>> yeah. i ran the maraon in 2010. it was one of the ways that i made it fun to run. find out more on facebook. >> brian: great. timeex.sports. it's great talking to you. that's it for indianapolis. >> gretchen: bye. have a great weekend. bill: good morning, everybody on a super bowl weekend a fox news alert on positive new numbers in the job market. the labor department reporting that employers adding 243,000 jobs last month, driving the unemployment rate down to 8.3%. check out that fancy thing behind us, huh? it is green. good morning, everybody on a friday, i'm bill hemmer. how are you doing? martha: hologram action. good morning, everybody. this is truly a blockbuster report we got a little while ago. the unemployment rate down for the fifth straight month in a row. it is at the lowest level in

three years. bill: promising out look for the economy. stuart varney read between the lines. fox business network. what do you think, stuart? >> this is a strong report. no question about it. this is a strong report and suggests that the recovery is gaining steam. that number, 24,000 new jobs, that was a surprise. -- 243,000. additional 60,000 jobs created in two months over and above what was reported. as for the unemployment rate dropping to 8.3% that is the lowest since february of 2009. almost the lowest level since president obama took the white house. and also, you got to remember here, the workforce expanded by a net 250,000 people that month. normally that would drive the unemployment rate up. this time so many new jobs, the unemployment rate came down to 8.3. strong report. bill: you mentioned president obama. this is a big political number is not? >> very big. the president will now be able to go out and say my policies indeed turned around this economy.

there are more jobs and that my policies are working. he will not be able to claim that this is a recovery as strong as previous recoveries but he is going to point we are going in the right direction. that is what he will say. bill: sometimes these numbers are revised. do you expect this one to be? >> it is possible. have no idea whether it will be revised up or down. revision is likely. bill: what does it mean for the 401(k)? >> good news indeed. i'm looking at the futures board. that is an indication how the stock market will open. the dow should be up 100 points 18 minutes from now. bill: thank you, stuart. see you at 9:20, fbn. mart martha. martha: you would have expected that to shrink the number that were added and it did exactly the opposite. let's put this into historical perspective. this chart details the unemployment rate. the peak at 9.9%. you can see the argument the

administration can make on the line as it moves down for fifth straight month in a row at 8.3%. to give you a idea where it ranks when the economy is healthy what the united states has been used to for quite some time before this happened. 6%, that yellow line is where you want to be. the gap is narrowing clearly from where it was. there is a gulf of 2.3% to go to get to the nice healthy number. to keep it all a bit of perspective. a good number to be sure. bill: more on that in a moment. want to get to this. fox news alert. word that two american tourists and their guide were kidnapped today deep in the sinai desert. armed gunman abducting them in their minivan from a monastery at the food of mt. sinai. a search is underway. we're gerting information as we go. meanwhile, more chaos in the streets of cairo. police firing tear gas at

protesters anger over that deadly soccer riot on wednesday. at least 74 killed until that. reports of three killed in the latest violence in cairo. we'll watch all of that for you throughout the morning and updates when we get them. martha: all right, back here at home all eyes are on nevada in america's election headquarters today as the candidates get ready for the caucuses in the silver state. the mitt romney started off the early part of the weekend by backtracking on comments that he made about the poor. this was all over the place and taking up a lot of airspace yesterday. romney saying he said he misspoke that he wasn't concerned about the very poor because they have publicly funded safety net. romney said, quote, it was a misstatement. i misspoke i said something similar to that but quite acceptable for a long time, excuse me, i misspoke too. when you do that you said, i don't know how many thousands of interviews now and you may get it wrong and i misspoke plain and simple. he would like very much to

put all of that behind him. bill: meantime the romney team also getting a big boost from donald trump. after a lot of anticipation generated largely by trump himself as he is so good at, he officially endorsed romney at his las vegas hotel. trump saying the former massachusetts governor has what it takes to get our country rolling again. >> it's my honor, real honor and privilege, to endorse mitt romney. governor romney, go out and get 'em. you can do it. plaup plaup. bill: in turn newt gingrich was quick to spin that nod saying he is not concerned with an endorsement from a guy like trump. >> we're really running with people power versus money power. there are some fascinating differences. let me just say that like hiring people. i think finding a way to hire people is really good. bill: a reminder the caucus

in nevada is on saturday tomorrow. romney says he is very pleased with the trump endorsement and a man who, quote, created a lot of jobs, end quote. martha: sometimes in life you never know where you find yourself. i never expected myself to basically be standing on a change with donald trump and getting his endorsement and he got it. somebody would want to have it than not have it i guess. more jobs, we're talking about this morning. that is exactly what the state of nevada would like to see. republican candidates out there a day he have the caucus vote. here is what they look like. >> 35 months straight above 8%. you have the median income of american families down by 10% in just the last four years, 10%, even as the cost of gasoline and food and health care have gone up. >> we have an entire economic plan which "the wall street journal" said was the boldest plan for jobs and i think creating jobs is really good. and so i'm very committed to creating jobs. >> i am optimistic to

believe things are different today than ever before as far as our chances of winning this battle. whether that is going to be this week, next week, or next month but all i know is where the momentum is right now around this country. martha: casey stiegel is live in las vegas. casey, what are the candidates schedules looking like today? >> reporter: martha, good morning to you, the clear frontrunner in the state mitt romney is all over the place kicking things off this morning with a business roundtable up near reno. from there it is onto a rally in the northern part of the state, elko, nevada. then he will finish up back down here in las vegas with a get-out-the-vote event. newt gingrich has a lighter schedule, taking time to focus on fund-raising while he is out west. most of his campaigning has been close to vegas, the most densely populated part of the state. ron paul has two rallies scheduled today in sin city and former pennsylvania

senator rick santorum interestingly enough is not even in nevada. he is campaigning today in missouri, a swing state with its primary on tuesday but he was here yesterday hitting on issues affecting negative vand -- nevadans. listen. we'll. >> we'll do it by talking about issues people are talking around. talk about homes being foreclosed on. they're talking about jobs not being available. >> reporter: santorum's camp focusing of course on colorado which has its primary next tuesday as well, martha. martha: casey, how much is the mormon vote mattering for mitt romney there? how does that shape up? >> reporter: well quite significantly. as you know romney won this state back in 2008 with 51% of the vote. interestingly, a little more than 175,000 mormons call the state of nevada home. it is about 7% of the total popization. not a very large number especially, however, you consider analysts say that

they are here in force because back in 2008 20% of the republican caucus-goers identified themselves as mormon. now take a look at the latest polling numbers how things are shaping up ahead of tomorrow's caucuses. romney with 45% of the vote. gingrich with 25%. rick santorum polling at 11 and ron paul with 9. 10% of voters say they're undecided and still do not know. 28 delegates are up for grabs here and will be awarded proportionally to the candidates. martha? martha: casey stiegel in last last, the city where you can leave whatever happens there right there. bill: you can't leave the vote. we'll find out that tomorrow. you can not escape the economic reality in nevada and the way this state has been hit economically and the jobs picture. we mentioned this at the top of the show about the unemployment rate. on our screen here, the more deep in the read the more trouble you're in. if you're a green state

you're doing really well a place like the dakotas. if you go over past three years since the america voted, that state lost 82,000 jobs. the state unemployment rate which is the highest in the country at 12.6%. watch the issue of the economy to be a big deal in these caucuses when we get some exit polling out of nevada tomorrow. also, if you look, martha, at the unemployment rate in nevada, that number had been a lot higher. the service industry was decimated too by this economic downturn. so you see that number coming back down and you wonder whether or not folks in nevada feel better about their prospects or feel like they're still in the hole. martha: looking at a new rasmussen number, 32% think the economy is starting to get better. that clearly is a number that will be so closely watched during the campaign and the administration hoping the null per gets better and better as they move along. let's look at latest stories and what we've got coming up

this morning. we have the latest developments in the murder case of jane bashara. this case is getting weirder by the day. a man says he was paid to kill her. she is a mother of two in michigan. we have the stunning details. bill: eric holder tangling with congress over. the and mother of the murdered atf agent calling eric holder joke and a coward. martha: a top republican says, the president he wants people to realize he is not jesus krifrt according to him. >> someone needs to remind the president that there was evenly one person who walked on water and he did not oak pie the oval office. wake up!

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martha: hi, we've got a fox news alert for you right now and it says that hackers, a group that is known as anonymous, claiming they intercepted a conference call between the fbi and scotland yard. this group anonymous which is well-known for hacking

basically claims they tapped into an e-mail that gave them password to get into this. they recorded 15 minutes of top confidential discussions between the fbi and scotland yard and that e-mail had the password for getting into that call. it has not been verified whether or not it is indeed a call between these two high-level intelligence agencies, between the united states and london. we'll look into it. we'll get you more information as soon as it comes in. >> if i'm willing to give something up as somebody who has been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that i enjoy, i actually think that is going to make economic sense but for me as a christian, it also coincides with jesus's teaching that for unto whom much is given much shall be required. bill: that was from the national prayer breakfast. president obama talking about his policies, saying they're grounded in faith. well some republicans taking issue with that, including

orrin hatch on the floor of the senate saying someone should remind the president that he is not jesus christ. >> he suggested to the attendees that jesus would have supported his latest tax the rich schemes schemes. with due respect to the president, he ought to stick to public policy. i think most americans would agree the gospels are concerned with weightier matters than effective tax rates. bill: this has gone back and forth. juan williams, fox political analyst. good morning to you. whoa. what would jesus do here? what would juan do here, huh? >> well you know what? i think it is wise to follow orrin hatch's admonition, keep the religion out of this. religion has been hot over the last week in terms of american politics, not only the national prayer breakfast where the president made his comments and the hatch rejoinedder but also remember you've had a large debate about the administration's decision to request that catholic hospitals, charities,

clinics, allow birth control to be part of their insurance policies. and so that has sparked a large war in terms of relidge i don't seety if you will, where gingrich saying that obama has a war on the catholic church. bill: you know the white house walked into this for a reason. this was a scripted speech yesterday at the prayer breakfast and rick santorum, this is like a big ol' fat pitch right down the plate for him. roll this from santorum yesterday. >> he made the claim that his policies of taxing the rich is authorized by the bible. that he has, he has the is doing what is biblically called for by taxing the rich and have the government tax the rich. now, i have read the bible and i must have missed that passage. bill: he went on to say that this administration attacking religion, a clear

reference to what you just mentioned about this controversy over the health care law. why would the president want to wade into these waters, do you think? >> well i think it is a mixture, bill. and this is really effective political strategy, if you stop and think about it. he is mixing a populist message, what he has been pursuing through state of the union, that famous kansas speech now, a populist message with spirituality and looking to the bible and to jesus to get support. the reason i snicker there, it invites you to think this has no place the make your argument. let's argue it as a matter of law and even the president, in making the case at the prayer breakfast, that he didn't want to get involved with the use of phony religion, i think it opens the door to just what orrin hatch said, look, buddy, you're no jesus to get involved in that. bill: republicans are saying they interpreted at his address yesterday, if you do not pay your taxes or do not

pay more taxes god will disapprove. square that? >> well, remember what the president said. we played the tape at the top. he says unto those whom much is given, much is expected. at some point you have to say, wait a second, we're not talking about religion. yes people, who are given a lot are already paying a lot. then you get into all sorts of back and forth whether or not that would have depressive effect on economy and job creation. it goes way beyond the bible at that point. at that point you want to bring in the economic advisors and not the dispipe sells. bill: will this play to gingrich or romney in any way you think. >> i mentioned toe you this whole week are larger arguments about religion and i think it plays into this idea that both side are seeking at this point some kind of attention from not only catholics but in general, support for their positions and it is becoming a little bit difficult i think for average american voters to make sense of it except to say that obviously the cardinals, bishops in

the catholic church are pretty upset with president obama. bill: the american people have seven or eight months to figure out. i trust they willing one way or another. have a good weekend, juan williams. >> take care, bill. bill: martha? martha: there are new red flags that indicate israel may actually be getting closer to a plan to attack iran even in the coming months. this report has both sides on edge. bill: also a grieving mother calling out the attorney general eric holder for that botched gun-running sting known as "operation fast and furious", that led to the killing of her own son. now some lawmakers are wondering whether or not holder can survive all of this. >> now there is 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 is baloney.

martha: the mother of murdered border patrol agent brian terry has been talking on facebook and lashing out ad eric holder as the u.s. attorney general testified on the botched gun-running sting that ultimately cost her son his life. here's part of her facebook message. this is what brian teri's mom said. mr. holder, how come you never say my son's name? you never have. i'm actually tired of hearing your double-talk, she says, in answering questions what a joke you are. you know my son was a real american, a warrior and a hero who was also protecting coward politicians like you. very strong words from mrs. terry. lawmakers grilled eric holder yesterday. they demanded to know why no one has been held accountable. >> we find out you have not fired a single individual. we find out that you have not rebuked any staff members.

heck, you haven't even put a letter in people's personnel files saying that they, on their watch, acted and an agent was murdered. >> i have taken sterps certainly with regard --. >> you told people you're mad, you're upset. that is silly. >> i'm not sure you understand the how the justice department works. i didn't say i was mad and. that is silly. i issued directive the united states attorney general said this policy and technique is inappropriate and should not be followed. that is not all i've done. i made personnel changes with regard to leadership positions. we moved people around. we instituted a series of policies now that i think are designed to make sure that that doesn't happen again. the -- >> agent was murdered and you're action is to move people around? martha: that is one of the strongest moments in yesterday's testimony. joined by byron york chief political correspondent at "washington examiner" and fox news contributor.

byron, where are we now with all this? obviously mrs. terry is outraged and she expressed her emotions about that and who can blame her on her facebook page but where does this really go from now? >> that was extremely contentious hearing yesterday. these two sides don't like each other. where we are now republicans will continue to press for more documents from the justice department. they have been angry ever since they found out that eric holder did not accurately tell them when he first found out about fast and furious. originally said he found out from media reports. because of documents turned over republicans found out he found out about it several months before. martha: right. >> there is lack of trust there. and the issue now is republicans want documents from the justice department that were created after the "fast and furious" controversy began because they suspect that there's a cover-up. and that is what justice department is saying, no we're not going to turn those over. this fight is not going to end anytime soon. martha: it, holder in his

own defense basicallyally says the inspector general is looking into all that. people haven't been fired because the investigation is not done of the as the congressman pointed out, 13 months later we're still working on this investigation, still looking for answers? >> that is the other part of this is republican anger over this because an agent, brian terry, was killed in this, and obviously that increases the importance level of this and the acting director of atf was reassigned. the u.s. attorney for arizona did resign. but it's true, eric holder has not fired anybody. has not disciplined anybody for what was just a massive failure and a very dangerous operation. martha: you know, byron, i can't help but feel when you watch the back and forth here, if it had been handled differently on attorney general's part, in terms of grieving the loss of this agent and demonstrating his desperation getting to the bottom of it and making sure it would never happen again the attitude seems to have a lot to do or something to do

at least with the way all this is perceived out there. >> that could have brought the temperature down a little bit. obviously there is politics at play. this got to be a big deal after republicans won control of house and had subpoena power and had power to summon eric holder to testify. you're absolutely right about the tone of this. it got quite con steps schuss on both sides. one point. representative lab bra door, you may do things from idaho or wherever you are from. representative labrador is from idaho. there is lot of contempt for both sides. martha: thank you, byron. >> thank you, martha. martha: have a good one. >> we saw the ground hog yesterday. martha: punxsutawney phil. bill: he needed sunscreen and came out based on winter. martha: said winter would start. bill: that was yesterday. this is today. live pictures out of denver. they will get 20 inches of snow. martha: the little guy. >> you what he was talking

about, right? what about this? john boehner telling the white house to back off a birth control order that has religious groups across the board very upset. we'll have a fair and balanced debate on this really hot topic just ahead. >> never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. this shouldn't happen in the land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the bill of rights. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories.

bill: want to get back to breaking news and a fox news alert. the u.s. embassy out of cairo, egypt, that egyptian officials informed them two american tourists have been kidnapped deep in the sinai desert and the embassy is trying to independently confirm that report. security officials say armed gunmen stopped a minivan at the saipt katherine's monastery near mt. sinai and kidnapped them and sbed into the desert. this is out of cairo, egypt, where new row tests began again after it turned ugly between police there. violence left three demonstrators dead. that violence sparked by a deadly soccer riot midweek that killed 74. we're live at the top of the hour to track that down.

updates when we get them. martha: back to this now, the white house is now defending a controversial birth control policy within president obama's health care law. despite protests from prominent religious leaders as well as several lawmakers,. here is house speaker john boehner on this. >> i think this mandate violates our constitution. i think it violates the rights of these religious organizations and i would hope that the administration would back up and take another look at this. martha: hours later the white house reacted to those comments. here is white house press secretary jay carney. >> first of all on constitutionality issue, no we, we obviously believe this is constitutional. we want to make sure women have access to good health care no matter where they work and that all women who want access to contraceptives are able to get them without paying co-pay every time they go to the pharmacy. martha: christopher hahn, former aide to senator charles schumer and fox news contributor. alice stewart, former

communication director for michele bachmann's former presidential campaign and press secretary for mike huckabee's 08 presidential campaign. welcome to both of you. chris, do you think is a bigger issue or bigger problem than the white house anticipated it would be? >> i don't think it is a problem at all. 9% of catholic american women -- 898% of catholic american women use birth control. 77% of catholic women support having that birth control paid for by their health care plan. there is no controversy here. people have been having sex in america for reasons other than reproducing children forever. and they will continue. martha: you're kidding? >> they will continue to do that. exactly. martha: who knew. >> no reason why that shouldn't be covered. it is a slippery slope, martha. if we're going to say if you own a hospital or operate a nonprofit and you can prescribe your religious beliefs to coverage we'll open up a door to all sorts of people banning this kind of coverage in the workplace

a. nobody is saying that the church itself has to provide it if you work in the church. this is for things that are not necessarily a part of the church. martha: these are for catholic sponsored and run hospitals and charities and institutions and the question is, whether or not they should have the right to uphold their religious beliefs in running those institutions and also be able to still serve because now the administration is saying, alice, i want you to weigh in on this, the administration says you could do that, you could uphold the religious beliefs in the institution but only if you treat catholics. catholic means universal. catholic charities for hundreds of years helped people of all faiths. that is one of the biggest issues here, right, alice? the. >> no doubt. here is number for you, chris. 49% of catholics support obama over romney as opposed to romney over 45. if this number goes through that number will drop for president obama. this is unconstitutional to do this but as the bishop

here in new york said this is intrusion on their very conscience as religious organization. you can not do this. this yet another reason why we not only need someone in the white house who will repeal obamacare and individual mandates and forcing health care and forcing these issues on people that do not want it and certainly don't want to pay for it, we need someone in there that will inches pro-life policies from --. martha: it is political. when we take a look at exit polls going back to 08 president obama had a 9% advantage in the catholic vote in exit polls over joan mccain. so clearly this policy may chip away at those numbers. it raises, crest, chris hahn, about catholic politician shuns, vice president biden whether he will speak out about this. >> right. martha: do you think he will be put in a position to say something about it? >> absolutely not. let me point out one major fact we're ignoring here. the leadership of the catholic church has been behind the membership of the

catholic church for years, probably for centuries. ask gala lay yo quite frankly. the leadership of the catholic church is wrong and they're wrong on boirt control argument itself. membership of the catholic church disagrees, number by heart research, 77% of the catholic women support paying for prescription birth control. that is higher than the national average of 72% of women of all faiths. so what i'm saying is, the catholic parishioner tends to be more progressive than the catholic leadership is. martha: in some cases chris, that may be true. that is not the issue. the issue hear is the institution of the catholic church which provides a ton of charity across the country. >> absolutely. martha: what you're talking about is issue for another day because the central issue is whether or not the church can abide this program and they're saying we absolutely not. give us a year, give us 10 years but we will not undercut our faith and tenets of it. >> all rights and freedoms we have in country, fried dom of religion is at top of them. the catholic church will

stand firm on this. there is no way that president obama and the administration can continue to go forward with this. >> one more point, martha. martha: we've got to go. real quick, chris. >> the first amendment says we do not prescribe our beliefs on others. people who work in catholic charities, which is a great organization, are not necessarily catholic and not necessarily engaged in religious activities. they should be given same rights as all americans. martha: thank you. chris hahn, this debate will go on. alice, thank you very much. bill: a lot of religion this week. sure is out there. these topics will be with us for a while now too? he says he was there to serve his country. when he failed to meet the army goal for enlisting he had to get creative. what this 20-year-old did to fulfill his dream will inspire you. martha: president obama vowing to push ahead with funding of green energy companies. how much, do americans, does americans, how much green energy is used by americans? how about that? and is it worth the cost? a fair and balanced look at

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martha: here's an inspiring story for you on this friday a man loses more than 100 pounds to fulfill a lifelong dream of enlisting in the army. david west began his weight loss journey at 283 pounds and then showed a ton, get it, of will power. >> i just went from one day, i think think the last thing i ate was a hamburger and some fries, really nice dinner and then the next day i was having a turkey burger on a bun and that was it for dinner and then oatmeal for breakfast. salad and apple for lunch. i decided to hit it hard and do it. martha: that is only way to do it unfortunately. the oatmeal and apples.

west says he will never put those blue jeans on again. he reports for the first day of basic training in may and we wish him well. great job, david. bill: awesome. we'll get him on tv. bring those jeans. the president at the state of the union vowing to continue his push for green energy despite the failures of companies like solyndra. >> some technologies don't pan tout -- out. some companies fail. but i will not walk away from the promise of korean energy. -- clean energy. i will not cede the wind, or solar or battery industry to china or germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here. bill: that was from two weeks ago. solyndra he said. by the way, martha, we have a quiz for you. martha: yes, sir. bill: this is the u.s. energy consumption by source in 2010. all right, so what we want to do on this beautiful, colorful, pie chart to figure out what was number one, what was number two, and what was number three

and where was green energy on this this is number one. you know what this is, martha? martha: gasoline. bill: circle gets the square. petroleum. exactly right. number two for the silver medal is what? martha: coal? bill: how about natural gas. martha: how about natural gas. bill: not at all-time low but really cheap these days because they're harvesting so much of that. number three, you're right about that, 21% is coal we still use to generate electricity all over the country. where is green energy now, based on our consumption in america? martha: the little tiny slice over there? bill: bingo. 1.3%. that is wind and solar and geothermal. 1.3%, yet the pursuit for green energy continues. i want to bring in steve forbes right now. he is the chairman and editor-in-chief of forbes media. and steve, good morning to you. i know you've been looking into this topic for years. do we go more towards this or turn our backs on it? what would you do? >> let the free markets decide where the money goes instead of politicians where

entrepreneurs are successful because they know how to get grants from government and know how to smooz politicians. the fracking of natural gas which as you pointed out made cheapest almost in its history in real terms came about by a couple of entrepreneurs doing what engineers said could not be done. and that is how you get cheap energy. and by the way, the president may not know it but natural gas is a very clean source of energy and yet his government is doing everything it can in terms of regulation to block its development. bill: natural gas as you know in new york is being used more and more in our municipal vehicles driven around the city. hear is the truth. we've dumped millions into this sector going back years. yet the production is increased in mini school amounts. -- minuscule amounts. in geotherm pal it actually decreased. we'll we're getting less than we put in by substantial amount, steve. >> absolutely. in terms of break throughs, break throughs come from entrepreneurs doing things that people think can not be

done. steve jobs of the world. henry ford creating a car once was toy for the rich that every working person could afford because of his technology break throughs. this is how you get cheap energy, not by government politicians. bill, if the government had gotten involved in cell phones they would still be today as big as a shoe box and cost $5,000. instead they're cheap and they do everything except grow hair and comb hair. bill: they would still be attached to your dashboard as you're driving around. >> they would. bill: what will change your mind? isn't the president right to argue we can't concede this market which some day could be substantial? whether you believe that or not. or do we concede the market to places like china and korea. >> if it is not economical there will be no market unless politicians make a market. i remember, old enough to remember before you guys were born there was big hooha that japan was moving

ahead in high definition tv. but digital technology made it virtually unwork ago. if the let the markets work, let entrepreneurs work we will get cheap energy and keep politicians out. politicians very rarely create innovation. they don't know how to pursue them. bill: to the first part of my question, what would change your mind? >> what would change my mind if steve jobs aim along, equivalent and made a break-through in green energy do it not through getting grants from government but the old-fashioned way, doing it in your garage or out in the field and discovering something people didn't see before. bill: take that to hp and apple. steve, thank you. catch you on the weekend on fox business. >> looking forward to it, thank you. bill: how about the colorful little pie chart, huh? fancy. martha: before you and i were born the don't you like that. bill: i love it. martha: still good on a friday. this one is getting weirder by the minute and the plot is thickening. first her husband was name ad person of interest. now there are claims by another man who says he watched her be strangled to

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martha: a bizarre twist now in this investigation into the murder of this mission began mom. a man has come forward claiming to have been hired by jane bashar's husband to kill her but he says what ended up happening he watched bob bashara, her husband, strangle her. she was then found dead in her car miles from her home in the city of detroit. bob bashara was named a person of interest in this case so far. there are also reports that are surfacing of an alleged sex dungeon inside the basement of the hard luck lounge which is a property other thanned by bob bashara. >> last summer, to maybe couple years ago there were people always going in and

out down in that basement. somebody told me had an s and m thing going down there. martha: story gets weirder by the minute, right? rod wheeler joins me now, former washington, d.c. homicide detective. rod, welcome, good to see you as always. >> good morning, martha. martha: given everything we put into the introduction which lays out so far what do you think matters what is important in those details, what would you be linking on to? >> i can tell you exactly, martha, what the police department is doing right now. the investigators, just so you know, they received a very detailed statement from this guy gentz who alleged he washed this guy, bashara, the husband of the decedent, string gel her in the garage. what they're asking him, give us more details, more specifics how she was murdered where she was murdered and some other he willments. what they will do to try to corroborate that with all the other evidence they have. in addition they're trying to get dna matches so they

can of course continue to corroborate this guy gentz's story. martha: this guy is somewhat of a character in the neighborhood. he hangs around. not a lot of clarity whether or not he has a job. no real background on the relationship he might have had or why bob bashara might have involved him in all this but he is somebody people were suspicious about in the very early stages of this murder investigation. >> that's right. martha: you talk about the dna, rod, that will be relative as it as you is. there is a picture of the couple in much happier times. >> exactly. martha: there is report on her body that her fingernails were in damaged condition and there are bruises on her body so there are signs of a struggle, sadly could be very helpful figuring out who she might been fighting with. >> you know what else? this guy actually told the police the actual strangulation took place in the garage of the home. the only person that would know that somebody either there or someone told that. keep in mind, police never

said that to the media. if this guy goes into the police department and says this information, obviously he is on the right track. one other very important piece of information hear is the fact that there is a witness, another independent witness, who saw this guy gentz with robert bashara the night the woman went missing. very interesting because why were they together? i think this plot will be solved over the next couple days, martha. martha: rod, one question that still jumps out? why wouldn't the guy protect himself? why would he go to the police with the whole story? do you give him credibility. >> i do give him credibility. i have had cases like this, quickly, martha. the question is why did he go to the police at the time he did. this is it what i suspect and this is only what i suspect. there was a kind of deal with this deal between him and robert. robert reneged on deal whether money, apartment or something like that. robert implicated this guy gentz in his initial statement to the police. and he was probably upset by that and said hey, i'm not

going to take the rap for all of this and that is the point which gentz went into the police department and that's when you have these guys somewhat telling on each other. martha: what a story. live ad very nice neighborhood in michigan where these things don't typically happen. a weird story and getting weirder. rod, always good to talk to you. bill: hasn't been a murder in that town in 20 years. two developing stories we're watching. look at the screen. protests yet again flooding central cairo, egypt. as two americans are kidnapped. details on both those stories. a live report moments away. martha: what is the white stuff? bill: haven't seen any of that. been some time. martha: awe power -- a powerful snowstorm pounding denver. happy in the ski places but not there on the ground where folks are coping with the wicked weather. >> i know there is a storm coming and i wanted to fill up my tank so i wouldn't have to deal with it next couple days because any stop will be a pain.

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because only the fastest survive. martha: disturbing news this morning in fox news alert. a pair of american tourists have been kidnapped in egypt. two women and their tour guide were hauled off of a bus. they were object deducted by heavily armed gunman. that is the story we are watching very closely. i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. kai reexplodes. live pictures in tahrir square. ae gather to protest after a soccer match was deadly to the tune of 74 killed earlier this week. martha: greg palkot joins us from london. what is the latest, greg, on these tourists and their condition. >> reporter: we've been talking to officials at the u.s. embassy in cairo, they are confirming to

us what they hear. two american women age 60 and 65 were yanked off the bus along with their tour guide. three others were left on the bus, it could be that they were targeting americans. they were headed back to the red sea resort of sharmal. the kidnappers are demanding release of their fellow people who are charged with crimes. they have been targeting tourists fors past months and years. now that they are having trouble with the government they are taking advantage of that and of course guys this is not good news for an already sagging tourist industry in egypt. martha: you know firsthand about the violence that erupted in

tahrir square after the fall of hosni mubarak. this has been a very complex situation. what does it tell us about what is going on i in egypt right now. >> reporter: we are hearing that tahrir injury which you noted a yore ago was the scene of a lot of nasty stuff, crowds are building there again, and we're also hearing that in fact the violence is starting again. this is the second day, already one death today, police clashing with protestors. there have been several deaths and hundreds of injures, and yes this follows that incident following the soccer riot wednesday night. people claim that the government, which is run by the military did not take charge and they are angry with that million re. martha: thank you very much. bill: a new report raiding the possibility that israel is preparing to attack iran and to carry out that attack within months.

this from "the washington post" quoting leon panetta who believes there is a strong likelihood that israel wil strike iran in april, may or june before iran enters what israeli as describe as a zone of immunity to commence building a nuclear bomb, end quote. leland have it certificate in israel. what are they saying about what leon panetta says. >> reporter: officially nothing. the defense minister gave an opl nuts warning. he said often when you wait until the last minute you have waited too long. the israelis have made it clear they will not allow iran to get the bomb at any cost. the iranians are not saoeu shying a way from words. he said israel is a cancer that needs to be cut out from the world. and they began to chant, death to israel. the thought is that think would have to do it in the next couple of months. the secretary of defense's

comment may have been about the weather. they tell us the best time for an israeli attack would be between march and june, by the time the next cycle would role around when the weather would be acceptable by an israeli attack by then it might be too late. bill: what are the risks of iranian retaliation? how does that scenario play oufrpblts greaout? >> reporter: great question. you could have a mini war, hamas and islamic jihad to launch rockets into israel. today put up -- iran put up video of watching a satellite, it would be very easy in 1 months to put a nuclear bomb and the tip of that very same missile. bill: we will talk to new york congressman peter king. we will bring him on in a matter of minutes. stay tuned on that.

martha: back to this very hot store row right now, the head of the susan g. komen breast cancer foundation is tkefpding the decision to cut funding to planned parent haofpltd i parenthood. here is what pelosi had to say about it. >> i feel very sad. i seal very sad about it. i know the susan g. komen foundation to be a very effective organization, very professionally run, and for a good purpose. i think their collaboration with planned parenthood, if that's the word, whatever the section was, was one that benefitted women' health and i feel sad that this decision on their part is to the detriment of women's health. obviously women are responding and planned parenthood is getting a tremendous show of

support. peter doosey is with us today. what do they say. >> they say they did not cut off funding plus planned parenthood does not do owe boringses. the susan g. komen foundation wants to directly fund clinic not handout what they call pass through grants. >> at the end of the day we have to treat patients cost effectively but we have to make sure they have abg sets an have access and follow-up to care. we can only do that if we can follow-up where they are being screened and streeted. >> reporter: there will be no gaps in service to victim as a result of their new funding criteria. the updated model will enable us to better serve women in their communities by proceed vyin providing better services with greater impact.

they say their only mission is to provide search and cure for breast cancer. martha: there are dozens of senators who are disagreeing with the statement that she put out that. >> reporter: you're right. and 25 democrat particular and one independent senator wrote a letter to nance sig nancy brinker the coe of susan g komen saying it would be tragic if any woman loss access to these potentially lifesaving treatments. susan g. komen says their donations are up and they are up 100 perdz 100 100%. bill: the susan g. komen website

was hit by hackers over this controversial decision. it was supposed to say help us get closer to a world without breast cancer. they changed it to, help us run over poor woman on the way to the bank. martha: this is a big controversy. a little background on the susan g. komen foundation. it star started as a grassroots organization. that was back in 1982 when she started with this dream and the pink ribbon that you see, so pervasive and home things "cross the count throw now. the organization has invested nearly $2 billion in the battle against press. they sponsor runs, marathons, all across the count throw as well. they work with local health groups around the world and paid

for about 625,000 breast cancer screenings as of 2009. we'll talk about this. debate this issue which is a very to* hot topic right now. you can send me a tweet at martha maccallum. we'll get your thoughts into the decision we have coming up on that. bill: unemployment falling more than expected. what all this means on the political front. the republican candidates are on the stump in nevada. that is a state hardest hit by unemployment. we'll check in on that and measure the impact. martha: a group of teenage girls all from the same high school, look at this video, becoming sick with a mysterious illness that makes you shake uncontrollably. it may have claimed a new victim who is not among the high school girls. bill: it's been a brown winter for much of the west, but today that is all changing, it is white in a big way. >> we'll have our large plows

out, 68 of those and small plows, which are like these, the 4x 4, they'll hit ever street in denver. >> we make sure we have gas in the car and winter clothes and snow scrapers, and deicers, and all of that. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8.

bill: we are learning now about another case of that mystery illness in upstate new york. this time the victim is not a teenager but a 36-year-old woman. according to report she is also experiencing symptoms similar to what you see in this file video. we showed this to you earlier. that includes stammering and verbal outbursts and limb spas manies, kind of like tourrette's syndrome. they say it could be conversion disorder or mass hysteria. some think it could be environmental at the moment. we don't have much answer on that. martha: back to the economy and the election now, a very positive report on the number

one issue that faces americans, jobs. the unemployment rate down to 8. 8.3%, that is good for a 164 point rise in the dow. that is the lowest unemployment number we have seen in nearly 3 years in this country. this as candidates are making their final push in the nevada caucuses, a state where jobs is a huge problem. 12.6% of people who live there are out of a job. it also has the highest home foreclosure filings in the country. in the third quarter of 2011 more than 58% of properties with a mortgage were underwater. wow, nearly 60% of the homes there understand water. we are so pleased to be joined by the nevada governor brian sandoval who tphoeupb joins us now. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me, and welcome to the great state of nevada.

martha: you had a lot of action with donald trupl tph-p suppor trump in support of mitt romney yesterday. do people in nevada care about that do you think? >> i think they do. we have 4,000 volunteers for the caucus, they'll be throughout the state. the enthusiasm is very, very strong. it's great to have all the candidates here and have national attention on our state. martha: there's been a big debate over how to fix the housing crisis. president obama's khraougs has been tyou solution has to have the government give relief to people who are in foreclosure. mitt romney said many times we should have allowed the market to bottom a little bit more. that is a tough idea for folks to hear that are in the condition that your state is in, is it not? >> agreed. it's particularly acute in this state. as you mentioned in the introductory remarks nevada has been hit really hard. we lead the country in unemployment, bankruptcies, and foreclosures. me, myself have taken it ton

myself to assist people who are in trouble and we're going to be trying to get them with their lenders. in nevada we have a very unique program, a mediation program that brings lenders and individuals having trouble together to try to things workout. martha: by the wait administration has been going at it it puts the onus on the banks to work deals out. there will be voters in nevada, and they may say, you know, that that is a sort of insensitive, i guess for lack of a better word way of looking at this housing deal, that it has to bottom out. will he be able to get traction on that? do people accept that tough love in the housing environment do you think? >> i don't know if i'd describe it as insensitive. if you're here and you're living that every day, and people are struggling, that's why, again, as governor of this state it's important for me to take it upon

myself, again, to bring these people together with the lenders. i've been in conversations with the major banks, they are trying to help out as much as they k. at end of thcan. at end of the day we have to give these people some help. martha: you have all the candidates looking for action. you were a rick perry supporters before he decided to tkr-p out of thto drop out of the race. which is the candidate that shares his values. >> i want to compliment rick perry. he's a good governor, he's done a good job. they all have attributes that i think are extremely strong. once the ultimate nominee is determined they'll have my full support. martha: you're not going to endorse, obviously before tomorrow, when this race comes down. >> i'm not. i'm not. i had an opportunity to speak

with senator santorum yesterday, in the past i've talked to speaker gingrich. i've had opportunities to meet with governor romney. they all talk about good things, i think any one of them would make a great president. martha: we'll see what the folks of your home state feel tomorrow. thank you so much, governor sandoval,. >> thank you for having me, martha. bill: serious concerns about the future of medicare, you know that. did you know that republican lawmakers are saying there is a way to save this program and they are reach out to a particular group to do it. a congressman and a doctor will tell us about his plan moments away on that. martha: a new report out there that israel may be close to an attack on iran. what affect that could have in terms of the powder keg that is the middle east. leon panetta talking about all of that in recent says. we'll be right back with more. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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martha: it is about 22 minutes now past the hour. let's take a look at some of the stories. a fresh oil spill is spreading from the costa condoria. it hold half a million gallons of fuel and rough weather is adding to the fears that the oil could spread past the barricades that are meant to contain it. this story, nine-year-old alana is home from a boston hospital after a record six-organ transplant. a massive tumor destroyed a number of organs from her esophagus to her intestines. she is now in recovery. a brand-new planet to tell you about, over four times the size

of earth, complete with three orbiting suns was just discovered 22 light years away. what makes it unique is that scientists say it has conditions which have a strong ability to possibly support life. i think we hear that all the time. the planet's name is gj667cd. bill: we'll be there by morning. at least 18 members of the house and senate all doctors and dentists cosigning a letter to the aarp asking the largest senior advocacy group to help congress draft concrete plans to save medicare. congress must act soon to save our medicare for our patients because inaction itself would end medicare as we know it. georgia republican phil gingry is a tea party caucus member,

he's a doctor. good morning to you. you helped draft this letter. what was your message to this group. >> thank you very much, good morning to you as well. the message was to the aarp, and the executive director and they represent at least 35 million seniors, anybody 50 years or older is eligible, it's a great and strong organization. we want to work in conjunction with them. in the letter as you point out the members of the house gop doctors caucus, and the doctors in the senate, the four doctors there, dr. could he burn, and dr. brasso and others said let's work together, it's time to end this pweurbg erring and who gets the credit -- bill: what you're doing is you're pulling the alarm here. what has the group come back and said about this? >> we have not heard directly

from them. but they did acknowledge to the media that they received the letter and they are going to be working on a plan that will come forward within the public domain. we also want to have an opportunity, ace say to sit down the senate in a bi-partisan way, the house in a bi-partisan way with members of the aarp and let's come down with something that truly will save medicare. this is budget season, we'll be having our house budget prepared soon, and i would love to incorporate changes to the medicare program that we can all agree on in a bi-partisan way. bill: part of your letter said the aarp has resisted some changes in the past. we'll see whether that changes. here are the real numbers, total spending when it comes to this program $565 billion. 3.5 of our entire gdp.

that's 13% of federal spending. what are you proposing, and would that proposal bring in the aarp so that you could truly get something done and put it in motion? >> well, bill, i don't want to publicly say right now what my thoughts are, and what my proposal is -- bill: why not? >> because i want to make sure, i want us to sit down and i want the aarp to say to us, the members of congress, what they can do and what they can be opposed to and we do the same thing and come together and then go out to the public with a plan, that is the way you get things done. bill: you're saying you're ready and willing to negotiate, just come down, sit down and we'll talk about it. >> absolutely. bill: we'll reach out to the aarp. we've got your letter signed by 18 members of congress including yours self, you're all doctors,

it's a very impressive letter. thank you for your time. martha: there are torrents of both support and criticism after the most prominent breast cancer organization in america pulls funding for planned parenthood, a fair & balanced debate on this is straight ahead. bill: take a look at denver, colorado. finally it's here. they've been complaining about the weather and lack of snow in the mountains, blizzard conditions in the rockies right now. martha: looks good to me. bill: they call that pal-pal up there. we will take you there live so you can see it yourself. [ nadine ] buzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz,

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martha: extreme weather alert. colorado is getting hit with a big blast of winter. some parts of the state are dealing with a foot of snow, and it has delayed flights, canceled school, which kids of course don't mind one bit especially on a friday, causing trouble on the roads as well. >> call 511, visit cotrip.org. get the updates before they go out the door. martha: tough driving in that kind of weather. alicia a kuhn yea acuna is live in denver. is the no supposed to keep coming there.

>> reporter: it is until tomorrow morning. it's not going to be a slow dump, it will be quite fast. if you take a look here we are down a little over 9 inches, we are supposed to get 18 inches in the metro area so twice what you see right here, watch, we'll pull out and i'll show you all of this. this is just here on our deck here in the denver bureau here. we've got quite a bit of snow. yes, you mentioned the roads. it has been quite a mess. colorado department of transportation has had large plows and some of the smaller ones going into neighborhoods since last night. because it's been such a mess here they've also been asking people if they are in car accidents to actually just exchange information, unless it's have it ala vital, and be on their way if they k. martha: it looks like the cars are moving along okay, do they expect shut downs. >> a lot of government officers, county and city officers are closed.

the governor is telling people unless you're vital don't come in until later today. the legislature is not working as well. 300 schools are closed today. all of the kids are so happy, they will be able to make plenty of snowmen as well. lots of snow out here and it will keep oncoming. denver international airport has canceled more than 200 flights. there are people who had to leave yesterday early and the airlines waived that flee if you changed your flight because they wanted to get some of the planes out of here before the storm hit. grocery stores, people picking up some of the basic. martha, here is one more especially as we head into super bowl weekend here. the liquor stores, people stopping there to warm their own way. martha: i wouldn't want to be determined not vital. don't come if you're not vital to our operation. >> reporter: i'm not sraoeut ral. marthavital.

>> reporter: you are vital. bill: fox news alert earlier we told you about this report saying defense secretary leon panetta is concerned that israel might attack iran within the next few months. peter king now a republican chairman of the house homeland community with me from the hill. good morning to you, welcome back. piece this together for us, why would he say this. >> i'm wondering why leon panetta said that. there is no doubt iran is getting closer and closer to a nuclear weapon. the us said we will take nothing off the table. they are more under the gun than we are. necessity don't have the same capacity as we do to takeout iran's weapons if they let it go much further. the concern is or the reality is that israel may consider attacking sooner. they've indicated this publicly and there's a lot of talk going on behind the scenes. why secretary leon panetta went

public and said this i don't know. bill: here is what we're wall trying to figure out. i'll give you a chance to clear your throat down there too. >> yeah. bill: why even telegraph the possibility? is he communicating to the israelis, or more so to the iranians? >> i don't know. because, again, israel has made it clear they will consider everything. they have used some pretty strong language. but to me if leon panetta goes public the way he says, is he spending a message to israel, or iran or did he just say it without knowing the full consequences. he said a number of things this week, as far as pulling troops out from afghanistan where it was announced casually by him. now this remark about israel and iran. it's a real threat, we should take nothing off the table, and certainly israel is our closist ally we should be very reluctant to get in israel's way, vs. said

that this is not the type of issue that should be discussed in public. it should be behind the scenes. bill: metaphorically speaking he's dropped two bombs in one week. is he the frontman for these messages and signals for these international leaders or is he getting ahead of the administration's message. >> reporter: he seemed to catch our allies off guard also, i think he's getting ahead. at the same time the u.s. is talking about going to negotiations with the taliban, if that's a good idea, it i it is a worse idea to tell the taliban that we are going to be pulling our troops out and an earlier stage. bill: listening to you answer these questions and i know you're not going to reveal a lot of intel you get in your own pwrao*efgs. listening to you, i interpret your answer to say your information is different than his. >> reporter: i'm not saying it's

different. as i understand it there have been no definite decisions made as far as iran and israel by any of the countries involved, and everything is very much in play. i don't believe we should be discussing in public as if we're putting pressure on israel or even sending threats to iran. this is much better handled in direct conversations, behind the scenes, with the united states, and israel. there's too much at play here, this is two sensitive of an area and we're getting too close to a line to be discussing all this publicly. bill: just to be clear on this in a one-word answer then, the talk of a hit on iran within the next few months in the springtime, does that jive with what you know or does it not? >> i really -- i can't comment on that, bill. bill: i respect that. peter king, thank you for your time. >> thank you. bill: congressman from new york, live on the hill on some very weighty issues. thank you for your time here. >> thank you.

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hollywood. martha: the breast cancer charity susan g. komen is on the receiving end of very harsh criticism over cutting ties with planned parenthood. this is a huge debate, a lot of big issues in here. we'll debate those coming up. here is the komen founder. >> for 30 years komen has strived to deliver the highest care. some have unfortunately mischaracterized what we have been striving to do.

martha: to one of our top stories today, one of the prominent breast cancer tpoupblgss i foundations in the country is having to defend the decision to stop awarding grants to planned parenthood half critics blasted that move. the ceo nancy brink eris standing firmly behind this decision. >> we will never bow to

political pressure. we will always stand firm in our goal to end breast cancer forever. we will never turn our backs on the women who need us the most. we don't just talk about this promise, we live it every day, every singl rganization are profoundly hurtful to so many of us who have put our hearts, souls and lives into this organization. martha: there is no doubt she has put her life and soul into this organization. the susan komen foundation has been a model for so many other similar tpoupblgss tha foundations who want the same kind of impact they have had. i'm joined by penny nance. she agrees with the susan g. komen foundation. and a doctor who is the coe of vital springs technologies, and he disagrees with this move. doctor, let's start with you, why do you guess agree? >> i think number one the komen foundation has no business in

actually introducing politics into this. they in fact did bow to political pressure. i think that the second point is that their focus should be on nothing but providing access to care for woman with breast cancer. as a doctor i have no means of denying care even if somebody is an axe murderer and they clearly violated what she just said. this morning's retraction about taking a different stance, that this really wasn't about political pressure, it was because the funding wasn't going directly to the providers. martha: here is one of the main issues, doctor, and i want penny to address this. this is a private foundation, they raise money, millions of dollars. shouldn't they be allowed to use that money to the best of their ability, you know, for these donors and the private individuals who have begin this money, penny isn't that a big part of this? >> basically, martha, the susan g. komen foundation made a two

two-pronged business decision. planned parenthood didn't do mammograms. they cut out the middleman, it makes very good sense. they don't want their good name compromise eu compromised by planned parenthood who does abortion, has been caught on camera aiding and abetting several people that they think are pimps or sex traffickers have been in trouble for court. martha: you're drifting, clearly there have been a lot of issues. dr. p, pennies point is that they are choosing where their money should go and they are basically saying they have a lot of questions about planned parenhood. shouldn't they have the option to not use their money in this way, when she says pass through you can go in there and get a physical screening by a physician but you can't get an

actual mammogram there and they want the money to go straight to those entities. >> i don't agree with two things there. i agree they are not providing the mammograms themselves, but unless they are going to go out and buy the machines and do the mammograms. >> why give the money for the mammograms if they are not going to do it. >> hold on. it doesn't really matter, but there is always going to be some kind of pass through. so that argument doesn't really fly. they are paying the insurance companies to pay the providers, they are not running the mammograms themselves. the second thing is if you're going to be in healthcare you don't have the prerogative to pick and choose. like i said earlier, you know, some of the things with planned parenthood may or may not be true, but at the end of the day the focus is on helping women resolve this issue and make sure they don't get breast cancer. so the background behind that and everything else doesn't really matter. martha: i want to get one other issue in here. i think you both laid out your feelings very well. there is an issue, penny which

has been brought you are up with one of the new vice presidents of the komen organization, she is very pro-life. they say ever since she got there it has been the mission of the komen foundation to extricate themselves from the plan planned parenthood, because she doesn't want anything to do with that. >> i don't know anything about that. i have not been in contact with this woman. they are a private organization, why dirty their hands with planned parenthood? they with a report that details everything i cut about called cutting the chord. go to our website and look it up. they are the organization that is meeking all their money through abortion and has all kinds of legal problems. they are making a good big decision and getting the middleman out of the way, going straight to the healthcare providers, and they are helping woman and we're telling our people to help them out and write them a check. martha: dr. p, and penny thank you very much. this debate will rage on.

the point remains it's a private organization and perhaps they should be able to spend their money however they see fit. they are getting a backlash for that. apparently both organizations have been raking in donations as a result of this controversy. we thank you both for being here today. >> thank you. >> thank you. bill: jon scott is coming up 12 minutes away on "happening now." happy friday to you my friend. jon: happy friday. bill: what you working on. jon: jobs, concerns today about israel, that israel will take a preemptive strike against iran. general keen weighs in on that. nevada and maine about to hold their caucuses. we have john ralston to talk about that. stewart ro rothenbereg is here with some math. and a prediction of how long it will take for mitt romney to sewer the nomination or there

will be a surprise in the works. bill: we'll see you at the top of the hour, ten minutes away. next stop indianapolis, why hundreds of women are super bowl bound looking for work and they are not selling t-shirts. martha: what are they selling? we'll tell i when we come back. they thought they were getting on the ground floor of a blue chip juggernaut. they found, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. >> according to the victim she said that she had bought right around a million dollars worth -- >> of facebook stock. >> yes. >> and you think there might be more victims out there? >> yes, we believe there is. i found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out. everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip. 5 foot ten. still doing a little exploring... on it. my sign is sagittarius, i'm into spanish cheese, my hairline is receding but i'm getting a weave.

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for selling fake facebook stock. i believe that is not the last we'll see of that one. police say she sold tens of thousands of dollars of phony stock, even giving her daughter a few shaers nor christmas. nice mom. one man got suspicious on all this. he called police. >> i was scammed. i wanted not to work as hard and make a little easier money for my kids and family and so on. martha: that is awful. the social networking site plans to go public. buy stock from a reputable pwraoebger, word to the wise. bill: if you can get any of them. martha: it's hard enough to keep your money in the regular stock market. bill: ain't that a fact. s the players and coaches and fans get ready for the big game on sunday authorities are bracing for an onslaught of the oldest profession. everyone apparently from the state legislature in indianapolis, to the local n u.n. s are trying to prevent exploitation. mike tobin made a road trip,

he's in chicago. what did you find out, mike. >> reporter: with the big game you get big spenders and drinkers and that creates an environment that is ripe for prostitution. one of the first groups to engage battle with would be pimps are the catholic n u.n. s from the sisters of holy cross in south bend, indiana. they are focusing their fight on immigrants and children who may be forced into prostitution and forced to work the big game. the n u.n. s make up an investment group. they invested in the big hotel chains, they launched a human trafficking awareness campaign and used their clout as investors to make hotels pay attention. >> it seems like this would be an opportunity to use some of our investments that are in some hotels to helped indicate those hotels to the fact that this is a reality, that there are steps they can take, and it's important to us that they respond to this. >> reporter: and the nuns are

not in this quite alone. governor mitch daniels just signed into law, increased penalties for would be pimps, particularly those who exploit children, anyone or transports or harbors someone for the purpose of prostitution. as divided as the indiana legislature was this year they came together for this law, it passed unanimously and without debate. now there are people out there blogging who say every year the spector of human trafficking rises up with the super bowl and the hookers never arrive in mass as they are forecast. if you look at the end result you have laws that crackdown on pumps, particularly those who would exploit children. you have greater awareness about human trafficking, and you have a bunch of nuns who own stocks in hotels. who could be gwynn that bill. bill: you put it all together, bill. well done. martha: arriving en masse and nuns who have stock in hotels. bill: they keep everything cool. martha: exactly. bill: thanks, mike jo a live

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martha: we told you yesterday about the "new york post", got their hands on the lovely e-mail from supermodel gisele bundchen. she was asking her friends and family to pray for her husband tom brady sunday at superintendenter bowl. i thought that was very nice. jay leno had this take on it last night. >> the "new york post" has a copy of a e-mail from supermodel gisele asking friends and family to pray for her husband tom brady so he would be healthy, confident and strong to win the super bowl. you think god is going, i made this guy 6'4". he is handsome, rich. fix him up with gisele. he wins three supper bowls. how many prayers do i have

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