bill: i will pray for a good game. i don't think that couple need many prayers, do you. martha: friend and family. wasn't intended to be played on this show for example. what can we do. it is out there. bill: pray for a good game. martha: i will. bill: if your giants take it be a happy gal. martha: my house is divided on this issue. bill: good luck. martha: "happening now" starts right now. we'll see you back here tomorrow, folks. jenna: gisele calls to, tom, tom can i call jon, johnnie? jon: tom is so happy. i was johnnie all throughout childhood. >> as we start a brand new show with johnnie here, and i'm jon scott. donald trump expected to make a special announcement about the presidential race hours from now in las vegas.

the question is, what will it be? jenna: what will it be. there are reports that the real estate mogul could endorse former house speaker newt gingrich or former governor mitt romney. what about rick santorum? jon: this is ahead of the caucuses there in nevada on saturday. john roberts live for us in las vegas. what do we know, john? >> reporter: good morning, johnnie and jenna. there are a lot of reports, a lot of information coming from the campaigns it could go either way. that donald trump could support either newt gingrich or mitt romney. hear is the real irony of it. we're in a state where the unemployment rate is 12.6%. 36,000 homes were foreclosed on in 2011 and we're worried about what donald trump will do. he is not been foreclosed on. he is not unemployed. to the story at hand. donald trump will make some sort of announcement the next few hours, a big announcement. we believe it will be an endorsement. he met with mitt romney in

september of last year. it was described by people involved as brief and cordial. don't forget donald trump was going to do a debate. he was moderating a debate couple days after christmas in iowa. mitt romney was the first person to call up to say, don't expect me to be there. since then they may have had a lot of conversations we don't know about because when mitt romney went to meet with trump back in september he made sure that he ducked out the back and went in the back so nobody got a picture of him. this has been very close to the vest in terms of how it has opinion held. there could have been a lot of back and forth going on. we're trying to dig deeper on it, jon. we're not sure which way it will go just yet. jon: donald trump loves a little publicity. >> reporter: really? jon: that's what i hear anyway. what about the issues with the florida vote? >> reporter: yeah this is an interesting thing. it was a winner-take-all state back on the 31st. mitt romney got all 50 delegates. there were 100 delegates in florida. they were penalized half that delegate count because

they went early. looks like newt gingrich's camp will mount a challenge with the republican national committee saying hey, it should not be winner-take-all state t should be proportional. it would give him 16 or 17 delegates out of florida if he should prevail. whether or not florida should be challenged listen to what he told our greta van susteren back on the 27th. few days before the primary. >> i will not get involved in rnc fight. i will play by the rules whatever they give to us. >> reporter: beginning beginning has had a change of heart. ron paul says the rules are the rules. they would have played harder to get delegates in florida it was proportional. rick santorum said, hey it might not be a bad idea. here is what he said last night. >> i have no problem with that my understanding was if the election goes to the convention anyone can challenge florida to be proportional. if it is challenged they have to be proportional.

you know, i think it's, i think eventually if we do get to convention, florida will be proportional. whether we need to pull the trigger on it now, to me it is irrelevant. >> reporter: yeah. that's the point. should it happen now or should it be before the convention? republican national committee rules say you do this before the convention. we just heard mitt romney has added a 12:30 pacific time event, that will be 3:30 eastern time that was not on his dance card today. so, that could portend something big, jon we'll keep an ear to the ground here. jon: i'm sure donald trump will keep us all waiting until the very last minute. thanks very much,. lori: john roberts there in las vegas. >> reporter: you bet. jenna: a big story happening overseas today. right now grief and outrage following deadly clashes between rival soccer fans in egypt that killed at least 74 people. horrified eyewitnesses claim police stood by and did nothing as the violence and chaos rained. one of egypt's worst sports

disasters also left at least 1,000 injured. in some instance it is was like hand-to-hand combat as members of the mob used knives and rocks and chairs to attack. others ignited fires in the stands. many vick trims were -- victims were trampled to death or suffocated as they tried to escape all of this. today relatives and friends of the victims marched through the streets in remembrance of the dead. palment met in emergency session to address the violence. even the egyptian stock market had reaction it. dropped a little bit before recovering later in the day. this demonstrates how fragile the state of egypt's leadership may be a year after the fall of president mubarak. leland vittert has the latest developments live from our mideast bureau. he spent a lot of time in egypt over the last year. leland? >> reporter: this is an awful tragedy. it also has huge political implication the visiting team in port sigh yesterday was from cairo.

that team was behind the revolution to kick out president mubarak. fans were instrumental there in kicking president mubarak out. the team in port sayeed wasn't very happy about it this kind of incident is something that could set egypt once again down a path of uncontrolled violence. seen on egyptian state tv the players and fans ran for their lives as a crowd took over the soccer field. they ran, however, into a locked gate. where witnesses say fans faced certain death, either by suffocation as they were crushed in the narrow exit tunnel or faced the enraged crowd armed with knives and spears. i swear to god i saw people being thrown off the stadium steps said this fan who attended the game in port sayeed. local fans rushed field when their team won against visitors from cairo. at some point stadium officials shut off the lights which turned darkened corridors into a killing field. witnesses said police stood by overwhelmed or joined in.

as survivors returned to cairo by train, fellow fans treated them chanting we will get their rights or die like them as many vowed to avenge the more 70 killed. for others it was more personal. my son has not answered his phone since yesterday said this woman begging for help at the train station. please, please, help me look for him. this is really seen as a national trage tragedy in egypt. at least a couple television anchors we saw were in tears last night as they reported the news and asked how could this possibly happen. in response the egyptian government fired two officials. they promised to look into the case of the police doing absolutely nothing and see if there is a reason to prosecute some members of the police. jenna, it is still too early to tell if they can keep this an isolated incident or will there be retaliation as promised at train station gathering. back to you. jenna: we'll keep an eye on it, leland.

thank you. jon: combat operations in afghanistan could be ending sooner than expected. defense secretary leon panetta said the expected troop drawdown will happened by end of next year. the previous plan was to wind down operations by the end of 2014. panetta trade our goal was to complete the transition and then hopefully by mid to end of 2014 to we'll be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training advise and assist role. any changes should be court nated with allies. lawmakers are clearly not happy about this proposal including senator lindsey graham, republican from south carolina. >> if we take combat operations off the table in 2013, that is the second fighting sees son we've lost and the taliban are being punished militarily. i hate it for these guys and gals taking the fight to the enemy with a bunch politicians who change the rules. don't you think the taliban

will be encouraged to hear combat operations will be shortened in 2013? that we'll with draw surged forces in september? this is local politics, domestic politics at the expense of a military strategy i think is sound. jon: bob scales, is retired u.s. army major general and a fox news military analyst. so how does this work, general? you've been in those meetings with top level commanders and top politicians. is this a policy in search of an outcome? >> you know it could be, jon. i don't think there is any doubt that the administration is it pulling out all the stops to pull out of afghanistan just as soon as they possibly can. this announcement made by the secretary of defense yesterday is just another indication that, that for whatever reason, the dod is anxious to get out of combat operations and shift into, as you say, a train and assist function in afghanistan the only problem is the perception of all of this whether you're an

afghan soldier or a member of afghan government or man on the street in kabul, this type of message by the time it filters through the local media becomes one that says the united states is going to cut and run. that does no good for our strategy in that region, jon. jon: putting a calendar date down by which you expect to have all the combat forces gone, you don't think that leads to good war fighting? >> no. there is an old saying if one side leads the fight it doesn't mean the war is over and i think that rule applies here. war is a contest between two contending side, both of which fully intend to win. war is a test of will. if the enemy and if the afghan army and military police perceive that america and nato somehow has a flagging will to continue this fight long enough to win it, that has an adverse impact clearly on the ability of our allies to fight. and i know of no one in the theater of war who will testify that the afghans now

or a year from now will be able to carry on this fight by themselves, jon. jon: but, general, you know we've been there more than 10 years. we've lost 1900 of our troops or there abouts. a lot of people are saying, come on, let's do something there. >> well i sympathize for that but this has become essentially a baby and bath water issue. we told the afghan people we would carry on the fight through 2014 and thereafter as a counter-terrorist operation. we need to reinforce our commitment to the afghans right now because as you know, in this region of the world perception accounts for more than reality and my concern that the psychological will of our allies will be diminished by this and we need to do whatever we can, jon, to assure them we're going to protect them once this with drawl from direct combat begins. otherwise the afghans will pick sides. jon: because it did seem to come as a surprise to some of our nato allies that we were moving up the timetable. >> exactly. jon: general scales, good to

talk to you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: this fox news alert. breaking news out of las vegas. we're back with john roberts there on the ground. john? >> reporter: you know it always happens this way, not 30 seconds after i got of the air with you, jenna, three sources within the romney campaign confirmed that donald trump this afternoon, 3:30 eastern time will step forward and throw his backing behind mitt romney. that is going to be big here in the state of nevada where mitt romney already has according to the latest polls a 20-point lead over newt gingrich, 45-25%. mark that down on your agenda for today. 12:30 pacific time here in nevada. 3:30 eastern time. donald trump and mitt romney together on the stage. donald trump will be giving his endorsement to the former massachusetts governor. big news today in the politics world and we'll be there to cover it. see you soon, jenna. jenna: john roberts with the scoop, thank you very much for that. it is interesting to hear more about what could happen out of vegas because donald trump has been floating that idea he could also run. can you endorse some one and

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jenna: it is february. it is winter for most of us. that can lead some to jump into the tanning salon every now and then but apparently the whole tanning business might be losing some of its luster. there is a new report by

democratic lawmakers that claim the indoor tanning industry is not truthful about the health risks associated with the process. in fact this committee sent out undercover investigators. what they did was talk to tanning salons. those salons were apparently telling teenage girls there really wasn't a lot of health risks for the tanning beds. in fact the report claims four out of five salons never mentioned anything about the risks. in fact some of the salons said tanning has health benefits. tanning can help you lose weight, improve your mood. maybe even help the symptoms of lupus. how about that? new jersey democrat frank pallone, sits on the house energy and commerce committee and is involved in the investigation. i guess that's where we should start, congressman. how did this come about? why is congress involved here? >> there were a lot of reports that there were false and misleading information that was being given out at tanning salons. that's why we asked that the committee do this undercover investigation. and frankly the report was

jarring. i mean the fact that very rarely was anything mentioned about the health risks. we know that incidents of melanoma are increased by 75%, you know, if for people who use, who use indoor tanning salons. there were even suggestions somehow you were going to benefit. you were going to get more vitamin-d for example, if you tanned in an indoor salon. so it was pretty jarring that there was a lot of false and misleading information. jenna: so the indoor tanning association does have a statement about this and they did mention vitamin-d which you mentioned as well. they quote a recent study by harvard says 77% of the american public is vitamin-d deficient. they say this could protect against cancer potentially and quite frankly americans are not getting enough sun. that is their response. what is the gameplan here? what's next? >> well, there isn't necessarily a gameplan in the sense that we're talking about specific legislation.

the fda itself has the ability to police tanning salons and they may actually make some recommendations. but, for example, one of the recommendations the fda already has is that for persons who go to a tanning salon for the first time, they shouldn't go for more than three times in the first week. and yet, this report shows dramatically that in most cases they were letting young people go into the tanning salon daily even if they had never been there before. so part of it may be to the just make sure that people are aware of the dangers, not necessarily that, you know, there has to be more regulation. but that at least people know that there are dangers and that hopefully the industry starts to, you know, put that information out when people walk in. they need to tell tell them about the risk. >> congressman, i never asked a lawmaker this but have you ever gone to a tanning salon? >> no, i haven't. you probably can tell looking at my skin, it is so

white. jenna: i wasn't insinuating anything. i never been to a tanning salon. but i have at one time been a teenage girl, seems like a long time ago even then i did know tanning salons, not 100% safe for whatever reason. you know where do you think this consumer responsibility lies in this conversation? >> well, i really think it is incumbent upon the industry to take a certain amount of responsibility here. i mean, they can obviously make money by having people come to the tanning salons but they don't need to target teenagers. there is some, there's a lot of indication particularly for teenagers that overexposure is a problem. also i think they should talk president risks. if people want to accept the risks, that's fine. they should be made aware of the risks. certainly, the fact that they're letting people come in too frequently is a problem. they should set limits on the number of times you can come or how often you can

come. if that can be done voluntarily, that's fine. but a lot of this is just not happening right now. that is what the report showed dramatically. jenna: we had had a dermatologist on not too long ago still one of his number one issues is people using tanning salons too frequently. we were paying close attention to this especially during the dead of winter. we did it, congressman, we got through the whole segment without a "jersey shore" reference. >> thank you. jenna: it was nice to have you here, sir. thank you. >> thank you. jon: well the people you do not want to find on board your flight because of fears of terrorism. there is new word the number of names on our government's no-fly list has doubled. we'll tell you why. also he kept the political world guessing. what donald trump endorse mitt romney, newt gingrich or maybe somebody else? well, now we know the answer but how much of a boost will his choice get from "the donald"? a closer look coming up.

jon: we are just a few hours away from a major announcement by donald trump. our john roberts just confirming that the real estate mogul and reality tv star is planning to endorse, drum roll, please, mitt romney for president in las vegas today. yesterday the rampant speculation was that it would be newt gingrich. then all morning long conflicting reports that trump would choose either gingrich or governor romney. well, trump has long floated the idea of jumping into the presidential race himself, did so recently as this past weekend but ultimately apparently decided not to. yesterday said only he would make news in the presidential race in nevada just ahead of saturday's

statewide caucuses there. michael barone is senior political analyst for the "washington examiner" and also a fox news contributor. is mitt romney jumping for glee right now he is about to get the endorsement of "the donald?". >> i don't think donald trump's endorsement will swing a whole lot of votes for mitt romney. i can't imagine a lot of voters out there are saying, gee, i better wait to decide until i see who donald trump will back. one of the things that donald trump's endorsement for romney it removes or seems to remove the possibility that trump will run as a third party or independent candidate. one of the risks for republicans this year is that the anti-obama obama vote will be split. a candidate who is celebrity like donald trump may only win small, single digits percentages of the vote but that could be enough to swing the result and take those votes away from the republican nominee. so from that point of view i

expect that mitt romney is pleased. jon: let's take a look at the poll results from nevada as they stand right now. 45% say they like mitt romney. 25% say they are going for newt gingrich. 11% for santorum, 9% for ron paul. 10% say they don't know. this from the las vegas review journal. i'm sorry, journal review. does it suggest that conservative support is starting to coalesce behind romney? >> well it suggests that romney has been actually doing things, running ads out in nevada and they have got a, the polling sample on that comes out as 20% mormons. the fact is, we really don't know who will turn out in this election in nevada. they had their first caucuses four years ago. it was a novel thing. only 44,000 people voted out of a state of 2,700,000. everyone expects turn out to be higher this time. we don't know what

percentage will be. mormon voters last time heavily favored mitt romney. they gave gave, 95% of the them voted for him. the percentage mormon of the turnout is going to be important. there is a limit on that because there is only 6% of the total population of nevada is a member of the church of jesus christ of the latter-day saints. jon: we should point out that a gingrich spokesman says their own internal polling shows them just about dead-even in nevada with mitt romney but we'll see about that after the voting on saturday. one thing about donald trump though, if you think about it, michael, way back six months ago, one of the things that people liked about the possibility of a trump candidacy that he was blasting president obama and he was not afraid to criticize the president. people seemed to like that about him as a candidate. so if he is willing to get behind mitt romney, does some of that transfer over? >> well, people liked herman cain for a while too for about the same reason. he was charming man who was

blasting president obama and coming out with catchy proposals of his own. i think, the you know, populist appeal that donald trump donald trump arguably has is not easily transferable. if you've been listening to mitt romney he has been attacking barack obama pretty strongly himself. his victory statement in florida on election night was almost entirely an attack on the president and his policies. and i think that ultimately the candidate has to sustain those attacks, not some guy who is supporting him. jon: we will see if donald trump wants to surprise us yet again. could happen but we think we know who the endorse will be. michael barone, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: there is some controversy swirling in the halls of congress. there is big debate over funding of the 9/11 museum in new york city and what it

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client money went up in smoke. chief washington correspondent james rosen has been tracking the story for months. he joins us live now with the latest on the hearing. >> reporter: good morning, jon. published reports on last few days on mf global stated both the missing 1.2 billion in mf global customer funds is likely gone for good and small army of congressional investigators probing this case located where the money went. they told fox news that these areas are not mutually exclusive. knowing where the money went doesn't mean the money will be clawed back for the bankrupt firms 38,000 customers. let's look live at rayburn 128 where the committee chaired by congressman randy neugebauer from texas exploring concerns raised prior to mf global's collapse back in october by the two men who served as the company's chief risk officer. mifshg call rose man was forced out of mf global a year ago after he and jon corzine, former new jersey

senator and governor clashed over corzine's aggressive investments in european sovereign debt. michael stockman was brought in somewhat diminished role but he eventually raised similar concerns investigators say. in his prepared statement this morning roseman testified and i quote, late october 2011 shortly before global global collapse i recall mf global's european sovereign debt positions with were approaching 3.4 to 5 billion dollars. at think point he testified not only concerned about the capital risk but given the size i was concerned with the liquidity risks. he had added i discussedkers about the positions however the risk scenarios i presented were challenged as being implausible. under the investment microscope the rates agency moody's. it was their decision to downgrade mf global to junk bond status a week before the firm filed for bankruptcy that set in

motion investigators described as a classic run on the bank and sealed the firm's fate. however lawmakers will press a top moody's officer why the firm took so long to detect the internal problems at mf global. jon. jon: whistle-blowers are never valued. james rosen. thanks. jenna: a big debate in congress right now is happening over funding for the 9/11 museum why in new york city. legislation before the senate is calling for $20 million a year in federal funding but one senator is putting his foot down and says if there is $20 million to be spent every year, there should be $20 million cut elsewhere. joining us live to talk about this, senator tom coburn. he is a member of the senate finance committee. senator you say you don't have any concerns about the merits of this project. so what exactly are you your concerns about the way is being paid for? >> well, first of all, let me explain. every year i send a letter to every senator saying if you put a bill on the floor that will spend new money you need to put with that

bill what you want to eliminate to pay for that. the fact that we're $15.4 trillion in debt and our kids future has been mortgaged means we can't continue doing business as we've done in the past. so every bill that comes to the floor, republican or democrat, no matter what it is floor, i don't care what it is for the one thing congress has got to start doing is selecting priorities. if this is a priority, this museum is a priority, when we know we have $350 billion a year in waste, fraud and duplication, certainly we can find $20 million somewhere else that we can eliminate to pay for it. there are some other questions that we ought to ask is, number one, they got $60 million in grants last year, 59 million. they have $560 million in net assets. they have pretty good salaries i would suggest. and there's a lot of new yorkers who have e-mailed me and said we agree with you. there ought to be a

priority. if we're going to do this and the federal government ought to do it, then there ought to be a way to pay for it by not charging it to our kids. jenna: we're seeing some pictures of the memorial. obviously this is very emotional and very personal for some people. we look at some other memorials we have around the country like the u.s. holocaust memorial for example. that gets $50 million a year in federal funding. and it is anyone's guess, maybe you have the answer, whether or not we've cut elsewhere to provide that $50 million. some are wondering why this project right now? it is very personal. it is a time where lots is happening in our country and people are feeling, i don't want to overgeneralize, a sense of loss and nostalgia. why pick this topic now? >> i'm not picking a topic. every bill that comes to the senate i'm going to do the same thing on. the fact is, is there legitimate role for the federal government? the department of library museum science gives out hundreds of millions of grants every year. they have gotten those

grants. so they have the capability to get those grants. the question we ought to ask is, even for something as important as this, shouldn't we pay for it? jenna: and talk about it. >> shouldn't we pay for it? jenna: in your waste book you put out every year an interesting report that comes out at the end of the year and you give your opinion on different federal projects and items of federal spending you say, hey, wait a minute this is not something we should be wasting money on. you say it is your opinion but you obviously have a compass that helps you make that judgment of whether or not the federal government should be involved. how do you, how do you make that decision? what do you uses as your compass. >> every time i look at those things i look at $15 trillion worth of debt. then i immediately think about my grandkids. and i'm saying, we're spending this money. we're not collecting it in taxes. we're borrowing it from the chinese. and we're going to spend this money on this? and what is that going to do to their future? so, i'm fully supportive of

having a memorial. i'm fully supportive of having a museum. i'm not really objecting that the federal government should pay for part of it. what i'm objecting to is adding to our debt and not having the courage to say, i as a politician want to eliminate this to do this better thing. and we have, we have, what washington is filled with is people who lack courage because they're afraid somebody who is for this other thing that is highly wasteful will get mad at them if they eliminate their funding. jenna: it is interesting to talk about political courage. if i could i think that is major theme we've been really speaking a lot about. you have to talk to some of the new york senators they like to talk about. your proposal here to find $20 million of cuts. where would you find it? if you could sit down with senator schumer and senator gillibrand, hey, listen, there are $20 million here, we should fight to cut this and give money to the museum. >> we have 56 problems that

teach financial literacy to people. do we have moral authority as a government who can't even keep your books straight, can't be efficient in anything we do, do we have the moral authority to be teaching anybody financial literacy? you can eliminate those programs tomorrow and pay for this. you could get rid of 1/10 of 1% of the medicare fraud and pay for this. we can't even get a bill to the floor to eliminate medicare fraud which is 100 dal billion a year. so all i'm saying is, america doesn't have a future unless our politicians develop the courage to start making choices about priorities. this is a fight about priorities. jenna: senator coburn, we appreciate the time today. it is an interesting topic and you're hitting on something we'd like to talk to you more about. we look forward to having you back. >> happy to visit with you. jenna: thank you so much. jon: easy to spend money when you don't have to pay the bills, right? a story so wild you can't make it up. a tycoon legally adopts his girlfriend. yes, you heard right.

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must be. [booing] jon: scenes like the famous groundhog actually saw his shadow this morning. i'm not sure the sun was even up yet. but he got roundly booed for extending winter six weeks. he does not look happy, does he. the annual event started as a smaurl gathering more than 100 years ago. it now draws 30,000 people to the small town 80 miles northeast of pittsburgh. what a tradition. so let's get to the a real meteorologist, janice dean. she is here with the forecast. oh, are we, not the super bowl forecast, huh? >> i didn't know what to wear this morning, jon. full disclosure this is not a fair and balanced weather report. jon: really? >> go giants!. whoo!!. here is our tail feat forecast for indianapolis. game happening on sunday. there is a roof. so it is not a big deal.

if you are doing some tailgating, 46 degrees, a very spring-like temperature. guys the reason i'm wearing this today not only i'm predicting who will win the super bowl but four years ago, four years ago, look at who predicted who was going to win between the giants and the patriots? so this is like a good luck thing, whoo-hoo!. jon: you haven't aged in four years. that is the amazing thing. >> you foe what? four years ago i didn't have these little giants. there is matthew and theodore. they're getting ready for super bowl sunday! look at them. jon: you're not excited are you, janice. >> of course i'm excited, jon. this is huge. look at that. old weather maps. old clicker. old hair. the new me and they're going to win. whoo-hoo!. jon: it may be the last time you see janice dean in the 11:00 eastern hour of this program because our producer -- >> oh rachel. we love you. jon: our producer rachel is

big new england fan. >> she let me do this. i know she is throwing things at screen. jon: is she watching this program now? >> darts on the dartboard. jenna: we need to fact check that. >> we love you rachel. but i'm sorry. the giants. be there. >> thanks for that forecast anyway, jd. we'll see you super bowl sunday. thanks. jenna: we'll tape the local reports how weather is in your part of the country and tell you about it next hour. are you a giants fan? jon: kind of. i'm a denver guy. so i'm afc guy. jenna: tebow thing. jon: can i root for the team that knocked my team out. i don't know? very scary. jenna: a lot of work before sunday, obviously. only gets worse, people. we have a couple days. this is certainly one of the biggest stories of the week as well. the director of national intelligence had this big testimony this weekend. he says iran could be plotting attacks on american soil. now there is a new report that says iran may have something else in mind. we're going to tell you what they could be developing and all the reports coming out

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jenna: welcome back, everyone. we have a few developing stories we're keeping an eye on here in the newsroom for you. we'll start off with the economy. we have new weekly jobless numbers. 367,000 americans filed for unemployment last week. it is the third week in a row that claims have fallen. the no-fly list has doubled. the government's list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the united states now stands at 21,000 names. thousands of new names added after that failed terror attack of a detroit-bound

plane two years ago. rough seas making it very difficult for crews trying to remove fuel from the coast at that con cord did i yaw ship. did, costa concordia. french prosecutors are launching formal investigation into the shipwreck representing hundreds of french citizens who were onboard. jon: president obama delivering remarks at the national prayer breakfast this morning. this is the first time the president met with religious leaders many who expressed concern about a portion of the health care law. religion correspondent lauren green is in washington with a look at that lauren? >> reporter: as you say it was the first time the president had a chance to publicly address religious leaders and religious groups following the catholic's church's mounting firestorm to provision in the health care bill and accusing the administration restricting, severely restricting religious liberty. at the 60th annual national prayer breakfast the president avoided the hot

button issue. instead talked about a need of pluralistic society to be mindful of other beliefs and practice. catholic church firms have a major push back of the health care bill that would require institutions like churches, schools and hospitals and to provide contraception and other benefits that would violate church teaching. earlier this week press secretary jay carney responded. >> we will work with religious groups during the transitional period to discuss their earns concerns. this was made after careful consideration by secretary sebelius. and we believe that the proposal strikes the appropriate balance between the religious beliefs on the one hand and need to increase access to important preventative services for women. >> reporter: but the president of catholic university of america says this fight over the health care bill is larger than just contraception. it is a fight for religious liberty and freedom that goes to the heart of what america stand for. >> it shows an attitude on

the government's part that, that religion is something that will protect if it is just happening in church on sunday or in the mosque on friday but if it has to do with your daily activity, with what sort of life you want to lead, that it's not something the government will protect. >> reporter: now catholic university students we talked with are mixed about their opinions on the bill's requirements. but they have one year grace period to decide how best to abide by the law and their faith. jon? jon: lauren, thank you. lauren green in washington. jenna: we can't forget we have a major decision coming from the supreme court later this year on the health care law. it is anyone's guess where some of these stories lead from there. it is one of the biggest issues on the campaign trail. jon: is it constitutional or not? jenna: there's a lot going on.

we have a few snapshots if you will from the campaign trail we wanted to talk to you about. a special wedding anniversary for republican ron paul and his wife carol. nice bouquet. 55 years of marriage. the texas congressman and his wife are campaigning together in nevada. but they had a little flowers and i guess they had a breakfast in bed. jon: nice. jenna: between appearances. that's what they say. so they're being very open about that. congressman paul admits the breakfast was hotel room service but we're sure that carol was okay with that. jon: and it was bound to happen sooner or later. mitt romney gets glitter-bombed in minnesota. the former governor doused yesterday while making his way to the stage at a grassroots rally. two men behind the glitter attack taking to twitter to brag about the incident. while it may be mitt romney's first time, we should mention that newt gingrich, rick santorum and michele bachmann have all been glitter-bombed on the trail already. jenna: a little glitter in the hair and keep on going. jon: hard to wipe it off there at the end of the day.

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jon: right now some brand new stories this hour. mortgage rates hit a new low, but few people are buying. home sales showing no sign of recovery in this country. a multimillionaire and his lover tie the knot, but not by getting married. why he adopted his 42-year-old boyfriend and made her -- girlfriend and made her legally his daughter. hundreds of students and dozens of teachers at a high school getting sick to their stomachs, we'll talk with our medical a-team. the second all-new hour of "happening now" starts right now. jenna: lots of big stories to

get to, we're grad you're -- glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: and i'm jon scott. testimony in the house getting very heated, some republicans accuse the justice department of a cover up. well, now general holder and democrats are responding. william la jeunesse who's been on this story from the beginning joins us live from los angeles. william? >> reporter: jon, it's been less contentious than previous appearances by the ag, and yet after a yearlong investigation there is no clear evidence that the attorney general was aware that one of his agencies, the atf, was deliberately helping criminals run guns across the border. however, republicans claim the department of justice is not sharing documents they need to determine the truth. today chairman issa said oversight committee has lost patience and will hold holder accountable in contempt if they don't get the documents and testimony they're demanding. issa blamed holder for failing

to discipline assistant ag lanny breuer for not vetting a wiretap application that likely would have revealed agents were letting guns go south. it was unbelievable that holder hadn't disciplined anyone after 13 months when it was obvious some people didn't do their job, and congressman dan burton of indiana suggested holder is hiding something. >> there's 93,000 documents, 93,000 documents that you're not giving this committee, and you're saying, well, the separation of powers prohibits you from doing that. that's bologna. that is just bologna. >> in terms of making available, um, i'm not sure where you get the number of 93,000 documents. the redactions that have occurred are only because there are things that are either not relevant or are protected by grand jury secrecy rules. >> reporter: now, the attorney general said he's been before congress six times on this issue. democrats defended his reputation and pointed out a

similar operation did occur under president bush. they also say there's no evidence anyone, including the chief of staff of the atf, ever telling holder about fast and furious. >> did you ever authorize the controversial tactics employed in operation fast and furious, the noninterdiction of illegal forms in order to build a bigger case? >> not only did i not authorize those tactics, when i found out about them, i told the field and everybody in the united states department of justice that those tactics had to stop, that they were not acceptable and that gun walking was to stop. >> reporter: now, big picture the intent of fast and furious as we go back 13 months or more was to go after a gun-smuggling unit. now, specifically the atf was after three people. the ringleader and two cartel associates, the money men, jon. this report, a report released last night by the committee says

that the atf knew the identity of the ringleader within three days of starting the investigation and had the names of the big fish or the cartel associates within the first month. all of this could have been shut down before brian terry was ever shot. the bottom line, jon, there are many cards in a deck, and if this is the best hand that oversight has looking at what we've seen so far this morning, so far they've shown poor judgment and a lack of oversight from doj or department of justice and attorney general holder, but this investigation has not implicated senior political people in washington having known about these controversial tactics early on. back to you. jon: and the investigation continues. william, thank you. coming up in less than 30 minutes, senator chuck grassley, the ranking republican on the senate judiciary committee, will weigh in. he and congressman issa are demanding more answers. this morning they released a report accusing the justice department of hiding the doj's involvement in the planning of

operation fast and furious. we'll ask him what questions remain unanswered from his vantage point. jenna: all right, america's watching headquarters. sometimes you have to see something to truly believe it, and it looks like donald trump is endorsing mitt romney just days after romney won the florida primary. the donald planning a major announcement involving the presidential race just hours from now in las vegas. earlier reports indicated he would back newt gingrich, but there were so many reports all about this that now we can confirm that he is, trump is going to endorse mitt romney. dana perino is a former white house press secretary and co-host of "the five" and here in an expert role -- >> well, i never went through anything quite like this. jenna: is it good press? >> not necessarily. if you have a gaffe like yesterday when mitt romney in the morning had the reference that was taken out of context about not caring for poor people, that carried the day. just the day after he won florida.

then this news that donald trump is going to endorse him, that helps get you on to a new news cycle. so sometimes bad news can trump bad news, and you just wait for more good news. jenna: it's a little distraction. so if you were the press secretary for mitt romney and got the call, hey, listen, donald trump wants to come to vegas, and we're going to do this event, would you say come on down? we're going to change our schedule and make this a big event, or would you put that in the hands of the trump people? >> i would be surprised if romney people didn't know this was actually coming. jenna: you mean a couple weeks ago? >> or a week to ten days. it could have been trump said i'm going to be in vegas, if i decide to endorse you, would you have me? he might have said that to both camps because, as you said, there were all these different reports last night. there's all sorts of gingrich supporters that trump was going to be endorsing newt gingrich today which was a whole different thing two hours ago.

now we know it's actually for romney. jenna: it's interesting to see who might benefit the most. it might be donald trump. >> sure. when's the last time you talked about donald trump? he's got us right where he wants us. jenna: and here we are talking about it yet again. you mentioned that gaffe. not a gaffe, this was something that mitt romney has been pulled out of context. according to some, some say this really shows something about what mitt romney feels or how he feels about classes. he was asked how his connection with voters is going, and he had this kind of long answer about, you know, jobs in america. and in the answer to this question she his saw: -- he says this: i believe i will be able to instill confidence in the american people and by the way, i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. where the editorials are today is this comment, i'm not

concerned about the very poor. what do you do when something like this comes out? >> i remember one time when i was white house secretary, president bush had a response to something regarding iran. and it sent my alarm bells ringing. and after the press conference i was like, well, that was good, but one little thing, i think this is going to be headline. and he was, really? yeah, i think so. it was take then out of context, and about three hours later, boy, was i right. it had just covered everything. i don't want candidates to feel so much like they can't speak their minds. if you read that full paragraph in context, you know what it is. but a great writer at the national examiner, has a morning e-mail, he made the point that either romney or gingrich, whoever the republican nominee is, their opponents are very good serial smear artists, and they'll take any little thing out of context. now, the same thing could happen on the other side. you could put it all over the news and make president obama look bad too.

jenna: well, any of us it can happen. i was looking at "the wall street journal" today, and they wrote this piece, what mitt really meant, talking about this comment. and they say mr. romney came across as a less than compassionate conservative, he has himself to blame. they say really republicans should not be using class of any sort to talk about anything because that's the other side's strategy, talking about class warfare, talking about middle class versus lower class versus upper class. what do you think ant that? >> well, i do think that president obama did frame the debate early on. and he -- given that he has the bully pulpit, you are in some ways when you are the challenger to an incumbent, you are reacting to something that they did. i agree that mitt romney should be able to -- or gingrich, whoever comes out of this -- start to pivot to a more affirmative, um, reason to vote for him. and the class warfare stuff is easy to get sucked into. again, what he said was not anything that really president obama wouldn't have said either. jenna: it's very interesting to

see what gets pulled out each and every day. >> yeah. jenna: and it continues to surprise -- >> just like the other day when president obama said he was surprised that the lady in the audience that her husband couldn't find a job and he looked way out of touch. i'm sure at that moment he was empathetic, but what he said made it look like he budget. or sympathetic. so you could take something out of anything. and that's why it's important as american citizens you have to be a voracious news consumer. read everything, watch everything so that you can make, um, good decisions about who you want to vote for. jenna: that's some good advice for all of us. dana, thank you. as always, we'll see you on "the five." jon? jon: there's new information now about super pacs and the millions of campaign dollars raised by those independent political groups and spent, of course. we've learned this week that among the biggest donors to so-called super pacs so far have been the coal industry, the service employees' union and several prominent billionaires. but there is still all kinds of

secrecy about these so-called super pacs. we've told you they may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals to be spent on political advertising. vivid ca no advantage is editorial and communications expert at the center for politics and joins us now. they are a new thing authorized by this supreme court decision. they are legal, the supreme court says so. what concerns do you have about super pac? >> well, i think there are several concerns that voters might have which, one of which is just like in the days of soft money which was unlimited contributions people could make to the political parties prior to 2002 when they were outlawed. but these kinds of super pacs allow some individuals who give extraordinary amounts of money to have an outsized impact, to be heard more loudly than others. jon: but that's kind of the

american way, isn't it? i mean, if i make a lot of money, i can choose to spend it how i want to. >> right. i mean, one good thing about super pacs is at least disclosure is required of the donors. now, what we're seeing in some cases is that there are corporations listed as i do nors that don't -- donors that don't seem to really exist or just have a post office box as a principle place of business. which is a problem, and you can bet a lot of reporters are trying to track that down. there are other groups, 501c4 groups that are involved in politics as well. they don't ever have to disclose their donors, and some of those are giving to these super pacs which adds another layer of mystery. so transparency is certainly not complete here. jon: one of the interesting developments this year, it seems to me, is that so far the super pacs that have donated on the republican side whether to newt gingrich or mitt romney or one of the other candidates, this seems to be a scorched earth

policy emerging with all of the candidates end up getting damaged by the negative advertising. the president and the democrats haven't seen that yet because there is no democratic primary at least for the presidency. can you comment on that? >> right. well, a lot of these super pac ads have been negative, and, you know, the restore our future, the pro-romney super pac is attacking newt gingrich, and the pro-newt gingrich super pac which is called similarly winning our future is attacking mitt romney. it's where a lot of the negative ads are coming from these days. and the candidates say they don't like it. on the other hand, it sometimes helps them. jon: but again, they both, the two leading republicans both have seen their negative impressions, their dislikability factor, if you will, increased, and many observers think it's because of these super pac ads. >> yeah, i think that's right. these negative ads, you know,

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jenna: disturbing news today from our ally, israel. the israeli deputy prime minister today saying iran is trying to develop a missile capable of reaching the u.s. mainland. in fact, israel says iran was working on a missile that could hit the u.s. at a base near tehran, and just last month a mysterious explosion hit that base, and many of us wondered

what have going on there. walid phares is a terrorism analyst, also author of "the coming revolution: the struggle for freedom in the middle east." so what do you think about these comments coming out today in the press in israel about this weapon being developed to hit the united states? >> well, look, jenna, the israelis and also arab intelligence services, even reports here in the united states for a number of years now have been detecting the intention of the iranians to develop what they call an absolute strategic weapon. and a weapon like that would be the equivalent of an icbm that would be able to hit, first, europe, targets in the mediterranean and eventually in the united states, and that's disturbing because that would allow iran to play the game of mutual assured destruction if they eventually obtained a nuclear bomb. jenna: how close are they to this intercontinental weapon that you're mentioning? >> what we know, all of us even in the media and academia is that they have been developing missiles.

they show us, we see it on the screens of our tv. they have missiles that can reach israel, as i said, the eastern mediterranean, so it's only the technology to add up distance, and the israelis seem to say that is not far from now. jenna: america has powerful weapons, too, we know that. i'm curious if that message is also reaching iran the same way that the message from iran is reaching americans and whether or not that's the right way to engage on a national stage about, you know, this obvious tension between these two countries? >> what we need to do, first of all, in the u.s., if i may say, is to have a real education of our public of the real threat of the iranians. this is not just about closing or trying to close the hormuz strait -- jenna: how do you do that? because we have conversations and, you know, i've always enjoyed them. how do we do that on a national level? >> well, on a national level you have the president who should go address the congress and instead of sending a message, i would say, to the iranians that negotiation is still possible. if you hear from washington the

tone that all the weapons, all the, you know, channels are open including diplomatic relationship, they will say, well, the americans are not going to strike against us. so presidential speeches are important, congressional speeches are also important, and the candidates now, you know, who are debating issues have to concentrate on this issue of iran as well. jenna: the deputy prime minister in israel said this to the jerusalem post, he says the iranians understand the west has capabilities, but as long as the iranians don't think the west has the political stomach and the determination to use it, they will not stop. they don't think that the world is determined. >> absolutely. jenna: will one speech change that? >> it's not just the speech. it's a series of speeches, it's what we do on the ground. when we left iraq without equipping the iraqis with containment against the iranians, when the iranians, for example, are threatening the saudis, the bahrainis, when the iranians maintain a flow of weapons to hezbollah, all of that is so big that our response

must be more than just a speech. it must be a series of speeches, it must be coordination, a convention of all those countries threatened by the iranians. we need to send a stronger message to the tehran regime. jenna: theodore roosevelt said speak softly, and it seems like you're saying the opposite. is that what we need to do with iran rather than speak soft hi? >> i think we should with speak to the regime very toughly and speak also to the opposition. we missed a big opportunity, jenna, remember june 2009, one million people on the streets of tehran. we should have addressed them. jenna: we'll see. some say maybe we'll see that same opposition rise up again, but a lot of people think we really missed the opportunity there. always great to have you, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. jon: so many of those iranian opponents were flat out killed in the streets. a stadium exit turns into a death trap. coming up, details on a deadly soccer riot in egypt. was it sports rivalry, or was it prompted by rising political tension?

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jon: right now some new details in a pretty strange legal drama involving a houston millionaire who is now adopting his own girlfriend. harris faulkner is live in the newsroom, and he's doing this why? [laughter] >> reporter: well, john goodman is worth a lot of money, jon. his father pioneered products that gave way to some of the air-conditioning systems used by millions of americans. his children have a big chunk of family money in a trust, and some in the legal world say he adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a way to, perhaps, gain access to some of that cash. that remains to be seen.

here's what we do know. the adoption of the girlfriend happened back in october of last year, and it's just now coming to light, and it's now at the center of a lawsuit against the guy how see there in that picture. you see goodman is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol and killing a 23-year-old graduate student. goodman allegedly ran a stop sign and hit the student's car with his bentley. that student's parents are now suing goodman, and with regard to the adopted girlfriend and the trust fund she could access, goodman might not want jurors to know about that because they could see him as having deeper pockets. in fact, the judge in the civil case ruled back in october that jurors could not be told about that trust or the adoption, but now, well, as you know it's public. and the parents of that student are trying to get the judge to overturn his ruling and allow jurors to know that his adopted girlfriend could control a whole lot more money. i should mention goodman's criminal trial in the driving death begins in march. he faces up to 30 years in

prison. so you weigh the money versus that, he might be more focused on that. jon? jon: creepy, really. of he's adopted his girlfriend. his girlfriend is now his daughter. >> reporter: yep. and he has two other kids, so it's a triumvirate with that trust. jon: bring us any updates. >> reporter: will do. jenna: new concerns another wave of bank failures may be on the horizon. according to consulting firm invick us the, stress tests found more than 750 lenders could collapse within the next three years. elizabeth macdonald, fox business network, is with us. where did this all come from? >> yeah. invictus is a consultant that looks at problems for and sells information to wall street and insurance companies. so they did their own stress tests, jenna, and they found, yeah, you're right, 758 banks could collapse if they don't merge or raise capital. we know that 421 bank failures

have occurred since 2008, according to the fdic. jenna: so they're saying 750 if we look ahead. it just feels a little strange because we feel like, well, we're being told that the financial crisis is other. but where would some of these bank failures be, and where should we be looking? >> yeah. let's show you a heat map we have for you. basically, you're going to see that florida tops the list with the worst. they're going to have an estimated 72 banks fail, illinois following chosely behind with 69, and then georgia follows behind with 6 of. so the yellow is less than 20 bank failures, in the blue you're going to see 20-40, and the reason why, these are the smaller community banks that have heavy loan concentration in commercial real estate and construction, and they relied on their liquidity from the securitization market which is frozen over. jenna: would we see a lot of the bigger banks gobbling up these smaller banks? another sign that we might see, again, the big, giant banks be

more present than -- >> you know, actually, that is a really important question. are they going to get even more bigger, too big to fail problem? yes. in fact, that's what they're saying would have to happen, either they're going to have to raise capital or merge to avoid failure. jenna: liz, thank you very much. >> sure, delighted. jon: more tough questions on operation fast and furious, what attorney general eric holder is now telling congress ant that botched operation -- about that botched operation. straight ahead, we'll talk with senator charles grassley to find out what he's learning on capitol hill. plus, some taliban leaders held at gitmo could soon have a new home. why? [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8.

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about it. it might have been through a letter i received from senator grassley february 9th. it might have been contained in there. there were media reports in february. i'm not sure exactly how i found out about the term "fast and furious". jon: that is attorney general eric holder testifying in front of congress today answering tough questions on the operation "fast and furious". a new report now accuses the justice department which he heads of hiding its involvement in the planning of that botched gun-running sting. here, one of the authors of that report, iowa senator charles grassley one of the first lawmakers to lawn much oversight into operation "fast and furious". senator, i know you heard some of the testimony from the attorney agenda. what are the questions you think he still need to answer? >> well, jon, it isn't just a question of answering questions, they're continuing to stonewall. even the short clip you had on backs that up. it is the same old, same

old. there is nothing new. you almost get the opinion that everybody's doing everything they can to cover up. what we want to know is who at the highest level in government gave approval of this so that that person can be fired. and, and i hope that congressman issa pursues his contempt. if i were in the house that's what i would want to do. i wish we had the power in the senate as a minority. that's what i would be doing here. jon: one of the accusations i guess being leveled by the members of congressman issa's committee is is that they have subpoenaed thousands of different documents. they have received about 5,000 of them as i understand. and yet the justice department's own internal investigation has provided 60,000 documents. why the disparity? >> yeah. i think it is even worse than what you said.

i think we've gotten about the 6,000 and there is about 80 thousand pages given to the office of inspector general. you know what? i think it will show exactly what we're trying to find out and they're going to keep it from us as long as they can. with the election coming up, they're just fearful that it is going to impact the presidential election. and so we're not going to get the information and that's why we're fortunate that congressman issa not only can hold these hearings but he issued subpoenas and if subpoenas aren't responded to, that person can be held in contempt. jon: but the attorney general himself said today when he found out about operation "fast and furious" that he ordered it stopped? >> well, he may have ordered it stopped but when he found out about it, one of two things, either he knew about it sooner than what he is leading us to believe, or the people that work for him are not serving him well and they should be fired because

something that leads to the murder of a border patrol agent and 2000 guns have been sold and encouraged to be sold illegally by our own government and those guns are found at the murder scene and they aren't telling the attorney general in his department about it, isn't there something really wrong? jon: it does seem that there are a lot of questions to be answered but as you know there are many, including the minority members, the democratic members of congressman issa's committee, who say this is more about politics than anything else. they released a report saying that there was essentially no evidence that anybody in the justice department was trying to cover anything up. >> well, first of all, there were people in the justice department were encouraging the law to be violated. in other words having licensed gun dealers sell guns illegally to straw people to get them across the border and those guns

end up being used in crimes in the united states, that in and of itself is very factual. and so they want to hide behind politics. you know, i don't know what goes on in the house of representatives, but let me tell you anybody accuses chuck grassley of using politics in this particular us case because i'm a republican and the administration is democrat they obviously know that they're misleading because i have a reputation of doing equal opportunity oversight. doesn't matter whether we have a republican president or a democrat president, i'm going to make sure that i do my job of constitutional oversight which is checks and balances to make sure that the executive branch of government is doing what the law says they ought to do and selling guns illegally isn't something our justice department should be doing. jon: senator, we hope you get to the bottom of it all. thanks very much for joining us. senator chuck grassley. >> thank you. jon: republican of iowa. jenna: plus new information on preparations to end u.s.

involvement in afghanistan. we have jennifer griffin at the pentagon where plan something apparently underway to end combat operations sometime next year and in washington, catherine herridge on efforts to broker a peace deal with the taliban by moving some of their leaders held at gitmo somewhere else. we'll begin with plans to wind down the combat operation. obviously the stories are not mutually exclusive. that's why we wanted to bring jennifer and catherine on together. jennifer, what are you hearing in the halls of pentagon? >> reporter: there is no good explanation from the pentagon why defense secretary leon panetta decided to make proannouncement on route to brussels, about the end of nato's combat role in afghanistan when he did. the announcement was supposed to be made in may at a brussels meeting in chicago. the white house and panetta were on the same page about this announcement we're told you about nato leaders such as secretary-general, the secretary-general said they

agree with the pronouncement. the general most associated with the war in afghanistan david petraeus was just asked about it on capitol hill and he downplayed the pronouncement. >> i think it was a startling overanalysis, not necessarily a startling statement. if you go back and read what he said, -- >> so that actually -- >> sir, if i could, this is exactly in line with the policy that you, we started back in the summer of 2011, transitioning leadership of combat operations from isaf to afghan forces. >> let me say this. >> progressively completed by the end of 2014. >> reporter: yet there was no mention of 2013 and end to combat role in lisbon where president obama and the heads of state articulated 2014 as a deadline for the end of the afghan war. and u.s. generals serving in afghanistan were also caught off-guard by panetta's articulation of accelerated strategy to end nato's combat role a year earlier as were members of the armed

services committee. >> if you're trying to win a war and negotiate with the enemy you want to do so from strength. bringing home the troops before the second fighting season, september of this year, bringing the surge forces home means general allen doesn't have the surge forces he need to go into the east. >> reporter: general allen, the top u.s. general in afghanistan is in brussels with leon panetta today but again it is not clear whether this was his recommendation or whether he was caught off-guard by panetta's pronouncement on board the plane. jenna: very interesting the timing of it all. jennifer, thank you so much for that. one of our other big reports this week apparently according to a report, pakistan backing the taliban to take over in afghanistan when we actually leave. now there's also something going on in gitmo. there's a report we may be moving some taliban detainees out of gitmo. where they would go and what's that all about is something that our chief intelligence correspondent

catherine herridge has more on. she is live in washington. catherine? >> reporter: thai, jenna and good morning. a short time ago the chairman of the house intelligence committee says the obama administration has taken specific steps to move taliban leaders from guantanamo bay as part of a confidence building measure to further peace talks with the afghan taliban. >> there have been operational things that have been conducted up to this point. so this isn't an aspirational policy change. this is something that is well underway and has been at least the suggestion, has been passed along to the very people that we would like to negotiate with. >> reporter: according to guantanamo record what is striking are the connections between some of these taliban leaders and al qaeda. he fought along al qaeda as military general. sekh was a taliban minister of intelligence described himself as a al qaeda member. and knobi passed secrets to

members and participated in meetings. they were hand-picked by the taliban and under the michb station current proposal the men would be moved to a third country most likely the gulf nation of qatar. in aggressive questioning before the committee the nation's top intelligence advisor appeared to be on the defensive saying congress and white house are dealing with same intelligence assessments on possible transfer of these men and he is not the decision-making on policy. >> whether or not we negotiate and with whom we negotiate and the terms of the negotiations is not an intelligence community call. that is policy issue. >> reporter: in a statement to fox earlier this today the white house insisted they have not committed any resources to a transfer and that they have only engaged in diplomacy and whatever they decide will be consistent with the national defense authorization act which requires certification so a promise that if these men are transferred they will not reoffend or be a threat in the future. jenna. jenna: can't forget in all of this we still have men fighting in afghanistan while all this is happening.

bears reminding. catherine, thank you very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: pretty scary report out of west coast. hundreds of kids at one school get violently ill. what caused it? a fox medical a-team member is here next.

jenna: this is a really interesting story. there is new information on a surprising move from an influential animal rights group, peta. peta is supporting legislation to restore, restore, hours slaughter farms in the united states. the reasoning behind this may surprise you. doug mckelway is live from the days end farm in maryland. hey, doug. >> reporter: hi, jenna. this is a basically a horse rescue operation it farm here in suburban maryland. in large part because of the work of animal control officers in maryland, in virginia and delaware, horses are brought here, and we shout video of them early this morning, about 70 of them they have here now are brought here from farms, horses that have been

neglected or abused or maltreated in some way. many are brought here in emaciated conditions. many of them near death. considering the plight of these horses the fact they're being rehabilitated here they have down right lucky compared to many other horses in this country. there are literally hundreds of thousands of them over the past decade brought to slaughterhouses in the united states for the purposes of human consumption. horse meat is still considered a delicacy in parts of japan. considered a delicacy in parts of europe. to stop that in the year 2007, congress passed legislation which banned horse slaughter in the united states. but it turned out to be a law of unintended terrible consequences. here is cathy guillermo from the people for the ethical treatment of animals. >> when slaughter of hours ended in the united states that meant for horse not an end to slaughter. what it meant it was they were crammed into small trucks.

slipping and sliding in their own waste. crammed together with horses they didn't know, biting and kicking trucked 1,000 miles or more to another country where they met the exact same fate. >> reporter: those other countries being largely mexico and canada. well to stop that fate, in november of this past year, president obama quietly signed into legislation a spending bill which restored the horse slaughter industry in the united states. it was a stopgap measure. a lot of people who love horses kind of held their nose in support of signing of this bill but all admit it doesn't go far enough. here's michael mckarian from the humane society of the united states. >> the solution is to pass the american horse slaughter prevention act, bipartisan legislation in congress. we need to stop horse slaughter not only in the u.s. but stop the exports of live american horses to canada and mexico. >> reporter: the american horse slaughter act of 2011

was signed into law, excuse me was introduced in congress i should say in both houses of congress and senate and house last sum but it has languished in committee. has gone nowhere. people who care for horses love horses want to see that legislation signed. it has been largely usurped by other legislation which has hire priorities of the jenna. jenna: very interesting story, doug, thank you. jon: well, a nasty stomach bug apparently strikes more than 300 students and staff at a california high school. coming up, what got them so sick. fox medical a-teamer, dr. mark siegel tells us what to look out for to try to protect yourself from this kind of thing. ♪ .

jenna: an investigation now underway into what caused a massive stomach flu outbreak at a high school in san francisco. about 300 students and 30 faculty members suddenly got sick. forced school officials to close this high school until monday. dr. marc siegel, fox newsçó medical a-team and professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. this caught my attention. rival high school. big high school, 1500 kids. for them to close down the school it is pretty serious. students described this as washing students run out of class suddenly during last period and getting sick. sounded like a movie. she was fine, walked home, got dizzy and suddenly got sick herself. what is this? >> let me solve the mystery. this is noro virus, number one cause of stomach infections in the united states. comes on violently.

you have vomiting. diarrhea, stomach pain. very easily transmitted. get it in one to two days. knocks you out. rover on your own and spread it for a week. jenna: hits you quickly like that? >> hits you one or two days but carry for seven to 10 days. even if you're feeling better you have to be isolated. they are so right to close the school. they use clorox on everything and steam everything. only thing they can do. jenna: you say this is the same virus we heard about on cruise ships for example where people get sick? >> absolutely. variety of the same virus. jenna: does bleach get rid of it? >> bleach gets rid of it. steaming get rid of this. what you do as individual if you have got this wash your hands. hand sanitizers work as well. you can't handle food. no you have it and stay out of work place or school. jenna: some local doctors thought initially it was food boss soning, something in the cafeteria. how do you determine what looks like food poisoning and what look also like this. >> 75 million cases of food

poisoning in the united states. this is one of the most common causes. i think that person is right. food handler brought it into the food. somebody ate it and they start spreading it around. hear is the treatment. no vaccine, no pill. hydration. when you have diarrhea, you have to drink fluids. that is how you avoid getting ill. we're worried about viruses spreading to people immunocompromised or very elderly. >> they don't think anyone was admitted to the hospital. they have a just a lot of sick kids out there. hopefully couple days you start feeling better. still be careful. >> public health officials did absolutely the right thing. i'm definitely not rooting against the school even if you came from there. jenna: rival high school. did someone plant this? is there a big game coming up? shocking no matter the high school. >> we wish them well. >> we do wish them well. doctor, thank you very much. >> thank you, jenna. feel the power my young friend. mmm!

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