial available to you would you be paying out-of-pocket? >> paying out-of-pocket only rich will be able to afford. there will be a big debate whether to cover the drugs or not. you will have to prove the genetic advantages. these things can break the bank. if you're a person with this kind of cancer you want it no matter what. if after six months you're not having a problem anymore, that is huge, huge response. there is another drug by the way of breast cancer drug where it was given to post-menopausal women who have very high-risk and 65% of them did not develop breast cancer because it lowered their estrogen levels. this is very exciting. jenna: seems like momentum is there, moving toward personalized medicine with better results but higher price? >> exactly. this is the most exciting meeting i've seen period since they started having these meetings.

800 drugs in the pipeline going to be targeted therapies for cancer. this is the future. jenna: doctor, thank you so much. hopeful, hopeful we're moving in the right direction. >> we're moving in the right direction. jenna: that is the headline. dr. siegel thank you very much. gregg? gregg: breaking news out of iowa today as a bus rolls over injurying more than three dozen we're going to get an update from the hospital and who was on board that bus coming up next. stick around.

>> coming up today on "america live", is sarah palin getting in the race. michelle malkin's take on the bus tour and on the midnight ride. and a new poll says americans are angry about everything. doug schoen's compelling look what has so many of us hot under the collar these days. and can a new pipeline extension make gas prices head south? why some are saying that the

president will say no. all that coming up at the top of the hour. jenna: fox news alert. we've been keeping up to date on this bus rollover in iowa that has sent more than three dozen people to the hospital. joining us on the phone kptm fox affiliate reporter, clark young. clark, we heard a variety of reports. the wires are saying this is a high school band was in the bus. one of our viewers said it could be a nonprofit organization that competes in some band competition. do could you tell us who is affected by this crash? >> yeah, it is actually this traveling band group. it is a collection of different high school and talented college students. they travel around the country. it is their 53rd annual event. they just got done performing in chiian, wyoming and were traveling to indiana. it was three buses traveling together. the third bus, which was a group of, it was the flag group or the marching band

and a tire blew out as they were traveling along. it flipped over and rolled on the passengers side. there were 52 people on board. there were 50 students and then there were two adults. most of the students were just, have, you know, pretty bad injuries. just, bruises and cuts andscapes scrapes. the the driver was the one most affected. he was trapped under and they had to pry open the top of the bus to get him out. they was flown out and they say he was okay. jenna: clark, you're coming to us from the hospital in omaha? is that where most of these young adults have been taken? >> yes. actually like four different locations, different hospital that is the kids were taken to. i'm at mercy hospital in council bluffs, iowa, where 16 of the students were taken. spoke with a couple of the students. they said, you know, one girl was listening to her ipod all of sudden she flipped over was sliding

along with grass stains on her shirt. everybody seems to be okay so. jenna: well, scary stuff, certainly for them. but glad that it seems like the injuries at this time not life-threatening. great reporting by clark young, again our affiliate reporter from kttm. thanks for joining us. >> absolutely, thank you. gregg: now to the efforts to out of libyan leader moammar qaddafi. the rebels national transitional council are trying to get oil exports back online again to cover the growing expenses but the oil and finance minister warning no shipments will be anywhere unless security is about 100% tight. fox news traveled to jalud, one of the largest oil producing areas in libya to look at the security situation. dan springer is streaming live from benghazi, libya is streaming live. dan? >> reporter: impossible to state the importance of oil in libyan economy. they sent two brigades of

fighters deep into the sahara desert. they had just one job and that is to protect the oil. couple days ago that is exactly what they did. we got hands on video shot by one of fighters on the cell phone. the battle was fierce and it was about 100 pro-qaddafi vehicles tried an attack but the rebels pulled off a stunning ambush killing five enemy fighters and destroying 15 vehicles. the victory may put the rich oil field as step closer to production. that is critical because the ntc says it is broke. only one shipment of oil has gone out since the war broke out nearly four months ago. oil revenue is normally $65 billion a year and makes up 80% of libya's revenue and 95% of its exports. we spoke with the rebel commander. >> translator: this is our legacy. it is ours. it serves the whole country so i protect my legacy like

any libyan here. it is most important to the civil war. >> reporter: there was more good news for the rebel fighters. another town was abandoned by qaddafi loyalists today. it is only 60 miles outside of tripoli. seems if nato helicopters, those attack helicopters are making an impact helping the ground forces pick up some ground. still britain's foreign minister said over the weekend it may take six months longer or more to get qaddafi out of office. gregg? gregg: dan springer, streaming live from benghazi. dang, thank you. jenna? jenna: frightening moments between a student and a teacher caught on tape. abuse or self-defense? check this out. >> stop right now. get back. >> get away from me. >> he didn't do anything. can't punch him in the face. >> what do you think, huh? we'll tell you where the case went from there, next. 8% every 10 years.

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